- #1 Matchday Manager
97% 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) 34.8% ★, Sports 22.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 11.4%, Moddable 8.2%
- #2 Simple Football League Manager
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChaoStar
Windows · Mac · Linux
A football management game for people who love football but don't want to spend hours on every detail. Choose from 5,909 clubs, build your team, play in leagues and cups, and get insights from your assistant Rob. Includes 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and a customizable database.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.2% ★, Sports 20.2%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 7.4%, Moddable 6.6%
- #3 Player's Eleven
95% 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) 45.6% ★, Sports 24.1%, Management 17.6%, Simulation 10.1%, 2D 1.9%
- #4 Retro Club Dynasty Season 92/93
94% 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) 36.5% ★, Sports 32.9%, Management 12%, Simulation 7.9%, 1990's 5.8%
- #5 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
94% matchVery Positive82% of 180 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) 39% ★, Sports 23.6%, Management 12.2%, Moddable 9.8%, Simulation 9.1%
- #6 Ultimate Club Manager 26
93% 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) 37.7% ★, Sports 35.7%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 12.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #7 Football Manager 26
92% 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) 41.2% ★, Sports 30.8%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 3.3%
- #8 Foosball Manager
91% 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) 36.5% ★, Sports 34.9%, Simulation 13%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 3.3%
- #9 Total Futsal Manager
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: IAA Games
Windows
Take control of a futsal club and build your career season after season. Manage your squad, transfers, contracts, training, tactics, finances, and dressing room as you compete to take your team all the way to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.5% ★, Sports 27.4%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 9.1%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #10 New Star™ Manager
90% 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) 40.8% ★, Sports 33.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Management 12.2%
- #11 Calcio Totale
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eleòra
Windows · Linux
A football management game with an old-school spirit but a fresh perspective: choose from 100 Italian clubs and build your career as a chief executive. Oversee finances, transfers, staff, facilities and marketing; delegate the sporting side or take Full Control.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.1% ★, Sports 24.9%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #12 President FC: Football Club Owner
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Komochigame
Windows · Mac
Build your own football club from the lower leagues up. Scout signings, develop young talent and shape the club's future. Let your manager handle matchday, or step in yourself. Take your time with the details, or move quickly through the season.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.3% ★, Sports 17.8%, Management 12.6%, Moddable 10%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #13 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) 42.5% ★, Sports 26.8%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 2.6%
- #14 Underdog Futsal
87% 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) 44.2% ★, Sports 28%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 7.7%, Strategy 2.7%
- #15 Premier Manager 10
86% 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 42.8%, Football (Soccer) 31.9% ★, Simulation 14%, Management 11.3%
- #16 Football Academy Director
85% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Merla Interactive
Windows
Build and lead a football academy from U11 to U19. Scout and recruit young talent, develop your squads, set tactics, compete for promotion and trophies, improve your academy, and follow your graduates throughout their senior careers.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37% ★, Sports 33%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #17 BFM 26
86% 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 34.8%, Football (Soccer) 30.6% ★, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11%, Moddable 5.9%
- #18 Empire Eleven 2026
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: NextStation Games
Windows · Mac
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) 33.8% ★, Sports 31.9%, Simulation 12%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 4.3%
- #19 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
83% 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) 42.2% ★, Sports 29.9%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 9%, Resource Management 4.2%
- #20 Calcio 98
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertigo srl
Windows
Calcio 98 is a single-player football management game set in the 1998/99 season and created by longtime fans of the classics like Premier Manager 98 or PC Fútbol 7. Lead your club across 18 leagues and 14 cups through tactics, transfers, squad development and finances.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.5% ★, Sports 26.2%, Management 12.9%, 1990's 8.7%, Simulation 6.4%
- #21 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
81% 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) 46.3% ★, Sports 29.7%, Management 10%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 3.2%
- #22 Crazy Fußball-Manager
82% 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) 39.9% ★, Sports 29.6%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 2%
- #23 LeManager
81% 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) 54.7% ★, Management 16.7%, Sports 14.4%, Simulation 11.8%, 2D 1.9%
- #24 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) 36.1% ★, Sports 35.9%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 3.2%
- #25 99Managers Futsal Edition
79% 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) 45.4% ★, Sports 27.2%, Management 15.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 2.7%
- #26 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
77% 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) 37.3% ★, Sports 33.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 3.6%
- #27 Retro Football Boss
79% 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) 48.6% ★, Sports 25.6%, Simulation 13%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 3%
- #28 FC Tycoon 2027
78% 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) 33.8% ★, Sports 30.9%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #29 Eastfold Club Manager
78% 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) 37.1% ★, Sports 28.7%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 12%, 1990's 6.7%
- #30 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Gun Blazing
Windows
Manage a prison football team, trade inmates, develop your squad, survive prison politics, and lead your team from the yard to glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 37.6% ★, Sports 29.8%, Management 14.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Choices Matter 2.9%
- #31 Football Life
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dupee Studio
Windows
Beyond tactics and transfers, build and run your club as the manager—facility expansion and upgrades, staff, budgets, board relations, and youth recruitment and academy intake.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.8% ★, Sports 17.1%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 8.7%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #32 Retro Club Manager
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TECH NIN9
Windows
Manage your club through fast-paced football seasons in a retro-inspired management simulation. Build your squad, scout the transfer market, manage finances, shape your tactics and experience procedurally generated stories in every career.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.2% ★, Sports 27%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 3.3%
- #33 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
75% 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) 36.4% ★, Sports 36.2%, Management 14.3%, Simulation 10.3%, 2D 1.2%
- #34 Retro Manager
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Mark StablesPub: Metaguard Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
A football management game you can finish in a sitting. Fictional clubs and players you can rename/fully edit. Tactics, transfers, and live matches — or skip to Flash Results.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 10.6%, 1990's 8.1%
- #35 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) 36.8% ★, Sports 32%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 3.6%
- #36 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
74% 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 42%, Football (Soccer) 34.2% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Management 6.7%, Strategy 4.1%
- #37 WE ARE FOOTBALL
73% 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) 49.3% ★, Sports 27.2%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 6.3%, Choices Matter 2.6%
- #38 PIX Football Manager
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
Build your club by scouting talent from 350+ clubs, trust your eye to find the right players, and outbid rival managers in live auctions. Build squad chemistry, shape your tactics, and watch it all play out in fully simulated matches.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.8% ★, Sports 27.4%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 9.7%, 1990's 6.1%
- #39 Pro Football Agent
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harmoni Technology
Windows · Mac
Welcome to our thrilling football agent game, where you have the opportunity to build a successful agency and manage the talented players on their journey to stardom. You'll have the power to attract players to your agency, negotiate contracts, and guide them to the top of the football world.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.2% ★, Sports 33.8%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Resource Management 4.5%
- #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) 48.3% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 2.5%
- #41 Retro Football
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laevum Games
Windows
Retro Fútbol is a football management game inspired by the classics of the 1990s. Manage your squad, transfers, tactics, stadium, and finances, and lead your club to the top season after season.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.6% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #42 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
71% 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) 39.6% ★, Sports 35.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 10%, Strategy 3.7%
- #43 HALFTIME Manager
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Lazybraindev
Windows · Linux
Take charge of a club, pick your lineup, and experience every matchday as a TV broadcast: 2D pitch, live ticker, halftime locker room. Six game worlds from Europe to Oceania, up to 3,054 clubs, 29 languages. Your decisions matter, not luck.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.3% ★, Sports 26.6%, Management 13.5%, Simulation 9.7%, 1990's 4.8%
- #44 Premier Manager 09
70% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Highlighting playability and ease of use, Premier Manager® 09 is the ideal game for younger gamers or players looking for a casual introduction to the high pressure, high stakes world of football management. PLEASE NOTE: You will start from the 2008/09 season.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.7% ★, Sports 24.7%, Management 13.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Simulation 7.7%
- #45 Flipping Football Clubs
69% 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 30.1%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 3%
- #46 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
70% 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) 50.5% ★, Sports 25.7%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 2.9%
- #47 New Star™ Soccer 5
69% 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) 43.3% ★, Sports 42.6%, Simulation 14.1%
- #48 Footballogy
68% matchNo user reviews
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) 38.1% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 15.9%, Moddable 8.6%, Resource Management 5%
- #49 Club Chairman
66% match3 user reviews0% of 3 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 36.8%, Football (Soccer) 26.9% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Management 8.8%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #50 Lords of Football
69% 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 47.6%, Football (Soccer) 30.5% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Management 4.7%, Strategy 3.6%
- #51 Renz Soccer Sim
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Logan Renz
Windows · Mac
Build your squad, develop players, manage your club, and watch every match unfold in this 2D soccer management simulator. Chase trophies and build a dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 32%, Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #52 Club Soccer Director 2022
67% matchMixed66% of 116 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: Sports 39.4%, Football (Soccer) 32.3% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 4.1%
- #53 Non-League Manager
64% 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) 43.5% ★, Sports 34.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Choices Matter 4.3%, Strategy 3.8%