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Best Sports Games

When we think of sports things like football, rugby, running and boxing spring to mind. Along with simulated these physical sports, video games extend the sporting genre in different directions.

Some games, like Pyre use the sports setting and aesthetic for a futuristic narrative that spins off into adventure or role play. Others, like Rocket League iterate on traditional sports by adding new elements or combining previously separate disciplines.

There are sports games, like Skate that focus on the rush and thrill of sporting participation, while others like Football Manager stick to simulating a particular sport in minute detail.

Finally, some video games create their own sporting challenge where esports athletes spend hours practising and honing their skills to compete in hugely popular online competition.

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Era: 1986 - 2023
Total Games: 110
Total Likes: 1,429

Rocket League

Release Date: 28/08/2018

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Rocket League is a sports action game where you drive futuristic cars to score goals with an oversized football. It’s a game that sounds ridiculous but is actually a huge amount of fun to play and requires a lot of expertise. What’s not obvious from...

Wii Sports

Release Date: 08/02/2006, updated in 2014

Out Now: Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Sports Club offer motion-controlled sports. Although these games are well known, the depth each of them offers is a best-kept secret. Games like bowling, tennis and boxing are easy to pick up but require...

Drink More Glurp

Release Date: 06/08/2020

Out Now: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Drink More Glurp is a wacky sports game where you take turns to play athletic challenges. The twist is that you have to control your over-long arms with a separate joystick and your body is a wheel you can roll along on if you lift your arms right up....

Lonely Mountains Downhill

Release Date: 22/10/2019

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World

Lonely Mountains Downhill is a racing game where you traverse a mountain on a bike. Make your way through thick forests, narrow trails and wild rivers. Race, jump, slide and try not to crash all the way from the peak to the valley. You choose your route...

Mario Strikers Battle League

Release Date: 10/06/2022

Out Now: Switch

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Mario Strikers Battle League Football is a sports action game and the latest in the Mario Strikers series. Like the previous games, it offers a five-on-five battle sport that combines football and ice hockey with...

Skate Story

Release Date: Coming soon

Coming Soon: Mac, PC and Switch

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Skate Story is a skateboarding game that focuses on the skill, weight and locomotion of controlling the board. Running through the game is a story where you explore the underworld beneath New York City.

Cricket Through The Ages

Release Date: 03/10/2019, updated in 2021

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Cricket Through the Ages is a competitive sport game themed around cricket but with little to do with the rules of that game. Players face off and aim for each other as much as wickets. Controls work by holding or tapping the screen to spin limbs and...

Sociable Soccer

Release Date: 08/11/2019

Out Now: Android, Apple TV, Mac and iOS

Components: 2D Overhead

Sociable Soccer is a fast-paced, quick-to-pick-up, slow-to-master, football game. Unlike the intricate lifelike simulation of FIFA, this game wants to recreate the frantic feel of classic arcade football games. It has its heritage back in Sensible...

FIFA

FIFA (Series)

Release Date: 15/12/1993, updated in 2021

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, Mac, Megadrive, PC, PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, 3D Third-Person and Cards

FIFA is one of the two main football video games (the other being Pro Evolution). Each year it's released with improved visuals, more realistic physics and enhanced competitive play. For those that follow the game closely and play it a lot, it offers a...

Switch Sports

Release Date: 29/04/2022

Out Now: Switch

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Switch Sports is the latest version of Wii Sports. It brings the classic motion sports game up to date with new sports and ways to play. You can compete in six sports, including Tennis, Volleyball, Golf, Football and Bowling. The novelty, as ever, is...

Soccer Physics

Release Date: 12/12/2018

Out Now: Android, PC, Web and iOS

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Soccer Physics is a super simple football game you play by pressing one button. Made by Otto-Ville Ojala who also made the similar one-button games Wrestle Jump and Tank of Tanks, it's designed to be silly and fun. The matches are 2-on-2 and you time...

Alpaca Ball: Allstars

Release Date: 15/10/2020

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon

Alpaca Ball: Allstars is a football (soccer) game played with four-legged furry animals. Rather than kick the ball you whack it with your head and long neck. You can also block and ram your opponents, or dive-kick them out the way.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Series)

Release Date: 06/11/2007, updated in 2019

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Components: 3D Third-Person

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a series of simple competitive sports games featuring characters from Nintendo and Sega. Each game in the series is themed around a different Olympic year and location.

Skate 3

Skate 3 (Series)

Release Date: 14/09/2007, updated in 2010

Out Now: PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Skate is a skateboarding series with innovative controls. One stick is used to control the skater's body and the other his feet. This resulted in the need to quickly motion different patterns to intuitively achieve different tricks - what become coined...

Mario Tennis Aces

Mario Tennis Aces (Series)

Release Date: 28/08/2000, updated in 2018

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Mario Tennis Aces is the latest in the series of tennis game. These games recreate a relatively traditional game of tennis, although you play as Nintendo characters who each have special moves and powers.

Tony Hawk 1 and 2

Release Date: 04/09/2020

Out Now: DS, Mac, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Tony Hawk 1 and 2 is a sports simulation skateboarding game series. It features the famous skater in 19 different games. From its start in 1999 on PlayStation it is now available on most consoles and has recently been re-released in updated as Tony...

Blaseball

Release Date: 20/07/2020

Out Now: Web

Components: 2D Side-On and Text

Blaseball is an online baseball simulation. Unusually though, it blends in an absurd horror story where players are incinerated and the rules can change -- a little like the board game Blood Bowl. Players compete not so much to get their team to win,...

What The Golf?

Release Date: 19/11/2019

Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

What the Golf? is a golf game as bonkers as WarioWare. Each golf course has an unexpected twist, such as hitting yourself into the hole rather than the ball. It’s a brilliant parody that’s as much about making you laugh as getting a hole in one.

Dodgeball Academia

Release Date: 05/08/2021

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Overhead, Cartoon and Open World

Dodgeball Academia is a sports game that focuses as much on story as sporting action. You play Otto, who hopes to become the ultimate dodgeball player. To do this you need to build a diverse team and learn new skills.

Skater XL

Release Date: 28/07/2020

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Skater XL is a skateboard simulation game. But unlike other skateboarding games, Skater XL steers clear of objectives or narrative. Instead you can explore a variety of maps and locations at your own pace, finding new places to try different tricks.

Captain Tsubasa Dream Team

Release Date: 13/06/2017

Out Now: Android and iOS

Components: 2D Side-On

Captain Tsubasa Dream Team (Captain Tsubasa Flash Kicker Dream Team on Android) is a game set in the world of a Japanese cartoon about football. It's a tactical rather than action game. You play as the manager rather than players, but then at key...

Golf Club: Wasteland

Release Date: 16/06/2021, updated in 2021

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Golf Club: Wasteland is a golf game in an unusual setting. You play on an earth decimated by an environmental catastrophe. Through beautiful visuals and eerie audio, you piece together what has happened to the planet to cause such devastation. It's an...

Mario Strikers Charged

Release Date: 25/05/2007

Out Now: GameCube, Wii and Wii U

Components: 2D Overhead and 3D Third-Person

Mario Strikers Charged, also Mario Strikers Charged Football and Mario Power Soccer, was the sequel to Super Mario Strikers for the GameCube. It offers a fast and furious game of football staring Nintendo characters.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Mario Golf: Super Rush (Series)

Release Date: 11/06/1999, updated in 2021

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, GameCube and Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Mario Golf: Super Rush is a sports game that combines running and jumping with golfing skills. It's a proper recreation of golf, but with novelties, modes and characters to make it more entertaining for younger players.

Pyre

Release Date: 25/07/2017

Out Now: PC and PS4

Components: 2D Overhead

Pyre is an unusual mix of role-playing and action sports. It takes place in a fantasy world, where you guide a caravan of exiles during fantasy sports games called Rites. As you explore you build a party of characters who encounter other groups of...

Roller Champions

Release Date: 25/05/2022, updated in 2022

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Roller Champions is a roller-skating sports game. It's a full-contact battle where you complete laps to score points while keeping opponents at bay. While it may sound a little goofy, considerable skill is required to manoeuvre your player and gain...

Ear Hockey

Release Date: 14/12/2018

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D First-Person

Ear Hockey is a bat and ball competitive game played by listening to the in-game audio alone; no screen is required. It uses spatial audio cues to signal to the player where they are in the play space and where the main game object, the ball, is...

Videoball

Release Date: 12/06/2016

Out Now: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead

Videoball is a minimalist sports game for up to six players. The aim is to get one of the balls into the opponent’s goal by shooting it with triangles. It’s highly skilled, frantic and works brilliantly in a competitive family setting.

Blood Bowl

Release Date: 01/01/1986, updated in 2020

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: Board, Cards, Dice, Figures, Score Board and Tokens

Blood Bowl is a sporting and fighting game American football game played with two teams of Tolkienesque fantasy races. They compete to either get the ball to the end zone or kill all the opponent players. Despite the violent overtones, it's a finely...

Football Manager 2023

Football Manager 2023 (Series)

Release Date: 31/12/2019, updated in 2022

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Text

Football Manager is a football management simulation video game that started back in 1992 and has evolved each year. Now fully licenced for most of the Football Leagues, it offers an intricate way to manage a Football Club of your own.

Dunk Lords

Release Date: 18/03/2020, updated in 2020

Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Components: 2D Side-On

Dunk Lords is an over-the-top two-on-two basketball fighting game. While themed around the well-known sport, here it takes on a more aggressive and full-contact form. But the result is about the silly competitive dribbling, shooting and dunking rather...

Regular Human Basketball

Release Date: 01/08/2018

Out Now: Mac and PC

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Regular Human Basketball is a very different sports game. You play basketball by jumping around inside the robot players to control their moves. It sounds both strange and hard work, but in reality it's a lot of fun.

Riptide GP: Renegade

Riptide GP: Renegade (Series)

Release Date: 24/02/2011, updated in 2017

Out Now: Amazon Fire, Android, Apple TV, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Riptide GP: Renegade is a fast-paced racing game set in the underground hydro-jet racing scene. It takes extreme jet-ski action in a wacky direction, but there's a significant skill in manoeuvring your vehicle through tight twists and turns to achieve...

Slapshot Rebound

Release Date: 07/12/2020

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon

Slapshot Rebound is a sports hockey game where teams battle to control the puck and score goals with real-simulated physics, like the classic football game Kick Off. Play is as you would expect, however, interaction with the puck is all through...

Street Power Football

Release Date: 25/08/2020

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Street Power Football (Street Power Soccer) is a rhythm and timing game where you compete in a range of competitions that require timing, quick reactions and finesse. Some of these are a pure rhythm action or aiming challenge while others offer a full...

ClusterPuck 99

Release Date: 29/03/2018

Out Now: PC, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

ClusterPuck 99 is an 8-player sports game where teams bash and jostle each other to gain control of the puck. The aim is to work together to get it to your opponent's goal while avoiding other players and spikes. You can use power-ups and speed boosts...

Dino Galaxy Tennis

Release Date: 19/03/2021, updated in 2022

Out Now: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Dino Galaxy Tennis is a sports game where two dinosaurs play tennis stood on the surface of various planets. To play you move left and right to get to the ball then jump, spin and hit to get the right angle and bounce it into the opposing planet.

Grand Slam Tennis

Grand Slam Tennis (Series)

Release Date: 08/06/2009, updated in 2009

Out Now: Wii and Wii U

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Grand Slam Tennis is a physically active sports game where you choose one of the 23 real tennis players or create your own. You can play either singles or doubles. Unlike other tennis games, this focuses on hitting the ball with a gesture via the Wii...

Paddles

Release Date: 15/09/2022

Out Now: Switch

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Paddles is an action party game where you move your paddle to deflect balls, like Pong or Arkanoid but here you play against three other people. It's a battle to score points and keep your balls in play as you take on different levels, modes, and types...

Pixel Cup Soccer

Release Date: 14/10/2022, updated in 2022

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels

Pixel Cup Soccer is a fast and fun sports game where you play with up to eight friends in all sorts of football competitions and teams. The controls are simple but how you use your team requires practice and skill. It stands out for bringing back the...

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