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EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25 cover art

EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25

Tiburon · Electronic Arts · 2024-08-15

SteamEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

SimulationSportsStrategy

Franchise: Madden, NFL, NFL Players Association · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 16, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 12, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 16, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 16, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

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EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25 is a Simulation, Sports, and Strategy game released in 2024, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 5126 reviews).

126
playing now
56%
positive of 5.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported

126 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Madden NFL 25 is an American football video game developed by EA Orlando and published by EA Sports. Announced on June 11, 2024, it is the 35th installment of the Madden NFL series and follows Madden NFL 24. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are based on the previous game, Madden NFL 24.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 126 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 176 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (525 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 16,804 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 103k–231k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,139 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at EA Store (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27527520242026Week of 2024-08-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29202026-09-15 15:00 — 105 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 209 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 117 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 149 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 227 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 140 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 95 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 183 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 112 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 172 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 225 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 86 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 144 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 276 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 85 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 124 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 256 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 96 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 163 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 292 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 118 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 112 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 126 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k92Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 2,046 · peak 4,345Sep 2024 — avg 1,813 · peak 3,391Oct 2024 — avg 2,122 · peak 4,448Nov 2024 — avg 1,969 · peak 4,046Dec 2024 — avg 2,508 · peak 5,471Jan 2025 — avg 2,787 · peak 5,905Feb 2025 — avg 2,722 · peak 5,500Mar 2025 — avg 2,020 · peak 3,912Apr 2025 — avg 1,419 · peak 2,844May 2025 — avg 1,533 · peak 3,022Jun 2025 — avg 1,190 · peak 2,146Jul 2025 — avg 1,052 · peak 1,904Aug 2025 — avg 855 · peak 1,708Sep 2025 — avg 784 · peak 1,442Oct 2025 — avg 782 · peak 1,408Nov 2025 — avg 703 · peak 1,247Dec 2025 — avg 549 · peak 1,002Jan 2026 — avg 465 · peak 835Feb 2026 — avg 276 · peak 671Mar 2026 — avg 165 · peak 344Apr 2026 — avg 128 · peak 264May 2026 — avg 122 · peak 227Jun 2026 — avg 109 · peak 212Jul 2026 — avg 92 · peak 169Aug 2026 — avg 109 · peak 205
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$69.99$0.002024-05-162026-10-152024-05-16 — best price $69.992024-10-11 — best price $45.492024-10-13 — best price $45.492024-10-15 — best price $45.492024-10-17 — best price $45.492024-10-19 — best price $45.492024-10-21 — best price $45.492024-10-29 — best price $45.492024-10-31 — best price $45.492024-11-02 — best price $45.492024-11-04 — best price $45.492024-11-06 — best price $45.492024-11-08 — best price $45.492024-11-10 — best price $45.492024-11-20 — best price $34.992024-12-11 — best price $27.992024-12-19 — best price $27.992025-01-09 — best price $69.992025-02-10 — best price $20.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-03-27 — best price $69.992025-05-01 — best price $13.992025-06-12 — best price $69.992025-06-20 — best price $13.992026-08-27 — best price $0.002026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-09-24 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.002026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

220582026-05-29 — 87 pageviews2026-06-02 — 107 pageviews2026-06-06 — 132 pageviews2026-06-10 — 91 pageviews2026-06-14 — 84 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-22 — 93 pageviews2026-06-26 — 58 pageviews2026-06-30 — 94 pageviews2026-07-04 — 108 pageviews2026-07-08 — 96 pageviews2026-07-12 — 103 pageviews2026-07-16 — 80 pageviews2026-07-20 — 91 pageviews2026-07-24 — 98 pageviews2026-07-28 — 124 pageviews2026-08-01 — 102 pageviews2026-08-05 — 117 pageviews2026-08-09 — 139 pageviews2026-08-13 — 148 pageviews2026-08-17 — 122 pageviews2026-08-21 — 102 pageviews2026-08-25 — 103 pageviews2026-08-29 — 98 pageviews2026-09-02 — 105 pageviews2026-09-06 — 119 pageviews2026-09-10 — 105 pageviews2026-09-14 — 131 pageviews2026-09-18 — 118 pageviews2026-09-22 — 115 pageviews2026-09-26 — 141 pageviews2026-09-30 — 104 pageviews2026-10-04 — 147 pageviews2026-10-07 — 117 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2202026-10-02 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
29.4%
earned "ROTY"
9.2%
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 ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SportsStrategySimulationCompetitiveMultiplayerFootball (American)

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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