- #1 99Managers Futsal Edition
97% 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) 44% ★, Sports 21.9%, Management 13.8%, Tactical 6.8%, Strategy 5.5%
- #2 Premier Manager 03/04
96% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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) 38% ★, Sports 18.7%, Life Sim 13.9%, Management 9.7%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #3 Premier Manager 04/05
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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) 38.3% ★, Sports 18.9%, Life Sim 14.3%, Management 9.4%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #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: Football (Soccer) 37% ★, Sports 27.5%, Management 11.2%, Text-Based 8.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #5 FC Tycoon 2027
94% 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: Football (Soccer) 33.3% ★, Sports 25.4%, Management 12.8%, Text-Based 10.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #6 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
94% 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) 47.2% ★, Sports 20%, Management 12.8%, Text-Based 6.4%, Strategy 5.6%
- #7 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
93% 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: Football (Soccer) 41.9% ★, Sports 24.5%, Management 10.5%, Text-Based 6.1%, Tactical 4.8%
- #8 Premier Manager 06/07
92% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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) 38.8% ★, Sports 19.4%, Life Sim 14.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Management 8.3%
- #9 Premier Manager 05/06
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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) 39.7% ★, Sports 19.6%, Life Sim 14.6%, Text-Based 9.4%, Management 6.4%
- #10 Simple Football League Manager
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChaoStar
Windows · Mac · Linux
A football management game for people who love football but don't want to spend hours on every detail. Build your team and guide it through leagues, cups and continental competitions. Featuring 5,909 clubs from 218 countries, 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and an easily customizable database.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.9% ★, Sports 18.7%, Management 16%, Text-Based 7.3%, Strategy 5.2%
- #11 Matchday Manager
90% 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) 39.5% ★, Sports 21%, Management 11.9%, Text-Based 8.8%, Simulation 7.3%
- #12 Football Academy Manager
89% matchNo user reviews92% of 271 reviews2026
Dev: Hubi
Windows
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) 42.4% ★, Sports 20.6%, Management 15.8%, Tactical 8%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #13 Football Club Management 2023
89% matchMixed51% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
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) 46.3% ★, Sports 20.9%, Management 12.6%, Tactical 6.7%, Life Sim 6.3%
- #14 Premier Manager 08
88% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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) 38.9% ★, Sports 19.1%, Life Sim 14.6%, Text-Based 10.7%, Management 6%
- #15 Player's Eleven
87% 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) 49.5% ★, Sports 21.8%, Management 17.6%, Simulation 5.7%, 2D 3.2%
- #16 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
86% 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: Football (Soccer) 37.3% ★, Sports 30.9%, Management 13.5%, Text-Based 7.7%, Simulation 5.5%
- #17 Empire Eleven 2026
85% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: NextStation Games
Windows · Mac
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) 35.7% ★, Sports 28%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #18 Underdog Futsal
84% 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) 46.8% ★, Sports 24.7%, Management 16.2%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #19 Total Futsal Manager
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IAA Games
Windows
Take control of a futsal club and build your career season after season. Manage your squad, transfers, contracts, training, tactics, finances, and dressing room as you compete to take your team all the way to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.5% ★, Sports 24.6%, Management 12.4%, Tactical 6.2%, Simulation 5.1%
- #20 BFM 26
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Believr Games Pub: Believr Interactive
Windows
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) 32.6% ★, Sports 30.8%, Management 12.6%, Text-Based 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #21 UltFoot: Football Manager
82% 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: Football (Soccer) 38.1% ★, Sports 27.5%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #22 Fifth Tier
82% 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) 48.2% ★, Sports 20.6%, Management 13.3%, Strategy 5.3%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #23 Pro Soccer Manager 27
81% 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: Football (Soccer) 37.3% ★, Sports 30.5%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.5%
- #24 Pro Football Agent
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harmoni Technology
Windows · Mac
Welcome to our thrilling football agent game, where you have the opportunity to build a successful agency and manage the talented players on their journey to stardom. You'll have the power to attract players to your agency, negotiate contracts, and guide them to the top of the football world.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Sports 28.7%, Life Sim 12%, Management 11.6%, Choices Matter 4.4%
- #25 Football Manager 26
79% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,447 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.5 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.6% ★, Sports 28.4%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 6.1%
- #26 Eleven Legends
80% 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) 45.7% ★, Sports 24%, Management 16.1%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 5.7%
- #27 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lemoncookie Studios
Windows
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: Football (Soccer) 39.2% ★, Sports 29.5%, Management 11.7%, Text-Based 7.4%, Simulation 7.1%
- #28 Pocket League Story
78% matchVery Positive90% of 188 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.9% ★, Sports 21%, Life Sim 11.1%, Management 6.1%, Strategy 5.1%
- #29 The Referee Committee
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: New Page Interactive
Windows
Football isn't only played on the pitch. Manage the dark side of football! Control the referee committee, give secret instructions, use the VAR room to dictate scores, deal with the betting mafia, and shape the season's fate. Keeping this powerful seat is harder than getting it.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.9% ★, Sports 22.8%, Text-Based 13%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Strategy 6.4%
- #30 Foosball Manager
77% 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: Football (Soccer) 40.2% ★, Sports 32%, Management 12%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #31 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
76% 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) 49.9% ★, Sports 26.6%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 4.7%
- #32 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
74% 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: Football (Soccer) 45.7% ★, Sports 26.9%, Management 11.8%, Text-Based 5.3%, Simulation 5.1%
- #33 Retro Club Manager
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TECH NIN9
Windows
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) 46.9% ★, Sports 23.8%, Management 13.4%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #34 Retro Football Boss
76% 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) 52% ★, Sports 22.9%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.7%
- #35 Soccer Manager 2026
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,898 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.3% ★, Sports 16.9%, Management 12.5%, Text-Based 8.5%, Tactical 5.6%
- #36 Calcio 98
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertigo srl
Windows
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) 44.5% ★, Sports 23.8%, Management 12.7%, Strategy 6.7%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #37 LeManager
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LudoCar
Windows · Mac
LeManager is a fast football management simulation where you build squads, scout and negotiate transfers, train players, set tactics, handle player egos and incidents, and play endless seasons without losing the speed of classic management games.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59% ★, Management 16.5%, Sports 12.9%, Simulation 6.6%, 2D 3.2%
- #38 Sim: World Cup Manager
72% 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 30.7%, Football (Soccer) 26.3% ★, Text-Based 9.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Management 7.9%
- #39 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
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) 39% ★, Sports 20%, Management 13.7%, Text-Based 11.5%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #40 The Chairman
73% 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: Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Sports 32.3%, Management 11.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #41 Forever World Cup Simulator
71% 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: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 23.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 5.5%
- #42 Ultimate Club Manager 26
71% 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: Football (Soccer) 43.1% ★, Sports 34.1%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #43 Club Chairman
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 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 30.7%, Football (Soccer) 27% ★, Text-Based 12.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Management 8.1%
- #44 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: dicehit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reign Your Football Club! Be the owner of your football club, make strategic choices, and climb through the amateur league to the first while making hard decisions to set everything in line for your club.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 18.6%, Management 13.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Life Sim 4.9%
- #45 Retro Manager
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Mark StablesPub: Metaguard Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.3% ★, Sports 19.9%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 6%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #46 New Star™ Manager
71% matchVery Positive87% of 526 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: Football (Soccer) 45.9% ★, Sports 31.6%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 7.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #47 Non-League Football Manager
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 43.2% ★, Sports 28.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Text-Based 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #48 Flipping Football Clubs
69% 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: Football (Soccer) 43.8% ★, Sports 25.9%, Management 12%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 5%
- #49 Sunday League Manager: Horse and Spoon
67% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: christianosway
Windows · Mac
A Sunday League football management sim about a down-and-out pub team in Bannockshire. Guide veteran plumbers and aging shop attendants from car park pitches to regional glory. Sunday League football management at its most beautifully chaotic.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.5% ★, Sports 20.1%, Management 13.1%, Choices Matter 5.7%, Life Sim 4.7%
- #50 Football Life
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dupee Studio
Windows
Beyond tactics and transfers, build and run your club as the manager—facility expansion and upgrades, staff, budgets, board relations, and youth recruitment and academy intake.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.9% ★, Sports 15.7%, Management 14.4%, Tactical 8.8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #51 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
67% 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: Football (Soccer) 41.5% ★, Sports 27.4%, Management 14.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Choices Matter 3.9%
- #52 WE ARE FOOTBALL
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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) 53.3% ★, Sports 24.5%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 5.1%, Simulation 3.5%
- #53 Premier Manager 09
68% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Highlighting playability and ease of use, Premier Manager® 09 is the ideal game for younger gamers or players looking for a casual introduction to the high pressure, high stakes world of football management. PLEASE NOTE: You will start from the 2008/09 season.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.6% ★, Sports 21.6%, Life Sim 14%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 4.2%
- #54 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
68% 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: Football (Soccer) 41.7% ★, Sports 31.5%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6%
- #55 FROM THE DUGOUT
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IronGlitch Studios
Windows
Manage your team to glory in this text-based football manager. Win trophies, master the transfer market, and live the life of a real coach. Balance locker room egos, manage your personal wealth, and work your way up to buying your own club. Your life off the pitch matters!
Why similar: Sports 29.6%, Football (Soccer) 22.5% ★, Life Sim 16.5%, Text-Based 8.3%, Simulation 7.1%
- #56 Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager
65% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Digitale Manufaktur Rudolstadt
Windows · Linux
Whistle1 is a retro football manager in the style of the 90s. Take charge of a club in Germany, England, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain or Brazil and lead them to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.4% ★, Sports 17.3%, Management 11.7%, Text-Based 11.4%, Tactical 5.3%