The developers of Madden not only want to make it fun, but also make each game as realistic as possible to give their players an authentic soccer experience. And Madden 25 is no exception. To that end, the game has a ton of different sliders and settings that allow you to customize the game to your liking.

So if you’re looking for the most realistic soccer experience in Madden 25, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve gone through every setting in the game so you know where to adjust each slider to get the most realistic Madden ever.

Slider for the best game options

These are the best settings for the game options sliders:

Best Penalty Sliders

These are the best settings for the penalty sliders:

Slider for the best player skills

These are the best settings for the player skill sliders:

Best CPU Skill Sliders

Here are the best settings for the CPU skill sliders:

The way these settings are set should provide a reasonable level of challenge for most players, although the very best players will probably want to tweak them slightly to make things more challenging, particularly with the CPU skill sliders. If you find these options a little too demanding, turn a few of the CPU skill sliders down and you’ll soon find the level that’s right for you.