- #1 OPEN GUARD
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Goyski
Windows
The first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym management simulation. Build an academy, sign fighters, develop them through the belt ranks, and compete from local opens to world championships. Every save tells a different story.
Why similar: Martial Arts 35.2% ★, Sports 32.1%, Simulation 15%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Strategy 4.2%
- #2 MMA Executive
96% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Vectormatrix Limited
Windows
Welcome to MMA Executive, where styles make fights, and where brute force meets technical precision. You will need to build up a powerful gym filled with the best prospects, experienced veterans and inspirational coaches to establish your reputation and succeed within the MMA economy.
Why similar: Martial Arts 33% ★, Sports 27%, Simulation 11.4%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 9.9%
- #3 World of Mixed Martial Arts 3
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 158 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Step into the world of MMA in World of Mixed Martial Arts 3. In this simulation title, you control every aspect of the MMA world. Take control of an MMA company and run it the way you want. Decide who to hire, what matches will take place, and who doesn't make the cut!
Why similar: Sports 43.6%, Martial Arts 27.5% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Management 12.3%
- #4 Bodybuilder Simulator
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yadu Games
Windows
Bodybuilder Simulator is a simulation game where you try to build muscle and earn money. You can train using various machines in the gym. Outside the gym, you can explore places like the market, hospital, and casino. You can also open and manage your own gym to multiply your earnings.
Why similar: Sports 26%, Martial Arts 23.4% ★, Life Sim 16.9%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 11.7%
- #5 MMA Empire
94% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Satchmoe Studios
Windows · Mac
Unique MMA Management-Style Game. Compete against rival promotions, expand your roster, and build your Empire!
Why similar: Martial Arts 37.4% ★, Sports 28.3%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Indie 1.1%
- #6 Lane 4: Track and Field Coach Simulator
93% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Urban Legend Games
Windows
Take over a high school track program and build a statewide powerhouse through recruiting, training, and championship strategy.
Why similar: Sports 28.7%, Management 19.9%, Procedural Generation 15%, Simulation 10.8%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #7 World Boxing Manager
94% matchMixed59% of 136 reviews2016
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows · Mac · Linux
World Boxing Manager is a game in which you develop and manage the careers of young, hungry boxers desperate for glory. You scout and recruit fighters from a pool of amateurs who come to train at your gym - it's up to you to decide who to mold into championship material.
Why similar: Sports 43.1%, Management 21.6%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #8 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
92% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 43.6%, Simulation 18.4%, Management 17.8%, Strategy 16%, Indie 4.1%
- #9 World Basketball Manager 2
91% matchMixed55% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows · Mac
Start an international career as a basketball manager in the ultimate old school sport management game! WBM2 is not just the latest addition to the successful series of basketball management games, but a completely new game, based on a super fast engine and a friendly and simple interface!
Why similar: Sports 47.2%, Management 19.8%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 15.3%
- #10 Taekwondo Demonstration Team Simulator
91% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Odin inc.
Windows
The Taekwondo Demonstration Team Simulator brings you a new experience. You can decorate the demonstration team by configuring the cool Taekwondo movements as a show stage.
Why similar: Martial Arts 44.5% ★, Management 23.1%, Simulation 21.6%, Strategy 6.3%, 3D 3.2%
- #11 Corner King: Boxing Tycoon
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Temporal Lure
Windows
Run your own boxing gym in a deep sports management sim. Scout talent, build champions, handle contracts, rivalries, injuries, and title shots — then guide your fighter live from the corner when the bell rings.
Why similar: Martial Arts 32.9% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 19.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 7.8%
- #12 Director of Management: Football Club
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build football history across nearly 900 territories, 15,000+ competitions, 20,000+ clubs, and 1,000,000+ people. Men's and women's football with equal depth. Universal Person System. In-game editor and mod tools included. No microtransactions.
Why similar: Sports 45.3%, Simulation 21.2%, Management 16.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #13 Elite MMA Manager
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Realms Studio
Windows
Can you shape careers of the future legends of MMA? Start with nothing. Build a dynasty. Navigate the politics, egos, and brutal economics of professional MMA. Management game where you sign fighters as clients, and your job is to maximize their success.
Why similar: Sports 34.2%, Martial Arts 31.4% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #14 Australian Football Coach 2020
88% matchMixed66% of 35 reviews2020
Dev: Statto Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Coach your team to the premiership flag! Australian Football Coach is the premier Aussie Rules Football management game. Manage your players, tactics, and salary cap as you fight for glory!
Why similar: Sports 50.2%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Management 7.7%, Indie 4.8%
- #15 Boxing Gym Story
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own gym, train boxers, and aim for the championship!
Why similar: Martial Arts 34.4% ★, Sports 25.4%, Life Sim 16.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 8.1%
- #16 Bar Master
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NoBrain Studio
Windows
Bar Master is a management game where you play as a bar owner and must develop your business. Start by serving beers in a simple bar, hire waiters, unlock new drinks, expand your bar, and buy new bars in the city!
Why similar: Management 24.8%, Life Sim 17.8%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #17 Hockey: Strategy Of Success
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Winter Legend
Windows · Mac
You like hockey, don’t you? Then experience how does it feel to be a hockey team manager.
Why similar: Sports 55.5%, Management 19.1%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Indie 5.4%
- #18 Gladiator Manager
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Eternity Games
Windows
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 46.7%, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Management 11.1%, Indie 4.7%
- #19 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 53.4%, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 19.7%, Management 4.1%
- #20 Pro Gamer Manager 2
83% matchVery Negative14% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: Millenway
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 17%
Pro Gamer Manager 2 is an e-sport simulator game. Create, manage and compete with your own team of Pro Gamers. Conquer all obstacles and become the number one team in the world!
Why similar: Sports 42.5%, Simulation 19.8%, Management 17.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Indie 4.5%
- #21 Franchise Hockey Manager 6
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 74.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2019-20 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose one of 32 leagues around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 48.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Management 11.8%, Indie 4.5%
- #22 Australian Football Coach
82% 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: Sports 46.4%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Management 12.3%, Indie 4.6%
- #23 Fight Life Legacy
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blade games
Windows
Rise through the MMA ranks in this turn-based fighting RPG. Train key stats, manage your career, and face ruthless rivals as you uncover the dark truth behind your father’s mysterious disappearance and fight to build your own legacy as a champion.
Why similar: Sports 29.2%, Martial Arts 21.8% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 9.7%
- #24 Cricket Captain 2015
80% matchMixed65% of 63 reviews2015
Dev: Childish ThingsPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Cricket Captain has long been hailed as the best cricket simulation game ever created and the upcoming launch of Cricket Captain 2015 will take the experience to an all-new level.
Why similar: Sports 60.8%, Simulation 23.5%, Management 15.6%
- #25 Game club "Waka-Waka"
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: FastGame
Windows
Game Club "Waka Waka" [/] - computer club simulator!
Why similar: Sports 51.2%, Simulation 23.2%, Strategy 20.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #26 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2017
78% matchMixed41% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2017 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 52.9%, Simulation 22.4%, Strategy 19.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #27 Very Real Chess
77% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Zachary Geier
Windows
Play one of the most popular games of all time in Virtual Reality. Sharpen your skills against powerful AI, throw pieces against your opponent, or just teleport around -- all of this and more in Very Real Chess!
Why similar: Sports 53.4%, Simulation 22.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Indie 5.3%
- #28 Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2018
77% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2018 puts you in the role of head coach of your favorite college basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from staff hiring, recruiting, scouting and all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to tournament glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 54.6%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 5%
- #29 Esports History: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History: Prologue is a free RPG simulator about the era of the birth of eSports. Start from scratch and work your way up to an eSports career. Use your resources and time wisely to develop a unique character and win tournaments.
Why similar: Sports 27.9%, Management 19.9%, Life Sim 12.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #30 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2019
76% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2019 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: Sports 54.6%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 5%
- #31 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2019
76% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2019 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 54.6%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 5%
- #32 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2020
75% matchMixed42% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2020 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 right down to creating and calling your own plays to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 53.6%, Simulation 22%, Strategy 19.2%, Indie 5.2%
- #33 Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2017
75% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2017 puts you in the role of head coach of your favorite college basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from staff hiring, recruiting, scouting and all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to tournament glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 53.5%, Simulation 21.6%, Strategy 19.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #34 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2020
74% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2020 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite professional basketball team. Every decision can be made by you from drafting, trading, signing free agents all the way to making each substitution to lead your team to championship glory and becoming a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 54.4%, Simulation 21.6%, Strategy 18.8%, Indie 5.1%
- #35 Digital Diamond Baseball V8
73% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Curiosity ComputingPub: Cass Consulting Inc
Windows · Mac
Digital Diamond Baseball is a computerized baseball simulator that allows gamers to play individual games, series, or entire seasons, using players from any baseball season in history. Never pay for a new season again!
Why similar: Sports 54.5%, Simulation 22%, Strategy 18.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #36 Pro Strategy Football 2020
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
Why similar: Sports 55.1%, Simulation 21.3%, Strategy 18.5%, Indie 5%
- #37 Franchise Hockey Manager 5
73% matchMixed60% of 154 reviews2018
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Franchise Hockey Manager 5 is the only sports strategy game licensed by the NHL ® , including the real clubs, awards, and trophies associated with the greatest hockey league in the world. FHM 5 allows you to build your hockey franchise into a perennial Stanley Cup winner YOUR way, in the current 2018-19 season or back through the entire...
Why similar: Sports 55.6%, Simulation 21.6%, Strategy 17.9%, Indie 5%
- #38 Esports Team Manager
71% 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: Sports 35.6%, Simulation 17.8%, Management 16.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #39 Club Soccer Director PRO 2020
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
Be more than just a football manager in Club Soccer Director PRO 2020. Take on the role of a Director and manage the day-to-day running of an established soccer club or create your very own club. Club Soccer Director PRO 2020 puts you in charge of the whole club, can you handle the pressure?
Why similar: Sports 56.3%, Simulation 21.2%, Strategy 17.9%, Indie 4.7%
- #40 Franchise Hockey Manager 4
72% matchMixed65% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Most Hockey Ever! Franchise Hockey Manager 4 is the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy game available. FHM 4 is officially licensed by the NHL®, includes real 2017-18 rosters, packs even more features than any of its predecessors, and takes the series to a whole new level in terms of realism and gameplay.
Why similar: Sports 56.9%, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 18.8%, Indie 4.3%
- #41 Ironblood
70% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Jack Wilds
Windows
Run a dark fantasy fighting promotion. Sign gladiators, book matches across five weight divisions, negotiate contracts, and stage Blood Nights. Champions die, legacies rise and fall, and rival promotions hunt the same talent. A living dark fantasy MMA management sim.
Why similar: Management 20.9%, Sports 19.4%, Martial Arts 19.1% ★, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #42 Executive Hockey
71% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Rally Call Software
Windows
Rally Call Software presents Executive Hockey, a brand new hockey management sim. Be the GM. Be the coach. Be the champion.
Why similar: Sports 55.8%, Simulation 23.6%, Strategy 20.6%
- #43 Franchise Hockey Manager 3
71% matchMixed58% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Franchise Hockey Manager 3 is the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy game you can find! Now officially licensed by the NHL®, so you can take the reins of your favorite franchise, FHM3 includes real 2016-2017 rosters for 22 playable leagues, a new gameplay mode that makes the game much more approachable, and tons of other new...
Why similar: Sports 57.5%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 18.2%, Indie 4.3%
- #44 Handball Manager - TEAM
70% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: UniqueGames
Windows
Your know how and feeling decides about win or loss. Send your team out for trainingscamps or increase the bonus and motivate your guys for unbelieveable performances. Maintain and enlarge your hall, negotiate with ad partners and if everything runs smoothly enjoy your fame.
Why similar: Sports 57.5%, Simulation 23.2%, Strategy 19.3%
- #45 Bowl Bound College Football
69% matchMixed57% of 124 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Meda
Windows
One of the best college football simulation engines available, Bowl Bound College Football is the simulation game college football fans have been waiting for!
Why similar: Sports 56.9%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 21%
- #46 Track Star
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goose Hollow Games
Windows
Four years of high school track & field. One shot at a college scholarship. Choose your specialty, build your athlete, and beat the rival who's been faster than you since day one.
Why similar: Sports 45.3%, Simulation 21.1%, Management 14.5%, Resource Management 7.4%, Character Customization 7%
- #47 Total Esports Action Manager
69% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Mighty Games
Windows · Mac
YOU are the manager of a rookie Esports team! Only you can lead them to fame and glory! Recruit star players, balance your budget, train the team to be the best they can be, and become Esports League Champions! Work as a T.E.A.M.!
Why similar: Sports 57.6%, Simulation 22.2%, Strategy 20.2%
- #48 Basket Manager
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Basket Manager Studio
Windows
Manage the club and build a winning project: control lineups, signings, contracts, and finances; handle injuries and locker room morale. Compete to reach the playoffs and win the league. Meet the club’s objectives while improving the roster and maintaining fan support.
Why similar: Sports 49%, Simulation 20.7%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 12%, Indie 4.9%
- #49 Victory Road
67% matchVery Positive90% of 191 reviews2020
Dev: Strange Journey
Windows
Victory Road is a boxing simulator that uniquely puts you in the role of the coach, not the boxer! As a coach, the fate of your boxer’s career, and potentially his life, is in your hands. Raise your boxer and utilize various strategies to climb up the ranking board.
Why similar: Sports 50.9%, Simulation 21.3%, Strategy 17.9%, Management 5.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #50 Gym Simulator Ultimate
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Vixy Games
Windows
Gym Simulator Ultimate is a first person simulation game. Run your own gym, buy more equipment, grow your business, attract more customer, be the best gym on the city.
Why similar: Sports 41.6%, Management 23.2%, Simulation 19.2%, Stylized 10.9%, Indie 2.9%
- #51 Fury Life
69% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Fury Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Fury Life is a Conway's Game of Life simulator where cells are visualized as animated creatures called "Octos".
Why similar: Life Sim 30.4%, Simulation 24.4%, Management 20.7%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #52 Starters Orders Classic Horse Racing
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Strategic Designs Ltd.
Windows
Starters Orders Classic is a new horse racing management game that simulates owning, breeding and racing your own string around the globe. Based on the highly acclaimed Starters Orders 7 simulation engine Starters Orders Classic features a retro style 2D race sequence for both flat and jumps racing!
Why similar: Sports 55.9%, Simulation 23.9%, Strategy 20.2%
- #53 Great eSports Manager
66% matchVery Positive83% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: Fedora Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Manage a house of eSport gamers by training the strong, and pruning the weak. Then go head to head with North Korea, the greatest gaming nation in history.
Why similar: Sports 35.9%, Management 25.5%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 16%, Indie 4.2%
- #54 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2017
67% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2017 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truely infinite hours to play.
Why similar: Sports 54.3%, Simulation 22.1%, Strategy 19.2%, Indie 4.4%
- #55 Foosball Manager
66% 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: Sports 45.1%, Simulation 20.4%, Management 17.8%, Strategy 13.5%, 3D 2.1%