Given that soccer is the most popular sport globally, it’s not surprising that tons of soccer-themed mobile games are available in the Google and Apple app stores. While there are a lot of exciting soccer games available, choose the wrong game and you’ll find yourself wasting time and money.
With the World Cup less than a year away, it’s a great time to look at some of the most compelling soccer games available on smartphones.
After all, soccer fans and video games often go hand in hand. Even before we could carry our favorite games in our pockets, soccer fans enjoyed outstanding soccer-themed video titles on consoles like Atari and the Commodore 64. Today’s technology allows us to play soccer-themed games from wherever we happen to be in the world. Keep reading to learn about the best soccer games available for your smartphone.
FIFA Mobile
Electronic Art’s FIFA is the first thing that comes to mind when most soccer fans think of video games. FIFA is the most popular soccer video game franchise for a reason—it has arguably the largest community of players worldwide.
Once upon a time, you could only enjoy the FIFA experience on a gaming console or PC, but now it’s available on your smartphone. The mobile game has tons of features and is probably the best soccer simulation available on a mobile device. As a bonus, the FIFA effect will ensure that you learn a lot about soccer the deeper you get into the game.
Extreme Football
Football simulators like FIFA Mobile are a lot of fun, especially for hardcore fans who want to immerse themselves in their favorite sport. However, sometimes you just want to relax with your smartphone, forget about famous players, and play a game.
Extreme Football allows you to do just that by letting you engage in short matches against an AI opponent, friend, or random player who’s online at the same time as you.
The game’s backdrop is the neighborhood playground, where you get to show off your skills in front of your friends. You can play one-on-one, two-on-two, or three-on-three games. The game’s fun is found in its simplicity: get the ball in the net, and you score.
Final Kick
If you like arcade soccer games, you’ll love Final Kick. It’s easy to get the hang of this penalty kick game that lets you kick the ball over and over again to your heart’s content.
The online gameplay stands out, allowing you to compete in weekly tournaments, online multiplayer, and online and offline tournaments. There’s not a lot to this game besides kicking, but the simplicity is what makes it makes it so fun.
Dream League Soccer
Do you constantly check your favorite player’s and team’s stats on ESPN and imagine yourself managing a soccer club? If so, Dream League Soccer is the game for you. You get to choose from more than 4,000 FIFPro licensed players as you go about your mission of building the perfect team.
The graphics are outstanding, and the movements fluid and realistic, especially for a mobile soccer game. Once you learn the controls, you’ll be engaging in exciting moves and awe-inspiring finishing strikes.
Football Manager
If you like the idea of competing against opponents spanning 60 leagues and 24 countries, Sega’s Football Manager is worth checking out. As the name suggests, your job is to manage a football team by encouraging bonds between players to improve performance, motivating your players to play better, and building a winning team.
Sega releases a new version of Football Manager annually, and the game’s mechanics rarely change. So, once you master the gameplay, you can enjoy it for many years to come.
FIFA Soccer
The second FIFA game on our list is an arcade-game instead of a soccer simulation. The game is a favorite on consoles and holds up remarkably well on mobile devices.
You get to build the ultimate team and score goals as you watch your team level up game after game. Gameplay includes facing off against competitors in live events throughout the entire soccer season. It’s an immersive experience and a must-have game for soccer fans who enjoy arcade-style video games.
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