Skip to main content PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES Search PC Gamer View Profile Movies & TV Gaming Industry PC Gaming Show Newsletter Signup Community Guidelines Affiliate Links Meet the team About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine Subscription Why subscribe? 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 Baldur's Gate 3 Doom: The Dark Ages Marvel Rivals Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend Andy Chalk 17 April 2025 Here's your chance to see what it's all about. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Sloclap) I was a little surprised when Sloclap, the maker of fighting games Absolver and Sifu, announced in 2024 that its next project was a multiplayer soccer game called Rematch. It's not what I'd call an obvious fit, but it does look to be shaping up to be a very good game, and this weekend you'll be able to get a taste of what it's like in an open beta set to start on April 18. Rematch takes a different approach to soccer than most other videogame translations: It's a multiplayer-exclusive game in which each person controls a single player on the field. That makes teamwork and coordination essential, because even when you don't have the ball you have to maintain position and keep up with the flow of play to ensure you're ready to take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself. It's also a very streamlined take on the sport, with no offsides or fouls, which aims to keep the action flowing. "You are always engaged," Sloclap said when Rematch was first announced. "You cannot drop the pad for even half a second because you'll always have to reposition yourself to serve the action and be where you should be." You may like Soccer fans should be paying attention to Rematch, the 5v5 game coming this summer from the developer of martial arts hit Sifu Rematch blew away my expectations—trailers don't do Sloclap's 5v5 football game justice I was a little dubious about the whole thing, but Sloclap may be onto something here. "Every now and then a game comes along that seems unassuming at first but totally blows away all of your expectations and reveals itself to be something special," Daneilla Lucas wrote in a recent hands-on preview. "Rematch is one of those games." Rematch will cost $30 at launch, a bold move that may put off some players accustomed to free-to-play multiplayer. This open beta could put some price-based concerns to rest: It's not the complete package but it is free, and you can put the boots to the game to your heart's content and see if it lives up to its early billing. REMATCH | Golden Rules Trailer | Release Date Announcement - YouTube To get into the Rematch beta, head around to Steam and hit the "request access" button. Sloclap said access to everyone who signs up will be granted gradually, "as long as the servers hold," and everyone should be in by Friday evening or early Saturday at the latest. The duration of the beta has also been extended: It was originally only meant to run for a day but will instead run until 8 am UTC on April 21. Rematch is set to go fully live on June 19. 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. 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