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Games Like WE ARE FOOTBALL

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Management, Singleplayer, Sports.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 77% — of 1,455 reviews
Released: 2021-06-10
Developer: Winning Streak Games
Publisher: THQ Nordic
Genres: Simulation, Sports, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 5.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 32.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 91%

Overview

WE ARE FOOTBALL stands out for its accessible yet deep approach to club management, balancing tactical decision-making with long-term strategic growth. These recommendations focus on titles that capture that same rewarding loop of team building, resource management, and competitive simulation across various sports and business-oriented management genres.

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  1. #1 WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024
    97% matchVery Positive80% of 1,046 reviews2024
    Dev: Winning Streak Games GmbHPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 48.1 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) 43.4%, Sports 17.7%, 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. #2 Football, Tactics & Glory
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,369 reviews2018
    Dev: Creoteam
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 45.4 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) 51.8%, Sports 19.5%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 4.9%, Simulation 4.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique turn-based tactical approach to football that emphasizes strategic positioning over real-time simulation.

  3. #3 New Star™ Manager
    95% 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) 51.9%, Sports 32.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Management 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly accessible and addictive management loop that focuses on both on-pitch tactics and club infrastructure.

  4. #4 Motorsport Manager
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 14,194 reviews2016
    Dev: Playsport GamesPub: Miniclip
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 41.7 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 40.9%, Management 33%, Simulation 12.5%, 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. #5 F1® Manager 2024
    93% matchVery Positive84% of 6,946 reviews2024
    Dev: Frontier Developments
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 34.7 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 31.4%, Time Management 26.9%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 9.3%, 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. #6 Lords of Football
    94% 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 44.3%, Football (Soccer) 37.7%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7.1%, 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. #7 GOAL! The Club Manager
    92% matchMostly Negative31% of 520 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) 51.1%, Sports 23.1%, Management 8.7%, Strategy 5.4%, 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. #8 Pro Cycling Manager 2024
    90% matchMostly Positive76% of 546 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 61.1%, Management 16.5%, PvP 7.4%, Simulation 6.6%, 3D 4.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Challenges players to manage a professional cycling team through complex seasons and tactical race scenarios.

  9. #9 Soccer Manager 2026
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,898 reviews2024
    Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59%, Sports 20.9%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 4.9%, Choices Matter 2.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play alternative that offers a streamlined management experience for casual players.

  10. #10 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 68.9%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed management simulation for basketball fans who enjoy roster building and tactical oversight.

  11. #11 Game Dev Tycoon
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 45,066 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 56.4%, Simulation 27.3%, 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. #12 Big Ambitions
    86% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
    Dev: Hovgaard Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 25.2 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 46.8%, Time Management 32.1%, Simulation 16.2%, 3D 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A deep business management simulator that rewards strategic growth and efficient resource allocation.

  13. #13 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
    85% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 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) 55.4%, Sports 21.7%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 4.9%, 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.

  14. #14 Two Point Hospital
    83% matchVery Positive92% of 34,907 reviews2018
    Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 35.3 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 52.3%, Simulation 31.7%, Strategy 12%, 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.

  15. #15 Football Club Management 2023
    84% 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) 59.7%, Sports 24.4%, Management 8.8%, 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. #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) 69.3%, Sports 27.3%, 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. #17 Punch Club
    81% matchVery Positive80% of 15,756 reviews2016
    Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 16.7 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 34.2%, Time Management 32.6%, Management 18.7%, 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. #18 Tennis Manager 2024
    81% 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 35.2%, Football (Soccer) 22.3%, Time Management 15.4%, Management 11.1%, 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.

  19. #19 New Star™ Soccer 5
    82% 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: Football (Soccer) 52.7%, Sports 39%, Simulation 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on individual player career management, offering a personal perspective on the football world.

  20. #20 Super Blood Hockey
    80% matchVery Positive91% of 1,116 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%, Management 23.7%, PvP 18.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Blends arcade-style sports action with a gritty, management-focused career mode.

  21. #21 Player's Eleven
    79% 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) 58.5%, Sports 23.3%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 6.3%, 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. #22 Football Manager 26
    76% 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) 49.8%, Sports 28.1%, Management 7%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 6.1%

  23. #23 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
    78% 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) 41.5%, Sports 38.3%, 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.

  24. #24 Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
    75% matchVery Positive94% of 454 reviews2024
    Dev: ruairi dxPub: Secret Mode
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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) 60%, Sports 24.5%, PvP 5.8%, Local Multiplayer 3.8%, Management 3.2%

  25. #25 SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS
    74% matchMostly Negative34% of 714 reviews2026
    Dev: SEGA
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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) 49.3%, Sports 33.7%, Simulation 7.9%, PvP 4.5%, Multiplayer 2.3%

  26. #26 FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
    72% matchMixed58% of 106 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) 60.4%, Sports 24%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  27. #27 Football Academy Manager
    70% 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) 57.3%, Sports 25.1%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 3.6%, Strategy 1.9%

  28. #28 Football Referee Simulator
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 526 reviews2024
    Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.8 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: Football (Soccer) 55.4%, Sports 38.2%, Simulation 6%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  29. #29 Tennis Manager 2021
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 232 reviews2021
    Dev: Rebound
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 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) 38.3%, Sports 31.9%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Simulation 6.7%

  30. #30 NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 447 reviews2026
    Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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) 58.6%, Sports 22.5%, Management 7.7%, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 4.8%

  31. #31 World of Football
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 220 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) 53.9%, Sports 24.7%, PvP 7.9%, Strategy 4.6%, Simulation 4.2%

  32. #32 Total Football Online
    67% matchMixed69% of 1,078 reviews2026
    Dev: GALA SPORTS
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    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) 47.5%, Sports 27%, PvP 5.5%, Management 5.4%, Simulation 5.2%

  33. #33 Club Soccer Director 2022
    69% 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: Football (Soccer) 41%, Sports 36.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 8%, Management 5.6%

  34. #34 Striker Manager 3 - Online Football Manager
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 86 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 38.2%, Football (Soccer) 34.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 7.2%, Management 5.3%

  35. #35 Football Pitch Simulator
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 195 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: Football (Soccer) 51.6%, Sports 32.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Multiplayer 2.6%, 3D 2.5%

  36. #36 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) 61.7%, Sports 23.9%, Simulation 5.1%, Strategy 4.9%, Management 4.2%

  37. #37 90 Minute Fever - Online Football (Soccer) Manager
    67% matchMixed63% of 316 reviews2023
    Dev: Isokron
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    90 Minute Fever is an online football management game that offers extremely challenging gameplay where you get to compete against others from all over the world!

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.5%, Sports 20.4%, Management 9%, PvP 7%, Strategy 4.7%

  38. #38 Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 996 reviews2022
    Dev: BATOVI Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Pixel Cup Soccer is a retro-style arcade game. Play friendly matches, tournaments or create your team and lead it to glory in career mode! You can play it alone or with up to 8 friends, locally or through Steam remote, you can choose whether to play competitively, cooperatively, or even both!

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 55.4%, Sports 22.3%, PvP 7.3%, Management 5.5%, Local Multiplayer 4.1%

  39. #39 Strikers Club
    63% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,919 reviews2026
    Dev: Oddshot Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Strikers Club is a multiplayer football game where you play as one player and compete in action-packed matches against others. Every move counts. Master dribbling, passing, and shooting while working with your team to outplay opponents.

    Why similar: Football (Soccer) 59.4%, Sports 23.1%, PvP 7.9%, Simulation 4.5%, Multiplayer 3.7%

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