Games Like EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25 (2026)

Shared: Franchise Mode

Forget casual zoo-keeping fantasies. Planet Zoo is a systems-heavy management sim that will punish lazy planners and reward the kind of person who reads habitat welfare tooltips for fun.

Shared: Ultimate Team

Fifty percent of nearly 100,000 Steam reviewers give this a thumbs up, which tells you everything about who FC 26 is and isn't for right now.

Shared: Ultimate Team

If you and three mates argue about football every Saturday, this is your game. If you were hoping EA's rebrand would fix years of FUT frustration, lower your expectations before clicking buy.

Shared: tier:aaa

If you've ever wished Banished had the supply-chain depth of a Paradox title and the battlefield weight of early Total War, this is the closest anyone has come to building that game.

Shared: tier:aaa

Four years in early access forged something genuinely worth your time: a co-op survival builder that starts punishing and ends with you proudly steering a multi-story floating fortress. Solo players, brace for a rough first two hours.