Single-player games like Madden NFL 21
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Madden NFL 21, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Madden NFL 22
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Madden NFL 21.
Madden NFL 22 is where gameday happens. All-new features in Franchise include staff management, an enhanced scenario engine, and weekly strategy. Share avatar progress and player class between Face of The Franchise and The Yard with unified progression.
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EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Madden NFL 21.
Football is back with EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21, featuring more ways to team up on the street or in the stadium to enjoy even bigger victories with friends.
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EA SPORTS FC™ 25
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Madden NFL 21.
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 gives you more ways to win for the club. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush, and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before.
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Madden NFL 23
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Madden NFL 21.
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™.
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Axis Football 2023
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Madden NFL 21.
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
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FIFA 22
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Madden NFL 21.
Powered by Football™, EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with fundamental gameplay advances and a new season of innovation across every mode.
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Fight Crab
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Madden NFL 21.
Welcome to Fight Crab.A new 3D action game where you take control of a crab, and fight off other giant enemy crabs.Physics allows for crabs to move powerfully and quickly in this hardcore battle arena.Freely control your pincers to use weapons and develop your own crab fighting style.
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Legend Bowl
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Madden NFL 21.
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!
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Medal of Honor™
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.
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Medal of Honor™
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.
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EA Play
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports with Madden NFL 21.
Unlock a world of thrill. Get unlimited access to a collection of EA’s top titles, trials of select new games, & member discounts and rewards*.
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Zany Golf
Single-player alternative to Madden NFL 21 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Madden NFL 21.
Nine of the craziest holes you've ever seen...Each one like a separate arcade game... Featuring Individual music tracks, rich animated background graphics and a host of very unusual obstacles.