- #1 Front Office Football Seven
97% matchVery Positive82% of 143 reviews2015
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Football (American) 74.2% ★, Sports 16.6%, Simulation 5.6%, Strategy 3%, Indie 0.6%
- #2 Football Coach: College Dynasty
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,422 reviews2025
Dev: Coach Apps
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) 47.9% ★, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Text-Based 5%, Choices Matter 3.6%
- #3 Front Office Football Eight
96% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Sports 55.1%, Football (American) 39.5% ★, Simulation 5.4%
- #4 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2021
95% 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) 55.9% ★, Sports 25.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 4.5%, Text-Based 4.5%
- #5 Axis Football 2019
92% matchMixed69% of 117 reviews2019
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring immersive gameplay, a deep franchise mode, and extensive customization.
Why similar: Sports 43.6%, Football (American) 33.1% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 6.1%, Indie 2.1%
- #6 Axis Football 2017
91% matchMixed64% of 171 reviews2017
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring massive customization and a complete franchise mode
Why similar: Football (American) 72.4% ★, Sports 18.9%, Simulation 6.4%, Strategy 2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #7 Axis Football 2020
90% matchMixed67% of 178 reviews2020
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football features football gaming's deepest Franchise Mode and massively improved simulation-style gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 54.3% ★, Sports 30.6%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 5%, Indie 0.8%
- #8 Pro Strategy Football 2021
89% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
[NOT THE LATEST VERSION!! See Pro Strategy Football 2022]
Why similar: Football (American) 55.2% ★, Sports 21%, Simulation 7.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%, Strategy 4.3%
- #9 Axis Football 2023
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.1% ★, Sports 30.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 5.5%, Choices Matter 3.4%
- #10 Maximum Football
88% matchMixed63% of 1,302 reviews2025
Dev: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Forge your legacy in Maximum Football, where you can play both college and pro football in one shared universe. Recruit the next college superstar and take them into the pros to become a future Hall of Famer. Build your team with unparalleled in-game customization that gives you ultimate control.
Why similar: Football (American) 52.4% ★, Sports 38.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #11 Axis Football 2026
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football 2026 is a complete American Football Simulation featuring fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry's best franchise mode.
Why similar: Football (American) 58.1% ★, Sports 21.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Immersive Sim 4.5%, Strategy 4.4%
- #12 Axis Football 2021
86% matchMixed63% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 52.2% ★, Sports 31.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 5.2%, Indie 0.8%
- #13 Franchise Hockey Manager 9
84% matchVery Positive83% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
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 41.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Strategy 8%
- #14 Axis Football 2016
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Axis Football is a an American football simulation featuring innovative aimed passing and massive customization.
Why similar: Football (American) 43% ★, Sports 41.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #15 Axis Football 2024
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 210 reviews2023
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
Why similar: Football (American) 47.5% ★, Sports 26.4%, Simulation 9%, Immersive Sim 7.5%, Strategy 5.3%
- #16 Franchise Hockey Manager 8
82% matchVery Positive80% of 203 reviews2021
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
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 55.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Immersive Sim 7.9%, Text-Based 5.5%
- #17 Football Manager 26
80% 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: Sports 65.3%, Simulation 21.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #18 Axis Football 2015
82% matchMixed69% of 381 reviews2015
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Axis Football is a 3D American Football Simulation Game that features a unique aimed passing system. Play in a single match, season mode, or local multiplayer! Offers basic mod support for team rosters.
Why similar: Football (American) 66.1% ★, Sports 31.2%, Strategy 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #19 Front Page Sports Football
84% matchVery Negative11% of 66 reviews2014
Dev: Cyanide Studio
Windows
Step into the Manager's Shoes with Front Page Sports Football! Recruit, train, and coach your players to victory. Delve into the opposition's strategy with replays and stats, create a customized gameplan from thousands of plays, and push your players' skills to new limits.
Why similar: Sports 84.4%, Strategy 15.6%
- #20 Legend Bowl
79% matchVery Positive87% of 945 reviews2021
Dev: Super Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!
Why similar: Football (American) 58.5% ★, Sports 22.9%, Immersive Sim 6.7%, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 3.6%
- #21 Pro Strategy Football 2023
79% matchVery Positive85% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
NOT THE LATEST VERSION - Be sure to also look for Pro Strategy Football 2024!
Why similar: Football (American) 57.4% ★, Sports 18.3%, Artificial Intelligence 7.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #22 Football Academy Manager
76% matchNo user reviews93% of 168 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: Sports 67.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Text-Based 7.7%, Strategy 4.2%, Indie 2.5%
- #23 FFFL: Brutalball Manager
77% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Stout Kassel Games
Windows
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 (American) 63.8% ★, Sports 25.7%, Simulation 9.1%, 2D 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #24 Pro Strategy Football 2022
76% matchVery Positive87% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
PSF 2023 IS COMING SOON!! WATCH FOR SEPTEMBER 2022!!
Why similar: Football (American) 53.3% ★, Sports 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%, Artificial Intelligence 6.5%, Simulation 6.5%
- #25 Franchise Hockey Manager 6
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 75.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2019-20 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose one of 32 leagues around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 65%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Indie 2.9%
- #26 Axis Football 2018
75% matchMixed65% of 137 reviews2018
Dev: Axis Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring a deep Franchise Mode and full customization.
Why similar: Sports 68.7%, Simulation 23.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #27 Pro Strategy Football 2024
73% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
NOT the latest version, please check out PSF 2026!
Why similar: Football (American) 54.6% ★, Sports 19.2%, Artificial Intelligence 7%, Simulation 6.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.8%
- #28 Football, Tactics & Glory
72% matchVery Positive88% of 4,156 reviews2018
Dev: Creoteam
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.
Why similar: Sports 50.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #29 Franchise Hockey Manager 10
70% matchVery Positive80% of 206 reviews2023
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2023-24 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 40.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #30 Boeckham's Football Manager
69% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Bitbeast Games
Windows
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: Sports 45.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 14.9%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Strategy 9%
- #31 Teamfight Manager
68% matchVery Positive87% of 5,795 reviews2021
Dev: Team Samoyed
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Simulation 43%, Sports 35%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Strategy 7%, 2D 1.9%
- #32 Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020
71% matchMixed52% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Canuck Play Inc
Windows
Achieve Gridiron Greatness as Doug Flutie and Maximum Football 2020, bring you the ultimate football sandbox.
Why similar: Football (American) 57.8% ★, Sports 34.9%, Simulation 6.3%, Indie 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #33 Backyard Football '99
66% matchVery Positive95% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Playground Productions
Windows
Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
Why similar: Football (American) 59.8% ★, Sports 34.3%, Simulation 4.5%, 2D 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #34 Football Referee Simulator
67% matchVery Positive91% of 482 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.0 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: Sports 69.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Text-Based 9.9%, 2D 2.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #35 CFS (Chinese Football Simulator)
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 221 reviews2026
Dev: 悟空实验室Pub: Wise Games
Windows
"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: Sports 65.6%, Immersive Sim 22.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #36 Pro Basketball Manager 2025
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Umix Studios
Windows · Mac
Suit up and become the manager of a basketball team. You’ll have all the managerial tools you’ve come to expect in a manager game, scouting, facilities, training and more. Will you put emphasis on coaching or player development? Success is only the result of your decisions both on and off the court.
Why similar: Sports 52.6%, Immersive Sim 14%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8%, Text-Based 6%
- #37 Franchise Hockey Manager 12
66% matchVery Positive81% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: game54 SoftwarePub: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
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 40.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Simulation 13%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #38 Franchise Hockey Manager 11
67% matchMixed70% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: game54 SoftwarePub: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2024-25 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 40.1%, Simulation 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Immersive Sim 10%, Text-Based 8.6%
- #39 Franchise Hockey Manager 7
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 257 reviews2020
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2020-21 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose one of 32 leagues around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 53.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Text-Based 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #40 Franchise Hockey Manager 5
70% matchMixed60% of 154 reviews2018
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Franchise Hockey Manager 5 is the only sports strategy game licensed by the NHL ® , including the real clubs, awards, and trophies associated with the greatest hockey league in the world. FHM 5 allows you to build your hockey franchise into a perennial Stanley Cup winner YOUR way, in the current 2018-19 season or back through the entire...
Why similar: Sports 65.1%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 2.9%
- #41 Lords of Football
71% matchMixed52% of 352 reviews2013
Dev: Geniaware SrlPub: Fish Eagle
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 69.5%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #42 Squiggle Football
64% matchVery Positive95% of 128 reviews2025
Dev: Max BarryPub: NationStates Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Squiggle Football is a deck-building football management roguelike, where you create a team and form powerful combinations of players, coaches, tactics and culture. Recruit, trade & innovate through nail-biting matches to reach & conquer the National League. Inspired by Australian Rules Football.
Why similar: Sports 74%, Simulation 22.3%, 2D 1.4%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%