
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.
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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.

Empire Eleven 2026
Build your football empire. Scout talent, manage finances, develop tactics and lead your club from obscurity to glory in a deep football management simulation.

BFM 26
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.
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: Sports 37.3%, Football (Soccer) 16.7% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Immersive Sim 7.8%
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 42%, Football (Soccer) 15.5% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Text-Based 6.6%
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 43.1%, Football (Soccer) 15.4% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Immersive Sim 11.2%
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: Sports 36.2%, Football (Soccer) 21.6% ★, Simulation 10.6%, 1980s 7.6%, Economy 5%
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: Sports 37.2%, Football (Soccer) 19.9% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Immersive Sim 9.6%
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 44.8%, Football (Soccer) 18.9% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Economy 5.6%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2021-22 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 47%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Text-Based 6.8%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Sports 52.2%, Football (Soccer) 17.5% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 13.6%, Management 2.7%
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: Sports 44.6%, Football (Soccer) 18.5% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 3.9%
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 56.4%, Football (Soccer) 15.2% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 1.8%
The wrestling booking sim with live match control. Sit in Gorilla Position and call the shots in real time—change winners, trigger run-ins, cut matches short. Book entire shows without a mouse. Manage staff, choose arenas, mod everything. Pure booking chaos.
Why similar: Sports 45.6%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2022-23 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 35.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 10.4%
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 57.2%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 18.4%, Football (Soccer) 4.5% ★, Management 1.2%
The Killer Pass: Season 1 - a tactical soccer game where your decisions lead to victory. Lead Prakaidao through intense matches, position players strategically, and outsmart opponents. From swift counterattacks to breaking defenses, prove yourself as the ultimate playmaker!
Why similar: Sports 50.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Football (Soccer) 13.8% ★, 2D 3%
Build your table football club from nothing. Scout, train, and manage players, set your lineup and tactics, and watch matches unfold on a physics-driven table. Climb the divisions and become a foosball legend.
Why similar: Sports 45.6%, Football (Soccer) 20.7% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 5.1%
Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2025-26 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.
Why similar: Sports 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Text-Based 9.9%, Simulation 9.1%
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: Sports 43.4%, Football (Soccer) 17.6% ★, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Economy 7.2%
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: Sports 40.9%, Football (Soccer) 19.8% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Text-Based 5.7%
The deepest football management sim ever built. 577 territories. 15,000+ competitions. 20,000+ clubs. 500,000+ players and staff. Men's and women's football simulated equally. No microtransactions. Steam Deck ready.
Why similar: Sports 54.9%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 16.7%, Management 5.4%, 2D 3.3%
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: Sports 32.4%, Football (Soccer) 21.3% ★, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Text-Based 8.6%
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 54.5%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Text-Based 6.3%, Management 3.5%
Enter a world of blood, influence and secrets in this easy to learn, yet deep strategy sim where you control a group of Gladiators, guiding them through combat and competition. Bribe, gamble and slash your way to an arena championship!
Why similar: Sports 56.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Text-Based 5.7%
A football manager like there has never been before. Play Player's Eleven the way you want, as a youth coach, sports director, head coach or club director. Choose your role and lead your club to titles and glory.
Why similar: Sports 47.7%, Football (Soccer) 20.1% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Text-Based 7.5%, Management 6%
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 62.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 18.3%
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 50.2%, Football (Soccer) 19.4% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 4.7%
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 62.5%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 18.3%
Rally Call Software presents Executive Hockey, a brand new hockey management sim. Be the GM. Be the coach. Be the champion.
Why similar: Sports 60.8%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 19.6%
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 61.8%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 18.3%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 43.7%, Football (Soccer) 25% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 5.1%
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 59.5%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Management 6.8%
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 58.8%, Football (Soccer) 18.4% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Management 4.9%
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 60.9%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 19.3%
Take the lead of your favourite rugby union team.Pro Rugby Manager 2015 covers all aspects of the challenges of a real rugby union manager: guarantee sporting success on the field and financial success off it and be the next Champion!
Why similar: Sports 65.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 16.9%
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 60.7%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Management 2.5%
The deepest golf management sim ever made. Run a dynamic universe, build a fantasy dynasty against customizable AI, or play multiple career modes. A text-based, stats-rich sandbox for the ultimate golf fan.
Why similar: Sports 39.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Text-Based 9.3%, 1980s 9.2%
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 56.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 17.5%, Management 7.7%
PIX Football Manager is a nostalgic, casual football management simulator focused on scouting. Set your tactics, find hidden gems, and improve your facilities as you build a dynasty. With no visible player stats, you must spot talent yourself. Grab your clipboard, the game starts now.
Why similar: Sports 35.6%, Football (Soccer) 22.4% ★, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10.5%, Economy 7.4%
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 64.3%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 17.1%
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 64.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 17.2%
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 50.5%, Simulation 17.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Minimalist 9.4%, Management 4.4%
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 45.2%, Football (Soccer) 17.2% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
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 64%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 17.7%
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 63.4%, Simulation 18.7%, Strategy 17.9%
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 57%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Management 6.3%
WFO World Football Online is an online football management game with a non-scripted match engine on a virtual football world continuously developed by AI.
Why similar: Sports 50.2%, Football (Soccer) 21.8% ★, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Minimalist 6.9%
Why similar: Sports 63%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 18.5%
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 62.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 18.4%
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 62.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 18.4%
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 62.4%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 18.4%
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 33.7%, Football (Soccer) 24.3% ★, Economy 12.4%, Management 7.4%, Simulation 7%
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 62.3%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 18.8%
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 62.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 18.3%
Football Mogul 15 is the 12th version of the addictive football simulation game from the makers of Baseball Mogul.This version includes rosters and player ratings for opening weekend of the 2015-2016 season. Enjoy controlling your football franchise in any year from 1970 to 2015.
Why similar: Sports 60.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 18.8%
The auto-run football tournament soccer game. Be the player, be the manager.
Why similar: Sports 47.3%, Football (Soccer) 21.9% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Management 4.2%
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 61.4%, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 18.9%
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: Sports 42.3%, Football (Soccer) 27.8% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Management 4.5%