
An old-school football manager in the style of the management games of the 90s. Lead your team through the seasons, shaped by dynamic story events. Develop your club and yourself to gain reputation and conquer your league and the world.
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An old-school football manager in the style of the management games of the 90s. Lead your team through the seasons, shaped by dynamic story events. Develop your club and yourself to gain reputation and conquer your league and the world.

PIX Football Manager
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.

Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89
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.
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) 31.5% ★, Sports 22.1%, 1990's 9%, Simulation 7.9%, Management 7.3%
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) 14.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Simulation 8.6%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2022-23 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Sandbox 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
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) 40.1% ★, Sports 30.7%, 1990's 7.2%, Cute 4.7%, Comedy 4.7%
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) 37.4% ★, Sports 27.7%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Retro 7.3%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2021-22 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 34.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
Director Manager Total is a football management sim: wheel and deal in the transfer market, craft daring tactics, and drag a ramshackle club to league glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 31.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, 1990's 15.4%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.2%
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: Sports 33%, Football (Soccer) 26.6% ★, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.3%
Experience the thrill of the beautiful game in this collection of editions of the acclaimed 'Kick Off' series developed for home and handheld consoles in the early 1990s. Includes 40 fully-customizable teams, and a variety of game modes, from friendlies to leagues to international cups.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.2% ★, Sports 32.2%, Retro 14%, Old School 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
FootCareer ULT is the brand new retro style football career simulator where you can become the greatest player possible. Rise to the top, make your own decisions, and solidify your place in football history.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 24.1% ★, Sports 18.8%, Sandbox 14.3%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Minimalist 10.3%
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) 30.1% ★, Sports 29.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
This is a surrealistic football game. You will form a national football team composed of super heroes, use some unusual ways (such as match-fixing, bribing the refree), and lead them to challenge the top teams in the world to win the world championship.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.7% ★, Sports 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Sandbox 7.7%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40% ★, Sports 31%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 8.9%
Tiny Football is a throwback to classic top-down football games of the 80’s and 90's. Compete with over 200 national and club teams in a variety of tournaments against your friends or the computer.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.3% ★, Sports 23.6%, 1990's 14.2%, Retro 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%
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) 42.3% ★, Sports 23.5%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Retro 7.3%
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) 35.6% ★, Sports 24.3%, Sandbox 15.3%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 9%
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: Sports 33.6%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 9.5%
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) 34.6% ★, Sports 33.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Management 9.1%
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: Sports 36.1%, Football (Soccer) 31.6% ★, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Management 8.3%
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) 43.5% ★, Sports 29.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Management 7.6%
Take your team to glory, using a keen strategy and tactical prowess to overcome your opponents!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 32.2% ★, Sports 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Minimalist 10.1%
Online, Single/Multiplayer tactical, simultaneous turn-based soccer strategy game. Play live games or play resumable games over a few days. Level up your team, unlock abilities and dominate the leaderboards. Or just embarrass your friends with your superior skills.
Why similar: Sports 31.1%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 30.7% ★, Sports 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Management 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
In this classic soccer simulation from 1997, experience fast-paced action with a variety of game modes, from friendlies to seasons. Play with one of 11 national teams, Alan Shearer's hand picked All Star team, or your own custom team. Features motion capture from a young Michael Owen.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.5% ★, Sports 29.6%, 1990's 12%, Retro 10.8%, Old School 8.1%
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: Sports 35.1%, Football (Soccer) 33.5% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 8.8%
Create a soccer club and take control to beat your opponents in this strategic digital board game. Roll dice to position your players, create your formations, and play action cards to adapt your tactics, whether offensive or defensive.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 24.8% ★, Sports 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 7.3%
XP Soccer is a love letter to the classic soccer games from the NES era!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42% ★, Sports 30.1%, Retro 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Old School 6%
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) 36.5% ★, Sports 30.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Strategy 10%
In Club Manager, you will take on the role of an up-and-coming football manager. Start with a team in the 8th league or take over an existing team from the higher leagues and lead your team towards victory. Club Manager returns to the virtues of classic soccer managers with a focus on the essentials.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 28.3% ★, Sports 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, 1990's 10.1%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Sports 40.8%, Football (Soccer) 31% ★, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.2%, Management 5.1%
A game about soccer, made by people who suck at playing soccer. Guide your team of nerds to victory in this tight, tactical soccer game!
Why similar: Sports 27.1%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 11.1%
In this thrilling football game from the mid-1980s, lead your team to victory against computer opponents, or take on your friends in multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.6% ★, Sports 27.6%, Retro 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Simulation 6.5%
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: Sports 35.3%, Football (Soccer) 33% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 6.8%
MicroProse™ Soccer is an accessible and engaging classic soccer game that lets you compete against a friend or CPU opponent at world class level in the World Cup, International Challenge, or in the indoor league.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.9% ★, Sports 30.7%, Retro 11.1%, Simulation 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
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) 34.6% ★, Sports 31.7%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Management 9.2%
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) 43.4% ★, Sports 22.6%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 9.2%
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) 37.9% ★, Sports 37.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 9.9%
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) 37.1% ★, Sports 24.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.1%
The Killer Pass: Season 1 - a tactical soccer game where your decisions lead to victory. Lead Prakaidao through intense matches, position players strategically, and outsmart opponents. From swift counterattacks to breaking defenses, prove yourself as the ultimate playmaker!
Why similar: Sports 40.3%, Football (Soccer) 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 12.8%, 2D 3.8%
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.8% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
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) 45.8% ★, Sports 25.4%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 10.5%, 2D 4%
TOTOBALL, also known as table football, is a football-inspired game. In it players have to pull, push and spin the soccer players that are stuck in cross bars, a simple game that can give you lots of fun times with your friends
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.8% ★, Sports 20.3%, 1990's 16.4%, Old School 12.9%, Retro 10.1%
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: Sports 37%, Football (Soccer) 35.3% ★, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 3.6%
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) 45.6% ★, Sports 24.4%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Retro 5.7%
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) 41.1% ★, Sports 35.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 10%
Seasonal Soccer is single-player soccer game and incredible fun to play. Play against challenging CPU! You can also let AI play your team players and "manager" your team. And take full control when situation goes tricky! Or play all time with 100% control of your players. You have 8 teams to choose. Easy to play & fun!
Why similar: Sports 37.6%, Football (Soccer) 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%, Retro 6.3%
The deepest golf management sim ever made. Run a dynamic universe, build a fantasy dynasty against customizable AI, or play multiple career modes. A text-based, stats-rich sandbox for the ultimate golf fan.
Why similar: Sports 30%, Sandbox 13.9%, Immersive Sim 13.4%, 1990's 11.9%, Simulation 11%
With improved playability from previous versions, and ease of use, Premier Manager ‘10 is the ideal game for those who love the high-pressure world of topflight football management. PLEASE NOTE: You will start from the 2009/10 season.
Why similar: Sports 44.8%, Football (Soccer) 31.7% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Management 9.1%
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: Sports 37.7%, Football (Soccer) 37% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Minimalist 8.3%, Strategy 6.9%
Lead your team from the very bottom to the top of international football. Use turn-based gameplay to strategically influence matches and surprise your opponents. Also, focus on management: player transfers, youth development, or the expansion of your infrastructure.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.3% ★, Sports 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 6.3%
The auto-run football tournament soccer game. Be the player, be the manager.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.6% ★, Sports 34.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Management 7.5%
Lords of Football is a whole new sports lifestyle simulator, played in God Mode.The everyday routine of football is brought to life, simulating footballers' training to improve their skills and all the drama and real-life distractions that unfold during a normal season.
Why similar: Sports 45.7%, Football (Soccer) 27.8% ★, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 3.5%
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) 38.3% ★, Sports 24.3%, Retro 9.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Management 7.2%
Compete in a wide variety of athletic events in this classic game from the 1980s, including pole vault, gymnastics, 100 m dash, and skeet shooting. Included are the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600 and Sega Master System versions.
Why similar: Sports 43%, Retro 18.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Old School 12%, Pixel Graphics 10%
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) 44.8% ★, Sports 32.1%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Simulation 7.5%
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) 45.3% ★, Sports 25.9%, Management 10.8%, Immersive Sim 7.3%, Simulation 7.1%