Realistic gameplay, better than FIFA
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The game feels more relaxed, less scripted. In most of the EA titles, the players always feel like they are on rails.”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗
eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%Konami Digital Entertainment2020Sports · Football (Soccer) · Psychological Horror
The verdict
A realistic football sim with excellent on-pitch gameplay, best with community mods. Skip it if you want working online play or hate heavy AI scripting and bad refs.
Great for
Offline Master League fans and modders who want a realistic football sim instead of FIFA
Main risk
Heavily scripted AI and bad referees make higher difficulties and online play frustrating
What players love
Great community mods and patches
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Pes 2021 remains the best one, with it's levels of costumisation, every current club can be in this game, wth stadiums, kits, players, scoreboards, etc.”
Steam review · 358.4 h played ↗
Last good PES before eFootball
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Effectively the last truly worthwhile football simulator.”
Steam review · translated · 548.2 h played ↗
Offline modes and Master League
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I usually play ML and I am already on my 20th season.”
Steam review · 299.2 h played ↗
Cheap price for a good game
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“For the £25 asking price, and especially if you didn't pick up PES 2020, this is a surprisingly good deal.”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗
Fun with friends and co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“playing Co op with friends which is an amazing mode”
Steam review · 623 h played ↗
What players complain about
Heavily scripted AI and handicaps
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“scripting totally kills Master League, especially in the higher difficulties like Superstar or Legend.”
Steam review · 138.3 h played ↗
Terrible refereeing and unfair fouls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The referees are just blind to any fouls on your team”
Steam review · 53.4 h played ↗
Online is laggy, dead or full of cheaters
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“They loose very few games because if they are loosing they can disconnect and the game gets cancelled !!”
Steam review · 146.4 h played ↗
Unresponsive controls and player switching
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“any character who is not currently selected is has ballphobia and runs away from it”
Steam review · 104.7 h played ↗
Missing licenses and controller issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“70% of the teams are not licenced”
Steam review · 44 h played ↗
Pay-to-win MyClub and microtransactions
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“myClub is for pay to win, if you keep doing micro transaction then you will keep winning”
Steam review · 512.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8.1/10 - 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 / AMD FX 4350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 670 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 - 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770 / AMD FX 8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 760 / AMD Radeon R9 270X
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 8.1/10 - 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 / AMD FX 4350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 670 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage40 GB available space
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