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FIFA 22

analyzed 2026-10-01 · sample of 276 English reviews across the whole review history

Across 276 sampled reviews, no single aspect dominates the conversation. Gameplay draws the most mentions at 5.4%, and it is the one place opinion genuinely splits: 9 positive against 6 negative. Graphics lean favorable, with 4 positive mentions against 2. Elsewhere the picture is more one-sided. Monetization appears in 4.3% of reviews and is negative in all 12, with players pointing to FIFA Points and "a p2w team". Bugs (4.0%) and stability (2.2%) are likewise negative without exception, described as "a completely bug on PC" and a game that "keeps crashing during games". Price and value draw 4.0%, split 3 positive, 5 negative, 3 mixed. Smaller shares repeat the same complaints: AI behavior, updates, balance, controls, and servers netcode each land entirely or almost entirely negative, covering goalkeeper logic, post-update breakage, input response, and connection quality. Developer conduct and realism also skew negative, while players raise recurring themes beyond these categories as well. The overall impression is of a sample that is critical far more often than not, with praise concentrated in visuals and, unevenly, in gameplay itself.

numbers checked against this report's stored data · quotes copied verbatim from reviews · plain text is the language model's own wording

Aspects

share of sample, axis to 10% · ± is the sampling uncertainty around each share

  • positive
  • mixed / neutral
  • negative
  • gameplay

    9 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • it is a amazing game for football fans and gets to play with diffrent players with amazing rewards and very fair game
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101967304
    • Good gameplay. Server connection needs to be improved
      positive · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101971412
    • great ranked system lots of promotions for new cards, easy to get good players, fun
      positive · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107013783
  • monetization

    0 positive · 12 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • 4600 FIFA Points ??? in fifa 22 ultimate i didn;t get them.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101991628
    • its a fun game until u meet a guy with a p2w team and u lose like 0-8 lol
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104910926
    • To all the Ultimate Team guys, spend every year thousands of dollars / euros / whatever for this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107011920
  • bugs

    0 positive · 11 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • no numbers or names on youth academy players in career mode.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101964534
    • Bugs and diconnects. Avoid multiplayer on pc.
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104902766
    • This game is a completely bug on PC.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107011920
  • price value

    3 positive · 5 negative · 3 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Ngl if your trying to catch a good deal on this game buy it for 10 dollars, anything over 10 dollars for this game is a waste of money
      negative · May 31, 2022 · review 116309694
    • Buy this game every 3 years, its not worth it otherwise, even if then.
      negative · Jun 30, 2022 · review 117950954
    • Purchased it on sale and still feel ripped off.
      negative · Jun 30, 2022 · review 117951361
  • ai behavior

    1 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The game AI is garabage when it comes to your team literally tackle and take the ball away from the person and your whole team either runs away from the ball or just stares at it while the other team takes it, not to mention that your …
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107011595
    • I reccomend this game BUT I DO NOT RECCOMEND USING MID PETAR CECH because he is not using his hands while he is on the goal so every shoot eaven from the stands is going to be a goal except that game is very good AND EA MUST DELETE GOAL CELEBRATIONS BECAUSE I GOT CANCER FROM …
      negative · Jan 31, 2022 · review 109213244
    • AI is very poor, this franchise is getting further away from reality.
      negative · Mar 31, 2022 · review 113129387
  • updates

    0 positive · 7 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • its insane when EA SPORTS did the first update ♥♥♥♥♥♥ the game its incredible when JUST ONE UPDATE ♥♥♥♥♥♥ THE GAME
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101975814
    • FIFA is a garbage game that gets worse every year even though you think it can't get worse.
      negative · Mar 31, 2022 · review 113135683
    • This game is broken with the new updates, dont even think about buying it
      negative · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114742903
  • balance

    1 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • And all players have 99 shooting skills while keepers are limited to 50 IQ.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101981120
    • No effort is made to make the game skill based.
      negative · Mar 31, 2022 · review 113135683
    • trashy, can seem quite rigged but it's the football game we love so very much.
      negative · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114743554
  • developer conduct

    2 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Fycukijgh doghist stupid ass ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass company that only cares about money, suck a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ walrus ♥♥♥♥ stupid ass hitler supporter.
      negative · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111254132
    • Developer doesn't put enough effort into the game.
      negative · Mar 31, 2022 · review 113129387
    • its goood but ♥♥♥♥ EA cause we pc gamers cant play with a next gen graphics like PS5 gamers so ♥♥♥♥ u EA
      negative · May 31, 2022 · review 116305787
  • graphics

    4 positive · 2 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The graphics and the gamplay is really good.
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111249726
    • Its a love hate relationship, Love the graphics and all the new animations, however gameplay and the scripting issues are such a pain in the ass, Yet im still addicted to this game like a toxic relationship you know you need to get out off but you still keep going back to
      positive · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111251372
    • ☑ Good
      positive · May 31, 2022 · review 116305907
  • realism

    2 positive · 4 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • RIP PES, and all hope for a proper simulation football game.
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101981120
    • AI is very poor, this franchise is getting further away from reality.
      negative · Mar 31, 2022 · review 113129387
    • Replay cameras dont show any players moving only the static, half the time players come onto the pitch with no avatar, like a ghost and it takes the realism out of the game.
      negative · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114742903
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  • stability

    0 positive · 6 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • mt bom unica coisa ruim é esses freezes
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107006351
    • freezing 2 in 2 minutes
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107011807
    • keeps crashing during games so you end up losing games.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107016092
  • controls

    0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • The mechanics are straight up sloppy and it feels like your inputs aren't even matching sometimes.
      negative · Dec 31, 2021 · review 107011595
    • how i can i play the ♥♥♥♥ with wire controllers
      negative · Feb 28, 2022 · review 111260889
    • The controller settings completely borked out, I tried several things on steam, in the game.
      negative · Jun 30, 2022 · review 117955158
  • servers netcode

    0 positive · 5 negative · 0 mixed · 0 neutral

    • Server connection needs to be improved
      negative · Oct 31, 2021 · review 101971412
    • Avoid multiplayer on pc...
      negative · Nov 30, 2021 · review 104902766
    • servers are trash still no close servers for middle east!
      negative · Apr 30, 2022 · review 114741110

Review timeline

monthly peak 10,622 reviews · all languages

review volume 5,000 10,000 0 positive review share 100% 50% 0% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Sep 2021 · 103 reviews (81 up · 22 down) · 79% positive Oct 2021 · 10,421 reviews (8,297 up · 2,124 down) · 80% positive Nov 2021 · 10,144 reviews (8,426 up · 1,718 down) · 83% positive Dec 2021 · 9,673 reviews (7,554 up · 2,119 down) · 78% positive Jan 2022 · 9,007 reviews (6,913 up · 2,094 down) · 77% positive Feb 2022 · 10,622 reviews (8,314 up · 2,308 down) · 78% positive Mar 2022 · 7,172 reviews (5,397 up · 1,775 down) · 75% positive Apr 2022 · 4,933 reviews (3,732 up · 1,201 down) · 76% positive May 2022 · 9,242 reviews (7,390 up · 1,852 down) · 80% positive Jun 2022 · 10,456 reviews (8,486 up · 1,970 down) · 81% positive Jul 2022 · 9,311 reviews (7,439 up · 1,872 down) · 80% positive Aug 2022 · 9,840 reviews (7,816 up · 2,024 down) · 79% positive Sep 2022 · 3,965 reviews (3,124 up · 841 down) · 79% positive Oct 2022 · 2,697 reviews (2,194 up · 503 down) · 81% positive Nov 2022 · 3,350 reviews (2,899 up · 451 down) · 87% positive Dec 2022 · 2,565 reviews (2,095 up · 470 down) · 82% positive Jan 2023 · 2,047 reviews (1,682 up · 365 down) · 82% positive Feb 2023 · 1,512 reviews (1,220 up · 292 down) · 81% positive Mar 2023 · 1,651 reviews (1,340 up · 311 down) · 81% positive Apr 2023 · 1,144 reviews (926 up · 218 down) · 81% positive May 2023 · 992 reviews (819 up · 173 down) · 83% positive Jun 2023 · 921 reviews (748 up · 173 down) · 81% positive Jul 2023 · 878 reviews (723 up · 155 down) · 82% positive Aug 2023 · 678 reviews (552 up · 126 down) · 81% positive Sep 2023 · 471 reviews (372 up · 99 down) · 79% positive Oct 2023 · 588 reviews (471 up · 117 down) · 80% positive Nov 2023 · 614 reviews (525 up · 89 down) · 86% positive Dec 2023 · 445 reviews (356 up · 89 down) · 80% positive Jan 2024 · 390 reviews (324 up · 66 down) · 83% positive Feb 2024 · 280 reviews (225 up · 55 down) · 80% positive Mar 2024 · 321 reviews (274 up · 47 down) · 85% positive Apr 2024 · 308 reviews (256 up · 52 down) · 83% positive May 2024 · 260 reviews (214 up · 46 down) · 82% positive Jun 2024 · 291 reviews (225 up · 66 down) · 77% positive Jul 2024 · 319 reviews (243 up · 76 down) · 76% positive Aug 2024 · 177 reviews (143 up · 34 down) · 81% positive Sep 2024 · 166 reviews (133 up · 33 down) · 80% positive Oct 2024 · 167 reviews (136 up · 31 down) · 81% positive Nov 2024 · 142 reviews (113 up · 29 down) · 80% positive Dec 2024 · 175 reviews (141 up · 34 down) · 81% positive Jan 2025 · 136 reviews (99 up · 37 down) · 73% positive Feb 2025 · 115 reviews (90 up · 25 down) · 78% positive Mar 2025 · 116 reviews (92 up · 24 down) · 79% positive Apr 2025 · 106 reviews (88 up · 18 down) · 83% positive May 2025 · 108 reviews (78 up · 30 down) · 72% positive Jun 2025 · 106 reviews (88 up · 18 down) · 83% positive Jul 2025 · 97 reviews (75 up · 22 down) · 77% positive Aug 2025 · 69 reviews (56 up · 13 down) · 81% positive Sep 2025 · 89 reviews (76 up · 13 down) · 85% positive Oct 2025 · 74 reviews (58 up · 16 down) · 78% positive Nov 2025 · 78 reviews (67 up · 11 down) · 86% positive Dec 2025 · 69 reviews (57 up · 12 down) · 83% positive Jan 2026 · 66 reviews (52 up · 14 down) · 79% positive Feb 2026 · 70 reviews (49 up · 21 down) · 70% positive Mar 2026 · 57 reviews (47 up · 10 down) · 82% positive Apr 2026 · 63 reviews (57 up · 6 down) · 90% positive May 2026 · 68 reviews (57 up · 11 down) · 84% positive Jun 2026 · 86 reviews (73 up · 13 down) · 85% positive Jul 2026 · 82 reviews (67 up · 15 down) · 82% positive Aug 2026 · 61 reviews (51 up · 10 down) · 84% positive Sep 2026 · 48 reviews (46 up · 2 down) · 96% positive Oct 2026 · 1 reviews (1 up · 0 down) · 100% positive · small sample

monthly share rated positive · 50% reference · months with <5 reviews faded

the timeline as a table
Reviews per month, all languages; months with no reviews are left out.
month reviews up down positive note
Sep 2021 103 81 22 79%
Oct 2021 10,421 8,297 2,124 80%
Nov 2021 10,144 8,426 1,718 83%
Dec 2021 9,673 7,554 2,119 78%
Jan 2022 9,007 6,913 2,094 77%
Feb 2022 10,622 8,314 2,308 78%
Mar 2022 7,172 5,397 1,775 75%
Apr 2022 4,933 3,732 1,201 76%
May 2022 9,242 7,390 1,852 80%
Jun 2022 10,456 8,486 1,970 81%
Jul 2022 9,311 7,439 1,872 80%
Aug 2022 9,840 7,816 2,024 79%
Sep 2022 3,965 3,124 841 79%
Oct 2022 2,697 2,194 503 81%
Nov 2022 3,350 2,899 451 87%
Dec 2022 2,565 2,095 470 82%
Jan 2023 2,047 1,682 365 82%
Feb 2023 1,512 1,220 292 81%
Mar 2023 1,651 1,340 311 81%
Apr 2023 1,144 926 218 81%
May 2023 992 819 173 83%
Jun 2023 921 748 173 81%
Jul 2023 878 723 155 82%
Aug 2023 678 552 126 81%
Sep 2023 471 372 99 79%
Oct 2023 588 471 117 80%
Nov 2023 614 525 89 86%
Dec 2023 445 356 89 80%
Jan 2024 390 324 66 83%
Feb 2024 280 225 55 80%
Mar 2024 321 274 47 85%
Apr 2024 308 256 52 83%
May 2024 260 214 46 82%
Jun 2024 291 225 66 77%
Jul 2024 319 243 76 76%
Aug 2024 177 143 34 81%
Sep 2024 166 133 33 80%
Oct 2024 167 136 31 81%
Nov 2024 142 113 29 80%
Dec 2024 175 141 34 81%
Jan 2025 136 99 37 73%
Feb 2025 115 90 25 78%
Mar 2025 116 92 24 79%
Apr 2025 106 88 18 83%
May 2025 108 78 30 72%
Jun 2025 106 88 18 83%
Jul 2025 97 75 22 77%
Aug 2025 69 56 13 81%
Sep 2025 89 76 13 85%
Oct 2025 74 58 16 78%
Nov 2025 78 67 11 86%
Dec 2025 69 57 12 83%
Jan 2026 66 52 14 79%
Feb 2026 70 49 21 70%
Mar 2026 57 47 10 82%
Apr 2026 63 57 6 90%
May 2026 68 57 11 84%
Jun 2026 86 73 13 85%
Jul 2026 82 67 15 82%
Aug 2026 61 51 10 84%
Sep 2026 48 46 2 96%
Oct 2026 1 1 0 100% small sample

How this report was made
Population
all Steam reviews of the game (every language, purchase type, and verdict), walked newest-first per window; only English-language reviews are analyzed
Sample
276 English reviews, time-proportional draw over 55 windows (newest-first within each), taken from an all-language walk and kept English-only — where English is a minority the sample runs smaller than the draw, and every margin of error is computed at 276
Aspect yield
76 of 276 analyzed reviews carry at least one aspect (27.5%); every share on this page divides by all 276
Interval regime
calm: standard margins of error for a share of a sample (Wilson interval), no widening needed
Fetch paths
55 time windows fetched directly (windowed)
Language mix
1,000 fetched: english 278 · turkish 169 · spanish 146 · 22 more
Steam-marked windows
none flagged by Steam (Valve's off-topic flagging began March 2019)
Marked share
0.0% of sample inside marked windows, under the 2% floor
Narrative
passed the grounding gate first try
Evidence floor
aspects and emergent themes appear only with 5+ supporting reviews; smaller counts sit at the classifier's false-positive floor
Instrument readings
measured once on the study corpus for this model and prompt: frozen calibration, not properties of this run
· aspect tagging vs. human labels
0.801 [0.752–0.844] (F1 against a human-labeled test set; 1.0 is best)
· quotes filed under the wrong aspect
11.6% [6.6–19.6] of quotes, measured by hand on a sample; lower is better — measured on the prior model (2026-08-05); re-measurement pending
· independent model vs. production labels
0.791 [0.772–0.810] (F1 of the production labeler against an independent judge model) — measured on the prior model (2026-07-25); re-measurement pending
Versions
deepseek-flash · prompt classify-v1 · ontology v2
Run
serve-20261001T183159Z-5ced3b0b · code 798e06c

full methodology in the milestone write-ups