- #1 FROM THE DUGOUT
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IronGlitch Studios
Windows
Manage your team to glory in this text-based football manager. Win trophies, master the transfer market, and live the life of a real coach. Balance locker room egos, manage your personal wealth, and work your way up to buying your own club. Your life off the pitch matters!
Why similar: Sports 41.2%, Life Sim 16.3%, Tactical RPG 15.6%, Football (Soccer) 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 4.2%
- #2 Premier Manager 04/05
96% 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: Sports 32.7%, Football (Soccer) 26.9% ★, Life Sim 17.4%, Time Management 14.5%, Management 5.9%
- #3 FLS
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: trld
Windows
Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.
Why similar: Sports 32.2%, Football (Soccer) 24.1% ★, Life Sim 18.3%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Time Management 6.2%
- #4 Premier Manager 03/04
94% 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: Sports 32.7%, Football (Soccer) 27% ★, Life Sim 17.2%, Time Management 14.3%, Management 6.1%
- #5 Premier Manager 06/07
94% 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: Sports 33.3%, Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Life Sim 17.5%, Time Management 14.3%, Management 5.1%
- #6 Premier Manager 05/06
93% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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: Sports 33.5%, Football (Soccer) 27.6% ★, Life Sim 17.8%, Time Management 14.5%, Management 4%
- #7 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vibekontroll Gaming
Windows
Give your team its own identity, watch your tactics come alive on matchday and manage the victories, setbacks and ego clashes that follow.
Why similar: Sports 42.7%, Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Management 6.6%, Tactical 4.8%
- #8 Premier Manager 09
91% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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: Sports 33.7%, Football (Soccer) 27.7% ★, Life Sim 15.4%, Time Management 13%, Management 7.5%
- #9 Boss Of FCs
91% 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: Sports 34.3%, Football (Soccer) 27.4% ★, Life Sim 18.6%, Management 8.2%, Tactical 4.8%
- #10 Pro Football Agent
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harmoni Technology
Windows · Mac
Welcome to our thrilling football agent game, where you have the opportunity to build a successful agency and manage the talented players on their journey to stardom. You'll have the power to attract players to your agency, negotiate contracts, and guide them to the top of the football world.
Why similar: Sports 48.5%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Life Sim 14.4%, Management 7.1%, Choices Matter 3%
- #11 Premier Manager 08
89% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
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: Sports 33%, Football (Soccer) 27.3% ★, Life Sim 17.9%, Time Management 15.2%, Management 3.7%
- #12 Football Club Management 2023
87% matchMixed51% of 163 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: Sports 36.7%, Football (Soccer) 33% ★, Management 8%, Life Sim 7.9%, Immersive Sim 7.2%
- #13 WE ARE FOOTBALL
86% 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: Sports 40.1%, Football (Soccer) 35.5% ★, Time Management 16%, Management 5.8%, Choices Matter 2.3%
- #14 Pitch Girls
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
《Pitch Girls》 is a football FMV. You lead a women’s football team to compete against diverse top women’s teams worldwide. It features retro command-based battles with dribbling, breaks, passes, feints, charged shots and aerial duels. Every offensive and defensive call shapes match results.
Why similar: Sports 40.4%, Football (Soccer) 28.3% ★, Tactical RPG 16.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #15 My Scout Life
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Rakun Interactive
Windows
Discover hidden gems, develop their potential, and sell them for profit. In My Scout Life, you're the scout — finding young talents before anyone else does. Build your reputation, grow your network, and dominate the transfer market!
Why similar: Sports 40.6%, Football (Soccer) 21.2% ★, Time Management 16.9%, Life Sim 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%
- #16 Premier Manager 02/03
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 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: Sports 33.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.7% ★, Life Sim 18.3%, Time Management 15.5%, 2D 2.4%
- #17 Foosball - Street Edition
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 182 reviews2014
Dev: Yuisy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Foosball - Street Edition is a 5 VS 5 arcade football game, that puts you in the control of 9 teams of foosball players, each one with unique skills and abilities. Enjoy playing football with awesome characters in crazy locations!
Why similar: Sports 73.9%, Football (Soccer) 26.1% ★
- #18 Goalkeeper Journey
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Christian Schwenger
Windows
Step into the gloves of a rising goalkeeper, starting your journey at local clubs and working your way to the world’s biggest football stages.
Why similar: Sports 49%, Life Sim 25%, Football (Soccer) 22.2% ★, 2D 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #19 Premier Manager 10
82% 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 68%, Football (Soccer) 24.8% ★, Management 7.2%
- #20 Club Soccer Director 2022
81% 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 56.3%, Football (Soccer) 23.4% ★, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Management 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #21 Empire Eleven 2026
79% 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.
Why similar: Sports 51.6%, Football (Soccer) 26.7% ★, Immersive Sim 10.5%, Management 7.1%, Choices Matter 1.9%
- #22 Heroic Sports Football : Enhanced Edition
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Whiskeybarrel StudiosPub: eGames.com
Windows
With very few rules, on field fatalities and quick, hectic matches, Heroic Sports Football : Enhanced Edition is the remedy against stat-heavy, lumbering football simulations. It’s football the way it should be played. Pure brutal adrenaline charged fun.
Why similar: Sports 46.4%, Football (Soccer) 32.4% ★, Management 7.2%, Immersive Sim 7%, Tactical 5.3%
- #23 99Managers Futsal Edition
78% 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: Sports 43.3%, Football (Soccer) 35.3% ★, Management 9.8%, Tactical 7.8%, 2D 3.1%
- #24 Club Legend
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mallat Entertainment
Windows
Turn your dream of becoming a professional footballer into a career of your own. Play every match, earn your place, chase transfers and trophies, and experience a living football world on your own or with a friend as teammates or rivals.
Why similar: Sports 30%, Football (Soccer) 26.7% ★, Life Sim 15.6%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Management 6.7%
- #25 Football Story
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: fructus temporumPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Football Story is a cozy football RPG and life sim about growing up, friendship, and a dream. Develop your skills, explore the town of Lumen Bay, help its residents, and build your own street football team. Rise from your first neighborhood matches to victory over the pros!
Why similar: Sports 29.6%, Football (Soccer) 25.9% ★, Life Sim 19.1%, Time Management 15.4%, Management 7%
- #26 Ultimate Club Manager 26
76% 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 60.2%, Football (Soccer) 31% ★, Management 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #27 BFM 26
76% 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 56.9%, Football (Soccer) 24.4% ★, Management 8.4%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, 2D 1.4%
- #28 Golden Right
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Gmath
Windows
Forge a 'Golden Right' capable of rewriting the fate of the World Championship in a sanctuary far from the noise. Master deeply immersive third-person set-pieces within a living world of dynamic seasons and authentic physics—and strike those 'impossible' moments into reality.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.8% ★, Sports 28%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Life Sim 8.7%
- #29 Penalty Shooters 2
74% 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: Sports 54.8%, Football (Soccer) 40.8% ★, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #30 Sim: World Cup Manager
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jfsimgames
Windows
Take charge of your nation from a world of 202 teams and chase international glory. Build your squad, master deep tactics and live sideline shouts, unearth wonderkids in your national youth academy, and battle through the World Cup and Continental Championships in a deep football management sim.
Why similar: Sports 54.6%, Football (Soccer) 19% ★, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Management 5.1%, Tactical 4.7%
- #31 Eleven Legends
75% 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: Sports 44.1%, Football (Soccer) 34.1% ★, Management 10.7%, Time Management 8.7%, 2D 1.6%
- #32 TriFute - Online Button Soccer
73% match5 user reviews83% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Douglas Maieski
Windows
TriFute, a unique button soccer game, allows you to play dynamic matches against online opponents or local multiplayer.
Why similar: Sports 66.1%, Football (Soccer) 33.9% ★
- #33 Road To Glory
72% 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: Sports 48.4%, Football (Soccer) 28.3% ★, Tactical RPG 14.5%, Management 2.7%, Choices Matter 2.3%
- #34 Polyleague Manager 2026: Football Evolution
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mitchell Hepburn
Windows
Step into Polyleague Manager 2026 —where football management meets real-time action! Customize tactics, play unique modes like Threeball, Fourball, or Fiveball, and enjoy dynamic live commentary. With endless customization, take your team to victory like never before!
Why similar: Sports 30%, Football (Soccer) 25.9% ★, Tactical RPG 16.9%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Tactical 7.3%
- #35 Foot Simulator
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tunderhead
Windows
A physics-based football simulation where you directly control a character’s leg articulation to move, balance, and kick, emphasizing skill, precision, and mastery over unconventional controls.
Why similar: Sports 48.5%, Football (Soccer) 34.8% ★, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #36 CleanSheet 2
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INCISIV Ltd
Windows
CleanSheet 2 delivers the definitive VR goalkeeping experience on Steam. Step between the posts with faster gameplay, advanced training systems, and authentic match situations designed to test your reactions, positioning, and composure under pressure.
Why similar: Sports 52.8%, Football (Soccer) 27.9% ★, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #37 Pro Soccer Manager 27
71% 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 57.5%, Football (Soccer) 28.6% ★, Tactical 7.4%, Management 6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #38 Soccer Rage
70% matchVery Positive81% of 647 reviews2015
Dev: Stamina-Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Soccer Rage is a sport/action game that features: a hybrid engine of soccer and fighting. This game has a dynamic and fast paced soccer gameplay. There are no red cards, no off-sides, no outside balls, no substitutions, brutal fouls are allowed along with fighting.
Why similar: Sports 67.9%, Football (Soccer) 32.1% ★
- #39 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
70% 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 68.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.2% ★, Management 4.3%
- #40 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
70% 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 59.2%, Football (Soccer) 29% ★, Management 9.4%, 2D 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #41 Total Futsal Manager
69% 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: Sports 46.7%, Football (Soccer) 33.6% ★, Management 8.5%, Tactical 6.9%, Choices Matter 2.8%
- #42 Non-League Football Manager
69% 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: Sports 51%, Football (Soccer) 31.7% ★, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Choices Matter 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #43 New Star™ Manager
68% 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: Sports 57.7%, Football (Soccer) 34% ★, Management 8.3%
- #44 Super Kickers League
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Xaloc StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
The best alternative to conventional football games is here!
Why similar: Sports 85.7%, Football (Soccer) 14.3% ★
- #45 Football Manager Lifestyle
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LifePitch Interactive
Windows · Mac
Can you balance football management and life simulation? Football Manager Lifestyle combines football management and life adventures. Become an icon: develop your club to the top, choose to manage businesses, make friends, and win trophies for your club!
Why similar: Sports 26.1%, Football (Soccer) 23.8% ★, Life Sim 15.4%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Time Management 9.6%
- #46 Lords of Football
69% 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 73.9%, Football (Soccer) 23.2% ★, Management 2.9%
- #47 Eye of the Match: The VAR Game
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mix and Jam
Windows · Mac
Yellow Card? Red Card? That's up to you. As a Virtual Referee it is your responsibility to inspect football replays, identify infringements and punish those who are not following the regulations.
Why similar: Sports 62.3%, Football (Soccer) 32.8% ★, Choices Matter 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #48 The Chairman
67% 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 60.2%, Football (Soccer) 29.5% ★, Management 7.9%, 2D 2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #49 New Star™ Soccer 5
67% 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 66.8%, Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★
- #50 Cock Soccer
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Lobosandia
Windows · Linux
Cock Soccer is a multiplayer, arcade-style 2.5d sports game with multiple customizable characters to choose from, chaotic gameplay that fuses soccer with some beat 'em up elements and maps with traps that can change the course of the match in unexpected ways!
Why similar: Sports 74.5%, Football (Soccer) 25.5% ★