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Puppet Soccer has been making people laugh since 2014: marionette footballers with giant heads, one against one, kicking, jumping and fouling their way to the World Cup. It has over 10 million downloads on Google Play and a 4.3-star rating from more than 460,000 players.
We make Toy Soccer Cup, a free table-football game with 3D toy footballers. We are one of the two sides in this comparison, so every fact about Puppet Soccer comes from its own Google Play listing, and we will say plainly where it is ahead.
Puppet Soccer is real-time and chaotic: you run, jump and kick with one big-headed player, and power-ups like chewing gum or ice turn the match upside down. Toy Soccer Cup is turn-based and tactical: you flick each of your seven toy footballers, choosing angle and power, like Subbuteo on a screen.
| Puppet Soccer | Toy Soccer Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | NOXGAMES | MAVA Games, 2026 |
| How you play | Real time, 1 big-head player each | Turn by turn, 7 toy footballers each |
| Teams | 32 countries, 90+ marionette players | 57 leagues, 858 original clubs + 25 national teams in the album |
| Power-ups | 10 bonuses: gum, ice, slime, springs… | None: just physics — curl, chip, bank shots |
| Upgrades | Kick, jump and speed | Train your club vs the computer; online duels start equal |
| 2 players on one phone | Yes, split screen | Yes, 2 Players mode |
| Online against people | Not in its feature list | 8 ranked arenas from Wood to Legend |
| Age rating (Google Play) | Everyone 10+ | Everyone |
| Where you play | Android and Windows | Browser, Android and iPhone |
Puppet Soccer data: its Google Play listing, consulted on 21 September 2026.
It is pure fun. The listing boasts 10 bonus effects — chewing gum, ice, sock slime, gypsum, super and mini power, jump springs — and a lovely rule: in overtime the goals get bigger to speed up the finish. Four control schemes let each player find a comfortable one.
And its split-screen mode for two players on one phone is a proper party trick. Twelve years after launch it is still being updated.
Skill instead of luck. Power-ups are a laugh, but they decide matches. In Toy Soccer Cup nothing falls from the sky: the ball curls, lifts and bounces off the boards because of how you flicked it, and the School of Tricks teaches The Curve, The Chip, The Sweet Spot, The Rocket and The Bank Shot. Read about the physics of the flick if you like the maths.
Fair online play. Puppet Soccer's listing lists upgrades for kick, jump and speed. In Toy Soccer Cup you can train your club against the computer, but in live online duels both teams start equal, and coins are never sold: they are only earned by playing.
A whole football world. 57 national leagues with 858 original clubs, a cup for every league, a Weekly Cup of 32 players that crowns a champion every Sunday, a Daily Challenge with a new minigame each day and a 625-sticker album of 25 national teams.
Play it in the browser. A lot of people search for "puppet soccer online" or look for it on game websites because they want to play without installing — often on a school or work computer. Toy Soccer Cup runs at toysoccercup.com/play on any computer, Chromebook or tablet.
Like big-head football? We also compared Head Ball 2 with Toy Soccer Cup.
Free on your phone, with the same progress and the same account wherever you play.
Toy Soccer Cup runs directly in the browser at toysoccercup.com/play, for free, with no download. It is table football rather than big-head football, with a 2-player mode and online arenas.
Yes. Its Google Play listing mentions split-screen multiplayer for two players on a single device. Toy Soccer Cup also has a 2 Players mode on the same device.
NOXGAMES, according to its Google Play listing, which dates the game back to 2014.
Puppet Soccer is real-time one-on-one football with big-head marionettes and power-ups. Toy Soccer Cup is turn-based table football where you flick each of your seven players, with leagues, a weekly cup and online duels that start equal.
Its Google Play listing rates it Everyone 10+. Toy Soccer Cup is rated Everyone.
Yes, in the browser, on Android and on iPhone. On Android a single optional purchase removes the ads.
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Puppet Soccer data comes from its Google Play listing, consulted on 21 September 2026: developer, downloads, rating, age rating, ads and in-app purchases, countries and players, bonuses, upgrades, split-screen mode, control options, overtime rule and platforms. Search data: Semrush and Google autocomplete. Toy Soccer Cup figures come from the game itself.
Puppet Soccer is a trademark of its owner. Independent comparison, not endorsed by NOXGAMES.
