Cricket Captain 2025

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Cricket Captain 2025 is a single player and multiplayer sport game. It was developed by Childish Things Ltd and was released on June 27, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Cricket Captain 2025 lets you build and manage your dream cricket team through a packed international season focused on Test cricket, including key series like the World Test Championship final. Featuring a sleek new interface and an improved match engine, it offers balanced gameplay and faster season progression. The game also introduces a Player Editor, allowing customizable player abilities without compromising core management.

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gameplay3 negative mentions

The game has an excellent gameplay foundation with realistic player careers and brilliant statistics tracking.
The new player editor is a significant improvement, allowing for greater customization and enhancing the overall experience.
The UI overhaul and revamped T20 mode provide a fresh and modern feel, making the game more accessible and enjoyable.

The game frequently crashes, making it frustrating to play for extended periods.
Licensing issues lead to random player name changes, which can detract from the immersion and authenticity of the game.
Limited input in gameplay mechanics, particularly in limited overs cricket, makes the experience feel less dynamic and engaging.

gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is praised for its solid foundation, having remained largely unchanged since the 90s, with regular updates to players and leagues. While the core mechanics are well-established, some users feel that the lack of significant graphical updates and certain gameplay elements detracts from the overall experience.
- “The game has an excellent gameplay foundation and has been solid since the 90s.”
- “The gameplay is great.”
- “Aside from a different looking UI, not much has changed in terms of gameplay aside from the regular updates to players, leagues, and stats.”
- “The core gameplay mechanics and interface have remained largely unchanged since I've been playing it.”
- “The graphics haven't changed in 15 years; there are some things that are clearly lacking, but if the core gameplay made more sense, it'd be easier to overlook.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
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The graphics have remained largely unchanged for 15 years, with users noting limitations in the graphics engine that hinder a more realistic presentation. While there is potential for improvement, particularly in enhancing the TV-style visuals, the core gameplay issues make it difficult to overlook these graphical shortcomings.
- “It would be great to see the graphics engine worked on more to make the TV-style presentation even closer to real life.”
- “The graphics haven't changed in 15 years; there are some things that are clearly lacking, but if the core gameplay made more sense, it would be easier to overlook.”
- “It's only limited by its graphics engine.”