Rematch

Rematch (2025) is a sports game that simplifies football and encourages full-contact tackles. You control one player in the team and use button-combos to leverage the simulation in your favour. It stands out for its fighting-physics reimagining of football, drawn from the Rocket League playbook.

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You go head-to-head with other teams, playing in position. Play is similar to classic football, as you work to tackle, dribble, aim, and shoot. Here, though, it's just as important to communicate with your teammates and track the action to position yourself in the right place at the right time. How you do depends on executing button combos and game physics rather than player stats like FIFA-style football games.

As you progress, you learn to read the game and lean into the action-oriented challenge. There are no fouls, no offsides and no pauses. Doing well is simply a challenge of mastering the deep mechanics.

The result is a game that shirks the usual player-stat-influenced football simulation in favour of a pure skill-based arcade challenge. It's not quite Rocket League as the physics keep your players on the ground, but it's an enjoyable step in that direction.

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Our examiner, Thom Robertson, first checked Rematch 4 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 4 weeks ago.