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Backyard Soccer '98 cover art

Backyard Soccer '98

Mega Cat Studios · Playground Productions · 2024-11-27

Steam

CasualSports

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 27, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 17, 2025 (Android), Nov 13, 2025 (iOS)

Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!

96%
positive of 220 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (53 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 29,563 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 220 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-08-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220242026Week of 2024-11-27: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-16: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$7.492024-11-272026-10-082024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $8.492025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-24 — best price $7.992025-05-27 — best price $9.992025-07-01 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-15 — best price $7.492025-08-29 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-10 — best price $7.492025-10-13 — best price $9.992025-12-08 — best price $7.992025-12-15 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Not Just a Collector"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18210%24

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteRetro1990'sArcadeCasualComedySportsCartoonColorfulSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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