Developer Sloclap has recently revealed thatRematch, which has been recently added as a day one release to Xbox Game Pass, reached over a million unique players in less than 24 hours.Rematchis the latest day oneXbox Game Passtitle to quickly become a huge hit, following successes such asThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion RemasteredandClair Obscur: Expedition 33.
InRematch, players control a single player in a match, instead of the whole team like inpopular soccer gamessuch asEA Sports FC, and can pick positions such as attacker, defender, and goalkeeper. The game currently only has an online competitive mode, which comes in four varieties: 3v3, 4v4, 5v5, and a ranked 5v5 mode.
Now, the developers ofRematchhave announced that the game reached over a million players in less than a day,. While being part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription service has certainly helpedRematchto become more popular, it’s also fair to say that the game has been fairly trendy outside of it, too. For example,Rematchrecently reached a major player count milestone on Steam, with over 92,000 simultaneous gamers on the platform.
Rematch Reaches Over a Million Players in Less Than 24 Hours
Critically,Rematchhas been receiving mixed to positive reviews, though, and the title currently holds an average critic score of 74 onOpenCritic. While most critics have praisedRematch’s mechanics and its unique art style, the game has been criticized due to having performance issues and essentially no solo mode at launch.
It remains to be seen howRematchwill improve over time, but the title likely has a bright future. The developer has recently explained thatRematchwill gain crossplay as soon as possible, as the devs did what they could to include it at launch, but were unable to add the feature in time due to unforeseen technical issues. Other changes coming up soon include fixing lag and performance issues, as well as some major bugs. Unfortunately, there’s no official timeline for these updates, so gamers will have to wait for a while before they can finally play the best version of the popular soccer game. In 2026, Sloclap intends to implement an offline mode with AI teammates toRematch, too, which will certainly be good news for gamers who love soccer games but don’t want to compete with other people all the time.
