- #1 Foosball Manager
97% 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 39.6%, Football (Soccer) 34.4% ★, Simulation 13%, Strategy 7.1%, Management 5.2%
- #2 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
96% 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: Sports 46.1%, Football (Soccer) 31.2% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 2.9%
- #3 Football Manager 26
96% 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) 40% ★, Sports 36%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Management 5.3%
- #4 Street Soccer Simulator
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Street Soccer Simulator throws you into chaotic, messy matches where the rules don’t matter. Just you, the ball, and the streets—slide, smash, and score in the most fun and unpredictable soccer brawls you’ve ever played!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37.4% ★, Sports 30.9%, Competitive 12%, Simulation 9%, Modern 4.8%
- #5 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
94% 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 40.2%, Football (Soccer) 33.5% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Management 6.2%, Real Time Tactics 6.1%
- #6 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: Sports 40.6%, Football (Soccer) 33.8% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 6.8%, Management 5.2%
- #7 Ultimate Club Manager 26
93% 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 42.1%, Football (Soccer) 36.9% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Management 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #8 Lords of Football
91% matchMixed52% of 354 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 50.9%, Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 7.2%, Management 2%
- #9 Premier Manager 10
91% 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 49.7%, Football (Soccer) 30.8% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Management 5.1%
- #10 Footy Manager
90% 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) 40.3% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 6.5%, Real Time Tactics 6.5%
- #11 EA SPORTS FC™ 25
89% matchMixed53% of 107,259 reviews2024
Dev: EA CanadaPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 71.9 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 gives you more ways to win for the club. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush, and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Sports 31.3%, Competitive 13%, Simulation 6.4%, Modern 4%
- #12 Club Soccer Director 2022
89% matchMixed66% of 116 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 41.2%, Football (Soccer) 28.1% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Realistic 4.7%
- #13 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
87% 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) 44.7% ★, Sports 34.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Management 4.5%
- #14 Retro Football Boss
88% 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) 46.4% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 6.5%, Management 4.4%
- #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: Football (Soccer) 43.2% ★, Sports 32.9%, Simulation 8%, Management 7.6%, Strategy 6%
- #16 New Star™ Manager
86% 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) 40.3% ★, Sports 40.1%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 5.7%
- #17 Eleven Legends
84% 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) 42.1% ★, Sports 32%, Simulation 10.7%, Management 7.6%, Strategy 5.7%
- #18 New Star™ Soccer 5
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 882 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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 46.8%, Football (Soccer) 39.5% ★, Simulation 13.7%
- #19 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: Sports 37.1%, Football (Soccer) 35.5% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Management 5.5%
- #20 Crazy Fußball-Manager
81% 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) 39.4% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Management 7.5%, Strategy 4.5%
- #21 Retro Club Manager
80% 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) 42.8% ★, Sports 31.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Management 6.2%
- #22 Football Academy Director
79% 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: Sports 39.7%, Football (Soccer) 37% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Management 5.7%
- #23 Non-League Manager
78% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Black Cannon Studios
Windows · Mac
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) 38.7% ★, Sports 36.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 7.6%, Realistic 3.6%
- #24 Soccer Penalty Kick
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
In Soccer Penalty Kick, feel the pressure, the roar of the crowd, and the thrill of the shot! Smash in impossible goals, outsmart the keeper, and rise as your team’s hero. Every kick counts—become a legend on the field!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Sports 31%, Competitive 14.4%, Simulation 10%, Realistic 3%
- #25 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 40.2%, Football (Soccer) 36.9% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 4.4%
- #26 99Managers Futsal Edition
77% 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) 44.8% ★, Sports 32.3%, Management 7.2%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 6%
- #27 Empire Eleven 2026
75% 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: Sports 38.6%, Football (Soccer) 34% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 5.2%
- #28 Player's Eleven
77% 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) 47.3% ★, Sports 30.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Management 8.6%, 2D 1.7%
- #29 Retro Club Dynasty Season 92/93
76% 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: Sports 41%, Football (Soccer) 37.8% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Management 5.9%, Strategy 4.8%
- #30 BFM 26
75% 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 42.1%, Football (Soccer) 30.8% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 6.1%
- #31 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
73% 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) 43% ★, Sports 36.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Management 5.7%, Strategy 2.5%
- #32 Football Owner 2025
73% 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 40.3%, Football (Soccer) 32.3% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Management 5.9%, Strategy 5.6%
- #33 China Youth Academy
73% 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) 40.5% ★, Sports 33.6%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Modern 6.3%
- #34 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
71% 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) 47% ★, Sports 29.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 8.9%, 2D 1.3%
- #35 F11 Football Manager
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 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 45%, Football (Soccer) 23.9% ★, Simulation 13%, Real Time Tactics 6.8%, Strategy 5.4%
- #36 FC Tycoon 2027
72% 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: Sports 37.7%, Football (Soccer) 34.3% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Management 6.7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #37 Soccer Pro Simulator
71% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Soccer Pro Simulator is a realistic football (soccer) simulation designed to make you feel like a rockstar, making the crowd roar after scoring amazing goals. From powerful midfield shots to spectacular bicycle kicks, experience the thrill of becoming a true legend!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.9% ★, Sports 23.9%, Competitive 15.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Modern 6.6%
- #38 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
70% 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: Sports 41.4%, Football (Soccer) 38.1% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Management 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #39 Super Arcade Soccer
72% 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 51.9%, Football (Soccer) 33.1% ★, Simulation 15%
- #40 Ultimate Futsal Manager
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FGregory
Windows · Mac
Take full control of a futsal team as head coach. Manage the squad, set tactics, handle transfers, and build your legacy across multiple seasons. Experience realistic match simulation and deep career management in the fast-paced world of futsal.
Why similar: Sports 46%, Football (Soccer) 28.2% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Management 4.3%, Strategy 3.1%
- #41 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) 38.4% ★, Sports 36.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 6.9%, Strategy 2.9%
- #42 No Stars Football
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yak2000
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro pixel-art soccer game with old-school arcade action on the pitch and a deep management sim underneath - play or simulate every match, build a squad, and take a club from the lower divisions to the title over a full multi-season career.
Why similar: Sports 45.4%, Football (Soccer) 41.4% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Casual 1.6%, 2D 1.5%
- #43 Football Star Life 23/24
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seb Quilici
Windows
Become a football player and lead the career of your dreams. Be precise, score as many goals as possible, make the right choices during the transfer window, win numerous prestigious trophies, and become a legend!
Why similar: Sports 46.4%, Football (Soccer) 35% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #44 Matchday Manager
68% 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) 40.1% ★, Sports 30.8%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 6.3%, Management 6.2%
- #45 Balance of Soccer
69% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Stepiral Studio
Windows
This is a 3D soccer simulation game. Includes the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 48, wildcard matches, and a pure penalty shootout mode. You can freely set the team's formation and tactics, and you can also control the players in real time.
Why similar: Sports 43.6%, Football (Soccer) 40.6% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Casual 2.4%
- #46 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
68% 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) 49.2% ★, Sports 30.1%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.9%
- #47 PIX Football Manager
67% 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) 40% ★, Sports 33.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 6.4%, Management 5.4%
- #48 Flipping Football Clubs
67% 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) 41.1% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Management 5.8%
- #49 Mini Soccer Manager
65% 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: Sports 46.2%, Football (Soccer) 29.1% ★, Simulation 15%, Management 4.4%, Casual 2.9%
- #50 Football Scout Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JK NOVA
Windows
You don’t coach. You don’t sign the cheques. You find the players nobody else has seen. Football Scout Simulator puts you in the scout’s seat: an office, a phone, a notebook, and a passport. You have ten seasons to turn an unknown reputation into a legend of global scouting, or get yourself fired.
Why similar: Sports 44.9%, Football (Soccer) 25.2% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 3.4%
- #51 WE ARE FOOTBALL
66% 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) 49.9% ★, Sports 33.1%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 5.1%, Management 4.7%