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Backyard Soccer '98
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“nostalgic”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Excruciatingly easy but its a kids game so whatever, u cant skip any cutscenes and my brain is fried so I feel really hot in a temperature way when they keep talking and you cant skip. Its also very loud even at 1% volume. Still fun I think.”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“Growing up. I only had Backyard Football and Backyard Baseball so I was pleasantly surprised with how much fun I had. Soccer is a sport I know very little about so it was really fun building a hilariously unbalanced team for season mode and having to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ my way to the world…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Casual, Sports |
| Player tags | Sports · Football (Soccer) · Casual · Arcade · Cute · Simulation · Colorful · Pixel Graphics · Comedy · Cartoon · 1990's · Retro (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Official site | https://backyardsports.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 32bit Processor: 2.0+ Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5670 1GB DDR3 Sapphire Storage: 200 MB available space