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Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?

Football Referee Simulator is a sports, simulation and football (soccer) game developed and published by Vladimir Pliashkun.
Released on June 29th 2024 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Greek and Polish.

It has received 354 reviews of which 330 were positive and 24 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 0.69€ on Steam with a 30% discount.

The Steam community has classified Football Referee Simulator into these genres:

Sports Simulation Football (Soccer) e-sports 2D Text-Based Singleplayer Indie

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+)
  • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10 capable
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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March 2026
The game is good, but if we can add more data like stamina, ability, mental etc to referees, then the official work will be more interesting!!
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Feb. 2026
Football Referee Simulator – 5/10 – A Whistle-Worthy Concept, But Lacks Depth Football Referee Simulator has a premise that sounds intriguing at first: step into the shoes of a football referee and experience the highs and lows of officiating a game. It’s a fresh take on the sports simulation genre, and on paper, it has potential. Unfortunately, while the game captures the basics of being a referee, it doesn’t do enough to elevate the experience beyond a novelty. The concept of making real-time decisions—issuing yellow cards, red cards, and managing fouls—could be an interesting twist for fans of football who want to see the game from a different perspective. The match simulation is decent enough, with players reacting to your calls in real-time, and there’s a certain satisfaction in getting the right call at the right moment. The pressure of officiating, managing the flow of the game, and dealing with coaches and players makes for a unique challenge. That being said, Football Referee Simulator struggles with depth. The gameplay feels repetitive fairly quickly. You’re essentially watching a football match unfold and reacting to it, but there’s very little complexity in the decision-making process. The AI is predictable, the matches can become dull after a while, and the game doesn’t offer much in terms of variety. There’s no real progression or career mode to keep you invested, and while the matches can feel intense in the moment, they don’t leave much room for long-term engagement. Visually, the game is functional but underwhelming. The player models are basic, the animations are stiff, and the overall presentation feels outdated. The stadiums and environments lack the polish that you might expect from modern sports games, and the crowd noise is repetitive, which makes the experience feel hollow over time. The sound design, particularly the commentary, is one of the game’s weakest points. The voice lines are repetitive, and the lack of varied commentary leads to awkward silence or repetitive remarks that take you out of the immersion. The match audio itself can get a bit grating after a while, especially as you get deeper into long matches without much change in the action. 5/10 – An Interesting Concept, But Lacks Substance Football Referee Simulator has a fun, niche idea at its core, but it doesn’t do enough to keep players engaged in the long run. It’s entertaining in short bursts, especially if you’re curious about what it’s like to be a referee, but it quickly falls into a repetitive loop without the depth to make it something worth coming back to. If you're a diehard football fan looking for a unique experience, it’s worth checking out, but don’t expect it to be a long-lasting, immersive experience.
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June 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☑ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☑ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☑ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☑ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template
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June 2025
its a Good game for the price just got things that annoy me a little 1. not being able to call offside whenever and only be able when a goal is scored 2. when reviewing var u can only see for goals and not fouls 3. when reviewing var u cant rewind it so if its a long play u just need to sit there till its over and then continue watching the part u wanna rewind too now this is the only bad things i can say about the game other than that its great!
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May 2025
I've played this game in career twice and jave grinded my way from league 2 into league 1, but after i reach league 1, i always get penalized, whice reduces my points. force me to drop back to league 2. no matter what path i choose whether i engage in match fixing or try to best honest and play fair i always got relegated to league 2. is this some kind of bug? or is the game actually design this way? if so, please fix this. its extramely frusrating. Terimakasih.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Football Referee Simulator is currently priced at 0.69€ on Steam.

Football Referee Simulator is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 0.69€ on Steam.

Football Referee Simulator received 330 positive votes out of a total of 354 achieving a rating of 8.58.
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Football Referee Simulator was developed and published by Vladimir Pliashkun.

Football Referee Simulator is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Football Referee Simulator is not playable on MacOS.

Football Referee Simulator is not playable on Linux.

Football Referee Simulator is a single-player game.

Football Referee Simulator does not currently offer any DLC.

Football Referee Simulator does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Football Referee Simulator does not support Steam Remote Play.

Football Referee Simulator is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Football Referee Simulator.

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Football Referee Simulator
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Rating
8.6
330
24
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5
Developer
Vladimir Pliashkun
Publisher
Vladimir Pliashkun
Release 29 Jun 2024
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