- #1 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2026
96% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Start as a coordinator and rise to head coach in Draft Day Sports: College Football 26! Build playbooks, recruit stars, manage team cohesion, and outsmart adaptive AI. Create your dynasty with unmatched depth and strategy.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.5% ★, Sports 24.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #2 Pure Football 2018
96% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: PureFootball
Windows
Pure Football 2018 is an American Football Simulator where you play GM, Coach, and Player. Play through endless seasons as you master player contracts, assembling your coaching staff, free agency, and the draft. Lead your players come game time or use the advanced game simulation system.
Why similar: Football (American) 62.7% ★, Sports 28.3%, Simulation 9%
- #3 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024
95% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.1% ★, Sports 23%, Simulation 7.7%, Indie 1.2%
- #4 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025
94% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.5% ★, Sports 24.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #5 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026
94% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Take control of your favorite football franchise in Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 26. Draft stars, manage the cap, build gameplans, and shape your dynasty with deep strategy, smart AI, and endless customization.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.5% ★, Sports 24.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #6 Draft Day Sports: College Football 27
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows · Mac
Recruit elite talent, build your coaching staff, develop future stars, and lead your program from opening kickoff to the national championship in the deepest college football management simulation available.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.4% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #7 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 27
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows · Mac
Take control of a professional football franchise and build it your way. Draft players, negotiate contracts, manage the salary cap, hire your coaching staff, build your playbooks and make the decisions that turn a contender into a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.4% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #8 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023
91% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.7% ★, Sports 22.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #9 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2024
91% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023=4 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.9% ★, Sports 23.3%, Simulation 6.6%, Indie 1.2%
- #10 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025
90% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine StudiosPub: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan, hire a successful staff and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.8% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 1.2%
- #11 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021
89% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.6% ★, Sports 23.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #12 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25
87% matchMixed56% of 5,132 reviews2024
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 21.8 hrsMean: 67.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hit like you mean it with FieldSENSE™ powered by BOOM Tech. Experience how the new physics-informed dynamic tackling system unlocks realistic collisions & new gameplay animations on both sides of the ball.
Why similar: Football (American) 74% ★, Sports 17.4%, Simulation 8.7%
- #13 Axis Football 2017
89% matchMixed64% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring massive customization and a complete franchise mode
Why similar: Football (American) 80% ★, Sports 15.2%, Simulation 4.8%
- #14 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021
88% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.8% ★, Sports 23.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Indie 1.1%
- #15 Cornerstone: College Football
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WBTStudios
Windows
Take command of a college football program and build a dynasty from the sidelines. Recruit elite talent, scheme against rivals, survive the coaching carousel, and chase national titles across decades of seasons. A deep college football management sim.
Why similar: Football (American) 59.8% ★, Sports 27.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 3.1%
- #16 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26
84% matchMixed53% of 5,929 reviews2025
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 74.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26 leverages a new AI-powered machine learning system to convert thousands of plays from nearly a decade of real NFL data into more explosive gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 68.5% ★, Sports 23.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #17 Front Office Football Nine
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Football (American) 69.2% ★, Sports 22.8%, Simulation 7%, Indie 1%
- #18 Pro Football Legacy
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruthenia Games
Windows
Pro Football Legacy is a franchise simulation built around the decisions that define a dynasty — Manage your roster, scout new talent, set your strategy, build your dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 61.7% ★, Sports 28.3%, Simulation 9.9%
- #19 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018
86% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents and calling each play to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 61.5% ★, Sports 26.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #20 Football Dynasty Manager
81% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Nekolitch Games
Windows
A football management sim that does not cut corners. Recruiting, NIL, the portal, contracts and the cap, the draft, and an engine you can sim or call play by play. Eight connected leagues from high school to the pros, four rules eras back to 1950, and an editor for all of it
Why similar: Football (American) 71.7% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 2.9%, Indie 1.2%
- #21 Gridiron Manager
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Coolissimo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step off the field and into the front office. Gridiron Manager is an uncompromising, data-driven American Football simulation. Take total control of a College or Professional program, build your roster, and call the plays on a real-time tactical chalkboard. No stick skills required.
Why similar: Football (American) 63.9% ★, Sports 29.1%, Simulation 7%
- #22 Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020
82% matchMixed52% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Canuck Play Inc
Windows
Achieve Gridiron Greatness as Doug Flutie and Maximum Football 2020, bring you the ultimate football sandbox.
Why similar: Football (American) 65.3% ★, Sports 28.6%, Simulation 4.9%, Indie 1.2%
- #23 Sideline to Sideline Football
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blake Whitney
Windows · Mac
A deep football dynasty sim. Scout prospects, manage contracts, call plays live, and build a championship franchise from the ground up. Every decision matters. Every season tells a story.
Why similar: Football (American) 69% ★, Sports 23.1%, Simulation 5.7%, Indie 2.2%
- #24 Ultimate Pro Football Coach
78% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Games2rk
Windows · Mac
A strategic franchise mode football sim where you run the front office and call all the shots —build your roster, manage the franchise and handle the play calling to guide your team to glory across seasons of immersive franchise-building.
Why similar: Football (American) 65.9% ★, Sports 29.2%, Simulation 4.9%
- #25 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023
79% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 68% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 6.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #26 Backyard Football '99
76% matchVery Positive95% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Playground Productions
Windows
Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
Why similar: Football (American) 68.1% ★, Sports 28.4%, Simulation 3.5%
- #27 Axis Football 2015
80% matchMixed69% of 383 reviews2015
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Axis Football is a 3D American Football Simulation Game that features a unique aimed passing system. Play in a single match, season mode, or local multiplayer! Offers basic mod support for team rosters.
Why similar: Football (American) 74.4% ★, Sports 25.6%
- #28 PlayCard Football
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cormisys
Windows
Don't sim the games. Play every snap. You are the coach, build the profile YOU want. Develop your team roster unit by unit, and take both onto the field with a deck of plays you call yourself. A football coaching career from Friday-night lights to the pro playoffs.
Why similar: Football (American) 74% ★, Sports 18.3%, Simulation 5.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #29 Pocket Dynasty
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Voxel Pulse Games
Windows
You're the head coach. Call the plays, make the 4th-down gamble, or trust your coordinators. Build a multi-season football dynasty with sixteen fictional clubs, solo or against a friend.
Why similar: Football (American) 75% ★, Sports 17.8%, Simulation 5.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #30 Football Legend
75% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Beefware
Windows
Take over a professional American football team, in this single-player football management simulator. As both general manager and head coach, build a football dynasty that will last for decades to come. Trade, draft, sign free agents, and coach your way into the hall of fame!
Why similar: Football (American) 63.7% ★, Sports 25.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #31 Football Legacy Manager 26
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 58.9% ★, Sports 30.4%, Simulation 10.6%
- #32 Fantasy Franchise
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Xavier Begerow
Windows
Own and manage your own football team! Set your lineup, train your players, hire coaches, and improve your stadium to create a franchise that can go all the way!
Why similar: Football (American) 64% ★, Sports 27.7%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #33 HandPass VR
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Constructive Media
Windows
Put on your VR headset and see if you can beat the record! A handpass is a fundamental skill in the sport of Australian Rules Football - hold the ball in one hand and punch it with the other! Handpass VR will test the accuracy of your handpasses with moving targets - and in a variety of environments from a stadium to outer space!
Why similar: Football (American) 63.3% ★, Sports 32.3%, Indie 4.4%
- #34 Football Legacy Manager 25
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 58.1% ★, Sports 31.1%, Simulation 10.8%
- #35 Football Commissioner
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Atreus Interactive
Windows
The definitive, first-of-its-kind American football league management sim. Take control of the newest spring football league by customizing the structure, teams, ticket prices, salaries, and more. Sim games week by week to grow your league from a startup into a thriving sports empire.
Why similar: Football (American) 64% ★, Sports 27.7%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #36 Pro Football Dynasty
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SidelineSim Studios
Windows · Mac
The ultimate American football management sim. Call plays, sign free agents, scout prospects, draft superstars, and dive into deep stats for every player and team. Take control as a coach or GM, chase championships, and build a storied dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 70.3% ★, Sports 23.1%, Simulation 6.6%
- #37 Football Coach: College Dynasty
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,513 reviews2025
Dev: SidelineSim Studios
Windows · Mac
A true college football management game. Play as a coach or a school, recruit players, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Build a college football dynasty and become a coaching legend!
Why similar: Football (American) 61.1% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 9.4%
- #38 Simhaus: Football
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Simhaus
Windows
Rise from high school assistant to the top of the sport in one fully-simulated, connected football universe — from high school to college to the pros. Manage a roster, call every play, and watch it play out in a realism-based broadcast-style game engine.
Why similar: Football (American) 73.3% ★, Sports 21.4%, Simulation 5.3%
- #39 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022
74% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 57.5% ★, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Indie 1.5%
- #40 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27
71% matchMostly Negative36% of 1,021 reviews2026
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Run the league one decision at a time. EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27, powered by the all-new Persona Engine.
Why similar: Football (American) 73.3% ★, Sports 19.6%, Simulation 7.1%
- #41 Brutal Ball Manager 2
69% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Stout Kassel Games
Windows
Brutalball Manager 2 is the sequel to the Football Franchise Management Simulation game. Based on American Football in a Fantasy setting with unique rules. Take full control of the entire league. Tons of customization and deep stat tracking.
Why similar: Football (American) 64.7% ★, Sports 28%, Simulation 7.3%
- #42 Indoor Football Manager 2
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Statline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Draw your own plays, then watch them work. An 8-on-8 indoor football management sim — design a playbook, build a roster nobody else wanted, and turn a broke arena team into a dynasty. Solo or with friends. No account, no server.
Why similar: Football (American) 73.1% ★, Sports 21%, Simulation 4.4%, Indie 1.5%
- #43 Football Legacy Manager 27
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 57.7% ★, Sports 31.4%, Simulation 11%
- #44 Axis Football 2020
72% matchMixed67% of 178 reviews2020
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football features football gaming's deepest Franchise Mode and massively improved simulation-style gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 64.5% ★, Sports 26.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #45 War Room Football
67% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Tanish Jagtap
Windows · Mac
Build a dynasty from the front office. Draft, trade, sign, and develop players across unlimited seasons. Scout prospects, manage the cap, hire coaches, then watch the league evolve around you.
Why similar: Football (American) 62.3% ★, Sports 28.4%, Simulation 8.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #46 Brick and Banner: College Football Dynasty
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Brick and Banner Sims
Windows
A college football dynasty sim where you grow your coaching tree, not just the program. Start at a 3,000-seat Division III school, see your game plan execute or call the plays yourself. Your coordinators become your future head coaches, and grow one living world across three divisions.
Why similar: Football (American) 74.8% ★, Sports 18%, Simulation 5.9%, Indie 1.4%
- #47 Rox Solid Pro Football
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rox Solid Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose your role (Owner, General Manager, Head Coach, Off/Def/ST Coordinator, or Position Coach), choose what you want to control (24 different settings across Scouting, Coaching, Front Office, and Game Management groupings), and play as many seasons as you want.
Why similar: Football (American) 73.6% ★, Sports 18.4%, Simulation 8%
- #48 Maximum Football
68% matchMixed59% of 1,413 reviews2025
Dev: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Forge your legacy in Maximum Football, where you can play both college and pro football in one shared universe. Recruit the next college superstar and take them into the pros to become a future Hall of Famer. Build your team with unparalleled in-game customization that gives you ultimate control.
Why similar: Football (American) 61.2% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 6.5%
- #49 Axis Football 2021
71% matchMixed62% of 140 reviews2021
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 62.5% ★, Sports 27.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #50 xvorogue
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: aerbuf
Windows
Roguelike deckbuilder football. Call plays from hand of cards. Our sim built on 18+ trillion plays and 56 years of real NFL data produces the outcome. Build your team, fix your deck, run the gauntlet. Retire in glory or it's back to square one. Which team will you lead to the promised land?
Why similar: Football (American) 76% ★, Sports 15.8%, Simulation 7.1%, Indie 1.1%
- #51 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2020
70% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2020 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 48.5% ★, Sports 35.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #52 Gridiron Football League
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: PeligroAmigoPub: Danger Friends
Windows
Call plays and take control on the field in a retro American football game backed by a deep franchise simulation. Draft, trade, and develop players, build custom teams and rosters, and chase championships across multiple seasons.
Why similar: Football (American) 74% ★, Sports 17.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Indie 0.9%
- #53 4th & Inches
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: AccoladePub: Ziggurat
Windows
4th & Inches gives you all of the hard-hitting action of real football: the bombs, the blitzing, the goal line stands. Winning at 4th & Inches will take all the moves of a #1 draft choice plus the tactical genius of a veteran head coach.
Why similar: Football (American) 67.5% ★, Sports 27.4%, Simulation 5.1%
- #54 Front Office Football Eight
68% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Sports 48.2%, Football (American) 47.4% ★, Simulation 4.4%
- #55 Pro Strategy Football 2027
64% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows
Create your own football universe in the ultimate gridiron game, a 100% true-down engine and uncheating AI! Coach, watch, or simulate every down! Manage franchise or historic careers! Customize leagues and rules! Revisit any season, game, drive, highlight, or play in league history!
Why similar: Football (American) 69.7% ★, Sports 22%, Simulation 7.3%, Indie 1%
- #56 Desktop Dynasties 3
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Head Coach Games
Windows
Football coaching and GM simulation game.
Why similar: Football (American) 75.5% ★, Sports 24.5%