Backyard Soccer '98
Short description
Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!
- Developer
- Mega Cat Studios
- Publisher
- Playground Productions
- Release
- Wed, Nov 27, 2024
- Price
- $9.99
- Reviews
- 211
- Positive
- 97%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- 11
- Genres
- Casual, Sports
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $9.42, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $9.99 launch price. That is 6% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Aug 17, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
99 data points going back to Nov 27, 2024 lie outside the 90-day window of your plan. Plus shows the complete history.
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