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FIFA 22 cover art

FIFA 22

EA Canada & EA Romania · Electronic Arts · 2021-10-01

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

SimulationSports

Franchise: FIFA · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Sep 27, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 27, 2021 (Google Stadia), Sep 27, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Powered by Football™, EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with fundamental gameplay advances and a new season of innovation across every mode.

792
playing now
81%
positive of 120k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (100 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

792 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

FIFA 22 is a football simulation video game published by Electronic Arts. It is the 29th installment in the FIFA series, and was released worldwide on 1 October 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Players who pre-ordered the ultimate edition, however, received four days of early access and were able to play the game from 27 September.

Trailer

FIFA 22 trailer thumbnail

FIFA 22 | Official Reveal Trailer

≈510,732 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 792 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 561 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,622 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 119,900 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.5k8.5k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8,297 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,124 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8,426 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,718 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,554 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,119 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6,913 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,094 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8,314 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,308 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5,397 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,775 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,732 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,201 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7,390 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,852 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8,486 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,970 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7,439 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,872 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7,816 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,024 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3,124 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 841 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,194 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 503 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,899 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,095 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 470 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,682 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,220 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,340 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k02026-08-06 21:00 — 983 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 515 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 832 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 989 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 642 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 946 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,068 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 670 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,021 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,036 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 460 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 886 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 893 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 468 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 897 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 888 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 503 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 878 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,061 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 500 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 642 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 880 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 667 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 948 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 643 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 550 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,000 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 792 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$62.33$0.002021-07-112026-08-292021-07-11 — best price $59.992021-07-12 — best price $51.592021-07-13 — best price $62.332021-07-26 — best price $59.992021-08-12 — best price $59.992021-09-08 — best price $53.992021-09-23 — best price $59.992021-10-01 — best price $51.592021-11-19 — best price $32.392021-11-20 — best price $35.992021-11-21 — best price $32.352021-11-30 — best price $53.992021-12-01 — best price $51.592021-12-06 — best price $23.992021-12-13 — best price $59.992021-12-21 — best price $21.592021-12-22 — best price $24.002021-12-23 — best price $21.582022-01-11 — best price $53.992022-01-12 — best price $51.592022-01-26 — best price $59.992022-01-27 — best price $21.592022-01-28 — best price $24.002022-02-02 — best price $21.592022-02-07 — best price $24.002022-02-08 — best price $53.992022-02-09 — best price $51.592026-08-29 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1202026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
38.9%
earned "Dead-ball specialist"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split Screen

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)300,9791%38
PS5 (PlayStation)66,2542%38
Xbox One (Xbox)52,6190%37
Xbox Series (Xbox)41,6860%37
Steam (Steam)15,1292%37

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPSportse-sportsRealisticControllerSimulationTeam-BasedCompetitiveLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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