Soccer fans can enjoy the game on their smartphones with the following apps. This list includes realistic, professional soccer games and fun, goal-scoring games. Play a long match or just shoot around for a few minutes while on a lunch break. Either way, these smartphone soccer games will keep you entertained.
Dream League Soccer
Play matches, organize teams, and train for upcoming games in Dream League Soccer. The game has a great practice session for offense, but not defense. This will become apparent quickly when you try to defend an opposing team during a real match. Locating the defender that the game toggles to while on defense isn’t easy and when you identify the player that the controls are mapped to, it is hard to take the ball away from the player. The result is multiple goals by the opposing team. The best way to counter this is to switch players manually and slide tackle the opponent. Try to avoid fouling them and causing injuries; this will result in a free kick, which the opposing team will most likely score on. The footage of each goal is replayed and player substitutions are shown. The game also features team introductions and entertaining celebrations.
This game is available on Google Play, iTunes, and Windows Phone.
Flick Shoot (Soccer Football)
Flick the touchscreen on your smartphone to kick the ball in this easy-to-play soccer shooting game. Try scoring a goal against a goalkeeper before the timer reaches zero. If you can’t get the ball past him with regular flicks, curve the ball by swiping the screen with a curved gesture. In addition to the time attack mode, there’s an arcade mode, which limits the number of balls you have to score a goal, and there is a goal-post mode that requires the player to hit the goal posts. You can also aim at bullseye in the target mode. Two more modes available in this version include the tournament mode and the one-ball mode.
This game is available on Google Play and iTunes.
Stickman Soccer 2014
This soccer game as an automatic running option that lets you focus on finding the players to pass the ball to and scoring goals during a match. Just tap on the players to pass and tap on the net to shoot the ball. This control scheme defends automatically as well. There is a penalty kick mode where you try to score goals against a goalie and defend against goals from the other team. This is played using manual controls, which features a touchscreen directional pad, a shoot button, a pass button, a slide button, and a switch/defend button. Additional game modes are unlocked by watching ad videos.
This game is available on Google Play, iTunes, and Windows Phone.
Striker Soccer London
Select different formations to play in Striker Soccer London. This includes 3-4-3, 3-5-2, 4-5-1, and catenaccio. There’s also several game modes including kids, friendly, Olympic cup, and penalties. The players in the kids mode run on their own, and there is an unique control scheme that automatically selects the most advantageous player to pass the ball to. Just tap the right side of the touchscreen to pass the ball, shoot the ball at the goal, and tackle. The friendly mode has a directional pad which is used to move the players in various directions, and the penalty kicks feature a responsive touchscreen that correlates the speed and trajectory of the ball with how hard you swipe the screen.
This game is available on Google Play, iTunes, and Windows Phone.
Soccer Street Star
If you want to play in the streets instead of on the soccer field, check out Soccer Street Star. This street soccer game easily identifies the players on the screen that the controls are currently mapped to, and it has cool perspectives during out-of-bounds throw-ins and kicks. Getting possession of the ball is hard, so is scoring a goal with the directional pad featured in this game.
This game is available on Google Play.
Recommendation
If I were to download just one game from this list, it would be Striker Soccer London. The Kids mode features the best control scheme for a soccer game, while the Penalty Kicks mode has the most responsive touchscreen among these games. It’s definitely worth playing.
