I played FIFA a few times with a friend on PS4. The last time I played FIFA regularly was on PS2. Well I wanted to get FIFA 21 yesterday. But I saw that you can't buy the game on Origin, you have to have EA Play where I have to pay every month… But you can buy the standard edition of FIFA21 on Steam. Now I don't know if you buy FIFA on Steam if you still need EA Play if you want to play online against other players?
No you don't need to. EA play is only think if you pay then you can play multiple games for free but I'm not sure
You don't need EA Play to play FIFA online. EA Play is a service that provides you with some games for a few euro per month. EA Play is NOT like PS Plus for EA Games.