- #1 Heya! Sumo Manager
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Houseman Games
Windows
Heya! Sumo Manager allows you to manage a sumo stable and develop the skills of your rikishi on their road to Yokozuna! Climb from Jonokuchi to Sekitori by organizing the diet, training and tactics of your wrestlers and see them compete in 3D matches.
Why similar: Wrestling 35.3% ★, Sports 28%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 6.4%
- #2 Journey of Wrestling
96% matchVery Positive95% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: Clean Bean Studios
Windows
A wrestling management sim that's easy to pick up and play. Book fantasy matches, create epic stories and develop your wrestlers as you grow to dominate the industry. With extensive customization and depth, you can bring your wrestling dreams to life.
Why similar: Wrestling 46% ★, Sports 24.1%, Simulation 9%, Management 8.4%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #3 Believr Pro Wrestling
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Believr GamesPub: Believr Interactive
Windows
BPW gives you all the stress of running a wrestling promotion, without the money, the glory, or the safety net.
Why similar: Wrestling 46.8% ★, Sports 18.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #4 Total Extreme Wrestling 2010
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Step into the world of wrestling in World Total Extreme Wrestling 2010. In this simulation title, you play the role of a wrestling promoter, and it is up to you to steer your company to the top of the industry!
Why similar: Wrestling 59.1% ★, Sports 25%, Simulation 10%, Management 5.9%
- #5 Territory Titans: Booking Wars
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wired Jackal Studios
Windows
Build and manage a wrestling territory in the golden age of professional wrestling. Draft talent, book rivalries, manage finances, grow your fanbase, and compete against rival promotions in a deep sports management simulation.
Why similar: Wrestling 49.8% ★, Sports 23.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 5.7%
- #6 Pro Wrestling Sim
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 676 reviews2021
Dev: Pro Wrestling Sim
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pro Wrestling Sim is a text-based pro-wrestling booking simulator. Control a wrestling promotion, decide your roster, and create storylines, feuds and matches where the winners and losers are in your hands.
Why similar: Wrestling 50% ★, Sports 18.3%, Simulation 10%, Management 8.6%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #7 Championship Wrestling Promoter
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Pykrete Games
Windows
Book shows, build feuds, manage your finances, and win the TV ratings war in Championship Wrestling Promoter, a professional wrestling management strategy game.
Why similar: Wrestling 50.4% ★, Sports 23.3%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 3.7%
- #8 Main Event: Wrestling Manager
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chartist Games
Windows
Main Event: Wrestling Manager is a wrestling booking simulator where you will hire and develop talent and staff, book matches, handle logistics and the media and much more in order to build your promotion into the best wrestling empire that has ever existed.
Why similar: Wrestling 49.1% ★, Sports 19.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Management 7.9%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #9 Wrestling Spirit 3
92% matchMixed44% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take control of the career of a professional wrestler, guiding him through the world title wins, the tough matches, and the rivalries. Control matches negotiate contracts, manage personal finances, navigate backstage politics and more in this text-based pro wrestling role-playing simulation.
Why similar: Wrestling 44.4% ★, Sports 39.8%, Simulation 15.8%
- #10 The Pay Window: 80s Wrestling Simulator
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oceanic Porkchop Studios
Windows
Book shows, manage talent, build feuds, and survive the US territory era and beyond in a text-based wrestling booking sim where ratings, money, morale, and momentum can make or break your promotion.
Why similar: Wrestling 54.7% ★, Sports 21.4%, Simulation 10.2%, Text-Based 7.4%, Strategy 5.1%
- #11 Uchi No Heya!
88% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: James West
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a sumo stable! Recruit rookies, drill their stats, cook chanko nabe, and steer them through six grand tournaments a year. Climb the banzuke from Jonokuchi to Yokozuna while juggling injuries, rivalries, and an empty bank account. Work hard to make your heya legendary!
Why similar: Wrestling 53.8% ★, Sports 24.9%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 7.3%, Casual 1.5%
- #12 Grunt - The Wrestling Game
89% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Nathan MercerPub: A-Ron Productions
Windows
GRUNT - The Wrestling Game Step into the ring and take control! Welcome to GRUNT - The Wrestling Game, the ultimate text-based wrestling simulation! This isn't about fancy graphics; it's about playing in your own wrestling "sandbox" and watching the chaos unfold!
Why similar: Wrestling 52.6% ★, Sports 21.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 7.8%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #13 Booker Blitz
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David MoraisPub: David Morais
Windows · Mac · Linux
The wrestling booking sim with live match control. Sit in Gorilla Position and call the shots in real time. Change winners, trigger run-ins, cut matches short. Manage contracts, hire staff, book arenas, and build your promotion from the ground up. Keyboard-first. Fully moddable.
Why similar: Sports 36.9%, Wrestling 33.2% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Sandbox 2.9%
- #14 College Wrestling Manager 2026
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Grimm Games Llc
Windows
Text based only college sports game. Take control of your favorite college or university's wrestling program. Make program decisions to place the best roster on the mat possible to win a collegiate championship. Recruit new wrestlers to improve the program year after year.
Why similar: Wrestling 44.6% ★, Sports 37.8%, Text-Based 9.5%, Strategy 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #15 Squared Circle Tycoon
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Terminal Software
Windows
Step into the role of a wrestling promoter! Sign talent, book matches, manage intense rivalries, and fight for TV ratings in the ultimate GM simulator.
Why similar: Wrestling 46.7% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Text-Based 5%
- #16 WWE 2K26
86% matchMixed55% of 3,103 reviews2026
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 23.4 hrsMean: 51.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The show never stops in WWE 2K26! Step into CM Punk’s 2K Showcase, dominate with 400+ Superstars and Legends, and unleash chaos with all-new match types.
Why similar: Wrestling 41.4% ★, Sports 36.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #17 Fire Pro Wrestling World
85% matchVery Positive90% of 3,330 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 51.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The greatest grappling game returns to take on the world! Customize every aspect of the match, from your wrestler to the ring itself, in your fight for the championship belt.
Why similar: Wrestling 55.1% ★, Sports 31.5%, Simulation 13.5%
- #18 Promo Wrestling World
83% match2 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: DreamXscape Studios
Windows
Book the cards, manage the roster, build champions, and survive a living wrestling industry where rival promotions sign talent, run shows, grow, fold, and reshape the world around your dynasty over years of play.
Why similar: Sports 27.3%, Wrestling 25.3% ★, Simulation 18%, Sandbox 11.8%, Text-Based 9%
- #19 WBS26 Wrestling Booker Simulator
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maksym LohvynenkoPub: WBS Lamadu Studio
Windows
WBS26 is a wrestling promotion management simulator where you control shows, rosters, contracts, titles, finances, and backstage drama. Build stars, create rivalries, survive crises, and shape the future of your promotion. #BookItBetter
Why similar: Wrestling 51.1% ★, Sports 23.7%, Management 11.4%, Text-Based 7.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #20 Wrestling Revolution 3D
84% matchVery Positive88% of 416 reviews2017
Dev: MDickie
Windows · Mac
The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!
Why similar: Wrestling 62% ★, Sports 23.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 4.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #21 Pro Wrestling: The Ascent
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Newfound Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forge your path in professional wrestling as an unknown rookie and climb the ranks through training, matches, bookings, and rivalries in a deep single-player career simulator.
Why similar: Wrestling 49.7% ★, Sports 33.1%, Simulation 8.9%, Text-Based 7.4%, Indie 0.6%
- #22 Pro Wrestling Tycoon
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CharmByte, LLC
Windows · Mac
Pro Wrestling Tycoon is a day-by-day wrestling promotion management sim. Book shows, manage contracts and storylines, negotiate network deals, and compete in a living industry of rival companies, news, and backstage drama. Deep modding and Steam Workshop support let you shape the universe.
Why similar: Sports 36.4%, Wrestling 23.3% ★, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #23 WWE 2K25
78% matchMixed69% of 6,604 reviews2025
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Celebrate The Bloodline in Showcase. Compete online in MyGM. Expanded gameplay includes intergender wrestling, chain wrestling, barricade diving, the return of Promos + much more!
Why similar: Wrestling 57.6% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Sandbox 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #24 Brass Town Wrestling
78% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Empty Teapot
Windows
Brass Town Wrestling takes the small open world RPG approach of Harvest Moon, mixes it with the stat building system of Princess Maker 2, and throws you into the crazy world of professional wrestling! Will you become a champ or another jabroni?
Why similar: Sports 42.3%, Wrestling 39.9% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Indie 0.8%
- #25 Director of Management: Football Club
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows
Choose your place in football. Play as a First Team Manager, Club Director, Club Owner, or Federation Executive in a living football world spanning 890+ territories, 60,000+ clubs, and more than 2,000,000 players and staff. Manage the team. Build the club. Own the institution. Govern the game.
Why similar: Sports 50.9%, Simulation 23.3%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #26 Sim: World Cup Manager
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jfsimgames
Windows
Take charge of your nation from a world of 202 teams and chase international glory. Build your squad, master deep tactics and live sideline shouts, unearth wonderkids in your national youth academy, and battle through the World Cup and Continental Championships in a deep football management sim.
Why similar: Sports 42.6%, Simulation 19.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 8%
- #27 World Boxing Manager
77% 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 49.5%, Simulation 19.7%, Management 17.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #28 Gladiator Manager
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Eternity Games
Windows
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 49.9%, Simulation 21%, Strategy 12.8%, Management 8.2%, Text-Based 5.4%
- #29 World Basketball Manager 2
76% 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 53.3%, Simulation 19.4%, Management 15.5%, Strategy 11.8%
- #30 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
76% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 50%, Simulation 20.7%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Indie 2.6%
- #31 American High School Basketball Dynasty
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Westfall and Sons Studios
Windows
Take the clipboard and build a high school basketball dynasty. Out-scheme your rivals, develop your players, and climb from a small program to a 5A powerhouse across a living world of three divisions, where the right game plan can win you a state title one possession at a time.
Why similar: Sports 41.9%, Simulation 19%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Text-Based 8%
- #32 WWE 2K24
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,942 reviews2024
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 20.5 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Experience a gripping retelling of WrestleMania’s greatest moments in 2K Showcase of the Immortals in WWE 2K24, where you can relive a collection of some of the most unforgettable, career-defining matches.
Why similar: Wrestling 60.9% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Sandbox 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #33 Australian Football Coach 2020
73% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2020
Dev: Statto Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Coach your team to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach is the premier Aussie Rules Football management game. Manage your players, tactics, and salary cap as you fight for glory!
Why similar: Sports 56%, Simulation 22%, Strategy 13.2%, Management 5.9%, Indie 2.9%
- #34 Basketball Legacy Manager 27
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Basketball Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional basketball team!
Why similar: Sports 46.7%, Simulation 21.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Management 8.8%
- #35 Cricket Captain 2015
73% matchMixed65% of 63 reviews2015
Dev: Childish ThingsPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cricket Captain has long been hailed as the best cricket simulation game ever created and the upcoming launch of Cricket Captain 2015 will take the experience to an all-new level.
Why similar: Sports 64.3%, Simulation 24.3%, Management 11.4%
- #36 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 58%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Management 3.1%
- #37 Elysium: Blood Games
72% matchMixed61% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Enter a world of blood, influence and secrets in this easy to learn, yet deep strategy sim where you control a group of Gladiators, guiding them through combat and competition. Bribe, gamble and slash your way to an arena championship!
Why similar: Sports 55.1%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 8.7%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #38 Hockey: Strategy Of Success
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winter Legend
Windows · Mac
You like hockey, don’t you? Then experience how does it feel to be a hockey team manager.
Why similar: Sports 62.9%, Management 15%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #39 Advance Rise Basketball Manager
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantel Jackson
Windows
AR Basketball is a long-term basketball franchise simulator where team chemistry, economics, fan growth, player personalities, and league history matter just as much as winning championships. Build your organization across 100 seasons and chase multiple paths to greatness.
Why similar: Sports 43.1%, Simulation 19.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 7.8%
- #40 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Green Pitch Gaming
Windows
No unnecessary complexity, no endless menus: Startelf is a football management game focused on transfers, squad building, and the decisions that truly matter.
Why similar: Sports 46.6%, Simulation 15.7%, Management 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #41 Neckbreaker: Visceral Pro Wrestling
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steve Masson
Windows
Step into the Squared Circle in Neckbreaker, the physics-driven pro wrestling game. Smash your opponent into turnbuckles. Get tangled up in the ring ropes. Dive from a 20 foot balcony. Use the environment to your advantage as you take your rival to their limits.
Why similar: Wrestling 66.1% ★, Sports 33%, Indie 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #42 箱庭小駅伝
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Shin Tomura
Windows
箱庭感覚の駅伝シミュレーションゲームです。
Why similar: Sports 56.1%, Simulation 25.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #43 Hockey Legacy Manager 27
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hockey Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional hockey team!
Why similar: Sports 46.7%, Simulation 21.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Management 8.8%
- #44 Executive Hockey
68% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Rally Call Software
Windows
Rally Call Software presents Executive Hockey, a brand new hockey management sim. Be the GM. Be the coach. Be the champion.
Why similar: Sports 60%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 15.1%
- #45 Handball Manager - TEAM
69% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: UniqueGames
Windows
Your know how and feeling decides about win or loss. Send your team out for trainingscamps or increase the bonus and motivate your guys for unbelieveable performances. Maintain and enlarge your hall, negotiate with ad partners and if everything runs smoothly enjoy your fame.
Why similar: Sports 61.6%, Simulation 24.3%, Strategy 14.1%
- #46 Football Mogul 15
68% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: Sports Mogul, Inc.
Windows
Football Mogul 15 is the 12th 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 2015-2016 season. Enjoy controlling your football franchise in any year from 1970 to 2015.
Why similar: Sports 57.8%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 14%, Casual 3.4%
- #47 MMA Career Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMAdev
Windows · Mac
Create your MMA fighter, develop their skills, build winning game plans, and promote yourself to a global MMA superstar. Every fight is simulated based on your preparation and in-fight decisions, where smart choices can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Why similar: Wrestling 44.9% ★, Sports 34.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #48 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2017
67% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2017 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truely infinite hours to play.
Why similar: Sports 57.5%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 13.9%, Casual 3.3%, Indie 2.5%
- #49 Total Esports Action Manager
67% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Mighty Games
Windows · Mac
YOU are the manager of a rookie Esports team! Only you can lead them to fame and glory! Recruit star players, balance your budget, train the team to be the best they can be, and become Esports League Champions! Work as a T.E.A.M.!
Why similar: Sports 61.9%, Simulation 23.3%, Strategy 14.9%
- #50 Club Soccer Director PRO 2020
67% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
Be more than just a football manager in Club Soccer Director PRO 2020. Take on the role of a Director and manage the day-to-day running of an established soccer club or create your very own club. Club Soccer Director PRO 2020 puts you in charge of the whole club, can you handle the pressure?
Why similar: Sports 61.4%, Simulation 22.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Indie 2.8%
- #51 Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator
61% matchVery Positive96% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Pound for Pound Games
Windows
Run your own MMA promotion. Sign fighters, book cards, manage contracts, and build a combat sports empire in a deep, procedurally generated MMA management sim.
Why similar: Sports 43.1%, Sandbox 17.2%, Simulation 15.2%, Management 12%, Text-Based 7.5%