- #1 NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
97% matchVery Positive92% of 358 reviews2026
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 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) 35.4% ★, Sports 22.1%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Card Battler 10.2%, Card Game 9.1%
- #2 Haramball
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A2B Games
Windows
Haramball is a multiplayer football tactics card strategy game where you pick the players, merge their attributes, set up the best formations and then watch your tactics unfold in real-time. Will you play beautiful football or become the football terrorist you were always meant to be ? You decide.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.8% ★, Sports 27.9%, Card Game 9.7%, Deckbuilding 7.3%, Card Battler 4.8%
- #3 Faceball Captain
94% 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) 35.2% ★, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Card Game 14.9%, Sports 13.9%, Card Battler 10.2%
- #4 Match Cards: Football
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PlayeRom
Windows · Linux
Change the course of football history in a tactical sports card game. Lead national teams through authentic tournaments since 1916, play cards on the virtual pitch, and decide the fate of legendary matches in fast, few-minute clashes.
Why similar: Sports 40.9%, Football (Soccer) 19.8% ★, Card Game 17.6%, Card Battler 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%
- #5 Penalty Shooters 2
93% 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) 53.9% ★, Sports 43.3%, 2D 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #6 Ultimate Club Manager 26
91% 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: Sports 48%, Football (Soccer) 41.3% ★, Management 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #7 Player's Eleven
91% 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) 50.1% ★, Sports 32.4%, Management 14.9%, 2D 2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #8 Premier Manager 10
89% 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 56.3%, Football (Soccer) 34.3% ★, Management 9.4%
- #9 New Star™ Manager
89% matchVery Positive87% of 520 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: Sports 45.2%, Football (Soccer) 44.6% ★, Management 10.3%
- #10 BlipKick
88% 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) 31.5% ★, Sports 23.6%, Card Game 16.2%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.1%
- #11 TriFute - Online Button Soccer
87% match4 user reviews80% 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: Sports 53.8%, Football (Soccer) 46.2% ★
- #12 Flipping Football Clubs
86% 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) 42.4% ★, Sports 36.8%, Management 9.8%, Roguelite 5.3%, Roguelike 3.7%
- #13 HexaFootball
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Taka Studio
Windows
HexaFootball is a turn-based football strategy game where chess-like decisions replace reflexes. Build your team, manage action points, and outthink your opponent on a hex grid. Every pass, every move, and every match is a battle of pure tactics.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.8% ★, Sports 25.1%, Deckbuilding 10.2%, Card Game 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
- #14 99Managers Futsal Edition
85% 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) 48.9% ★, Sports 35.8%, Management 12.8%, 2D 2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #15 Football tournament
84% 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) 47.2% ★, Sports 40.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Top-Down 2.4%, 2D 1.1%
- #16 Football Manager 26
82% matchMostly Negative34% of 33,498 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 60.7 hrsMean: 139.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.7% ★, Sports 42.8%, Management 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #17 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
83% 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: Sports 47.6%, Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Management 11.9%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #18 Foosball - Street Edition
84% 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 62.8%, Football (Soccer) 37.2% ★
- #19 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) 50.7% ★, Sports 39.8%, Management 8.4%, 2D 1.1%
- #20 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vibekontroll.Gaming
Windows
A football management game about building a squad, shaping tactics and surviving dramatic dressing room events where chemistry, results and narrative events decide your fate.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.8% ★, Sports 39.5%, Management 9.6%, Roguelite 3.8%, 2D 1.1%
- #21 Tactilite
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Eloori Interactive
Windows · Mac
Tactics, transfers, and talent trees! Tactilite is a modern football manager with RPG elements. Lead your team from the 3rd division to the top, choose unique manager archetypes, level up your players, and master the tough Ascension mode. Do you have what it takes to become a legend?
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.2% ★, Sports 36.7%, Roguelike 6.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%, Management 4.4%
- #22 Youth Academy
79% matchMixed62% of 13 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) 34.5% ★, Sports 16.4%, Card Game 12.7%, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Card Battler 8.9%
- #23 Legendary Eleven: Epic Football
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: Eclipse Gamse
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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) 61% ★, Sports 39%
- #24 Foosball Manager
78% 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 48.2%, Football (Soccer) 41.1% ★, Management 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #25 The Chairman
77% 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: Sports 48.6%, Football (Soccer) 39.8% ★, Management 10%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #26 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
75% matchPositive91% of 35 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) 47.1% ★, Sports 40.9%, Management 10.2%, 2D 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #27 Soccer Rage
77% 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 55.8%, Football (Soccer) 44.2% ★
- #28 Rogue Striker
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zyg Studios
Windows
Draft. Play. Upgrade. Win. Combine fast-paced football action with roguelite drafting strategy to build the perfect team and reach the World Finals.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.2% ★, Sports 38.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, Management 7.5%, Colorful 0.8%
- #29 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: dicehit
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Football (Soccer) 43.2% ★, Sports 27.6%, Card Game 17.2%, Management 11.4%, 2D 0.5%
- #30 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 361 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games ApS
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Sports 56.3%, Football (Soccer) 38% ★, Management 5.7%
- #31 Arcade World Cups
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: NicoSoftArg
Windows
Pure arcade football, inspired by an unforgettable classic. Fast matches, goals, and nonstop excitment.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.2% ★, Sports 44.7%, 2D 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #32 New Star™ Soccer 5
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 862 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 54.6%, Football (Soccer) 45.4% ★
- #33 Underdog Futsal
74% 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: Sports 51.4%, Football (Soccer) 38.6% ★, Management 9.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #34 Squiggle Football
72% matchVery Positive93% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Max BarryPub: NationStates Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Squiggle Football is a deck-building football management roguelike, where you create a team and form powerful combinations of players, coaches, tactics and culture. Recruit, trade & innovate through nail-biting matches to reach & conquer the National League. Inspired by Australian Rules Football.
Why similar: Sports 44.8%, Card Game 15.9%, Deckbuilding 12.2%, Management 10.1%, Card Battler 5.4%
- #35 Super Kick Off (Game Boy/Game Gear/Master System/Mega Drive/SNES)
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Enigma VariationsPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Experience the thrill of the beautiful game in this collection of editions of the acclaimed 'Kick Off' series developed for home and handheld consoles in the early 1990s. Includes 40 fully-customizable teams, and a variety of game modes, from friendlies to leagues to international cups.
Why similar: Sports 48.4%, Football (Soccer) 45.5% ★, Top-Down 4%, 2D 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #36 Dribble Deck
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Frilli
Windows · Mac
A basketball deck-building roguelike. Pick your team, build your deck, and outscore your opponents card by card.
Why similar: Sports 45.3%, Card Game 18.4%, Card Battler 11.8%, Deckbuilding 8.1%, Roguelite 6.3%
- #37 Football Rising:Zero to Hero
68% matchPositive90% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: Den Spade
Windows
A lifestyle football RPG where you rise from the 4th division to world glory. Build a deck from over 100 skill cards, romance 22 unique characters, compete across 8 countries, and pass your legacy to the next generation. Your football life begins now.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.5% ★, Sports 22.9%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Battler 6.8%, 2D 0.7%
- #38 Master Foot
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LambletyPub: Brothers In Game
Windows
Master Foot is a football management sim focused on club building and off‑pitch decisions, with all the drama and banter. Play Career Mode for planning and long‑term strategy, or Street Mode for controlled chaos and fast roguelike‑style runs.
Why similar: Sports 51.6%, Football (Soccer) 24.2% ★, Deckbuilding 15%, Roguelike 7%, 2D 1.7%
- #39 BFM 26
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Believr Games Pub: Believr Interactive
Windows
A deep football management simulation where you control tactics, transfers, training, and club development. Build your squad, outsmart rivals, and lead your team to glory.
Why similar: Sports 49.2%, Football (Soccer) 35.3% ★, Management 11.5%, Moddable 2.6%, 2D 0.9%
- #40 WE ARE FOOTBALL
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,454 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.7 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) 54.3% ★, Sports 37.2%, Management 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #41 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
70% matchMixed64% of 25 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) 53.9% ★, Sports 33.5%, Management 12.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #42 Football Ambition
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orion Pulse Digital
Windows
Want to control the World Cup? Want to create your own super league? Control the underground transfer market? Win the hearts of glamorous socialites? In this 2D football RPG, you can. Choose from 10 careers, manage 400+ clubs, and build your billionaire empire. It's all here.
Why similar: Sports 40%, Football (Soccer) 38.9% ★, Card Game 14.5%, Management 5.3%, 2D 1.1%
- #43 Backyard Soccer '98
67% matchVery Positive96% of 213 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) 51.9% ★, Sports 46.2%, Colorful 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #44 Super Senseless Soccer
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows
The best football rogue-lite ever made! Super Senseless Soccer has a unique twist: start with a normal football game, then add a large variety of illegal modifiers and game-changing Upgrade Tickets in order to trigger ridiculous combos. It's super! It's senseless! It's SOCCER!!!
Why similar: Sports 44.4%, Football (Soccer) 42.1% ★, Roguelike 5.8%, Roguelite 4.9%, Colorful 1.3%
- #45 Retro Soccer
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Plastic Cow Games
Windows
Retro Soccer is a highly playable well paced arcade action soccer game inspired by classics from the 90s with a visual upgrade. Compete in classic tournaments from the 86 World Cup to Euro 96 with teams having their own skill level based on FIFA world rankings of the time.
Why similar: Sports 50.5%, Football (Soccer) 46.2% ★, Top-Down 3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #46 I am Football
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Entertainment Software International
Windows
A game of soccer where you’re not the player. You’re not the coach. You’re not even the ref. You... ARE THE BALL!
Why similar: Sports 57.3%, Football (Soccer) 37.7% ★, Top-Down 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #47 Retro Football Boss
68% 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) 55.5% ★, Sports 35.9%, Management 8.6%
- #48 Goaldeck
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pro Nobis Studio
Windows
Football meets roguelike deck-building. Be the coach: draft legends, stack Manager Cards, and manage player egos with Reigns-style choices. Place your squad across 3 zones, open packs, upgrade cards, and conquer all 8 cups against escalating AI. Lose and start over — win and lift the trophy.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Deckbuilding 21.3%, Card Game 15.9%, Card Battler 13.6%, Roguelite 8%