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AFL 26 cover art

AFL 26

Big Ant Studios · Nacon · 2025-05-07

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Sports

Franchise: AFL · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 08, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 08, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 08, 2025 (PlayStation 4), May 08, 2025 (Xbox One), May 08, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (Nintendo Switch 2)

Get ready for the future of footy with AFL 26. Feel every hit, hear every roar, and live every moment with unmatched authenticity and intensity.

57%
positive of 195 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)
AFL 26 is a video game based on Australian rules football league AFL, developed by Big Ant Studios and published by Nacon. It was released on 8 May 2025 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. This is the second game in a row developed by Big Ant Studios and published by Nacon in the AFL video game series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (89 reviews).
  • · Top 53% of 984 Sports games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 195 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $59.99 at Steam (2025-05-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020252026Week of 2025-05-08: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
98.6%
earned "One for all and all for One"
41.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

Player tags

3DPvPCo-opSportsRealisticControllerManagementSimulationTeam-BasedLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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