eFootball Kick-Off!

With clean controls that support pick-up-and-play football, a staggering number of teams, and very moreish gameplay loops, backed by a much lower price tag than its immediate competitor, eFootball Kick-Off is a perfect reminder that while a truly rancid host nation can undermine the delight of a World Cup, nothing can destroy the love for the sport.

It delivers a nostalgic and fluid football experience that masterfully revives the spirit of classic Pro Evolution Soccer. The arcade-style World Tour mode provides addictive progression, and the technical performance on Switch 2 is impressively smooth. However, frustratingly inconsistent goalkeeper AI and porous defensive logic occasionally undermine the polished ball physics and fun factor.

eFootball Kick-Off! is a reminder that football games do not need to be overloaded with features to be enjoyable. When the fundamentals are strong and the design is focused, the result can be just as compelling as any big‑budget alternative. With this release, Konami has successfully tapped into its roots, giving Switch 2 players a superb reason to hit the pitch. It is a confident and enjoyable revival of Konami’s classic football philosophy, built around tight controls, smooth animation, and a generous range of modes that suit both newcomers and long‑time fans. The limited licences and occasional commentary hiccups do little to diminish the strength of the on‑pitch action, and the absence of pay-to-win microtransactions makes the overall package even more appealing. This is a focused and highly entertaining football game that understands exactly what it wants to be and delivers it with clarity.

eFootball Kick-Off! brings Konami's football to Nintendo with gameplay that's pleasantly reminiscent of the old PES games. There are several limitations and plenty of room for improvement, but it's a decent debut.

eFootball Kick-Off! brings back the spirit and feeling of the Konami football games of yesteryear thanks to a quick, simple and accessible gameplay that leaves both beginners and veterans at ease with its smooth and fun experience, a strong technical performance on the Nintendo Switch 2, and a very solid local multiplayer mode. The experience is less outstanding when it comes to its online component and a certain lack of depth that keeps eFootball Kick-Off! from standing shoulder to shoulder with the football greats in the Switch 2 catalogue.

Sadly, despite the pricing being on point and Konami having laid a solid foundation with eFootball Kick-Off! by dropping the gacha nonsense of the main game and making the minute-to-minute gameplay feel really good, they have managed to score an own goal by making the package as bare-bones as possible.

It's fun, easy to enjoy, and it's got a nice approach to it in terms of value. And I love the menu music reminding me of the ISS/PES era, and the cute icons in Nintendo's own fashion. So, if Konami manages to upgrade the graphics to more modern standards, and if the World Tour leans closer to the ML in the future, this could be more than a summer love or a travel buddy. For now, it's okay if just like that.

I gonna say this is a best football game who don't have microtransaction. Better than FC Series who has microtransaction. But their is important mode missing which is the Master League.

Biggest issue is that it doesn't run on PC/console engine, it's a beefed up mobile phone version. Switch 2 GPU can handle 60 fps with PC engine on normal gameplay, with some optimizations needed for other stuff (corners, half-time menu), but they got lazy. Graphics and controls could have been SOOO much better, it's a shame. Content is low, not much to do. Won't find online matches easily, not many in queue. On the positive side, it's not P2W like efootball is. One time buy, reasonable price for the lack of content. Gets updates, they added leagues now. Runs 60 fps most of the time. Be concerned about its future though. It's not a yearly release and doesn't have microtransactions. Which means when the sales hit a plateau, we don't know what's gonna happen to it. Still, with that price I don't worry too much. I love that it's not a P2W live service game like efootball, I support that. It has its issues though. If they had the PC engine and Master League, it would be a perfect 10. Worth a try for that price, just don't expect much content out of it

100% Spiritual successor of Pro Evolution Soccer. If you played series like me especially Master League you will feel some beautiful nostalgia. It has the same exact strengths and weaknesses as PES always had. Game by itself runs well, it has one really cool feature that when you shoot the ball and miss goal, goalkeeper will take the ball from outside the pitch and put it on the ground and begin to play, like a real life, it gives you such wonderful feeling of immersion. If you know PES you know all the bad stuff that this game will have, small amount of licenced teams, defenders are weird and sometimes you really have no idea what to do to defend a goal. It does have something called Wolrd Tour which is a primary mode of this game where you play tournaments and create your favorite team. I played on Very Hard and finished the game in 9 hours. For 20 euros it is great and I can see myself coming back to this game to play World cup or something like that

I really want to like this game, it can be fun when it wants to be, but it's incredibly frustrating when playing against human opponents and the computer AI decides to help them, while my own players stands and watches. It doesn't feel even and makes it unfair. Countless times the game had decided where to pass for me rather than my own decision. I will pass towards a team member only for the game to pass in the opposite direction making me give up possession. I want to decide who I pass too, not what the computer thinks is best. Goalkeepers (even highly rated) are useless. I think there should be no scripting in the next game, let players play don't play for them it's not fair Single player is fun, but it lacks game modes.

Not sure how this is getting such high ratings. After 10 ranked 1v1 games, I didn't score a single goal. This is like in the lowest ranked league with the worst players in this game. I've been playing footie sims for the past 20 years. This is the first time I haven't scored in 10 matches. I'm requesting a refund from Nintendo once the transaction with the bank clears. If that fails, I'm disputing the transaction with my financial institution. I'm done being scammed by football simulations that promise to be something they are not.