Games Like FootballLife

Manage one of over 1,000 real non-league clubs through the English football pyramid. Day jobs, ground grading, gate receipts, cup runs, and a world where clubs can fold around you. Football management at its most real.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.9% ★, Sports 21.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Immersive Sim 9.5%, Strategy 5.9%

Lead your football club through national championships and to international stardom. Take over an established men’s or women’s team of your choice as its manager or bring a small team into the big league.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.6% ★, Sports 19.1%, Time Management 15.1%, Simulation 5.5%, Strategy 4%

The original retro-­styled football management game remade and re-released in 2025. It's a faithful recreation of the original groundbreaking 1982 Football Manager, the title that launched the football-management genre!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.4% ★, Sports 23.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Economy 6.8%, Text-Based 4.6%

Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.7% ★, Sports 25.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 6.6%, Multiplayer 1.2%

Run your own football academy. Scout and discover young talents, evaluate their potential, manage their development through training, and negotiate transfers with clubs to grow your prestige and influence.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.1% ★, Sports 19%, Economy 14.8%, Simulation 5.3%, Text-Based 4.8%

Build your football empire. Scout talent, manage finances, develop tactics and lead your club from obscurity to glory in a deep football management simulation.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.1% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Immersive Sim 8.9%, Strategy 6.8%

Premier Manager 08 is the definitive pick up and play football management experience. Whether you want to start at the top with one of the big boys and go for instant glory, or whether you want to guide a minnow to the top flight, Premier Manager will put you in the management hotseat.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.4% ★, Sports 16.4%, Time Management 15%, Text-Based 9%, Simulation 6.4%

A physics-based football simulation where you directly control a character’s leg articulation to move, balance, and kick, emphasizing skill, precision, and mastery over unconventional controls.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.7% ★, Sports 23.3%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Multiplayer football management built on fair competition. Outsmart rivals with skill and strategy - no random packs, no pay-to-win gameplay. Take charge of your club, build your squad, and prove yourself on the world stage.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 60.3% ★, Sports 23.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 6.4%, Multiplayer 0.8%

You’ll experience all the emotions of football management in Premier Manager 2004-2005. Find out if you’ve got what it takes…

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48% ★, Sports 17.5%, Time Management 15.4%, Text-Based 8.3%, Simulation 6.8%

PIX Football Manager is a nostalgic, casual football management simulator focused on scouting. Set your tactics, find hidden gems, and improve your facilities as you build a dynasty. With no visible player stats, you must spot talent yourself. Grab your clipboard, the game starts now.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.7% ★, Sports 20%, Simulation 9%, Economy 8.8%, Strategy 5.4%

Premier Manager returns for another season, with overhauled presentation and an enhanced interface that makes the world of football management even more accessible.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.3% ★, Sports 17.6%, Time Management 15%, Text-Based 8.2%, Simulation 6.8%

Simulate over 40 events, including the World Cup and continental cups. Enjoy high replayability with 220+ national teams evolving dynamically over the years. Use powerful in-game editors to create new teams and edit tournament formats, while tracking detailed statistics for every team and event!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.3% ★, Sports 20.1%, Text-Based 13.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Immersive Sim 6.6%

Indulge in pan-European fantasy football by taking control of any club from the four English divisions, or simultaneously from the top two divisions of the continent’s premier leagues (Spain, Italy, France and Germany).

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.8% ★, Sports 17.4%, Time Management 15.1%, Text-Based 8.8%, Simulation 6.7%

The Chairman is a football management sim built that lives in the bottomo corner of your screen. Matches simulate automatically while you work, study, or do anything else. Check in when you have a moment. Make your decisions. Let the season run. You choose the time lap.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.9% ★, Sports 28.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Economy 7.5%, Strategy 6.4%

Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Club Soccer Director 2022 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Club Soccer Director 2022 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.6% ★, Sports 27.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Strategy 7.4%

A deep football management simulation where you control tactics, transfers, training, and club development. Build your squad, outsmart rivals, and lead your team to glory.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.7% ★, Sports 27.8%, Simulation 11%, Immersive Sim 7%, Strategy 6.8%

Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.9% ★, Sports 18%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Time Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.7%

Playability is central to the ethos of Premier Manager and 06/07 offers all football fans, young and old, the most accessible entry point to the management genre.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.2% ★, Sports 17.8%, Time Management 15.1%, Text-Based 8.3%, Simulation 6.8%

Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.4% ★, Sports 28.6%, Text-Based 9%, Simulation 8.8%, 2D 0.6%

Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.8% ★, Sports 16.3%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Text-Based 8%, Simulation 7.1%

Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 60.8% ★, Sports 19.3%, Simulation 8%, Economy 6.2%, Strategy 4.7%

Build your table football club from nothing. Scout, train, and manage players, set your lineup and tactics, and watch matches unfold on a physics-driven table. Climb the divisions and become a foosball legend.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.2% ★, Sports 28.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%

A fast-paced football penalty shootout game where you pick from 360 teams across 12 leagues, aim with the mouse, and click to dive as the keeper. Outsmart smart AI goalkeepers and climb from group stage to knockout glory.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 70% ★, Sports 28.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%, 2D 0.8%

Retro Football Boss is a historical football management simulation featuring the English professional leagues from 1888 to 1998 (with German leagues coming soon). This is your chance to take a trip down memory lane or right the wrongs of the past.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 61.3% ★, Sports 19.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 5.9%, Indie 0.4%

Manage your football team and take on challenging, realistic tournaments. Develop your squad, trade players, play real-time multiplayer matches, and customize every detail of your club to make it truly unique.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.7% ★, Sports 25.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 7.2%, Text-Based 5.5%

WFO World Football Online is an online football management game with a non-scripted match engine on a virtual football world continuously developed by AI.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.1% ★, Sports 29.3%, Simulation 10%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 6.4% ★, Strategy 4.5%

Take charge of your football club in Football Owner 2025! Build your dream team, manage finances, make key transfers, and lead your club to glory. Can you handle the pressure and become the ultimate football owner?

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 27.3%, Economy 9.6%, Simulation 9.1%, Text-Based 5.4%

Manage a football pitch and arcade! Upgrade machines, attract players and build your ultimate fun center.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.8% ★, Time Management 20.1%, Sports 16.6%, Economy 13.3%, Simulation 4.8%

Pure football management stripped to its essence. Build your squad, develop talent, and dominate the league. No press conferences, no social media just tactical decisions that matter. Inspired by the golden age of text-based management sims.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.4% ★, Sports 20.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Text-Based 8.2%, Strategy 5.6%

In Soccer Penalty Kick, feel the pressure, the roar of the crowd, and the thrill of the shot! Smash in impossible goals, outsmart the keeper, and rise as your team’s hero. Every kick counts—become a legend on the field!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55% ★, Sports 22.3%, Immersive Sim 12%, Simulation 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Become the president of your club and make decisions that change its destiny. Manage transfers, staff, finances, media, facilities, and the president's personal life in a deep and dynamic football management experience.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.2% ★, Sports 31%, Simulation 14.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.2%

Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.6% ★, Sports 34.3%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 8.5%, Multiplayer 0.7%

Street Soccer Simulator throws you into chaotic, messy matches where the rules don’t matter. Just you, the ball, and the streets—slide, smash, and score in the most fun and unpredictable soccer brawls you’ve ever played!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 54.2% ★, Sports 23%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Multiplayer 0.8%

In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truly infinite hours to play.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.1% ★, Sports 17.8%, Economy 14.4%, Text-Based 10%, Simulation 5.7%

A football manager like there has never been before. Play Player's Eleven the way you want, as a youth coach, sports director, head coach or club director. Choose your role and lead your club to titles and glory.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.9% ★, Sports 29.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Text-Based 7.3%, Strategy 2.5%

Become the manager of a football team and take full control of your club. Manage scouting, training, facilities, and squad development. Choose your philosophy: focus on coaching and tactics, or invest in developing the next generation of stars. Success depends on your decisions.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.5% ★, Sports 29.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Live the life of an up-and-coming superstar in this unique football career game. Start out as a 16 year old lad and work your way to the top to become a footballing legend!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 54.3% ★, Sports 32%, Simulation 13.2%, Indie 0.6%

This is soccer management like you’ve never experienced it - Be more than just a player, be the head, the heart, and backbone of New Star FC. Be the Manager.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 56.7% ★, Sports 28.3%, Simulation 14%, Indie 0.6%, RPG 0.4%

Football Career Mode 26 is a straightforward football manager game. Choose a club, choose a sponsor and start your football manager career! Lead your club to the top through transfers, scouting, infrastructure updates and much more and win as many titles as possible!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.8% ★, Sports 26.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy RPG 7.9%, Strategy 5%

Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 65.3% ★, Sports 29.1%, Simulation 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%

In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truly infinite hours to play.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.7% ★, Sports 19.6%, Text-Based 6.1%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 5.4%

Legendary Eleven is an ​epic arcade football game inspired by the golden age of football spanning the 70's to the 90's. Choose from 36 teams full of glorious haircuts, moustaches and legends in short shorts. Lead them to glory and win the World Cup!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 74.8% ★, Sports 24%, Multiplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.4%

Build your own football pitch business. Make repairs, expand your facilities, and attract the interest of football fans.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.7% ★, Sports 27.6%, Simulation 16.9%, Multiplayer 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Become the manager of a small neighborhood futsal club, recruit players on a tight budget, and build your tactics. Manage morale through team activities, shift the momentum with substitutions and tactical changes in tense text-based matches, and grow your team step by step.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48% ★, Sports 32%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Indie 0.6%

Dive into the immersive world of VR soccer (football)! Experience the thrill of a full match with three difficulty levels and various formations. Refine your skills in dedicated practice modes, including penalties, free kicks, curved shots, cross finishing, and ball smashing.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 57.6% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 10%, Immersive Sim 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Manage a futsal team and lead it to success by scouting players and choosing the best tactic and line up for every match. Customize teams and players with the in-game editor. Proudly open source.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.5% ★, Sports 19%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 6.9%, 2D 0.6%

Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Football Club Manager 2023 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Football Club Manager 2023 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62% ★, Sports 20.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Immersive Sim 7%, Strategy 2.4%

Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89 is a tribute to the golden age of management sims, a love letter to text-based immersion. Every week presents a new set of challenges and a deeply satisfying gameplay loop where your decisions truly matter.

Why similar: Sports 27.4%, Football (Soccer) 24.5% ★, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Simulation 11%, Text-Based 8.5%

A lifestyle football RPG where you rise from the 4th division to world glory. Build a deck of 110 skill cards, romance 22 unique characters, compete across 8 countries, and pass your legacy to the next generation. Your football life begins now.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.9% ★, Dating Sim 19.7%, Sports 14.1%, Simulation 5.9%, 2D 0.3%

A football game unlike anything you've ever seen before! Experience the thrill of dealing with a mentally unstable boss, nagging journalists and social climbers, all the while having to keep up with top players from all around the world!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.1% ★, Sports 21.5%, Dating Sim 20.6%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Simulation 9.5%

You're the manager and it's your team. Play Player's Eleven now! Run the club of your choice or work your way up from the bottom to the top. Extensive editing options available.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 65.6% ★, Sports 21.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%, 2D 0.8%

Powered by Football Manager ™, featuring more than 5,000 real player data from FIFPRO™. Allowing you to compete in J League, K League, and more! Become the manager of your club and bring your team to global superstars.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.3% ★, Sports 28.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 4.6% ★, Multiplayer 1%

IOSoccer is a free non-commercial competitive third-person online multiplayer soccer game that offers unparalleled freedom in ball control and gameplay depth.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 67.4% ★, Sports 30%, Multiplayer 2.1%, Indie 0.4%

TriFute, a unique button soccer game, allows you to play dynamic matches against online opponents or local multiplayer.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.3% ★, Sports 36.4%, Multiplayer 1.4%