World Cup 98
World Cup 98 is a football video game released in 1998 to coincide with that year's FIFA World Cup football tournament, developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts under their EA Sports label. It is the first official FIFA World Cup game developed by EA Sports after obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997. Unlike the previous World Cup games, which were in 2D and showed a bird's-eye view, World Cup 98 used a 3D engine, utilising DirectX for the PC version.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1998
- Developer
- EA Vancouver
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 31 March 1998 |
|---|---|
| Developer | EA Vancouver |
| Publisher | EA Sports |
| Platforms | Nintendo 64 |
| Genres | Sports |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q864026, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is World Cup 98? How long to beat it
Total play time for World Cup 98 is about 35.3 hours to do everything, and around 4.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 4.1h | 5 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 20.4h | 4 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 35.3h | 3 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where World Cup 98 sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where World Cup 98 lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 56ahead of 11% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 30ahead of 72% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about World Cup 98
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about World Cup 98
What platforms is World Cup 98 on?
World Cup 98 is available on Nintendo 64. It first released in 1998.
Who made World Cup 98?
World Cup 98 was developed by EA Vancouver and published by EA Sports.
How long does it take to beat World Cup 98?
about 4.1 hours for the main story, 20.4 hours with the main extras, 35.3 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.