Backyard Football '99
Sports
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Sports
Languages
English
Thu Jan 22 2026
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Backyard Football ‘99 combines the fun of youth football with a professional edge. Featuring pro players like Steve Young and Jerry Rice as kids, alongside the classic neighborhood crew, you can run wacky plays like 'The Sonic Boom' or 'The Earthquake.' Customise your jersey, pick your playbooks, and dominate the league.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Backyard Football ‘99 is an absolute blast of arcade gridiron action. It captures the essence of 5-on-5 football perfectly—fast, high-scoring, and full of character. Seeing tiny versions of NFL greats like John Elway and Dan Marino huddling up with kids like Ernie Steele is a gimmick that never gets old. The 'wacky' plays in the playbook are the highlight, turning a standard football match into a strategic game of power-up management.
The controls are surprisingly responsive on mobile, allowing for precise passing and jukes. The inclusion of weather effects (like rain making the field muddy and slippery) adds a nice layer of unpredictability to the matches. It’s not as simulation-heavy as Madden, but it’s ten times more fun for a casual session. If you want a football game that prioritizes fun, humor, and 'big hits' over realistic stat tracking, this 99 classic is the way to go.
Features
5-on-5 Gameplay
Pro Players as Kids
Custom Playbooks
Weather Effects
Featured In
Tips & Walkthrough
Wait for the power-up meter to fill. Use the 'Teleport' play during crucial 4th downs to surprise the defense and gain an easy first down.
Gameplays
The ultimate goal. Win your way through the playoffs to compete in the biggest game in the neighborhood.
Screenshot
Q&A
Yes, there are several offensive and defensive power-ups that trigger during gameplay.
Ratings & Reviews
Mouse control added FINALLY
Tue Sep 09 2025 Tagro5I am very excited that they added mouse control so I can actually use the Magic Keyboard mouse and see where the cursor is. The reason it is not 5 is because the cursor is still missing everywhere but the actual plays (the clubhouse and playbook the cursor is missing), but the game plays very similarly to how I remember from back when, and will revisit the review if the cursor gets added so that it shows everywhere, not just on the field.
Nostalgia overload, clunky controls
Wed Sep 10 2025 DasrtyI have to give this 5 stars because of the immediate nostalgia playing this game. Steve Young throwing to Pablo Sanchez again, what more could you want? The controls are a bit clunky. Especially for quarterback runs. It’s very easy to accidentally throw the ball when trying to cut up field. You have to tap behind the line of scrimmage and then drag. But this means your hand will be obscuring the screen. It’s doable, but I had to practice for a bit to get the hang of it. In general, the idea of tapping where to run off leads to your hand obscuring the screen quite often. This game would probably benefit from a joystick style of controls, at least as an option. Compared to a game like retro bowl, the gameplay will never live up to that. However, I didn’t download this game expecting modern fast paced gameplay I downloaded it for nostalgia’s sake. And in that way it delivers. I doubt I’ll play this much beyond one season though.
A Hit With the Kids!
Tue Sep 09 2025 110M.A.I just picked up the new Backyard Football and I’m glad to say it’s every bit as fun as I remembered. The gameplay is smooth, easy to jump into, and full of those classic 5-on-5 plays and power-ups that make every game exciting. What I love most is how much my kids enjoy it. They picked it up right away and now we’re all playing together. It’s simple enough for them to have fun, but still competitive enough to keep me engaged too. The new fictional teams add a fun twist, and it feels like the perfect mix of nostalgia and fresh energy. If you’re looking for a game that’s family-friendly, easy to play, and just plain fun, this one is a winner. Backyard Football really proves that some classics never lose their magic.
Thanks dude perfect gaming!
Sat Sep 20 2025 Lego, Star Wars loverI found backyard baseball from dude perfect gaming and loved it then I found out that the playground productions team made a football game and got it right away. this game is amazing and very funny though I have some suggestions like replace chuck downfield with Vinny the gooch at least for pick up games and I think you should make it easier to control the halfback because you can’t control him well until he’s past the line of scrimmage making it hard to dodge tackles but all in all just an amazing game keep up the good work playground productions team!
Great game and I got a recommendation
Wed Nov 05 2025 Jaxon124567I love the whole trilogy of these games, actually, to say how much I like them, I beat every one of them on my phone! To sum it up, I love these games, but I have a recommendation. Are the people working on these games making Backyard Soccer next? Because I beat Baseball twice and Football twice too, but I have not beat the soccer version yet. I want the developers to tell me if you are making the soccer version, because if you do, I’ll be very happy:)
Controls are awful
Sun Nov 02 2025 USCGnolanThe controls are unclear and awful for mobile. Not to mention I have the best roster in the game and can’t even get a first down, the QB always over throws even though you click right on the receiver. You fumble almost every time you run the ball. Computer basically scores at will. The controls say you hold and drag to move your character but it never works, so then you have to try and click to move your character and that only works about 5% of the time…this game is complete a**. Such a waste of $5, I wouldn’t even download if it was free. Honestly the worst mobile game I’ve ever played and I’ve played som God awful games
Best football game on the App Store
Sun Sep 14 2025 2AsherThis game is amazing. No nostalgia whatsoever, game was created before I was even born and have never played this until a couple days ago. This game is easily the best football video game on this app, combining arcadey action with realisticness in playbook strategy like in real football. Retro bowl doesn’t even allow defense to be played, nor choose plays, making this game so much better in my opinion.
Set Hut!
Wed Oct 15 2025 WhiteIce07After playing just one game, I can already tell that this has the same level of quality as the previous ports of the backyard sports series, which is a great sign! I was a bit worried that it would be difficult to play on such a small screen, but I was once again surprised to be proven wrong, as thankfully controlling a team of five is a lot easier than I thought. My only problem is that I cannot seem to change any of the difficulties settings for this season. I’m not sure if that was part of the original game, I would like to have a higher difficulty in my season. But overall, if you enjoyed the original game as a kid, then I highly recommend you try this out!
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News found!
Backyard Football '99 release date for PC and mobile announcedPlayground Productions has announced that Backyard Football '99 will be released on Sep. 9 for PC, iOS and Android.
ESPN Tue Sep 23 2025
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