- #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) 38.9% ★, Sports 17%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Moddable 6.1% ★
- #2 Football Academy Director
96% 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: Football (Soccer) 39.2% ★, Sports 23.9%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #3 FC Tycoon 2027
96% 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) 35.7% ★, Sports 22.3%, Management 14.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Text-Based 6.7%
- #4 99Managers Futsal Edition
95% 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) 48.6% ★, Sports 19.9%, Management 16.1%, Strategy 5.6%, Simulation 5%
- #5 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
94% 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) 51.2% ★, Sports 17.8%, Management 14.7%, Strategy 5.6%, Text-Based 4.2%
- #6 Underdog Futsal
94% 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) 48.7% ★, Sports 21.1%, Management 17.8%, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 5.8%
- #7 Football Manager 26
91% 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: Football (Soccer) 47% ★, Sports 24%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #8 BFM 26
91% 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: Football (Soccer) 34.1% ★, Sports 26.5%, Management 13.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 7.3%
- #9 Eleven Legends
90% 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) 47.6% ★, Sports 20.5%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 5.6%
- #10 Player's Eleven
89% 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) 52.5% ★, Management 19.6%, Sports 18.9%, Simulation 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #11 Foosball Manager
88% 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) 41.6% ★, Sports 27.2%, Management 13.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #12 Retro Football Boss
89% 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) 53.7% ★, Sports 19.4%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 6.5%
- #13 Empire Eleven 2026
86% 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: Football (Soccer) 38.3% ★, Sports 24.7%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #14 LeManager
87% 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) 61.2% ★, Management 18.1%, Sports 11%, Simulation 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #15 Total Futsal Manager
86% matchNo user 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) 46.5% ★, Sports 21.6%, Management 14%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 4.2%
- #16 Retro Club Manager
85% 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) 49% ★, Sports 20.4%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.2%
- #17 Fifth Tier
84% 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) 51.5% ★, Sports 18%, Management 15%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 5.2%
- #18 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) 47.7% ★, Sports 23.1%, Management 13%, Simulation 7.1%, Text-Based 3.3%
- #19 Pro Soccer Manager 27
84% 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: Football (Soccer) 39.8% ★, Sports 26.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #20 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
82% 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) 52.5% ★, Sports 23%, Management 11%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #21 UltFoot: Football Manager
81% 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) 40.9% ★, Sports 24.3%, Management 13%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #22 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: Football (Soccer) 44.8% ★, Sports 29%, Management 14%, Simulation 11.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #23 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
81% 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) 40.7% ★, Sports 27.7%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 8%, Text-Based 5.1%
- #24 Football Academy Manager
79% matchNo user reviews92% of 271 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: Football (Soccer) 47.3% ★, Sports 18.8%, Management 18.5%, Tactical 4.9%, Simulation 4.3%
- #25 New Star™ Manager
79% 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: Football (Soccer) 48.1% ★, Sports 27.2%, Management 14%, Simulation 10.8%
- #26 Retro Manager
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Mark StablesPub: Metaguard Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.4% ★, Sports 17.1%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Old School 3.9%
- #27 The Chairman
78% 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) 41.6% ★, Sports 28.3%, Management 13.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #28 Calcio 98
77% 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) 48% ★, Sports 21.1%, Management 14.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 5.2%
- #29 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
77% matchNo user 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) 47.5% ★, Sports 19.7%, Management 14.5%, Moddable 7.9% ★, Simulation 7.7%
- #30 WE ARE FOOTBALL
76% 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) 55.8% ★, Sports 21%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 4.9%, Simulation 4.9%
- #31 Boss Of FCs
76% 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: Football (Soccer) 44.9% ★, Sports 18.7%, Management 16%, Text-Based 7.3%, Strategy 5.2%
- #32 Football Club Management 2023
75% matchMixed51% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Football Club Manager 2023 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Football Club Manager 2023 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.6% ★, Sports 19.5%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 5.6%, Tactical 4.2%
- #33 LemonFC - Der Fußball-Manager
75% 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: Football (Soccer) 43.5% ★, Sports 26.9%, Management 13.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Text-Based 5%
- #34 Footballogy
74% 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) 41.9% ★, Sports 17.6%, Management 17%, Strategy 7.6%, Moddable 6.2% ★
- #35 Football Life
74% 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) 48.9% ★, Management 16.2%, Sports 13.7%, Simulation 7%, Tactical 5.1%
- #36 Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
73% 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: Football (Soccer) 49.9% ★, Sports 24%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 5.2%, Text-Based 4.4%
- #37 Forever World Cup Simulator
73% 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: Football (Soccer) 46.5% ★, Sports 20.6%, Management 14.3%, Text-Based 10.2%, Simulation 7.9%
- #38 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
73% 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: Football (Soccer) 40% ★, Sports 33.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 7.6%
- #39 Flipping Football Clubs
71% 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) 47.6% ★, Sports 23.1%, Management 13.8%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #40 Club Chairman
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 30.1% ★, Sports 28.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #41 Slammer Soccer: Football Management
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rich Smalley
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) 45.1% ★, Sports 24.4%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 2.9%
- #42 Premier Manager 10
72% 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: Football (Soccer) 39% ★, Sports 35.7%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 11.9%
- #43 Football Owner 2025
71% 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: Football (Soccer) 39.3% ★, Sports 27.8%, Management 14.8%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 5.8%
- #44 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
72% 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) 44.7% ★, Sports 27.7%, Management 11%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8%
- #45 Football Agent
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: ATERO GAMES
Windows
You're not the manager, you're the agent. Scout hidden gems across 26,000 players, win them over face to face, build their careers, and sell them for millions. A deep football agency career sim where every contract has your name on it.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.9% ★, Sports 17.9%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 5%
- #46 Proper Football Boss
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Boot Room Games
Windows
Remember when football was proper? Let us take you back 40 years — to when naming two subs was still a luxury and the only seven-figure salaries were in Italian lira.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.1% ★, Management 16.3%, Sports 13%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 4.7%
- #47 Footy Manager
69% 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: Football (Soccer) 52.3% ★, Sports 25.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #48 Non-League Football Manager
68% 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: Football (Soccer) 48.9% ★, Sports 26.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #49 Pocket League Story
67% matchVery Positive90% of 188 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 57.6% ★, Sports 20.3%, Management 7.5%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 5.5%
- #50 Premier Manager 03/04
68% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Indulge in pan-European fantasy football by taking control of any club from the four English divisions, or simultaneously from the top two divisions of the continent’s premier leagues (Spain, Italy, France and Germany).
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.7% ★, Sports 19.7%, Management 13.2%, Text-Based 7.5%, Simulation 6.2%
- #51 Sim: World Cup Manager
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Jfsimgames
Windows
Take charge of your nation from a world of 202 teams and chase international glory. Build your squad, master deep tactics and live sideline shouts, unearth wonderkids in your national youth academy, and battle through the World Cup and Continental Championships in a deep football management sim.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 30.5% ★, Sports 29.2%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #52 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
67% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019 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) 45.3% ★, Sports 19.1%, Management 16.8%, Text-Based 8.1%, Strategy 5.2%