Rank 01Games like Madden NFL 23
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Madden NFL 23: Madden NFL 22, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25, Madden NFL 21, Football Manager 2022, and NBA 2K23. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Football (American) and e-sports, like Madden NFL 23.
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NBA 2K23
Why this: Same competitive mood as Madden NFL 23.
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Super Mega Baseball 3
Why this: Same challenging mood as Madden NFL 23.
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Tiburon
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 54% of 4,581 reviews
- Genres: Sports, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Field sense animations feel realistic
- Franchise mode has small but meaningful tweaks
- Ultimate team is packed with content
- Challenging
- Cinematic
- Competitive
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NBA 2K23
Why this: Same competitive mood as Madden NFL 23.
Legend Bowl
Why this: Shares franchise mode management with Madden NFL 23.
Super Mega Baseball 3
Why this: Same challenging mood as Madden NFL 23.
About Madden NFL 23
The closest matches to Madden NFL 23: Madden NFL 22, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25, Madden NFL 21, Football Manager 2022, and NBA 2K23. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Madden NFL 23 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Madden NFL 22, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25 and Madden NFL 21 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, cinematic and competitive, and single out its field sense animations and franchise mode management. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Madden NFL 23 is a sports simulation game developed by Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts, released in 2022. The game offers field-sense animations alongside franchise mode with scouting and free agency systems, a server-dependent career mode, and ultimate team with microtransactions. Players describe it as immersive and competitive, noting that the animations feel realistic and the franchise mode has received small but meaningful tweaks. The presentation is described by players as mirroring an authentic NFL broadcast, and reviewers highlight the game as cinematic. The title supports online co-op and split-screen play, runs to a massive length, and is marked as playable on Steam Deck. It holds a 54% positive rating from 4581 Steam reviews.
About Madden NFL 23: 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™.
Is Madden NFL 23 worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 4,581 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 75 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 33 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Field sense animations feel realistic
- Franchise mode has small but meaningful tweaks
- Ultimate team is packed with content
- Visually mirrors an authentic nfl broadcast
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“"Servers are too busy" to let me play single player 'Face of the Franchise'. No wonder I never pay full price for this ____.”
People who play it also play: Madden NFL 22, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25, Madden NFL 21
Frequently asked about Madden NFL 23
Can I run it?
Does Madden NFL 23 run on Steam Deck?
Madden NFL 23 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Does Madden NFL 23 have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Madden NFL 23 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Madden NFL 23?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Madden NFL 23 are Madden NFL 22, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25, Madden NFL 21.
Who developed Madden NFL 23?
Madden NFL 23 was developed by Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts.