- #1 BFM 26
97% 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: Football (Soccer) 28.3% ★, Sports 26.2%, Management 10.2%, Grand Strategy 9.6% ★, Immersive Sim 7.1%
- #2 Football Academy Director
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Merla Interactive
Windows
Take charge of a football academy, from U11 prospects to the U19 academy team. Scout and recruit young talent, choose youth camps and training camps, shape squads and tactics, climb the Youth League pyramid, and chase league title and World Youth Cup glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.5% ★, Sports 25%, Management 9.8%, Economy 8.7%, Text-Based 7.4%
- #3 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
96% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019 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) 33.6% ★, Sports 16.8%, Economy 16.1%, Management 11.1%, Text-Based 9.7%
- #4 Fifth Tier
95% 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) 42.8% ★, Sports 17.8%, Economy 14.4%, Management 11.1%, Text-Based 4.5%
- #5 Football Agent
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ATERO GAMES
Windows
You're not the manager, you're the agent. Scout hidden gems across 26,000 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: Football (Soccer) 39.7% ★, Sports 16.5%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Economy 11.5%, Management 8.2%
- #6 Empire Eleven 2026
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NextStation Games
Windows
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) 32.3% ★, Sports 25.1%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 6.6%
- #7 Club Chairman
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ashina Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're not the manager, you're the CHAIRMAN. Hire and fire managers, survive transfer windows, and keep the ultras out of the boardroom. Bankroll Barcalana, dodge bankruptcy, and try not to get voted out. It's football without all that annoying running.
Why similar: Sports 26.2%, Football (Soccer) 23.5% ★, Economy 11.7%, Text-Based 10.3%, Strategy 7%
- #8 Football Academy Manager
92% matchNo user reviews92% of 266 reviews2026
Dev: Hubi
Windows
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: Football (Soccer) 39.6% ★, Sports 18.7%, Economy 17.3%, Management 13.8%, Text-Based 4.9%
- #9 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vibekontroll.Gaming
Windows
Give your team its own identity, watch your tactics come alive on matchday and manage the victories, setbacks and ego clashes that follow.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.6% ★, Sports 23.2%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Management 9.5%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #10 Flipping Football Clubs
91% 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) 38.5% ★, Sports 22.2%, Economy 11.1%, Management 9.9%, Immersive Sim 6.2%
- #11 GOAL! The Club Manager
89% matchMostly Negative31% of 520 reviews2022
Dev: 2tainment
Windows
You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Sports 16.2%, Economy 13.5%, Management 9.7%
- #12 Non-League Football Manager
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Cannon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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) 39% ★, Sports 24.9%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Text-Based 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #13 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
88% 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) 42.3% ★, Sports 24.4%, Management 10.3%, Economy 8.1%, Text-Based 4.8%
- #14 PIX Football Manager
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
In this retro football management sim, you’ll watch players from over 350 clubs in fully simulated matches, trust your eye to uncover hidden gems, and outbid rival managers to sign them. Shape your tactics and lead your club season after season to build your dynasty.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.8% ★, Sports 21.7%, Economy 11.3%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 5.4%
- #15 Matchday Manager
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucky Conker Games
Windows
Pure football management stripped to its essence. Build your squad, develop talent, and dominate the league. No press conferences, no social media just tactical decisions that matter. Inspired by the golden age of text-based management sims.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.9% ★, Sports 20.2%, Management 11%, Text-Based 8.5%, Simulation 6.7%
- #16 Football Owner 2025
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harmonia Games
Windows
Take charge of your football club in Football Owner 2025! Build your dream team, manage finances, make key transfers, and lead your club to glory. Can you handle the pressure and become the ultimate football owner?
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 32.9% ★, Sports 27.7%, Economy 11.5%, Management 11%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #17 The Chairman
85% 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) 36.9% ★, Sports 29.9%, Management 10.3%, Economy 9.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #18 Sim: World Cup Manager
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jfsimgames
Windows
Take charge of your nation from a world of 202 teams and chase international glory. Build your squad, master deep tactics and live sideline shouts, unearth wonderkids in your national youth academy, and battle through the World Cup and Continental Championships in a deep football management sim.
Why similar: Sports 28.2%, Football (Soccer) 24.7% ★, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Text-Based 8.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #19 International Football Manager 27
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows · Mac
Football doesn't follow a script… and neither does International Football Manager 27. Make decisions, face the consequences, and experience a more exciting, authentic, and unpredictable simulation as you lead your soccer team to the top.
Why similar: Sports 31.1%, Football (Soccer) 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Strategy 8%, Management 7.1%
- #20 Forever World Cup Simulator
83% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Simcups
Windows · Mac · Linux
The World Cup finals are here—are you ready to win it all? Lead 220+ dynamically evolving 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) 40.4% ★, Sports 21.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Management 11.1%, Immersive Sim 7.5%
- #21 FC Tycoon 2027
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Darkwave Studios
Windows
A data-driven football management simulation where you control every aspect of your club’s journey — from tactics, scouting, and player development to finances, facilities, and legacy. Build your philosophy, shape your destiny, and lead your team to greatness.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.9% ★, Sports 25.9%, Management 12.5%, Text-Based 10.6%, Simulation 6.2%
- #22 Club Soccer Director 2022
82% matchMixed66% of 115 reviews2022
Dev: Go Play Games LtdPub: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
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: Football (Soccer) 31.8% ★, Sports 30.5%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.5%
- #23 Soccer Manager 2026
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,856 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.2% ★, Sports 16.2%, Immersive Sim 12%, Management 11.4%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #24 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Winning Streak Games GmbH
Windows
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: Football (Soccer) 43% ★, Sports 21.2%, Economy 15.2%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 4.9%
- #25 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) 50.1% ★, Sports 20.7%, Management 12.7%, Text-Based 6.6%, Strategy 5.5%
- #26 Club Manager 2016
81% matchMixed53% of 101 reviews2015
Dev: BigBlaze GamesPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
In Club Manager, you will take on the role of an up-and-coming football manager. Start with a team in the 8th league or take over an existing team from the higher leagues and lead your team towards victory. Club Manager returns to the virtues of classic soccer managers with a focus on the essentials.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 33% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Sports 16.3%, Economy 10.1%, Management 9.7%
- #27 Underdog Futsal
78% 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) 48% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 15.5%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 4.1%
- #28 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: Football (Soccer) 40.2% ★, Sports 31.3%, Management 11.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #29 Boss Of FCs
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Altair Games
Windows
Boss Of FCs is a text-based game that includes strategy, simulation and football/soccer. You will start on this path with a certain budget and move towards success and wealth by making the right moves. Make the best deals and the best transfers, buy and sell clubs and move towards the top...
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.2% ★, Sports 20.4%, Management 13%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #30 Miranza Futebol Clube
76% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Porto Inc.
Windows
Parabéns, você é o novo presidente de um clube de futebol — agora o problema é seu 🎉 Em Miranza FC, um simulador de gestão e estratégia, você não escala o time: negocia contratos, administra o caixa, responde à diretoria e enfrenta uma eleição que pode te tirar do cargo se os resultados não vierem.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37% ★, Sports 19.9%, Management 12.1%, Economy 10.3%, Text-Based 9%
- #31 FC Mafioso: Football Dynasty Manager
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uncultured Games
Windows
A text-based football management game with procedural storytelling, derby drama, and underworld influence. Build your club, shape your manager, and decide how far you’re willing to go to win.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37.5% ★, Text-Based 11.9%, Sports 11.7%, Economy 11.1%, Management 10.7%
- #32 Football Manager 26
75% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,190 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 57.8 hrsMean: 153.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.7% ★, Sports 28.4%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.8%
- #33 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
76% 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) 39% ★, Sports 31.6%, Management 13.2%, Text-Based 7.9%, Simulation 5.3%
- #34 UltFoot: Football Manager
74% 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) 39.7% ★, Sports 28.1%, Management 11.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 6.4%
- #35 Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: NEXUS ODYSSEY HOLDINGS LLC
Windows
Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89 is a tribute to the golden age of management sims, a love letter to text-based immersion. Every week presents a new set of challenges and a deeply satisfying gameplay loop where your decisions truly matter.
Why similar: Sports 27.8%, Football (Soccer) 18.8% ★, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Economy 10.1%, Text-Based 8.8%
- #36 99Managers Futsal Edition
72% 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) 49.9% ★, Sports 24.3%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 3.6%
- #37 Eleven Legends
72% 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) 47.7% ★, Sports 24.5%, Management 15.7%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 5.5%
- #38 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
71% 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) 51.9% ★, Sports 27%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 4.6%
- #39 Player's Eleven
73% 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) 52.3% ★, Sports 22.5%, Management 17.3%, Simulation 5.6%, Indie 1.2%
- #40 Mini Soccer Manager
70% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Pedro Verpha
Windows
Take charge of the league’s weakest club and lead it to glory. Build your squad, develop players, set formations, adjust tactics, and fight your way from last place to champions.
Why similar: Sports 33.2%, Football (Soccer) 31% ★, Economy 18%, Management 8.6%, Simulation 7.3%
- #41 Retro Football Boss
73% 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) 53.2% ★, Sports 22.8%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #42 Ultimate Club Manager 26
69% 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) 44.2% ★, Sports 34.1%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #43 WE ARE FOOTBALL
70% 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) 53.3% ★, Sports 23.9%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 4.7%, Simulation 3.3%
- #44 Football Club Management 2023
71% matchMixed51% of 163 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) 50% ★, Sports 22%, Management 12.7%, Immersive Sim 8%, Simulation 3.7%
- #45 Foot Simulator
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tunderhead
Windows
A physics-based football simulation where you directly control a character’s leg articulation to move, balance, and kick, emphasizing skill, precision, and mastery over unconventional controls.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.8% ★, Sports 27%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Simulation 3.9%, 3D 2.4%
- #46 Pocket League Story
70% matchVery Positive90% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.4% ★, Sports 21.6%, Economy 8.1%, Management 6%, Strategy 5%
- #47 HALFTIME Manager
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Lazybraindev
Windows
A classic football manager in a modern guise: take charge of a club, fine-tune your tactics and experience every matchday as a compact TV broadcast with a 2D pitch, live ticker and half-time dressing room. Six nations, three leagues per country, one shared European cup.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.6% ★, Sports 22.8%, Economy 15.2%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 4.9%
- #48 LeManager
68% 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) 62.3% ★, Management 16.3%, Sports 13.3%, Simulation 6.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #49 Footballogy
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: BRANEPub: BRANE Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Focused football management: play a full season in one evening. Scout players whose traits reinforce each other, build real chemistry, and outsmart richer clubs with a squad that clicks.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.4% ★, Sports 20.2%, Management 14.5%, Text-Based 8.7%, Strategy 7.4%
- #50 New Star™ Manager
69% matchVery Positive87% of 525 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) 47% ★, Sports 31.6%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Indie 2%
- #51 FLS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: trld
Windows
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) 40.5% ★, Sports 21.5%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Economy 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.1%
- #52 Pro Soccer Manager 27
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catoo Games
Windows
Become the manager of a football team and take full control of your club. Manage scouting, training, facilities, and squad development. Choose your philosophy: focus on coaching and tactics, or invest in developing the next generation of stars. Success depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.1% ★, Sports 32.8%, Management 9%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 7.6%
- #53 Football Pitch and Arcade Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aysimus Games
Windows
Manage a football pitch and arcade! Upgrade machines, attract players and build your ultimate fun center.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.6% ★, Sports 19.2%, Economy 18.1%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #54 Polyleague Manager 2026: Football Evolution
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mitchell Hepburn
Windows
Step into Polyleague Manager 2026 —where football management meets real-time action! Customize tactics, play unique modes like Threeball, Fourball, or Fiveball, and enjoy dynamic live commentary. With endless customization, take your team to victory like never before!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.2% ★, Sports 17.6%, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Management 11.4%
- #55 Retro Manager
65% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Mark StablesPub: Metaguard Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.3% ★, Sports 20.8%, Management 12.3%, Text-Based 6%, Simulation 5.9%