NFL Retro Bowl '27
Prepare to face the Gauntlet
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NFL Retro Bowl '27 is back and now it's time to face the GAUNTLET. In this thrilling new high-stakes mode you are given limited resources and the formidable task of surviving a 16-game win streak. Along the way you must choose between safe matchups or top-rated opponents, and the rewards of real players or powerful perks. Player XP and abilities carry over after a loss, with every run fuelling a heady climb towards an epic winner-takes-all showdown against a bitter division nemesis and weekly leaderboard supremacy.
The classic Career mode is also back and bigger than ever, with over 3,000 real-life NFL & NFLPA players to choose from and new options for assembling your dream team, including the fan-favorite 12-man Roster.
The return of NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard with a new campaign lets you join your fellow fans in pushing your favorite team to the top of the community leaderboard while you earn prestigious Badges, and with the pass-and-play Exhibition Mode and new seasonal Game Center Challenges dropping through the year, there are more ways to take to the field than ever before. Retro has never felt so fresh!
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NFL Retro Bowl '27 has everything you need for the new season, including:
- A new way to play! Gauntlet Mode challenges you to rack up a 16-game win streak with limited players, powerful perks, and competitive leaderboards.
- New rosters! The rookies have arrived and the rosters have been refreshed, with more updates in the weeks to come with roster cutdown and as the teams get ready for the 2026 NFL Kickoff.
- New uniforms! Refreshed to match the real teams' latest designs
- New options! Expand your coaching tactics with the fan-favorite 12-man roster option, or change the way the opposition teams choose their key players. Do you want to face a league stacked with top-rated defenders, or a league full of fresh-face rookies? The choice is yours!
- New leaderboards! Starting alongside the 2026 NFL Kickoff, the NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard will return, with a new chance to rally your fellow fans and use your skills on the field to push your favorite team to the top of the community leaderboard.
1.2.1 4 days ago
- 28 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 5xWR, 1xTE, 8xOL, 3xDL, 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.
- Loading times improved when creating your team.
1.1.74 30 Jun
28 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 6xWR, 1xTE, 8xOL, 3xDL, 3xLB, 4xDB). 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.
1.1.73 17 Jun
- 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 6xOL, 6xDL, 2xLB, 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.
- Fix for player poses in the Hall of Fame.
1.1.72 10 Jun
30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 5xOL, 6xDL, 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.
1.1.71 25 May
- The newly announced NFL Schedule for 2026-2027 has been added in Game Year 2.
- The Super Bowl LXI logo has been added in Game Year 2
- International Games have been added in Game Year 2.
- 30 players have been added to the team builder when starting a new career (2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 8xOL, 4xDL, 2xLB, 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.
1.1.70 20 May
- 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 6xOL, 4xDL, 3xLB, 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.
- Fix for being able to set the Kick Returner flag for too many players.
1.1.69 11 May
30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 7xOL, 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.
1.1.68 4 May
- 30 players added to the team builder when starting a new career (1xQB, 2xRB, 5xWR, 2xTE, 5xOL, 5xDL, 3xLB, 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.
- Fixed an issue where sound effects and music could stop playing.
1.1.67 27 Apr
• 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 6 Apr
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
NFL Retro Bowl '27 has everything you need for the new season, including:
- A new way to play! Gauntlet Mode challenges you to rack up a 16-game win streak with limited players, powerful perks, and competitive leaderboards.
- New rosters! The rookies have arrived and the rosters have been refreshed, with more updates in the weeks to come with roster cutdown and as the teams get ready for the 2026 NFL Kickoff.
- New uniforms! Refreshed to match the real teams' latest designs
- New options! Expand your coaching tactics with the fan-favorite 12-man roster option, or change the way the opposition teams choose their key players. Do you want to face a league stacked with top-rated defenders, or a league full of fresh-face rookies? The choice is yours!
- New leaderboards! Starting alongside the 2026 NFL Kickoff, the NFL Retro Bowl Championship Leaderboard will return, with a new chance to rally your fellow fans and use your skills on the field to push your favorite team to the top of the community leaderboard.
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