Games Like Director Manager Total

PIX Football Manager is a nostalgic, casual football management simulator focused on scouting. Set your tactics, find hidden gems, and improve your facilities as you build a dynasty. With no visible player stats, you must spot talent yourself. Grab your clipboard, the game starts now.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.1% ★, Management 12.3%, 1990's 9.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Economy 6.6%

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) 57.2% ★, Management 20.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Sports 5.4%, 2D 4.1%

Manage a futsal team and lead it to success by scouting players and choosing the best tactic and line up for every match. Customize teams and players with the in-game editor. Proudly open source.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.8% ★, Management 17.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 6.9%, Sports 4.9%

In Club Manager, you will take on the role of an up-and-coming football manager. Start with a team in the 8th league or take over an existing team from the higher leagues and lead your team towards victory. Club Manager returns to the virtues of classic soccer managers with a focus on the essentials.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Management 12.4%, 1990's 10.5%, Simulation 6.5%

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) 60.2% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 6.4%, Sports 5.7%

Football Academy Clicker is a clicker game where you train footballers and lead your team to glory. Transfer new players and train them. Sell your players at high prices to increase your budget. Upgrade your stadium and hire coaches. 5 leagues waiting for you to conquer!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.2% ★, Clicker 20.2%, Simulation 11.8%, 2D 4.3%, Sports 3.1%

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) 52.2% ★, Management 19.6%, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 5.8%, Sports 5.4%

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) 52% ★, Management 15.2%, Simulation 10.2%, Economy 9.3%, Sports 5.6%

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) 54% ★, Management 14.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Sports 6.8%, Economy 5.4%

Football School - Take control of a sports club in a small town. Train your team, compete and climb the world ranking. Management game made by the developers of Boxing School.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Economy 7.5%

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

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 56.5% ★, Management 14.3%, Simulation 12%, Sports 7.4%, Strategy 7.3%

You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.6% ★, Management 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Economy 8.9%, Simulation 7%

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) 61% ★, Management 12.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 7.2%, Sports 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) 62.3% ★, Management 17.1%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 6%, Sports 5.7%

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) 47.3% ★, Management 14.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Sports 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%

XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Management 12.7%, Local Multiplayer 11%, Economy 8.8%

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) 47.9% ★, Management 17.1%, Economy 11.6%, Simulation 6.3%, Family Friendly 5.4%

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) 63.9% ★, Management 11.8%, Simulation 6.9%, Sports 6.4%, Strategy 5.1%

Build your table football club from nothing. Scout, train, and manage players, set your lineup and tactics, and watch matches unfold on a physics-driven table. Climb the divisions and become a foosball legend.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.4% ★, Management 15.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Sports 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%

The football management game that plays itself. It runs at the bottom of your screen while you live your life. Enjoy real team progression, make a few smart choices, and let the rest unfold without demanding your attention.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 54% ★, Management 20.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Sports 4%

Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 63% ★, Simulation 9.2%, Management 7.9%, Sports 5.8%, Strategy 5.4%

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) 49.8% ★, Management 15.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 8.3%, Sports 7.7%

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) 53.5% ★, Management 16.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 6.4%, Sports 6.1%

A 90s-style retro football manager. Pick a club in Germany, England or Turkey, negotiate transfers, set tactics, expand your stadium, survive interviews and build a 10-season career across leagues, cups and European competitions. Cloud save, online leaderboards, database editor. Free to play.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.7% ★, Management 14.5%, Clicker 8.4%, Funny 7.2%, Comedy 7.1%

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) 53.4% ★, Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Sports 5.7%, Comedy 5%

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) 58.6% ★, Management 16.3%, Simulation 16%, Sports 8.5%, Indie 0.6%

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) 54% ★, Management 17.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Funny 6.9%, Sports 5%

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) 55.2% ★, Simulation 17%, Management 16.5%, Sports 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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) 54.9% ★, Management 13.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Sports 5.8%, Comedy 4.4%

An old-school football manager in the style of the management games of the 90s. Lead your team through the seasons, shaped by dynamic story events. Develop your club and yourself to gain reputation and conquer your league and the world.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 31.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, 1990's 15.5%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.2%

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) 54.6% ★, Management 14.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Sports 5.8%, Comedy 4.2%

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) 55% ★, Management 17%, Simulation 8.6%, Sports 5.8%, Comedy 4.4%

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) 55.7% ★, Management 9.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Sports 5.9%, Comedy 4.1%

NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.2% ★, Management 12.4%, Simulation 8.9%, 1990's 7.8%, Strategy 4.6%

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) 63.9% ★, Management 17.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Sports 6.2%, Strategy 2.8%

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: Football (Soccer) 46.2% ★, Management 16.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Sports 8.6%, Economy 8.2%

TOTOBALL, also known as table football, is a football-inspired game. In it players have to pull, push and spin the soccer players that are stuck in cross bars, a simple game that can give you lots of fun times with your friends

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 54.7% ★, 1990's 18.3%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%, Sports 5.1%, Simulation 4.4%

A football management game where you're not the coach, you're the club owner. Hire and fire the coaching staff, sign players, negotiate with sponsors, control the finances and build a winning organisation from the boardroom.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 65.6% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Sports 6%, 2D 3.8%

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) 49.2% ★, Management 14.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Sports 8.3%

A football manager like there has never been before. Play Player's Eleven the way you want, as a youth coach, sports director, head coach or club director. Choose your role and lead your club to titles and glory.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.1% ★, Management 19.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Sports 9.3%, 2D 3%

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) 50.9% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Sports 9.2%

Tiny Football is a throwback to classic top-down football games of the 80’s and 90's. Compete with over 200 national and club teams in a variety of tournaments against your friends or the computer.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.5% ★, 1990's 17.3%, Sports 6.5%, Funny 6.1%, 2D 4.4%

Fast-paced football game without a referee on the pitch and with crazy super-powers! It may not look serious, but we guarantee, that it is. Kopanito’s match engine is well-balanced and entirely skill-based.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 63.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, Sports 8%, Funny 7.4%, Family Friendly 3.9%

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) 60.1% ★, Management 19.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Sports 4.4%, 2D 2.3%

Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 67.1% ★, 1990's 9%, Sports 8.7%, Simulation 5.9%, Comedy 4.9%

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) 50.9% ★, Management 15.3%, Simulation 14.7%, Sports 9.9%, Strategy 7.6%

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) 61.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, Management 6%, Sports 5.8%, 2D 3.2%

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) 55.3% ★, Management 8.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Sports 5.8%, Strategy 4.5%

Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024! Dive into the world of football like never before. Choose an existing club or start your own. Manage either men or women, lead your club to new heights, and become the next manager legend!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.3% ★, Management 12.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 6.8%

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) 46% ★, Management 18%, Simulation 14%, Sports 9.4%, Strategy 8.7%

Legendary Eleven is an ​epic arcade football game inspired by the golden age of football spanning the 70's to the 90's. Choose from 36 teams full of glorious haircuts, moustaches and legends in short shorts. Lead them to glory and win the World Cup!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 82.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 8.6%, Sports 7.7%, Multiplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.5%

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

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.4% ★, Management 13.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Sports 9%, Strategy 8.8%

Boss Of FCs is a text-based game that includes strategy, simulation and football/soccer. You will start on this path with a certain budget and move towards success and wealth by making the right moves. Make the best deals and the best transfers, buy and sell clubs and move towards the top...

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 56.6% ★, Management 19.4%, Simulation 6.6%, Sports 6.2%, Strategy 5.9%

Star Strikers: Galactic Soccer is a beautiful hand-drawn arcade football game, with fast-paced action, unique playfields and crazy characters from all over the universe! Great in single-player, even better with friends.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 18.5%, Family Friendly 5.8%, Sports 4.6%, 2D 4.5%