How much revenue did Football Manager 2019 make?

Football Manager 2019 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Football Manager 2019 sell?

Q: How many copies did Football Manager 2019 sell?

379k to 616k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 379k–616k; from 12k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Football Manager 2019 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Football Manager 2019's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–2.1M

best case 4.7M (EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23)

The Sports genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 1.6M–2.1M copies

from ~56k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies

EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sports (8 of 8) and Football (Soccer) (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Sports, priced around $70. The breakout hits carry Controller; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	56k reviews Mostly Positive	Football (American)Football (Soccer)
eFootball™ 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	113k reviews Mixed	Football (Soccer)Free to Play
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	150k reviews Mixed	Football (Soccer)Sports
NBA 2K20 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Mixed	BasketballSports
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.3M–$132.4M after Steam's cut $89.6M–$203.7M before the cut	$69.99	107k reviews Mixed	SportsFootball (Soccer)
EA SPORTS FC™ 24 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	111k reviews Mixed	Football (Soccer)Sports
FIFA 22 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	120k reviews Very Positive	Football (Soccer)Sports
eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	38k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsFootball (Soccer)