Ctrl. Alt. Defeat the AI.

The pitch is a spinning soccer ball. Every hexagon and pentagon is a territory — race across it, capture territories, and claim the globe before the AI does. It's one-more-match arcade strategy with a speedrun heartbeat.

Three ways to play (all single-player, all free):

  • 🏆 Tournament ladder — five rungs from Rookie to Elite, then the hidden Super Elite champion run. Win the series to plant your flag on the ladder.


  • 📅 Daily challenge — one fresh board a day, the same for everyone, tuned by weekday difficulty. Compare your run against the world.


  • 🌍 Worldwide speedrun leaderboards — fastest games, ranked globally by tier and by day. Pick a nation, take a jersey number, chase the #1 time. A fresh daily board every night and a new weekly tournaments wrap up Sunday nights.  A new weekly tournament starts every Monday — midnight Pacific.

Powerups on the pitch: speed bursts, freezes, slow-tackles, and steals — grab them fast to swing a match.

Play anywhere. Runs in any modern browser, keyboard, touch, or controller. Solo play works fully offline. On iPad, "Add to Home Screen" for a fullscreen, app-like feel. First tap unlocks the crowd.

Free to play, name-your-own-price. If it steals a few hours, tip what it's worth.

Made by Automatic Talent. automatictalent.com

Play free at ctrlaltdefeat.ai

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AI tools used in production: voice-over (ElevenLabs), the trophy movie and stadium touch-up (Gemini), coding assistance (Claude). Crowds and some SFX from Pixabay and Logic Pro. 

Game design & art direction by the creator.





Updated 13 hours ago
Published 2 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorAutomaticTalent
GenreStrategy, Sports
TagsArcade, Casual, Football, html5, leaderboards, Singleplayer, Soccer, Speedrun
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Code, Graphics, Text

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the singular complaint i have is that i don't have more time to sink into this. i immediately understood the premise, and got right into it. absolutely see a lot of replay value in this immediately

Awesome! Put up some high scores? You are the first comment, thx !