- #1 Sim: World Cup Manager
97% matchNo user reviews
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 28.9%, Football (Soccer) 23.7% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #2 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) 36.5% ★, Sports 31.7%, Management 11.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Simulation 9.6%
- #3 FC Tycoon 2027
96% 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) 34.5% ★, Sports 27.4%, Text-Based 14.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 11.5%
- #4 Football Academy Director
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAP 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) 38.6% ★, Sports 30%, Text-Based 11.4%, Management 10.2%, Simulation 9.2%
- #5 BFM 26
94% 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: Football (Soccer) 32.2% ★, Sports 31.9%, Management 10.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #6 Matchday Manager
94% 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 22.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Text-Based 12.1%, Management 10.5%
- #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: Football (Soccer) 41% ★, Sports 33.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #8 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
92% matchMixed64% of 25 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) 49.5% ★, Sports 21.9%, Management 11.7%, Text-Based 9.1%, Simulation 5.2%
- #9 Empire Eleven 2026
91% matchNo user reviews
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) 35.8% ★, Sports 29.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 9.3%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #10 Player's Eleven
90% 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) 50.2% ★, Sports 23.1%, Management 15.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #11 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
89% matchPositive91% of 35 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) 44.8% ★, Sports 27.6%, Management 10.1%, Simulation 8.9%, Text-Based 7%
- #12 New Star™ Manager
88% matchVery Positive87% of 521 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) 44.2% ★, Sports 31.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Management 10.6%
- #13 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) 48% ★, Sports 26.5%, Management 14.4%, Simulation 7.8%, Casual 2.5%
- #14 UltFoot: Football Manager
85% 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) 39% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 12%, Management 10.2%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #15 Premier Manager 10
84% 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 40.8%, Football (Soccer) 35% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Management 9.9%
- #16 Non-League Football Manager
84% 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) 42.5% ★, Sports 29.1%, Simulation 12.5%, Text-Based 10.2%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #17 Football Manager 26
82% matchMostly Negative34% of 33,950 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 60.7 hrsMean: 140.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47% ★, Sports 30.6%, Simulation 11.1%, Management 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #18 Foosball Manager
83% 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) 41% ★, Sports 34.2%, Simulation 13.6%, Management 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #19 Football Referee Simulator
81% matchVery Positive91% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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) 42.7% ★, Sports 34%, Text-Based 13.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #20 Retro Football Boss
82% 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) 53.5% ★, Sports 24.6%, Simulation 13.3%, Management 8.6%
- #21 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vibekontroll.Gaming
Windows
A football management game about building a squad, shaping tactics and surviving dramatic dressing room events where chemistry, results and narrative events decide your fate.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.6% ★, Sports 28.5%, Management 10.1%, Text-Based 9.2%, Immersive Sim 5.3%
- #22 The Chairman
79% 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) 40.5% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 10.5%, Casual 1.5%
- #23 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
80% 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) 40.3% ★, Sports 21.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 5.9%
- #24 Boss Of FCs
79% 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) 42.9% ★, Sports 22.8%, Text-Based 15.5%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 5.5%
- #25 Soccer Manager 2026
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,672 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.9% ★, Sports 18.5%, Text-Based 12.1%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 7.3%
- #26 FootCareer ULT
77% 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) 30.9% ★, Sports 19.7%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 10%, Management 7.6%
- #27 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
76% 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) 52.7% ★, Sports 29.4%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 8.9%
- #28 Premier Manager 03/04
78% 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) 44% ★, Sports 22.7%, Text-Based 15.2%, Management 9.8%, Simulation 7.5%
- #29 99Managers Futsal Edition
76% 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) 51.3% ★, Sports 26.7%, Management 14%, Simulation 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #30 Football Academy Manager
73% matchNo user reviews92% of 233 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) 46.7% ★, Sports 23.7%, Management 15.1%, Text-Based 7.9%, Simulation 5.7%
- #31 Football Owner 2025
75% 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) 36.7% ★, Sports 33.1%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #32 Premier Manager 04/05
75% 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) 44.6% ★, Sports 23%, Text-Based 14.5%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #33 Retro Manager
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 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) 47.9% ★, Sports 21.6%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 11%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #34 New Star™ Soccer 5
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 867 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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) 46.3% ★, Sports 39.7%, Simulation 14%
- #35 Proper Football Boss
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Boot Room Games
Windows
Remember when football was proper? Let us take you back 40 years — to when naming two subs was still a luxury and the only seven-figure salaries were in Italian lira.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.8% ★, Sports 32%, Text-Based 10.1%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 6.7%
- #36 Club Soccer Director 2022
72% matchMixed67% of 114 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 35.9%, Football (Soccer) 35.1% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Management 7.6%, Immersive Sim 6.6%
- #37 Pro Soccer Manager 27
72% 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) 41.1% ★, Sports 35.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #38 Football Club Management 2023
71% matchMixed51% of 162 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) 51.9% ★, Sports 24.5%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Immersive Sim 3.4%
- #39 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 361 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 41.7%, Football (Soccer) 39.6% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Management 6.2%
- #40 Premier Manager 06/07
71% 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) 45% ★, Sports 23.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.7%
- #41 Flipping Football Clubs
70% 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) 46.1% ★, Sports 28.5%, Management 11%, Simulation 9.4%, Immersive Sim 3%
- #42 Football Star Life 23/24
69% 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: Football (Soccer) 40% ★, Sports 38.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Casual 6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #43 Balance of Soccer
70% match4 user reviews25% of 4 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: Football (Soccer) 46.1% ★, Sports 35.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Casual 4.9%
- #44 WE ARE FOOTBALL
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,454 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.7 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) 56.4% ★, Sports 27.5%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #45 Premier Manager 05/06
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 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) 46.2% ★, Sports 23.8%, Text-Based 14.8%, Simulation 7.9%, Management 6.5%
- #46 Sports Betting Simulator
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Ashina Games
Windows
This is a sports betting simulation game. You have to make bets and earn money in order to achieve set goals and advance in your adventure.
Why similar: Sports 36.1%, Football (Soccer) 34.8% ★, Simulation 11.2%, Text-Based 9.8%, Management 7.6%
- #47 Illegal Football
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberJack
Windows
This is a surrealistic football game. You will form a national football team composed of super heroes, use some unusual ways (such as match-fixing, bribing the refree), and lead them to challenge the top teams in the world to win the world championship.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49% ★, Sports 30.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #48 Football Pitch Simulator
66% matchVery Positive92% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Incipient Day
Windows · Mac
Build your own football pitch business. Make repairs, expand your facilities, and attract the interest of football fans.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44% ★, Sports 32.1%, Simulation 16.8%, Casual 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #49 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
69% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.5% ★, Sports 35.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 9%
- #50 Noyan: Club Chairman
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skeb StudiosPub: Red Card Sports
Windows
In Noyan: Club Chairman, you’re the president, not the manager. Leave tactics to the coach; your job is to manage finances, lock down sponsors, and win over the fans. Remember: matches are played on the pitch, but the club’s future is won in the presidential office!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.5% ★, Sports 21.1%, Text-Based 14.4%, Management 11.1%, Immersive Sim 7.5%