# Retro Goal+ — user reviews > 130 indexed App Store user reviews of Retro Goal+ by New Star R&D Ltd., rated 3.40/5 from 200 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-goal-plus/id6446029573/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/retro-goal-plus/id6446029573.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 80 · 4★ 30 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of Retro Goal+? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Simple mechanics - 👍 Retro style - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Great for quick sessions - 👍 Satisfying goal scoring **Cons** - 🐛 Inconsistent AI behavior - 🐛 Unfair difficulty spikes - 🐛 Buggy career mode - 🔍 Lack of customization options - 💰 Expensive to build a competitive team **Commonly reported bugs** - Career progress being overwritten - Scoring issues (goals credited to wrong team) - Frequent crashes and freezes - Players getting stuck in wrong positions **Most requested features** - Add playable defense - Implement simulation mode - Allow team/player customization - Improve contract/financial system - Expand league/tournament options ## Newest reviews (16 of 130) ### 4/5 — Simulation feature please! *2026-07-01, version 1.1.1* Retro Goal+ is a great game overall—the concept, the feelings, the emotions—don’t get me wrong. But I have 2 requests. Improve the overall ability of the goalkeepers. Sometimes, the user shoots a totally save-able shot, and the keeper completely fails to put a glove on it. Add a simulation feature that allows users to skip matches to shorten gameplay like Retro Bowl. A big reason that I request this to be added is because when you take charge of a new team, you start with minimal resources, reset facilities, but the same amount of credits. Using Retro Bowl as a comparison, you can simulate regular season games so you can skip straight to the playoffs or the offseason. As a result of simulating to the offseason, you don’t have to wait long before you can sign amazing players and ultimately upgrade your team. This is a joy that Retro Goal+ players miss out on. ### 4/5 — Weird bug, deleting career. *2026-04-25* So there’s an unfortunate thing happening in the game. When you have retiring players, it doesn’t allow you to extend their contracts to the end of the season so they just retire mid season. I would like to ask the devs at NSG to do either of these: 1. Let players take back their retirement decision for more money, like Retro Bowl 2. Add final contracts that expire at the end of a player’s retiring season Much love and consideration, everything else is great except the fact that there is no new international mode for the World Cup in June. Thanks, and good day ### 3/5 — Wheres Italy *2026-04-02, version 1.0.3* I realize we havent made it the last 3 world cups, but come on I wanted to play as Italy in the global championship. You have the clubs why not the national team ### 2/5 — Kinda the worst game ever 😞😑🫤🙁😠👎🏿 *2026-04-01, version 1.0.3* I’ve played this before but never lost before. It makes me feel frustrated 😡🤬lm not even close to why it’s doing that for no reason. ### 2/5 — Unfair *2026-03-30* Game is unbalanced especially when you’re competing in a higher league, I transferred from a MLS team to Arsenal and started off with terrible stats, couldn’t get any wins and the other teams swept through my defense, don’t waste your time with this. The reason I added two stars is because minus all of that it’s actually fun to play when you have a decent team. ### 4/5 — Keepers could be better but very good game *2026-03-07* I kind of hate how the keeper will jump straight up for the ball and never block it like i think a defender can head it better than the keeper can block it like if you just position the header spot right on the keeper you score everytime and also everyone complaining about game being hard have serious skill issue like i play on extreme and fond it too easy some times ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2026-02-16* It’s Alr but they gotta make it like whenever u join a different team, make it so they have different ratings like in retro bowl instead of just restarting. Say u wanna join Manchester city, it would be better if when u change teams, city would have like a 5 star 5 star instead of rebuilding every time ### 3/5 — Fine. *2026-02-04, version 1.0.3* Update the game please, we need more customization. ### 3/5 — Chance missed *2026-01-20* Retro Goal+ has a great retro style and a fun concept, but the gameplay can be really frustrating. A lot of the time it feels like you’re not even allowed to defend — opponents cut through your team too easily and your defenders feel useless. On top of that, the constant “chance missed” moments make it feel unfair, especially when you do everything right. Instead of feeling challenging, it often feels scripted. Very annoying and takes away from what could be a great game. ### 3/5 — It’s coo *2026-01-13, version 1.0.3* Only annoying part is when the Forward is standing in the way of my shot every time I shoot with a Midfielder that is so damn annoying & lost bc of it ### 2/5 — Controls are horrible *2025-12-22, version 1.0.3* The pull controls are horrible, quick passes work 30% of the time. They need to change to a pull controls or add controls on the screen because anything on the edge of the screen is impossible on an phone ### 4/5 — Add sim pls *2025-11-22, version 1.0.3* It’s kinda annoying not being able to sim games ### 2/5 — Fun and infuriating *2025-10-31, version 1.0.3* I do enjoy playing this except good luck trying to win half the games. Score 3 goals and the cpu will score 4. Pretty much every one of my last 20 matches the cpu scored and then its match over with out a chance to try to catch up. And you’re not controlling the goal keeper so it’s not like you have any impact on if it scores or not. ### 3/5 — Bad match rules *2025-10-19, version 1.0.3* If the opponents hit the ball into my side and my team doesnt get it how is the chance missed even though the ball landed at my teams feet? ### 2/5 — It’s not the best *2025-10-01, version 1.0.3* All the players never follow the ball so I always lose ### 4/5 — Add defense *2025-07-20, version 1.0.3* Add Club World Cup please! This is a very fun game and with the addition of a playable defense it would be AMAZING!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Utterly useless with abysmal controls *2026-07-29, version 1.1.2* Up there as one of the least enjoyable iOS games I’ve ever played. The controls are just stupid. The music is obnoxious. The gameplay is like something lit of a 1998 game jam. A really poor game that makes me think Apple Arcade is just full of trash. ### 1/5 — A Game Worth Suing *2026-06-12, version 1.0.3* Apple Arcade's Retro Goal+ is a total joke that is run super poorly. The gameplay is basically broken with clunky controls, unfair computer defenders, and "chance missed" pop-ups that happen for no reason. Plus, getting enough credits to build a good team is ridiculously hard.Like, I literally try to defend but my players just stand there and watch the other team score. It makes me so mad because it feels like the whole game is scripted so you lose unless you use real money or grind forever. The Apple Arcade version is supposed to have everything unlocked, but the app freezes and lags all the time anyway. Honestly, they need to fix these bugs fast or just delete the game because it's such a waste of time. ### 1/5 — terrible *2026-03-28, version 1.0.3* I scored three goals and it was in the champions leauge final then they scored four goals straight . So I lost it also happens for other matches if i could rate it zero stars I would. ### 1/5 — Mismanaged *2026-02-04* This game is the absolute opposite of Retro Bowl 26, it’s not even funny. I’ve read the reviews and just didn’t believe them. There’s no way a game can just be so poorly mismanaged and designed… right? Nope. This game is literally the worst example of a sport represented in a mobile game. The “defense” and “simming” is so poor and comedic, when you DONT score you literally KNOW the other team will score. Literally dropping 600 or even 1000+ coins on a good D man or Goalie is a waste if more often than not the other team just scores on you! DONT PLAY THIS GARBAGE ### 1/5 — This.App.SUCKS! *2026-01-31, version 1.0.3* Literally so bad… why? One-you can’t even PLAY DEFENSE! Two-They call it simple team management but NO. If you want live your life to the fullest, I don’t recommend wasting your time on this… ### 1/5 — You’re game is trash *2026-01-16, version 1.0.3* It sucks ### 1/5 — Age *2026-01-15, version 1.0.3* Why 13+ ### 1/5 — Game is fixed *2025-11-22* The game is extremely rigged, when I win a certain amount of games, the ball somehow arcs it lower, and the defense is somehow better. It seems to always make a draw or lose outcome, intentionally trying to downfall players. Constantly unfair soccer is constantly played, and many reviewers have sounded out on this unfixed problem that seems to ruin the game with an unrealistic outcome trying to cut win streaks and avoid “game is too easy” outcomes. You can’t rig a game and expect good reviews. You don’t see too many games with under a 3.7 star review. ### 1/5 — too many red cards *2025-08-04, version 1.0.3* why am i getting two red cards every game theres literally three players out all the time ### 1/5 — Bad design *2025-05-23, version 1.0.3* You never have enough coin to resign any players. The reward to cost ratio is terrible. It’s like they never played the game and just randomly threw some numbers in there. Don’t recommend. Not fun. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Scratches the EAFC itch 🤙🏻 *2026-06-27, version 1.1.1* As a long time FIFA gamer, this app is a go to for me. Great game to have on hand for any occasion where you need to kill 5-10 minutes. I do have a two suggestions/requests. There are so many people who would love to see an official explanation of staff trait effects. I also would love to be able to see my bench player stats easier when I click them instead of having to click the bench, click a player, then close the bench to see the stats and so on when comparing who I want to start. Otherwise the app is fantastic in my opinion. Thank you for your work. ( ͡° > ͡°)ゞ ### 5/5 — Love it! Just a few problems *2026-04-02, version 1.0.3* This game is great! I love playing the team zacetaces but when the chance is missed it’s not that fun I wish you could control the goalie and I don’t even know if the teams are actually real also in global championship you just verse robots 🤖 but this is a great game and it’s SO addictive 10/10 ### 5/5 — I LIKE *2025-09-09, version 1.0.3* THIS GAME JS FUN I HAVE ALL 5 STAR PLAYERS AND I COOK YAY I LIKE A LOT IT ID FUN AND HAS MY FAVORITE TEAM MY PLAYER CALLED HARRAD IS VERY COOL! ### 5/5 — New game request *2025-08-15, version 1.0.3* Game request! Make a retro goal game like retro bowl NFL25. ### 5/5 — BEST GAME EVER!!! *2025-07-22, version 1.0.3* This game is so fun! It is the soccer version of retro bowl and it is a GREAT offline game for roadtrips or just no internet times! ### 5/5 — Scratches the EAFC itch 🤙🏻 *2025-06-24* As a long term player of FIFA games, this app is a go to for me. Great game to have on hand for any occasion. I do have a FEATURE REQUEST! I would love to be able to see my bench player details easier when I click them. Maybe there’s a way and I haven’t figured it out? I don’t know but the app is fantastic. Thank you for your work. 🤙🏻 ### 5/5 — (Developers look at this review) Ideas for an update (Please update the game because it has been 1y) *2025-03-29* Ok this game needs improvement here are my ideas. .edit teams .edit players names .DRAFT (America only) .expand the leagues (the players only) .top teams go in to the playoffs (1-8 in the MLS (American league)) .the option to start a league with new teams .the option to start a league That was all I had to say other than… .updated controls (it is to easy) .SIM GAMES Also the game is good however if you put this into the game it would be a lot better and also update it every year it is 2025 and last time it was updated was for the 23 season ### 5/5 — Best mobile footy manager game ever *2024-12-16, version 1.0.3* I have played NSM on iPad but this is so good ### 5/5 — 👍 *2024-09-21, version 1.0.3* Best game I have ever played ### 5/5 — It is awesome! *2024-09-15, version 1.0.3* It is the best game ever! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-25.*