
Early Access
Not really. It's slowing down. Last updated 3 months ago, with about 2 updates per month.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
Gridiron Masters '98 is an American Football presentation sim that places you in an alternate universe that encompasses college and pro football. Create your coach and see where their career takes them while looking through the lens of the late 90s.
The developer filed this on the Steam store page. It is not a guess by active.games.
About 98% of the art assets in this game are human authored. 100% are human edited. Which assets used ai: -7 pro logos that could not be satisfied with dev skills or outsourcing -The purple images in the SportsZone intro. These were generated because no public domain photos of 1990s era football players exist and pixel art or digital art were not appropriate. -The studio background and suit. -The store page assets used public domain images which then received minor ai changes, colors, hair, text, etc. This was done because they needed to look like real photos rather than obvious composites.
Jul 21, 2026 · Patch note
Update - 0.4.1 (opens in new tab)
--Gameplay--------------- -Made conference standings segment not list division leaders for college level. --Bugs------------------- -Fixed FGs not tracking in fast sim total stats.
Jul 21, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 24316268
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Jul 20, 2026 · Patch note
Update - 0.4.0 ***Save Breaking*** (opens in new tab)
--Gameplay--------------- -Added the ability to get job offers from college teams while in pro and vice versa. -Added basic draft review show in SportsZone. -Temporarily disabled discussions in weekly recaps. -Players created at world gen now have season stats for each entry in their history. -Increased total pass/rush yards in fast sim. -Added strength of…
Jul 3, 2026 · Patch note
Update - 0.3.8 ***Save Breaking*** (opens in new tab)
--Gameplay--------------- -Increased roll chance for player abilities. -Decreased variance on fast sim inputs. --UI/UX------------------ -Added a report tab in game summary which outlines which units outmatched which, OL performance, overall advantages, etc. -Combined Passing and Receiving tabs in game summary screen. -Added mail notification when new AD/GM…
Jul 1, 2026 · Patch note
Update - 0.3.7 (opens in new tab)
--Gameplay--------------- -Added the ability to click on competing teams in recruiting/free agency and view their team values. --UI/UX------------------ -Added button to go to user team coaches from available coaches list in off-season. --Bugs------------------- -Fixed crashing bug when trying to click on "recruit" button on recruiting screen when there is…
Gridiron Masters '98 last posted a patch note 3 months ago (Jul 21, 2026: Update - 0.4.1 (opens in new tab)).
It got about 2 updates per month over the last year and is sporadic (35/100). 3 of the last 6 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
Not yet, but it is slowing down. The last build or patch note is between 90 and 180 days old.
Gridiron Masters '98: 23 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 3 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. The Early Access release on 2026-05-07 falls inside this window.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 12 |
| June 2026 | 7 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |