Main competitor ofEA Sports FC 24Konami has just announced that its game eFootball had exceeded the milestone of 700 million downloads. The football simulation, available for free on PC (Steam), consoles (next and current-gen) and mobile (iOS and Android), celebrates this symbolic milestone with gifts for all players logging in before February 1.
700 Million downloads for eFootball
Available for free since September 30, 2021, eFootball had a very difficult start with a particularly visually buggy game. If the gameplay was rarely criticized, the rest of the product was particularly shoddy, including extremely outdated visual animations.
However, with gameplay that is very different (and more realistic) than FIFA, a free-to-play and cross-platform approach and an approach diametrically opposed to that of EA, eFootball has managed to convince a fairly substantial player base. With 700 million downloads, the studio proves that the game’s bad beginnings are now a distant memory.
Especially since Konami continued to work on its title through numerous updates. Among the main improvements, we recently mentioned the deployment of 3.0.0, adding even more features to the game, including the arrival of online co-op.
Since then, eFootball has positioned itself as a real competitor to EA Sports FC 24, notably by offering more realistic gameplay and much superior AI. If the game continues to suffer from a lack of content outside of its ” WAS », a career mode allowing you to manage a team is now present.
In addition, professional licenses are becoming more and more numerous, allowing you to play with the majority of the major European leagues in career mode. A real plus especially since eFootball has exclusive rights and partnerships with major clubs such as FC Barcelona, Arsenal, Naples and Lazio. In addition, certain football legends are only available in the Konami game, including Beckenbauer, Pizarro and Dwight Yorke.
As a reminder, eFootball is available for free on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One and on Mobile (iOS and Android). If you’re looking for an alternative to EA’s game, Konami’s title clearly has the potential to please football fans and this celebration is an opportunity to test the game.