Penalty Shooters 2
Pick a team from one of 12 fantasy leagues and take it through a group stage and knockout rounds — shooting and saving penalties with one press and release.
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What is Penalty Shooters 2?
Penalty Shooters 2 is a free penalty-shootout game in which you pick a team from one of 12 fantasy leagues and play it through a cup — a four-team group stage, then knockout rounds — taking your own penalties and keeping goal for the other side, all with one press-and-release control.
It is the middle game of a series our arcade already carries: Penalty Shooters, the original, and Penalty Shooters 3, the newest. GameDistribution published Penalty Shooters 2 on February 27, 2017, updated it on September 5, 2024, and lists it under Physical Form. The build we played showed version 1.0.8 on its first screen.
That first screen is a league picker headed “Pick your fantasy league”: England, Spain, World Cup, Italy, France, Brasil, Mexico, N. America, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany and Russia. A line beneath it says the club names, kits and colours are fictional, and the clubs show it: the English league includes Cannon Wow, Toffees, Magpies, Latics, Black Cats, Baggies, Seasiders and Cheese Utd. The World Cup league is the exception — it uses national teams, from France and Brazil to Czechia and Colombia.
Each league is a 32-team cup. The team screen sorts the teams into eight groups of four, labelled A to H, and you play the other three in yours. A win earns 3 points, the table tracks wins, losses and goal difference, and the official description says you need to finish first or second to reach the knockout phase. A Skip Groups box on the same screen jumps straight to a 16-team “Road to the Final” bracket.
Every match is a shootout of five kicks each, with a row of five lights for each side that turns green for a goal and red for a miss. If it is level after five, it goes on — one of the other results in our group finished 6:5. Your own goals in Penalty Shooters 2 also add to a points total in the corner of the screen: each of ours was worth 50.
Compared with its siblings, Penalty Shooters 2 is the one built around league cups. The original keeps the format simple — best of five, then the next opponent — and Penalty Shooters 3 adds tier progression and a World Cup mode in named stadiums. If you like groups, tables and a run to the final, this is the one to play, and because the teams change with the league you pick, there are twelve different cups to win.
Playing Penalty Shooters 2
- 1Pick a fantasy league
Choose one of the 12 leagues on the first screen. Change League on the main menu brings you back here later.
- 2Choose your team
Press Start and pick a team from the eight groups. The screen confirms “You picked:” with its name and kit. Tick Skip Groups if you want to go straight to the knockouts.
- 3Take your penalty
Press anywhere and hold — a target moves across the goal and the arrow at the ball follows it. Release when the target is where you want the shot to go.
- 4Keep goal
When “Opponent’s turn” appears, you are the goalkeeper. The game’s instructions are to wait to see the target, press and hold to move, and release to dive.
- 5Win the shootout
Each side takes five kicks, and the lights under the score show every goal and miss. If it is level, the shootout continues until one side scores and the other misses.
- 6Get through the cup
Collect points in the group — 3 for a win — to finish in the top two, then win every knockout tie on the Road to the Final.
Penalty Shooters 2 controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Press and hold (shooting) | Start the target moving across the goal |
| Release (shooting) | Shoot at the target |
| Press and hold (goalkeeping) | Move the goalkeeper |
| Release (goalkeeping) | Dive |
| Menu icon (top left) | Open the in-match menu |
| Speaker icon (top right) | Sound on or off |
Modes & progression
England, Spain, World Cup, Italy, France, Brasil, Mexico, N. America, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany and Russia. The club leagues use invented names; the World Cup league uses national teams.
Eight groups of four. You play the other three teams in your group; a win is worth 3 points, and the table also records wins, losses and goal difference.
A 16-team knockout bracket to the final. Tick Skip Groups on the team screen to start here.
How to win at Penalty Shooters 2
Watch the target, not the kicker. While you hold, the target travels around the goal and the arrow at the ball follows it. Release when it is near a post and away from the goalkeeper.
Release early rather than late. The target keeps moving as long as you hold. In our test a quick press and release put the ball in the net, while a long hold sent the target up to the corner of the frame and the shot went wide.
Treat every kick as a group point. In Penalty Shooters 2 only the top two in a group of four go through, and goal difference separates teams level on points. A 5:4 defeat costs less than a 5:2.
Keep goal on purpose. The goalkeeping instructions say to wait until you can see the target before you move. Diving early guesses; waiting lets you read where the shot is going.
Use Skip Groups to practise knockouts. If you only want pressure kicks, Skip Groups takes you straight to the 16-team bracket, where every shootout is win or go home.
Try a different league. Each Penalty Shooters 2 league brings its own teams — the English league is all invented club names, the World Cup league is national sides. Change League on the main menu for a new cup to play through.
Do not be rushed by sudden death. After five kicks each the shootout continues one kick at a time. The control is the same, so take the same care with the sixth kick as with the first.
Good to know — Penalty Shooters 2 runs every league as a real cup: 32 teams in eight groups of four, 3 points for a win, then a 16-team Road to the Final.
What makes Penalty Shooters 2 fun
- 12 fantasy leagues: club leagues with invented names, plus a World Cup of national teams
- 32 teams per league in eight groups of four
- A group stage with points, wins, losses and goal difference
- A 16-team knockout bracket, with an option to skip the groups
- Shootouts of five kicks each, then sudden death
- You both shoot and keep goal
- One press-and-release control for mouse or touch
- Free in the browser — no download, no signup
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Pick a league and a team, then take your penalties by pressing, holding while a target moves across the goal, and releasing to shoot. On the other side’s kicks you keep goal: hold to move the goalkeeper and release to dive. Win the shootout to win the match.
There are 12 fantasy leagues, from England and Spain to Mexico, N. America and Russia. Each league we opened — England and World Cup — had 32 teams in eight groups of four. The official description puts the total at 360 teams.
The clubs are not. The game says on its first screen that club names, kit designs and colours are fictional, and the English league uses nicknames such as Toffees, Magpies and Black Cats or inventions such as Cannon Wow and Cheese Utd. The World Cup league is different: it uses national teams such as France, Brazil, Spain and England.
You play the three other teams in your group, earning 3 points for each win. According to the official description, the top two in each group go through to the knockout phase, a 16-team bracket called Road to the Final.
It goes to sudden death after five kicks each. One result in our group stage finished 6:5.
Yes. Tick Skip Groups on the team screen and the game takes you straight to the knockout bracket.
Penalty Shooters 2 is built around fantasy leagues with group stages and a knockout bracket. Penalty Shooters 3, also in our arcade, adds tier progression and a World Cup mode in named stadiums.
GameDistribution lists it under Physical Form and published it on February 27, 2017, with an update on September 5, 2024. We did not see a developer credit in the game itself.
Yes. Every control is a press and a release, so a finger works as well as a mouse, and GameDistribution lists it for iOS and Android in landscape.
Yes. Penalty Shooters 2 is free to play in your browser on PlayFutbol, with no download and no account.
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