
by Miniant Labs
★ 5.00 average from 1 plays
A penalty shootout is the most one-on-one moment in football, and this is a game made of nothing else. Five kicks each, taken alternately, under the real IFAB rules — and if it is level after five, sudden death until somebody misses.
What makes it a game rather than a coin flip is that you play both jobs. When you are not taking the kick you are in goal: you tap a spot on the goalmouth before the strike, and your keeper dives there the instant the ball is hit. Guess right and you have saved it. Guess the way the striker was always going to go and you have not.
It runs in 3D, and both the online modes and the match against the computer come in a day version and a night version — the same pitch under floodlights, which changes how the ball reads against the crowd more than you would expect.
A keeper who guesses the right side still has to reach the ball. A shot high into a corner beats a correct guess far more often than a hard shot down the middle does.
This is a five-round game against one person who is watching all five. Two shots to the same corner is information, and the third one will be saved.
Most players dive because diving feels like goalkeeping. Against an opponent who has noticed you always commit to a side, standing still is the save nobody expects.
Once it goes past five kicks every single shot is a match point. Pick the corner you trust rather than the one you think will look impressive.
Yes — whoever is not taking the kick is in goal. You tap a spot on the goalmouth before the strike and the keeper commits there when the ball is hit.
Sudden death, the same as the real thing: one kick each until one side scores and the other misses.
The same match under floodlights rather than daylight. It is a visual variant you choose before the match, available in every mode.
Yes, against the computer. The two-player modes need either a friend you invite or a random opponent.