While EA Sports FC is far and away the most popular soccer sim series around, eFootball is the closest thing it has to a true competitor. It had a peak concurrent Steam player count of 17,610 over the last 24 hours, compared with 98,400 for EA Sports FC 25.

FIFA has chosen Konami as its new esports partner following the association's split with EA, with eFootball playing host to the FIFAe World Cup this year.

As announced on Konami's official site, the company's eFootball games will be utilized for two different FIFAe World Cup tournaments: one for mobile and one for consoles. However, the deal between Konami and FIFA is only for esports, and doesn't involve a new console game or rebranding eFootball as a FIFA title.

FIFA is partnering with Konami on the current edition of the FIFAe World Cup. eFootball will be used for the first time ever in the competition. FIFA is apparently working on its own competitor to EA FC.

The Soccer company, FIFA, partnered with Konami to start FIFAe World Cup eSports competition after splitting from EA following the 2022 release.

FIFA 23 was the final version of the game after EA Sports and FIFA's acrimonious split which came about after global football's governing body reportedly hiked up their licensing