Foosball — Play Free Online

Foosball is the browser version of table football: small figures on rods, a ball that bounces off every wall, and a score race where one clean shot decides the point. It is a sports game from Poki, and a session is short enough to fit between longer runs on other pages.

If you came to Doodle Jump for quick, score-chasing arcade play, the appeal carries over. The rules fit in one sentence, the rounds are brief, and the feedback is immediate: you either blocked the ball or you did not. It runs in the browser with nothing to install.

How to play

Move with the arrow keys or WASD, and use the mouse to aim and to pick options in the menus. On a phone or tablet, tap and swipe instead. The aim is the same as on a real table: control your rods, get the ball past the other side's figures, and keep it out of your own goal.

A round is mostly a contest of positioning. Whichever rod holds the ball decides what happens next, so moving your figures to meet the ball matters more than frantic input.

Tips

• Defend first. Keeping your figures between the ball and your goal costs you nothing and stops easy points against you.
• Do not rush shots. A rushed shot usually bounces straight back at your own goal.
• Watch the angle the ball arrives at. A bounce off the side wall is easier to predict than it looks once you have seen a few.
• On a touch screen, short deliberate swipes tend to be more accurate than long fast ones.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Bouncy Basketball is the closest neighbour in the sports shelf; it is also a physics-driven score contest, but it is about jumping and timing rather than rods. Doodle Jump itself is a single endless climb with no opponent at all. Ovo 2 is a precision platformer where you race a level rather than a rival.

Foosball suits a quick break: open it, play a match or two, and close the tab. Mouse and keyboard give the most control, but the touch controls make it playable on a phone as well.