Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition

Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition

Released Oct 2022

Pixel Cup Soccer is a retro-style arcade game. Play friendly matches, tournaments or create your team and lead it to glory in career mode! You can play it alone or with up to 8 friends, locally or through Steam remote, you can choose whether to play competitively, cooperatively, or even both!

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Evaluation

Pixel Cup Soccer – Ultimate Edition launched out of Early Access on October 14, 2022. At launch, the developer stated they hoped "to continue polishing it, adding new features, and making the game better and better," signaling intent for ongoing post-launch support. The game has since received four named major content updates: Party Mode with local co-op (July 20, 2022, pre-1.0 but close to launch), Super Shots and Steam Workshop integration (October 14, 2022), the Asian Cup tournament with career mode player statistics and Traditional Chinese localization (December 15, 2023), and Online Multiplayer with the World Champions Cup (March 30, 2024). A further feature patch added the Africa Cup of Nations Cup on May 2, 2024. The major content drops between the 1.0 launch and May 2024 are spread across roughly 18 months, establishing a cadence of significant new content roughly every 6–9 months. The last major content release was May 2, 2024. The previous evaluation noted developer engagement through a Workshop Spotlight post in December 2025, which indicates continued community interaction as recently as December 2025. As of October 1, 2026, the last noted developer communication was December 2025 — approximately 9 months ago — and the last major content drop was May 2024, now over 28 months ago. This is well beyond the established 6–9 month cadence window. However, the developer has never stated that development is finished or that no further content is planned. The December 2025 Workshop Spotlight shows the developer was still engaged with the game at that point, though it is a community-facing post rather than an announcement of new content. The extended silence on major content since May 2024, combined with no announcement of future updates, means we cannot confirm the game is still actively receiving new content — but equally, the developer has never closed the door. Given the extended gap beyond the historical update cadence and the absence of any announced future content, the sustained update pattern is the best available signal. The cadence has slowed considerably, and while community engagement continued into late 2025, no new major content has been signaled. The assessment of active development is retained but with lower confidence given the extended time since the last major content release.
Evidence
Major content update adding online multiplayer (matchmaking and friend invites) and the World Champions Cup tournament with a new stadium.
news post · Mar 30, 2024 source content shipped
high
Major content update adding Asian Cup 2023-2024 tournament, player statistics for career mode, difficulty badges, and Traditional Chinese localization.
news post · Dec 15, 2023 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
BATOVI Games
Achievements
40
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Pixel Cup Soccer is a casual retro-style soccer game, a great evolution from the previous edition. It's dynamic, arcade, with fast-paced gameplay, just the fun part of soccer! The game has great pixel art graphics like the games from the 80s and 90s, evoking nostalgia.



Move, pass, and shoot the ball to victory! You will learn to play in one minute, but it takes much longer to master it. The simple controls enable a rich set of features such as passing, shooting, tackling, sprinting, dribbling, etc.

Play single-player (player VS computer) or local multiplayer (player VS player). Play local multiplayer with your friends. With Remote Play Together, you can play online with your friends in competitive or cooperative modes.

Play Modes:

  • Friendly Match
  • Tournaments
  • Career Mode
  • Penalty Kicks
  • Cooperative / Competitive. Up to 8 players (4 vs 4)
  • Party Tournament
  • Steam Remote Play Together

Career Mode:

  • Build your own team from the ground up. Climb to the top.
  • Play leagues D, C, B, A, Country Cup, and International Cup and become the Champion of the Club Global Cup!



  • The Club’s board of Directors has put you in charge of the important decisions of the Club! You will be the General Manager and Coach.



  • The teams can be fully customized (name, players, shirt colors, club flag, etc.)

Competitions:

  • Global Cup
  • American Cup
  • European Cup
  • Women's Global Cup
  • Global Cup 1930 (evoking the first international cup)
  • OlymPixel Cup (men and women)
  • Liberty Cup
  • Euro Champ Cup
  • Pixel League A, B, C, D.
  • Pixel Tournament
  • Infinite teams and tournaments to download through Steam Workshop

Features:

  • Simplified Controls For Casual Players.
  • Easy to pick up and enjoy, with clean and challenging gameplay.
  • Retro-style art resembling old games and evoking nostalgia.
  • Women’s Soccer.
  • Penalties, Free Kicks.
  • Fouls, injuries, yellow and red cards.





  • Tactical and Strategy panels, to manage player substitutions, team formation, and attitude.
  • Deep gameplay mechanics: short pass, through pass, lob pass, aiming when shooting, controlled shots, player skills, super shots, etc.
  • Lots of Animations (overhead kick, scorpion kick, scissor kick, diving header, etc.)



  • Challenging AI. Teams with very different playing styles (ie: Catenaccio like Italy or Tiki-Taka like Brasil).
  • Many game settings, including Zoom Level, VSync, Slow motion, Assisted mode, Language Selection, etc.

Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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