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EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25 cover art

EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25

Tiburon · Electronic Arts · 2024-08-15

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SimulationSportsStrategy

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

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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139
playing now
56%
positive of 5.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)

139 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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
  • · 139 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 12% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 102k–231k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,123 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 1 of 1 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

189422026-08-11 20:00 — 107 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 42 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 132 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 104 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 60 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 166 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 139 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 57 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 167 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 110 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 70 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 145 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 98 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 67 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 160 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 110 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 78 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 189 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 148 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 63 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 169 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 89 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 145 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 119 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 150 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 82 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 139 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$0.002024-05-162026-08-272024-05-16 — 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 $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

363582026-05-29 — 87 pageviews2026-06-01 — 105 pageviews2026-06-04 — 220 pageviews2026-06-07 — 118 pageviews2026-06-10 — 91 pageviews2026-06-13 — 96 pageviews2026-06-16 — 74 pageviews2026-06-19 — 127 pageviews2026-06-22 — 93 pageviews2026-06-25 — 74 pageviews2026-06-28 — 87 pageviews2026-07-01 — 120 pageviews2026-07-04 — 108 pageviews2026-07-07 — 118 pageviews2026-07-10 — 119 pageviews2026-07-13 — 97 pageviews2026-07-16 — 80 pageviews2026-07-19 — 96 pageviews2026-07-22 — 109 pageviews2026-07-25 — 110 pageviews2026-07-28 — 124 pageviews2026-07-31 — 100 pageviews2026-08-03 — 90 pageviews2026-08-06 — 126 pageviews2026-08-09 — 139 pageviews2026-08-12 — 137 pageviews2026-08-15 — 143 pageviews2026-08-18 — 88 pageviews2026-08-21 — 102 pageviews2026-08-24 — 101 pageviews2026-08-26 — 104 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2112026-08-27 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 10 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

Player tags

SportsStrategySimulationCompetitiveMultiplayerFootball (American)

Census log

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

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