Games Like Gridiron Football League

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) 75.3% ★, Sports 12.3%, Management 6.1%, Simulation 5.8%, Indie 0.5%

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) 51.6% ★, Sports 21.1%, Retro 7.3%, 1980s 7.3%, Simulation 5.8%

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) 53.5% ★, Sports 24.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%

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) 53.3% ★, Sports 24.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Management 8.2%, Indie 1.1%

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) 61.9% ★, Sports 21.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Management 6.9%, Indie 0.4%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2018 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) 73.8% ★, Sports 17.4%, Simulation 7.8%, Indie 0.9%

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) 48.1% ★, Sports 22.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 7.8%, eSports 7.5% ★

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) 55.4% ★, Sports 24%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 8%, Indie 1.3%

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) 53% ★, Sports 21.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 10.3%, Immersive Sim 2.4%

Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!

Why similar: Football (American) 48.8% ★, Sports 25.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 6.4%, Sandbox 4.2%

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) 58.3% ★, Sports 19.2%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Choices Matter 3%

Build the ultimate legacy as the general manager of a professional American football team!

Why similar: Football (American) 47.9% ★, Sports 25.7%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 6.5%, Sandbox 4.2%

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) 68.4% ★, Sports 16.1%, Simulation 12%, Competitive 3.4%

Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring massive customization and a complete franchise mode

Why similar: Football (American) 74.4% ★, Sports 14.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Management 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

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) 61.8% ★, Sports 20.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Choices Matter 4.7%, Immersive Sim 2.3%

Pure Football 2018 is an American Football Simulator where you play GM, Coach, and Player. Play through endless seasons as you master player contracts, assembling your coaching staff, free agency, and the draft. Lead your players come game time or use the advanced game simulation system.

Why similar: Football (American) 59.9% ★, Sports 27.2%, Simulation 12.8%

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) 65.4% ★, Sports 21.6%, Simulation 10.7%, 2D 1.4%, Indie 0.4%

EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 26 leverages a new AI-powered machine learning system to convert thousands of plays from nearly a decade of real NFL data into more explosive gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 62% ★, Sports 21.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Competitive 5.8%

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) 64.1% ★, Sports 21.7%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%

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) 65.2% ★, Sports 23.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%, Indie 0.5%

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) 65.9% ★, Sports 22.4%, Simulation 9.4%, 2D 1.4%, Indie 0.4%

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) 65.7% ★, Sports 22.3%, Simulation 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%, Indie 0.5%

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) 65.2% ★, Sports 23.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%, Indie 0.5%

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) 65.2% ★, Sports 23.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%, Indie 0.5%

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) 50.8% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 9.1%, Choices Matter 3.6%

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) 65.6% ★, Sports 23.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%, Indie 0.5%

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) 53.9% ★, Sports 23.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Management 8.5%, Choices Matter 2.6%

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) 57.9% ★, Sports 16.5%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 7%, eSports 5% ★

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) 60.7% ★, Sports 25.4%, Simulation 4.6%, Retro 3.7%, 1990's 3.6%

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) 49.8% ★, Sports 26.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 7.1%, 2D 1.9%

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) 55.9% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Management 8.9%, 2D 0.9%

Football coaching and GM simulation game.

Why similar: Football (American) 61.9% ★, Sports 20.2%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 3.2%, Choices Matter 2.6%

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) 66.6% ★, Sports 22.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Indie 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%

A strategic franchise mode football sim where you run the front office and call all the shots —build your roster, manage the franchise and handle the play calling to guide your team to glory across seasons of immersive franchise-building.

Why similar: Football (American) 60.6% ★, Sports 26.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Immersive Sim 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Achieve Gridiron Greatness as Doug Flutie and Maximum Football 2020, bring you the ultimate football sandbox.

Why similar: Football (American) 61.6% ★, Sports 27.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Sandbox 3.4%, Indie 0.5%

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) 60.4% ★, Sports 27.6%, Simulation 9.9%, 2D 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Axis Football features football gaming's deepest Franchise Mode and massively improved simulation-style gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 57.4% ★, Sports 23.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Management 8.3%, Indie 0.6%

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) 70.5% ★, Sports 24.3%, Management 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Brutalball Manager 2 is the sequel to the Football Franchise Management Simulation game. Based on American Football in a Fantasy setting with unique rules. Take full control of the entire league. Tons of customization and deep stat tracking.

Why similar: Football (American) 56% ★, Sports 24.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Management 8.9%, 2D 1.1%

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) 64.9% ★, Sports 18.7%, Simulation 10%, Competitive 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Draft Day Sports: College Football 2023 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) 65.9% ★, Sports 23.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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) 49.8% ★, Sports 26.7%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 10.5%, 2D 1.4%

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) 47.2% ★, Sports 27.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 7.8%, 2D 2%

Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 53.7% ★, Sports 24%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 7.9%, Choices Matter 3.5%

Goblin Rules Football (GRF) is an arcade sports game that is sort of like a dumb version of Rugby (AND NOW GOLF). You can play single player against the bots or multiplayer in either 1v1 or 3v3 matches. Power ups, punching, kicking, touching the ball on the ground, and more! That more is golf

Why similar: Football (American) 54.5% ★, Sports 27%, Old School 6.2%, Retro 5.5%, 1990's 4.3%

Run the front office of an American football franchise. Build a dynasty across decades. Multi-season draft, free agency, trades, salary cap, and pre-snap play-calling on every snap. Calibrated to real pro football statistics. Single player. No microtransactions.

Why similar: Football (American) 57.3% ★, Sports 24.7%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 7.1%, 2D 1.2%

[NOT THE LATEST VERSION!! See Pro Strategy Football 2022]

Why similar: Football (American) 54.4% ★, Sports 15.1%, eSports 9.1% ★, Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.3%

Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.

Why similar: Football (American) 57.1% ★, Sports 25.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 5.8%, Indie 0.6%

Experience Pong reimagined! Air Blitz brings arcade football action to the classic formula with 30 challenging AI levels, dynamic speed, and strategic gameplay. Reflexes aren’t enough — do you have what it takes to win it all?

Why similar: Football (American) 44.4% ★, Sports 29.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Old School 8.4%, Retro 5.8%

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) 58.4% ★, Sports 15.9%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Choices Matter 3.5%

Coach your way to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach 2023 comes packed with new features including local multiplayer and a database update.

Why similar: Football (American) 47.5% ★, Sports 29.2%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 9.1%, 2D 1.9%

Immerse yourself in true-to-life realistic gameplay, officially licensed gear, and all the high-stakes drama of leading your team to victory. Whether you’re a coach masterminding strategies or a player chasing the dream, Varsity puts you in control of every heart-pounding moment on the field.

Why similar: Football (American) 68.6% ★, Sports 21%, Management 6.2%, Choices Matter 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%

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) 56.1% ★, Sports 16.1%, eSports 6.7% ★, Simulation 5.6%, Retro 5.2%

Greats of the Gridiron is a football simulation experience where must Outdraft, Outdesign, and Outcoach other coaches to stake your claim to Greatness. • Draft/trade players• Design all plays in their entirety• Control when CPU calls your plays. Go for it on 4th and inches? Up to you.

Why similar: Football (American) 44% ★, Sports 13.1%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 9%, eSports 7.4% ★

Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!

Why similar: Football (American) 63.3% ★, Sports 15.1%, Old School 8.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Retro 4.5%