How to play

Tap Feedback (bottom corner of every page) and write it right in the game. You can also email Createagoat1@gmail.com.

Tap Share on your GOAT, your GOAT Draft result, your Hoops Draft results or a Final Drive result. Friends get a page with your card and a button to make their own. Save image downloads the card for social posts.

The main game. Pick a position and tap Roll: a team spins and three of its players come up. Take one rating from one of them. You get 7 picks for 5 ratings, so spare picks can upgrade a rating you already have. Ratings are on the real 0–99 scale, Legends come in their prime, and ratings from the same franchise earn a chemistry bonus. The goal is 99 overall, and it is very hard. Then you are drafted into the NFL and your career plays out year by year with no choices, ending with a Career Rating out of 99.

Tap Games in the top bar on any page (or press G) to see every game. They are also on the home screen under the title, in the sidebar, and after every game under Play next.

Restart build is always next to the draft (and at the top once your career starts). Undo last pick takes your last pick back to the same board. Keyboard: R rolls, U undoes. In Career mode, Restart career starts the same player over from high school.

The full game: build a high-school freshman (Mentor Draft, Quick Mix, Builder or Full Custom), then make every call yourself: training, big moments, college offers, the draft, free agency. You can also take a GOAT Draft player into Career mode.

Tap PLAY NOW. No account, ad or checkout. Your first decision appears immediately. Progress saves automatically on this device.

You call the plays on a game-deciding final drive. Choose a game plan, read the defense at key moments, manage the clock and timeouts, and decide whether to kick or go for two. Each result explains the real engine factors behind it.

Before each of your snaps you see how the defense lines up (e.g. two-high shell or blitz look). Good defenses sometimes disguise their real call, so combine the look with the scouting report.

Hurry-Up saves clock and tires the defense; Milk the Clock sharpens execution but burns time. Identity (Air It Out / Balanced / Ground & Pound) shapes the plays your coach calls between your decisions.

Chill (default) has no timer. Timed gives 20 seconds per decision, can be paused, and lets your coach make the call if time runs out.

Each decision is graded by comparing your call with the best option given what you could see (the look and the scouting report, never the hidden defense). You can make great calls and still lose to bad luck; Coach IQ shows the difference.

Every game has a seed code. Play Again starts a fresh seed; Replay Same Seed lets you try different calls against identical luck. Same seed + same choices always produces the same result.

Credits you earn by finishing games (win or lose). Right now it's a local demo wallet on this device with no cash value. Later they'll buy fixed-price cosmetics and cards. Never random packs or gameplay advantages.

Yes, by name. Create A GOAT is an independent fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the NFL, the NBA, their teams, the players' associations or any player. Real names are used to identify players and teams in a free fantasy sports game; we do not show league logos or player photos. Rosters come from a current snapshot. Ratings are in-game ratings made for this game (not real-life stats), and every game, season and career is a simulation. High schools in careers are fictional.

Everything works with keyboard (number keys pick options, Enter confirms, T toggles timeouts), screen readers and touch. Use Settings (gear icon) for reduced motion, sound and hints.