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FIFA 22 cover art

FIFA 22

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

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SimulationSports

Franchise: FIFA · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

FIFA 22 is a 2021 Simulation and Sports game, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 119,865 reviews).

403
playing now
81%
positive of 120k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
twitch viewers (latest)
3.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (100 ratings)
48
Nexus mods (146k downloads)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 68% recommend · from 91 critics
10h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

403 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 403 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 535 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~67/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,622 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 16,638 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 119,806 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 7 of 7 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: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k3402026-09-15 11:00 — 556 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 806 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 496 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 717 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,044 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 575 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 417 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 890 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 647 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 568 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 780 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 609 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 373 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 754 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 819 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 340 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 600 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 688 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 425 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 674 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 937 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 460 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 403 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51k719Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 26,634 · peak 51,573Dec 2021 — avg 35,465 · peak 75,462Feb 2022 — avg 44,120 · peak 89,499Apr 2022 — avg 37,407 · peak 69,366Jun 2022 — avg 50,769 · peak 93,668Aug 2022 — avg 47,666 · peak 87,404Oct 2022 — avg 19,949 · peak 37,773Dec 2022 — avg 15,509 · peak 27,045Feb 2023 — avg 11,285 · peak 19,099Apr 2023 — avg 9,136 · peak 15,483Jun 2023 — avg 7,812 · peak 13,182Aug 2023 — avg 6,212 · peak 9,633Oct 2023 — avg 4,880 · peak 8,827Dec 2023 — avg 4,042 · peak 6,665Feb 2024 — avg 3,228 · peak 5,208Apr 2024 — avg 2,833 · peak 4,906Jun 2024 — avg 2,725 · peak 4,449Aug 2024 — avg 2,135 · peak 3,397Oct 2024 — avg 1,863 · peak 3,346Dec 2024 — avg 1,519 · peak 2,396Feb 2025 — avg 1,334 · peak 2,292Apr 2025 — avg 1,195 · peak 2,109Jun 2025 — avg 1,254 · peak 2,207Aug 2025 — avg 983 · peak 1,583Oct 2025 — avg 947 · peak 1,630Dec 2025 — avg 837 · peak 1,356Feb 2026 — avg 795 · peak 1,287Apr 2026 — avg 745 · peak 1,243Jun 2026 — avg 761 · peak 1,223Aug 2026 — avg 768 · peak 1,273
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$62.33$0.002021-07-112026-10-102021-07-11 — 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 $0.002026-09-05 — best price $0.002026-09-12 — best price $0.002026-09-19 — best price $0.002026-09-26 — best price $0.002026-10-03 — best price $0.002026-10-10 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

421872026-06-02 — 156 pageviews2026-06-06 — 155 pageviews2026-06-10 — 161 pageviews2026-06-14 — 258 pageviews2026-06-18 — 233 pageviews2026-06-22 — 282 pageviews2026-06-26 — 249 pageviews2026-06-30 — 289 pageviews2026-07-04 — 308 pageviews2026-07-08 — 316 pageviews2026-07-12 — 394 pageviews2026-07-16 — 367 pageviews2026-07-20 — 335 pageviews2026-07-24 — 374 pageviews2026-07-28 — 239 pageviews2026-08-01 — 207 pageviews2026-08-05 — 185 pageviews2026-08-09 — 174 pageviews2026-08-13 — 143 pageviews2026-08-17 — 169 pageviews2026-08-21 — 117 pageviews2026-08-25 — 136 pageviews2026-08-29 — 126 pageviews2026-09-02 — 130 pageviews2026-09-06 — 129 pageviews2026-09-10 — 103 pageviews2026-09-14 — 90 pageviews2026-09-18 — 150 pageviews2026-09-22 — 129 pageviews2026-09-26 — 151 pageviews2026-09-30 — 105 pageviews2026-10-04 — 102 pageviews2026-10-08 — 87 pageviews2026-10-12 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3002026-09-30 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 11 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

Front Office Football Eight

Similarity via IGDB.

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