- #1 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
94% 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) 37% ★, Sports 22%, Football (American) 13.4% ★, Management 7.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #2 Pro Football Dynasty
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SidelineSim Studios
Windows · Mac
The ultimate American football management sim. Call plays, sign free agents, scout prospects, draft superstars, and dive into deep stats for every player and team. Take control as a coach or GM, chase championships, and build a storied dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 38.2% ★, Sports 24.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 6.8%, Text-Based 6.2%
- #3 Football Academy Director
90% 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 31.6%, Football (Soccer) 30.2% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 7%
- #4 Calcio Totale
89% 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) 33.5% ★, Sports 24.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Management 7.9%
- #5 Sim: World Cup Manager
85% 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 32.8%, Football (Soccer) 20% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #6 Football Coach: College Dynasty
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,513 reviews2025
Dev: SidelineSim Studios
Windows · Mac
A true college football management game. Play as a coach or a school, recruit players, develop your team, and compete for national championships. Build a college football dynasty and become a coaching legend!
Why similar: Football (American) 33.6% ★, Sports 32.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 7.4%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #7 FC Tycoon 2027
84% 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 30%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 8.1%
- #8 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022
83% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 33.4%, Football (American) 29.1% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Text-Based 6.9%
- #9 Pure College Football
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reck-it Warehouse
Windows
Build your college football dynasty and compete for control. Master NIL recruiting, develop your coaching staff, and manage demanding boosters. Play solo or battle in online dynasties with up to 32 real players.
Why similar: Sports 32.9%, Football (American) 31.2% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 7.8%
- #10 Football Commissioner
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Atreus Interactive
Windows
The definitive, first-of-its-kind American football league management sim. Take control of the newest spring football league by customizing the structure, teams, ticket prices, salaries, and more. Sim games week by week to grow your league from a startup into a thriving sports empire.
Why similar: Football (American) 36.5% ★, Sports 31.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 6.8%
- #11 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022
81% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Sports 35.1%, Football (American) 33.3% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 5.6%
- #12 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021
80% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 44.4% ★, Sports 30%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 5.9%
- #13 Indoor Football Manager 2
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Statline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Draw your own plays, then watch them work. An 8-on-8 indoor football management sim — design a playbook, build a roster nobody else wanted, and turn a broke arena team into a dynasty. Solo or with friends. No account, no server.
Why similar: Football (American) 40.7% ★, Sports 23%, Management 7.4%, Sandbox 6.9%, Simulation 5.8%
- #14 Foosball Manager
79% 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 35.9%, Football (Soccer) 32% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 7.2%
- #15 Football Dynasty Manager
77% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Nekolitch Games
Windows
A football management sim that does not cut corners. Recruiting, NIL, the portal, contracts and the cap, the draft, and an engine you can sim or call play by play. Eight connected leagues from high school to the pros, four rules eras back to 1950, and an editor for all of it
Why similar: Football (American) 44.6% ★, Sports 29.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 7.7%, Tactical 4.4%
- #16 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021
78% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 44.4% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #17 Football Legend
77% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Beefware
Windows
Take over a professional American football team, in this single-player football management simulator. As both general manager and head coach, build a football dynasty that will last for decades to come. Trade, draft, sign free agents, and coach your way into the hall of fame!
Why similar: Football (American) 37.9% ★, Sports 29.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 10%, Management 8.8%
- #18 Empire Eleven 2026
74% 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 32.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.7% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 11%, Management 6.8%
- #19 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
76% 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 41.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.1% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 4%
- #20 Football Manager 26
73% 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) 37.4% ★, Sports 32.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 7.3%
- #21 Club Chairman
74% 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: Sports 34.2%, Football (Soccer) 21.3% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Text-Based 7.7%
- #22 The Chairman
75% 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 36.5%, Football (Soccer) 31.3% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 10%, Management 7.1%
- #23 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018
75% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents and calling each play to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 40% ★, Sports 34%, Simulation 12.8%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.4%
- #24 Football Legacy Manager 26
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Sports 36%, Football (American) 35.3% ★, Simulation 15%, Sandbox 8.2%, Management 5.5%
- #25 Football Legacy Manager 25
73% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Sports 36.5%, Football (American) 34.6% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Sandbox 8.3%, Management 5.5%
- #26 99Managers Futsal Edition
71% 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) 39.8% ★, Sports 27.8%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #27 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 27
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows · Mac
Take control of a professional football franchise and build it your way. Draft players, negotiate contracts, manage the salary cap, hire your coaching staff, build your playbooks and make the decisions that turn a contender into a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.8% ★, Sports 32.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #28 Draft Day Sports: College Football 27
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows · Mac
Recruit elite talent, build your coaching staff, develop future stars, and lead your program from opening kickoff to the national championship in the deepest college football management simulation available.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.8% ★, Sports 32.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #29 Football Legacy Manager 27
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Sports 36.8%, Football (American) 34.3% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Sandbox 8.2%, Management 5.4%
- #30 Australian Football Coach
72% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Statto Software
Windows
Coach your team to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach is the premier Aussie Rules Football management game. Coach in one of eight different leagues, create your own footy world or even pit the different states against each other in State of Origin mode.
Why similar: Sports 39.3%, Football (American) 26.5% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 14%, Management 5.4%
- #31 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026
70% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Take control of your favorite football franchise in Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 26. Draft stars, manage the cap, build gameplans, and shape your dynasty with deep strategy, smart AI, and endless customization.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.9% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #32 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025
70% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.9% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #33 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine StudiosPub: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan, hire a successful staff and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.9% ★, Sports 32.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 10.9%
- #34 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024
69% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 46.4% ★, Sports 30.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 10.4%
- #35 UltFoot: Football Manager
69% 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 32.4%, Football (Soccer) 31.8% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 11%, Management 7.3%
- #36 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2026
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Start as a coordinator and rise to head coach in Draft Day Sports: College Football 26! Build playbooks, recruit stars, manage team cohesion, and outsmart adaptive AI. Create your dynasty with unmatched depth and strategy.
Why similar: Football (American) 46.2% ★, Sports 32.5%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 9.7%
- #37 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) 34% ★, Sports 25.4%, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 7.8%
- #38 BFM 26
67% 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 36.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.3% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Management 8%
- #39 Total Futsal Manager
66% 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) 36.9% ★, Sports 29.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 8%, Tactical 6.1%
- #40 Simple Football League Manager
67% 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) 39.3% ★, Sports 23%, Management 10.6%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #41 Brick and Banner: College Football Dynasty
65% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Brick and Banner Sims
Windows
A college football dynasty sim where you grow your coaching tree, not just the program. Start at a 3,000-seat Division III school, see your game plan execute or call the plays yourself. Your coordinators become your future head coaches, and grow one living world across three divisions.
Why similar: Football (American) 43.2% ★, Sports 20.5%, Simulation 8%, Management 7.2%, Strategy 7%
- #42 Gridiron Manager
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Coolissimo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step off the field and into the front office. Gridiron Manager is an uncompromising, data-driven American Football simulation. Take total control of a College or Professional program, build your roster, and call the plays on a real-time tactical chalkboard. No stick skills required.
Why similar: Football (American) 41.2% ★, Sports 36.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%