Published by EA Sports with EA Tiburon as the developer, Madden NFL 13 is what you'd expect by the title - a football sim. AI logic has been improved from previous years, and players have new moves to create a more natural play experience.

IGN awarded the game a 9 out of 10, with Game Informer and GameSpot giving positive, although less enthusiastic reviews. On Amazon, reviews from actual owners are more mixed, in large part because EA chose to remove Franchise Mode and the Fantasy Draft features.