- #1 Pro Endurance Series: Running Manager
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Onyric Games
Windows
Pro Endurance Series Running manager: take your athlete from prospect to legend. Plan training, nutrition, gear and staff, pick your 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon races, and live every event in a real-time simulator where you set the pace and tactics.
Why similar: Sports 42.8%, Economy 15.4%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 6.6%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #2 Rugby League Team Manager 4
96% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows · Mac
The fourth instalment of “The Number 1 Rugby League Management Game”. The biggest leagues and competitions. Take full control of managing your own Rugby League club. Training schedules, coaches, physios, scouting, finances, sponsors and more. MUCH MORE!
Why similar: Sports 43.9%, Rugby 32.4% ★, Management 11.2%, Tactical 5.6%, Simulation 3.8%
- #3 Hockey: Strategy Of Success
95% 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 70.4%, Management 13.5%, 2D 5.2%, Simulation 3.4%, Strategy 3.3%
- #4 RUGBY 20
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 218 reviews2020
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Rugby 20 gives you the complete rugby experience! With overhauled tactics management, optimised graphics and more realistic player behaviour, the game is a true reflection of modern rugby.
Why similar: Sports 62%, Rugby 25.9% ★, Simulation 6.6%, Management 5.5%
- #5 Irish Sport Manager
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Loophead Labs
Windows · Mac
A management sim for the Gaelic games: football, hurling, camogie and ladies' football. Take a county, pick your fifteen from the clubs inside it, and answer to a board that remembers everything.
Why similar: Sports 33.9%, Management 15.1%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 7.6%, Character Customization 6.7%
- #6 Cage Legacy
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Werner Viljoen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a struggling MMA gym into a title-winning empire. Scout fighters, negotiate contracts, run training camps, survive the drama, balance every dollar, and work the corner live during fully simulated fight nights. A single-player pixel-art management sim.
Why similar: Sports 50.9%, Economy 20.2%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 4.7%, 2D 3.5%
- #7 Suburban Footy League
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Classyk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a town like yours the ultimate football adventure is about to begin.
Why similar: Sports 70.8%, Management 15.9%, Tactical 12.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #8 DOMFC: Run a Complete Football Empire
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows
Regions break away. Economies boom and crash. Conspiracies, lawsuits, and personal lives shape the game. Lead as Club Director, Club Owner, Federation Executive, or First Team Manager in a world that moves without you.
Why similar: Sports 64.7%, Management 13%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7.2%, 2D 6.3%
- #9 Rugby Sevens 23
91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Lombard Games
Windows
Get ready to experience the intensity and excitement of rugby 7s like never before with our new game! In this retro-inspired 2D action game, you'll take on the role of a rugby player and lead your team to victory in a full career mode, complete with team building, trading of players, and more.
Why similar: Sports 47.2%, Rugby 37.6% ★, Top-Down 9.2%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 0.7%
- #10 Total Futsal Manager
90% 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: Sports 43.9%, Management 13%, Economy 10.8%, Tactical 8.8%, Team-Based 8.7%
- #11 Mini Soccer Manager
89% matchPositive95% of 20 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 57.1%, Economy 19%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 6.8%, 2D 6%
- #12 M.U.D.S.: Mean Ugly Dirty Sport
89% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Golden GoblinsPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Jump into gridiron mayhem with M.U.D.S. (Mean Ugly Dirty Sport)! This top-down action sports game combines rugby, RPG character development, management simulation and strategy into an original title you’ll have trouble putting down. And remember – the only way to win is to PLAY DIRTY!
Why similar: Sports 32.1%, Rugby 31.5% ★, Top-Down 11.3%, Tactical 8.9%, Management 6.7%
- #13 Rugby Union Team Manager 3
88% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows · Mac
The third instalment of “The Number 1 Rugby Union Management Game”. Rugby Union Team Manager 3 gives you full control of managing your own Rugby Union team. Training schedules, coaches, physios, scouting, finances, sponsors, facilities and more. MUCH MORE!
Why similar: Rugby 45.7% ★, Sports 34.3%, Management 8.2%, Tactical 6%, Simulation 2.8%
- #14 Gridiron Manager 2026
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Plotfun
Windows
Build a career across professional and college American football as head coach and general manager. Control the roster, cap, recruiting, draft, playbook and every game-day call—then reshape the world with custom leagues, teams, players, portraits, logos, local mods and Steam Workshop content.
Why similar: Sports 43.1%, Economy 16.3%, Management 11.6%, Team-Based 8%, Modern 6.5%
- #15 World Basketball Manager 2
86% 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 69.7%, Management 16.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #16 Rugby Career Manager
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RealmBuild Interactive
Windows
Manage a rugby career from school competitions to the professional game in a living simulation world. Scout and develop players over multiple seasons, manage squads and tactics, and watch careers unfold as players grow, peak, and retire within a global rugby ecosystem.
Why similar: Rugby 44.1% ★, Sports 42.7%, Management 9.1%, 2D 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #17 Football Academy Director
82% 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: Sports 53.8%, Management 12.8%, Economy 11.5%, Tactical 5.4%, Simulation 5%
- #18 World Boxing Manager
85% 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 65.6%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Indie 1.4%
- #19 Rugby League Riot
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Morkz DeLoreanPub: J Simeti
Windows
Rugby League Riot is here! A keyboard operated Rugby League game. (Not a Rugby Union game) Choose from 17 teams, play a singles match or compete in a finals series. Unique gameplay. Many pass and kick options, simple defense. Fatigue system, commentary.
Why similar: Sports 46.8%, Rugby 37.4% ★, Top-Down 10.8%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #20 Clutch Legend: FPS Career Simulator
82% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Federico Mariotti
Windows
Build a Counter-Strike-inspired esports career from nobody to legend. Master weapons, develop your skills, negotiate contracts, hire staff, and play or simulate every match on your road to the Major.
Why similar: Sports 28.2%, Economy 14.9%, Management 10.5%, Team-Based 9.8%, Tactical 8.3%
- #21 Cricket Captain 2015
83% 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 80.3%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #22 Esports Dynasty Manager
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Porcanelson Games Studio
Windows
Take command of an esports organization in a competitive MOBA universe. Build your roster, develop talent, master the draft and the meta, manage finances and infrastructure, compete in major championships, and build a true dynasty.
Why similar: Sports 26%, Economy 14.7%, Management 10.4%, Modern 8.9%, Team-Based 8.2%
- #23 Renz Soccer Sim
81% 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 47.3%, Economy 16.4%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.6%, 2D 7.2%
- #24 Football Academy Manager
76% matchNo user reviews92% of 296 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: Sports 39.1%, Economy 22.1%, Management 17.6%, Tactical 12%, Simulation 2.9%
- #25 Rugby 22
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 505 reviews2022
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Crouch, bind, set! Discover the true rugby experience. Play with best clubs and top nations, enjoy dynamic gameplay that stays faithful to the sport, and experience the intensity of big matches.
Why similar: Sports 47.2%, Rugby 28.2% ★, Management 12.5%, Team-Based 6.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #26 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
80% 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 66.5%, Management 15.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 3.1%
- #27 Pure College Football
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Reck-it Warehouse
Windows
Build your college football dynasty and compete for control. Master NIL recruiting, develop your coaching staff, and manage demanding boosters. Play solo or battle in online dynasties with up to 32 real players.
Why similar: Sports 54.1%, Management 13.9%, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 5.3%, Strategy 5.2%
- #28 LocoSoccer Classic
79% matchMixed64% of 274 reviews2015
Dev: Startreming GamesPub: TheGamePublisher.com
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
LocoSoccer is a fun, crazy physics-based soccer game where you must do a lot of goals to win cups and accesories for your team. Your objective is easy: win all cups with your goals. How awesome is that?
Why similar: Sports 86.7%, Strategy 5.8%, 2D 4.5%, Indie 3%
- #29 Laylines
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Omniteca Lab
Windows · Linux
Five challengers, one defender, the oldest trophy in sailing. Lead your syndicate from headquarters to the race course: crew, shipyard, sponsors, weather — and match race duels decided on the water, under real racing rules. History isn't bought: it's conquered.
Why similar: Sports 45.3%, Management 13.7%, Economy 12%, Top-Down 8.3%, Tactical 5.2%
- #30 Setter: Volleyball Manager 27
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Setter
Windows · Mac
Setter is a volleyball management game where every decision shapes your club. Build and develop your squad in a competitive transfer market where rivals can bid for your players, prepare your lineup and tactics, and watch every rally unfold as you compete for domestic titles and continental success.
Why similar: Sports 45.2%, Management 14.6%, Economy 9.1%, Team-Based 7.4%, Tactical 7.2%
- #31 Rugby League 26
75% matchMostly Negative36% of 510 reviews2025
Dev: Big Ant StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
GET READY FOR GREATNESS Step onto the pitch in the most authentic Rugby League experience ever! Whether you're chasing club glory, building a custom ‘Pro Team’, or rising through the ranks with a self-made superstar, Rugby League 26 puts YOU at the heart of the action.
Why similar: Sports 53.9%, Rugby 41.3% ★, Simulation 4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #32 Rugba Leeg
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FortyTwenty Games
Windows
Forget spreadsheets and clean public relations. Take command of a Rugba Leeg franchise in a deep, real-time management sim. Build a dynasty, navigate player scandals, survive salary cap audits, and lobby League HQ to change the rules as your tactical influence grows. This is Rugba Leeg.
Why similar: Sports 42.8%, Rugby 36.4% ★, Management 10.8%, Simulation 5.2%, 2D 3.2%
- #33 Retro Rugby
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Lombard Games
Windows
Step onto the pixelated pitch in Retro Rugby—a fast-paced 2D rugby game with smart AI, physics-based collisions, and smooth controls. Build your dream team in Career Mode, compete in global tournaments, and experience dynamic, strategic gameplay. Relive rugby’s golden era—game on!
Why similar: Sports 53.4%, Rugby 17.4% ★, Top-Down 11.2%, Management 7.4%, 2D 5.8%
- #34 Media Basket Manager
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FR1D
Windows
Take control of every aspect of your club: transfers, tactics, finances, youth academy, facilities, and sponsors. Experience full seasons with real-time simulated matches, make key decisions, and lead your team to victory in the league and other competitions. Single-player game.
Why similar: Sports 75.9%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7.3%, 2D 6.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #35 Water Polo Manager 2026
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: BOSSMADE Games
Windows
Build a water polo club from the office to the pool deck. Manage tactics, transfers, scouting, training, finances, match days, and long-term squad development in an offline single-player sports management simulation.
Why similar: Sports 52.2%, Economy 11.5%, Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #36 The Chairman
74% 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 59.2%, Management 12.5%, Economy 11.5%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 5.3%
- #37 Racing Series Manager
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Wolf
Windows
A fresh take on classic racing management games. Gameplay focuses on off-track team leadership—tune your car, negotiate with drivers and staff, secure sponsors, and engage in tech espionage.
Why similar: Sports 53.9%, Economy 13.4%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 6.6%, Strategy 6%
- #38 Club Chairman
71% 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 56%, Economy 15.4%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 6.3%
- #39 Ultimate Sportsball Championship
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barfota Game Studios
Windows
Ultimate Sportsball Championship (USC) is the mixed sportsball game your mom warned you about. You are not ready for this. Keep scrolling.
Why similar: Sports 70.7%, Modern 21.5%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #40 Total Club Manager
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Floresta Studios
Windows · Mac
A love letter to the football management games that stole your nights. Sign players, build tactics, run the youth academy and the finances, and live every match minute by minute. Take a club from nothing to the top of Europe.
Why similar: Sports 40%, Economy 18.1%, Management 11.1%, Team-Based 11.1%, 2D 5.9%
- #41 THE FIGHT BUSINESS: BOXING MANAGER
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Bluebell Games
Windows
Build a boxing promotion from small halls to huge stadiums. Sign fighters, negotiate fights, build cards, manage broadcasting and finances, and compete in an evolving boxing world. Play as a Promoter, or control both gym and promotion as a Trainer + Promoter.
Why similar: Sports 45.9%, Management 16.4%, Economy 14%, Tactical 6.1%, Resource Management 5.8%
- #42 SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS
70% matchMostly Negative34% of 735 reviews2026
Dev: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Powered by Football Manager ™, featuring more than 5,000 real player data from FIFPRO™. Allowing you to compete in J League, K League, and more! Become the manager of your club and bring your team to global superstars.
Why similar: Sports 31.5%, Management 13.5%, Economy 11.1%, Tactical 11%, Modern 10%
- #43 Eishockey Manager Legacy
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jodelsoft
Windows · Mac
Leading 2:0? Trailing late? Set a game plan for every scoreline, then step in live: call a timeout, pull the goalie, switch to attack. Build your roster, face the press and see what the club newspaper makes of it. Big ambitions. Small budget.
Why similar: Sports 51.5%, Economy 17.2%, Management 12.3%, Tactical 5.7%, Strategy 4.7%
- #44 Blackout Rugby - World Cup Edition
70% matchMixed66% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Blackout Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blackout Rugby is a modern, multiplayer, social, world-class Rugby Manager Game! Take control of a novice club and sidestep and fend your way to glory. Take on people all around the world as you strategise, conquer the league, battle your way up the ladder, and build up your club infrastructure.
Why similar: Rugby 44.3% ★, Sports 32.6%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 3.5%, Strategy 3.4%
- #45 Pro Cycling Manager 2019
69% matchVery Positive81% of 735 reviews2019
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 47.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Manage your own team of professional cyclists in the new 2019 season. Take the lead in over 200 races and 600 stages around the world and try to win legendary races like La Vuelta and the Tour de France.
Why similar: Sports 72.3%, Simulation 8%, Management 7.8%, Economy 6.9%, Team-Based 4.7%
- #46 Ultimate Disc Golf
70% matchMixed49% of 41 reviews2020
Dev: TREE Industries
Windows
Disc Golf is a fun and easy to pick up sport that involves taking a disc and throwing it into a metal basket with chains on it. UDG is a disc golf video game with a unique take on "golf" style games. Featuring a character creator with real DG brands and explore-able courses. Come and play a round.
Why similar: Sports 94.7%, Simulation 4.6%, Indie 0.7%
- #47 Australian Football Coach 2020
69% 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 74.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Management 6.3%, Indie 3.4%
- #48 Rugby League Team Manager 3
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows · Mac
The third instalment of “The Number 1 Rugby League Management Game”. The biggest leagues and competitions. Take full control of managing your own Rugby League club. Training schedules, coaches, physios, scouting, finances, sponsors and more. MUCH MORE!
Why similar: Sports 35.2%, Rugby 20.6% ★, Management 15.4%, Tactical 11.1%, Character Customization 7.7%
- #49 Rush B: Esports Manager
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Penguin Studios
Windows
Take control of a fps esports team and lead them from underdogs to world champions. Scout talent, develop players, manage personalities, and adapt your strategy in a deep, realism-driven management sim. Are you ready to break records and leave your mark on the esports world?
Why similar: Sports 37.2%, Management 17.4%, Economy 10.1%, Tactical 7.5%, Team-Based 6.7%
- #50 AO Tennis 2 Tools
69% matchMixed57% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Big Ant StudiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Get ready for AO Tennis 2 with the incredible AO Tennis 2 Tools. Through this, give yourself a head start by creating all your players, venues and much more!
Why similar: Sports 95.8%, Character Customization 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #51 Headshot Manager
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shrouded Pharaoh GamesPub: Shrouded Pharaoh
Windows
Take a tactical-FPS org from open qualifiers to the Major: sign players, train the map pool, win the veto, then coach every round live as the match plays out in front of you. A real simulation underneath, where every stat is earned.
Why similar: Sports 40.1%, Management 17.8%, Economy 11.8%, Tactical 10.5%, Team-Based 7.3%
- #52 Casey Powell Lacrosse 18
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: Big Ant StudiosPub: Crosse Studios
Windows
Casey Powell Lacrosse 18 offers sports fans a dynamic, fast, and challenging experience, with all the excitement, speed, and scoring of real-life lacrosse, including a completely reworked series of faceoff, shot, stick and dodging controls.
Why similar: Sports 100%
- #53 Mini Hockey VR
67% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Carson Lougheed
Windows
Mini hockey VR is a fun game that puts you 1 v 1 with a computer goalie. you get a glove, stick, blocker, and pads to keep the puck out of your net. Try to beat him by a Score Limit or a Time Limit!
Why similar: Sports 100%
- #54 Total Extreme Wrestling 2013
66% matchVery Positive91% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Step into the ring. You’re the promoter and it’s your job to crush the competition by assembling, managing, and leading a roster of wrestling stars to victory.
Why similar: Sports 100%
- #55 Netsoccer
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Giovanni Marin
Windows
Netsoccer 2 is a multiplayer online soccer game and it's free to play. Each gamer controls a player, not a team as is common in most soccer games. You can join different teams and have matches against other teams or you can just have a practice match online.
Why similar: Sports 100%
- #56 Dunk It (VR Basketball)
67% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Shashitha Kularatna
Windows
Dunk It is the most realistic Virtual Reality Basketball simulation available to date. It will test your true ball handling skills by giving you total control over the basketball. Dunk It has adopted a space theme where you are given the ability to defy gravity and perform stunts of your choice before performing aggressive Dunks.
Why similar: Sports 100%