- #1 War Room Football
97% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Tanish Jagtap
Windows · Mac
Build a dynasty from the front office. Draft, trade, sign, and develop players across unlimited seasons. Scout prospects, manage the cap, hire coaches, then watch the league evolve around you.
Why similar: Football (American) 34.6% ★, Sports 19.8%, eSports 14.2% ★, Management 11.5%, Simulation 9.1%
- #2 Draft Fever Bowl
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
Draft Fever Bowl is a competitive multiplayer football management game focused on scouting and the draft. Study prospects, outsmart rivals on draft day, and trade with real teams. With no visible attributes, success depends entirely on your eye for talent. Enter the war room.
Why similar: Football (American) 42.6% ★, Sports 15.1%, Management 14.6%, eSports 9.7% ★, Simulation 6.8%
- #3 Gridiron Football League
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PeligroAmigoPub: Danger Friends
Windows
Gridiron Football League combines retro football presentation with deep franchise simulation.
Why similar: Football (American) 44% ★, Sports 13.1%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 9%, eSports 7.4% ★
- #4 Football Legend
95% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Beefware
Windows
Take over a professional American football team, in this single-player football management simulator. As both general manager and head coach, build a football dynasty that will last for decades to come. Trade, draft, sign free agents, and coach your way into the hall of fame!
Why similar: Football (American) 41.1% ★, Sports 20.5%, Management 16.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 5.5%
- #5 Pure College Football
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reck-it Warehouse
Windows
Build your college football dynasty and compete for control. Master NIL recruiting, develop your coaching staff, and manage demanding boosters. Play solo or battle in online dynasties with up to 32 real players.
Why similar: Football (American) 35.1% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 10.2%, PvP 6.5%
- #6 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021
94% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2021 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 50.4% ★, Sports 21.7%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 5.5%
- #7 Axis Football 2023
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 270 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) 38% ★, Sports 21.2%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 9.5%, PvP 5.8%
- #8 Pro Football Legacy
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruthenia Games
Windows
Pro Football Legacy is a franchise simulation built around the decisions that define a dynasty — Manage your roster, scout new talent, set your strategy, build your dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 44.5% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Management 14.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #9 Football Commissioner
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Atreus Interactive
Windows
The definitive, first-of-its-kind American football league management sim. Take control of the newest spring football league by customizing the structure, teams, ticket prices, salaries, and more. Sim games week by week to grow your league from a startup into a thriving sports empire.
Why similar: Football (American) 42.2% ★, Sports 22.9%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 4.5%
- #10 NFL Pro Era II
89% matchMixed59% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: StatusPRO Inc
Windows
Show off your QB skills in the latest NFL-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA II. Suit up in the new multi-player where you and your friend, or a player from around the world, can compete online against each other. This year, it’s all about you. Are you built for it?
Why similar: Football (American) 36.7% ★, Sports 25.3%, eSports 22.5% ★, PvP 9.5%, Multiplayer 5%
- #11 Football Dynasty Manager
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nekolitch Games
Windows
Take command of an entire football world. Recruit high-school prospects and portal prospects, build a college dynasty, then follow your players into the pros. Draft, trades, contracts, and championships. College and pro in one connected universe, where every snap, signing, and decision is your call.
Why similar: Football (American) 51.6% ★, Sports 21.8%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 5.6%, Simulation 4.1%
- #12 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018
88% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional football team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents and calling each play to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.7% ★, Sports 24.7%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 3.7%
- #13 Football Coach: College Dynasty
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,481 reviews2025
Dev: SidelineSim Studios
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) 40.2% ★, Sports 24%, Management 14.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Choices Matter 6%
- #14 Axis Football 2020
86% 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) 43.5% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 12.9%, Simulation 9.8%, PvP 5.8%
- #15 Pro Football Dynasty
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SidelineSim Studios
Windows · Mac
The ultimate American football management sim. Call plays, sign free agents, scout prospects, draft superstars, and dive into deep stats for every player and team. Take control as a coach or GM, chase championships, and build a storied dynasty.
Why similar: Football (American) 48.4% ★, Sports 19.9%, Management 14.8%, Simulation 9%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #16 Cornerstone: College Football
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WBTStudios
Windows
Take command of a college football program and build a dynasty from the sidelines. Recruit elite talent, scheme against rivals, survive the coaching carousel, and chase national titles across decades of seasons. A deep college football management sim.
Why similar: Football (American) 45.2% ★, Sports 26%, Simulation 14.5%, Management 14.3%
- #17 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022
84% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2022 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 39.5% ★, Sports 26.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #18 Front Office Football Seven
83% 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) 65.7% ★, Sports 13.4%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 3.3%
- #19 5G VR Football
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creative Technology LLC
Windows
"5G VR Football" is a multiplayer penalty simulator in Virtual Reality.
Why similar: Football (American) 32.7% ★, Sports 27.8%, eSports 24.2% ★, PvP 9.9%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #20 Fantasy Royale
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Milsoft Games
Windows · Mac
Unleash your inner coach with Fantasy Royale, the live fantasy football game that puts you in control of every single play. Make game-winning adjustments, swap players in real-time, and dominate your friends in fast-paced, head-to-head matchups.
Why similar: Football (American) 29% ★, Sports 25.7%, eSports 21.2% ★, Management 9.3%, PvP 8%
- #21 Front Office Football Nine
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 167 reviews2023
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) 52.2% ★, Sports 21.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Strategy 3.5%
- #22 Pro Football Online
80% matchMixed55% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Skywall Studios LLC
Windows
Pro Football Online is a 1st/3rd person, highly skill based, online multiplayer American Football game. It offers a sports game experience unlike any other with smooth, physics based, input driven gameplay that is competitive and rewarding with no pay to win mechanics.
Why similar: Football (American) 43.3% ★, eSports 18.7% ★, Sports 15.5%, PvP 13.6%, Multiplayer 4.6%
- #23 Axis Football 2021
79% matchMixed62% of 140 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) 43.2% ★, Sports 24%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 8.9%, PvP 6.8%
- #24 Pro Strategy Football 2021
78% 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) 41.2% ★, eSports 18.1% ★, Sports 14.2%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 7.3%
- #25 Gridiron Remastered
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1336 Studios Inc.
Windows
Control one player in high-octane 7v7 american football action. Compete from an immersive third-person view and work with your squad to dominate the competition. Precision physics based passing, explosive runs, and strategic coordination. This is football reimagined for competitive online play.
Why similar: Football (American) 43.9% ★, Sports 22.8%, eSports 17.5% ★, PvP 13.5%, Multiplayer 2.2%
- #26 Desktop Dynasties 3
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Head Coach Games
Windows
Football coaching and GM simulation game.
Why similar: Football (American) 51.2% ★, Sports 20.9%, Management 15.8%, Choices Matter 4.4%, Strategy 3.8%
- #27 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2026
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Start as a coordinator and rise to head coach in Draft Day Sports: College Football 26! Build playbooks, recruit stars, manage team cohesion, and outsmart adaptive AI. Create your dynasty with unmatched depth and strategy.
Why similar: Football (American) 55.7% ★, Sports 24.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #28 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024
77% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2024 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 23.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #29 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026
76% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Take control of your favorite football franchise in Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 26. Draft stars, manage the cap, build gameplans, and shape your dynasty with deep strategy, smart AI, and endless customization.
Why similar: Football (American) 55.5% ★, Sports 24.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #30 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025
75% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2025 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) 55.6% ★, Sports 24.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #31 Legend Bowl
75% matchVery Positive87% of 947 reviews2021
Dev: Super Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.9 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) 42% ★, Sports 15%, eSports 13.1% ★, PvP 12.5%, Simulation 5.5%
- #32 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Wolverine StudiosPub: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2025 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan, hire a successful staff and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 55.7% ★, Sports 24.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #33 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023
74% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2023 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) 56.8% ★, Sports 23.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #34 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) 38.9% ★, eSports 14.1% ★, Management 13.3%, Sports 12.5%, Simulation 6.6%
- #35 Axis Football 2026
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 107 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) 44.3% ★, Sports 15.1%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Choices Matter 5.6%
- #36 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022
73% matchMixed57% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2022 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) 37.1% ★, Sports 27.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 7.4%
- #37 Football Legacy Manager 26
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows · Mac
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 43.4% ★, Sports 28.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #38 Draft Day Sports: College Football 2024
73% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023=4 puts you in the role of head coach for your favorite college football team. Recruit, gameplan and make the right calls on the field to lead your team to the top of the ranks and the college football championship.
Why similar: Football (American) 57.1% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #39 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Run the league one decision at a time in EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 27, powered by the all-new Persona Engine.
Why similar: Football (American) 51.8% ★, Sports 18.6%, Simulation 10.6%, PvP 9.9%, Multiplayer 4.4%
- #40 Football Legacy Manager 25
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Football Legacy Manager
Windows
Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!
Why similar: Football (American) 42.6% ★, Sports 28.6%, Simulation 15.8%, Management 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #41 Pro Strategy Football 2026
69% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
Game-breaking PSF now includes upgraded animation, trading players & draft picks, league records, player season logs, and the ability to relive past games - watch game-winning drives and key plays! Realistic formations for all eras! Alternate uniforms!
Why similar: Football (American) 25.2% ★, Sports 21.1%, eSports 18.7% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Management 7%
- #42 EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25
69% matchMixed56% of 5,107 reviews2024
Dev: TiburonPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 69.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hit like you mean it with FieldSENSE™ powered by BOOM Tech. Experience how the new physics-informed dynamic tackling system unlocks realistic collisions & new gameplay animations on both sides of the ball.
Why similar: Football (American) 61% ★, Sports 18%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #43 Fantasy Franchise
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Xavier Begerow
Windows
Own and manage your own football team! Set your lineup, train your players, hire coaches, and improve your stadium to create a franchise that can go all the way!
Why similar: Football (American) 47.5% ★, Sports 25.8%, Management 15.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #44 Axis Football 2017
70% 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) 65.4% ★, Sports 15.6%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 2.2%
- #45 Australian Football Coach
70% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Statto Software
Windows
Coach your team to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach is the premier Aussie Rules Football management game. Coach in one of eight different leagues, create your own footy world or even pit the different states against each other in State of Origin mode.
Why similar: Football (American) 32.9% ★, Sports 31.1%, Simulation 15.6%, Management 11.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #46 Maximum Football
66% matchMixed61% of 1,356 reviews2025
Dev: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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) 44% ★, Sports 28.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Simulation 9.2%, PvP 6.5%
- #47 4th & Inches
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: AccoladePub: Ziggurat
Windows
4th & Inches gives you all of the hard-hitting action of real football: the bombs, the blitzing, the goal line stands. Winning at 4th & Inches will take all the moves of a #1 draft choice plus the tactical genius of a veteran head coach.
Why similar: Football (American) 48.3% ★, Sports 24.6%, 1980s 7.5%, Simulation 7.3%, Management 6%
- #48 Pro Strategy Football 2023
67% 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) 41.3% ★, Management 13.8%, Sports 12%, eSports 9.4% ★, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #49 AFL 23
67% matchMixed44% of 453 reviews2023
Dev: Big Ant StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
AFL 23 - IT'S TIME TO FLY!! Feel the Atmosphere, Chase your dreams and Make it your own - in the most realistic AFL game ever!
Why similar: Football (American) 25.5% ★, eSports 17.2% ★, Sports 15.5%, PvP 12.5%, Management 11.6%
- #50 Gridiron Manager
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Coolissimo Games
Windows
Step off the field and into the front office. Gridiron Manager is an uncompromising, data-driven American Football simulation. Take total control of a College or Professional program, build your roster, and call the plays on a real-time tactical chalkboard. No stick skills required.
Why similar: Football (American) 51.2% ★, Sports 29.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #51 Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2020
68% 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) 52.1% ★, Sports 28.7%, PvP 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #52 Esports Team Manager
65% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: The Brain Trust
Windows
Lead your own professional esports team: sign players, play drafts, secure sponsors, and battle through full seasons in this stat-driven sim.
Why similar: eSports 27.8% ★, Sports 24%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 7.2%