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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sports, Football (Soccer), Management, Simulation.

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Want to control the World Cup? Want to create your own super league? Control the underground transfer market? Win the hearts of glamorous socialites? In this 2D football RPG, you can. Choose from 10 careers, manage 400+ clubs, and build your billionaire empire. It's all here.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Orion Pulse Digital
Genres: RPG, Simulation, Sports, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% 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 40.2%, Football (Soccer) 35.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 5.1%, Simulation 4.4%

  2. #2 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 363 reviews2020
    Dev: Trophy Games ApS
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!

    Why similar: Sports 47%, Football (Soccer) 33.5%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 4.6%, Management 2.9%

  3. #3 Football Academy Director
    95% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Merla Interactive
    Windows

    Take charge of a football academy, from U11 prospects to the U19 academy team. Scout and recruit young talent, choose youth camps and training camps, shape squads and tactics, climb the Youth League pyramid, and chase league title and World Youth Cup glory.

    Why similar: Sports 38.2%, Football (Soccer) 37.4%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 5.5%, Economy 4.2%

  4. #4 Foosball Manager
    94% 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 41.2%, Football (Soccer) 37.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 5.4%, Simulation 5.2%

  5. #5 Football Manager 26
    94% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,447 reviews2025
    Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 56.5 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43%, Sports 36.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 5.4%, Simulation 4.3%

  6. #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) 43.6%, Sports 31.4%, Strategy 8%, Management 7.4%, Simulation 4.1%

  7. #7 Retro Club Manager
    92% 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) 44%, Sports 30.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Management 6.1%, Simulation 4.1%

  8. #8 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
    91% 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) 46.9%, Sports 34.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 4.5%, Simulation 3.3%

  9. #9 Fifth Tier
    91% 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) 47.1%, Sports 27.7%, Strategy 7.5%, Economy 7%, Management 6.3%

  10. #10 Pro Soccer Manager 27
    90% 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 41.3%, Football (Soccer) 36.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 5.5%, Management 4.2%

  11. #11 Lords of Football
    89% matchMixed52% of 353 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 52.7%, Football (Soccer) 29.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 5.1%, Management 2%

  12. #12 Underdog Futsal
    89% 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) 46.4%, Sports 33.7%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 3.2%

  13. #13 99Managers Futsal Edition
    88% 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) 46.9%, Sports 32.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.1%, Simulation 2.7%

  14. #14 Retro Football Boss
    87% 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) 50.4%, Sports 30.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 5.3%, Management 4.5%

  15. #15 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
    85% 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) 44.3%, Sports 35.9%, Management 5.5%, Economy 3.7%, Simulation 3.7%

  16. #16 Club Soccer Director 2022
    86% matchMixed66% of 115 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 42.6%, Football (Soccer) 31.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 5.4%, Realistic 4.6%

  17. #17 Road To Glory
    84% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2026
    Dev: UPLAY Online
    Windows · Mac

    Take the reins of a Football club and step into the role of a respected (or controversial) General Manager as you swipe left or right to make the decisions that will shape your team's fate.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37.2%, Sports 35.5%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, RPG 10.2%, Management 2%

  18. #18 New Star™ Manager
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 526 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) 43.9%, Sports 41.5%, Management 5.8%, Simulation 5.6%, RPG 3.2%

  19. #19 Empire Eleven 2026
    81% matchPositive82% of 11 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.

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  20. #20 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
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    Dev: Heroic Games Studio
    Windows

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

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  21. #21 Flipping Football Clubs
    82% 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) 41.7%, Sports 33.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 5.5%, Economy 5.3%

  22. #22 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
    80% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: dicehit
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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) 41.1%, Sports 24.5%, Card Game 12.5%, Management 6.3%, Strategy 5.6%

  23. #23 UltFoot: Football Manager
    81% 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) 38.4%, Sports 38.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 5.6%, Simulation 5%

  24. #24 Ultimate Club Manager 26
    79% 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 45.6%, Football (Soccer) 42%, Simulation 6%, Management 6%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  25. #25 Total Futsal Manager
    78% matchNo user 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) 44.5%, Sports 34.5%, Management 6.1%, Economy 4.3%, Simulation 3.9%

  26. #26 Penalty Shooters 2
    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: NUSPEKO
    Windows

    A fast-paced football penalty shootout game where you pick from 360 teams across 12 leagues, aim with the mouse, and click to dive as the keeper. Outsmart smart AI goalkeepers and climb from group stage to knockout glory.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.3%, Sports 41.5%, 2D 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  27. #27 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rich Smalley
    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) 39.9%, Sports 36.2%, Management 6.8%, Hand-drawn 6.2%, Simulation 5.3%

  28. #28 Football Owner 2025
    77% 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 41%, Football (Soccer) 34.6%, Strategy 8%, Management 6%, Economy 5.3%

  29. #29 Miranza Futebol Clube
    75% matchNo user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Porto Inc.
    Windows

    Parabéns, você é o novo presidente de um clube de futebol — agora o problema é seu 🎉 Em Miranza FC, um simulador de gestão e estratégia, você não escala o time: negocia contratos, administra o caixa, responde à diretoria e enfrenta uma eleição que pode te tirar do cargo se os resultados não vierem.

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  30. #30 BFM 26
    76% matchNo user reviews
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    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 43.3%, Football (Soccer) 33.3%, Strategy 11%, Management 6.2%, Simulation 4.7%

  31. #31 Non-League Football Manager
    76% 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) 42.1%, Sports 37.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 5.2%, Realistic 3.6%

  32. #32 Football Career Mode 26
    74% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: 44games
    Windows

    Football Career Mode 26 is a straightforward football manager game. Choose a club, choose a sponsor and start your football manager career! Lead your club to the top through transfers, scouting, infrastructure updates and much more and win as many titles as possible!

    Why similar: Sports 38.2%, Football (Soccer) 37.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Strategy RPG 4.7%, Simulation 4.2%

  33. #33 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
    74% 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.

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  34. #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 53.5%, Football (Soccer) 34.9%, Simulation 6%, Management 5.5%

  35. #35 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
    73% 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) 51.8%, Sports 30.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 6.8%, Simulation 2.3%

  36. #36 PIX Football Manager
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PeytonParrishGames
    Windows

    In this retro football management sim, you’ll watch players from over 350 clubs in fully simulated matches, trust your eye to uncover hidden gems, and outbid rival managers to sign them. Shape your tactics and lead your club season after season to build your dynasty.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42%, Sports 33%, Strategy 9.1%, Economy 5.4%, Management 5.3%

  37. #37 Footy Manager
    72% 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) 46.1%, Sports 38.2%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 4.3%, 2D 1.1%

  38. #38 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
    70% matchMixed58% of 106 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) 50.1%, Sports 30.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 4.7%, 2D 1.9%

  39. #39 Player's Eleven
    72% 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.

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  40. #40 FC Tycoon 2027
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Darkwave Studios
    Windows

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    Why similar: Sports 38.5%, Football (Soccer) 36.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 6.8%, Simulation 5.3%

  41. #41 WE ARE FOOTBALL
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,455 reviews2021
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    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) 52.3%, Sports 33%, Strategy 7.2%, Management 4.7%, Simulation 2.6%

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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 188 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
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    Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!

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  43. #43 New Star™ Soccer 5
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 876 reviews2012
    Dev: New Star Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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 49.9%, Football (Soccer) 44.4%, Simulation 5.7%

  44. #44 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
    70% matchNo user reviews
    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 42.1%, Football (Soccer) 40.7%, Management 5.9%, Simulation 5.5%, Economy 5.5%

  45. #45 Football Academy Manager
    67% matchNo user reviews92% of 271 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) 45.8%, Sports 30.5%, Economy 8.8%, Management 8.2%, Strategy 2.8%

  46. #46 Club Chairman
    68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Ashina Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Sports 42.7%, Football (Soccer) 27.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Economy 6%, Simulation 5.6%

  47. #47 Haramball
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: A2B Games
    Windows

    Haramball is a multiplayer football tactics card strategy game where you pick the players, merge their attributes, set up the best formations and then watch your tactics unfold in real-time. Will you play beautiful football or become the football terrorist you were always meant to be ? You decide.

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    69% 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. Build your team and guide it through leagues, cups and continental competitions. Featuring 5,909 clubs from 218 countries, 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and an easily customizable database.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.1%, Sports 28.2%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 3.5%

  49. #49 Calcio 98
    68% 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) 45.8%, Sports 33.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Management 6.3%, Simulation 2.8%

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    67% match5 user reviews83% of 5 reviews2024
    Dev: Douglas Maieski
    Windows

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    Why similar: Sports 52.1%, Football (Soccer) 47.9%

  51. #51 Fabled Footy
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: JcupDevPub: Just A Cup LLC
    Windows

    Fantasy and Turn-based tactics meet soccer in this roguelike adventure. Build your party, cast abilities, and outplay orcs, goblins, slimes, and skeletons on your way to crushing powerful bosses.

    Why similar: Sports 45.5%, Football (Soccer) 37.1%, Strategy 12.8%, RPG 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%

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    67% matchNo user 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!

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