Games Like Lords of Football

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: Sports 49.7%, Football (Soccer) 27.9% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Indie 4.2%, Management 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep club management with the personal development and lifestyle choices of individual players.

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: Sports 55.5%, Football (Soccer) 26.2% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the career-focused lifestyle simulation that makes managing a player's life outside the pitch engaging.

There is a story behind every goal. You're Rocco Galliano, the existentially troubled manager of a struggling football team. Train players, choose your own narrative, survive the drama, and play turn-based football matches via tactical cards and hard choices.

Why similar: Sports 48.6%, Football (Soccer) 30.4% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 5.1%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the narrative and off-pitch drama that mirrors the lifestyle-management elements of the seed game.

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 39%, Football (Soccer) 36.2% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique tactical approach to management that feels more hands-on and visual than traditional simulators.

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: Sports 44.6%, Football (Soccer) 37.5% ★, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7%, Management 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a modern, streamlined management experience that focuses on the everyday routine of running a club.

The world might as well be over - Soccer Inc. has closed down every local stadium, team and tournament. What kind of world can survive without the beautiful game? Thankfully a magical soccer ball has chosen you, our Savior of Soccer!

Why similar: Sports 48.8%, Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Simulation 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG-infused take on football that emphasizes the life simulation and narrative aspects of the sport.

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 58%, Football (Soccer) 29.4% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on the sport by focusing on the life and decisions of a referee rather than a manager.

Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Club Soccer Director 2022 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Club Soccer Director 2022 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.

Why similar: Sports 51.6%, Football (Soccer) 19.7% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the administrative and director-level responsibilities of running a club, offering a different perspective on management.

Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.

Why similar: Football (Soccer) 64.9% ★, Simulation 22%, Management 6.7%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Directly addresses the life-simulation aspect of being involved in the football industry.

Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!

Why similar: Sports 40.5%, Football (Soccer) 36.5% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, charming take on football management that focuses on team building and player development.

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: Sports 43.6%, Football (Soccer) 37.3% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Management 4.2%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical and operational side of managing a football club in a modern environment.

Casual football & strategy videogame. Real-time simulation of your favourite football Club. Agile, intuitive, fast... allows you to play seasons in hours, not days: line-up, training, tactics, youth squad, scout, transfers, stadium, highlights, Strategic match... From the Premier Manager creators.

Why similar: Sports 41.2%, Football (Soccer) 35.9% ★, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Management 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled management game that emphasizes the tactical and strategic elements of the sport.

Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!

Why similar: Sports 55.2%, Football (Soccer) 20.9% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy management game that focuses on building a competitive team through tactical decisions.

Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

Why similar: Sports 46.4%, Football (Soccer) 28.8% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 3.1%

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: Sports 39.5%, Football (Soccer) 34.7% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 12%

Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024! Dive into the world of football like never before. Choose an existing club or start your own. Manage either men or women, lead your club to new heights, and become the next manager legend!

Why similar: Sports 41.3%, Football (Soccer) 35.4% ★, Simulation 11%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 4.3%

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 51%, Football (Soccer) 21.4% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, indie-focused tactical game that treats football like a board game, emphasizing strategy over simulation.

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 83%, Strategy 17%

Why You'll Like It: A classic management title that focuses on the strategic depth of American football management.

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 47%, Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Management 3.3%

"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 48.8%, Football (Soccer) 39.7% ★, Simulation 6.9%, Management 4.6%

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 44.8%, Football (Soccer) 35.7% ★, Simulation 7.9%, Management 5.5%, Indie 3%

Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring immersive gameplay, a deep franchise mode, and extensive customization.

Why similar: Sports 65.1%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 5.4%, Management 2.1%

Axis Football 2026 is a complete American Football Simulation featuring fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry's best franchise mode.

Why similar: Sports 62.2%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 13.6%, Management 6.7%

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

Why similar: Sports 64.4%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Management 4.1%

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

Why similar: Sports 65.8%, Simulation 15.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Management 4.2%, Indie 2.9%

WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 is the ultimate challenge for manager fans and anyone who wants to become one! Accessible, with great depth of play, a focus on tactics and more than 200 simulated countries. Now with a new creative mode that lets you tailor the game perfectly to your preferences!

Why similar: Sports 44.6%, Football (Soccer) 34.2% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Management 4.1%, Strategy 3.7%

A physics-based football game, where matches are won not by randomness or luck, but pure skill! Easy to learn, yet difficult to master, World of Football lets you bring up to ten players together to test your skills on the pitch! Then go pro and fight for the title of GOAT!

Why similar: Sports 46.8%, Football (Soccer) 35.7% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 7.9%

Build your own football pitch business. Make repairs, expand your facilities, and attract the interest of football fans.

Why similar: Sports 50.6%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Simulation 19.3%, Indie 2.1%

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

Why similar: Sports 66.5%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 2.8%, Management 2.7%

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: Sports 41.6%, Football (Soccer) 36.5% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Management 5.4%, Indie 3%

Reign Your Football Club! Be the owner of your football club, make strategic choices, and climb through the amateur league to the first while making hard decisions to set everything in line for your club.

Why similar: Sports 40.1%, Football (Soccer) 35.7% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 6.6%, Management 4.7%

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: Sports 71.6%, Simulation 17.7%, Management 4.6%, Strategy 4.3%, Indie 1.8%

Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.

Why similar: Sports 61.5%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 14%, Indie 5.4%, Management 2.2%

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

Why similar: Sports 65.1%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Management 3.9%, Indie 2.7%

Manage your own esports squad, expand your gaming house, and defeat legendary teams to become the best in the world!

Why similar: Sports 58.1%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 15.4%, Management 7.9%

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 59.1%, Football (Soccer) 21.1% ★, Simulation 15%, Indie 4.9%

Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!

Why similar: Sports 42.2%, Football (Soccer) 40.7% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Management 5%

The craziest soccer management game you have ever played! Use mines, aliens, cows, guns and other crazy cheats to decimate the opposing team and protect your players. Play against your friends or AI opponents!

Why similar: Sports 56.1%, Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Indie 4%

Start with one five-a-side pitch. Answer the phone, haggle over the price, fill the hours. Reinvest: more pitches, more land, more staff. Grow enough and the neighbourhood league plays its season on your grass.

Why similar: Sports 55.3%, Football (Soccer) 26.7% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 4.6%, Indie 1.8%

You're not the manager, you're the agent. Scout hidden gems across 47,500 players, win them over face to face, build their careers, and sell them for millions. A deep football agency career sim where every contract has your name on it.

Why similar: Sports 40.1%, Football (Soccer) 36.3% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Management 3.5%