Penalty Kick
In Penalty Kick, experience the thrill of intense football duels.
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What is Penalty Kick?
Penalty Kick is a free score-attack penalty game: you have three balls per run and one job — score as many penalties as you can before you run out, against a goalie who gets help as you go.
The hook is escalation. Every goal you score makes defenders appear in front of the keeper, shrinking the gap you can shoot through, so a long run gets genuinely tough.
There’s no clock. Built by GamePix’s own studio, it rewards patience — line up the cursor, wait for an opening, and weave the ball past the wall.
Playing Penalty Kick
- 1Aim with the cursor
Move the cursor to choose where the shot goes — the whole goal is yours to target.
- 2Take your shot
Click the left mouse button (or tap) to strike. You start with three balls per run.
- 3Beat the growing defence
Each goal you score makes defenders appear in front of the goalie, so you have to find smaller and smaller gaps.
- 4Win back ammo
Hit the targets that appear at the start of each kick to regain balls and keep your run alive.
- 5Spend your points
Earn points for goals and unlock different ball types to play with.
Penalty Kick controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Move cursor | Aim anywhere in the goal |
| Click / tap | Take the penalty |
| Start-of-kick targets | Hit them to regain a ball |
Modes & progression
Score as many penalties as you can on three balls — earn extra balls by hitting targets to extend your run.
How to win at Penalty Kick
Wait for the gap. There’s no timer, so take your time — let the keeper commit before you shoot.
Alternate high and low. The official tip: mix high and low shots at varying angles to keep the keeper guessing.
Aim around the defenders. Once they appear, target the edges of the goal they don’t cover rather than the middle.
Never waste the bonus targets. Regaining balls is how a short run becomes a high score, so always go for the start-of-kick targets.
Place, don’t blast. Beating both keeper and defenders is about precision into the open corner, not power.
Good to know — Penalty Kick gets harder the better you do — every goal adds a defender in front of the keeper, so high scores demand pinpoint placement rather than power.
What makes Penalty Kick fun
- Score-attack penalties — beat your own high score
- Escalating difficulty: defenders appear as you score
- No time limit — play at your own pace
- Regain balls by hitting bonus targets
- Unlockable ball types earned with points
- Free and instant on desktop and mobile
Why play Penalty Kick on PlayFutbol?
Penalty Kick runs free and instantly in your browser here — no download, no signup, on phone or desktop. And when you want to test your football brain rather than your reflexes, it sits alongside 27 original daily football trivia games made by PlayFutbol.
Explore PlayFutbol's daily gamesFrequently asked questions
Aim with the cursor and click to shoot. You get three balls and score as many penalties as you can. Goals make defenders appear, so aim for the gaps.
Hit the targets that appear at the start of each kick to win balls back and extend your run.
No. Take as long as you like to line up each shot and wait for an opening past the keeper.
Defenders appear in front of the goalie, shrinking the space you can shoot through, so the run gets progressively harder.
Yes — you earn points for goals and can unlock different ball types as you play.
Yes. It runs free in your browser on PlayFutbol, with no download and no signup.
Yes. It’s HTML5 and works with touch on phones and tablets as well as desktop.
It was developed by GamePix’s own studio and released in June 2021.
Penalty Kick is a third-party HTML5 game served via GamePix and embedded here for free play. PlayFutbol's own 27 daily football trivia games are first-party.