- #1 Pro Wrestling Sim
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 623 reviews2021
Dev: Pro Wrestling Sim
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pro Wrestling Sim is a text-based pro-wrestling booking simulator. Control a wrestling promotion, decide your roster, and create storylines, feuds and matches where the winners and losers are in your hands.
Why similar: Wrestling 67.9% ★, Sports 18.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Management 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, accessible alternative that captures the core booking and management loop of the genre with a clean interface.
- #2 Journey of Wrestling
96% matchVery Positive97% of 238 reviews2024
Dev: Clean Bean Studios
Windows
A wrestling management sim that's easy to pick up and play. Book fantasy matches, create epic stories and develop your wrestlers as you grow to dominate the industry. With extensive customization and depth, you can bring your wrestling dreams to life.
Why similar: Wrestling 63.2% ★, Sports 23.8%, Simulation 7.4%, Management 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the sandbox management experience, allowing players to book their own wrestling universe with ease.
- #3 Wrestling Spirit 3
96% matchMixed44% of 80 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 84.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take control of the career of a professional wrestler, guiding him through the world title wins, the tough matches, and the rivalries. Control matches negotiate contracts, manage personal finances, navigate backstage politics and more in this text-based pro wrestling role-playing simulation.
Why similar: Wrestling 53.9% ★, Sports 34.6%, Simulation 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team as the seed game, this focuses on the individual career management of a wrestler within a larger promotion.
- #4 World of Mixed Martial Arts 3
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Grey Dog SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Step into the world of MMA in World of Mixed Martial Arts 3. In this simulation title, you control every aspect of the MMA world. Take control of an MMA company and run it the way you want. Decide who to hire, what matches will take place, and who doesn't make the cut!
Why similar: Sports 69.4%, Simulation 21.9%, Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the same robust simulation engine as the seed game but shifts the focus to the high-stakes world of MMA promotion.
- #5 World Championship Boxing Manager™ 2
94% matchMixed68% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
The boxing world is at your fingertips in this deeply detailed and outrageously entertaining sports management simulation. Enlist competitive fighters, recruit top-notch staff, and ride the hype train all the way to endorsement city! Watch your fighter rise to the top, or get KO’d trying.
Why similar: Sports 59.4%, Management 21%, Simulation 19.6%
Why You'll Like It: A polished management sim that tasks you with building a boxing gym and guiding fighters to championship glory.
- #6 MMA Team Manager
94% matchMostly Negative35% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows · Mac
MMA team manager is the all new, face punching, body slamming manager game for the real MMA fans. Experience the life as a manager running your own team and leading the fighters to international glory in the cage.
Why similar: Wrestling 47.2% ★, Sports 33.6%, Simulation 11%, Management 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep management mechanics with the tactical requirements of running a successful mixed martial arts team.
- #7 Fire Pro Wrestling World
92% matchVery Positive90% of 3,272 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 50.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The greatest grappling game returns to take on the world! Customize every aspect of the match, from your wrestler to the ring itself, in your fight for the championship belt.
Why similar: Wrestling 64.2% ★, Sports 26.3%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: While action-oriented, its unmatched character customization and simulation settings make it a favorite for wrestling enthusiasts.
- #8 World Boxing Manager
93% 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 63.7%, Simulation 21.4%, Management 15%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the administrative and training aspects of boxing, requiring careful resource allocation and strategic planning.
- #9 Gladiator Manager
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Eternity Games
Windows
Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical battle simulation game.
Why similar: Sports 68.2%, Simulation 24.2%, Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar management mechanics to wrestling sims, focusing on training and promoting combatants in a historical setting.
- #10 Motorsport Manager
89% matchVery Positive92% of 14,004 reviews2016
Dev: Playsport GamesPub: Miniclip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Have you got what it takes to become the manager of a high-performance motorsport team? Motorsport Manager is a highly detailed, best-in-class management game for fans of motorsport. You’ll hire the drivers, build the cars and embed yourself in the dynamic world of racing.
Why similar: Sports 46.7%, Management 30.8%, Simulation 22.5%
Why You'll Like It: While the sport differs, it offers the same level of deep, data-heavy management and team-building found in wrestling sims.
- #11 Wrestling Empire
89% matchVery Positive94% of 3,010 reviews2021
Dev: MDickie
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The lightweight champion of wrestling comes full circle with higher resolution visuals and a smoother frame rate - whilst still retaining the retro style that puts the fun first! Now featuring whole other booking & roaming modes at no extra cost for the biggest Triple Threat in wrestling.
Why similar: Wrestling 71.6% ★, Sports 21.8%, Simulation 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An indie title that blends chaotic wrestling action with a surprisingly deep career and booking mode.
- #12 WWE 2K24
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,911 reviews2024
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 20.4 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Experience a gripping retelling of WrestleMania’s greatest moments in 2K Showcase of the Immortals in WWE 2K24, where you can relive a collection of some of the most unforgettable, career-defining matches.
Why similar: Wrestling 71.3% ★, Sports 21.3%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the most realistic visual representation of the wrestling industry, serving as a good contrast to text-based sims.
- #13 Music Wars Empire
90% matchMixed46% of 179 reviews2016
Dev: Antuan JohnsonPub: Music Wars
Windows
Take the role of a manager or CEO of a record label, and try to make your mark on the music industry!
Why similar: Simulation 65.5%, Management 34.5%
Why You'll Like It: Applies the same 'promoter' logic to the music industry, where you manage artists and organize tours instead of wrestling shows.
- #14 Wrestling Revolution 3D
88% matchVery Positive88% of 413 reviews2017
Dev: MDickie
Windows · Mac
The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!
Why similar: Wrestling 73.7% ★, Sports 20%, Simulation 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, albeit stylized, look at the wrestling industry with a focus on both action and career progression.
- #15 Pro Basketball Manager 2024
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: Umix Studios
Windows · Mac
Welcome to Pro Basketball Manager 2024 - the best basketball management experience, offering unparalleled depth and authenticity across 175 elite basketball competitions. Show the world you're the ultimate basketball manager!
Why similar: Sports 70.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Management 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a comprehensive management experience where you oversee every aspect of a basketball franchise's operations.
- #16 Punch Club
84% matchVery Positive80% of 15,468 reviews2016
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon.
Why similar: Sports 55.6%, Management 24.6%, Simulation 19.8%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy game where you must balance training, work, and social life to turn a fighter into a champion.
- #17 Big Ambitions
81% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 60.2%, Simulation 39.8%
Why You'll Like It: A complex business management simulator that requires the same level of strategic foresight and financial planning as a sports promoter.
- #18 Game Dev Tycoon
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Management 51.9%, Simulation 48.1%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the core 'tycoon' management philosophy, tasking you with making strategic business decisions to succeed in a competitive industry.
- #19 Casual Pro Wrestling
81% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Patrick Dinklage
Windows
Casual Pro Wrestling is a professional wrestling game with an emphasis on fun. Wrestle your dream match and enjoy the ragdoll physics for additional drama and whiplash. Play couch or online multiplayer with your friends and get creative with a plethora of possibilities for wrestler creation.
Why similar: Wrestling 82.1% ★, Sports 17.9%
Why You'll Like It: A lightweight wrestling game that focuses on quick, fun matches and basic character customization.
- #20 WWE 2K26
78% matchMixed50% of 1,797 reviews2026
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The show never stops in WWE 2K26! Step into CM Punk’s 2K Showcase, dominate with 400+ Superstars and Legends, and unleash chaos with all-new match types.
Why similar: Wrestling 55.7% ★, Sports 32.2%, Simulation 12.1%
- #21 Pro Gamer Manager
83% matchMixed49% of 685 reviews2016
Dev: Raptor Claw GamesPub: 501 Industries
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Compete for stardom in this Esport management tycoon.
Why similar: Sports 49.8%, Simulation 30.6%, Management 19.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of an esports team, mirroring the roster and training management found in sports sims.
- #22 Football, Tactics & Glory
80% matchVery Positive88% of 4,156 reviews2018
Dev: Creoteam
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.
Why similar: Sports 57%, Management 22%, Simulation 21%
Why You'll Like It: Blends turn-based strategy with management, perfect for those who enjoy the tactical side of sports simulation.
- #23 WWE 2K25
77% matchMixed69% of 6,339 reviews2025
Dev: Visual ConceptsPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Celebrate The Bloodline in Showcase. Compete online in MyGM. Expanded gameplay includes intergender wrestling, chain wrestling, barricade diving, the return of Promos + much more!
Why similar: Wrestling 71% ★, Sports 21.4%, Simulation 7.7%
- #24 World Basketball Tycoon
84% matchVery Negative16% of 108 reviews2013
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%
WBM Tycoon is a fresh look in sports strategy games that combines the classic manager game with the financial management and development of a Tycoon type game. As the Club Owner you must generate (or loan) the necessary funds in order to expand the club's facilities, raise the financial level and improve the team's roster.
Why similar: Simulation 69%, Management 31%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward management simulator that focuses on the administrative side of running a basketball team.
- #25 RetroMania Wrestling
79% matchVery Positive84% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Retrosoft Studios
Windows
RetroMania Wrestling is a throwback arcade game inspired by classics of the past, with great 2D action and an eclectic roster of wrestlers past and present!
Why similar: Wrestling 64.3% ★, Sports 35.7%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style wrestling game that captures the spirit of classic wrestling titles with modern polish.
- #26 Tech Executive Tycoon
82% matchVery Negative17% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: WEB Gaming Entertainment
Windows
Tech Executive Tycoon is a simulation, strategy, role playing game that places you in the seat of CEO and entrepreneur of your very own tech company. Can you take your company to the top with top of the line products? Can you command a world class group of employees?
Why similar: Simulation 59.2%, Management 40.8%
Why You'll Like It: A business simulation that requires careful resource management and strategic decision-making to grow a company.
- #27 Wrestling Revolution 2D
78% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2021
Dev: MDickie
Windows
The original 2D wrestling sim brings the revolution to your desktop - where it now includes BOTH sides of the business in one epic universe!
Why similar: Wrestling 68.1% ★, Sports 19.1%, Simulation 6.7%, Management 6.1%
- #28 Weekend Warriors MMA
77% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: MDickie
Windows
The engine behind 3D wrestling brings the revolution to MMA, where real resistance challenges you to survive each round! Embark on a career to climb the ranks at 5 unique promotions with their own weight classes, or become the boss in the sport's 1st fully playable "Promoter" mode.
Why similar: Wrestling 69.5% ★, Sports 23.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #29 Pro Wrestler Story
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Pro Wrestling Team Management Sim, Face off with fearsome foes!
Why similar: Sports 45.6%, Wrestling 38.1% ★, Simulation 16.4%
- #30 Total Extreme Wrestling 2013
79% matchVery Positive91% of 81 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%
- #31 Football Manager 26
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 30,190 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 56.1 hrsMean: 110.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 64.6%, Simulation 22.3%, Management 13.1%
- #32 Eastside Hockey Manager
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,363 reviews2015
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
EHM offers fans the most realistic, in-depth and immersive simulation of hockey management available, giving them the chance to manage either club or country in any of the world’s top hockey-playing nations.
Why similar: Sports 64.2%, Simulation 21.7%, Management 14.1%
- #33 AEW: Fight Forever
73% matchMixed57% of 1,734 reviews2023
Dev: YUKE'SPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Developed by YUKE’S, AEW: Fight Forever combines nostalgic arcade-wrestling with All Elite Wrestling finishers and moves. Featuring a big roster of AEW talent, multiple match types, robust career mode, tons of customization options, more than 40 weapons, and so much more!
Why similar: Wrestling 73.3% ★, Sports 26.7%
- #34 Mark Out! The Wrestling Card Game
71% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: DIY Experiences LLC
Windows
COLLECT, CRAFT, and BATTLE your way to the top in this wrestling move collectible card game that lets you innovate like never before. Enter the ring a rookie...leave as the GOAT!
Why similar: Wrestling 80.9% ★, Sports 19.1%
- #35 Pro Rugby Manager 2015
76% 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 78.2%, Simulation 21.8%
- #36 Pro Cycling Manager 2018
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 417 reviews2018
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into the shoes of sports manager and lead your pro cycling team through a challenge-packed 2018 season. Compete in over 200 races across 500 stages around the world, including famous Tours such as La Vuelta and the iconic Tour de France.
Why similar: Sports 69.7%, Simulation 21.8%, Management 8.5%
- #37 Pro Basketball Manager 2016
74% matchMixed52% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this comprehensive and realistic basketball management game, take control of all aspects of a coach's life such as recruitment, finances and training, as well as direct charge of games, in order to lead your team to the top of more than 70 championships that have been faithfully reproduced!
Why similar: Sports 74.7%, Simulation 25.3%
- #38 World Basketball Manager 2010
76% matchMostly Negative31% of 125 reviews2010
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 22%
World Basketball Manager (WBM) is a basketball strategy game. It uses the same game-play principles as most soccer management games do. Entering the game, the player creates his manager profile and he is hired as the general manager of a basketball club and his task is to improve the team’s performance by analyzing the facts and making...
Why similar: Sports 53%, Simulation 47%
- #39 eSports Legend
70% matchMixed62% of 1,209 reviews2018
Dev: 90GamesPub: Coconut Island Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Esports Legend is a Esports club simulator. You are here to make a unknown amateur team world-famous within several seasons!
Why similar: Simulation 46.9%, Management 26.9%, Sports 26.1%
- #40 Football Referee Simulator
66% matchVery Positive91% of 482 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?
Why similar: Sports 80.1%, Simulation 19.9%
- #41 Pro Gamer Manager 2
73% matchVery Negative14% of 166 reviews2017
Dev: Millenway
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 17%
Pro Gamer Manager 2 is an e-sport simulator game. Create, manage and compete with your own team of Pro Gamers. Conquer all obstacles and become the number one team in the world!
Why similar: Sports 63.4%, Simulation 24.3%, Management 12.3%
- #42 Gym Simulator 24
63% matchVery Positive85% of 2,606 reviews2024
Dev: Red Axe Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gym Simulator 24: Build Your Fitness Empire! Embark on a journey to create your dream fitness haven in Gym Simulator 24, the ultimate simulation game where you'll ascend the ranks and craft your very own fitness empire.
Why similar: Sports 55.3%, Simulation 23.1%, Management 21.6%
- #43 Boxing Club Manager
68% matchMixed54% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows · Mac
You've waited long enough. Boxing management is now in your gloves. Winning fights is your goal. Running the best gym is your future. Take control. Train and steer your boxers to glory in the ring! Build up your gym, make it World class!
Why similar: Sports 64.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Management 16.2%
- #44 Elysium: Blood Games
70% matchMixed61% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 73.7%, Simulation 18.4%, Management 7.9%
- #45 AAW Wrestle Lab
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: VICO Game StudioPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Wrestle Lab is the official companion app for Action Arcade Wrestling (AAW) that allows you to create your ultimate wrestler, arena, or federation and play them in the game. Test your imagination and bring your Wrestle Lab creations to life!
Why similar: Sports 100%
- #46 Front Office Football Eight
68% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: Solecismic Software
Windows
Put yourself in the Front Office with Front Office Football, the professional football simulation from Solecismic Software. Manage your roster through trading, free agency and the amateur draft. Create game plans, organize depth charts and watch your franchise thrive for decades.
Why similar: Sports 90.8%, Simulation 9.2%
- #47 Player's Eleven
68% matchVery Positive83% of 52 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: Sports 54.9%, Simulation 23.1%, Management 22%
- #48 Esports History
64% matchMostly Positive78% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Quantum Gear Studios
Windows
Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!
Why similar: Sports 57.3%, Management 21.8%, Simulation 20.9%
- #49 Action Arcade Wrestling
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 158 reviews2019
Dev: VICO Game StudioPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Perform a BODY SLAM, knock’em down with a CLOTHESLINE, pull off the classic PILEDRIVER AND… shoot LIGHTNING BOLTS into your opponent's face?! Whatever you do… don’t find yourself looking up at the lights!
Why similar: Wrestling 77.7% ★, Sports 22.3%
- #50 Victory Road
66% matchVery Positive90% of 191 reviews2020
Dev: Strange Journey
Windows
Victory Road is a boxing simulator that uniquely puts you in the role of the coach, not the boxer! As a coach, the fate of your boxer’s career, and potentially his life, is in your hands. Raise your boxer and utilize various strategies to climb up the ranking board.
Why similar: Sports 71.8%, Simulation 24.7%, Management 3.5%
