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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Essential Hardware PC Gaming Show Dune: Awakening Recommended reading Rematch launched without crossplay because of 'unforeseen technical complexities' and Sloclap is sorry, but it's a hit on Steam anyway Rematch passes 100K Steam concurrents in open beta as 'Rocket League but with feet' turns out to be a winning idea Rematch blew away my expectations—trailers don't do Sloclap's 5v5 football game justice Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend Soccer fans should be paying attention to Rematch, the 5v5 game coming this summer from the developer of martial arts hit Sifu Rematch: All the key details on the 5v5 football game from the masterminds behind Sifu Ball hogs and 'wannabe Messis' are already the heels of the Rematch community: 'Coach should run out onto the field and beat them with a stick' Rematch surpasses 1 million players in its first day of full release Andy Chalk 20 June 2025 Despite some bug issues and a lack of crossplay, Sloclap's 5v5 soccer game seems to be doing very well for itself. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Sloclap) Sloclap's 5v5 soccer game Rematch came out strong yesterday, racking up nearly 93,000 concurrent players on Steam alone—impressive by any measure, and particularly so for a Thursday afternoon. Today the studio put an even bigger number on the scoreboard, saying Rematch pulled in a million players in its first day of full release. "One million unique players in 24 hours," Sloclap wrote on X. "Seeing so many of you jump into Rematch on day one is incredible. "The whole team is super grateful! And already hard at work on fixing and improving the game. We are just getting started." Related Articles Rematch launched without crossplay because of 'unforeseen technical complexities' and Sloclap is sorry, but it's a hit on Steam anyway Rematch passes 100K Steam concurrents in open beta as 'Rocket League but with feet' turns out to be a winning idea Rematch blew away my expectations—trailers don't do Sloclap's 5v5 football game justice That isn't straight-up sales, to be clear: Rematch is available on Game Pass, and a large number of those players could be coming from that direction. Even so, it's putting up strong numbers on Steam as well: More than 83,000 people are currently playing it there, according to SteamDB, and I would expect that number to climb even higher over the weekend. (Image credit: Sloclap (Twitter)) Shortly after that message was posted, a small update for Rematch rolled out on Steam aimed at reducing crash issues, improving stability and performance, and fixing a desync problem caused by the ball hitting the goalpost. In a separate message, however, Sloclap said some players are still having problems, and asked for further feedback, either in a reply on X or, better, via a bug report form. The patch does not, unfortunately, address Rematch's absence of crossplay. Sloclap is working on it, but wasn't able to have it ready in time for release because of "unforeseen technical complexities." The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. The studio said yesterday that it has a "basic working version [of crossplay] from a technical standpoint, but we need to implement the relevant interfaces, before debugging and polishing it, and finally passing console certifications successfully." It said it would share a more detailed timeline for the rollout of Rematch crossplay as soon as possible. The patch notes from today's hotfix, taking Rematch to version 1.200.005, are below. Fixed an issue where the ball would hit the goalposts and become entirely out of sync for all players. Ball sync issues might still happen under other circumstances. Network / Performances Pushed a fix to reduce the frequency of crashes occurring after scoring a goal on all platforms. Various fixes for stability issues. Various netcode improvements. 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