Games Like BFM 26

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: Sports 36.3%, Football (Soccer) 24.5% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 8.4%

Foosball Manager is a table football management sim. Scout, sign, and train your squad. Set your tactics, then call the shots from the sideline as your players act on their own across a physics-driven table. Climb the divisions and become a foosball legend.

Why similar: Sports 40.7%, Football (Soccer) 27% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 9.1%

Build and lead a football academy from U11 to U19. Scout and recruit young talent, develop your squads, set tactics, compete for promotion and trophies, improve your academy, and follow your graduates throughout their senior careers.

Why similar: Sports 38.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.3% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%

Football doesn't follow a script… and neither does International Football Manager 27. Make decisions, face the consequences, and experience a more exciting, authentic, and unpredictable simulation as you lead your soccer team to the top.

Why similar: Sports 42.8%, Football (Soccer) 17.9% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 11%, Grand Strategy 9.4%

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: Sports 41.3%, Football (Soccer) 21.6% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 6.3%

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

Why similar: Sports 47.5%, Football (Soccer) 24.6% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Management 5%

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: Sports 28.5%, Football (Soccer) 28.4% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 7.6%

The Chairman is a football management sim built that lives in the bottom 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 41.7%, Football (Soccer) 26.6% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Management 9%

A data-driven football management simulation where you control every aspect of your club’s journey — from tactics, scouting, and player development to finances, facilities, and legacy. Build your philosophy, shape your destiny, and lead your team to greatness.

Why similar: Sports 35.7%, Football (Soccer) 24.8% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%

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

Why similar: Sports 37.4%, Football (Soccer) 31.8% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 9.3%

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: Sports 36.6%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Management 9.2%

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 51.8%, Football (Soccer) 21.1% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 3.4%

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 42%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Management 11%, Simulation 10.3%, Text-Based 4.9%

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 39.7%, Football (Soccer) 18% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 6.1%

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: Sports 44.1%, Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Management 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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 51.7%, Football (Soccer) 24.5% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Management 9.1%

You don’t coach. You don’t sign the cheques. You find the players nobody else has seen. Football Scout Simulator puts you in the scout’s seat: an office, a phone, a notebook, and a passport. You have ten seasons to turn an unknown reputation into a legend of global scouting, or get yourself fired.

Why similar: Sports 42.9%, Football (Soccer) 18.4% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Management 5.6%

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: Sports 36.9%, Football (Soccer) 29.9% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 10%, Immersive Sim 5.1%

The auto-run football tournament soccer game. Be the player, be the manager.

Why similar: Sports 40.7%, Football (Soccer) 28.6% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Management 7.6%

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) 34.3% ★, Sports 34.2%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 8.1%

A football management game for people who love football but don't want to spend hours on every detail. Choose from 5,909 clubs, build your team, play in leagues and cups, and get insights from your assistant Rob. Includes 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and a customizable database.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34% ★, Sports 26.7%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 7.2%

Eleven Legends blends football management, character growth, and strategic matches. You are not just a manager on the sidelines, nor just one player on the pitch. Plan each week, build bonds, find mentors, and lead your team to victory.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.3% ★, Sports 33%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 7.7%

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: Sports 41.9%, Football (Soccer) 32.2% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Management 10%, Indie 1.7%

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) 37.4% ★, Sports 31%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 7.8%

You're not the manager, you're the CHAIRMAN. Hire and fire managers, survive transfer windows, and keep the ultras out of the boardroom. Bankroll Barcalana, dodge bankruptcy, and try not to get voted out. It's football without all that annoying running.

Why similar: Sports 40.9%, Football (Soccer) 19% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Text-Based 7.6%

Crazy! After an accident involving a coffee-obsessed superhero, you end up in a parallel football world. Lead your club from the third division to the top, discover absurd super talents, and experience crazy live matches – developed by a solo developer with extensive AI support.

Why similar: Sports 36.2%, Football (Soccer) 31.1% ★, Management 13.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 6%

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: Sports 36.4%, Football (Soccer) 36.2% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 9%, Management 8.1%

Manage your club through fast-paced football seasons in a retro-inspired management simulation. Build your squad, scout the transfer market, manage finances, shape your tactics and experience procedurally generated stories in every career.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.9% ★, Sports 32.5%, Simulation 11%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 9.8%

Climb from the lower divisions to glory. Marvelous Soccer Simulation is a single-player football management sim — fast seasons, leagues and cups, tactics, transfers, and match nights built for drama. Early Access.

Why similar: Sports 42.1%, Football (Soccer) 19.6% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, Management 6.6%

A futsal management game with a 2D match engine and integrated editor. Can you find the next wonderkid and become the best manager? Proudly open source.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.4% ★, Sports 33.3%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.2%

A football manager like they used to make: negotiate with clubs, players and sponsors, keep your dressing room, your board and your private life from falling apart — and follow every match in a live ticker with drama and a wink. Deep simulation with humour and heart. German language only.

Why similar: Sports 41.6%, Football (Soccer) 29.2% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Management 9.9%, Text-Based 4.9%

1992.... The top flight has a new name, the money is coming, and the old rules are about to change. Build a dynasty across the seasons as fees, wages, tactics, deals and grounds all grow with the decade. Poach kids. Tap up targets. Fill the stands. Survive the boom. Build your dynasty !

Why similar: Sports 42.3%, Football (Soccer) 29.9% ★, Management 10.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 6.5%

A football management game about hindsight. Inherit a real club exactly as it was, tear the squad up, and sign the players you now know were going to be great - at what they cost then. Play it forward season by season. Seven ways to play, from managing a club to being a pundit.

Why similar: Sports 30.9%, Football (Soccer) 28.9% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Management 10%, Grand Strategy 6.6%

A football management game with an old-school spirit but a fresh perspective: choose from 100 Italian clubs and build your career as a chief executive. Oversee finances, transfers, staff, facilities and marketing; delegate the sporting side or take Full Control.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 32.4% ★, Sports 31.6%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 8.5%

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: Sports 37.7%, Football (Soccer) 33.9% ★, Management 10%, Simulation 9.9%, Text-Based 3.5%

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: Sports 41.6%, Football (Soccer) 25.5% ★, Management 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 7.5%

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) 37.9% ★, Sports 31.4%, Management 15.2%, Simulation 11.5%, 2D 1.7%

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) 37.9% ★, Sports 30.3%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 5.9%

Build, manage, and grow your own football club from Division 4 to European glory. Expand your stadium and facilities in 3D, compete in league and cup competitions, and create a football dynasty by making the right decisions in this fast-paced football manager game.

Why similar: Sports 51.4%, Football (Soccer) 19.8% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.3%

You're not just the manager — you own the club. Start in the fifth tier with a broke squad and a crumbling ground: set tactics, sign players, build the stadium, keep the board happy. Then sell up, buy a bigger club, and climb again. Five leagues. One long road to the top.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.8% ★, Sports 29.7%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.4%

Buy, build, and flip football clubs in a fast-paced roguelite management sim. Sign players, hire staff, survive FFP, unlock Club DNA modifiers, and grow club value across 1-2 hour seasonal runs.

Why similar: Sports 35.4%, Football (Soccer) 31.7% ★, Management 9.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8.5%

Agent Pro is a first-person action game where you play as an elite agent. Complete dangerous missions, fight enemies, and use strategy, skill, and precision to overcome every challenge and become the ultimate professional operative.

Why similar: Sports 42.9%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Immersive Sim 6.7%, Text-Based 5.7%

Calcio 98 is a single-player football management game set in the 1998/99 season and created by longtime fans of the classics like Premier Manager 98 or PC Fútbol 7. Lead your club across 18 leagues and 14 cups through tactics, transfers, squad development and finances.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.8% ★, Sports 33.5%, Management 11%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7%

Take charge of a football club and answer for everything: sign players in a market where clubs haggle for days, balance the wage bill against the board's demands, and steer matches live from the touchline. 27 leagues, 690 clubs, one season at a time.

Why similar: Sports 38.8%, Football (Soccer) 34.2% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Text-Based 5%

Are you ready for the World Cup 2030? Lead hundreds of club and national teams to glory in this deep soccer simulation. Simulate 40+ global events, from continental cups to the grand stage. Perfect for fans of international football management and endless replayability!

Why similar: Sports 32.5%, Football (Soccer) 31.9% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Management 10.6%, Text-Based 10.3%

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: Sports 50.8%, Football (Soccer) 32.8% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Indie 1.8%

Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.

Why similar: Sports 57%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Football (Soccer) 6.8% ★, Management 2.5%

Regions break away. Economies boom and crash. Conspiracies, lawsuits, and personal lives shape the game. Lead as Club Director, Club Owner, Federation Executive, or First Team Manager in a world that moves without you.

Why similar: Sports 53.7%, Simulation 18%, Strategy 14.5%, Management 11.1%, 2D 1.8%

This is a sports betting simulation game. You have to make bets and earn money in order to achieve set goals and advance in your adventure.

Why similar: Sports 44.8%, Football (Soccer) 23.9% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 8%, Management 6.9%

Manage a prison football team, trade inmates, develop your squad, survive prison politics, and lead your team from the yard to glory.

Why similar: Sports 38%, Football (Soccer) 30.5% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 3.9%

A football manager inspired by the classics of the 90s. Manage your club, sign and sell players, prepare tactics and experience matches through results, watch or interactive modes. Play solo or with up to four human managers and customize the game with the editor and patches.

Why similar: Sports 34.8%, Football (Soccer) 30.6% ★, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11%, Moddable 5.9%

WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 is the ultimate challenge for manager fans and anyone who wants to become one! Accessible, with great depth of play, a focus on tactics and more than 200 simulated countries. Now with a new creative mode that lets you tailor the game perfectly to your preferences!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.1% ★, Sports 32.4%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Moddable 6.7%

In Noyan: Club Chairman, you’re the president, not the manager. Leave tactics to the coach; your job is to manage finances, lock down sponsors, and win over the fans. Remember: matches are played on the pitch, but the club’s future is won in the presidential office!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 28.1% ★, Sports 26.5%, Management 10.1%, Grand Strategy 9.7%, Immersive Sim 7.1%