- #1 Empire Eleven 2026
97% matchNo user reviews
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: Sports 35.3%, Football (Soccer) 19.9% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Immersive Sim 6.8%
- #2 BFM 26
96% 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 39.1%, Football (Soccer) 18.3% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 6.3%
- #3 Club Soccer Director 2022
96% matchMixed67% of 114 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 39.7%, Football (Soccer) 17.9% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 12%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #4 Non-League Football Manager
95% 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: Sports 34.2%, Football (Soccer) 23.1% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 11%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
- #5 Pro Soccer Manager 27
94% 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: Sports 39.3%, Football (Soccer) 21.3% ★, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 5.4%
- #6 Forever World Cup Simulator
94% matchPositive93% of 28 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: Sports 28.9%, Football (Soccer) 23.7% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #7 Football Academy Director
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAP 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: Sports 38.2%, Football (Soccer) 22.7% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Text-Based 6.8%
- #8 FC Tycoon 2027
92% 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: Sports 35.3%, Football (Soccer) 20.5% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #9 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
91% 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 47.7%, Football (Soccer) 20.9% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Management 3.3%
- #10 Lords of Football
91% matchMixed52% of 352 reviews2013
Dev: Geniaware SrlPub: Fish Eagle
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.5 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 51.6%, Football (Soccer) 17.6% ★, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 2.2%
- #11 Foosball Manager
90% 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 41.9%, Football (Soccer) 23.2% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 6.2%
- #12 UltFoot: Football Manager
89% 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: Sports 37.6%, Football (Soccer) 23% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 6.2%
- #13 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 54.2%, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 18.3%, Football (Soccer) 5.4% ★, Management 1.6%
- #14 Football Manager 26
86% matchMostly Negative34% of 33,950 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 60.7 hrsMean: 140.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 39.1%, Football (Soccer) 27.8% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 6.4%
- #15 The Chairman
88% 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 43.5%, Football (Soccer) 23.2% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 6.2%
- #16 Matchday Manager
87% 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: Sports 29.9%, Football (Soccer) 24.8% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #17 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
86% 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: Sports 36.1%, Football (Soccer) 27.3% ★, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 6.1%
- #18 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
85% 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: Sports 41.8%, Football (Soccer) 24.5% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 5.1%
- #19 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
84% 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 44.1%, Football (Soccer) 23.5% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Management 7.6%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #20 Ultimate Club Manager 26
82% 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 46.4%, Football (Soccer) 26% ★, Simulation 19.3%, Management 6.9%, Indie 0.8%
- #21 Premier Manager 10
84% 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 53.6%, Football (Soccer) 21.3% ★, Simulation 18.9%, Management 6.2%
- #22 Gladiator Manager
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Eternity Games
Windows
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 50.7%, Simulation 19.3%, Strategy 17.4%, Text-Based 5.7%, Management 4.5%
- #23 箱庭小駅伝2
81% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Shin Tomura
Windows
箱庭感覚の駅伝シミュレーションゲームの第二弾、高校駅伝も加わりました!
Why similar: Sports 46.6%, Simulation 18.4%, Sandbox 12.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #24 99Managers Futsal Edition
81% 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: Sports 34.1%, Football (Soccer) 30.3% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9.1%, Management 8.4%
- #25 Retro Football Boss
82% 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) 32.5% ★, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 5.3%
- #26 World Basketball Manager 2
80% 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 56%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 16.7%, Management 8.8%
- #27 World Boxing Manager
79% 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 52.4%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17.8%, Management 9.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #28 Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89
77% 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 39.5%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Football (Soccer) 11.5% ★, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #29 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
79% 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 52.3%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 17.7%, Management 8%, Indie 2.4%
- #30 Flipping Football Clubs
78% 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: Sports 35.6%, Football (Soccer) 26.6% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 6.5%
- #31 Director of Management: Football Club
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build football history across nearly 900 territories, 15,000+ competitions, 20,000+ clubs, and 1,000,000+ people. Men's and women's football with equal depth. Universal Person System. In-game editor and mod tools included. No microtransactions.
Why similar: Sports 53.1%, Simulation 22%, Strategy 17%, Management 7.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #32 Australian Football Coach 2020
77% 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 56.4%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 17.8%, Management 3.2%, Indie 2.5%
- #33 New Star™ Manager
75% matchVery Positive87% of 521 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 44.1%, Football (Soccer) 28.3% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Management 6.9%, Indie 2%
- #34 Football Club Builder
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TheLaughingThird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, manage, and grow your own football club from Division 4 to European glory. Expand your stadium and facilities in 3D, compete in league and cup competitions, and create a football dynasty by making the right decisions in this fast-paced football manager game.
Why similar: Sports 52%, Football (Soccer) 16.7% ★, Simulation 13%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 4.9%
- #35 Franchise Hockey Manager 8
75% matchVery Positive80% of 203 reviews2021
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
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 48.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #36 Advance Rise Basketball Manager
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quantel Jackson
Windows
AR Basketball is a long-term basketball franchise simulator where team chemistry, economics, fan growth, player personalities, and league history matter just as much as winning championships. Build your organization across 100 seasons and chase multiple paths to greatness.
Why similar: Sports 42.6%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Text-Based 7.9%
- #37 Executive Hockey
73% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Rally Call Software
Windows
Rally Call Software presents Executive Hockey, a brand new hockey management sim. Be the GM. Be the coach. Be the champion.
Why similar: Sports 58.4%, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 19.8%
- #38 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
74% 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) 32.5% ★, Sports 31.1%, Strategy 10%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 7.5%
- #39 Handball Manager - TEAM
73% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: UniqueGames
Windows
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 60.1%, Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 18.5%
- #40 Booker Blitz
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David MoraisPub: David Morais
Windows · Mac · Linux
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. Manage contracts, hire staff, book arenas, and build your promotion from the ground up. Keyboard-first. Fully moddable.
Why similar: Sports 48.6%, Simulation 20.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Sandbox 3.9%
- #41 Total Esports Action Manager
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Mighty Games
Windows · Mac
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 60.1%, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 19.4%
- #42 Bowl Bound College Football
72% matchMixed57% of 124 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Meda
Windows
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 59.5%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 20.1%
- #43 New Star™ Soccer 5
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 867 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 51.6%, Football (Soccer) 27.9% ★, Simulation 18.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #44 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
69% 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: Sports 38.6%, Football (Soccer) 32% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Management 5.7%
- #45 International Football Manager 27
70% 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 47.9%, Football (Soccer) 17% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Management 4.5%
- #46 Underdog Futsal
70% 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 36.8%, Football (Soccer) 30.8% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.5%
- #47 Football Owner 2025
69% 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: Sports 43.3%, Football (Soccer) 22.2% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 7%
- #48 Sports Betting Simulator
68% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Ashina Games
Windows
This is a sports betting simulation game. You have to make bets and earn money in order to achieve set goals and advance in your adventure.
Why similar: Sports 45.3%, Football (Soccer) 20.2% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Text-Based 5.8%
- #49 Franchise Hockey Manager 4
68% matchMixed65% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 60.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #50 Pro Rugby Manager 2015
69% matchMostly Negative20% of 168 reviews2014
Dev: CyanidePub: 505 Games
Windows
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 63.2%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 17.8%
- #51 Franchise Hockey Manager 3
67% matchMixed58% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Out of the Park Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 61.2%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Indie 2.2%
- #52 Boss Of FCs
67% 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: Sports 30.4%, Football (Soccer) 26.4% ★, Text-Based 9.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Management 8%
- #53 Club Soccer Director PRO 2020
67% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
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 60.1%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 2.4%
- #54 Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2019
67% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
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 58.5%, Simulation 20.9%, Strategy 18.1%, Indie 2.5%
- #55 Pro Strategy Football 2020
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Kerry BattsPub: Pro Strategy Games
Windows · Mac
Why similar: Sports 59%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 18.2%, Indie 2.6%