- #1 Pro Soccer Manager 27
97% 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: Sports 34.5%, Football (Soccer) 28.1% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 9.3%, Management 7.5%
- #2 Empire Eleven 2026
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NextStation Games
Windows
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 31.3%, Football (Soccer) 27.5% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%
- #3 BFM 26
96% 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 34.8%, Football (Soccer) 25.2% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Management 11.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #4 Foosball Manager
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: machnikl
Windows
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: Sports 34.7%, Football (Soccer) 30.9% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Management 10.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #5 Matchday Manager
94% 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) 31.5% ★, Sports 24.4%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 10.8%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #6 UltFoot: Football Manager
94% 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 31.2%, Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 8.4%
- #7 99Managers Futsal Edition
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Simon Dalvai
Windows · Mac · Linux
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) 36.5% ★, Sports 27.4%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 6.2%
- #8 Football Manager 26
91% matchMostly Negative33% of 32,312 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 60.7 hrsMean: 128.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.7% ★, Sports 32.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 10.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #9 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
92% 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 35.5%, Football (Soccer) 29.4% ★, Management 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Text-Based 7%
- #10 The Chairman
90% 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 36.6%, Football (Soccer) 30.3% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 8%
- #11 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games ApS
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Sports 42.4%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Management 5.9%
- #12 Ultimate Club Manager 26
89% matchNo user 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 38.2%, Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★, Simulation 16.8%, Management 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #13 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
87% matchPositive93% of 30 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) 35.9% ★, Sports 30.5%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Text-Based 4.9%
- #14 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
88% matchMixed63% of 24 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) 40.3% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.3%
- #15 Underdog Futsal
86% 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 38.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.4% ★, Simulation 14%, Management 10%, Strategy 7.5%
- #16 Premier Manager 10
86% 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 45.1%, Football (Soccer) 27.7% ★, Simulation 16.8%, Management 10.4%
- #17 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
84% 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) 40.3% ★, Sports 31.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #18 Retro Football Boss
84% 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) 41.6% ★, Sports 26.6%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #19 New Star™ Manager
83% matchVery Positive87% of 516 reviews2018
Dev: New Star Games Ltd.Pub: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 96.4 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) 36.4% ★, Sports 35.9%, Simulation 16.3%, Management 11.5%
- #20 Player's Eleven
82% matchVery Positive83% of 52 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) 41.3% ★, Sports 26.5%, Management 16.8%, Simulation 12.7%, 2D 2%
- #21 Boss Of FCs
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Altair Games
Windows
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) 33.6% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 13%, Text-Based 10.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #22 Forever World Cup Simulator
79% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Simcups
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simulate over 40 events, including the World Cup and continental cups. Enjoy high replayability with 220+ national teams evolving dynamically over the years. Use powerful in-game editors to create new teams and edit tournament formats, while tracking detailed statistics for every team and event!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.6% ★, Sports 27.2%, Text-Based 14.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 11.6%
- #23 Lords of Football
81% matchMixed52% of 352 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 47.1%, Football (Soccer) 24.9% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 4.1%
- #24 Football Owner 2025
80% 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 35.7%, Football (Soccer) 28.4% ★, Management 11.6%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 6.4%
- #25 Football Academy Manager
77% matchNo user reviews92% of 193 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) 36.5% ★, Sports 25.8%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 6.7%, Tactical 6.6%
- #26 Football Club Management 2023
78% matchMixed51% of 162 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) 39.7% ★, Sports 26.1%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Tactical 5.5%
- #27 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
79% 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 36.4%, Football (Soccer) 33.1% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 9%, Management 8.8%
- #28 Club Soccer Director 2022
78% matchMixed67% of 114 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 38.6%, Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.8%
- #29 Non-League Football Manager
77% 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) 34.9% ★, Sports 33.3%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 9%, Text-Based 7.2%
- #30 Master Manager
76% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hasbeen Games
Windows
You are the manager of a football club, determine its future by making the best decisions regarding tactics, training, player contracts, sponsorship deals and infrastructure. Watch your players performing on our amazing 2d match engine.
Why similar: Sports 32.4%, Football (Soccer) 28.2% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Management 7.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #31 Retro Manager
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 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) 38.7% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 11.8%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #32 Sports Betting Simulator
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Ashina Games
Windows
This is a sports betting simulation game. You have to make bets and earn money in order to achieve set goals and advance in your adventure.
Why similar: Sports 38.8%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Management 7.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #33 Football Referee Simulator
71% matchVery Positive91% of 493 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?
Why similar: Sports 39.9%, Football (Soccer) 36.5% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Text-Based 10.1%, 2D 1.7%
- #34 New Star™ Soccer 5
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 855 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Live the life of an up-and-coming superstar in this unique football career game. Start out as a 16 year old lad and work your way to the top to become a footballing legend!
Why similar: Sports 44.7%, Football (Soccer) 38.4% ★, Simulation 16.9%
- #35 Premier Manager 03/04
73% 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) 36.4% ★, Sports 26.1%, Text-Based 10.7%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 9.3%
- #36 WE ARE FOOTBALL
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,451 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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) 45.3% ★, Sports 30.7%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #37 Premier Manager 04/05
72% 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) 36.9% ★, Sports 26.5%, Management 10.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Simulation 9.5%
- #38 PIX Football Manager
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
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) 36.6% ★, Sports 29.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 11%, Strategy 7.7%
- #39 Premier Manager 06/07
69% 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) 37.4% ★, Sports 27.2%, Text-Based 10.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 9.1%
- #40 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
69% 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) 34.5% ★, Sports 25.8%, Management 13.9%, Text-Based 11.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #41 Director of Management: Football Club
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest football management sim ever built. 577 territories. 15,000+ competitions. 20,000+ clubs. 500,000+ players and staff. Men's and women's football simulated equally. No microtransactions. Steam Deck ready.
Why similar: Sports 49.1%, Simulation 21.6%, Management 13.2%, Strategy 13.2%, 2D 2.3%
- #42 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 52.7%, Simulation 21.2%, Strategy 15%, Football (Soccer) 8.1% ★, Management 3%
- #43 F11 Football Manager
66% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Factotum
Windows · Mac
Manage your own club in F11 Football Manager. Sign players, upgrade the stadium, negotiate sponsorships and devise tactics to lead your team to glory. Do you have what it takes to be the best football manager?
Why similar: Sports 43.9%, Football (Soccer) 22.5% ★, Simulation 16.1%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #44 Super Arcade Soccer
68% matchMixed56% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: Ruben Alcañiz
Windows · Mac
Classic Football is back with Super Arcade Soccer. Super Arcade Soccer is a fun soccer game with arcade playability; direct, accessible control; and a wide range of actions, such as passing, centering, skill shots…
Why similar: Sports 49.8%, Football (Soccer) 31.6% ★, Simulation 18.6%
- #45 Pocket League Story
66% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.1% ★, Sports 28.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 6.6%, Management 6.4%
- #46 Soccer Manager 2026
64% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,467 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.7% ★, Sports 23%, Management 12.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Text-Based 9.2%
- #47 Football Director
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Syra Games
Windows
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) 44.3% ★, Sports 27.7%, Simulation 14.6%, Strategy 11%, 2D 1.7%