- #1 Foosball Manager
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: machnikl
Windows
Build your table football club from nothing. Scout, train, and manage players, set your lineup and tactics, and watch matches unfold on a physics-driven table. Climb the divisions and become a foosball legend.
Why similar: Sports 39.9%, Football (Soccer) 29.9% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7.9%
- #2 Lords of Football
97% matchMixed52% of 352 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 50.3%, Football (Soccer) 22.4% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 7.9%, Indie 3.9%
- #3 The Chairman
95% 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 41%, Football (Soccer) 28.6% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.6%
- #4 Footy Ball Tournament 2018
96% 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 38.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.7% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Indie 6.5%
- #5 Ultimate Club Manager 26
94% matchNo user 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 42.9%, Football (Soccer) 31.4% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Management 8.2%, Indie 2%
- #6 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 360 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 47.6%, Football (Soccer) 26.4% ★, Simulation 12%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 4.3%
- #7 Football Manager 26
92% matchMostly Negative33% of 32,555 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 60.7 hrsMean: 131.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Sports 37.3%, Football (Soccer) 34.6% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Management 7.9%
- #8 New Star™ Manager
93% matchVery Positive87% of 516 reviews2018
Dev: New Star Games Ltd.Pub: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 96.7 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 39.4%, Football (Soccer) 33.6% ★, Simulation 14%, Management 8.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #9 Pro Soccer Manager 27
90% 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 41.5%, Football (Soccer) 28.4% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 5.8%
- #10 Premier Manager 10
91% 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 51%, Football (Soccer) 26.4% ★, Simulation 15%, Management 7.6%
- #11 Retro Football Boss
91% 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) 39.3% ★, Sports 29.9%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 7.3%, Management 6.4%
- #12 BFM 26
89% 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 42.5%, Football (Soccer) 25.9% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Management 8.9%, Strategy 8.5%
- #13 99Managers Futsal Edition
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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) 37.4% ★, Sports 33.4%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 6.4%
- #14 Club Soccer Director 2022
88% 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 43.1%, Football (Soccer) 25.4% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Management 5.6%
- #15 New Star™ Soccer 5
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 855 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 13.2 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 47%, Football (Soccer) 34% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Indie 5.1%
- #16 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
84% 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) 39.4% ★, Sports 36.4%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 8%, Management 6.9%
- #17 Super Arcade Soccer
87% matchMixed56% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: Ruben Alcañiz
Windows · Mac
Classic Football is back with Super Arcade Soccer. Super Arcade Soccer is a fun soccer game with arcade playability; direct, accessible control; and a wide range of actions, such as passing, centering, skill shots…
Why similar: Sports 51.4%, Football (Soccer) 27.4% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Indie 6%
- #18 UltFoot: Football Manager
83% 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 38.5%, Football (Soccer) 30.7% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 8.2%
- #19 Balance of Soccer
86% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Stepiral Studio
Windows
This is a 3D soccer simulation game. Including complete 2026 FIFA World Cup schedule. You can freely set the team's formation and tactics, and you can also control the players in real time.
Why similar: Sports 42.7%, Football (Soccer) 33.2% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Indie 5.6%, Casual 5.2%
- #20 Football Star Life 23/24
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seb Quilici
Windows
Become a football player and lead the career of your dreams. Be precise, score as many goals as possible, make the right choices during the transfer window, win numerous prestigious trophies, and become a legend!
Why similar: Sports 46.5%, Football (Soccer) 29.2% ★, Simulation 15%, Casual 6.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #21 Empire Eleven 2026
81% matchNo user reviews2026
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 39.7%, Football (Soccer) 29.3% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 7.8%
- #22 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: Sports 44.4%, Football (Soccer) 30.9% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 3%
- #23 Player's Eleven
82% 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: Football (Soccer) 40.6% ★, Sports 30.9%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 3.2%
- #24 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
77% matchPositive93% of 30 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: Sports 37.4%, Football (Soccer) 37% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Management 8.7%, Strategy 2.9%
- #25 FC Tycoon 2027
78% 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 38.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.4% ★, Simulation 14%, Management 10%, Strategy 7.5%
- #26 Football Pitch Simulator
73% matchVery Positive92% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Incipient Day
Windows · Mac
Build your own football pitch business. Make repairs, expand your facilities, and attract the interest of football fans.
Why similar: Sports 39.7%, Football (Soccer) 32.9% ★, Simulation 17.4%, Casual 7%, Indie 2.4%
- #27 Matchday Manager
76% 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) 33.9% ★, Sports 31.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Management 9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #28 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
80% matchMixed63% of 24 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) 41% ★, Sports 30%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6%
- #29 Pocket League Story
75% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.9% ★, Sports 30.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 6.1%, Management 4.5%
- #30 Foosball - Street Edition
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 182 reviews2014
Dev: Yuisy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Foosball - Street Edition is a 5 VS 5 arcade football game, that puts you in the control of 9 teams of foosball players, each one with unique skills and abilities. Enjoy playing football with awesome characters in crazy locations!
Why similar: Sports 59.6%, Football (Soccer) 30% ★, Indie 5.4%, Casual 5.1%
- #31 PIX Football Manager
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PeytonParrishGames
Windows
PIX Football Manager is a nostalgic, casual football management simulator focused on scouting. Set your tactics, find hidden gems, and improve your facilities as you build a dynasty. With no visible player stats, you must spot talent yourself. Grab your clipboard, the game starts now.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 34.9% ★, Sports 33.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 8.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #32 Cock Soccer
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Lobosandia
Windows · Linux
Cock Soccer is a multiplayer, arcade-style 2.5d sports game with multiple customizable characters to choose from, chaotic gameplay that fuses soccer with some beat 'em up elements and maps with traps that can change the course of the match in unexpected ways!
Why similar: Sports 57.7%, Football (Soccer) 28.1% ★, Indie 7.2%, Casual 7%
- #33 Non-League Football Manager
71% 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 40.3%, Football (Soccer) 35.5% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #34 Futuball - Future Football Manager Game
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Clone the best football stars and manage your dream team.
Why similar: Sports 58%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Football (Soccer) 7.5% ★, Management 2.2%
- #35 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: Sports 43.8%, Football (Soccer) 29.3% ★, Simulation 10.6%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #36 TableTop Soccer
75% matchVery Positive80% of 123 reviews2016
Dev: Dancing Developers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Online, Single/Multiplayer tactical, simultaneous turn-based soccer strategy game. Play live games or play resumable games over a few days. Level up your team, unlock abilities and dominate the leaderboards. Or just embarrass your friends with your superior skills.
Why similar: Sports 42.1%, Football (Soccer) 26.4% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Indie 5%
- #37 Player Power
72% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Dave O'Leary
Windows
A chaotic football arcade game!
Why similar: Sports 57.6%, Football (Soccer) 28% ★, Indie 7.2%, Casual 7.2%
- #38 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2018
73% 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 53.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Strategy 13%, Management 10.6%, Indie 6.4%
- #39 Football Career Mode 26
65% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: 44games
Windows
Football Career Mode 26 is a straightforward football manager game. Choose a club, choose a sponsor and start your football manager career! Lead your club to the top through transfers, scouting, infrastructure updates and much more and win as many titles as possible!
Why similar: Sports 41.8%, Football (Soccer) 32.5% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 6.4%, Management 5.1%
- #40 WFO World Football Online
69% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Cagatay GuvenPub: Eren Aydin
Windows
WFO World Football Online is an online football management game with a non-scripted match engine on a virtual football world continuously developed by AI.
Why similar: Sports 47.9%, Football (Soccer) 34.3% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 6.1%
- #41 Hockey: Strategy Of Success
66% 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 65.1%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Indie 7.9%, Strategy 6.4%
- #42 WE ARE FOOTBALL
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,453 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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) 43.9% ★, Sports 35.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Management 7.1%, Strategy 6%
- #43 Australian Football Coach 2020
70% 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 58.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Indie 6.9%, Management 4.3%
- #44 F11 Football Manager
63% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Factotum
Windows · Mac
Manage your own club in F11 Football Manager. Sign players, upgrade the stadium, negotiate sponsorships and devise tactics to lead your team to glory. Do you have what it takes to be the best football manager?
Why similar: Sports 50.2%, Football (Soccer) 21.6% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Management 6.5%
- #45 Behold the Kickmen
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 524 reviews2017
Dev: Size Five Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
BEHOLD THE KICKMEN is a football game made by someone who has no understanding of, or interest in, what is affectionately known as "The Wonderful Game". Start at the bottom of the Big Boring Football Spreadsheet and grind your way up to become the best at the football anyone's ever seen.
Why similar: Sports 56.2%, Football (Soccer) 31.7% ★, Indie 6.5%, Casual 5.6%
- #46 Super Foosball
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: DenyingProduct
Windows
Super Foosball is an arcade inspired Foosball game. Play with a friend or against a bot!
Why similar: Sports 64.6%, Simulation 19.8%, Football (Soccer) 15.7% ★
- #47 Director of Management: Football Club
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rusthorn
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest football management sim ever built. 577 territories. 15,000+ competitions. 20,000+ clubs. 500,000+ players and staff. Men's and women's football simulated equally. No microtransactions. Steam Deck ready.
Why similar: Sports 56.7%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 13%, Management 10%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #48 Backyard Soccer '98
60% matchVery Positive96% of 211 reviews2024
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Playground Productions
Windows
Return to the soccer field with your favorite Backyard athletes! The original Backyard Soccer 1998 is back and now enhanced to run on Steam. Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids. Kick, pass, and score in this classic game that made soccer fun for everyone!
Why similar: Sports 44.9%, Football (Soccer) 42.9% ★, Simulation 5.8%, Casual 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 2%