Ashes Cricket similar games & best alternatives

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Ashes Cricket

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

Ashes Cricket is the officially licensed video game of cricket’s greatest rivalry. Bringing all the fast paced action, big hits and skill that you see in the greatest cricket competition on earth, you’ll be able to play in the men’s and women’s 2017/2018 Ashes tours.

What works

  • Realistic and skill-based cricket gameplay
  • Extensive customization and community content
  • Licensed teams and player face scans
  • Multiple control schemes for accessibility
  • Engaging career mode with progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Bugs and glitches affecting gameplay and commentary
  • Poor and repetitive commentary
  • Small online player base and multiplayer issues
  • Some ai and fielding inconsistencies
  • Relatively high price for a niche and imperfect game

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Don Bradman Cricket 14

  • Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes

  • Cricket 24

  • Tennis Elbow 4

  • TIEBREAK+: Official Game of the ATP and WTA

  • Cricket 22

More fantastical

Games that feels like Ashes Cricket but with more imaginative fiction

  • INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road

  • Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions

  • Total Football Online

  • Gridiron

  • Backyard Baseball '01

  • Out of the Park Baseball 27

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Ashes Cricket but with less survival pressure

  • Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge

  • Disc Space

  • MLB 9 Innings Rivals 26

  • Super Video Golf

  • Super Mega Baseball 3

  • PGA TOUR 2K23

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Ashes Cricket but with less narrative immersion

  • Pro Soccer Online

  • Supraball

  • Ragdoll Runners

  • Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings

  • eBaseball™: PRO SPIRIT

  • Axis Football 2023

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Don Bradman Cricket 14

  • Cricket 22

  • Cricket 19

  • Cricket 24

  • AO International Tennis

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Ashes Cricket: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026