New Star™ Soccer 5

New Star Games · 2012 · $9.99 · Indie · deal grade B

Measured on 2026-09-26 12:35 UTC, 9 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

• Estimated net residual revenue: $217 to $326 per month
• Opportunity: $434 per month at x1.60 dormancy
• Estimated lifetime owners: 51.5k
• 70% positive across 882 reviews · 5.1 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

• Developer silent for 7.3 years
• Studio inactive: no public activity across 1 tracked titles
• Last discounted 3 months ago, 1 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-16; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

New Star Soccer 5 is a text-driven indie football management and player-career sim from 2012 where you build a soccer player from obscurity to stardom.

NSS5 sits in a quiet but profitable niche: solo-player sports management with personality-driven mechanics and minimal live-ops overhead. The title has generated solid lifetime revenue on a small owner base, maintains steady residual income with no active discounting, and carries a Brazilian Portuguese player concentration (18% of reviews) that suggests regional appeal beyond anglophone markets. The main question is whether the dormant developer relationship and seven-year content gap present acquisition risk or revival upside. Most realistic play: watch.

• Risk: Developer (New Star Games) shows no activity in 86+ months; studio status flags as inactive, limiting post-sale support or content roadmap credibility.
• Risk: No cloud save, achievements, or trading cards; lacks modern quality-of-life features that newer sports-management competitors now expect.
• Risk: Sentiment has drifted -5.1 points recently and sits at 65% positive; player frustration centers on core mechanics (happiness, shooting RNG) rather than content, suggesting design friction that requires developer intervention.

This case as Markdown · Estimates carry ±30-50% error per title.