- #1 Empire Eleven 2026
97% matchPositive82% of 11 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: Sports 35.9%, Football (Soccer) 19.9% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Immersive Sim 6.7%
- #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 39.4%, Football (Soccer) 18.1% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 6.2%
- #3 Club Soccer Director 2022
96% 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: Sports 40.1%, Football (Soccer) 17.8% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #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 34.6%, Football (Soccer) 23% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 10.9%, 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 39.7%, Football (Soccer) 21.1% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 5.4%
- #6 Forever World Cup Simulator
94% 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: Sports 29.2%, Football (Soccer) 23.5% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Simulation 11.7%
- #7 Football Academy Director
93% 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: Sports 38.5%, Football (Soccer) 22.5% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10%, 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 35.7%, Football (Soccer) 20.4% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Text-Based 8.7%
- #9 Lords of Football
91% matchMixed52% of 353 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 52%, Football (Soccer) 17.4% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Management 2.2%
- #10 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 363 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 48.3%, Football (Soccer) 20.6% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Management 3.3%
- #11 Club Chairman
90% match2 user reviews0% of 2 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 39.4%, Simulation 16%, Football (Soccer) 15.1% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Text-Based 9.3%
- #12 Foosball Manager
89% 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 42.3%, Football (Soccer) 23.1% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 6.1%
- #13 The Referee Committee
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: New Page Interactive
Windows
Football isn't only played on the pitch. Manage the dark side of football! Control the referee committee, give secret instructions, use the VAR room to dictate scores, deal with the betting mafia, and shape the season's fate. Keeping this powerful seat is harder than getting it.
Why similar: Sports 30.6%, Football (Soccer) 21.5% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Text-Based 10.4%
- #14 UltFoot: Football Manager
88% 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 38%, Football (Soccer) 22.8% ★, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 6.1%
- #15 Marvelous Soccer Management
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JV Interactive
Windows
Climb from the lower divisions to glory. Marvelous Soccer Simulation is a single-player football management sim — fast seasons, leagues and cups, tactics, transfers, and match nights built for drama. Early Access.
Why similar: Sports 41.7%, Simulation 19%, Football (Soccer) 16% ★, Text-Based 12.4%, Strategy 5.4%
- #16 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 54.6%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Football (Soccer) 5.3% ★, Management 1.5%
- #17 The Chairman
86% 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 43.9%, Football (Soccer) 23% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 6.1%
- #18 Football Manager 26
84% matchMostly Negative35% of 35,447 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.5 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 39.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.6% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 6.3%
- #19 Matchday Manager
85% 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 30.2%, Football (Soccer) 24.7% ★, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Text-Based 7.6%
- #20 Pivot
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kickbäck Studios
Windows
Pivot is a football universe sandbox. Build clubs and national teams, create players and managers, negotiate contracts, and simulate 6-a-side matches — then relive every game through stats and commentary.
Why similar: Sports 34.7%, Simulation 18.8%, Football (Soccer) 16.8% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #21 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
83% 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: Sports 36.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.1% ★, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 6%
- #22 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
82% 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 42.2%, Football (Soccer) 24.3% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Management 5%
- #23 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
82% 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 44.5%, Football (Soccer) 23.4% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Management 7.5%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #24 Premier Manager 10
81% 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 54%, Football (Soccer) 21.1% ★, Simulation 18.8%, Management 6.1%
- #25 Ultimate Club Manager 26
80% 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 46.8%, Football (Soccer) 25.8% ★, Simulation 19.2%, Management 6.8%, Indie 0.8%
- #26 Gladiator Manager
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Eternity Games
Windows
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 51%, Simulation 19.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Text-Based 5.6%, Management 4.4%
- #27 箱庭小駅伝2
79% 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 46.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Text-Based 11.3%, Immersive Sim 8.5%
- #28 99Managers Futsal Edition
78% 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 34.5%, Football (Soccer) 30.1% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Management 8.3%
- #29 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
79% matchNo user reviews
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: Sports 42.3%, Football (Soccer) 24.5% ★, Simulation 17.2%, Management 6.5%, Text-Based 6.3%
- #30 Boxing World Simulator
77% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Al & AlPub: Sim Games
Windows
Become a Boxing Promoter, drive forward your Promotion in a living world full of the realities of the Boxing world, competing with rival promotions for the best Boxers and to eventually put on PPVs. Every question answered, every conversation had... the impacts are real, good or bad!
Why similar: Sports 37.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Sandbox 13.3%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Text-Based 11.1%
- #31 Football Fictional World Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: keigo0221Pub: Fictional World Sim
Windows
A solo-developed, text-based football management game focused on transfer windows and building your squad before each season. Simulate around 30,000 matches in about ten minutes, use the flexible Data Editor, and follow football history for centuries.
Why similar: Sports 32.5%, Football (Soccer) 20.1% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #32 Retro Football Boss
78% 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: Sports 32.6%, Football (Soccer) 32.3% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 5.3%
- #33 World Basketball Manager 2
77% 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 56.4%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 16.6%, Management 8.7%
- #34 Director of Management: Football Club
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows
Run football from the dugout, director's office, boardroom, or federation. Choose from four careers in a living football world. The demo is the full current game with no limits during Early Access. Free to play. Pay to keep.
Why similar: Sports 53.5%, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Management 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #35 World Boxing Manager
76% 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 52.8%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 9.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #36 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
76% 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 52.7%, Simulation 19.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 7.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #37 Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89
74% 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 39.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Football (Soccer) 11.5% ★, Immersive Sim 9.6%
- #38 Flipping Football Clubs
75% 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 35.9%, Football (Soccer) 26.5% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 6.4%
- #39 Australian Football Coach 2020
73% 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 56.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 17.7%, Management 3.2%, Indie 2.5%
- #40 New Star™ Manager
72% matchVery Positive87% of 526 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 44.5%, Football (Soccer) 28.1% ★, Simulation 18.5%, Management 6.9%, Indie 2%
- #41 Football Club Builder
73% 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 52.4%, Football (Soccer) 16.6% ★, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Management 4.8%
- #42 Franchise Hockey Manager 8
71% 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 48.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Sandbox 11.3%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, Text-Based 6.6%
- #43 Footy Manager
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Marajo Games
Windows
Take charge of a football club and answer for everything: sign players in a market where clubs haggle for days, balance the wage bill against the board's demands, and steer matches live from the touchline. 27 leagues, 690 clubs, one season at a time.
Why similar: Sports 39.5%, Football (Soccer) 28.5% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #44 Advance Rise Basketball Manager
71% 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 43%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 13.7%, Sandbox 11.3%, Text-Based 7.8%
- #45 Executive Hockey
71% 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 58.7%, Simulation 21.7%, Strategy 19.6%
- #46 Handball Manager - TEAM
70% 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 60.4%, Simulation 21.3%, Strategy 18.3%
- #47 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) 32.3% ★, Sports 31.4%, Strategy 10%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #48 Booker Blitz
70% matchNo user reviews
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 48.9%, Simulation 20%, Strategy 15.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Sandbox 3.9%
- #49 Total Esports Action Manager
69% 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 60.5%, Simulation 20.3%, Strategy 19.3%
- #50 New Star™ Soccer 5
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 876 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.5 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: Sports 52%, Football (Soccer) 27.6% ★, Simulation 18.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #51 Bowl Bound College Football
69% 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 59.8%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 20%
- #52 International Football Manager 27
68% 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 48.5%, Football (Soccer) 16.7% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Management 4.4%
- #53 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
66% 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 39%, Football (Soccer) 31.8% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 5.6%
- #54 Retro Club Manager
67% 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: Sports 34.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.8% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 7.5%
- #55 Underdog Futsal
67% 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 37.1%, Football (Soccer) 30.6% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.4%