- #1 Pocket League Story
97% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55% ★, Sports 18.6%, Life Sim 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Simulation 4.1%
- #2 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 82 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) 46.6% ★, Sports 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.6%, Funny 6.3%, Life Sim 4.5%
- #3 Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
96% matchVery Positive96% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: ruairi dxPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac · Linux
Celebrate the beautiful game in Bang Average Football, a fast-paced, easy-to-learn arcade football game for 1-4 players. Play with friends in co-op and PvP multiplayer, turn an underdog team into champions as player-manager in Story mode, or design your own teams, leagues, and tournaments.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52% ★, Sports 17.9%, Character Customization 10.1%, RPG 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #4 Sunday League Manager: Horse and Spoon
95% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: christianosway
Windows · Mac
Manage Horse & Spoon FC, a down-and-out pub team in Sunday League football. Guide veteran plumbers and aging shop attendants from car park pitches to regional glory. Sunday League football management at its most beautifully chaotic.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.3% ★, Sports 14.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Team-Based 10.2%, Character Customization 9.5%
- #5 Football Club Management 2023
94% matchMixed51% of 158 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) 56.7% ★, Sports 20.1%, Team-Based 13%, Life Sim 6.4%, Simulation 3.8%
- #6 Football Streaker Simulator
94% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Ogre Tales
Windows
We all thought about it, and now you can give it a try. Run onto the football field, take a selfie with your favorite player, escape from a huge crowd of stewards, and disrupt the game for the entire stadium. What could be better?
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.8% ★, Sports 17.5%, Character Customization 13.7%, Funny 8.1%, PvE 5.3%
- #7 Club Soccer Director 2021
93% matchMixed61% of 154 reviews2020
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
Take control of a Real Football Club or create your very own club in Club Soccer Director 2021 a new super realistic football club management game.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 57.3% ★, Sports 24.5%, Team-Based 17%, 2D 1.3%
- #8 Club Legend
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mallat Entertainment
Windows
Make your dreams come true and become a professional football player: Create your player, sign for your favorite clubs and score bangers against their biggest rivals. Play your ultimate football career you want to have in the most realistic first person football career mode game!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.4% ★, Sports 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Life Sim 12.3%, Character Customization 10.8%
- #9 XP Soccer
91% matchVery Positive83% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: Dave XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
XP Soccer is a love letter to the classic soccer games from the NES era!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.8% ★, Sports 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Funny 4.5%, Casual 1.9%
- #10 Penalty Shooters 2
91% 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) 67.8% ★, Sports 29.2%, 2D 3%
- #11 FOOTBALLER
89% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: LAERTPub: LA GAMES
Windows
Plunge into the wonderful world of football together with millions of players from all over the world. Create and upgrade your character. Play online with friends in 1vs1, 2vs2, 3vs3, 4vs4 matches where every player is a real player. Find your comrades in our discord server and see you on the field!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.9% ★, Sports 16.6%, Team-Based 14.1%, Character Customization 9.3%, CRPG 7.1%
- #12 Premier Manager 05/06
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 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: Football (Soccer) 52.2% ★, Sports 20.2%, Life Sim 15.9%, Simulation 4.2%, Funny 4%
- #13 Premier Manager 08
88% 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: Football (Soccer) 49.8% ★, Sports 19.2%, Life Sim 15.5%, Exploration 4.1%, Simulation 4%
- #14 FLS
87% 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: Football (Soccer) 46.9% ★, Sports 20%, Life Sim 16.9%, Character Customization 12.2%, Simulation 4%
- #15 Football Life
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dupee Studio
Windows
Beyond tactics and transfers, build and run your club as the manager—facility expansion and upgrades, staff, budgets, board relations, and youth recruitment and academy intake.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 54.8% ★, Sports 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Character Customization 5.6%, Team-Based 5.6%
- #16 Backyard Soccer '98
84% matchVery Positive96% of 209 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Playground Productions
Windows
Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 60.8% ★, Sports 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Casual 2.8%, Simulation 2.8%
- #17 Tiny Football
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Martyn BissettPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Tiny Football is a throwback to classic top-down football games of the 80’s and 90's. Compete with over 200 national and club teams in a variety of tournaments against your friends or the computer.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.7% ★, Sports 21.7%, Character Customization 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Funny 5.8%
- #18 Legendary Eleven: Epic Football
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 128 reviews2019
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: Eclipse Gamse
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Legendary Eleven is an epic arcade football game inspired by the golden age of football spanning the 70's to the 90's. Choose from 36 teams full of glorious haircuts, moustaches and legends in short shorts. Lead them to glory and win the World Cup!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 74.5% ★, Sports 25.5%
- #19 Ego League
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aaron
Windows
A competitive, skill-based football game where you control a single player. Master precise movement, dribbling, and shooting mechanics, and compete in fast-paced, online multiplayer team matches. Build your ego by equipping powerful, customizable abilities that define your unique playstyle.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.2% ★, Sports 17.8%, Team-Based 17.6%, Character Customization 12.5%
- #20 Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,384 reviews2020
Dev: TAMSOFT CORPORATIONPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is an arcade football game bringing a refreshing look to the football genre with the exhilarating action and over the top shots that made the license famous. Defy The Laws of Football Become Legend
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.5% ★, Sports 20.1%, Character Customization 12.5%, RPG 7.4%, Funny 4.8%
- #21 SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS
82% matchMostly Negative32% of 637 reviews2026
Dev: SEGA
Windows
Powered by Football Manager ™, featuring more than 5,000 real player data from FIFPRO™. Allowing you to compete in J League, K League, and more! Become the manager of your club and bring your team to global superstars.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.2% ★, Sports 28.1%, Character Customization 8.2%, PvE 7.1%, Simulation 7%
- #22 8 Ball Goal
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: One Buck
Windows
Kick the white ball as best you can and score the goal before time runs out.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 63.6% ★, Sports 21.6%, PvE 11%, Casual 3.8%
- #23 Premier Manager 03/04
82% 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: Football (Soccer) 52.3% ★, Sports 20.2%, Life Sim 15.8%, Simulation 4.2%, Funny 3.7%
- #24 MicroProse™ Soccer
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: MicroProsePub: Ziggurat
Windows
MicroProse™ Soccer is an accessible and engaging classic soccer game that lets you compete against a friend or CPU opponent at world class level in the World Cup, International Challenge, or in the indoor league.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.8% ★, Sports 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Simulation 4.7%, 2D 1.6%
- #25 Football tournament
80% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Phoenixxx Games
Windows
Football has united all the countries of the world on the football field, and numerous football tournaments are held every year. This time there is a place for your team in the standings, choose it and play football.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.9% ★, Sports 26.8%, PvE 4.8%, Simulation 4.6%, Casual 3.3%
- #26 Brabatos
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: loc4games
Windows · Linux
Brabatos is a single-player medieval football action game where you lead a team of misfit heroes through ruthless tournaments across the land. The mechanics are easy to pick up but hard to master, demanding sharp reflexes and split-second decisions.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.3% ★, Sports 18.6%, Character Customization 13.8%, Funny 5.8%, Story Rich 3.7%
- #27 Premier Manager 04/05
79% 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: Football (Soccer) 52.9% ★, Sports 20.6%, Life Sim 16.3%, Simulation 4.3%, Funny 3.8%
- #28 BURST
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FoxDevilsWild
Windows
One to four player sports action game taking a unique spin on the beloved leisure sport activity of bubble football. Play against an overwhelming number of (rather stupid) opponents and lay waste to the field in the process.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 56.9% ★, Sports 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Funny 7.1%, PvE 6.3%
- #29 Football Rising:Zero to Hero
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Den Spade
Windows
A lifestyle football RPG where you rise from the 4th division to world glory. Build a deck of 110 skill cards, romance 22 unique characters, compete across 8 countries, and pass your legacy to the next generation. Your football life begins now.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 57.9% ★, Life Sim 17.1%, Sports 14.5%, Character Customization 6.3%, Simulation 3.2%
- #30 Premier Manager 06/07
78% 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: Football (Soccer) 52.4% ★, Sports 20.6%, Life Sim 16.1%, Funny 4.5%, Simulation 4.2%
- #31 Premier Manager 02/03
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 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: Football (Soccer) 49.8% ★, Sports 19.2%, Life Sim 15.6%, Exploration 4.3%, Simulation 4%
- #32 Premier Manager 09
76% matchMixed50% of 10 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: Football (Soccer) 53% ★, Sports 20.6%, Life Sim 14%, Simulation 4.3%, Funny 4.2%
- #33 Match Day & International Match Day (C64/CPC/Spectrum)
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this thrilling football game from the mid-1980s, lead your team to victory against computer opponents, or take on your friends in multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.5% ★, Sports 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, PvE 7.5%, Simulation 4%
- #34 Goalkeeper Journey
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2024
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: Football (Soccer) 40.2% ★, Sports 28.4%, Life Sim 21.6%, Simulation 6.8%, 2D 3.1%
- #35 New Star™ Manager
74% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2018
Dev: New Star Games Ltd.Pub: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 99.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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) 57.8% ★, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 8.2%, RPG 3.3%
- #36 Favela Kick: The Final Goal
72% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
From favela streets to global superstardom! Live a young Brazilian's dream of football glory. Rise through leagues, face challenges, & chase ultimate victory. Will your final kick define a generation? Your legend starts now!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62% ★, Sports 16.1%, Story Rich 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Simulation 3.2%
- #37 New Star™ Soccer 5
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 852 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.4 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: Football (Soccer) 56.6% ★, Sports 35.6%, Simulation 7.9%
- #38 Kungfu Football Captain
74% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: DICROL
Windows
Pixel style, violent football, class rouguelike, football manager.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.8% ★, Sports 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Simulation 5.2%, Funny 4.7%
- #39 Ballsy! World Cup 2020
73% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Properly Decent
Windows · Linux
The fluent retro ballgame experience you didn't even know you were yearning for
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.4% ★, Sports 20.1%, Team-Based 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, PvE 3.9%
- #40 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
71% matchPositive93% of 29 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) 58.8% ★, Sports 27.1%, Simulation 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, 2D 2.1%
- #41 Empire Eleven 2026
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NextStation Games
Windows
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) 47.4% ★, Sports 29.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Simulation 7.4%, PvE 4.6%
- #42 Field Pong: Gamesforfarm
71% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Field Pong: Gamesforfarm is an arcade pong game played on a football field
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 30.9% ★, CRPG 20.8%, Sports 19.8%, RPG 9%, Funny 6.2%
- #43 Bunnies & Ballgames!
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Snoware Solutions
Windows
Bunnies and squirrels play soccer! Navigate environmental hazards! Explore the critters' home to find powerups!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 61.5% ★, Sports 20.9%, Exploration 4.7%, RPG 3.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
- #44 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
70% 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) 65.7% ★, Sports 27.5%, Simulation 5.2%, 2D 1.6%
- #45 Bum Ball Bears
72% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Goofish Game Studios Pty. (Ltd.)
Windows
Try to bump the ball past the opposing team.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.7% ★, Sports 23.8%, Team-Based 19.2%, Funny 7.4%, PvE 5.5%
- #46 Foot Simulator
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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: Football (Soccer) 61.2% ★, Sports 27.3%, Character Customization 7.1%, Simulation 4.4%
- #47 Pro Football Agent
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 52% ★, Sports 30.2%, Life Sim 13.3%, Simulation 4.5%
- #48 Balance of Soccer
70% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Stepiral Studio
Windows
This is a 3D soccer simulation game. Including the 2022 World Cup and the 2021 European Cup. You can freely set the team's formation and tactics, and you can also control the players in real time.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.7% ★, Sports 32.5%, Simulation 7.6%, Casual 4.2%
- #49 Ultimate Club Manager 26
67% matchNo user 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) 56.1% ★, Sports 34.9%, Simulation 9%
- #50 Player's Eleven
68% matchVery Positive83% of 52 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) 67.3% ★, Sports 23.3%, Simulation 6.5%, 2D 2.9%
- #51 Retro Football Boss
69% matchMixed56% of 39 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) 68.4% ★, Sports 23.6%, Simulation 8%
- #52 Football Manager 26
65% matchMostly Negative32% of 30,190 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.1 hrsMean: 110.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.9% ★, Sports 30.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #53 Underdog Futsal
67% 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) 49.4% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Casual 2.9%
- #54 TriFute - Online Button Soccer
67% match4 user reviews80% 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: Football (Soccer) 61.6% ★, Sports 38.4%
- #55 Ultimo Soccer UDC
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Ultimo Games
Windows
Dribble past all the obstacles in this skill-based soccer game.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 63.5% ★, Sports 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Simulation 3.1%, 2D 1.7%