Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions similar games & best alternatives

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is an arcade football game bringing a refreshing look to the football genre with the exhilarating action and over the top shots that made the license famous. Defy The Laws of Football Become Legend

What works

  • Faithful anime adaptation with strong story modes
  • Fun and deep character customization and team building
  • Exciting arcade-style gameplay with special moves
  • High replayability with multiple story routes
  • No microtransactions, fair progression system

Things to keep in mind

  • Unstable and limited online multiplayer experience
  • Technical bugs and occasional crashes
  • Short main story campaign
  • Some control and ai issues reported
  • Price considered high by some players

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From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026