📖 How to play

The match is learned in 30 seconds; this guide makes you better in 5 minutes.

The shot: your finger is a slingshot

In Toy Soccer Cup you don't move players with a joystick: you flick them, just like tabletop football of old. The gesture has four steps:

• Tap a figure of your team (its ring lights up).
• Pull back, as if tensing a slingshot: the more you pull, the harder it goes.
• Watch the guide: the dots show where your figure will go and where the ball will come out, bounces included.
• Release… and celebrate!

The champion's trick: pull back from anywhere

You don't need to pull back right behind the figure. Tap your player (it stays selected, with its ring visible) and then drag from any free area of the screen: the shot comes out the same. It's the comfy way to shoot when your figure is stuck against the sideline… and the PRO way to play on mobile without your finger covering the pitch.

Power, cancel and turbo

The ring around your figure changes colour with the power: green (soft), yellow (medium) and red (full). Regretting the shot? Bring your finger back towards the figure and it cancels without wasting your turn. And while the ball is rolling, hold your finger on the screen to watch the play at double speed.

You have 15 seconds to aim each turn. It sounds tight and it isn't: it's roughly three times what a good shot needs, and it exists so nobody has to sit watching a rival think. A match lasts 3 minutes of play.

The fair-play rules

Every one of these rules exists for the same reason: to stop the match turning into bowling. Toy Soccer Cup is played with sportsmanship, and the referee doesn't miss a thing:

• Foul: if you hit a rival hard before touching the ball, free kick for the opponent — and one of their defenders lines up as a wall, so the free kick is never a gift goal.
• A brush is not a foul: only impacts above a set speed are punished. Grazing a rival on your way to the ball is part of the game, and the referee knows it.
• The keeper doesn't score: the goalkeeper can't cross the halfway line or score from its own half.
• Dead ball: if the ball gets stuck in a corner, it returns to the centre and play continues.
• Mercy rule: with a 3-goal lead the match ends early; nobody enjoys an endless thrashing.
• Knockout ties: if it's level, sudden death and then penalties.

The perks

Playing leagues and challenges unlocks perks you equip before the match: the Cannon 💪 turns your next shot into a missile, the Timeout ⏱️ gives you seconds to think, the Freeze 🧊 chills the rival shot, the Precision 🎯 lengthens the billiards guide… In ranked duels each player carries only one perk, shown to the rival from kick-off: here variety wins, not power.

And your club changes the physics

This is the part most players discover late. The five skills you train in your club are not decorative numbers on a card: Attack puts real force behind the flick, Defense widens the ground your figures cover, Goalkeeping extends your keeper's reach, and Aim tightens the dispersion so the ball goes where you pointed. A trained team feels different in your hand — and in the Weekly Cup, where you face teams other people have trained, the difference is the match.

5 tips to score more

• The cushion is your friend: a bank shot surprises any keeper.
• Goals hugging the post are almost unstoppable; down the middle there's almost always a glove.
• Don't always shoot at goal: a soft touch to place the ball is worth more than a blind cannon.
• Beware of fouls: watch the guide and touch the ball first.
• On defence, use a figure to block the path between the ball and your goal.