The Best Football Games for Playstation 5

Update 18 June 2025: Rematch added at rank #1.

Here are our 10 Best Football Games for Playstation 5:

Rematch
Football Manager 2024
football-manager-2023
Despelote
Wild Card Football
Madden NFL 23
Legend Bowl
Madden NFL 24
Blood Bowl 3
UFL

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Rematch (2025)

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Android PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 j Xbox Series X

Control one player on your team and compete in fast-paced 5v5 matches from an immersive third-person perspective. Team up with your friends and join the action.

football
soccer
sport
arcade
competitive
team
multiplayer
online

Football Manager 2024 (2023)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Android Mac OS

Take the helm in Football Manager 2024 and lead your team to glory! Dive into the most realistic football universe, strategize your way to the top with improved gameplay, and enjoy the thrill of a new level of immersion. Your football story awaits – are you ready to leave your mark?

What we like:

Enhanced on-field physics and lighting
Multiple career paths and game modes
Ability to continue saves from previous versions
Fresh features like set-piece customization
Inclusion of the J-League for new challenges

What could be improved:

Steep learning curve for newcomers
Repetitive press conferences

football
management
tactical
simulation
sport
squad

football-manager-2023 (2022)

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Playstation 5

Football Manager 2023 lets you become an elite football manager, crafting your own team, writing your own headlines, and dominating the competition. Sign superstars or create them and level up your recruitment to develop a world-class squad. Play big European nights with the UEFA Champions League, and outsmart your rivals with smarter AI managers. Enjoy the new Supporter Confidence system and dynamic manager timeline, and relive your achievements.

What we like:

Official UEFA license
improved opponent AI
better defensive play
increasing number of licensed clubs
solid and stable game

What could be improved:

Not enough of an update to be worth getting
players still prone to inhuman fits of pique
overpriced compared to the lack of progress
takes a while to get a feel for the game

football
management
tactical
sport
simulation
squad

Despelote (2025)

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k Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox One

A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.

soccer
football
emotional
fiction
interactive
immersive
cinematic
comic
foreign
sandbox
hand-drawn
story
book
conversation
walking-simulator

Wild Card Football (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Arcade Football for Everyone!

football
playgrounds
card
sport
arcade
multiplayer
over-the-top
pick-up-and-play
competitive
team
american

Madden NFL 23 (2022)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

Play your way into the history books. Control your impact with every decision in all-new ways. Call the shots in Franchise with free agency and trade logic updates, leave a legacy in Face of the Franchise: The League, and assemble the most powerful roster in all of Madden Ultimate Team™.

football
sport
team

Legend Bowl (2021)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

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!

football
sport
simulation
american
arcade
customization

Madden NFL 24 (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Experience the newest iteration of FieldSENSE™ in Madden NFL 24. More realistic character movement and smarter AI gives you control to play out your gameplay strategy with the confidence to dominate any opponent.

football
sport
team

Blood Bowl 3 (2023)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox 360

Brutal, crazy, tactical… this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content. Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.