Backyard Football '99 overview

Overview

Backyard Football '99 comes from Mega Cat Studios and is published by Playground Productions. It arrived on Steam on Sep 8, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Backyard Football '99's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 15 players at 21 September 2026 - 22:40:12 UTC, with a tracked peak near 135. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 95% positive across 175 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Backyard Football '99 is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Backyard Football '99 has sold up to 7,945 units and has 174 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $59,224. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Backyard Football '99 overview details

Backyard Football '99 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

HUDDLE UP FOR BACKYARD FOOTBALL Backyard Football 1999 is now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, rushing with Pete Wheeler, scoring touchdowns with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter of hosts Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football! GAME MODES Single Game: With 5 backyard fields and unique weather condition settings, players can pick their team, design their team logos, and play a pick-up game! Season Mode: Players can draft seven players from the 30 iconic Backyard Sports characters and a collection of legendary pros including Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, John Elway, Dan Marino, Randall Cunningham, Drew Bledsoe and Steve Young to compete against 15 other teams in the Backyard Football League. Each team plays a 14-game season. By the end of the regular season, the 4 division champions and 4 wild card teams enter the Backyard Football League Playoffs to compete for the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl! EARN CLASSIC POWER UPS Earn power-ups by completing passes on offense and sacking the opposing QB on defense. Offensive Hocus Pocus – A pass play which results in a receiver teleporting down field. Sonic Boom – A run play which causes an earthquake to knock over the opposing team. Leap Frog – A run play which causes your running back to leap down field. Super Punt – A very powerful punt! Defensive Cough Drop – A play that causes the opponent to fumble when tackled. Chameleon – A trick play that results in your team wearing the other team's colors for…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Backyard Football '99 is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual and Sports. SteamPulse's latest observation records 15 players at 21 September 2026 - 22:40:12 UTC, a tracked peak of 135, and 95% positive reviews.

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