- #1 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
97% 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) 56.4% ★, Sports 25.4%, Strategy 4.8%, Simulation 4.4%, Management 3.7%
- #2 Football Manager 26
96% matchMostly Negative36% of 36,287 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 163.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.5% ★, Sports 28.1%, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 5.3%, Management 4.5%
- #3 Faceball Captain
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Odd Spider
Windows
Faceball Captain is a sports management deckbuilder, where victory is dirty and rules can be bent. Draft your squad, juice their stats, and keep them upright through the grind. Hire eccentric staff, exploit broken combos, and claw your way to the top of the Faceball pyramid!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43% ★, Auto Battler 17.7%, Sports 9.8%, Deckbuilding 8.2%, Card Game 8%
- #4 UltFoot: Football Manager
95% 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) 45.9% ★, Sports 28%, Simulation 6.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Management 4.5%
- #5 Retro Football Boss
94% 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) 61.6% ★, Sports 22.8%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 4.7%, Management 3.7%
- #6 My Football Growth Story
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FootballGrowth.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Click cards to train your team and improve players. Buy skills that help you and your teammates grow stronger. After unlocking auto-training, players train automatically while you focus on strategy: choosing development paths and unlocking skills.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.5% ★, Sports 23.9%, Auto Battler 15.8%, Card Battler 6.2%, Simulation 3.8%
- #7 WE ARE FOOTBALL
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.5 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) 60.9% ★, Sports 23.6%, PvP 3.8%, Management 3.7%, Strategy 3.5%
- #8 Monster Scout
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: GESKT
Windows · Mac
Monster Scout is a soccer scouting game that tests your ability to discern player traits, as stats ARE NOT immediately visible. The fate of your team relies on your judgement. Enjoy the authentic coaching experience.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.3% ★, Sports 23.7%, Auto Battler 18.8%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 4.1%
- #9 99Managers Futsal Edition
91% 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) 57.9% ★, Sports 24.4%, Management 5.9%, Strategy 4.3%, Simulation 3.7%
- #10 TriFute - Online Button Soccer
90% match5 user reviews83% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Douglas Maieski
Windows
TriFute, a unique button soccer game, allows you to play dynamic matches against online opponents or local multiplayer.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55% ★, Sports 36.7%, PvP 5.7%, Multiplayer 2.6%
- #11 Legendary Eleven: Epic Football
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: Eclipse Gamse
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Legendary Eleven is an epic arcade football game inspired by the golden age of football spanning the 70's to the 90's. Choose from 36 teams full of glorious haircuts, moustaches and legends in short shorts. Lead them to glory and win the World Cup!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 72.1% ★, Sports 26.5%, Multiplayer 1.4%
- #12 Field Clashers
88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ahuggett
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take your team to glory, using a keen strategy and tactical prowess to overcome your opponents!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.3% ★, Sports 18.5%, Auto Battler 17.8%, PvP 4.3%, Strategy 3.6%
- #13 Underdog Futsal
87% 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) 58.3% ★, Sports 26%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 4.5%, Simulation 4.4%
- #14 World Football 2030
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: PuzaGames
Windows
A football strategy game where every match is fully simulated. Choose a national team, set the formation and tactics, then watch your decisions play out on the pitch. You don’t control the players directly, your job is to prepare, adapt, and lead your nation to the world title.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.2% ★, Sports 20.1%, Auto Battler 17.8%, Management 4.2%, Simulation 3.8%
- #15 Foosball Manager
86% 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) 49% ★, Sports 33%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 5.6%, Management 4.8%
- #16 Retro Club Manager
85% 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) 57% ★, Sports 24.5%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 5.4%, Management 5.3%
- #17 CARDED: Groups to Glory
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spartanwilly Studios
Windows
Build a nation into champions in a football card roguelite. Develop players, handle dilemmas, manage morale, and survive the journey from group stage hopefuls to glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.2% ★, Sports 22.2%, Card Battler 7.5%, Card Game 6.3%, Deckbuilding 5.1%
- #18 Penalty Shooters 2
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: NUSPEKO
Windows
A fast-paced football penalty shootout game where you pick from 360 teams across 12 leagues, aim with the mouse, and click to dive as the keeper. Outsmart smart AI goalkeepers and climb from group stage to knockout glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 67.6% ★, Sports 31.2%, 2D 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #19 Player's Eleven
84% 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) 62.5% ★, Sports 23.2%, Management 7.3%, Simulation 6%, 2D 0.8%
- #20 BlipKick
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QuBlip
Windows
BlipKick is a tactical football auto-battler. Draft players, activate synergies and build the perfect squad to defeat your rival in fast-paced 9-round matches.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.2% ★, Auto Battler 19.5%, Sports 16.8%, Card Game 8.9%, Deckbuilding 7.2%
- #21 LeManager
82% 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) 72.3% ★, Sports 13.4%, Simulation 6.7%, Management 6.6%, 2D 0.8%
- #22 Eleven Legends
81% 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) 57.2% ★, Sports 25.3%, Management 6.6%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 4.3%
- #23 Ultimate Club Manager 26
79% 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) 51.9% ★, Sports 34.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Management 5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #24 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
81% 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) 62.9% ★, Sports 22.4%, Management 5.6%, Strategy 4.4%, Simulation 3.1%
- #25 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 363 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games ApS
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.4% ★, Sports 38.3%, Simulation 6.6%, Strategy 6.6%, Management 2.6%
- #26 New Star™ Manager
78% matchVery Positive87% of 527 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) 55.2% ★, Sports 32.1%, Simulation 7.7%, Management 5%
- #27 Match Deck: Football
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Joyful DayPub: Ugalabugala Oy
Windows
Build a deck, play against AI opponents - Win the Football (soccer) League! Get XP, and buy upgrades for next runs. Buy permanent cards between matches. This is at prototype stage only yet, and Final direction, story, graphics, have not been decided yet.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.5% ★, Sports 28.6%, Card Game 9.5%, Deckbuilding 7.1%, Card Battler 4.7%
- #28 NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
75% matchVery Positive89% of 471 reviews2026
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.6% ★, Sports 17.4%, Deckbuilding 8%, Card Battler 6.9%, Card Game 5.5%
- #29 Crazy Fußball-Manager
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crazy Coffee and Cookie Creations
Windows
Crazy! After an accident involving a coffee-obsessed superhero, you end up in a parallel football world. Lead your club from the third division to the top, discover absurd super talents, and experience crazy live matches – developed by a solo developer with extensive AI support.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.7% ★, Sports 27.9%, Management 6.6%, Simulation 6.3%, Strategy 3.4%
- #30 Total Futsal Manager
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: IAA Games
Windows
Take control of a futsal club and build your career season after season. Manage your squad, transfers, contracts, training, tactics, finances, and dressing room as you compete to take your team all the way to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.9% ★, Sports 26.6%, Simulation 5.4%, Management 5.2%, Tactical 2.5%
- #31 The Chairman
74% 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) 48.6% ★, Sports 34%, Simulation 6.6%, Strategy 5.4%, Management 4.8%
- #32 Football Academy Director
72% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Merla Interactive
Windows
Build and lead a football academy from U11 to U19. Scout and recruit young talent, develop your squads, set tactics, compete for promotion and trophies, improve your academy, and follow your graduates throughout their senior careers.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 50.7% ★, Sports 31.8%, Simulation 5.6%, Strategy 5.2%, Management 5%
- #33 Retro Club Dynasty Season 92/93
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mezko Games
Windows
1992.... The top flight has a new name, the money is coming, and the old rules are about to change. Build a dynasty across the seasons as fees, wages, tactics, deals and grounds all grow with the decade. Poach kids. Tap up targets. Fill the stands. Survive the boom. Build your dynasty !
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.5% ★, Sports 32.6%, Management 5.1%, Simulation 4.8%, Strategy 3.6%
- #34 Youth Academy
71% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Oba Games
Windows
Youth Manager is an auto-battler football management simulation about developing young talents between the ages of 16 to 18. Your goal is to train wonderkids, help them sign professional contracts, and build your reputation as a top academy.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.4% ★, Auto Battler 18.4%, Sports 12%, Card Game 7.1%, Card Battler 5.5%
- #35 Fifth Tier
72% 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) 62.5% ★, Sports 22.5%, Management 5.7%, Simulation 4.6%, Strategy 4.1%
- #36 New Star™ Soccer 5
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 882 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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) 54.6% ★, Sports 37.7%, Simulation 7.6%
- #37 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
70% matchMixed57% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Syra Games
Windows
A football management game where you're not the coach, you're the club owner. Hire and fire the coaching staff, sign players, negotiate with sponsors, control the finances and build a winning organisation from the boardroom.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 62.8% ★, Sports 23.3%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 6.4%, 2D 0.6%
- #38 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
70% 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) 58.2% ★, Sports 28.9%, Simulation 5.3%, Management 4.9%, Strategy 1.9%
- #39 Cartagol: Football Card Career
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: İlker YelkenPub: Lofwin Games
Windows
A football career sim where every match is a card battle. Build joker combos, chase form, survive the press, sign transfers and fill your trophy cabinet — all from your own room. Deckbuilding meets the beautiful game.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.3% ★, Sports 21.4%, Card Game 10.2%, Deckbuilding 7.4%, Card Battler 6.7%
- #40 Goalcrest: Club Management Tycoon
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tycoon Managers
Windows
Build a football club from the amateur leagues to the top. Manage tactics, finances, sponsors, facilities, morale and matchdays. Strengthen your squad, earn promotion, grow your reputation and become the world’s greatest manager.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.4% ★, Sports 24.1%, Auto Battler 15.4%, Simulation 5.4%, PvE 2%
- #41 Simple Football League Manager
69% 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. Choose from 5,909 clubs, build your team, play in leagues and cups, and get insights from your assistant Rob. Includes 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and a customizable database.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 60.9% ★, Sports 21.4%, Management 7.1%, Simulation 4.8%, Strategy 4.2%
- #42 Empire Eleven 2026
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 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) 47.6% ★, Sports 31.6%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.2%, Management 4.7%
- #43 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
71% 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) 51.4% ★, Sports 32.7%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 5.9%, Management 3.9%
- #44 Calcio Totale
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eleòra
Windows · Linux
A football management game with an old-school spirit but a fresh perspective: choose from 100 Italian clubs and build your career as a chief executive. Oversee finances, transfers, staff, facilities and marketing; delegate the sporting side or take Full Control.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 56.6% ★, Sports 24.7%, Management 5.8%, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 4.8%
- #45 WFO World Football Online
69% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Cagatay GuvenPub: Eren Aydin
Windows
WFO World Football Online is an online football management game with a non-scripted match engine on a virtual football world continuously developed by AI.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.2% ★, Sports 34.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 3.8%, Minimalist 2.6%
- #46 Football Club Management 2023
68% matchMixed51% of 165 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) 61.9% ★, Sports 23.6%, Management 5.5%, Simulation 4.1%, Tactical 2.8%
- #47 Footy Manager
68% 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) 58.5% ★, Sports 29.7%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 5.2%, 2D 0.3%
- #48 Realms Cup
66% match4 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: BerracoPub: Berraco Labs
Windows
Fantasy football meets deck-building. Build your fantasy football squad from 120+ unique cards across Human, Orc, Elf, and Dwarf races. Open packs, level up your roster, and win the coveted Realms Cup to become the ultimate champion of the Realms!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37.4% ★, Sports 16.2%, Auto Battler 15.8%, Card Battler 7.8%, Card Game 6.9%
- #49 Flipping Football Clubs
67% 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) 55% ★, Sports 27.4%, Simulation 5.2%, Management 5%, Strategy 4.8%
- #50 No Stars Football
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yak2000
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro pixel-art soccer game with old-school arcade action on the pitch and a deep management sim underneath - play or simulate every match, build a squad, and take a club from the lower divisions to the title over a full multi-season career.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 56% ★, Sports 35.8%, Simulation 5.2%, Top-Down 2.2%, 2D 0.7%
- #51 Premier Manager 10
67% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.7% ★, Sports 42.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 4.8%