Press kit
Karoball press kit
Facts, text and pictures for writing about Karoball or showing it in a video. Take what you need; if something isn't here, ask us on Discord.
- Free
- Windows
- 1v1 to 5v5 online
- Open test
Zip, 17 MB: the screenshots at 1920 × 1080 (the stadium at night at 3840 × 2160), the logos and the app icons.
Description
A short one and a long one, both fine to quote as they are. The copy button copies the text exactly.
Short, about 50 words
Karoball is a free top-down multiplayer football game for Windows. Start with one class, unlock six more, each with its own ability, and play quick online matches from 1v1 to 5v5. There are no throw-ins, corners or offside: the ball bounces back off the lines, and a match lasts three to seven minutes.
Long, about 150 words
Karoball is a free top-down multiplayer football game for Windows. Every player is a round token, and the ball bounces back off the lines, so it never goes out: no throw-ins, corners or offside. Matches run from 1v1 to 5v5 and last three to seven minutes.
There are seven classes, from the big, heavy Gorilla to the Phantom that blinks a short step. Each has its own size, pace, stamina and shot, and one ability on a cooldown: lift the ball over a defender, slam the ground, leave a trail of frost.
Between matches there is Quick Play (ranked or casual), games against bots, six challenges that unlock the classes, and cups with knockout brackets. The town has nine pick-up pitches, a market hall for trading and a shop with new pieces every day. Kit and 13 goal celebrations come in five rarities. Nothing is sold for real money.
Karoball is in open test, with one server, in Europe.
History
Karoball first came out in 2022. In September 2026 it was rebuilt from the netcode up and went into open test. On version numbers, the 2023 game called itself v0.1 and the rebuilt game carried on from 0.1.4, so today's 0.1.x is a different game.
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The first version
Work starts on 9 July under the name KarromBall, and the first release, 0.0.3, follows two days later, with a first Android build on 16 July. By 20 July all seven classes are in and the game is called Karoball.
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Kit, accounts and rating
0.0.8 and 0.0.9 add kit to customise, buildings, accounts, an Elo rating, a leaderboard, items with rarities, profiles and a spectator mode.
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v0.1, "Classes are Back!"
The seven classes can be picked again, with a redesigned map and a launcher that updates the game. An Android version of v0.1 follows in October 2023; like the 2022 Android builds, it can't join today's server. Then the game rests for almost three years.
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Rebuilt from the netcode up
Work starts again on 20 September, first on the input delay: your player now moves the moment you press, and the server still decides. A day later 0.1.4 is live, with a new play menu, Quick Play and a new launcher.
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Cups, trading, day and night
Cups with knockout brackets, a leaderboard, profiles, parties and friends 0.1.9; trading between players 0.1.10; kit presets and a launcher that updates itself 0.1.11; a day and night in the town, with floodlit pitches 0.1.12.
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Open test
Karoball is back and open to everyone 0.1.19.
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Abilities, bots and challenges
Every class gets an ability, bots arrive, and six challenges unlock the classes 0.1.20–0.1.24.
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Flags, celebrations and a daily shop
Country flags next to players' names 0.1.25; 13 goal celebrations, a shop with new stock every day, and pitches that look played on 0.1.26.
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Rejoin, replays and chat
Get back into a match after a crash 0.1.27, replays of every match 0.1.28, and chat on the play menu 0.1.31.
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Today
Version 0.1.42
Released 1 November 2026. The longer story is in History of the Game, and every version is on the updates page.
Features
- Online matches from 1v1 to 5v5, and you can queue for several team sizes at once. A match lasts three to seven minutes.
- Seven classes, each with its own size, pace, stamina and shot, and one ability on a cooldown.
- The ball bounces back off the touchlines and goal lines, so it never goes out and there are no throw-ins, corners or offside.
- Ranked matches move your Elo and your rank, from Bronze to Master, and casual ones don't.
- You can play bots at your level straight away, or let them fill a casual search after 20 seconds.
- Six challenges, each with five levels, three stars, its own highscore board and a class to unlock.
- Cups with knockout brackets, golden goal, gold prizes, trophies and champion titles, and you can watch cup matches from the stands.
- A town with nine pick-up pitches, a changing room, a market hall for trading and a shop with eight new pieces a day.
- A day in Karoball lasts 40 minutes, the same for everyone, and night matches are played under the floodlights.
- Shirts, patterns, numbers and 13 goal celebrations, in five rarities.
- Parties of up to five, friends, chat on the play menu, quick chat on the pitch and a flag by your name.
- Matches are recorded as replays and kept for 14 days, and you can save the ones you want to keep.
- No input delay. Your player moves the moment you press, and the server still decides.
- It's free, with no real-money purchases and no ads, and a launcher keeps the game up to date.
Images
Six to start with. The media page has twenty-five screenshots, six wallpapers and the cover art.
Everything in one zip
- The screenshots at full size, 1920 × 1080 JPEG (the stadium at night 3840 × 2160)
- The logos as transparent PNGs
- The app icons
Logo and icon
The Karoball logo (the game's menus show it too), the app icon made from it, and the ball from the middle of the logo (the logo and the ball on transparent backgrounds). Colours are on the media page.
Contact
The quickest way to reach us is the Karoball Discord: questions, interviews, or anything you need for an article or a video.
Or email support@karoball.net.
Karoball is free, so there are no review keys: anyone can download it and play.
More links
Free to play
See you on the pitch
Karoball is free. Download it for Windows, make an account in the game and you're in a match in a minute.