- #1 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021
81% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 46.2% ★, Sports 26.2%, Simulation 10.3%, Management 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #2 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026
78% match6 user reviews71% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Take control of your favorite football franchise in Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 26. Draft stars, manage the cap, build gameplans, and shape your dynasty with deep strategy, smart AI, and endless customization.
Why similar: Football (American) 49.1% ★, Sports 29%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #3 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2026
78% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Start as a coordinator and rise to head coach in Draft Day Sports: College Football 26! Build playbooks, recruit stars, manage team cohesion, and outsmart adaptive AI. Create your dynasty with unmatched depth and strategy.
Why similar: Football (American) 49.3% ★, Sports 29.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #4 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022
81% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 35.2% ★, Sports 31.2%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 8.1%
- #5 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025
78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine StudiosPub: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan, hire a successful staff and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 49.2% ★, Sports 29%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #6 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025
78% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 49.1% ★, Sports 29%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #7 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018
81% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents and calling each play to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 41.3% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 12.7%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 5.3%
- #8 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024
78% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 49.5% ★, Sports 27.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #9 Football Coach: College Dynasty
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,422 reviews2025
Dev: Coach Apps
Windows · Mac
A true college football management game. Play as a coach or a school, recruit players, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Build a college football dynasty and become a coaching legend!
Why similar: Football (American) 40.5% ★, Sports 31.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 3.2%
- #10 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2024
77% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023=4 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.5% ★, Sports 28.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 0.6%
- #11 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023
78% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.3% ★, Sports 27.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 0.6%
- #12 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25
75% matchMixed56% of 5,088 reviews2024
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hit like you mean it with FieldSENSE™ powered by BOOM Tech. Experience how the new physics-informed dynamic tackling system unlocks realistic collisions & new gameplay animations on both sides of the ball.
Why similar: Football (American) 54.7% ★, Sports 21.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 9.5%
- #13 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022
78% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 32.9% ★, Sports 31.7%, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 8.7%
- #14 Pure College Football
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reck-it Warehouse
Windows
Build your college football dynasty and compete for control. Master NIL recruiting, develop your coaching staff, and manage demanding boosters. Play solo or battle in online dynasties with up to 32 real players.
Why similar: Football (American) 34.7% ★, Sports 31.6%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #15 Football Legacy Manager 26
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 40.2% ★, Sports 34.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Management 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #16 Australian Football Coach
78% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Statto Software
Windows
Coach your team to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach is the premier Aussie Rules Football management game. Coach in one of eight different leagues, create your own footy world or even pit the different states against each other in State of Origin mode.
Why similar: Sports 35.1%, Football (American) 28.1% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 12%, Management 7.7%
- #17 Front Office Football Nine
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.3% ★, Sports 27.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 5.4%, Immersive Sim 4.4%
- #18 Ultimate Pro Football Coach
73% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Games2rk
Windows · Mac
A strategic franchise mode football sim where you run the front office and call all the shots —build your roster, manage the franchise and handle the play calling to guide your team to glory across seasons of immersive franchise-building.
Why similar: Football (American) 47.1% ★, Sports 34.5%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #19 Football Legacy Manager 25
74% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 39.4% ★, Sports 34.9%, Simulation 16.5%, Management 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #20 Axis Football 2020
76% matchMixed67% of 178 reviews2020
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football features football gaming's deepest Franchise Mode and massively improved simulation-style gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 42.1% ★, Sports 28.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 7.7%
- #21 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26
73% matchMixed52% of 4,950 reviews2025
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26 leverages a new AI-powered machine learning system to convert thousands of plays from nearly a decade of real NFL data into more explosive gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 52.7% ★, Sports 28.7%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #22 Fantasy Franchise
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Xavier Begerow
Windows
Own and manage your own football team! Set your lineup, train your players, hire coaches, and improve your stadium to create a franchise that can go all the way!
Why similar: Football (American) 44.5% ★, Sports 31.9%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Indie 0.5%
- #23 Axis Football 2023
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 39.9% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%
- #24 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021
76% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.8% ★, Sports 28.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Indie 0.6%
- #25 Front Office Football Seven
76% matchVery Positive82% of 143 reviews2015
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Football (American) 62.2% ★, Sports 16.8%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 5%
- #26 Football Mogul 18
77% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Sports Mogul, Inc.
Windows
Football Mogul 18 is the 16th version of the addictive football simulation game from the makers of Baseball Mogul.This version includes rosters and player ratings for opening weekend of the 2017-2018 season.
Why similar: Sports 36.3%, Football (American) 28.2% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 12%, Management 8.5%
- #27 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2020
75% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2020 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Sports 38.1%, Football (American) 31.3% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Indie 2%
- #28 Axis Football 2021
74% matchMixed63% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 41.5% ★, Sports 30.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 6.7%
- #29 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023
73% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 49.6% ★, Sports 29.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 0.6%
- #30 Pure Football 2018
75% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: PureFootball
Windows
Pure Football 2018 is an American Football Simulator where you play GM, Coach, and Player. Play through endless seasons as you master player contracts, assembling your coaching staff, free agency, and the draft. Lead your players come game time or use the advanced game simulation system.
Why similar: Football (American) 48.3% ★, Sports 36.2%, Simulation 15.5%
- #31 Desktop Dynasties 3
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Head Coach Games
Windows
Football coaching and GM simulation game.
Why similar: Football (American) 50% ★, Sports 26.9%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 5.8%, Immersive Sim 4.9%
- #32 Australian Football Coach 2023-24
71% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Statto Software
Windows · Linux
Coach your way to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach 2023 comes packed with new features including local multiplayer and a database update.
Why similar: Sports 35.8%, Football (American) 35.3% ★, Management 13.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 3.8%
- #33 Axis Football 2019
73% matchMixed69% of 117 reviews2019
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring immersive gameplay, a deep franchise mode, and extensive customization.
Why similar: Sports 39.6%, Football (American) 24.9% ★, Simulation 17%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 6.9%
- #34 Draft Fever Bowl
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
Draft Fever Bowl is a competitive multiplayer football management game focused on scouting and the draft. Study prospects, outsmart rivals on draft day, and trade with real teams. With no visible attributes, success depends entirely on your eye for talent. Enter the war room.
Why similar: Football (American) 48.6% ★, Sports 22.7%, Management 13.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 4.4%
- #35 Axis Football 2017
73% matchMixed64% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring massive customization and a complete franchise mode
Why similar: Football (American) 62.2% ★, Sports 19.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 6.1%, Strategy 3.4%
- #36 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018
73% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 63.7% ★, Sports 24.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Indie 1.3%
- #37 Axis Football 2026
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football 2026 is a complete American Football Simulation featuring fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry's best franchise mode.
Why similar: Football (American) 46.3% ★, Sports 20.8%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 7%
- #38 Axis Football 2016
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Axis Football is a an American football simulation featuring innovative aimed passing and massive customization.
Why similar: Sports 39%, Football (American) 33.4% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 4.6%
- #39 Backyard Football '99
65% matchVery Positive95% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Playground Productions
Windows
Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
Why similar: Football (American) 55.1% ★, Sports 38.1%, Simulation 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #40 Axis Football 2015
71% matchMixed69% of 381 reviews2015
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Axis Football is a 3D American Football Simulation Game that features a unique aimed passing system. Play in a single match, season mode, or local multiplayer! Offers basic mod support for team rosters.
Why similar: Football (American) 57.1% ★, Sports 32.5%, Management 6.2%, Strategy 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #41 Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020
68% matchMixed52% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Canuck Play Inc
Windows
Achieve Gridiron Greatness as Doug Flutie and Maximum Football 2020, bring you the ultimate football sandbox.
Why similar: Football (American) 52.1% ★, Sports 37.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #42 Maximum Football
63% matchMixed63% of 1,299 reviews2025
Dev: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Forge your legacy in Maximum Football, where you can play both college and pro football in one shared universe. Recruit the next college superstar and take them into the pros to become a future Hall of Famer. Build your team with unparalleled in-game customization that gives you ultimate control.
Why similar: Football (American) 46.5% ★, Sports 41.2%, Simulation 11.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #43 Director of Management: Football Club
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest football management sim ever built. 577 territories. 15,000+ competitions. 20,000+ clubs. 500,000+ players and staff. Men's and women's football simulated equally. No microtransactions. Steam Deck ready.
Why similar: Sports 47.2%, Simulation 22.5%, Strategy 15.3%, Management 14.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #44 Front Office Football Eight
67% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Sports 58.2%, Football (American) 34.6% ★, Simulation 7.2%
- #45 Speed NFL
63% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Chris Prince
Windows
Guide your team through the 17 week regular season and potentially the Play-offs. Select your team before using the NFL rankings to decide on your offensive tactics.
Why similar: Football (American) 53.7% ★, Sports 30.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #46 World Boxing Manager
67% matchMixed59% of 136 reviews2016
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows · Mac · Linux
World Boxing Manager is a game in which you develop and manage the careers of young, hungry boxers desperate for glory. You scout and recruit fighters from a pool of amateurs who come to train at your gym - it's up to you to decide who to mold into championship material.
Why similar: Sports 45.6%, Management 18.9%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #47 4th & Inches
65% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: AccoladePub: Ziggurat
Windows
4th & Inches gives you all of the hard-hitting action of real football: the bombs, the blitzing, the goal line stands. Winning at 4th & Inches will take all the moves of a #1 draft choice plus the tactical genius of a veteran head coach.
Why similar: Football (American) 51.3% ★, Sports 34.6%, Simulation 8.7%, Management 5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #48 Pro Strategy Football 2026
59% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
Game-breaking PSF now includes upgraded animation, trading players & draft picks, league records, player season logs, and the ability to relive past games - watch game-winning drives and key plays! Realistic formations for all eras! Alternate uniforms!
Why similar: Sports 32.3%, Football (American) 29.2% ★, Simulation 15%, Strategy 10.6%, Management 6.4%
- #49 World Basketball Manager 2
66% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows · Mac
Start an international career as a basketball manager in the ultimate old school sport management game! WBM2 is not just the latest addition to the successful series of basketball management games, but a completely new game, based on a super fast engine and a friendly and simple interface!
Why similar: Sports 49.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Management 17.2%, Strategy 14.9%
- #50 4th & Goal
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JustinSane Games
Windows
4th & Goal combines roguelite deckbuilding with American football. Make cuts, additions, and upgrades to your team through the Gauntlet Challenge!
Why similar: Football (American) 48.2% ★, Sports 34.2%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%