NFL Retro Bowl '26
Retro fans unite for ’26!
Challenges based on the oldest rivalries of the NFL are now available! (iOS26/iPadOS26 required; select "Challenge Your Friends" from the "Friends" tab in the Games App)
NFL Retro Bowl '26 features all the real teams and players from the NFL faithfully reproduced in glorious retro pixel-art style! Start your NFL coaching career by assembling your roster from a choice of over 2,000 real-life NFL & NFLPA players. Take on the real teams from the AFC and NFC, manage your roster, handle the press, and play the key moments on the field to take your team to the Super Bowl and write your name into the Hall of Fame!
more • 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 8xOL, 6xDL, 2xLB, 5xDB, 1xK). All are Free Agents as standard. Some of these players may be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
• Fix for the game crashing when pressing one of the face buttons on certain game controllers.
• Fix for the facemask color reverting to gray when players were diving.
• Improvements to the data set for real players' statistics prior to 2025 (new careers only).
• Improvements to the logic for displaying the ages of real players to align better with their real birthdays (this is cosmetic only and does not affect contracts or retirement).
• Fix for an issue where longest kick records may not save correctly in a player's statistics.
1.1.66 1 day ago
30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 6xOL, 5xDL, 2xLB, 7xDB). All are Free Agents as standard. Some of these players may be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
1.1.65 22 Mar
30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 6xOL, 5xDL, 3xLB, 6xDB, 1xK). All are Free Agents as standard. Some of these players may be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
1.1.64 11 Mar
NFL Retro Bowl '26 continues to celebrate the best of the 2025/2026 season. This update adds another 30 rookies who joined the league this year.
(1xQB, 2xRB, 5xWR, 3xTE, 6xOL, 3xDL, 4xLB, 6xDB. All are Free Agents as standard but can be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.)
1.1.63 2 Mar
In NFL Retro Bowl '26 there are always new ways to experience the best of the 2025/2026 season, and this update adds 30 additional rookies who joined the league this year.
(1xQB, 2xRB, 3xWR, 4xTE, 5xOL, 4xDL, 6xLB, 5xDB. All are Free Agents as standard but can be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.)
1.1.62 24 Feb
30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 3xRB, 6xWR, 2xTE, 7xOL, 1xDL, 4xLB, 5xDB, 1xK). All are Free Agents as standard but can be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
1.1.61 14 Feb
The new update for NFL Retro Bowl '26 has everything you need to get ready for Super Bowl LX!
- 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (6xRB, 5xWR, 3xTE, 8xOL, 4xDL, 2xLB, 2xDB). All are Free Agents as standard but can be rostered with the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
- An updated field for Super Bowl LX, and new Super Bowl LX end zones for the Patriots and the Seahawks. Can you build a winning team in your first coaching year and see them for yourself?
1.1.60 4 Feb
30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 3xWR, 3xTE, 14xOL, 2xDL, 1xLB, 6xDB). All are Free Agents as standard but can be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
1.1.12 29 Jan
- 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (3xQB, 2xRB, 3xWR, 2xTE, 7xOL, 6xDL, 2xLB, 4xDB, 1xK). All are Free Agents as standard but can be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
- Fix for an issue where retirements and drafted players could be reset if the first season was completed without closing the app.
1.1.11 22 Jan
36 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 1xRB, 1xTE, 7xOL, 5xDL, 3xLB, 18xDB). All Free Agents.
1.1.10 16 Jan
• Game Center Challenges, where you can compete against friends to set a high score, have been added to the game! Start a challenge from the new option on the save select screen, or from inside your device's Games App. Check back regularly to see new Challenges as they become available. (NOTE: Device firmware iOS26/iPadOS26 or later is required for Game Center Challenges)
• Helmet face masks now have different colors during gameplay.
• New "Player Rosters" setting in the "Advanced Options" when beginning a new career: Use the "As at Week 10" setting to start the season with the team rosters as they were after the Trade Deadline had passed.
• "Advanced Options" can now be accessed from the Head Coach creation screen: Now the "Player Rosters", "Practice Squad Players" and "Player Development" settings can be adjusted before beginning a career with "Quick Start", as well as when choosing players.
1.1.9 7 Jan
- 55 players added (2xQB, 1xRB, 3xTE, 6xWR, 7xOL, 12xDL, 6xLB, 16xDB, 2xK). All Free Agents (of which 49 can be placed with teams using the Advanced Options).
- Maximum kicking distance increased.
- Fixed various issues where players' "Longest..." stats were not recording or displaying correctly.
- Added readout which logs the "Player Development" Advanced Option setting to the League/Restarts screen.
- Fixed a crash which could occur during gameplay.
1.1.8 05/12/2025
185 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 8xRB, 17xWR, 7xTE, 80xOL, 25xDL, 22xLB, 23xDB, 2xK). 184 are rostered and 1 is a Free Agent.
1.1.7 21/11/2025
New in version 1.1.6 -
- Authentic field designs for this season's international games.
- New Prestige Badges in the NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard - a badge will appear alongside your name for all future scores if you finish a week in the top 5, 10, 50, or 100 places.
- New "Player Development" settings in the "Advanced Options" when choosing your players at the start of a new career - this mode reduces all player attributes, but increases their potential so you can choose how to shape their development.
1.1.6 27/10/2025
- 29 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 1xTE, 6xOL, 5xDL, 14xDB). 13 are rostered and 16 are Free Agents (of which all 16 can be placed with teams using the Advanced Options).
- 9 previously removed players re-added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 2xWR, 2xDL, 2xDB). All Free Agents (of which 5 can be placed with teams using the Advanced Options).
1.1.5 11/10/2025
- Updates to the player database to make sure that all players have accurate positions, numbers, and team affiliations as they were for the 2025 NFL Kickoff.
- Various improvements to the Leaderboard menus including new Sort options.
- Fixed a bug on the 'Leaders' screen where it would show the season total for last week's highest-scoring team instead of their weekly score.
- Fixed a bug where you might play as the wrong team in a Leaderboard game if your Career team was playing an away game against your Favorite team.
1.1.4 29/09/2025
- Fix for the Leaderboard score display inside the game sometimes displaying the previously submitted score instead of the real one.
- Re-removed Bench and Meeting options from opposition team rosters.
- Fixed methods by which the difficulty for the Leaderboard games could be changed from the predetermined consistent difficulty level.
- Fix for the current Career schedule sometimes being shown in place of the Leaderboard mode schedule.
- Fix for the maximum-players-per-position checks from the Career roster being applied to the roster in Leaderboard mode.
- Fix for a rare crash.
1.1.3 10/09/2025
New for the ’26 Edition of NFL Retro Bowl:
NEW ROSTERS
All rosters have been updated for the 2025 NFL Kickoff, including over 200 new rookies and refreshed Attribute ratings!
(Update 1.1.2 brings the rosters more up to date while adding or re-adding over 350 additional players.)
NEW FEATURES
Play your favorite team’s weekly game and set a high score on the leaderboard. Join with the rest of the fanbase to push your team to the top of the NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard!
NEW SCHEDULE
Start your coaching career in the 2025 season and play the real scheduled games on the road to Super Bowl LX... now including international games!
NEW OPTIONS
Choose the top and bottom parts of team uniforms separately before a game, or shake up the league by putting injured and reserve players in with the current starters!
NEW RULES
Touchback and Overtime regulations have been updated for 2025!
1.1.2 05/09/2025
New for the ’26 Edition of NFL Retro Bowl:
NEW ROSTERS
All rosters have been updated for the 2025 NFL Kickoff, including over 200 new rookies and refreshed Attribute ratings!
NEW FEATURES
Play your favorite team’s weekly game and set a high score on the leaderboard. Join with the rest of the fanbase to push your team to the top of the NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard!
NEW SCHEDULE
Start your coaching career in the 2025 season and play the real scheduled games on the road to Super Bowl LX... now including international games!
NEW OPTIONS
Choose the top and bottom parts of team uniforms separately before a game, or shake up the league by putting injured and reserve players in with the current starters!
NEW RULES
Touchback and Overtime regulations have been updated for 2025!
1.1.1 03/09/2025
Fixes for gameplay progression issues with overtime.
1.0.74 21/08/2025
30 new players added to the team builder (3xRB, 5xWR, 3xTE, 1xOL, 3xDL, 11xLB, 3xDB, 1xK. New careers only.)
There are now over 1,900 unique players to choose from in the game!
1.0.73 02/06/2025
- 30 new players added to the team builder (3xRB, 4xWR, 2xTE, 6xOL, 7xDL, 5xLB, 3xDB. New careers only.)
- Added a second Rookie of the Year award for Defensive players.
- Added Kick Return stats for relevant players to the League/Restarts screen in the format KR:Touchdowns(Yards)
1.0.72 19/05/2025
25 new players added to the team builder (4xRB, 4xWR, 2xTE, 4xOL, 2xDL, 4xLB, 4xDB, 1xK. New careers only.)
1.0.71 12/05/2025
30 new players added to the team builder (1xQB, 3xRB, 3xWR, 2xTE, 4xOL, 8xDL, 5xLB, 4xDB. New careers only.)
1.0.70 05/05/2025
- 30 new players added to the team builder. (5xRB, 4xWR, 2xTE, 3xOL, 5xDL, 6xLB, 4xDB, 1xK. New careers only.)
- Fix for a bug where two of your players would be overlapping each other during Kick Returns.
- Fix for a rare crash which could occur at the end of the season.
1.0.69 23/04/2025
• 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 8xOL, 6xDL, 2xLB, 5xDB, 1xK). All are Free Agents as standard. Some of these players may be rostered depending on your selections for PLAYER ROSTERS and PRACTICE SQUAD PLAYERS in the Advanced Options.
• Fix for the game crashing when pressing one of the face buttons on certain game controllers.
• Fix for the facemask color reverting to gray when players were diving.
• Improvements to the data set for real players' statistics prior to 2025 (new careers only).
• Improvements to the logic for displaying the ages of real players to align better with their real birthdays (this is cosmetic only and does not affect contracts or retirement).
• Fix for an issue where longest kick records may not save correctly in a player's statistics.
more Version 1.1.66 1 day ago
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