Pro Soccer Online — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| PSO 2.9.1 | 2026-03-19 | - Tweaked more network settings |
| PSO 2.9.0 | 2026-03-18 | Gameplay:- Added power kick animation. Any kicks above 80% power that are on the ground will now play a different animation for power kicks.- Tweaked some network settings.General Changes/Additions:- Added player tags. These are phrases that are put underneath player names in the list menus and can be selected from the player preferences menu. There are 18 free to everyone and more can be gained from ranked leaderboard rewards or playing in official leagues.- Added some color grading/increase global color saturation. This should help the game look more vibrant.- Added featured items tab to store menus that show all the latest items added to t |
| Pro Soccer Online 2.8.2 | 2026-02-17 | Removed votekickAdded ranked to Sydney region |
| Pro Soccer Online 2.8.1 | 2026-02-12 | Reverted ranked modes to previous setup, same as PSO 2.7.3. Custom lobbies still give coins and XP. |
| Pro Soccer Online 2.8.0 | 2026-02-11 | Changed ranked modes to quick match. Players can now choose to play quick matches at 3 different skill levels, beginner, intermediate and expert. You can also choose to play ranked or unranked. We hope this will help people control who they play with a bit better and provide a more balanced experience for players at all skill levels.Custom lobbies now reward coins and XP when teams are full for the duration of the match and is at minimum the default match length.Removed regional leaderboards. In smaller regions these were basically useless and people from other regions were abusing/farming other regions for leaderboard rewards so we decided t |
| PSO 2.7.3 | 2026-01-15 | General Changes/Additions:- Added Sydney server (Custom Lobby & Training only), may have to wait 1-3 minutes for them to startup if no servers are active.- Added kick player from party for host.- Made grass a slightly brighter green color.Bug Fixes:- Fixed GK clothing colors. |
| PSO 2.7.1 | 2025-12-19 | General Changes/Additions:- Added buttons to zoom in/out the player preview in item stores.- Added buttons to change camera height up/down the player preview in item stores.- Added option to hide chat in a match (Default key is H)- Added option to hide UI in a match (Default key is Shift + H)- Added a 2nd head accessory slot so you can use two at the same time.- Added 3 necklaces and 3 bracelets.- Added changeable shirt text/font color and outline color.- Added option for low res textures in the Item store (this will fix crashes for some users).Bug Fixes:- Fixed missing shoe style item pictures.- Fixed earrings having incorrect textures.- Fix |
| Leaving beta/early access | 2025-12-05 | After 4 long years and a grueling development process, Pro Soccer Online is finally leaving beta/early access. The game is feature complete at this point but it will still be receiving updates with content like new customization items, maps and quality of life improvements moving forward.It's been a long road. Thank you to everyone who played and shared Pro Soccer Online and helped get it to where it is today. We hope the game can grow and continue offering the best football/soccer gameplay available on the market. |
| Beta 2.6.4 | 2025-12-02 | General Changes/Additions:- Removed height/builds. People have been asking for this and it seems like the better choice for a more balanced game.- Made prop spawn limit 50 in single player training.Bug Fixes:- Fixed laggy looking player movement.- Fixed prop spawn not working in MP training. |
| Beta 2.6.3 | 2025-12-01 | General Changes/Additions:- Added emote wheel. This should be a lot nicer to use than the 1-4 keys.- Added prop spawn menu to allow spawning props in warm-up/training modes.- Added substitute slots for custom lobbies.- Added download match stats button for match summaries with customizable save location.- Improved free look.- Changed single player training UI a bit.Player Customization:- Added 1x Hair Style- Added 2x Facial Hair- Added 4x Shoe Style- Added 10x Ball StyleTeam Customization:- Added 8x Shirt Styles- Added 8x Short Styles- Added 6x Sock StylesBug Fixes:- Multiple bug fixes for Ranked mode |
| Beta 2.6.2 | 2025-11-19 | General Changes/Additions:- Added party text chat.- Enabled matchmaking while inside custom lobbies.- Re-added search player via player ID.Player Customization:- Added 2 new Hair styles.- Added 5 new GK gloves.- Added 10 new head accessories (earrings).Team Customization:- Added functionality for copying parts from your other teams. This way if you want to copy another one of your team's kits or logo you can do it instead of manually needing to re-create it for each team.- Added functionality for re-ordering your teams list order from top to bottom.- Made it so subtabs are remembered in the team customization menu which should make it easier |
| Beta 2.6.1 | 2025-11-11 | General Changes/Additions:- Made stat ratings mode specific. There's now leaderboards for the best goalscorers, passers, defenders and GKs for each mode.- Changed matchmaking setup for EU to help make matchmaking more balanced. This will increase wait times most likely but will help players get more balanced matches. This change only applies to EU. If it ends up being problematic we can revert the change.- Added stacking effect for ranked bans for leaving ranked matches. 1st time is 1 hour, 2nd is a day, 3rd is 3 days, 4th is a week. The counter resets once a week.- Added sound effect for the accept ranked match timer.- Added matchmaking butt |
| Beta 2.6.0 | 2025-11-07 | General Changes/Additions:- Ranks have been reset. Profile achievements have been given out to the previous top 100 6v6 ranked players.- Ranked seasons. Ranked modes now have seasons that reset every 3 months automatically.- Changed ranked score algorithm. It will weigh games played slightly less now and weigh win % slightly more. Also changed minimum games played to receive a rank to 10.- Lots of new ranked leaderboards. There are now global, regional, all time, current season, and new stat ratings for goalscoring, passing, defending and goalkeeping.- Added accept match button for ranked matches. This should reduce issues with AFK players an |
| Beta 2.5.5 | 2025-10-20 | Gameplay:- Slightly decreased touch slowdown.- Increased how much momentum gets cancelled whenever a ball is kicked/dribbled. This should make it so the ball generally feels more responsive to kick/dribble inputs. 1st time kicks/volleys should feel better from this change.- Slightly increased GK drop kick power multiplier.Bug Fixes:- Fixed GK catches/deflections not working in multiplayer training.General Changes/Additions:- Added accept match button for ranked matchmaking. Now whenever a match is ready, it will ask all players to accept the match. This should reduce issues related to players being AFK when joining a ranked match, and also re |
| Beta 2.5.4 | 2025-10-17 | Gameplay:- Buffed GK dive hitboxes.- Very slightly increased GK dive speed.Bug Fixes:- Fixed 8v8 free kick/corner/throw shield in not blocking the opposite team.- Fixed GK spawning incorrectly on 8v8 fields.General Changes/Additions:- Made it so sound still plays when not focused on the game/alt tabbed. The idea behind this was to let players who are not focused on the game still have some awareness of what's happening in game with sound. |
| Beta 2.5.3 | 2025-10-15 | Bug Fixes:- Fixed goals and balls being placed incorrectly on the training academy map for 6v6 and 5v5 fields. |
| Beta 2.5.2 | 2025-10-15 | Gameplay:- Increased 8v8 field size length by 5 meters on each end of the field. It's now the exact same size as the UE4 8v8 field.- Increased 5v5 goal width.Player Customization:- Added a new hairstyle.- Added knee slide and somersault emotes.Team Customization:- Added 3 new shirt and shorts patterns.Bug Fixes:- Fixed GKs sometimes getting stuck soon after the ball is placed.General Changes/Additions:- Added a Report Bug button in the bottom left of the multiplayer start menu. This will allow us to track down bugs better by giving us info on the specific session in which a bug occurred. Please make sure to use this if you encounter any bugs. |
| Beta 2.5.1 | 2025-10-13 | Gameplay:- Tweaked body collision with the ball so it will bounce off players instead of going through them.Bug Fixes:- Fixed throw ins having buggy collision with the player shield.- Fixed self assist on defensive deflections.- Fixed bugs related to GK catching the ball on the edge of the box.- Fixed penalty hitbox collision being enabled incorrectly when GK releases the ball fast right after catching it during a match.- Fixed kick/dribble/juggle charges while doing a GK catch causing the ball to release instantly after exiting the catch animation.- Added logging for GK catches just hitting the GKs body and not catching the ball even when ha |
| Beta 2.5.0 | 2025-10-10 | Player Customization:- Added hair highlight colors. Hair highlight colors are now packaged together with custom hair colors.- Added player controlled accessory colors. Players can now choose black, white or gray colors for their accessories or unlock custom colors for 250 Pro Points.- Added Shoe Design option that allows different variants/models of shoes. There's a high cut and low cut option.- Added 4 more emote slots. You can now equip up to 8 emotes. If you press the emote key once it will show the 1st 4 emotes, then if you press again it will show the next 4. Once more after that the menu will close. We will eventually add an emote wheel |
| Beta 2.4.5 | 2025-09-19 | - Increased forward and backward kicking/dribbling/tackling hitbox reach.- Reworked kick, dribble and juggle charges.- Tweaked ball physics slightly so it should slow down less when rolling on the ground. This won't speed up the ball, just how much it slows down when rolling on the ground and it's not too drastic of a change.- Increased juggle height slightly.- Changed body collision with the ball so it triggers a kick cooldown. This should prevent the double touches happening between body and kick/dribbling, making the ball get kicked away and therefore making the player lose control of the ball. This isn't a perfect solution but it should a |