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Squiggle Football

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94%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, graphics
94% User Score Based on 140 reviews

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About Squiggle Football

Squiggle Football is a single player management game. It was developed by Max Barry and was released on August 13, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

Build a team, choosing who to recruit, who to show the door, and who to invest in for the future. Create monstrous powerhouses by fusing superstar players with the right coaches, gameplan, and team culture. Fight your way through State Leagues to ultimate National League premiership success. And do it before the Board gets restless! GAME OVERVIEW You don't have time for details. You're a big-p…

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94%Audience ScoreBased on 140 reviews
gameplay9 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • Unique blend of AFL management, deck-building, and roguelike elements creating an addictive gameplay loop.
  • Accessible yet deep strategy, appealing to both AFL fans and newcomers; good sense of progression with unlockable players and eras.
  • High replayability supported by challenging difficulty levels and ongoing updates, including promising DLC content.
  • Harsh board/sacking mechanics can feel frustrating and sometimes unfair even after strong performance.
  • AI-generated art (team logos and player images) detracts from immersion and is widely disliked by players.
  • Gameplay can become repetitive after multiple runs, with limited emergent complexity and some balance issues in late stages.

  • gameplay

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    47% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The gameplay is widely praised for its addictive roguelike deck-building loop and unique blend of AFL sports management with strategic mechanics, offering an engaging and enjoyable challenge. While players appreciate its polished simplicity and depth, many see potential for expanded features, additional mechanics, and multiplayer modes to enhance longevity. Overall, it strikes a well-balanced, fun experience despite some minor visual and depth limitations.

    • “Repeatedly addicting gameplay makes you want to start a new run after every sacking.”
    • “Made by a single developer about a niche sport only played in Australia, it’s nailed the perfect balance between the detail of the sport and an addictive deck-building mechanic.”
    • “Great fun, once you get the mechanics of it, the challenge of building a dynasty is tough but enjoyable.”
    • “Not a fan of the mechanics changes once you make it to the final league but I do enjoy it.”
    • “Definitely room for improvement, feels like you kind of reach the end difficulty wise in several hours of gameplay.”
    • “Am hopeful the dev can find a way to incorporate more emergent gameplay elements.”

  • replayability

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    Replayability is generally praised, with many users highlighting a solid amount of content and enjoyable roguelike loops that encourage multiple playthroughs. However, some note that once optimal strategies are discovered, the experience can become repetitive, causing replay value to decline. Overall, the game offers good replayability, enhanced by unlocking new cards and players.

    • “Heaps of replayability.”
    • “The replayability of the roguelike loop is great.”
    • “Do yourself a favour and pick this one up, a lot of fun and with a ton of replayability.”
    • “Limited emergent replayability, but personally, have paid far more for less than the 6 hours quality entertainment it already provides.”
    • “Once you crack the code and figure out a winning strategy (for me, +2 innovation on delist & decelerate), it becomes a bit samey and replayability falls off a cliff.”
    • “UI needs some work, don't get me wrong, but it has so much replayability.”

  • graphics

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are simple and quirky, fitting its unique rogue-like AFL theme, though some users feel they could benefit from a visual revamp. Despite this, the visuals are generally functional and complement the engaging gameplay and strategy.

    • “The only real big downside for me is some of the visuals.”
    • “Simple but incredible game - could have a revamp to the visuals but love the stat-tracking, gameplay loop and the strategy is really fun.”
    • “Unique rogue-like AFL game, it's good to have an AFL game that is quirky and where the gameplay and graphics aren't totally broken.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Players find the game emotionally touching, highlighted by heartfelt moments such as receiving supportive messages from fans, which adds a personal and uplifting experience.

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Play Times

70h Median play time
70h Average play time
70-70h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Squiggle Football is a management game. Common tags for Squiggle Football include indie, card battler, roguelite, 2d, auto battler and others.

Squiggle Football is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 70 hours playing Squiggle Football.

Squiggle Football was released on August 13, 2025.

Squiggle Football was developed by Max Barry.

Squiggle Football has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Squiggle Football for its gameplay but disliked it for its replayability.

Squiggle Football is a single player game.