Games Like Football, Tactics & Glory

Ganbare! Super Strikers is an innovative mix between Tactical RPG and Soccer. Win matches to level up and earn new equipment that will allow you to learn special abilities, boost your players' stats or protect yourself against altered status effects, such as Sleep, Silence or Poison.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.4% ★, Turn-Based 20%, Sports 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines soccer with turn-based tactical combat and RPG-style character progression, making it a direct thematic cousin.

Brutal, crazy, tactical… this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content. Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.2%, Sports 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Tactical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The latest iteration of the fantasy football tactical series offers refined mechanics and complex team management similar to the seed game.

Super Club Soccer is a tactical turn based football game. FIFA Pro Clubs meets turn based RPG. Create your player and begin competing in tactical online battles against users from around the globe, or hone your skills against our AI in single player action. Start your soccer story today!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 31.8% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%, Sports 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated turn-based tactical soccer game that focuses on positioning and strategic decision-making on the pitch.

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) 51.8% ★, Sports 19.5%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 4.9%, Simulation 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern management sim that focuses on the administrative and tactical side of running a football club.

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) 48.8% ★, Sports 27.6%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a compelling mix of club management and tactical moments during matches that require quick, strategic thinking.

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: Moddable 51.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 23.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a fantasy world, its loop of managing a mercenary company and engaging in brutal turn-based tactical combat is highly reminiscent of the seed game's structure.

A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, Sports 25.6%, Tactical 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This futuristic turn-based sports game emphasizes tactical planning and predicting opponent moves, much like the match engine in the seed game.

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) 38.9% ★, Economy 15.6%, Sports 15.5%, Management 13.8%, Tactical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the long-term development and scouting aspects of managing a football club.

Online, Single/Multiplayer tactical, simultaneous turn-based soccer strategy game. Play live games or play resumable games over a few days. Level up your team, unlock abilities and dominate the leaderboards. Or just embarrass your friends with your superior skills.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Sports 22.3%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused soccer game that strips away the real-time chaos for a more deliberate, turn-based approach.

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.4%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: As the primary inspiration for the seed game's tactical combat, it provides the ultimate turn-based strategy experience.

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 38.7%, Football (Soccer) 36.4% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique management simulation that allows you to influence your players' lives and tactical development.

Age of Gladiators II: Rome is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities. Build your story. Build your empire.

Why similar: Sports 16.4%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Management 13.5%, Tactical 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines management simulation with turn-based tactical combat, focusing on training and developing your roster.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Turn-Based 46.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Tactical 14.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on management and character development alongside challenging, grid-based tactical combat.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based 22.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in turn-based tactical strategy that rewards careful planning and positioning, mirroring the tactical depth of the seed game.

Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.

Why similar: Sports 37.3%, Local Multiplayer 33%, Local Co-Op 16.5%, Multiplayer 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an arcade-style take on football that retains the intensity and strategic team-building elements of the sport.

Pixel Cup Soccer is a retro-style arcade game. Play friendly matches, tournaments or create your team and lead it to glory in career mode! You can play it alone or with up to 8 friends, locally or through Steam remote, you can choose whether to play competitively, cooperatively, or even both!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38% ★, Moddable 15% ★, Sports 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.5%, Management 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more arcade-focused, it captures the spirit of football with tight controls and strategic team management.

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) 50% ★, Sports 18.5%, Management 12.9%, Tactical 9.7%, Simulation 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed management sim that emphasizes tactical adjustments and club infrastructure.

In Club Manager, you will take on the role of an up-and-coming football manager. Start with a team in the 8th league or take over an existing team from the higher leagues and lead your team towards victory. Club Manager returns to the virtues of classic soccer managers with a focus on the essentials.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 29.8% ★, Sports 12.4%, Moddable 9.8% ★, Management 8.9%, Economy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style management simulation that offers a straightforward approach to building a successful team.

90 Minute Fever is an online football management game that offers extremely challenging gameplay where you get to compete against others from all over the world!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.4% ★, Sports 13.9%, Management 11.7%, Resource Management 9%, Tactical 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the competitive management aspect of building a team for online play.

NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.5% ★, Sports 16.2%, Management 10.7%, Economy 6.8%, Tactical 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends football management with deckbuilding mechanics, offering a fresh strategic twist on the genre.

You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.9% ★, Sports 13.9%, Economy 12.6%, Management 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused title that provides a deep dive into the business and tactical side of football.

Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.4%, Moddable 25.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Strategy 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep character progression and tactical combat that feels rewarding and personal, similar to developing your own football squad.

Casual football & strategy videogame. Real-time simulation of your favourite football Club. Agile, intuitive, fast... allows you to play seasons in hours, not days: line-up, training, tactics, youth squad, scout, transfers, stadium, highlights, Strategic match... From the Premier Manager creators.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.7% ★, Sports 14.4%, Economy 14.2%, Management 10.9%, Tactical 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique, retro-inspired take on football management with a focus on tactical decision-making.

Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Why similar: Turn-Based 44.4%, Tactical 21.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that emphasizes simultaneous turn resolution, requiring deep strategic foresight.

Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 11.7%, Tactical 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that features unit management and tactical combat on a grid.

Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024! Dive into the world of football like never before. Choose an existing club or start your own. Manage either men or women, lead your club to new heights, and become the next manager legend!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 26.1% ★, Moddable 14% ★, Sports 9.6%, Economy 9.6%, Local Multiplayer 7.8%

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

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.6% ★, Sports 22.8%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.3%

Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.3% ★, Sports 16.1%, Management 13.7%, Tactical 8.8%, Simulation 6%

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) 57.8% ★, Sports 20.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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) 52.1% ★, Sports 19.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, Multiplayer 5.1%, Management 4.9%

An old-school football manager in the style of the management games of the 90s. Lead your team through the seasons, shaped by dynamic story events. Develop your club and yourself to gain reputation and conquer your league and the world.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 31.5% ★, Sports 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Management 8.8%

Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.5% ★, Sports 18.5%, Economy 7.6%, Simulation 6.3%, Management 6.2%

"Chinese Football Simulator" is a management game themed around Chinese football. As both club owner and head coach, you'll develop and manage teams—either existing or custom—immersed in authentic Chinese football culture.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.3% ★, Moddable 24.7% ★, Sports 15.7%, Management 10.7%, Tactical 4.2%

FFFL: Brutalball Manager is a Franchise Management Simulation game, based mostly on American Football in a Fantasy setting. Take full control of the entire league. Tons of customization, deep stat tracking and unique rules.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 32.5% ★, Moddable 15.9% ★, Sports 15.2%, Management 12%, Local Multiplayer 10.2%

In this unique take on the sports management genre you create your own rider and manage your team throughout an engaging Career Mode, or compete in completely customisable race events. An intense, infinitely-replayable experience where you battle your own choices as much as your competitors.

Why similar: Turn-Based 15.4%, Sports 12.8%, Management 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Tactical 9.1%

There is a story behind every goal. You're Rocco Galliano, the existentially troubled manager of a struggling football team. Train players, choose your own narrative, survive the drama, and play turn-based football matches via tactical cards and hard choices.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 21.7%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Management 6.9%

Teamfight Manager is a simulation game where you are the coach of an e-sports team. You must manage players to set them up for matches. Make the best of pick & ban by evaluating the characteristics of the champions/players! A smart strategy can make up for a lack of individual player skills.

Why similar: Management 40.1%, Simulation 18.4%, Sports 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Resource Management 9.3%

Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2022-23 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.

Why similar: Sports 22.1%, Moddable 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Management 9.5%

Football School - Take control of a sports club in a small town. Train your team, compete and climb the world ranking. Management game made by the developers of Boxing School.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37.7% ★, Economy 13.6%, Sports 12.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 11.5%

Build your All-Star lineup in Total Football Online! Easy to pick up, it lets you dive into pure football fun at your fingertips. With events and player updates syncing with real-world tournaments, get ready for a truly immersive football experience.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44% ★, Sports 22.6%, Management 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Simulation 6.9%

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: Sports 41.5%, Management 20.2%, Simulation 15%, Resource Management 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%

Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2025-26 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.

Why similar: Sports 20.7%, Moddable 14.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Economy 11.2%, Management 9.5%

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) 53% ★, Sports 18.9%, Management 15.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 4.9%

In the first-person football career simulator, you can make your dream of becoming a top striker in one of the major European leagues come true. You are a young, talented striker. Now, you have the opportunity to play professional football.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★, Economy 12.8%, Sports 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Local Multiplayer 9%

Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2021-22 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.

Why similar: Sports 34.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 9.5%