- #1 New Star™ Soccer 5
97% 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) 43.5% ★, Sports 42.4%, Simulation 12.5%, Indie 1.6%
- #2 Ultimate Club Manager 26
96% 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) 43.7% ★, Sports 41.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #3 New Star™ Manager
96% 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) 46.7% ★, Sports 38.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Indie 1.6%
- #4 Super Arcade Soccer
95% matchMixed56% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: Ruben Alcañiz
Windows · Mac
Classic Football is back with Super Arcade Soccer. Super Arcade Soccer is a fun soccer game with arcade playability; direct, accessible control; and a wide range of actions, such as passing, centering, skill shots…
Why similar: Sports 47.4%, Football (Soccer) 36.8% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #5 Premier Manager 10
94% 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 48.9%, Football (Soccer) 36.8% ★, Simulation 14.3%
- #6 Football tournament
93% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Phoenixxx Games
Windows
Football has united all the countries of the world on the football field, and numerous football tournaments are held every year. This time there is a place for your team in the standings, choose it and play football.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.8% ★, Sports 34.3%, Simulation 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%, 2D 0.9%
- #7 Penalty Shooters 2
92% 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) 59.1% ★, Sports 38.5%, 2D 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #8 Balance of Soccer
91% match5 user reviews40% of 5 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) 45.5% ★, Sports 40.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #9 Retro Football Boss
91% 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) 56.1% ★, Sports 29.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Indie 1.2%
- #10 No Stars Football
89% 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) 46.7% ★, Sports 42.2%, Simulation 8.9%, 2D 1.4%, Indie 0.6%
- #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) 65% ★, Sports 33.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #12 Eleven Legends
88% 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) 50.6% ★, Sports 31.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.8%, 2D 0.9%
- #13 Pitch Girls
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows
《Pitch Girls》 is a football FMV. You lead a women’s football team to compete against diverse top women’s teams worldwide. It features retro command-based battles with dribbling, breaks, passes, feints, charged shots and aerial duels. Every offensive and defensive call shapes match results.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.3% ★, Sports 30.6%, Tactical RPG 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.2%
- #14 Dynastia FC
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Conni'co
Windows
Dynastia FC is an idle football incremental where you watch matches unfold from above. Manage your roster, upgrade your club, and squeeze every coin from your fans. Rise from a dirt-pitch underdog, conquer the multiverse, and build a football empire.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.6% ★, Sports 36.9%, Simulation 12.2%, 2D 1.3%, Indie 0.6%
- #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) 44% ★, Sports 41.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #16 Player's Eleven
85% 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) 56.2% ★, Sports 29.4%, Simulation 11.1%, 2D 1.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #17 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
84% 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: Sports 48.2%, Football (Soccer) 39.6% ★, Simulation 12.2%
- #18 Football Manager 26
82% 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) 50.6% ★, Sports 37.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #19 Lords of Football
84% matchMixed52% of 354 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 51.9%, Football (Soccer) 33.6% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Indie 1.4%
- #20 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
82% 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) 55.2% ★, Sports 35%, Simulation 8.9%, 2D 0.9%
- #21 Football Star Life 23/24
81% 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: Sports 44.2%, Football (Soccer) 40.4% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #22 The Chairman
80% 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) 43.3% ★, Sports 42.7%, Simulation 12.1%, 2D 1%, Indie 0.6%
- #23 TriFute - Online Button Soccer
79% 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) 51.5% ★, Sports 48.5%
- #24 Football Referee Simulator
77% matchVery Positive90% of 529 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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) 46.4% ★, Sports 42.1%, Simulation 9.2%, 2D 1.3%, Indie 0.6%
- #25 TableTop Soccer
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: Dancing Developers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Online, Single/Multiplayer tactical, simultaneous turn-based soccer strategy game. Play live games or play resumable games over a few days. Level up your team, unlock abilities and dominate the leaderboards. Or just embarrass your friends with your superior skills.
Why similar: Sports 39%, Football (Soccer) 35.6% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%
- #26 MicroProse™ Soccer
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: MicroProsePub: Ziggurat
Windows
MicroProse™ Soccer is an accessible and engaging classic soccer game that lets you compete against a friend or CPU opponent at world class level in the World Cup, International Challenge, or in the indoor league.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.4% ★, Sports 36.8%, Simulation 8.5%, 2D 1%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #27 Eastfold Club Manager
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Victus Fatis
Windows
Relive the golden days of football manager games in the 90’s. Take control of a low league team in Europe or an established super club. Control the squad, your staff, finances, transfers. Get talent from abroad and grow your youth to superstars.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.7% ★, Sports 34.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Sandbox 5.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #28 Backyard Soccer '98
75% matchVery Positive96% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Playground Productions
Windows
Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.1% ★, Sports 39.6%, Simulation 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #29 Footy Manager
76% 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) 51.3% ★, Sports 36.8%, Simulation 10.9%, 2D 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #30 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
76% 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) 45.6% ★, Sports 41%, Simulation 11.1%, Indie 2.4%
- #31 Foosball - Street Edition
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 182 reviews2014
Dev: Yuisy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Foosball - Street Edition is a 5 VS 5 arcade football game, that puts you in the control of 9 teams of foosball players, each one with unique skills and abilities. Enjoy playing football with awesome characters in crazy locations!
Why similar: Sports 56.7%, Football (Soccer) 41.5% ★, Indie 1.8%
- #32 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Lemoncookie Studios
Windows
A football manager like they used to make: negotiate with clubs, players and sponsors, keep your dressing room, your board and your private life from falling apart — and follow every match in a live ticker with drama and a wink. Deep simulation with humour and heart. German language only.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.2% ★, Sports 40.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #33 LeManager
74% 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) 66.9% ★, Sports 17.4%, Simulation 12.7%, 2D 1.7%, Indie 0.8%
- #34 Eye of the Match: The VAR Game
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mix and Jam
Windows · Mac
Yellow Card? Red Card? That's up to you. As a Virtual Referee it is your responsibility to inspect football replays, identify infringements and punish those who are not following the regulations.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49% ★, Sports 45.1%, Simulation 4.9%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #35 Agent Pro
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LKD studioPub: LKD Studio
Windows
Agent Pro is a first-person action game where you play as an elite agent. Complete dangerous missions, fight enemies, and use strategy, skill, and precision to overcome every challenge and become the ultimate professional operative.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.7% ★, Sports 41.2%, Simulation 14.1%, 2D 1.1%, Indie 0.6%
- #36 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
71% 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) 52.1% ★, Sports 36.6%, Simulation 9.9%, 2D 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #37 Soccer Rage
72% matchVery Positive81% of 647 reviews2015
Dev: Stamina-Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Soccer Rage is a sport/action game that features: a hybrid engine of soccer and fighting. This game has a dynamic and fast paced soccer gameplay. There are no red cards, no off-sides, no outside balls, no substitutions, brutal fouls are allowed along with fighting.
Why similar: Sports 49.7%, Football (Soccer) 48.6% ★, Indie 1.7%
- #38 Arcade World Cups
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: NicoSoftArg
Windows
Pure arcade football, inspired by an unforgettable classic. Fast matches, goals, and nonstop excitment.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.1% ★, Sports 39.5%, 2D 1.5%, Indie 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #39 WFO World Football Online
72% 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) 45.5% ★, Sports 43.8%, Simulation 10.7%
- #40 Fifth Tier
71% 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) 56.3% ★, Sports 28.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.6%, Indie 0.8%
- #41 Football Scout Simulator
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JK NOVA
Windows
You don’t coach. You don’t sign the cheques. You find the players nobody else has seen. Football Scout Simulator puts you in the scout’s seat: an office, a phone, a notebook, and a passport. You have ten seasons to turn an unknown reputation into a legend of global scouting, or get yourself fired.
Why similar: Sports 43.7%, Football (Soccer) 29.8% ★, Simulation 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, 2D 1.2%
- #42 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
68% 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) 56.6% ★, Sports 29.7%, Simulation 11.9%, 2D 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #43 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
70% 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) 44.1% ★, Sports 43.5%, Simulation 11%, 2D 1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #44 Non-League Manager
67% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Black Cannon Studios
Windows · Mac
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) 48.4% ★, Sports 37.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #45 Retro Club Dynasty Season 92/93
69% 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) 47% ★, Sports 42%, Simulation 9%, 2D 1.3%, Indie 0.5%
- #46 Nonsense Football Club
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SoloDevTeam
Windows
Nonsense Football Club is a 3D action football game where core football fundamentals become combat mechanics! Master the timing of slide tackles, precision passing, and skill moves to defeat defeat unconventional teams like robots, fantastical creatures, and insane bosses!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.5% ★, Sports 38.9%, Action-Adventure 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #47 Football Pitch Simulator
66% matchVery Positive93% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Incipient DayPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Build your own football pitch business. Make repairs, expand your facilities, and attract the interest of football fans.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45% ★, Sports 37.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Indie 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #48 Underdog Futsal
68% 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) 55.3% ★, Sports 34.8%, Simulation 8.6%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #49 99Managers Futsal Edition
67% 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) 56.2% ★, Sports 33.3%, Simulation 7.4%, 2D 1.7%, Indie 0.9%
- #50 Forever World Cup Simulator
66% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Simcups
Windows · Mac · Linux
Are you ready for the World Cup 2030? Lead hundreds of club and national teams to glory in this deep soccer simulation. Simulate 40+ global events, from continental cups to the grand stage. Perfect for fans of international football management and endless replayability!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.5% ★, Sports 31.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #51 Crazy Fußball-Manager
67% 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) 49.8% ★, Sports 36.5%, Simulation 12%, 2D 0.8%, Indie 0.6%