Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
From ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost
What is The Beautiful Game?
The Beautiful Game is an episodic, choice-based visual novel set in the unusual and fascinating world of women’s professional football (soccer). It has a focus on storytelling, romance, humour, and drama.
This is not a football game. It’s a coming-of-age story where professional sport is the backdrop. It’s a fun, interesting, and slightly unusual game.
‘The Beautiful Game’ is a fairly well-known nickname for the sport of association football.
The Story
After finishing your studies in your home town, a new and exciting world awaits you in the field you worked so hard for: sports science. You applied for positions at all sorts of sports clubs, but despite graduating with the highest honors, only one was willing to go the extra mile and take a chance on you: Ocean City Football Club.
A soccer club, I hear you say? Yes, but not any old soccer team. This one is an elite women’s football club, full of glamorous, athletic, and bright-eyed women. You are their new assistant sports scientist. Having had a bad season the previous year, it is up to you to help the team reclaim its position as the best.
You will get to know a host of stunning women, from all corners of the world. You will get caught up in the bustle and get carried along on a wave of enthusiasm. You’ll make new friends, form alliances, and maybe even create an enemy or two. All of which will teach you about yourself and how far you’re willing to go to be successful.
You will be able to form all sorts of relationships. Friends, partners, lovers. Romance many or stay true to one; the choice is yours.
This remarkable and different game brings you:
- 5200+ beautifully rendered images.
- 200k words across 10 chapters in Book One.
- 100 fantastic animations.
- 124 music tracks and 150 sound effects.
- Choose to build a harem, be monogamous with your true love, or anything in between.
- Complex characters and a captivating story which takes place over 11 months.
- The game timeline lets the player explore a rich pregnancy environment (avoidable route).
- Replayability with Light or Dark paths, many meaningful choices, and multiple endings.
- Built-in optional walkthrough.
- Easter Eggs.
- A large replay gallery.