Madden NFL 22 (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Madden NFL 22

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…

68 20 August 2021

What Madden NFL 22 is

Madden NFL 22 is a simulator game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2021. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Madden series

Madden NFL 22 is the 114th of 122 entries we hold in the Madden series. The next entry was Madden NFL 22 in 2021. Its critic score of 68 is 7 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 22 holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Madden NFL 22 launched on 20 August 2021, within three weeks of Psychonauts 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes and Tales of Arise. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, Twelve Minutes, Tales of Arise.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Madden NFL 22 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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