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AFL 26 cover art

AFL 26

Big Ant Studios · Nacon · 2025-05-07

SteamPlayStation Store

Sports

Franchise: AFL · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

AFL 26 is a 2025 Sports game priced at $59.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 200 reviews).

56%
positive of 200 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.26★
PlayStation Store rating (441 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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 24% of 3,009 Sports games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 200 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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1569%23
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)613%22
Steam (Steam)250%22
PS4 (PlayStation)1735%23

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

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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