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Axis Football 2026

Axis Football 2026 is a complete American Football Simulation featuring fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry's best franchise mode.

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Axis Games
Publisher
Axis Games
Release
September 8, 2025
328 days ago
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Mostly Positive114 reviews75.4%

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About the Game

Axis Football 2026 is a complete American Football Simulation featuring fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry's best franchise mode.

New In Axis Football 2026

  • Instant replay!

  • Complete play editor

  • Massively improved lighting and graphics for the most realistic visuals yet!

  • User action buttons for increased engagement and player reward

  • New block-and-release routes

  • Thousands of photo-realistic player and coach portraits

  • Completely recreated announcing system

  • Redesigned crowd system with dynamic population and team coloring

  • Drastically improved audio featuring new crowd cheers, volume scaling, city-specific chants, and more.

  • Hundreds of new routes, dozens of formations, and thousands of plays

  • New aggressiveness sliders to control how often your team will go for it on 4th down

  • Trade offers from teams in franchise mode

  • Overhauled draft pick trading system for complete control over your picks

  • New franchise settings menu to give even more customization to franchise mode

  • Franchise salary cap options

  • Draft and free agency player pool strength controls

  • New kickoff conversion option

  • Star player indicators to highlight the impact players on the field

  • Overhauled AI play calling

  • Expanded depth chart positions

  • Refined player movement

  • Massive optimization for the smoothest gameplay yet


Full Franchise Mode Features:

  • Multiple league setup options (NFL-style, Tier style)

  • All-time record tracking

  • Player Contracts

  • Trades

  • Injuries

  • Practice Squads

  • Free Agency

  • Retiring Players

  • Weekly and Yearly Awards

  • Dynamic, tiered league structure with playoffs, promotions, and relegations

  • Unlimited seasons

  • Player progressions based on performance, age, potential, and playtime

  • End of season drafts

  • Season-long team stats

  • Individual league leader stats

  • Franchise stats

  • Depth chart control

  • Play, coach, spectate, or simulate matches

  • League and team schedule viewer

  • Spectate other matches

Customization:

  • Complete team creator / editor suite.

  • Customize team name, colors, uniforms, field, play selection, logo, and more!

  • Playbook editor

  • Play editor


Game Modes:

  • Player Vs AI
  • Coach Mode (1p & 2p)
  • Spectator Mode
  • Local Player Vs Player
  • Franchise Mode
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