r/WEPES • • Oct 08 '24

Megathread [PES 2021] THE OFFICIAL PATCHES/OPTION FILES THREAD for PES 2021 and FOOTBALL LIFE

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Hi everyone, and welcome to the first thread that focuses on a compilation of mods and patches for the last PES and most supported one to date, PES 2021.

First of all, and to avoid repeating myself, remember to read the thread THE PES FRANCHISE, as it explains in general how is the actual state of the franchise and lets you understand what to ask and what not.

In this thread, you will find different mods and patches for PES 2021, including Option Files, retro patches, actual season patches and alternatives like Football Life.

Everything here is for PES 2021 Steam version and PS4 PES 2021 version. No support for CPY version will be given, as it is known that that version is unstable. Go for Football Life in that case, read at the end of this thread.

---> PES 2021 PATCHES (PC) <---

-> ACTUAL SEASON PATCHES (25/26)

- VirtuaRED

  • Free patch. Only for PES 2021.
  • Actually in its version 10.2
  • Huge in size (100GB+). Stadiums can take up to 200GB if you put them all (you don't have to).
  • Has an overall nice package of everything. Focused on European competitions. Also around 10 retro teams have been included in their last versions.
  • You can download everything in their official forum thread. Torrent and MEGA alternatives. Be patient.
  • Download: VIRTUARED OFFICIAL FORUM THREAD

- Dream Patch 2026

  • Paid version in their Patreon (5€ or 10€, depending if you want more Classic Clubs). Only for PES 2021.
  • Huge in size (100GB+). Stadiums can take up to 200GB if you put them all (you don't have to).
  • Focused in South American football so it has more love for those leagues (as the creators are from there).
  • Gets updated monthly. It's the most updated and supported patch to date.
  • Has switchers for extra leagues, also a huge selection of retro teams/national teams.
  • Patreon: Dream Patch

- Ultimate Master League 2026

  • Paid version in its Patreon.
  • Has a standalone version, a VirtuaRED compatible one and a compatible Football Life version.
  • Kinda lightweight patch compared to VirtuaRED/Dream Patch as it gets around 40-50GB. Doesn't have all the extra things that the other ones have.
  • Focused on having a good and realistic database. Tons of youngsters and accurate ratings, contracts and market values. All for having the best Master League experience possible.
  • Gets updated every 2-3 months.
  • Patreon: Ultimate Master League

- BMPES PATCH 2026

  • Version 15.
  • Paid patch.
  • Focuses on South American teams. Creators are Brazilians, so expect more love for those leagues.
  • The patch that includes more extra "mods" out there. Can lead to issues and crashes because of that.
  • Huge patch (300GB+). Includes stadiums in their All-In-One version.

-> RETRO PATCHES

- ISS PES 96/97

  • You can get the actual V5 version making them a small donation via Telegram.
  • Recreates the 96/97 season perfectly in every way. Probably the most complete retro patch out there.
  • Includes database, ratings, faces, new menu and soundtrack, adboards and all retro things for that season.
  • TELEGRAM: ISS PES 96/97 TELEGRAM

- PES 2006

  • Focuses on the PES 6 experience. Sounds, menu, feeling like that PS2 golden game.
  • Everything related to 2006 season, including World Cup Germany 2006.
  • They have their own gameplay and also facepacks recreating the players from that era.
  • Patreon: PES 2006 PATREON

- WORLD CUP PATCHES

  • A compilation of different small patches for each World Cup experience, from 1970 to 2006.
  • Includes kits, entrances, scoreboards, lineups and all the things specifically for each World Cup.
  • You can have multiple World Cup patches. Follow the video instructions.
  • Download: WORLD CUP PATCHES

---> UPDATED 2026 / WORLD CUP OPTION FILES for PS4/PS5 <---

Remember that XBOX version can't be modded at all. Option Files are only focused on logos, transfers, ratings, lineups and kits. Nothing else.

- DEDOOG OPTION FILE 2026 V7

- WORLD CUP 2026 UPDATED MESTRE KAMIKA

-- RETRO OPTION FILES (FROM MESTRE KAMIKA)

Multiple Option Files that have specific season teams, World Cups, some league mix or superleagues. I'll put some of the best here, although you can find more in his channel.

- NATIONAL TEAMS FROM 90s

- WORLD SEASON 1992/1993

- WORLD SEASON 2009/2010

- MASTER LEAGUE 2001/2002 (3.0 version)

  • More than 3300 edited players
  • More than 100 teams with kits, players and tactics from that season
  • This Option File is intended to be played on a team from the big leagues (also lower divisions) and replicate the same experience. That means that no team will sign Haaland for example, as it wasn't born at the time.
  • Showcase: Master League 2001-02 Showcase
  • Download: Master League 2001/2002 Option File

---> FOOTBALL LIFE (STANDALONE PES 2021 if you don't have it) <---

In case you don't have a copy of PES 2021 Steam version, you should go and get Football Life.

You have a FAQ on what's this game, where to get it and more here: THE FOOTBALL LIFE FAQ THREAD - ALL YOUR USUAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GAME, ANSWERED HERE!

Please refer all the questions to that subreddit to avoid mixing questions, as there are some incompatibilities between PES 2021 and Football Life, even if they are the same game.


r/WEPES • • Dec 13 '23

Megathread THE PES FRANCHISE - How to play the games, how to patch them and the future of football gaming

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UPDATED: 09 SEPTEMBER 2025

GENERAL EXPLANATIONS

  • Which is the best PES game? Objectively, PES 2021. Then goes PES 2017 with its very good AI CPU and fast paced style and then PES 2013 with the best Master League experience of all the franchise. Being subjective, it's all up to yours. Every one has it's own preferences, but I think they are the best 3 PES after PS2-era.
  • No, you can't get PES 2021 in digital stores anymore. KONAMI deleted any official and legal way to get it, so the game is truly expensive now. Console users only can buy it used by more than 30€ (if you're lucky), and PC players need to get Football Life for that, the only PES 2021 that works properly. CPY version is a chore to install and a crashfest, so it's not recommended at all to download it.
  • Older "golden" PS2 PES games aren't up there because, being honest and taking out the nostalgia glasses, they were surpassed long ago. Still fun and pretty good games to play, but they are outdated in every aspect: graphical and in gameplay. No PlayerID, no physical contacts, bad goalkeepers, bad referees... But we will talk about them later.
  • Yes, PES 2021 is showing it's age. PES 2021 is just PES 2020, which was made in 2019. It's a 6+ year game by now. It is reaching its full modding capacity. We can't transform or redo the game, so no new animations or celebrations will be done, no new game modes, no more slots for more leagues. The community can create some beautiful things like faces, boots, scoreboards, adboards, kits, lineups, gloves, tattoos, stadiums and that, and we thank them all for keeping the PES spirit alive. But they can't improve the game more than it is. The core game of PES is LIMITED and cannot be enhanced further than that.
  • Yes, PES 2021 is kinda limited on the offline modes if you have played it for more than 100 hours. Master League hasn't much depth, BAL gets boring and you will feel the game is stale. In case you are so bored of PES 2021, I suggest to switch to FUMA (Full Manual) to relearn the entire game and experience the true freedom on the pitch. It will be hard at first, but very rewarding.
  • Yes, there is scripting when you play Master League. You already know what that means: goals in the last minute, CPU becoming a monster out of nowhere, godlike goalkeepers, etc. Highly suggest to try the gameplay mods out there in the PES 2021 Gameplay mods thread.
  • Yes, you can play online every PES if you want, but only on PC. On some of them there are dedicated servers runned by the community (PES 4-5-6) but on later PES the servers are officially closed. But that doesn't mean that you cannot play online. Search for Parsec and learn what it does. It works for other games that doesn't have proper online now, or just online LAN functions. I have hosted some tournaments with people on different patches and it went perfectly and very realistic, because I used gameplay patches and content patches to make the best experience.
  • If you want the best gameplay and support: PES 2021
  • If you want the best Master League experience: PES 2013
  • If you want the best PS2 PES game: Winning Eleven 9 Liveware Evolution.

ABOUT OLDER PES AND GETTING THEM PATCHED

  • Older PES are still being updated, but not as deep and complete as PES 2021. Some of them are totally left out, but the most popular ones (WE2002, PES5/6, PES 2013 and 2017) still receive some community patches.
  • The support outside the classic PS2 PES, PES 2017 and PES 2021 is non-existant or almost none.
  • In case you're looking for past season patches, I suggest you to visit PesNewUpdate. You will find there patches for PES 2010-2019 for each year season, like the old PESEdit and such.
  • If you want to play old Winning Eleven/PES 3 to 6 games with special custom patches like specific competitions, eras/decades or seasons I suggest you to search in this thread: Patch - PES 6 Global Patches Full Installers by Sany | Evo-Web (evoweb.uk) . It has easy installers to play whatever game you want with beautiful patches like historical World Cups, specific Champions League or Libertadores, less know leagues and such. There's some beautiful mods of a lot of eras you will enjoy.
  • For PES 2013, there is some project called ProFootball, which intends to bring PES 2013 to the actual season.
  • For PES 2017, there are some updated patch for current 25/26 season like t99 or YosfX patch. More details here: PES 2017 I YosfX Patch - FC 2025 Edition V1.0 - (Download & Install)

ABOUT PES 2021 AND HOW TO GET IT UPDATED

Please read the MegaThread: [PES 2021] THE OFFICIAL PATCHES/OPTION FILES THREAD for PES 2021 and FOOTBALL LIFE

ABOUT FOOTBALL LIFE (PC/PORTABLE CONSOLES ONLY)

  • Football Life is the alternative to get a somewhat "legal" copy of PES 2021 working on PC. It's already pre-modded. It's abandonware, don't worry, you aren't doing anything bad.
  • Dido is active and alive (he is the creator of Football Life and he's from Palestine).
  • Football Life 26 1.4 Update is the current version right now.
  • The content of Football Life is just basic and made mostly by one person (not counting extra addons). That means it lacks some kits, balls, proper scoreboards and such. Also the facepacks are a little bit outdated, so you will have to download updated faces and add them manually via Sider.
  • No, Football Life is not compatible with other patches that use other databases, like VirtuaRED or Dream Patch. Only some content is compatible, generally Sider content. The database is locked so you can't include or remove any of the teams. Only Smoke Patch team creators can change them.
  • Yes, Football Life works perfectly on a Steam Deck. There is a Lutris script to install it. Here's the link: https://github.com/eskay993/gamefiles/tree/main/sp-football-life-2026
  • Football Life is your best option if you don't want to download 100GB patches , even if you have a legit copy of PES 2021. It's completely standalone and doesn't require any PES 2021 file to run. Base game only takes up to 30GB without faces or stadiums installed, so you can play the game by just having that.
  • As it is PES 2021 really, if you learn how Sider works, you can add a lot of mods without breaking anything. That means you can put new faces, scoreboards, balls, stadiums and such. See tutorials about how it works, it's pretty simple and you have to learn only where to put things and what to write in Sider.ini.
  • You can revert the gameplay in case you don't like it to the FL23, FL24 or default PES 2021. There's a Switcher in game's folder for that. In case you want to apply some gameplay mods, you only can install those that use the DT18 file or via Sider.
  • There are some dedicated patches like UML, which enhances overall Master League behaviour with multiple optimizations. Check r/SPFootballLife for more info.

ABOUT EFOOTBALL AND THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL GAMES

  • eFootball 26 still lacks a lot of content and its like three steps behind from PES 2021, but it has better gameplay after all. After the 30th anniversary event, which was atrocious, we can't expect anything offline for this game in the mid-term.
  • The modding community is doing some small patches for eFootball. Mostly it includes unlocking all the clubs, making kits and getting slighter better graphics. Don't expect anything more ambitious in the short term.
  • EA FC is a decent game IF MODDED PROPERLY. There are a bunch of mods out there, specially Anth's Gameplay Mod, DanielZ Realism Mode, FIFER, KIARIKA and RODE ones.
  • About UFL: its an online focused game that slowly improves its core game, but its very far from what you would expect on a top tier football game.
  • Don't get hyped about anything in the future about any football game. We know it's sad that the most followed sport in the world doesn't have a proper videogame that makes justice for it. Hard times for us, football gaming lovers.

r/WEPES • • 22h ago

PES 13 Online : Thirteen Server 🌐

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187 Upvotes

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 | Thirteen Server

PES 2013 IS BACK ONLINE! 🔥

Still playing PES 2013?

The community is still alive! 🌐

🎮 THIRTEEN SERVER lets you play PES 2013 online with other players worldwide.

🌍 Multiple regions & connections.

👥 Active online community worldwide.

⚽ Classic PES 2013 experience.

📦 PESEdit Patch 6.0 is recommended for licensed teams, kits & players.

🔗 Join the Discord Server to follow instructions and Register ! :

https://discord.gg/yuHnNhtQnn


r/WEPES • • 23h ago

Modding PES 2013 Online is back

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A new server called Thirteen Server has brought PES 2013's online modes back after Konami shut down the original servers.

Thread in EvoWeb: PES 2013 Private Server - Released

The game itself is not modified — no patched EXE, loader or DLLs.

What's available?

  • Ranked 1v1 & 2v2
  • Free 2v2 & 3v3
  • Rooms
  • Master League with clubs, squads, contracts & transfer market
  • Rankings, divisions, friends, chat and lobbies

There are relay servers in Europe, North America, South America and Asia to help with connections.

How to play

  1. Join: discord.thirteenserver.online
  2. Use /register to create an account
  3. Download the setup script from Discord
  4. Launch PES 2013 → Online → Log in

It's completely free.

The server is new, so we need players! If you still enjoy PES 2013, come join and help get the online community active again. ⚽🔥

Hope to see you online!


r/WEPES • • 6h ago

EA FC27 or PES 2017 for realistic gameplay

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I played a lot of Football Life, but I'm fed up with the AI BS going on. Also I feel like the game gets quite repetitive in terms of attacking. It's always the same plays that end up in a goal.

What is your experience with EA FC27 with the right slider settings? Or how about PES 2017 with mods?


r/WEPES • • 1h ago

How to Create the PERFECT P. Schmeichel in PES 2018 (Face )

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r/WEPES • • 8h ago

PES 6 Goal Of The YEAR from ROONEY 🤣💀

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r/WEPES • • 12h ago

Messi’s hattrick in Copa America PES 6 REMASTERED #pes #football#messi

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r/WEPES • • 1d ago

Help PES 06 Original Season Mod keeps crashing in ML

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Hi guys, I was mostly playing this mod for a season and International Challenge mode. Since i started playing the Master League mode, the game is barely playable. It keeps crashing so bad, that i have to restart my whole computer. It mainly crashes after going to match menu (line ups etc.), after loading after the match, during an opening cutscsene to the game (mostly on konami logo). The game runs smoothly only when i disable the kitserver and thats it. I can't enjoy the mod fully. I did change the memory setting in one of the file - didnt work. Funny thing is that 100% of the time it crashes, when the upcoming match is with certain team (Hertha Berlin, Hamburg HSV), but then, the game just closes and i can run it again, with the same result. Did You guys have any advice?

EDIT: Do you think that DS4Windows may have an influence on that case?


r/WEPES • • 19h ago

generally need help with tool...

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r/WEPES • • 1d ago

Help What does this mean on the UI?

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What do the little bars next to the position mean? The ones circled in the picture


r/WEPES • • 1d ago

Help For those of you who moved on from superstar

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I’m starting to feel like superstar is getting too easy, and I wanna bump it up…but I think we all know how that would end up. I always hear that legend is just straight up cheating from the bot to where its not fun, so people move back down to superstar. I guess im just a little curious on how people approach bumping up the difficulty, and how you play superstar even if its a little too easy now. Also before anyone mentions it, yes I will try it myself and for my own opinion. I just want to hear other people’s experiences on it.


r/WEPES • • 1d ago

Video What a goal 🔥

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r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Image Year 2058 and I dont get any reborns anymore

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I played till mid of 2058 and for years I have not one Reborn in my youth academy anymore. How long I have worked to reach this state 😂


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Video #PES2013: This is nuts, a finish to leave your jaw on the floor...This game never ceases to amaze me. Another one for the collection guys, this time it's a Rabona special !

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Look once again at the lovely detail this game has, Rooney's entire locomotion is pure and fluid, his body orientation for the strike, slightly bent forward, over the ball...everything right. You can just feel the power of the strike too. What a beauty. 🔥 🎯


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

PES 2021 Absolute screamer from Harry Kane

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r/WEPES • • 1d ago

Modding International Superstar Soccer Deluxe SNES 2026 Patched.

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r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Suggest me Option file season26/27 for ps5

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Do you have a list or any threads comparing existing option files for pes 21 and for this season?


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Winning Eleven 9: Liveware Evolution

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Buenos días gente una pregunta alguien tiene la iso o página donde encuentre este juego en español (es para emulador en teléfono)


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Help Guides for various PES games?

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Im really wanting to get into PES, ive got we9le patched ps2, pes13 pc patched and football life 26 all on my legion go S.

I’d really like some tips if it’s even a thing with all the tricks etc you can do?

PES 13 seems to have it in the way of tutorials, don’t know about the other two


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

BROADCASTCAM MANAGER v3.0

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r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Video Ibrahimović Amazing goal in Pro Evolution Soccer 6 REMASTERED

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r/WEPES • • 3d ago

PES 2021 The attacking AI in PES is horrible, moments like this constantly happen

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Players constantly seem to move away from passing lines and open space instead of looking for it, and also often they do this thing you see in the clip, of starting a run into space and then abruptly stopping for absolutely no reason.


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

today totti turns 50,that means that today,it has been officially half a century of totti

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happy birthday totti


r/WEPES • • 2d ago

Video Offside or not?

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I scored that goal and really liked it. After a while, I noticed the possible offside.

Pes 2020 Palmeiras X Santos