LG / game / KICK TRICK
REVIEW
Kick Trick on LG webOS is a passable couch-football diversion.
A casual football-tricks game built for the Magic Remote that lands somewhere between a free mobile flick game and a proper TV title.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 11, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
Kick Trick is what happens when a flick-the-ball mobile game gets ported to a TV remote that wasn’t designed for it — and, to its credit, mostly survives the trip. The Magic Remote’s pointer turns out to be a decent stand-in for a touchscreen swipe, and the short-burst structure of the gameplay is well-matched to how anyone actually uses a TV game.
The catch is content. Kick Trick has enough mechanical variety for a session or two, and then the unlocks slow and the loop repeats. There is no career mode, no online play, and no scoreboard pressure beyond a local high score. What’s there is competent and pitched at the right audience — kids, casual play, the ten minutes between dinner and the next show — but the ceiling is firmly in sight from the first evening.
For an LG TV with a child in the house and a Magic Remote already in hand, Kick Trick is a fair pick. For anyone expecting a sports title with legs, the runway is too short to recommend at full attention.
Kick Trick is what happens when a flick-the-ball mobile game gets ported to a TV remote that wasn't designed for it.
FEATURES
Kick Trick is a casual football-tricks game on LG webOS. The core loop is short skill challenges — keepie-uppies, target shots, around-the-cone dribbles — controlled with the Magic Remote's pointer rather than a directional pad. Successful runs unlock new tricks and modest cosmetic options for the on-screen player.
Sessions are short by design. Most challenges resolve in under a minute, with a tap-and-flick gesture that the game telegraphs clearly before each attempt. There is no online multiplayer and no leaderboard beyond a local high-score table. Progress is stored to the TV profile; no account or sign-in is required.
The visual style is bright cel-shaded 3D with a fixed camera. Audio is a short rotation of stadium-crowd loops and a single backing track that becomes audible after a few rounds.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
The Magic Remote mapping is the most interesting choice. Flicking the pointer to time a kick works better than it has any right to on a TV — far closer to a phone game's feel than a directional-pad title. For short bursts, that gestural control is genuinely fun.
The game also knows what it is. Sessions are short, menus are sparse, and there is no pretense at being a deeper sports title. A parent who wants something a child can pick up for five minutes without an account, an in-app purchase prompt, or a tutorial wall has a credible option here.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
Content is thin. The trick library exhausts within a couple of evenings, and the unlock cadence slows sharply after the first session. There is no career mode, no opponent AI worth the name, and no real reason to return once the initial run of challenges is cleared.
Polish is uneven. The crowd-noise loop is short enough to become grating, the camera occasionally clips on celebration animations, and the on-screen prompts use a tiny font that's hard to read from a normal living-room viewing distance.
CONCLUSION
Kick Trick fills a small but real niche on webOS — a casual gesture-driven game for the Magic Remote that a young player can pick up unsupervised. As a one-evening diversion it works. As a return-visit game it runs out of road quickly. Worth a free try if it's on the storefront; not worth chasing.