{"id":1172697,"date":"2026-02-13T09:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UKy2a8fPTE264b2CLsez8e"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:39:07","slug":"just-make-a-very-good-game-sloclap-dismisses-the-idea-that-online-games-need-to-be-free-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/just-make-a-very-good-game-sloclap-dismisses-the-idea-that-online-games-need-to-be-free-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Just make a very good game&#8217;: Sloclap dismisses the idea that online games need to be free-to-play"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/sifu\/\">Sifu<\/a> developer Sloclap has pivoted from martial arts games to sports games with Rematch, a 5v5 competitive football (soccer) game coming this summer. It turns out the skills transfer: Rematch is more Rocket League than FIFA, and it&#8217;s &#8220;something special,&#8221; writer Daniella Lucas said after <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sports\/rematch-hands-on-preview-sloclap\/\">visiting Sloclap for a hands-on preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll also be $30, a decision some will probably balk at. Most of today&#8217;s biggest multiplayer games either started as free-to-play games or turned free-to-play at some point, and a common refrain when a competitive multiplayer game fails is that it should&#8217;ve been free-to-play\u2014it was said about <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/concord-isnt-coming-back-and-the-developer-is-done-for-too-sony-says-it-considered-its-options-and-apparently-the-best-path-forward-is-to-permanently-sunset-the-game-and-close-the-studio\/\">Concord<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to PC Gamer during that recent studio visit, Rematch creative director Pierre Tarno said that he doesn&#8217;t think online games have to be free-to-play, and that making a free-to-play game was never even on the table for Sloclap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never considered free-to-play,&#8221; Tarno said. &#8220;One of the things I love about making games is that there is no secret formula or anything, but the best way\u2014or maybe actually the only way\u2014to make a commercial success is to just make a very good game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That was certainly the case for Helldivers 2, which launched at $30 and became the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/helldivers-2-has-more-players-than-the-population-of-sweden-making-it-playstations-fastest-selling-game-of-all-time\/\">fastest-selling PlayStation game ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of our cultural pillars at Sloclap is respecting our players, respecting their intelligence, respecting their skills,&#8221; Tarno continued. &#8220;We like challenging gameplay and gamers are a very discerning audience. They are often very analytical, very precise in their assessment of mechanics and what works, what doesn&#8217;t, what&#8217;s balanced, what&#8217;s not balanced, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My point is, if you make a game that&#8217;s good enough, that&#8217;s unique enough\u2014even if players say, &#8216;Oh, it&#8217;s an online game with a competitive edge, it should be free-to-play otherwise it&#8217;s dead on arrival&#8217;\u2014I think that&#8217;s not true. I think that if it&#8217;s original and solid, plus very reasonably priced, players will get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rematch will be out on June 19 (here&#8217;s the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2138720\/REMATCH\/\">Steam page<\/a>) and if it&#8217;s as good as Absolver and Sifu, I sure hope players get it. 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It turns out the skills transfer: Rematch is more Rocket League than FIFA, and it&#8217;s &#8220;something special,&#8221; writer Daniella Lucas said after visiting Sloclap for a hands-on preview. It&#8217;ll also be $30, a decision some will probably balk at. Most of today&#8217;s biggest multiplayer games either started as free-to-play games or turned free-to-play at some point, and a common refrain when a competitive multiplayer game fails is that it should&#8217;ve been free-to-play\u2014it was said about Concord. Speaking to PC Gamer during that recent studio visit, Rematch creative director Pierre Tarno said that he doesn&#8217;t think online games have to be free-to-play, and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/just-make-a-very-good-game-sloclap-dismisses-the-idea-that-online-games-need-to-be-free-to-play\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1172698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,169],"class_list":["post-1172697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Just make a very good game&#039;: Sloclap dismisses the idea that online games need to be free-to-play | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sifu developer Sloclap has pivoted from martial arts games to sports games with Rematch, a 5v5 competitive football (soccer) game coming this summer. 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