Unconventional sports: fantasy, futuristic, etc.

The mix between sports, video games and eccentric game designers sometimes lead to weird results. If a sports video game it's not usually played in real life (or not at all), you can find it on this page: futuristic sports, fantasy sports, even satirical sports.

Most popular unconventional sports games

Skate or Die

California Games

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10th Frame

DOS1987 Access Software

Time to hit the lanes in 10th Frame, a bowling simulator so committed to realism it even simulates the wait between turns. You line up your shot, set your spin, and pray the ancient gods of DOS let your pixel ball behave. The grap...

3D Cyber Blaster

DOS1992remake HomeBrew Software

If Doom and Laser Tag had a baby raised by dial-up modems, it would be 3D Cyber Blaster. Released in 1992, this shooter has you blasting neon enemies in a world that looks like a Tron-themed laser maze. The sound effects are glori...

3D Cyberpuck

DOS1992 HomeBrew Software

It’s cyber. It’s puck. It’s… basically cyberpunk air hockey with attitude. 3D Cyberpuck is a futuristic sport simulation from 1992 that nobody asked for, yet somehow needed. Imagine a gritty dystopia where...

Alien Olympics

DOS1994 Dark Technologies

Released in 1994, Alien Olympics answers the age-old question: “What if the Olympics were hosted by Martians on acid?” This wacky collection of mini-games has you competing in events like laser javelin and rocket racin...

Allan Border's Cricket

DOS1993 Audiogenic

In Allan Border’s Cricket (1993), you get to live the thrill of... waiting. A lot. But when the action kicks in, it’s surprisingly engaging. Named after the Australian cricket legend, the game offers realistic mechanic...

American Gladiators

DOS1992 Magicom Multimedia

Remember the spandex-clad madness of 90s TV? American Gladiators brings it to your DOS screen with all the grace of a flying pugil stick. You’ll compete in various bizarre events like The Joust and The Wall, all while being ...

Archery

DOS1985freeware

Archery (1985) is what happens when someone says, “Hey, what if we made a bow-and-arrow game with the graphical fidelity of a cave painting?” You shoot arrows. That’s it. You aim, fire, and pray the pixel lands w...

Awesome Earl in SkateRock

DOS1988

Remember when being radical meant wearing neon shorts and dodging killer squirrels on a skateboard? No? Well, Awesome Earl in SkateRock is here to educate you. Released in 1988, this sidescrolling oddity lets you control a tubular...

Ballistix

DOS1989 Reflections Interactive

Ballistix asks: “What if air hockey was controlled by futuristic cannons?” The answer: chaos. You frantically shoot pucks with directional blasts while the physics engine does whatever it wants. It’s fast, it&rsq...

Bar Games

DOS1989 Accolade

If you've ever dreamed of throwing darts, arm wrestling, or playing a sleazy round of "Last Call Larry" without actually smelling like stale beer, Bar Games is your digital dive bar. Released in 1989, it’s a collection of mi...

BC Racers

DOS1995freeware Core Design

Ever wondered what The Flintstones would look like if they got into illegal street racing? BC Racers is exactly that, with stone-age muscle cars, power-ups that make zero sense, and a physics engine that might have been designed b...

Boot Camp

DOS1989 Konami

Boot Camp (1989, DOS) is the game that turns military training into a button-mashing festival of pain. Ever dreamed of surviving basic training without breaking a sweat? This is it—if your definition of “not sweating&r...

Brutal Sports Football

DOS1993 Teque

Take American football, remove the rules, add swords and fireballs, and throw in some screaming. That is Brutal Sports Football. This is not about touchdowns. This is about survival. Players can be decapitated, the ball can explod...

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS1989 Tynesoft Computer Software

Saddle up for an awkward mix of minigames that vaguely resemble rodeo events. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show tries to recreate the excitement of a 19th-century traveling circus but ends up feeling more like a 1980s office party whe...

California Games

DOS1988 Epyx

Radical! Gnarly! And other 80s slang words! California Games is what happens when sports simulations meet neon-colored vibes and a love of spandex. You’ll hacky sack, BMX race, and throw frisbees in pixelated glory. Half the...

California Games 2

DOS1990 Epyx

The sequel nobody asked for, but we’re still kinda glad happened. California Games 2 adds even weirder sports: jet-skiing, hang gliding, and bodyboarding, which is like surfing but with less dignity. The graphics are improve...

Caveman Ugh-Lympics

DOS1989 Dynamix

Circus Attractions

DOS1989 Golden Goblins

Disc

DOS1990 Loriciels

Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun

DOS1989 Gray Matter

Grand Monster Slam

DOS1989 Golden Goblins

Grand Monster Slam is an action sports game developed by Golden Goblins and published by Rainbow Arts in 1989. The game was released for a variety of platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The gam...

Grave Yardage

DOS1989 Incredible technologies

Knight Games

DOS1988 Mastertronic

Olympic games were something back in the 80s and the 90s: Winter Games, Summer Games, California Games, anything-you-can-think-of games. Some imaginative developer thought that the world needed a different kind of "multisport" act...

M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport

DOS1990 Golden Goblins

Masterblazer

DOS1991remake Rainbow Arts

Shufflepuck Cafè

DOSMac OS1989 Broderbund

Skate or Die

DOS1988 Electronic Arts

Skate or Die is an abandoned sports game, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for DOS and a number of other platforms. Skate or Die is a multi-sport kind of game, including every kind of unconventional "sport" done o...