Keep Ball

Keep the ball and your team grows behind you. Tackle someone and their players join you.

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How to play Keep Ball

A football .io game. You are the player on the ball and your team runs in a line behind you. Keep the ball and a teammate joins every four seconds. Pick up loose balls for one more each, and run the ball into any of the six goals for six more.

Run into the man on the ball head-on or from the side and you win a tackle: 40% of his team joins yours. Run into the back of someone's line and you are fouled, and a quarter of your team is left behind as loose balls. Bigger teams run and turn slower, so a small side can always catch a big one. Sprint to get away or close someone down, but it costs a teammate every 0.4 seconds.

Winning

Rounds last two and a half minutes. The biggest team at full time wins. Your best finish is kept on this device.

Keep Ball FAQ

Who am I playing against?

For now, 13 house sides that hunt, run for goal and avoid trouble. Live games against mates are next.

How do I play on a phone?

Put your finger where you want to run. Hold the Sprint button in the corner with your other thumb.

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