Cricket 22 similar games & best alternatives

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Cricket 22

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Cricket 22 delivers the Ashes, the Big Bash, The Hundred, and a multitude of other fan-favourite competitions! All-new mechanics, commentary, and a captivating, narrative driven career mode, will immediately immerse you in the ultimate cricket experience to date.

What works

  • Realistic and skillful gameplay
  • Engaging career mode with progression
  • Good graphics and animations
  • Customizable teams and players
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Bugs and glitches especially at launch
  • Limited licensed teams (e.g. india, ipl)
  • Fielding ai and mechanics need improvement
  • Some repetitive commentary and cutscenes
  • Online multiplayer connectivity issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition

  • Super Mega Baseball™ 4

  • Cricket 26 - The Official Game of the Ashes

  • Cricket 19

  • Tennis Elbow 4

  • Don Bradman Cricket 14

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Cricket 22 but with less narrative immersion

  • Pro Soccer Online

  • Supraball

  • Puck

  • Ragdoll Runners

  • Rugby 22

  • Soccer Online: Ball 3D

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Cricket 19

  • Don Bradman Cricket 14

  • Ashes Cricket

  • Cricket 24

  • AO International Tennis

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Cricket 22: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026