Games like Backyard Football '99
If Backyard Football '99 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backyard Baseball '97, Backyard Baseball '01 and Backyard Soccer '98 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, funny and lighthearted. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Backyard Football '99: Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
Players who liked Backyard Football '99 also play
Steam players who put hours into Backyard Football '99 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Backyard Baseball '97
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Shares team management, character progression, sports and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Top pick for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Rediscover the joy of the original Backyard Baseball 1997, now updated for modern systems! Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids, aim for those home runs, and various game modes. Relive the magic of this classic baseball game!
Backyard Baseball '01
WHY THIS
Shares team customization, mini games, sports and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Second-strongest match for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Backyard Baseball 2001 is the second Backyard Baseball game, and the fourth overall game, in the Backyard Sports franchise. Build your roster from iconic Backyard athletes and legendary MLB players. Strike out opponents, hit homers, and earn hilarious Power-ups. Play ball!
Backyard Soccer '98
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty modes, mini games, casual and a chill mood with Backyard Football '99.
Third-strongest match for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!
Backyard Hockey '02
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting, casual and a nostalgic mood with Backyard Football '99.
Ranked #4 for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Return to the ice with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Hockey 2002 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Skate, pass, shoot, and score in this classic game!
Backyard Basketball '01
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting, sports and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Ranked #5 for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Return to the blacktop with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Basketball 2001 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Dribble, shoot, and take that ball to the hoop!
4th & Inches
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Ranked #6 for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Backyard Football '99.
4th & Inches gives you all of the hard-hitting action of real football: the bombs, the blitzing, the goal line stands. Winning at 4th & Inches will take all the moves of a #1 draft choice plus the tactical genius of a veteran head coach.
Sunday Rivals
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Backyard Football '99.
Ranked #7 for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Backyard Football '99.
Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!
Wild Card Football
WHY THIS
Shares local multiplayer and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Ranked #8 for Backyard Football '99 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Wild Card Football is a fun pick-up-and-play arcade-style football game featuring 7v7 team-focused gameplay with the unique Wild Card system that lets you change the course of the action in an instant with special power-ups and rule-breaking abilities.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Backyard Football '99
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Math Rescue
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Backyard Football '99.
Reviewers of Backyard Football '99 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A bone-chilling crisis has struck the world! Reports are pouring in from all corners of the globe: Missing numbers! Drivers on streets are in dangerous peril because the speed limit signs have gone blank! On Wall Street, stockbrokers are throwing up their hands in despair. The Dow Jones isn't down, and it isn't up - it's gone!
Word Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Backyard Football '99.
Reviewers of Backyard Football '99 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Word Rescue is an incredible adventure for kids who want to rescue all the stolen words from the mean ol' Gruzzles. The Gruzzles can't read, and they don't want anyone else to read. So, they've stolen the words out of all of our books! Benny Bookworm needs your help to stop the Gruzzles.
Madden NFL 22
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Backyard Football '99 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
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.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
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Shares local multiplayer, achievement hunting, arcade style and a nostalgic mood with Backyard Football '99.
Reviewers of Backyard Football '99 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Step into the arena and choose your fighter! Experience the legendary origins of Mortal Kombat with the iconic arcade classics that started it all—alongside a curated selection of most-loved home versions and rare, fan-favorite releases—a celebration of the franchise’s groundbreaking legacy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Backyard Football '99 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
The Test
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Priced ~80% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Backyard Football '99 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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More from Mega Cat Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Mega Cat Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and retro with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99.
Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.
Backyard Baseball '97
WHY THIS
Shares team management, character progression, sports and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Rediscover the joy of the original Backyard Baseball 1997, now updated for modern systems! Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids, aim for those home runs, and various game modes. Relive the magic of this classic baseball game!
Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood
WHY THIS
Shares unlockable content, achievement hunting, arcade style and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99. Shares Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Slash and survive a typical workday as Dracula's overworked and underappreciated servant! You'll have a bloody good time as you rampage through New Orleans to find fresh victims for your narcissistic boss.
WrestleQuest
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99.
TAG TEAM WITH DESTINY! Pro wrestling and RPG fantasy collide in the ultimate pixel powered adventure. “Macho Man” Randy Savage and tons of other icons offer guidance as you powerbomb your way to glory beyond the ring. This hero’s journey ain’t just an epic quest, it’s WRESTLEQUEST!
Backyard Baseball '01
WHY THIS
Shares team customization, mini games, sports and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Backyard Baseball 2001 is the second Backyard Baseball game, and the fourth overall game, in the Backyard Sports franchise. Build your roster from iconic Backyard athletes and legendary MLB players. Strike out opponents, hit homers, and earn hilarious Power-ups. Play ball!
Backyard Soccer '98
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty modes, mini games, casual and a chill mood with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!
Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
WHY THIS
Shares arcade style and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
Coffee Crisis
WHY THIS
Another title from Mega Cat Studios, the studio behind Backyard Football '99.
Coffee Crisis is an neo-rogue brawler that puts you in the shoes of the only baristas on Earth with enough heavy metal in their veins to fend off an alien assault. Play solo or join up with a friend to fight across eight locations ranging from your Coffee House HQ to the far reaches of outer space.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Backyard Baseball '97
WHY THIS
Shares team management, character progression, sports and a funny mood with Backyard Football '99.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Rediscover the joy of the original Backyard Baseball 1997, now updated for modern systems! Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids, aim for those home runs, and various game modes. Relive the magic of this classic baseball game!
Backyard Hockey '02
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting, casual and a nostalgic mood with Backyard Football '99.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Casual with Backyard Football '99.
Return to the ice with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Hockey 2002 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Skate, pass, shoot, and score in this classic game!
Sunday Rivals
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Backyard Football '99.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports with Backyard Football '99.
Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!
Frequently asked about Backyard Football '99
- Does Backyard Football '99 run on Steam Deck?
- Backyard Football '99 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Backyard Football '99 cost?
- Backyard Football '99 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Backyard Football '99?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backyard Football '99 are Backyard Baseball '97, Backyard Baseball '01, Backyard Soccer '98.
- Who developed Backyard Football '99?
- Backyard Football '99 was developed by Mega Cat Studios and published by Playground Productions.
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