- #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: Football (Soccer) 39.9% ★, Sports 25.3%, Management 9.8%, Economy 6.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #2 Retro Club Manager
96% 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) 46.8% ★, Sports 20.3%, Management 10.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #3 Football Academy Manager
95% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.4% ★, Sports 18.3%, Management 13.4%, Economy 13.3%, Simulation 3.8%
- #4 The Chairman
94% 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: Football (Soccer) 39.1% ★, Sports 27.6%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 8%, Economy 6.9%
- #5 Calcio Totale
94% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.9% ★, Sports 19.7%, Management 11.4%, Economy 6.9%, Simulation 6.8%
- #6 Eleven Legends
93% 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) 47.4% ★, Sports 21.2%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 5.3%
- #7 Player's Eleven
92% 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) 53% ★, Sports 19.8%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 7.6%, Indie 1.5%
- #8 Underdog Futsal
91% 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) 49.9% ★, Sports 22.4%, Management 14%, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 5.6%
- #9 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
91% 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: Football (Soccer) 47.4% ★, Sports 23.8%, Management 10%, Simulation 6.6%, Economy 6.2%
- #10 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
89% 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: Football (Soccer) 41.4% ★, Sports 26.6%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Economy 8.8%
- #11 Retro Football Boss
90% 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) 54.2% ★, Sports 20.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Management 8.1%, Strategy 6.1%
- #12 Football Manager 26
88% 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: Football (Soccer) 48.3% ★, Sports 25.6%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7%
- #13 Flipping Football Clubs
89% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.4% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 9.9%, Economy 8.8%, Simulation 6.3%
- #14 99Managers Futsal Edition
87% 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) 51.1% ★, Sports 21.7%, Management 13%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.9%
- #15 LeManager
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LudoCar
Windows · Mac
LeManager is a fast football management simulation where you build squads, scout and negotiate transfers, train players, set tactics, handle player egos and incidents, and play endless seasons without losing the speed of classic management games.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.2% ★, Management 14.1%, Sports 11.6%, Simulation 8.7%, 2D 1.4%
- #16 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
85% 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!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.3% ★, Sports 19.9%, Economy 11.2%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 7%
- #17 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
86% 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) 54% ★, Sports 19.5%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 5.6%, Simulation 4%
- #18 Total Futsal Manager
82% 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) 47.7% ★, Sports 22.9%, Management 11.1%, Economy 7.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #19 Foosball Manager
83% 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: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 29%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #20 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
84% 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) 41.2% ★, Sports 18%, Economy 13.6%, Management 11.8%, Text-Based 4.9%
- #21 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
82% 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) 53.4% ★, Sports 24.2%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.3%
- #22 Football Owner 2025
81% 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: Football (Soccer) 37.1% ★, Sports 27.3%, Management 10.7%, Economy 8.9%, Simulation 6.7%
- #23 Ultimate Club Manager 26
80% 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: Football (Soccer) 45.5% ★, Sports 30.6%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #24 New Star™ Manager
81% 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: Football (Soccer) 48.3% ★, Sports 28.3%, Management 10.8%, Simulation 10.1%, Indie 2.5%
- #25 Simple Football League Manager
79% 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) 51.4% ★, Sports 18.3%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 5.2%
- #26 Crazy Fußball-Manager
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crazy Coffee and Cookie Creations
Windows
Crazy! After an accident involving a coffee-obsessed superhero, you end up in a parallel football world. Lead your club from the third division to the top, discover absurd super talents, and experience crazy live matches – developed by a solo developer with extensive AI support.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.5% ★, Sports 24.4%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 4.3%
- #27 UltFoot: Football Manager
78% 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) 42.3% ★, Sports 26.1%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #28 PIX Football Manager
78% 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: Football (Soccer) 45.1% ★, Sports 22%, Management 9.7%, Economy 9%, Simulation 7.1%
- #29 Calcio 98
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertigo srl
Windows
Calcio 98 is a single-player football management game set in the 1998/99 season and created by longtime fans of the classics like Premier Manager 98 or PC Fútbol 7. Lead your club across 18 leagues and 14 cups through tactics, transfers, squad development and finances.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49% ★, Sports 21.9%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 4.9%
- #30 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
76% 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: Football (Soccer) 42.3% ★, Sports 29.8%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Text-Based 3.6%
- #31 FC Tycoon 2027
75% 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) 39.8% ★, Sports 25.8%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #32 Pocket League Story
75% matchVery Positive90% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 54.6% ★, Sports 19.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Economy 5.9%, Management 5.5%
- #33 Matchday Manager
74% 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) 45.8% ★, Sports 20.8%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #34 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
76% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.3% ★, Sports 28.5%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #35 Empire Eleven 2026
73% 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: Football (Soccer) 40.9% ★, Sports 27.4%, Management 10%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #36 Club Chairman
73% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ashina Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're not the manager, you're the CHAIRMAN. Hire and fire managers, survive transfer windows, and keep the ultras out of the boardroom. Bankroll Barcalana, dodge bankruptcy, and try not to get voted out. It's football without all that annoying running.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 29.2% ★, Sports 28.3%, Economy 10%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #37 BFM 26
74% 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: Football (Soccer) 36.8% ★, Sports 29.7%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #38 Football Agent
72% matchVery Positive82% of 114 reviews2026
Dev: ATERO GAMES
Windows
You're not the manager, you're the agent. Scout hidden gems across 47,500 players, win them over face to face, build their careers, and sell them for millions. A deep football agency career sim where every contract has your name on it.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.3% ★, Sports 18.3%, Economy 10.3%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 5.5%
- #39 Marvelous Soccer Management
73% 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: Football (Soccer) 29.8% ★, Sports 28.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Economy 10.4%, Management 7.2%
- #40 Mini Soccer Manager
71% 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: Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★, Sports 31.1%, Economy 13.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 8.1%
- #41 Retro Club Dynasty Season 92/93
71% 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) 45.8% ★, Sports 29.3%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 6.4%, Strategy 4.8%
- #42 Redraft FC
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seahawk Studios
Windows
A football management game about hindsight. Inherit a real club exactly as it was, tear the squad up, and sign the players you now know were going to be great - at what they cost then. Play it forward season by season. Seven ways to play, from managing a club to being a pundit.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44% ★, Sports 21.2%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Economy 4.7%
- #43 HALFTIME Manager
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Lazybraindev
Windows · Linux
Take charge of a club, pick your lineup, and experience every matchday as a TV broadcast: 2D pitch, live ticker, halftime locker room. Six game worlds from Europe to Oceania, up to 3,054 clubs, 29 languages. Your decisions matter, not luck.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.9% ★, Sports 21.4%, Management 11.4%, Economy 11.2%, Simulation 7.1%
- #44 Renz Soccer Sim
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 32.8% ★, Sports 25.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Economy 11.3%, Management 8%
- #45 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 40.7% ★, Sports 35.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 5.9%
- #46 Total Club Manager
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floresta Studios
Windows · Mac
A love letter to the football management games that stole your nights. Sign players, build tactics, run the youth academy and the finances, and live every match minute by minute. Take a club from nothing to the top of Europe.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 36.8% ★, Sports 20.8%, Economy 12.1%, Management 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%
- #47 WE ARE FOOTBALL
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
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) 58.3% ★, Sports 22.8%, Management 8.7%, Strategy 4.9%, Simulation 4.8%
- #48 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Gun Blazing
Windows
Manage a prison football team, trade inmates, develop your squad, survive prison politics, and lead your team from the yard to glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.5% ★, Sports 25.6%, Management 13%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 2.8%
- #49 President FC: Football Club Owner
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Komochigame
Windows · Mac
Build your own football club from the lower leagues up. Scout signings, develop young talent and shape the club's future. Let your manager handle matchday, or step in yourself. Take your time with the details, or move quickly through the season.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.3% ★, Sports 15.9%, Management 11.9%, Economy 11.3%, Simulation 5.4%
- #50 China Youth Academy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JZHL
Windows
Run a broke grassroots youth academy and keep its players moving while contracts, parents, paperwork, and temporary rules pile up around the pitch.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.8% ★, Sports 24.4%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 5.9%, Economy 5.4%
- #51 Footy Manager
67% 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: Football (Soccer) 52.7% ★, Sports 27.1%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Text-Based 3.5%
- #52 Premier Manager 10
68% 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: Football (Soccer) 40% ★, Sports 38%, Simulation 11.4%, Management 10.6%
- #53 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
65% matchMixed57% of 122 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) 57.9% ★, Sports 21.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #54 Retro Football
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laevum Games
Windows
Retro Fútbol is a football management game inspired by the classics of the 1990s. Manage your squad, transfers, tactics, stadium, and finances, and lead your club to the top season after season.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.5% ★, Sports 18.7%, Management 9.9%, Economy 8%, Simulation 7.2%
- #55 Football Club Management 2023
67% matchMixed51% of 165 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) 56.2% ★, Sports 21.6%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 5.6%, Strategy 2.6%