THE REF - Football Referee Simulator
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| UPDATE 6 - THE VAR ROOM UPDATE 6 - THE VAR ROOM There's a new official in the building — and it's you. ROLE 3: VIDEO ASSISTANT Take the van. A full AI crew referees the match while you work the monitors — every goal and every card comes to you for a check. Scrub the footage, pick your angle, and make the call: · The video room is real 3D — monitors that genuinely film the match (broadcast follow, goal cam, tactical ri… | 24721029 | |
| UPDATE 5 - The Fix Is In UPDATE 5 - The Fix Is In The biggest update since launch. A criminal enterprise, a piece of stadium technology, a real job for the assistant - and the whole game got a photography pass. Someone wants to buy your whistle Before a big fixture, a consultant may want a word. What happens next is up to you: · Refuse — clean conscience. Though rumors have a way of starting anyway. · Report him — the… | — | |
| UPDATE 4 - Law 9, and the Floodlights Actually Work UPDATE 4 - Law 9, and the Floodlights Actually Work Law 9: the ball off the referee You are on the pitch, so the ball can hit you — and now that matters. If the ball strikes you and rolls harmlessly back to the same team, play continues. But if the deflection changed the game , the ball was out of play the moment it touched you, and the restart is a dropped ball. Three situations count: · the o… | — | |
| 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… | — | |
| 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… | — | |
| 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… | — |
| Date | Day | Time | Patch title | Build ID | Branch | Depots | Download Δ |
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| 9 Sep 2026 | Wed | 13:34 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 25209566 | public | 1 | — |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Sun | 22:24 | No patch notes · unannounced build | 24767006 | public | 1 | — |