EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26 leverages a new AI-powered machine learning system to convert thousands of plays from nearly a decade of real NFL data into more explosive gameplay.
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Prices
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Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
About
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $69.99 | 5.9Kreviews | 53% | — | $18.5M |
| $69.99 | 21.6Kratings | 64% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
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Reviews
Themes across 942 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
i am the next randy moss
Constantly have issues playing this game. Can't boot the game through Steam, I have to use the EA app and the app crashes all the time. I paid to play the game, not troubleshoot it. Never had any other game or service be such garbage.
Game is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ every year as always Every quarterback plays like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ prime Patrick Mahomes including that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ from Michigan JJ McCarthy completing 80%+ of passes with 300+ yards per game Rushing is WAY too easy averaging 7 yards per carry even with run blocking at 0 All madden is again ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with the AI having the perfect counter to whatever play or coverage you're running versus feeling like an organic AI (chatGPT is free, can't be that hard to have an organic AI playcalling in 2026) Blockers will regularly miss assignments Passing is WAY too easy. Man coverage and zone ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blows. Drag routes will be open 90% of the time. Most games turn into a shootout. Enjoy constant 45-42 games versus actual realism (maybe some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ enjoy that. me personally I don't). No amount of slider tweaking will fix this except for making every QB not being able to hit the broad side of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ barn They took a step forward in making gameplay look more realistic but took 40 back in not making the game suck fat ♥♥♥♥ Save your time and mental and play something that doesn't suck ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ balls and makes you want to jump off a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bridge. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ this game
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14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 5: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
| $69.99 |
| 5.9Kratings |
| 52% |
| Top 100 |
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| $69.99 | — | 88% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 948 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
any madden is good, just get it when is not new. the price for new is cray cray
Madden 26 is okay, its just another Madden game. I don't recommend buying it for $70, maybe if it ever goes on sale for 50% off or more then I would recommend it, but honestly by the time that happens we'll already be on Madden 27 or Madden 28. As far as the actual gameplay, its all just okay, nothing special. My final verdict is I do not recommend for $70.
mind rotting
Absolutely buggy mess. I don't know how EA keeps getting away with it, but somehow they manage to make the same garbage every year, but worse. I'll admit, the smoothness of the gameplay feels better. The animations are better, visuals are better. The physics of football is overall more realistic, compared to previous games where the tackling could sometimes feel "arcade-y" or receivers could turn on a dime to make improbable catches. However, that all assumes you can even play the damn game. It all pales in comparison to the buggy mess. I get stuck on a loading screen half the time (even after uninstalling/reinstalling and verifying files) when trying to load into a Franchise or Superstar game. Occasionally, when trying to load a saved exhibition game, I get kicked back to the main menu, like the save is corrupted or something. It's a good game ruined by the fact that about 40% of the time, I get stuck on an infinite loading screen, and I have to Alt-F4, restart, and hope it works every time I want to play it. And you know what? I'd rather just play the old, arcade-feeling versions of Madden than deal with that.
Absolute trash, how does EA make the games more convoluted and less intuitive every year. These games keep getting worse. don't waste your money and if your thinking about getting EA Pass to play this that also isn't worth the 5$
Active players
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