AFL 26 (2025) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

AFL 26

Get ready for the future of footy with AFL 26. Feel every hit, hear every roar, and live every moment with unmatched authenticity and intensity. From the first bounce to the final siren, the action is fast…

69 8 May 2025

What AFL 26 is

AFL 26 is a simulator game developed by Big Ant Studios and released in 2025. It was published by Nacon. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Get ready for the future of footy with AFL 26. Feel every hit, hear every roar, and live every moment with unmatched authenticity and intensity. From the first bounce to the final siren, the action is fast, fierce, and true to the game. With lifelike gameplay, roaring crowds, expert commentary, and all the drama of real AFL, you’re not just watching the game — you’re in it. This is footy, redefined.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the AFL series

AFL 26 is the 29th of 29 entries we hold in the AFL series. It arrived 2 years after AFL 23. It is the most recent released entry in the series.

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How it was received

AFL 26 holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What it launched against

AFL 26 launched on 8 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Midnight Walk and RoadCraft. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Midnight Walk, RoadCraft.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for AFL 26 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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