Games Like EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27

Step into the modern era of college football, where personal ambition meets program pride. Balance expectations, identity, and everything Saturday demands while immersed in traditions and pageantry of game day.

Why similar: Football (American) 29.1% ★, Sports 19.8%, Competitive 19.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Local Co-Op 4.6%

EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26 leverages a new AI-powered machine learning system to convert thousands of plays from nearly a decade of real NFL data into more explosive gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 50.9% ★, Sports 21.8%, Competitive 15.2%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 3.2%

Hit like you mean it with FieldSENSE™ powered by BOOM Tech. Experience how the new physics-informed dynamic tackling system unlocks realistic collisions & new gameplay animations on both sides of the ball.

Why similar: Football (American) 57.8% ★, Sports 16.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Competitive 9.1%, Strategy 5.9%

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.7% ★, Sports 24.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Start as a coordinator and rise to head coach in Draft Day Sports: College Football 26! Build playbooks, recruit stars, manage team cohesion, and outsmart adaptive AI. Create your dynasty with unmatched depth and strategy.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.4% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.2% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Take control of your favorite football franchise in Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 26. Draft stars, manage the cap, build gameplans, and shape your dynasty with deep strategy, smart AI, and endless customization.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.2% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan, hire a successful staff and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.3% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 59.4% ★, Sports 24%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023=4 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 59.6% ★, Sports 24.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 59.4% ★, Sports 25.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 6%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 59.8% ★, Sports 24.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Pure Football 2018 is an American Football Simulator where you play GM, Coach, and Player. Play through endless seasons as you master player contracts, assembling your coaching staff, free agency, and the draft. Lead your players come game time or use the advanced game simulation system.

Why similar: Football (American) 56.3% ★, Sports 31.4%, Simulation 12.4%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 71.5% ★, Sports 20.7%, Simulation 7.8%

Achieve Gridiron Greatness as Doug Flutie and Maximum Football 2020, bring you the ultimate football sandbox.

Why similar: Football (American) 55.4% ★, Sports 30%, Simulation 6.3%, PvP 4.3%, Local Multiplayer 3.5%

Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.

Why similar: Football (American) 75.4% ★, Sports 15.1%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 3.5%

Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring massive customization and a complete franchise mode

Why similar: Football (American) 71.4% ★, Sports 16.7%, Simulation 6.6%, Local Multiplayer 2.8%, Strategy 2.3%

Axis Football features football gaming's deepest Franchise Mode and massively improved simulation-style gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 52% ★, Sports 26.3%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 5.6%, Local Multiplayer 4%

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents and calling each play to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 55% ★, Sports 29.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 4.1%

Forge your legacy in Maximum Football, where you can play both college and pro football in one shared universe. Recruit the next college superstar and take them into the pros to become a future Hall of Famer. Build your team with unparalleled in-game customization that gives you ultimate control.

Why similar: Football (American) 48.1% ★, Sports 30.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Local Multiplayer 5.9%, Multiplayer 3.9%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.7% ★, Sports 25.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 47.3% ★, Sports 31.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 8%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.

Why similar: Football (American) 61.3% ★, Sports 24.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 50.5% ★, Sports 27.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 5.9%, PvP 3.1%

Take over a professional American football team, in this single-player football management simulator. As both general manager and head coach, build a football dynasty that will last for decades to come. Trade, draft, sign free agents, and coach your way into the hall of fame!

Why similar: Football (American) 53.8% ★, Sports 26.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Pro Football Online is a 1st/3rd person, highly skill based, online multiplayer American Football game. It offers a sports game experience unlike any other with smooth, physics based, input driven gameplay that is competitive and rewarding with no pay to win mechanics.

Why similar: Football (American) 51% ★, Competitive 18.8%, Sports 18%, PvP 6.3%, Simulation 3.9%

Axis Football is a 3D American Football Simulation Game that features a unique aimed passing system. Play in a single match, season mode, or local multiplayer! Offers basic mod support for team rosters.

Why similar: Football (American) 65.6% ★, Sports 27.8%, Local Multiplayer 3.7%, Strategy 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Take command of a college football program and build a dynasty from the sidelines. Recruit elite talent, scheme against rivals, survive the coaching carousel, and chase national titles across decades of seasons. A deep college football management sim.

Why similar: Football (American) 55.1% ★, Sports 31.2%, Simulation 13.7%

Draft Fever Bowl is a competitive multiplayer football management game focused on scouting and the draft. Study prospects, outsmart rivals on draft day, and trade with real teams. With no visible attributes, success depends entirely on your eye for talent. Enter the war room.

Why similar: Football (American) 57.5% ★, Sports 20.1%, Competitive 8.2%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 3%

Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 49.6% ★, Sports 27.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 6.4%, PvP 3%

Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!

Why similar: Football (American) 52% ★, Sports 33.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2020 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.

Why similar: Football (American) 40.1% ★, Sports 36.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 9.2%

A strategic franchise mode football sim where you run the front office and call all the shots —build your roster, manage the franchise and handle the play calling to guide your team to glory across seasons of immersive franchise-building.

Why similar: Football (American) 59.9% ★, Sports 32.7%, Simulation 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Build your college football dynasty and compete for control. Master NIL recruiting, develop your coaching staff, and manage demanding boosters. Play solo or battle in online dynasties with up to 32 real players.

Why similar: Football (American) 46.6% ★, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 6.8%, PvP 3.4%

A true college football management game. Play as a coach or a school, recruit players, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Build a college football dynasty and become a coaching legend!

Why similar: Football (American) 53.4% ★, Sports 31%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!

Why similar: Football (American) 51.1% ★, Sports 33.7%, Simulation 14.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!

Why similar: Football (American) 62.6% ★, Sports 32.2%, Simulation 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

The definitive, first-of-its-kind American football league management sim. Take control of the newest spring football league by customizing the structure, teams, ticket prices, salaries, and more. Sim games week by week to grow your league from a startup into a thriving sports empire.

Why similar: Football (American) 55.1% ★, Sports 29.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 45.1% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

The ultimate American football management sim. Call plays, sign free agents, scout prospects, draft superstars, and dive into deep stats for every player and team. Take control as a coach or GM, chase championships, and build a storied dynasty.

Why similar: Football (American) 62.9% ★, Sports 25.5%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Own and manage your own football team! Set your lineup, train your players, hire coaches, and improve your stadium to create a franchise that can go all the way!

Why similar: Football (American) 58.4% ★, Sports 31.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Coach your team to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach is the premier Aussie Rules Football management game. Coach in one of eight different leagues, create your own footy world or even pit the different states against each other in State of Origin mode.

Why similar: Football (American) 39.3% ★, Sports 36.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 9.9%

Build a dynasty from the front office. Draft, trade, sign, and develop players across unlimited seasons. Scout prospects, manage the cap, hire coaches, then watch the league evolve around you.

Why similar: Football (American) 55.2% ★, Sports 31%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Guide your team through the 17 week regular season and potentially the Play-offs. Select your team before using the NFL rankings to decide on your offensive tactics.

Why similar: Football (American) 58.9% ★, Sports 24.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Local Multiplayer 3.1%, Strategy 2.1%

Football Mogul 18 is the 16th version of the addictive football simulation game from the makers of Baseball Mogul.​This version includes rosters and player ratings for opening weekend of the 2017-2018 season.

Why similar: Football (American) 38.8% ★, Sports 37.2%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Axis Football is a an American football simulation featuring innovative aimed passing and massive customization.

Why similar: Football (American) 42.4% ★, Sports 36.8%, Simulation 12%, Local Multiplayer 4.6%, Strategy 3.4%

Brutalball Manager 2 is the sequel to the Football Franchise Management Simulation game. Based on American Football in a Fantasy setting with unique rules. Take full control of the entire league. Tons of customization and deep stat tracking.

Why similar: Football (American) 56.8% ★, Sports 30.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Local Multiplayer 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Run the front office of an American football franchise. Build a dynasty across decades. Multi-season draft, free agency, trades, salary cap, and pre-snap play-calling on every snap. Calibrated to real pro football statistics. Single player. No microtransactions.

Why similar: Football (American) 56.8% ★, Sports 30%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.

Why similar: Sports 52.3%, Football (American) 41.8% ★, Simulation 6%