Retro Goal
Kick it 90s-style!
Ratings
Age
13+
Category
Sports
Languages
English
Wed Dec 06 2023
• Teams, leagues and kits updated for 2023 (new careers only)
• New nation - Argentina! (new careers only)
Retro Goal is a fast and exciting mix of arcade soccer action and accessible team management. With graphics inspired by the 16-bit era and precise touchscreen controls, you’ll lead your team through various leagues, signing players and managing finances while taking direct control during crucial goal-scoring moments. It’s the ultimate soccer experience for fans of classic gaming.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Retro Goal is a brilliant distillation of the world's most popular sport. It manages to capture the management depth of 'Football Manager' and the arcade fun of 'Sensible Soccer' in one package. The 'attack-only' gameplay is a genius move for mobile; it skips the boring midfield slog and puts you right in the action where you can actually influence the score with intuitive touch controls.
The 16-bit graphics are nostalgic perfection, and the sound effects are spot-on. My only real gripe is that the simulation part of the game can be a bit harsh with cards and injuries, which can feel out of your control. Still, for the price of a cup of coffee, the 'unlimited' version offers hours of depth as you try to lead a tiny club to the top of the European leagues.
Features
Classic 16-bit 'Retro' art style
Dozens of real-world inspired leagues
Intuitive swipe-to-kick and pass controls
Deep but accessible player transfer system
Tips & Walkthrough
When you enter the attacking phase, swipe to aim your shot or pass. The game slows down slightly to give you time to lead your strikers into space. Precision is more important than power!
Gameplays
Between matches, manage your team's facilities and stadium. Upgrading your training ground helps your players level up faster, while a better stadium increases your weekly income.
Screenshot
Q&A
You can play the first few matches for free. A small one-time purchase is required to unlock the full 'unlimited' season mode.
Ratings & Reviews
Great! Just lacking customization
Wed Jul 07 2021 B Rock5666This game is just as fun as Retro Bow to play. Really enjoy the game play and being able to play across all the different leagues. I really only have two issues with it. The main one is that there is no customization. One of my favorite things in Retro Bowl was that you could completely edit every team’s name, colors, and even their jersey. You could also edit players names as well. That is not something you are able to do in Retro Goal, even after paying the $0.99 for the unlimited version. I think it should be added, because I would to be able to edit all the teams and the player names as well. My other issue is that WAY too many yellow cards are given out to your players. Like I’m having 4-8 yellow cards given out every game, mostly to strikers and forwards, which makes NO sense. Attackers typically get the least fouls. And you don’t have control of this because it happens during the simulation part of game play. It causes an issue where I keep having my attackers suspended every other game almost. It is frustrating, but I enjoy playing the game so I get over it, but it would be much better if it didn’t happen as often. I’m fine with yellow cards be given out to my players, but in actual football matches, there’s normally 1-3 given out in a single game, not as many as I’m getting.
Amazing game, but not flawless
Tue Jun 29 2021 $urfRetro Goal is a fantastic game. As the successor to Retro Bowl, I had high expectations for the game and in many ways, those expectations have been exceeded. However, I do think that the switch from the credits system to the new currency system might not be the best change. The cost of upgrades, contract renewals, etc. seem disproportionately greater than they were in Retro Bowl, and it almost feels like you’re being almost forced to spend real life currency to keep your team afloat.. obviously this is a mobile game so in-game transactions will be important but in Retro Bowl it felt like they weren’t necessary, something I can’t say about Retro Goal.. this is exemplified by the fact that some players in game are only available for purchase with actual money (also it would be nice if the game didn’t practically penalise you for accepting a contract from another team by giving you terrible players and terrible facilities regardless, it doesn’t make sense that accepting a contract from Man Utd would give you awful players, forcing you to have to spend actual money to be able to compete in the Prem, this was also not an issue in Retro Bowl, and thus made it feel a bit more realistic/fair, not incentivising the spending of actual money). It would be nice to see a more balanced in game currency system, but outside of that, I think the game is exemplary, the mechanics are great and it’s really fun, great game.
Really nice game, needs some additions. MUST PLAY
Fri Jan 06 2023 Ed&MeekGamingJUST SO YOU KNOW: Offline and online game. Must pay for full version after 10 games (1$). Easy to learn controls. Simple and fun. This is probably one of the best mobile football (soccer) games I have played on mobile, it is offline compatible which I LOVE a tip for new players, the game is free, but after 10 games you are forced to buy the full version (1$). Some aspects of the game confuse me such as the yellow flag above a player, does that mean they are offside? I’m not sure. If you could put some sort of dictionary for everything that would be really nice! Suggestions: I think it would be nice for new players to add an option to buy the unlimited version+ an amount of gold, for a reasonable price, so that people get get the full version AND some extra gold (or money or whatever the currency is 😂) But still have the option to buy just the full version. Another suggestion is; as the game becomes more popular and such, I think it would be very fun to be able to play defense, instead of it just saying “chance missed” whenever it goes past half field. Thank you for making this game, I love both this game and retro bowl. I hope the developers can make more of these games! If the developers could read this and respond to this I would be very happy! 😃 From, your #1 fan (probably not #1 but still up there)
Very Disappointed
Wed Apr 12 2023 Dexxo21I am absolutely in love with RETRO BOWL and I’ve been playing it since it came out I have won every achievement and spent money on the game and still play it often. I was hoping RETRO GOAL was going to provide the same kind of lovely arcade style sports game but sadly IT DID NOT…First off, why is my team the only people with no competence no matter what start level they are. In what world would a 5 start player gain control of a ball and run a straight line out of bounds and no teammates make an attempt to make a run and if they do every single time my team gains possession they’re facing the wrong way because as I said they NEVER RUN FOWARD? How am I supposed to play authentic futball when my team acts like they don’t know how to play. I am playing as PSG with all 5 star stats and easy difficulty. I should not be getting angry at the ridiculous AI. Not to mention every time the other team touches the ball they somehow accurately clear it across the pitch and I miss my opportunity every time. The game is just downright unfair I already said I would spend money on it so I don’t know why it has to be so difficult to accomplish things. Please make the AI more responsive and play like real players. When they get the ball stop making them stand there backwards to goal. It’s unfair and unrealistic. I cannot complete passes if everyone of them is a back heel to the opposition.
Okay game. Has a lot of potential
Sat Oct 07 2023 isaacneedshelpOkay so let me start by saying I have bought the unlimited edition and a lot of the stuff just so I can get the full experience and it was just okay at best. Buying the unlimited version for 1.99 didn’t let me customize the jerseys and teams and play names the way retro bowl did. It’s also very annoying how no player attempts to make a run if I have the ball running down the pitch. It’s also super annoying how a defender will get possession and then automatically clear it and my chance is missed. There’s no defense in this game. It feels like when your playing highlights in fifa career mode and if they clear the ball or you didn’t automatically do what it tells you it says chance missed. The game basically forces you to keep paying real life money just to keep a stable team. Also if you switch teams, like for instance if I’m at Chelsea and switch to Barcelona, Barcelona will automatically have horrible players and training facilities for no reason. I don’t like how the ai doesn’t even play smart they just run, get possession and clear it, same with attackers. Now that all of my complaints are out of the air let me tell you about the good things. The only good thing is that it’s soccer. I’m a huge soccer fan and I’m trying my best to forcefully like this but if you’re just a fan of the developers, you’ll be pretty dissapointed. You’re much better off playing retro bowl. I still think the game is again “Okay” and would get a 6.5/10 for me and has alot of potential to be just as good as retro bowl.
Logic?
Thu May 19 2022 gregmmm74The only few problems I have with this game is like for one, every 4-5 star player wants good training facilities, don’t get me wrong I get that but like if you switch teams it’s hard to get new players because you have to max out the facilities or else you don’t get any players you want. Retro bowl was nothing like that, you could get any player you want without maxing out anything which was much easier and not as complicated as retro goal. Lastly, if you go to a really good team, you should already have great players, for example Bayern, Barca etc you switch to those teams and neither of them have a single good player. Make it make sense! I’m not saying they should be packed but like even if it’s just a 4-5 star defender or midfielder it would be better than nothing. I’m playing as Bayern and I’m literally getting dominated by teams that are trash in real life and I have no good players like what? I like the game yes, but it has a lot of flaws that kinda make the game sour and make you a bit upset. I don’t like how you have to buy the whole version after ten games, retro bowl was a great game that didn’t force you to do that. I did have a 5 star striker and he literally can’t score, all he does is hit crossbar. If you fix these mistakes or at least make the game have a better logic than I would have given it a 5 star.
it’s a good game but ..
Sat May 27 2023 antipelpathyIt’s actually a good game about soccer but I have a few issues with this game, now playing with weather costs money is kind of dumb and the fact that when you switch clubs you have horrible players when you switch and I get it. It’s a new club but at least give me a good striker I got relegated when I switched forest to man city because my whole team was horrible and about the missed chance, please remove that. It’s so useless like in a game you could counter attack the attack and take the ball and as soon as the missed chance happens they score it’s really a dumb thing to do because I can never catch a break as soon as I score 2 and the score is 2-0 they score one and then another one like can I catch a break and then I bottle the league because my season is 5-13-2 it’s so dumb like please fix the game and remove the missed chance because if we have missed chance what’s the purpose of defense if we can’t even play the defense when they pass the midfield line like I have the ball and then they slide tackle me and then I lose it and they get the ball and then it’s a missed chance when there’s still 5 to 6 players back there that could get the ball pass it to the midfield and then striker and get a goal. And also please make the goal rate lower because every time I lose a chance they always score and it’s always me losing or tieing which is actually annoying. And what would be a cool feature is that you could actually play as the goalkeeper in penalty shootouts because what would be the point of a keeper if you can’t play the keeper.
Has potential to be special
Wed Mar 08 2023 TrolleliminatorI downloaded this game and had fun after the first 10 games and decided to purchase the full game. Game has been super fun to play and I have not spent a single day not playing the game. However, I’ve played the game for quite some time now and have some complaints about it. My first complaint is the dreading “Chance Missed”. What’s the point of having a great goalkeeper and amazing set of defenders if I can’t use them to play defense against the opposite team? I’d love to be able to defend against the opposing team instead of seeing the “chance missed” message. My second complaint is player contracts. They make no sense. I had player contracts that were supposed to last 4 years+. However, after the season had ended, player contracts would be near of even expiring, which is really annoying. Not sure if it’s a glitch or what but please fix this. Other than that, I think that player and stadium customization would be great. Lastly, when switching to a big team, players should not be poor along with training ground, youth academy, etc. If I get the opportunity to switch to a team like Real Madrid, I would expect to have a great set of players. These are just some things that I’ve noticed while playing the game for the past few weeks. Hope you resolve these issues!
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