- #1 Gridiron Remastered
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1336 Studios Inc.
Windows
Control one player in high-octane 7v7 american football action. Compete from an immersive third-person view and work with your squad to dominate the competition. Precision physics based passing, explosive runs, and strategic coordination. This is football reimagined for competitive online play.
Why similar: Football (American) 41.3% ★, Sports 20.7%, eSports 16.3% ★, PvP 7.8%, Team-Based 5.2%
- #2 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26
95% matchMixed53% of 5,929 reviews2025
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 74.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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) 54% ★, Sports 22.7%, Competitive 19.1%, Simulation 4.2%
- #3 5G VR Football
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creative Technology LLC
Windows
"5G VR Football" is a multiplayer penalty simulator in Virtual Reality.
Why similar: Football (American) 33.2% ★, Sports 27.4%, eSports 24.2% ★, PvP 6.2%, First-Person 3.7%
- #4 Gridiron
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,010 reviews2020
Dev: 1336 Studios
Windows
Gridiron is a fast-paced fusion of sci-fi and arcade-style football featuring easy to understand controls and a competitive multiplayer driven online experience. Gridiron supports up to 7v7 action in both casual and competitive online matches, offline practice mode and much more!
Why similar: Football (American) 34% ★, Competitive 15.3%, eSports 15.2% ★, Sports 11.6%, PvP 6.9%
- #5 Draft Fever Bowl
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
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) 49.6% ★, Sports 17.1%, eSports 11.1% ★, Competitive 8.4%, Character Customization 4.9%
- #6 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25
92% matchMixed56% of 5,132 reviews2024
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 21.8 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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) 64.4% ★, Sports 18.4%, Competitive 12%, Simulation 5.2%
- #7 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27
91% matchMostly Negative36% of 1,021 reviews2026
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Run the league one decision at a time. EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27, powered by the all-new Persona Engine.
Why similar: Football (American) 53.4% ★, Competitive 17.9%, Sports 17.3%, PvP 5.8%, Simulation 3.5%
- #8 EA SPORTS™ College Football 27
90% matchMixed41% of 2,903 reviews2026
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 32.2 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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) 36.6% ★, Competitive 26%, Sports 22.2%, PvP 6.7%, Simulation 4.3%
- #9 Pure Football 2018
91% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: PureFootball
Windows
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) 60.7% ★, Sports 33.3%, Simulation 5.9%
- #10 Legend Bowl
89% matchVery Positive87% of 956 reviews2021
Dev: Super Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!
Why similar: Football (American) 45.2% ★, Sports 15.6%, eSports 13.9% ★, Team-Based 8.2%, PvP 8.2%
- #11 Endzone Football
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio73
Windows
A football game built for competitive online 5v5+ play. Third-person individual control puts each rep on you. Your read. Your timing. Your throw. Your route. Your tackle. Each position demands something different!
Why similar: Sports 25.7%, eSports 23.5% ★, Football (American) 20.6% ★, Team-Based 6%, Character Customization 5.9%
- #12 Pro Soccer Online
87% matchVery Positive82% of 27,538 reviews2025
Dev: Skywall Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 46.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Pro Soccer Online is a 1st/3rd person, highly skill based, online multiplayer soccer 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: eSports 21.3% ★, Competitive 21%, Sports 15.5%, Team-Based 9.3%, PvP 9.3%
- #13 7on7 Football
86% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Spear Interactive
Windows
Fast-paced, competitive 7-on-7 football built for realism. Call plays, read defenses, and build your custom teams to compete in Exhibition or Tournament Knockout modes.
Why similar: Football (American) 41.6% ★, Sports 13.5%, Competitive 12.4%, Character Customization 7%, PvP 6.8%
- #14 College Bowl
84% matchVery Positive85% of 273 reviews2024
Dev: Super Pixel Games
Windows
College Bowl is a beautifully pixelated on-field simulation of American Football! Challenge college rivals on your way to winning a National title! Take on various game modes, including a deep Dynasty mode with in-depth recruiting, scouting, stat tracking, ranking, bowl games, yearly goals and more!
Why similar: Football (American) 45.4% ★, eSports 18.3% ★, Sports 15.1%, PvP 8.3%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #15 Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020
83% matchMixed52% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Canuck Play Inc
Windows
Achieve Gridiron Greatness as Doug Flutie and Maximum Football 2020, bring you the ultimate football sandbox.
Why similar: Football (American) 56.9% ★, Sports 30.3%, PvP 6.9%, 3D 3%, Simulation 2.9%
- #16 War Room Football
81% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Tanish Jagtap
Windows · Mac
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) 48.8% ★, Sports 27.1%, eSports 19.7% ★, Simulation 4.4%
- #17 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018
82% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 75% ★, Sports 21.4%, Simulation 3.6%
- #18 Maximum Football
79% matchMixed59% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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) 48.7% ★, Sports 31.2%, Character Customization 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.7%, PvP 4.4%
- #19 Trivals
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Living on Ro Entertainment
Windows
A multiplayer sport where the goal adapts to stop you. No aim assist. No randomness. Just ball physics, hero abilities, and a target that gets harder to break the closer you get to winning.
Why similar: Sports 27.1%, eSports 23.4% ★, Competitive 21.2%, PvP 10.4%, Team-Based 8.6%
- #20 IMPULSE
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ZZYZX RD game studios
Windows
No-frills, Uncut, Straight-up Carball. Welcome to the beginning. Welcome to IMPULSE.
Why similar: Football (American) 33.9% ★, eSports 27.7% ★, Sports 21.7%, Third Person 5.6%, First-Person 4.6%
- #21 Pro Strategy Football 2027
77% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows
Create your own football universe in the ultimate gridiron game, a 100% true-down engine and uncheating AI! Coach, watch, or simulate every down! Manage franchise or historic careers! Customize leagues and rules! Revisit any season, game, drive, highlight, or play in league history!
Why similar: Football (American) 53.4% ★, Sports 20.5%, eSports 16% ★, Character Customization 5.3%, Simulation 3.8%
- #22 Pocket Dynasty
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Voxel Pulse Games
Windows
You're the head coach. Call the plays, make the 4th-down gamble, or trust your coordinators. Build a multi-season football dynasty with sixteen fictional clubs, solo or against a friend.
Why similar: Football (American) 64.7% ★, Sports 18.6%, PvP 4.4%, Team-Based 4.1%, Character Customization 3.6%
- #23 Asterball
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Projeld
Windows
Enter the galactic gridiron field as a Sportsman to beat your opponents in the fast-paced sport of Asterball. Play in a PVP setting where two teams battle it out in the field to see who can win with the most touchdowns.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.3% ★, Sports 25.1%, PvP 9.5%, Team-Based 7.7%, Third Person 4%
- #24 AFL 23
76% matchMixed44% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: Big Ant StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
AFL 23 - IT'S TIME TO FLY!! Feel the Atmosphere, Chase your dreams and Make it your own - in the most realistic AFL game ever!
Why similar: Football (American) 29.2% ★, eSports 19.4% ★, Sports 17.2%, Team-Based 9.4%, PvP 8.8%
- #25 Hyperfield
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: QuantumDuo Studio
Windows
Welcome to the exhilarating world of Hyperfield, a groundbreaking sports sensation that fuses the intensity of rugby with mind-bending supernatural abilities! Step onto the futuristic pitch where speed, strategy, and superhuman powers collide in an electrifying display of athleticism.
Why similar: Football (American) 41.1% ★, eSports 19.3% ★, Sports 13.8%, Team-Based 8.6%, PvP 8.2%
- #26 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2026
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 66.4% ★, Sports 28.7%, Simulation 4.8%
- #27 Draft Day Sports: College Football 27
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows · Mac
Recruit elite talent, build your coaching staff, develop future stars, and lead your program from opening kickoff to the national championship in the deepest college football management simulation available.
Why similar: Football (American) 66.3% ★, Sports 28.9%, Simulation 4.9%
- #28 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 27
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows · Mac
Take control of a professional football franchise and build it your way. Draft players, negotiate contracts, manage the salary cap, hire your coaching staff, build your playbooks and make the decisions that turn a contender into a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 66.3% ★, Sports 28.9%, Simulation 4.9%
- #29 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025
73% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 66.4% ★, Sports 28.7%, Simulation 4.8%
- #30 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026
72% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 66.4% ★, Sports 28.7%, Simulation 4.8%
- #31 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2024
72% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 67.7% ★, Sports 27.8%, Simulation 4.4%
- #32 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025
71% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine StudiosPub: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 66.6% ★, Sports 28.8%, Simulation 4.6%
- #33 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024
71% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 67.3% ★, Sports 27.5%, Simulation 5.2%
- #34 Fantasy Royale
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milsoft Games
Windows · Mac
Unleash your inner coach with Fantasy Royale, the live fantasy football game that puts you in control of every single play. Make game-winning adjustments, swap players in real-time, and dominate your friends in fast-paced, head-to-head matchups.
Why similar: Football (American) 36.4% ★, Sports 31.2%, eSports 26.2% ★, PvP 6.2%
- #35 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023
71% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 67.9% ★, Sports 27%, Simulation 5.1%
- #36 Goblin Rules Football
70% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: FatRodziankoPub: Glacial Lake Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Goblin Rules Football (GRF) is an arcade sports game that is sort of like a dumb version of Rugby (AND NOW GOLF). You can play single player against the bots or multiplayer in either 1v1 or 3v3 matches. Power ups, punching, kicking, touching the ball on the ground, and more! That more is golf
Why similar: Football (American) 51.1% ★, Sports 30.6%, Team-Based 11.4%, PvP 4.6%, Multiplayer 2.2%
- #37 Gridiron Football League
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: PeligroAmigoPub: Danger Friends
Windows
Call plays and take control on the field in a retro American football game backed by a deep franchise simulation. Draft, trade, and develop players, build custom teams and rosters, and chase championships across multiple seasons.
Why similar: Football (American) 61% ★, Sports 17.6%, eSports 10.1% ★, Competitive 7%, Simulation 4.3%
- #38 Drone Soccer
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Trash Panda Studios
Windows · Linux
Drone Soccer is a 5v5 full-contact aerial sport. Pilot a caged drone as the Striker to score through the goal hoop, or play Defender and smash opponents out of the sky to clear the lane. Compete in online multiplayer or sharpen your flying in solo practice.
Why similar: Sports 27%, Competitive 22.5%, eSports 19.4% ★, PvP 11.1%, Team-Based 6.7%
- #39 Speed NFL
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Chris Prince
Windows
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) 57% ★, Sports 23.5%, eSports 6.9% ★, Team-Based 6.7%, Simulation 4%
- #40 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021
70% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 67.4% ★, Sports 28%, Simulation 4.6%
- #41 Axis Football 2020
69% matchMixed67% of 178 reviews2020
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football features football gaming's deepest Franchise Mode and massively improved simulation-style gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 56.3% ★, Sports 28%, Character Customization 4.7%, PvP 4.6%, Simulation 4.4%
- #42 Mutant Football League 2
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Dreams Entertainment
Windows
Mutant Football League 2 is a hard-hitting, arcade-style football game that combines intense gameplay, wisecracking mutants, weapons, deep strategy, and outrageous humor. Prepare yourself for the most insanely brutal football you’ll ever experience.
Why similar: Football (American) 53.6% ★, Sports 19.1%, PvP 10.6%, Character Customization 8.6%, Third Person 5.2%
- #43 Axis Football 2021
68% matchMixed62% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 53.8% ★, Sports 29%, PvP 5.2%, Character Customization 5.1%, Simulation 4.7%
- #44 Judgeball: Lethal Arena - Early Access
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Wild Bishop
Windows
Let your skills or you muscles do the talking, it's your call. Judgeball: Lethal Arena is a fast-paced competitive 3V3 handbrawl game. Choose between multiple Scavengers with their unique set of skills to seize the victory.
Why similar: Football (American) 40.1% ★, eSports 20.1% ★, Sports 13.5%, Team-Based 9.7%, PvP 8.3%
- #45 Kolhii ChampionsAU
67% matchVery Positive88% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Team KanohiPub: Jupiter Brains
Windows
On the great island of Mata Nui, the matoran compete for honor and glory in the great sport of Kolhii! With the copper masks up for grabs, all bets are off in this highly competetive arena. This is where champions are made!
Why similar: eSports 34% ★, Sports 25.5%, PvP 13.6%, Character Customization 13.2%, Third Person 6.4%
- #46 Pro Football Legacy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruthenia Games
Windows
Pro Football Legacy is a franchise simulation built around the decisions that define a dynasty — Manage your roster, scout new talent, set your strategy, build your dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 60% ★, Sports 33.4%, Simulation 6.6%
- #47 Football Dynasty Manager
64% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Nekolitch Games
Windows
A football management sim that does not cut corners. Recruiting, NIL, the portal, contracts and the cap, the draft, and an engine you can sim or call play by play. Eight connected leagues from high school to the pros, four rules eras back to 1950, and an editor for all of it
Why similar: Football (American) 69.6% ★, Sports 28.5%, Simulation 1.9%
- #48 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021
67% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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) 67.6% ★, Sports 27.7%, Simulation 4.7%