- #1 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026
82% 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) 53.3% ★, Sports 28.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #2 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2026
82% 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) 53.6% ★, Sports 28.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #3 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025
82% 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) 53.4% ★, Sports 28.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #4 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024
82% 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) 53.9% ★, Sports 27%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #5 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2024
81% 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) 54.7% ★, Sports 27.5%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #6 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25
79% 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) 59.6% ★, Sports 20.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #7 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023
81% 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) 54.7% ★, Sports 26.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #8 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26
77% 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) 57.3% ★, Sports 28%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 5.4%
- #9 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021
80% 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) 54.6% ★, Sports 27.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #10 Front Office Football Nine
76% 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) 57% ★, Sports 28%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #11 Football Legend
76% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Beefware
Windows
Take over a professional American football team, in this single-player football management simulator. As both general manager and head coach, build a football dynasty that will last for decades to come. Trade, draft, sign free agents, and coach your way into the hall of fame!
Why similar: Football (American) 49.2% ★, Sports 29%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #12 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021
79% 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) 55.1% ★, Sports 27.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #13 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022
78% 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) 42.5% ★, Sports 33.8%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #14 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023
77% 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) 53.7% ★, Sports 28.5%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #15 Football Coach: College Dynasty
71% 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) 50.2% ★, Sports 34.7%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #16 Backyard Football '99
70% 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) 58.7% ★, Sports 36.4%, Simulation 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #17 Ultimate Pro Football Coach
72% 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) 56.1% ★, Sports 37%, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #18 Football Legacy Manager 26
72% 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) 48.8% ★, Sports 37.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #19 Fantasy Franchise
69% 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) 54.7% ★, Sports 35.2%, Simulation 9%, Indie 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #20 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2020
77% 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 38.4%, Football (American) 35.1% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 12%, Indie 2.1%
- #21 Pure College Football
72% 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) 43.6% ★, Sports 35.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 0.6%
- #22 Pure Football 2018
78% 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) 53.1% ★, Sports 35.7%, Simulation 11.1%
- #23 Football Legacy Manager 25
72% 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) 48% ★, Sports 38.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #24 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018
78% 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) 50.2% ★, Sports 32.2%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 5.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #25 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018
78% 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) 67.9% ★, Sports 23.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Indie 1.3%
- #26 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022
75% 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) 40.2% ★, Sports 34.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Indie 1.2%
- #27 Maximum Football
68% 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) 50.6% ★, Sports 40.2%, Simulation 8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #28 Front Office Football Seven
77% 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) 71.4% ★, Sports 17.3%, Simulation 5.4%, Strategy 5.1%, Indie 0.7%
- #29 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) 48.7% ★, Sports 32.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Indie 0.9%
- #30 Axis Football 2023
72% 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) 48.4% ★, Sports 32%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Indie 0.8%
- #31 Axis Football 2020
74% 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) 50.9% ★, Sports 30.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Indie 0.9%
- #32 Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020
74% 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) 56% ★, Sports 36.5%, Simulation 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.6%
- #33 Australian Football Coach
76% 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 38.4%, Football (American) 34.3% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 12%, Indie 2.1%
- #34 Desktop Dynasties 3
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Head Coach Games
Windows
Football coaching and GM simulation game.
Why similar: Football (American) 62.7% ★, Sports 30.3%, Strategy 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #35 Axis Football 2017
75% 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) 70.1% ★, Sports 19.8%, Simulation 6.2%, Strategy 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #36 4th & Goal
68% 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) 52.1% ★, Sports 33.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #37 Speed NFL
68% 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) 58.2% ★, Sports 29.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #38 Draft Fever Bowl
66% 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) 61.4% ★, Sports 25.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #39 Axis Football 2015
74% 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) 63.3% ★, Sports 32.3%, Strategy 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #40 Football Mogul 18
74% 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 40%, Football (American) 34.6% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.1%
- #41 Front Office Football Eight
71% 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 57.1%, Football (American) 37.8% ★, Simulation 5.1%
- #42 Axis Football 2019
70% 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 43.2%, Football (American) 30.4% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 10%, Indie 2.3%
- #43 Axis Football 2026
61% 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) 59.8% ★, Sports 24.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #44 Australian Football Coach 2023-24
66% 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: Football (American) 44.9% ★, Sports 40.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 4.4%, Indie 0.7%
- #45 Air Blitz
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: doSolid Studios
Windows
Experience Pong reimagined! Air Blitz brings arcade football action to the classic formula with 30 challenging AI levels, dynamic speed, and strategic gameplay. Reflexes aren’t enough — do you have what it takes to win it all?
Why similar: Football (American) 42.8% ★, Sports 41.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 4.9%, Indie 0.8%
- #46 Varsity High School Football
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spear Interactive
Windows
Immerse yourself in true-to-life realistic gameplay, officially licensed gear, and all the high-stakes drama of leading your team to victory. Whether you’re a coach masterminding strategies or a player chasing the dream, Varsity puts you in control of every heart-pounding moment on the field.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.5% ★, Sports 31.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #47 Retro Rugby
61% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Lombard Games
Windows
Step onto the pixelated pitch in Retro Rugby—a fast-paced 2D rugby game with smart AI, physics-based collisions, and smooth controls. Build your dream team in Career Mode, compete in global tournaments, and experience dynamic, strategic gameplay. Relive rugby’s golden era—game on!
Why similar: Football (American) 57% ★, Sports 41.8%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 4th & Inches
67% 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) 58.1% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #49 Head Coach Tactics
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Head Coach Games
Windows
Head Coach Tactics is a turn-based football game on the field, with deep franchise and roster building off the field.
Why similar: Football (American) 61.8% ★, Sports 37.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #50 Axis Football 2016
69% 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 42.5%, Football (American) 40.5% ★, Simulation 11%, Strategy 5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #51 HandPass VR
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Constructive Media
Windows
Put on your VR headset and see if you can beat the record! A handpass is a fundamental skill in the sport of Australian Rules Football - hold the ball in one hand and punch it with the other! Handpass VR will test the accuracy of your handpasses with moving targets - and in a variety of environments from a stadium to outer space!
Why similar: Football (American) 55.5% ★, Sports 42.1%, Indie 2.3%
- #52 Gridiron Remastered
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1336 Studios Inc.
Windows
Control one player in high-octane 7v7 american football action. Compete from an immersive third-person view and work with your squad to dominate the competition. Precision physics based passing, explosive runs, and strategic coordination. This is football reimagined for competitive online play.
Why similar: Football (American) 61.8% ★, Sports 38.2%
- #53 Fantasy Royale
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milsoft Games
Windows · Mac
Unleash your inner coach with Fantasy Royale, the live fantasy football game that puts you in control of every single play. Make game-winning adjustments, swap players in real-time, and dominate your friends in fast-paced, head-to-head matchups.
Why similar: Sports 44.1%, Football (American) 42.1% ★, Strategy 13.8%