Pixel Cup Soccer Ultimate Edition Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published February 7, 2023 · Updated February 6, 2023

For our Pixel Cup Soccer Ultimate Edition Review, we take to the field in this retro-style arcade game. Play friendly matches, and 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!

Pixel Cup Soccer Ultimate Edition Review Pros:

Beautiful pixel art graphics.
489.88MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Own in-game achievements.
Steam trading cards.
Full controller support.
Remote play together support.
Graphics settings – zoom level, resolution, v-sync, fps counter, UI speed, and run in the background.
Four difficulties – casual, normal, hardcore, and custom. All relate to assists and player skills.
Football gameplay.
Four game modes – friendly, tournaments, party tournaments, and career modes.
How to play section covering controls, stats, skills, match, penalty kicks, and practice lessons.
A cool pixel art style to the menus.
Steam Workshop support.
Editors for teams, and tournaments.
15 cups to win both domestic and international.
Co-op mode can support 4 players on each side.
Game settings – match speed (1-3), slow motion, difficulty, super shots, foul chance (1-5), randomize tournaments, reset team database, and hints on/off.
Controller and keyboard settings – pass and shot assists, auto actions, adjust direction to the ball, auto change players, change player mode, manual goalkeeper, and rebind controls.
Sound settings – fx, fx volume, music, and music volume.
The tournament mode has 8 save slots.
Party mode has 4 save slots.
The career mode has 4 save slots.
44 stadiums each look fantastic and have different grass types and even dirt.
Day and night matches.
Five weather types – are clear, rain, snow, wind, and stormy weather.
15 leagues including international.
Each team has a rating based on the attack, midfield, defense, and goalkeeper and you get a score out of 100, team formation, and attitude.
Manage your team’s strategy with player management, formation, and attitude menus.
A training team with a zero rating.
Simplified controls.
Remote play prompts are baked into the game and are prominent.
Arcade atmosphere.
Goal replays.
The slow motion is brilliantly implemented.
The arrow shows on the active player to show where you are shooting/passing and a power bar for shots.
Has a Nintendo World Cup vibe to it.
Sliding tackles leave a mark on the pitch.
Really easy to get into.
In career mode you create – the team, stadium, club name, stadium name, flag, kit for home and away kits, players, and coach edits.
In-game cutscenes for the career mode.
For career mode, you have a series of factors like how much the fans like you, your financial status, and how the players feel about you.
Players earn exp in career mode and you spend the points on improving their skills and unlocking new abilities.
Has women’s football in the game.
Multiple choice encounters in the career mode.

Pixel Cup Soccer Ultimate Edition Review Cons:

Not Official teams, players, or stadiums.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen when using the controller.
Doesn’t do actual online against randoms, only with remote play together.
Tournament cups have to be unlocked in career mode.
No run button.
The passing and shooting are quite basic so no gimmicks like lobs and power pass.
Steam Workshop loads the steam part meaning you need a mouse if using a controller. You have to restart the game after downloading anything.
Rebinding the controller buttons takes place in the Steam app and minimizes the game and is not baked into the game.
Ai can get cheap in places like double-teaming.

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