- #1 Football Academy Director
97% 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: Sports 35.7%, Football (Soccer) 21.1% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #2 Marvelous Soccer Management
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JV Interactive
Windows
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 37.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Football (Soccer) 14.5% ★, Text-Based 13.8%, Economy 7.4%
- #3 The Chairman
96% 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 40.3%, Football (Soccer) 21.4% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 5.7%
- #4 Matchday Manager
95% 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: Sports 28.1%, Football (Soccer) 23.2% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Text-Based 8.7%, Strategy 8.6%
- #5 Empire Eleven 2026
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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: Sports 37.1%, Football (Soccer) 20.8% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Text-Based 6.2%
- #6 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: Sports 35.2%, Football (Soccer) 20.4% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Strategy 9.2%
- #7 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
93% 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: Sports 25.6%, Football (Soccer) 22% ★, Text-Based 10.9%, Economy 10.7%, Strategy 7%
- #8 Mini Soccer Manager
91% matchPositive95% of 20 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 42.1%, Football (Soccer) 16.9% ★, Simulation 16.1%, Economy 10%, Casual 8.2%
- #9 Calcio Totale
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eleòra
Windows · Linux
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: Sports 29.2%, Football (Soccer) 24.9% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Management 6.8%
- #10 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
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: Sports 38.6%, Football (Soccer) 22.5% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Text-Based 7.2%, Economy 7.1%
- #11 Renz Soccer Sim
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Logan Renz
Windows · Mac
Build your squad, develop players, manage your club, and watch every match unfold in this 2D soccer management simulator. Chase trophies and build a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 33.8%, Simulation 17.6%, Football (Soccer) 16.5% ★, Strategy 10%, Economy 8.4%
- #12 BFM 26
89% 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: Sports 40.9%, Football (Soccer) 19% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #13 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
88% 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!
Why similar: Sports 48.4%, Football (Soccer) 20.8% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Management 3.3%
- #14 Lords of Football
89% matchMixed52% of 354 reviews2013
Dev: Geniaware SrlPub: Fish Eagle
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.6 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 51.5%, Football (Soccer) 17.5% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 11%, Indie 2.5%
- #15 Sim: World Cup Manager
86% 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 39.7%, Simulation 15.9%, Football (Soccer) 15% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #16 Foosball Manager
87% 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 42.3%, Football (Soccer) 23.4% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 6.1%
- #17 Non-League Manager
84% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Black Cannon Studios
Windows · Mac
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 37%, Football (Soccer) 24.9% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Text-Based 7.5%
- #18 UltFoot: Football Manager
86% 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 37.6%, Football (Soccer) 22.8% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Text-Based 6.2%
- #19 Football Owner 2025
85% 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 40%, Football (Soccer) 20.4% ★, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Economy 7.3%
- #20 Fifth Tier
84% 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) 29.2% ★, Sports 28.3%, Economy 10%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #21 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
82% 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 36.3%, Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Management 6.2%, Economy 5.3%
- #22 Gladiator Manager
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Eternity Games
Windows
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 49.8%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 16.7%, Text-Based 6.8%, Management 4.4%
- #23 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
81% 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 41.4%, Football (Soccer) 24.2% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 5%
- #24 Football Manager 26
78% matchMostly Negative36% of 36,287 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 163.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 39.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.9% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 6.3%
- #25 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
80% 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 43.8%, Football (Soccer) 23.2% ★, Simulation 13%, Text-Based 8.1%, Management 7.4%
- #26 Retro Club Manager
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: Sports 32.7%, Football (Soccer) 28.3% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 7.1%
- #27 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 54.8%, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 18.1%, Football (Soccer) 5.4% ★, Management 1.6%
- #28 Flipping Football Clubs
78% 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 34.5%, Football (Soccer) 25.7% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Economy 7.5%
- #29 Club Soccer Director 2022
77% matchMixed66% of 116 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 44.4%, Football (Soccer) 19.3% ★, Simulation 17.2%, Strategy 13%, Management 4.4%
- #30 Underdog Futsal
77% 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: Sports 35.3%, Football (Soccer) 29.4% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 9%
- #31 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2017
76% 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 53.6%, Simulation 18.7%, Strategy 17%, Casual 7.2%, Indie 3.5%
- #32 Ultimate Club Manager 26
74% 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 46.5%, Football (Soccer) 25.9% ★, Simulation 18.7%, Management 6.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #33 Ultimate Futsal Manager
76% 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 46.3%, Football (Soccer) 18% ★, Simulation 16%, Casual 8.5%, Management 4.8%
- #34 Premier Manager 10
75% 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 54%, Football (Soccer) 21.3% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Management 6.1%
- #35 Total Futsal Manager
72% 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: Sports 35.5%, Football (Soccer) 27.6% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Management 7%, Economy 6.2%
- #36 Desktop Dynasties: Pro Football
74% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenCrest Games
Windows
Desktop Dynasties: Pro Football is an 8-on-8 version of American Football where players must play on both offense and defense. Build your franchise over multiple seasons with full career play. Call the plays, pick the players, and guide your team to the championship.
Why similar: Sports 51.7%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Casual 8.9%, Indie 4.1%
- #37 Football Mogul 15
73% 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 54.5%, Simulation 20.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Casual 7.6%
- #38 Elysium: Blood Games
73% matchMixed61% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 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 53.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Casual 6.4%, Text-Based 6.4%
- #39 Football Mogul 2014
73% matchMixed66% of 47 reviews2015
Dev: Sports Mogul, Inc.
Windows
Football Mogul 2014 is the 11th 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 2013-2014 season. Enjoy controlling your football franchise in any year from 1970 to 2013.
Why similar: Sports 56.6%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 16.3%, Casual 8.2%
- #40 Retro Football Boss
72% 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) 32.3% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Management 5.3%
- #41 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
71% 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) 31.8% ★, Sports 30.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 7.6%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #42 New Star™ Manager
70% matchVery Positive87% of 527 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 43.9%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Simulation 17.9%, Management 6.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #43 Track Star
68% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: Goose Hollow Games
Windows
Four years of high school track & field is just the start. Earn a college scholarship, compete at the highest level, and define your legacy. Choose your specialty, build your athlete, and beat your rivals on the way to greatness.
Why similar: Sports 46.3%, Simulation 18.5%, Text-Based 15%, Casual 7.3%, Management 5.5%
- #44 Beer and Skittls VR
71% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Soyhan Yazgan
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Beer and Skittls is a strategic VR game that will challenge your skill level of throwing.
Why similar: Sports 51.9%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Casual 8.4%, Indie 4.1%
- #45 3 Coins At School
71% matchMixed48% of 168 reviews2016
Dev: 89AM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
3 Coins at School is a turn-based game similar to soccer but played with coins on a desk.
Why similar: Sports 49.6%, Simulation 18%, Strategy 16.4%, Casual 11.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #46 PIX Football Manager
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
Build your club by scouting talent from 350+ clubs, trust your eye to find the right players, and outbid rival managers in live auctions. Build squad chemistry, shape your tactics, and watch it all play out in fully simulated matches.
Why similar: Sports 33.5%, Football (Soccer) 25.8% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Economy 7.7%
- #47 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
70% 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 52.1%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17.2%, Management 7.8%, Indie 4%
- #48 Ultimate Truco
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultimate Interactive
Windows
UltimateTruco is a competitive online game that brings the thrill of classic truco to the digital world. With real-time matches, player rankings, and a modern visual experience, it combines strategy, fun, and table rivalry in one place. Challenge your friends and prove who is the King of Truco!
Why similar: Sports 53.5%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 18.1%, Casual 9%
- #49 Australian Football Coach 2020
69% 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 19.3%, Strategy 17.2%, Indie 4.3%, Management 3.1%
- #50 Footy Manager
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marajo Games
Windows
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 38.9%, Football (Soccer) 28.4% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #51 The Referee Committee
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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: Sports 32.9%, Football (Soccer) 23.4% ★, Text-Based 13.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #52 Football Club Builder
68% 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 51.9%, Football (Soccer) 16.6% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 4.8%
- #53 World Boxing Manager
68% 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 18.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Management 9.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #54 Simple Football League Manager
67% 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. 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) 30% ★, Sports 28.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%
- #55 DOMFC: Run a Complete Football Empire
65% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows
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 53.8%, Simulation 21.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Management 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #56 Football Academy Manager
63% matchNo user reviews92% of 296 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: Sports 31.1%, Football (Soccer) 28.2% ★, Economy 12.5%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #57 Final Whistle
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plagued Games
Windows
Final Whistle is a football management and simulation game where you control a club, manage squads, tactics and transfers, and experience detailed matches. Follow live commentary, player ratings, injuries, cards and statistics while building your club and competing across multiple competitions.
Why similar: Sports 32.8%, Football (Soccer) 27.3% ★, Text-Based 13.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 7.3%