Sports games

About our sports games

Our sports shelf is two takes on football, and both are decided by a single finger. Button Soccer is tabletop button football played from directly above: five weighted discs a side, a ball on a green pitch, and turns that alternate. You never touch the ball — you strike one of your own discs and let the collision do the work. Penalty Shootout 2026 is the other half of the sport, the keeper-versus-striker duel, played five kicks each way.

Both use a drag-and-release control with real trajectory physics, so where you finish the stroke and how fast you draw it genuinely change the shot. In Penalty Shootout that means curve: the goalkeeper commits to a corner before the ball arrives, so a straight shot into his side is smothered while a bending one leaves him going the wrong way. In Button Soccer it means power management — a short pull-back nudges a disc into position quietly, a full-length one scatters everything it touches.

Each game wraps its mechanic in a knockout tournament rather than a level ladder. Button Soccer runs a 32-team single-elimination bracket from the round of 32 to the final, with the rest of the draw resolving itself between your rounds. Penalty Shootout 2026 lets you pick from 48 national sides and draws a 16-team bracket around you, from the last sixteen through to the trophy, with ties level after five kicks dropping into sudden death.

The result is the shortest commitment in the catalog per match and one of the longest per trophy. A penalty tie takes about a minute; the four rounds to the final fit comfortably into one sitting. Opponents get harder in a readable way, too — later rounds aim straighter and read your habits rather than being handed an unfair advantage.

Sports games — frequently asked questions

What is button football?

A tabletop game played with weighted discs instead of players. You flick your own disc into the ball, or into another disc, to make play happen. Button Soccer is that game rendered top-down, with five discs a side.

How do I curve a penalty?

Put a bow into the swipe rather than drawing it straight. The ball bends away from the line it launched along, which is what beats a goalkeeper who has already committed to a corner.

Do I get to play in goal?

In Penalty Shootout 2026, yes — every tie runs both ways. When you are defending, a flick left or right throws your keeper that way, and later rounds shorten your reaction time rather than making the striker cheat.

How long is a full tournament?

Both are designed to be finished in one session. Penalty Shootout is four rounds of roughly a minute each; Button Soccer is five rounds, with regular rounds played first to three goals.