- #1 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024
97% matchVery Positive81% of 1,060 reviews2024
Dev: Winning Streak Games GmbHPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 49.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024! Dive into the world of football like never before. Choose an existing club or start your own. Manage either men or women, lead your club to new heights, and become the next manager legend!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.3% ★, Sports 17.9%, Time Management 11.2%, Management 6.9%, PvP 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines the management mechanics and tactical depth of the original game.
- #2 Football, Tactics & Glory
96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,384 reviews2018
Dev: Creoteam
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Football (Soccer) 51.6% ★, Sports 19.7%, Management 9%, Strategy 4.9%, Simulation 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique turn-based tactical approach to football that emphasizes strategic positioning over real-time simulation.
- #3 New Star™ Manager
95% matchVery Positive87% of 527 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) 51.7% ★, Sports 32.6%, Simulation 8%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly accessible and addictive management loop that focuses on both on-pitch tactics and club infrastructure.
- #4 Motorsport Manager
94% matchVery Positive92% of 14,233 reviews2016
Dev: Playsport GamesPub: Miniclip
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 41.9 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 41.4%, Management 32.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Multiplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a deep, high-stakes sports management experience that mirrors the strategic depth of football management.
- #5 F1® Manager 2024
93% matchVery Positive84% of 7,034 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 35.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead your team to glory in F1® Manager 2024. A new Formula 1® season has arrived, and with it, the most comprehensive F1® management experience to date. Build a legacy with one of 10 official F1® constructors or create your own team for the very first time.
Why similar: Sports 31.9%, Time Management 26.7%, Management 15.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-production value and detailed management systems that allow players to control every aspect of a racing team.
- #6 Lords of Football
94% matchMixed52% of 354 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 44.6%, Football (Soccer) 37.5% ★, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7%, Management 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the lifestyle and management of football players, adding a unique social layer to the standard management formula.
- #7 GOAL! The Club Manager
92% matchMostly Negative31% of 523 reviews2022
Dev: 2tainment
Windows
You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51% ★, Sports 23.4%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 5.3%, Simulation 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic football management that prioritizes ease of use and quick decision-making.
- #8 Pro Cycling Manager 2024
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 548 reviews2024
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Become a sports director, take part in the world's top cycling races and lead your riders to victory. Set race objectives, negotiate contracts, find new sponsors and build your team season after season.
Why similar: Sports 61.5%, Management 16.2%, PvP 7.4%, Simulation 6.6%, 3D 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to manage a professional cycling team through complex seasons and tactical race scenarios.
- #9 Soccer Manager 2027
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,129 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.3% ★, Sports 21.4%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 5%, Choices Matter 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play alternative that offers a streamlined management experience for casual players.
- #10 Big Ambitions
86% matchVery Positive92% of 14,788 reviews2026
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 46.6%, Time Management 32.2%, Simulation 16.4%, 3D 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep business management simulator that rewards strategic growth and efficient resource allocation.
- #11 Game Dev Tycoon
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,135 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.5 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 56.3%, Simulation 27.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the satisfying progression and business management loop found in sports sims, but applied to the gaming industry.
- #12 Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2024
89% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Wolverine Studios
Windows
Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2024 puts you in the role of general manager of your favorite 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 69.2%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 14.4%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed management simulation for basketball fans who enjoy roster building and tactical oversight.
- #13 Two Point Hospital
83% matchVery Positive92% of 35,001 reviews2018
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Why similar: Management 52.1%, Simulation 31.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Multiplayer 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on management and efficiency, requiring players to balance staff needs and facility upgrades just like a football club.
- #14 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: dicehit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reign Your Football Club! Be the owner of your football club, make strategic choices, and climb through the amateur league to the first while making hard decisions to set everything in line for your club.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.3% ★, Sports 22%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 4.8%, Choices Matter 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the choices-matter aspect of club management, where narrative decisions impact your team's success.
- #15 Football Club Management 2023
85% matchMixed51% of 165 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) 59.5% ★, Sports 24.6%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 4.4%, Strategy 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a balanced mix of tactical control and administrative management for football enthusiasts.
- #16 Legendary Eleven: Epic Football
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2019
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: Eclipse Gamse
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Legendary Eleven is an epic arcade football game inspired by the golden age of football spanning the 70's to the 90's. Choose from 36 teams full of glorious haircuts, moustaches and legends in short shorts. Lead them to glory and win the World Cup!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 69% ★, Sports 27.5%, Local Multiplayer 2%, Multiplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features arcade-style football with team management elements for a more relaxed experience.
- #17 Punch Club
81% matchVery Positive80% of 15,815 reviews2016
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 16.8 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 34.5%, Time Management 32.4%, Management 18.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sports training management with life simulation, capturing the grind of building a champion from nothing.
- #18 New Star™ Soccer 5
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 882 reviews2012
Dev: New Star Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Football (Soccer) 52.4% ★, Sports 39.3%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on individual player career management, offering a personal perspective on the football world.
- #19 Tennis Manager 2024
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Rebound
Windows · Mac
The courts have missed you, it’s time to sign your comeback and prove yourself as the greatest tennis manager. Tennis Manager 2024 is back and better than ever! Get ready to strategize, train your new wonderkids, and conquer the courts in the most immersive tennis management experience yet!
Why similar: Sports 35.5%, Football (Soccer) 22.2% ★, Time Management 15.3%, Management 11%, Strategy 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Applies the same management depth and tactical oversight found in football sims to the world of professional tennis.
- #20 Super Blood Hockey
79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2017
Dev: Loren Lemcke
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create and manage your team in a violent, dystopic world of no-rules, fast-paced, arcade-style, ice hockey action. Adjust training regimens, control diets, administer black market pharmaceuticals, and provide healthcare (or not) to a ragtag team of convicts at the mercy of your underhanded tactics.
Why similar: Sports 58.4%, Management 23.4%, PvP 18.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends arcade-style sports action with a gritty, management-focused career mode.
- #21 Player's Eleven
81% 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) 58.4% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simplified management simulation that is perfect for players who want to focus on the core aspects of team building.
- #22 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 363 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games ApS
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.3% ★, Sports 38.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 6.9%, Management 4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused management simulation that pits your tactical choices against real players.
- #23 Football Manager 26
76% matchMostly Negative36% of 36,287 reviews2025
Dev: Sports InteractivePub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 163.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.7% ★, Sports 28.3%, Management 6.9%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 6.1%
- #24 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027
75% matchVery Positive82% of 180 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) 55.1% ★, Sports 25.5%, Management 8.6%, Simulation 6.2%, Strategy 2.3%
- #25 Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
74% matchVery Positive95% of 474 reviews2024
Dev: ruairi dxPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Celebrate the beautiful game in Bang Average Football, a fast-paced, easy-to-learn arcade football game for 1-4 players. Play with friends in co-op and PvP multiplayer, turn an underdog team into champions as player-manager in Story mode, or design your own teams, leagues, and tournaments.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.7% ★, Sports 24.7%, PvP 5.8%, Local Multiplayer 3.8%, Management 3.2%
- #26 SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS
75% matchMostly Negative34% of 735 reviews2026
Dev: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Powered by Football Manager ™, featuring more than 5,000 real player data from FIFPRO™. Allowing you to compete in J League, K League, and more! Become the manager of your club and bring your team to global superstars.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 52.1% ★, Sports 20.7%, Management 8.9%, Time Management 7.2%, PvP 5%
- #27 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
72% matchMixed57% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: Syra Games
Windows
A football management game where you're not the coach, you're the club owner. Hire and fire the coaching staff, sign players, negotiate with sponsors, control the finances and build a winning organisation from the boardroom.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 60.2% ★, Sports 24.3%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #28 Football Academy Manager
69% matchNo user reviews92% of 296 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) 57.1% ★, Sports 25.4%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 3.6%, Strategy 1.8%
- #29 Football Referee Simulator
70% matchVery Positive90% of 529 reviews2024
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Football (Soccer) 55.1% ★, Sports 38.5%, Simulation 6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #30 NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
67% matchVery Positive89% of 471 reviews2026
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.4% ★, Sports 22.8%, Management 7.6%, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 4.7%
- #31 World of Football
67% matchVery Positive82% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Vault Game Studio
Windows
A physics-based football game, where matches are won not by randomness or luck, but pure skill! Easy to learn, yet difficult to master, World of Football lets you bring up to ten players together to test your skills on the pitch! Then go pro and fight for the title of GOAT!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 53.7% ★, Sports 24.9%, PvP 7.9%, Strategy 4.6%, Simulation 4.2%
- #32 Total Football Online
66% matchMixed67% of 1,161 reviews2026
Dev: GALA SPORTS
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Build your All-Star lineup in Total Football Online! Easy to pick up, it lets you dive into pure football fun at your fingertips. With events and player updates syncing with real-world tournaments, get ready for a truly immersive football experience.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.6% ★, Sports 27.2%, PvP 5.4%, Management 5.3%, Simulation 5.2%
- #33 Tennis Manager 2021
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Rebound
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Do you have what it takes to become the greatest tennis manager? Enter your academy, manage your team, plan your training, schedule your tournaments, change your game plans and discover the new young guns. Take the reins, make the right decisions, become the very best!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.2% ★, Sports 32.3%, Management 12%, Strategy 6.8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #34 Pocket League Story
67% matchVery Positive90% of 189 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 61.5% ★, Sports 24.2%, Simulation 5.1%, Strategy 4.8%, Management 4.1%
- #35 Football Pitch Simulator
65% matchVery Positive93% of 202 reviews2025
Dev: Incipient DayPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Build your own football pitch business. Make repairs, expand your facilities, and attract the interest of football fans.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.4% ★, Sports 32.8%, Simulation 10.1%, Multiplayer 2.6%, 3D 2.5%
- #36 Club Soccer Director 2022
68% matchMixed66% of 116 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: Football (Soccer) 40% ★, Sports 37.2%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 5.6%
- #37 Striker Manager 3 - Online Football Manager
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: UPLAY Online
Windows
Join the online Football Revolution and become the best Manager ever. Striker Manager 3 represents the nextgen of Football Manager games. Control all the management tools that Striker Manager 3 puts at your fingertips to take your team to the top.
Why similar: Sports 38.5%, Football (Soccer) 34.5% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Management 5.2%
