- #1 Sim: World Cup Manager
97% 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 29.2%, Football (Soccer) 23.5% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Simulation 11.7%
- #2 The Referee Committee
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: New Page Interactive
Windows
Football isn't only played on the pitch. Manage the dark side of football! Control the referee committee, give secret instructions, use the VAR room to dictate scores, deal with the betting mafia, and shape the season's fate. Keeping this powerful seat is harder than getting it.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.9% ★, Sports 22.9%, Text-Based 16.7%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 9.1%
- #3 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
96% 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: Football (Soccer) 36.3% ★, Sports 32%, Management 11.4%, Text-Based 10.2%, Simulation 9.6%
- #4 FC Tycoon 2027
95% 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: Football (Soccer) 34.3% ★, Sports 27.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 11.4%
- #5 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
94% matchNo user reviews
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: Football (Soccer) 37.7% ★, Sports 30.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 9.8%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #6 Football Academy Director
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Merla Interactive
Windows
Take charge of a football academy, from U11 prospects to the U19 academy team. Scout and recruit young talent, choose youth camps and training camps, shape squads and tactics, climb the Youth League pyramid, and chase league title and World Youth Cup glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.4% ★, Sports 30.4%, Text-Based 11.4%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 9.2%
- #7 BFM 26
93% 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 32.2%, Football (Soccer) 32.1% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Management 10.7%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #8 Matchday Manager
92% 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) 39.9% ★, Sports 22.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Text-Based 12.1%, Management 10.4%
- #9 Ultimate Club Manager 26
91% 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: Football (Soccer) 40.7% ★, Sports 34.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #10 Pivot
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kickbäck Studios
Windows
Pivot is a football universe sandbox. Build clubs and national teams, create players and managers, negotiate contracts, and simulate 6-a-side matches — then relive every game through stats and commentary.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Sports 25.9%, Text-Based 16.9%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 13.9%
- #11 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
90% 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) 49.4% ★, Sports 22.2%, Management 11.6%, Text-Based 9.1%, Simulation 5.2%
- #12 Empire Eleven 2026
89% 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: Football (Soccer) 35.7% ★, Sports 29.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 9.3%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #13 Marvelous Soccer Management
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JV Interactive
Windows
Climb from the lower divisions to glory. Marvelous Soccer Simulation is a single-player football management sim — fast seasons, leagues and cups, tactics, transfers, and match nights built for drama. Early Access.
Why similar: Sports 31.7%, Football (Soccer) 26.2% ★, Text-Based 20.2%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 6.7%
- #14 Simple Football League Manager
87% 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. Build your team and guide it through leagues, cups and continental competitions. Featuring 5,909 clubs from 218 countries, 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and an easily customizable database.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.5% ★, Sports 20.6%, Management 14.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Simulation 7.9%
- #15 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
86% 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) 44.6% ★, Sports 28%, Management 10%, Simulation 8.9%, Text-Based 7%
- #16 Player's Eleven
86% 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) 50% ★, Sports 23.4%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 10.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #17 New Star™ Manager
84% 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: Football (Soccer) 44% ★, Sports 32.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Management 10.5%
- #18 Underdog Futsal
82% 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) 47.8% ★, Sports 26.8%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 7.8%, Casual 2.6%
- #19 UltFoot: Football Manager
82% 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: Football (Soccer) 38.8% ★, Sports 29.9%, Simulation 12%, Management 10.1%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #20 Premier Manager 10
81% 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 41.2%, Football (Soccer) 34.8% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Management 9.8%
- #21 Non-League Football Manager
81% 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: Football (Soccer) 42.2% ★, Sports 29.4%, Simulation 12.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #22 Fifth Tier
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: HS GAMES
Windows
You're not just the manager — you own the club. Start in the fifth tier with a broke squad and a crumbling ground: set tactics, sign players, build the stadium, keep the board happy. Then sell up, buy a bigger club, and climb again. Five leagues. One long road to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.6% ★, Sports 22.5%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Text-Based 7.3%
- #23 Football Manager 26
78% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,447 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.5 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.8% ★, Sports 31%, Simulation 11.1%, Management 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #24 LeManager
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LudoCar
Windows · Mac
LeManager is a fast football management simulation where you build squads, scout and negotiate transfers, train players, set tactics, handle player egos and incidents, and play endless seasons without losing the speed of classic management games.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.3% ★, Management 14.4%, Sports 13.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #25 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: Football (Soccer) 40.8% ★, Sports 34.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #26 Club Chairman
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 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 32.5%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Text-Based 16.3%, Simulation 13%, Management 7%
- #27 Eleven Legends
77% 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) 47.5% ★, Sports 26.5%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #28 Football Referee Simulator
76% matchVery Positive90% of 526 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.4% ★, Sports 34.3%, Text-Based 13.8%, Simulation 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #29 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
76% 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: Football (Soccer) 46.3% ★, Sports 28.8%, Management 10%, Text-Based 9.2%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #30 Retro Football Boss
77% 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) 53.3% ★, Sports 24.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Management 8.5%
- #31 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: Football (Soccer) 40.2% ★, Sports 35.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 10.4%, Casual 1.5%
- #32 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019 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) 40.1% ★, Sports 21.9%, Text-Based 16.1%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 5.9%
- #33 Calcio 98
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertigo srl
Windows
Calcio 98 is a single-player football management game set in the 1998/99 season and created by longtime fans of the classics like Premier Manager 98 or PC Fútbol 7. Lead your club across 18 leagues and 14 cups through tactics, transfers, squad development and finances.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.1% ★, Sports 26.2%, Management 11.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Simulation 6.7%
- #34 Soccer Manager 2026
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,898 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45% ★, Sports 18.7%, Text-Based 11.9%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 7.2%
- #35 Boss Of FCs
74% 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: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 23.1%, Text-Based 15.5%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 5.5%
- #36 Footy Manager
73% 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) 47.6% ★, Sports 30.5%, Text-Based 10.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #37 FootCareer ULT
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Matas Wasilewski
Windows
FootCareer ULT is the brand new retro style football career simulator where you can become the greatest player possible. Rise to the top, make your own decisions, and solidify your place in football history.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 30.7% ★, Sports 19.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 10%, Management 7.5%
- #38 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
71% 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) 52.4% ★, Sports 29.7%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.9%
- #39 Premier Manager 03/04
73% 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) 43.9% ★, Sports 23%, Text-Based 15.2%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #40 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) 51.1% ★, Sports 27.1%, Management 13.8%, Simulation 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Football Academy Manager
69% matchNo user reviews92% of 271 reviews2026
Dev: Hubi
Windows
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) 46.6% ★, Sports 24%, Management 15%, Text-Based 7.9%, Simulation 5.7%
- #42 Retro Club Manager
70% 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) 49.5% ★, Sports 26.7%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #43 Retro Manager
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Mark StablesPub: Metaguard Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.7% ★, Sports 21.9%, Management 11%, Simulation 11%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #44 Premier Manager 04/05
71% 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) 44.4% ★, Sports 23.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 7.7%
- #45 Football Owner 2025
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 36.5% ★, Sports 33.5%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #46 New Star™ Soccer 5
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 46% ★, Sports 40%, Simulation 13.9%
- #47 Club Soccer Director 2022
68% 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 36.3%, Football (Soccer) 34.8% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Management 7.5%, Immersive Sim 6.6%
- #48 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rich Smalley
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) 43% ★, Sports 30.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 13.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #49 Pro Soccer Manager 27
68% 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: Football (Soccer) 40.9% ★, Sports 35.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Management 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #50 Football Club Management 2023
67% 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: Football (Soccer) 51.7% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Immersive Sim 3.4%
- #51 Mini Soccer Manager
65% matchPositive95% of 19 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 37.9%, Football (Soccer) 32.5% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Management 8.4%, Casual 6%
- #52 Football Fictional World Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: keigo0221Pub: Fictional World Sim
Windows
A solo-developed, text-based football management game focused on transfer windows and building your squad before each season. Simulate around 30,000 matches in about ten minutes, use the flexible Data Editor, and follow football history for centuries.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.2% ★, Sports 26.4%, Simulation 11%, Text-Based 10.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #53 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
67% 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 42.4%, Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Management 6%
- #54 Flipping Football Clubs
66% 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) 45.9% ★, Sports 28.8%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 9.4%, Immersive Sim 3.1%