EA Sports FC 27 Game Modes
Every game mode in EA Sports FC 27 – Ultimate Team, Career Mode, The Grounds and Clubs, Kick-Off and online play – and what happened to Volta.
EA Sports FC 27 has four big pillars: Ultimate Team, Career Mode, the new open-world hub The Grounds (which now holds Clubs and Rush), and quick Kick-Off and online matches. Use the buttons to filter by solo or online play.
Ultimate Team (FUT)5Career Mode5The Grounds and Clubs4Kick-Off and online play3No longer in the series1
Ultimate Team (FUT)
FC 24 – FC 27 · 5 modesSquad Battles
Solo / vs AI · Play against AI-controlled squads and earn rewards. The low-pressure way to grind FUT offline.
Rivals
Online · Online head-to-head matches with divisions to climb. Refreshed in FC 26.
Champions
Online · The top FUT competition. Qualify first, then play for the best rewards. Refreshed in FC 26.
Live Events and Tournaments
Online · Time-limited events and knockout Tournaments, both added in FC 26. Promos like Ultimate Scream use them for themed rules and token rewards.
Read our guide →Rush
Online · 5v5 with three friends and an AI goalkeeper, using your FUT players. Added in FC 25.
Career Mode
FC 24 – FC 27 · 5 modesManager Career
Solo / vs AI · Run a club: transfers, contracts, scouting and tactics. FC 27 rebuilds the transfer market with bidding wars and data from TransferRoom.
Read our guide →Player Career
Solo / vs AI · Create or pick one player and build a career on the pitch. FC 26 added Archetypes, player classes with upgradable attributes and perks.
Live Start Points
Solo / vs AI · Start a save from real-world football storylines. Added after FC 25's launch.
Manager Live
Solo / vs AI · A hub of regularly updated Career challenges and scenarios, added in FC 26.
Women's football
Solo / vs AI · Women's clubs have been playable in Career Mode since FC 25.
The Grounds and Clubs
FC 27 · 4 modesSmall-sided matches
Online · 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and Rush on pitches across The Grounds' open world. Queue outside a pitch with your Pro.
Kickabouts
Online · Casual football mini-games such as Bucket Ball, Balloon Ball, Goal Control, The Big Race and Bocce Ball.
Stadium Drop In
Online · Matchmaking out of the open world into Stadium Rush, Rush Live Tournaments and 11v11 Drop In.
Clubs
Online · Play with your Pro in an 11v11 team with friends. In FC 27, Clubs Leagues, Playoffs and Club Live Events are reached from the Clubhouse in The Grounds.
Kick-Off and online play
All editions · 3 modesKick-Off
Solo / vs AI · Quick matches against the AI or a friend on the couch, including House Rules variants and Rush.
Online Seasons
Online · 1v1 matches with real teams, climbing divisions through promotion.
Online Friendlies
Online · Unranked matches against a friend online.
Volta Football
Removed · The street-football mode from the FIFA years was last in FC 24. EA removed it in FC 25 and brought in Rush instead.
Section images: official EA SPORTS FC 27 trailers (EA SPORTS FC / YouTube).
Good to know
Start offlineSquad Battles and Kick-Off let you learn the controls against the AI before you go online.
The Grounds needs current-genThe Grounds and Clubs are on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Switch 2 – not on PS4, Xbox One or the first Switch.
FUT is the big oneMost of EA's live content – promos, Evolutions, SBCs – lands in Ultimate Team.
Try it freeFC 27 Lite is free to download with Kick-Off and online play. Progress carries over if you upgrade.
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Sources
Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.