Soccar — Play Free Online

Soccar is a sports game that puts football together with driving: instead of running players around a pitch, you steer a car and use it to knock the ball toward the goal. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, and a match is quick to start, which suits a short break between longer sessions.

The appeal is the same one that draws people to the jumpers and runners on Doodle Jump: the rules fit in one sentence, but doing it well takes timing. Reaching the ball is easy. Arriving at the right angle and the right moment is the part you get better at over a few matches.

It is built in Unity, so the first load is larger than a typical small HTML5 game. Give it a moment on the first visit, and expect it to run better on a laptop or desktop than on an older phone.

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 you tap and swipe instead. Choose what you want to play from the menu, then drive toward the ball and push it at the opposing goal while keeping your own goal covered.

Because the controls are simple, a round is mostly about positioning. The player who sits in the right place usually beats the one who simply chases the ball.

Tips

• Do not drive straight at the ball every time. Line up behind it first, so that your push sends it toward the goal and not off to the side.
• Keep a little speed in hand and make small steering corrections. Heavy turns lose momentum and leave your goal open.
• Drop back toward your own goal when the ball is far from you. Stopping an easy shot is worth more than a risky attack.
• If the keyboard feels fiddly, settle on either the arrow keys or WASD and stick with it, so your hands learn one layout.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Bouncy Basketball is the nearest neighbour in the sports category, with a similar quick-match feel but a very different way of scoring. Doodle Jump and Helix Jump are solo games about climbing and falling, so Soccar is a change of pace if you want something with an opponent and a ball. Fireboy and Watergirl suits you better if you would rather solve puzzles with a friend.

Soccar suits short sessions, players who like sports games but not complicated controls, and anyone who wants a goal-based game that works on a keyboard and mouse.