Penalty Challenge
Experience the adrenaline of penalty shootouts in Penalty Challenge!
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What is Penalty Challenge?
Penalty Challenge is a free, feature-packed penalty game where you play both striker and goalkeeper in a first-to-five shootout — against the AI or real players around the world.
It’s the most complete penalty game in the arcade: pick a men’s or women’s footballer, choose from the top five European leagues or a national team, and climb daily, monthly and global leaderboards.
As striker you swipe to bend your shot; as keeper you move the gloves with the mouse to make the save. First to five goals takes the duel.
Playing Penalty Challenge
- 1Pick your side
Choose a male or female footballer and a team from one of Europe’s five major leagues or the national sides.
- 2Take your kicks
In striker mode, swipe to send the ball — direction and curve follow your gesture.
- 3Make your saves
In goalkeeper mode, move the gloves with your mouse (or finger) to get across and block the shot.
- 4Race to five
It’s a first-to-five shootout — outscore your opponent across your striking and saving turns.
- 5Climb the leaderboard
Play the AI or real opponents worldwide and rise up the daily, monthly and global tables.
Penalty Challenge controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Swipe | Striker — aim and curve your shot |
| Move mouse / drag | Goalkeeper — move the gloves to save |
Modes & progression
Sharpen up against the computer in a first-to-five shootout.
Take on real players worldwide and climb the leaderboards.
How to win at Penalty Challenge
Curve it with your swipe. The direction and arc of your gesture shape the shot, so practise bending it around the keeper’s reach.
Get the gloves moving early. As keeper you move rather than dive, so start drifting toward the likely corner before the ball is struck.
Don’t chase the badge. Different teams and kits don’t change the physics — focus on consistent swipes, not which crest you picked.
Play the percentages to five. In a first-to-five race, a steady scoring rate beats risky trick shots that hand over momentum.
Use multiplayer to improve. Real opponents vary their placement far more than the AI, which sharpens how you read a shot.
Good to know — Penalty Challenge is the rare browser penalty game with real-time online multiplayer and worldwide leaderboards — plus a choice of men’s or women’s footballers and teams from five European leagues.
What makes Penalty Challenge fun
- Play striker AND goalkeeper in a first-to-five duel
- AI or real-time online multiplayer
- Teams from five major European leagues plus national sides
- Male or female footballers
- Global, monthly and daily leaderboards
- 13 languages — desktop, mobile and tablet
Why play Penalty Challenge on PlayFutbol?
Penalty Challenge 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
Swipe to shoot as the striker and move the gloves with your mouse to save as the keeper. The first player to five goals wins the duel.
Yes — you can play the AI or real players worldwide, with daily, monthly and global leaderboards to climb.
Your swipe sets the direction and bend, so angle the gesture to swerve the ball around the keeper.
Teams from five major European leagues plus national sides, and you can play as a male or female footballer.
It’s first to five — outscore your opponent across your striking and saving turns.
Yes. It runs free in your browser on PlayFutbol, with no download and no signup.
Yes. It supports desktop, mobile and tablet, with touch controls and 13 languages.
Penalty Challenge 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.