How many people are playing THE REF - Football Referee Simulator right now?

THE REF - Football Referee Simulator has 0 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 1 and an all-time peak of 3 on 5 Sep 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of THE REF - Football Referee Simulator?

3 concurrent players on 5 Sep 2026.

THE REF - Football Referee Simulator was released on Steam on 6 Aug 2026.

6 announcements · from THE REF - Football Referee Simulator’s Steam news feed

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Published	Kind	Announcement	Build
31 days ago	Game update	UPDATE 3 - Ball Play Improvements & More Achievements UPDATE 3 - Ball Play Improvements The ball has purpose now Four things were making the ball bounce around at random. All four are fixed: · Nobody plays the sterile return pass any more. A player used to fire the ball straight back to the man who just gave it to him — it was actually the best-scoring option in the old logic. · Teams keep their shape while the ball is in flight. Before, the momen…	—
32 days ago	Game update	Readable Fouls, Off-Ball Crime & The Logbook UPDATE 2 — Readable Fouls, Off-Ball Crime & The Logbook Both of the big Steam reviews and a pile of Discord reports went straight into this one. Thank you — keep them coming. The match is readable now · Fouls look like fouls, dives look like dives. Distinct contact animations — judge with your eyes, not just the panel. · Contact actually connects. Pushes, shoves and saves close the distance ins…	—
34 days ago	Game update	Referee School, Crew Voice Chat & The Laws Update New — Referee School · A guided first shift (~5 min): the whistle, cards, advantage, your assistant's flag, the vanishing spray, and a full VAR monitor run. Each drill locks until you've done it — and the match waits while you read. No pressure, that comes later. · Graduate to earn the new Full Referee achievement. New — Crew Voice Chat (co-op) · Built-in voice for your crew: push-to-talk (defa…	—