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Games Like Chaos Gaffer

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sports, Football (Soccer), Management, Simulation.

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You don't control the players. You coach them. Chaos Gaffer is a real-time strategy football game where you build formations, manage player energy, health, morale and emotions, and make tactical decisions during live matches. A nerdy football sandbox for Gaffers who think they can do better.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: TinCity Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    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) 45.9% ★, Sports 22.6%, Management 13.2%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 4.6%

  2. #2 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
    96% 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) 47.3% ★, Sports 25%, Management 8.7%, PvP 6.4%, Strategy 5.5%

  3. #3 Football Manager 26
    96% matchMostly Negative36% of 36,287 reviews2025
    Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
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    Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 163.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.7% ★, Sports 27.5%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 5.8%

  4. #4 UltFoot: Football Manager
    95% 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% ★, Sports 27.2%, Management 10.6%, PvP 6.9%, Simulation 6.4%

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    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,455 reviews2021
    Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
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    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) 50.4% ★, Sports 22.9%, Management 8.5%, PvP 6.9%, Strategy 3.9%

  6. #6 Underdog Futsal
    93% 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) 48.1% ★, Sports 25.1%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 5%, Simulation 4.3%

  7. #7 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
    91% 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) 51.4% ★, Sports 21.5%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 4.9%, Tactical 4.4%

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    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: machnikl
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    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.

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  9. #9 Player's Eleven
    90% 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) 51.9% ★, Sports 22.6%, Management 17%, Simulation 5.8%, Indie 1.4%

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    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MetaverseME
    Windows

    Fast-paced 5-a-side multiplayer football for PC & Mobile. Customize your player, form teams, and compete in tournaments with digital collectibles, rewards, and an evolving in-game economy.

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    88% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: Merla Interactive
    Windows

    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: Football (Soccer) 41% ★, Sports 30.2%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 5.3%

  12. #12 Heroic Sports Football : Enhanced Edition
    86% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
    Dev: Whiskeybarrel StudiosPub: eGames.com
    Windows

    With very few rules, on field fatalities and quick, hectic matches, Heroic Sports Football : Enhanced Edition is the remedy against stat-heavy, lumbering football simulations. It’s football the way it should be played. Pure brutal adrenaline charged fun.

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  13. #13 Retro Football Boss
    87% matchMixed55% of 40 reviews2016
    Dev: 1888 GamesPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac

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  14. #14 Korner 5
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IDC GamesPub: WILLIWAW Hub
    Windows

    Korner 5 is a vibrant 5v5 online football game where you control your own player, compete in fast matches and improve your skills. This game combines arcade action, teamwork and progression offering intense and accessible matches.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.2% ★, Sports 34.4%, PvP 8%, Arcade 7.8%, Character Customization 6.6%

  15. #15 Eleven Legends
    85% 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) 47.8% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 4.9%

  16. #16 Total Futsal Manager
    84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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) 46.1% ★, Sports 25.7%, Management 12.1%, Tactical 7.5%, Simulation 5.2%

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    84% match5 user reviews83% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: Douglas Maieski
    Windows

    TriFute, a unique button soccer game, allows you to play dynamic matches against online opponents or local multiplayer.

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    82% matchNo user reviews92% of 296 reviews2026
    Dev: Hubi
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    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.

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    Dev: Eleòra
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    Windows

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    81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Alpex Studio
    Windows

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    80% matchVery Positive87% of 527 reviews2018
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    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.

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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    79% 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) 48.9% ★, Sports 24.6%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.9%

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    78% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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  26. #26 Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 474 reviews2024
    Dev: ruairi dxPub: Secret Mode
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Celebrate the beautiful game in Bang Average Football, a fast-paced, easy-to-learn arcade football game for 1-4 players. Play with friends in co-op and PvP multiplayer, turn an underdog team into champions as player-manager in Story mode, or design your own teams, leagues, and tournaments.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.7% ★, Sports 20.8%, PvP 8.2%, Character Customization 7.2%, Arcade 6.7%

  27. #27 Crazy Fußball-Manager
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Crazy Coffee and Cookie Creations
    Windows

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  28. #28 Retro Soccer
    76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Plastic Cow Games
    Windows

    Retro Soccer is a highly playable well paced arcade action soccer game inspired by classics from the 90s with a visual upgrade. Compete in classic tournaments from the 86 World Cup to Euro 96 with teams having their own skill level based on FIFA world rankings of the time.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.2% ★, Sports 33.2%, PvP 11.4%, Arcade 6.5%, 3D 2.4%

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    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mezko Games
    Windows

    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: Football (Soccer) 43% ★, Sports 31.9%, Management 12%, Simulation 4.7%, Strategy 4.1%

  30. #30 LeManager
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LudoCar
    Windows · Mac

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    73% matchVery Positive82% of 180 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!

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  32. #32 The Chairman
    74% 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.

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  33. #33 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 363 reviews2020
    Dev: Trophy Games ApS
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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

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    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TENZO
    Windows · Mac

    You manage a Japanese high school soccer team and take it from the prefectural qualifiers to the nationals. Each week you choose the training, set the tactics, pick the team and watch the match. Graduates go on to university, the pros and leagues abroad, and some play for Japan.

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gaboo Arts Entertainment
    Windows

    You're the player — not the manager. Start on the bench at a fourth-division village ground and play your way up to the title. Every career runs in its own generated world: 74 clubs, four divisions, and a scout who sees everything.

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    72% matchPositive94% of 17 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.

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  37. #37 SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS
    71% matchMostly Negative34% of 735 reviews2026
    Dev: SEGA
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Powered by Football Manager ™, featuring more than 5,000 real player data from FIFPRO™. Allowing you to compete in J League, K League, and more! Become the manager of your club and bring your team to global superstars.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.3% ★, Sports 17.7%, Management 12%, Tactical 9%, PvP 7.2%

  38. #38 Legendary Eleven: Epic Football
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2019
    Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: Eclipse Gamse
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    73% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2018
    Dev: Heroic Games Studio
    Windows

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  40. #40 Fifth Tier
    71% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: HS GAMES
    Windows

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    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.8% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 4.7%, Simulation 4.6%

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    70% 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) 38.7% ★, Sports 29.1%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 5.6%

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: KaliocaDev
    Windows

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    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Harmoni Technology
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 31.2%, Management 11.7%, PvP 9.7%, Simulation 4.3%

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    69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: NUSPEKO
    Windows

    A fast-paced football penalty shootout game where you pick from 360 teams across 12 leagues, aim with the mouse, and click to dive as the keeper. Outsmart smart AI goalkeepers and climb from group stage to knockout glory.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.8% ★, Sports 32.3%, Arcade 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2022
    Dev: Dave XP
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  46. #46 Flipping Football Clubs
    68% 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.

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    67% matchNo user reviews2026
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    Windows

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    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Green Pitch Gaming
    Windows

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    Windows

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