Madden NFL 21

Go all out in Madden NFL 21 where a fearless new generation of rising NFL stars is poised to change the game. Packed with fresh new features and innovative gameplay enhancements, Madden NFL 21 delivers new…

67 28 May 2020

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Madden NFL 21 is a simulator developed by EA Orlando, released 28 May 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Madden NFL 21 is

Madden NFL 21 is a simulator game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2020. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Go all out in Madden NFL 21 where a fearless new generation of rising NFL stars is poised to change the game. Packed with fresh new features and innovative gameplay enhancements, Madden NFL 21 delivers new levels of ingenuity and control developed to inspire creativity on and off the field.

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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, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Madden series

Madden NFL 21 is the 105th of 122 entries we hold in the Madden series. It arrived 10 months after Madden NFL 20. The next entry was Madden NFL 21 Mobile in 2020. Its critic score of 67 is 8 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Madden NFL 11 at 86.

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How it was received

Madden NFL 21 holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Madden NFL 21 launched on 28 May 2020, within three weeks of Valorant, Desperados III, Deep Rock Galactic and Tetris Effect: Connected. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Valorant, Desperados III, Deep Rock Galactic, Tetris Effect: Connected.

Cheats and codes

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