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  1. #1 Empire Eleven 2026
    97% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: NextStation Games
    Windows

    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%, Football (Soccer) 24.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 8.4%

  2. #2 Foosball Manager
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: machnikl
    Windows · Mac

    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 40.2%, Football (Soccer) 27.2%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 9.3%

  3. #3 Club Soccer Director 2022
    96% matchMixed66% of 115 reviews2022
    Dev: Go Play Games LtdPub: Go Play Games Ltd
    Windows

    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 40.6%, Football (Soccer) 22.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 6.4%

  4. #4 Football Academy Director
    95% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Merla Interactive
    Windows

    Take charge of a football academy, from U11 prospects to the U19 academy team. Scout and recruit young talent, choose youth camps and training camps, shape squads and tactics, climb the Youth League pyramid, and chase league title and World Youth Cup glory.

    Why similar: Sports 38%, Football (Soccer) 27.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.6%

  5. #5 International Football Manager 27
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: UPLAY Online
    Windows · Mac

    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 42.4%, Football (Soccer) 18.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Grand Strategy 9.4%

  6. #6 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 363 reviews2020
    Dev: Trophy Games ApS
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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

    Why similar: Sports 46.8%, Football (Soccer) 25.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 5.1%

  7. #7 Matchday Manager
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lucky Conker Games
    Windows

    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) 28.6%, Sports 28.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 7.6%

  8. #8 FC Tycoon 2027
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Darkwave Studios
    Windows

    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 35.3%, Football (Soccer) 25%, Simulation 12.5%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 8.1%

  9. #9 The Chairman
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mateo Jaramillo
    Windows

    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 41.2%, Football (Soccer) 26.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 9.2%

  10. #10 Football Manager 26
    90% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,190 reviews2025
    Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 57.8 hrsMean: 153.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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

    Why similar: Sports 37%, Football (Soccer) 32%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 9.4%

  11. #11 UltFoot: Football Manager
    91% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Scarlett GameStudio
    Windows

    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 36.2%, Football (Soccer) 27%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 10%, Management 9.3%

  12. #12 Lords of Football
    89% matchMixed52% of 353 reviews2013
    Dev: Geniaware SrlPub: Fish Eagle
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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 51.4%, Football (Soccer) 21.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 3.5%

  13. #13 Pro Soccer Manager 27
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Catoo Games
    Windows

    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 40.5%, Football (Soccer) 26.7%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 11.1%, Management 7.2%

  14. #14 Sim: World Cup Manager
    87% 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 39.3%, Football (Soccer) 18.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 6.2%

  15. #15 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
    88% 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 41.6%, Football (Soccer) 27%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Text-Based 4.9%

  16. #16 Ultimate Club Manager 26
    86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Alpex Studio
    Windows

    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 43.6%, Football (Soccer) 29.8%, Simulation 14.9%, Management 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  17. #17 Premier Manager 10
    86% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2020
    Dev: Zushi GamesPub: Funbox Media Ltd
    Windows

    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 51.2%, Football (Soccer) 24.8%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 9.2%

  18. #18 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
    85% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2018
    Dev: Heroic Games Studio
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Sports 40.3%, Football (Soccer) 28.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Management 7.7%

  19. #19 Non-League Football Manager
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Black Cannon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 36.6%, Football (Soccer) 30.1%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 10%, Immersive Sim 5.1%

  20. #20 Underdog Futsal
    83% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Havenarc
    Windows

    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) 34.5%, Sports 33.7%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 8.1%

  21. #21 Eleven Legends
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: HillRock Studio
    Windows

    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) 33.5%, Sports 32.6%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 7.7%

  22. #22 New Star™ Manager
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 525 reviews2018
    Dev: New Star Games Ltd.Pub: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 96.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 41.4%, Football (Soccer) 32.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 10.2%, Indie 1.7%

  23. #23 Retro Football Boss
    82% matchMixed55% of 40 reviews2016
    Dev: 1888 GamesPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac

    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) 37.6%, Sports 30.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 7.9%

  24. #24 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
    80% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Halfspace Games
    Windows

    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) 36.4%, Sports 36%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9%, Management 8.2%

  25. #25 Club Chairman
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Ashina Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 40.5%, Football (Soccer) 19.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Text-Based 7.6%

  26. #26 99Managers Futsal Edition
    79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Simon Dalvai
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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) 35.6%, Sports 32.9%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.2%

  27. #27 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
    77% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2025
    Dev: Kevin TomsPub: Curveball Games
    Windows

    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 37.3%, Football (Soccer) 34.1%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Text-Based 3.5%

  28. #28 Football Owner 2025
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Harmonia Games
    Windows

    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 41.1%, Football (Soccer) 25.7%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 7.5%

  29. #29 Player's Eleven
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2020
    Dev: Green Pitch Gaming
    Windows

    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) 38.1%, Sports 31%, Management 15.4%, Simulation 11.5%, 2D 1.7%

  30. #30 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
    77% matchMixed67% of 27 reviews2018
    Dev: Forever Young Games
    Windows

    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) 38.1%, Sports 29.9%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 5.9%

  31. #31 Fifth Tier
    76% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: HS GAMES
    Windows

    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) 37%, Sports 29.3%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 7.4%

  32. #32 Football Club Builder
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: TheLaughingThird
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 50.9%, Football (Soccer) 19.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.4%

  33. #33 Flipping Football Clubs
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Michael Maiden
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 34.9%, Football (Soccer) 31.9%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 8.6%

  34. #34 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vibekontroll.Gaming
    Windows

    Give your team its own identity, watch your tactics come alive on matchday and manage the victories, setbacks and ego clashes that follow.

    Why similar: Sports 37.2%, Football (Soccer) 34.3%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 7%, Immersive Sim 5.2%

  35. #35 Forever World Cup Simulator
    72% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2024
    Dev: Simcups
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The World Cup finals are here—are you ready to win it all? Lead 220+ dynamically evolving 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 32.2%, Football (Soccer) 32.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%

  36. #36 New Star™ Soccer 5
    73% matchMostly Positive70% of 876 reviews2012
    Dev: New Star Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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 50.3%, Football (Soccer) 33.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Indie 1.8%

  37. #37 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
    Dev: Trophy Games
    Windows

    Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.

    Why similar: Sports 56.6%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Football (Soccer) 6.9%, Management 2.6%

  38. #38 Director of Management: Football Club
    71% 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 53.3%, Simulation 18.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Management 11.3%, 2D 1.8%

  39. #39 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rich Smalley
    Windows

    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 37.5%, Football (Soccer) 30.7%, Simulation 14%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 3.9%

  40. #40 Sports Betting Simulator
    71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
    Dev: Ashina Games
    Windows

    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 44.4%, Football (Soccer) 24.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7%

  41. #41 World Boxing Manager
    70% 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 52.7%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Indie 1%

  42. #42 World Basketball Manager 2
    70% 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 56.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 14.4%, Management 13.9%

  43. #43 Ultimate Futsal Manager
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FGregory
    Windows · Mac

    Take full control of a futsal team as head coach. Manage the squad, set tactics, handle transfers, and build your legacy across multiple seasons. Experience realistic match simulation and deep career management in the fast-paced world of futsal.

    Why similar: Sports 48%, Football (Soccer) 22.9%, Simulation 14%, Management 7.8%, Strategy 4.2%

  44. #44 Noyan: Club Chairman
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Skeb StudiosPub: Red Card Sports
    Windows

    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) 28.3%, Sports 26.2%, Management 10.2%, Grand Strategy 9.6%, Immersive Sim 7.1%

  45. #45 Gladiator Manager
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2021
    Dev: Eternity Games
    Windows

    Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.

    Why similar: Sports 53.3%, Simulation 16.7%, Strategy 15.7%, Management 7.4%, Text-Based 4.7%

  46. #46 Super Arcade Soccer
    69% matchMixed56% of 57 reviews2019
    Dev: Ruben Alcañiz
    Windows · Mac

    Classic Football is back with Super Arcade Soccer. Super Arcade Soccer is a fun soccer game with arcade playability; direct, accessible control; and a wide range of actions, such as passing, centering, skill shots…

    Why similar: Sports 54.7%, Football (Soccer) 27.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Indie 2.2%

  47. #47 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Winning Streak Games GmbH
    Windows

    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) 34.3%, Sports 32.1%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Moddable 6.7%

  48. #48 Mini Soccer Manager
    66% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
    Dev: Pedro Verpha
    Windows

    Take charge of the league’s weakest club and lead it to glory. Build your squad, develop players, set formations, adjust tactics, and fight your way from last place to champions.

    Why similar: Sports 48.6%, Football (Soccer) 23.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Management 8.1%, 2D 1.8%

  49. #49 F11 Football Manager
    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2025
    Dev: Factotum
    Windows · Mac

    Manage your own club in F11 Football Manager. Sign players, upgrade the stadium, negotiate sponsorships and devise tactics to lead your team to glory. Do you have what it takes to be the best football manager?

    Why similar: Sports 48.4%, Football (Soccer) 20.1%, Simulation 14%, Management 8.1%, Strategy 7.6%

  50. #50 Football Referee Simulator
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 525 reviews2024
    Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    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: Sports 46.9%, Football (Soccer) 33.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Text-Based 7%, 2D 1.4%

  51. #51 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
    68% 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 53.3%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Management 12.7%, Indie 2.1%

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