- #1 Master Manager
97% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hasbeen Games
Windows
You are the manager of a football club, determine its future by making the best decisions regarding tactics, training, player contracts, sponsorship deals and infrastructure. Watch your players performing on our amazing 2d match engine.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 29.7% ★, Sports 21.2%, eSports 18.4% ★, Management 7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #2 Boss Of FCs
96% 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) 36.6% ★, Sports 16.7%, Management 12%, Text-Based 11.5%, Tactical 5.3%
- #3 Football Referee Simulator
96% 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: Football (Soccer) 38% ★, Sports 25.3%, eSports 18.6% ★, Text-Based 10.7%, Simulation 5%
- #4 Football Owner 2025
94% 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) 31.7% ★, Sports 24.6%, eSports 14.8% ★, Management 10.9%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #5 Empire Eleven 2026
93% 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: Football (Soccer) 33.4% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 9.7%, Text-Based 7.2%, Simulation 7.2%
- #6 UltFoot: Football Manager
92% 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) 36% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 7%
- #7 Soccer Boss
91% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Alternative Software Ltd
Windows · Mac
Be the Boss of your own soccer club, choosing from clubs from the biggest leagues across Europe. Make decisions based on tactics, training, staff recruitment and player selection. Spend your transfer budget wisely during the transfer window whilst keeping the board satisfied with your performance.
Why similar: eSports 25.2% ★, Football (Soccer) 25.1% ★, Sports 20.5%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 6.1%
- #8 99Managers Futsal Edition
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Simon Dalvai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage a futsal team and lead it to success by scouting players and choosing the best tactic and line up for every match. Customize teams and players with the in-game editor. Proudly open source.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.9% ★, Sports 17%, Management 13.7%, Tactical 8.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #9 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018
90% 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) 48.3% ★, Sports 18.4%, Management 12.7%, Text-Based 7.6%, Strategy 5.4%
- #10 Regista: Reign Your Football Club
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 82 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) 40.4% ★, Sports 15.7%, Management 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.3%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #11 Football Club Management 2023
89% matchMixed51% of 158 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) 46.4% ★, Sports 18.9%, Management 12.2%, eSports 8.1% ★, Tactical 7.9%
- #12 Matchday Manager
88% 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) 40.5% ★, Sports 19.4%, Management 11.8%, Text-Based 10.6%, Simulation 8.6%
- #13 Premier Manager 03/04
87% 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) 41% ★, Sports 18.2%, Text-Based 12.3%, Management 10.1%, Comedy 5.1%
- #14 Football Academy Manager
85% matchNo user reviews93% of 168 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) 43.2% ★, Sports 18.8%, Management 15.5%, Tactical 9.5%, Text-Based 6.4%
- #15 Premier Manager 04/05
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
You’ll experience all the emotions of football management in Premier Manager 2004-2005. Find out if you’ve got what it takes…
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.4% ★, Sports 18.4%, Text-Based 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Comedy 5.4%
- #16 Player's Eleven - A Football Manager Game
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Green Pitch Gaming
Windows
A football manager like there has never been before. Play Player's Eleven the way you want, as a youth coach, sports director, head coach or club director. Choose your role and lead your club to titles and glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.1% ★, Sports 28.4%, Management 13.4%, Text-Based 9.3%, Simulation 6.5%
- #17 Pro Soccer Manager 27
84% matchNo user reviews
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) 37.6% ★, Sports 28.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #18 Premier Manager 06/07
84% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Playability is central to the ethos of Premier Manager and 06/07 offers all football fans, young and old, the most accessible entry point to the management genre.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.3% ★, Sports 18.6%, Text-Based 11.6%, Management 8.5%, Comedy 6.3%
- #19 Soccer Manager 2026
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,230 reviews2024
Dev: Invincibles Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41% ★, Sports 15.7%, Management 11.7%, Text-Based 10.3%, Tactical 6.8%
- #20 BFM 26
83% 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) 33.5% ★, Sports 28.6%, Management 12.5%, Text-Based 9.3%, Strategy 7.3%
- #21 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) 51.6% ★, Sports 20.4%, Management 17.7%, Simulation 6.9%, 2D 3.5%
- #22 PIX Football Manager
81% 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) 42.2% ★, Sports 21.1%, Management 10.7%, eSports 8% ★, Simulation 6.1%
- #23 Forever World Cup Simulator
80% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Simcups
Windows · Mac · Linux
Simulate over 40 events, including the World Cup and continental cups. Enjoy high replayability with 220+ national teams evolving dynamically over the years. Use powerful in-game editors to create new teams and edit tournament formats, while tracking detailed statistics for every team and event!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.7% ★, Sports 20.7%, Text-Based 18.2%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 6.3%
- #24 F11 Football Manager
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 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 30.6%, Football (Soccer) 24.3% ★, eSports 21.5% ★, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #25 Football Manager 26
79% 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: Football (Soccer) 47.8% ★, Sports 26.3%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #26 Premier Manager 05/06
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Premier Manager returns for another season, with overhauled presentation and an enhanced interface that makes the world of football management even more accessible.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.1% ★, Sports 19.1%, Text-Based 11.9%, Management 6.7%, Comedy 5.1%
- #27 Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
78% matchPositive93% of 29 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) 46.1% ★, Sports 24.3%, Management 12%, Text-Based 6.5%, Simulation 6.1%
- #28 Football Club Manager 26 LIVE
78% 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) 51.2% ★, Sports 24.6%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 5.6%
- #29 GOAL3
77% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: thirteenPub: LT-Games
Windows · Linux
GOAL3 is a 3D arcade soccer game in unique arenas where nature itself prevents you from winning!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 32.1% ★, eSports 24.4% ★, Sports 19%, Comedy 7.3%, Funny 6.3%
- #30 Football Director
76% matchNo user 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) 50.3% ★, Sports 19.4%, eSports 11.9% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 7.2%
- #31 Foosball Manager
76% 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: Football (Soccer) 42.1% ★, Sports 29.2%, Management 12.1%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #32 Football Club Inside
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
Lead a small football club through one unforgettable season. Make tough choices, face the media, manage morale and ambition — every decision shapes your story in this cinematic, story-driven football management drama.
Why similar: Sports 28.5%, Football (Soccer) 25.3% ★, eSports 23.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.7%, Management 7.1%
- #33 Football Life
75% matchNo user reviews
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) 45.7% ★, Sports 14%, Management 13.8%, Tactical 10.2%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #34 Retro Football Boss
74% matchMixed56% of 39 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) 53.8% ★, Sports 21.3%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 6.6%
- #35 The Chairman
72% 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) 40.7% ★, Sports 30.4%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #36 Favela Kick: The Final Goal
70% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2025
Dev: Vladimir Pliashkun
Windows
From favela streets to global superstardom! Live a young Brazilian's dream of football glory. Rise through leagues, face challenges, & chase ultimate victory. Will your final kick define a generation? Your legend starts now!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.1% ★, eSports 26.9% ★, Sports 15.2%, Simulation 3.6%, 2D 3.3%
- #37 Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019
73% 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) 40.2% ★, Sports 18.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Management 13.7%, Choices Matter 5%
- #38 Premier Manager 08
72% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: ZOO Digital PublishingPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Premier Manager 08 is the definitive pick up and play football management experience. Whether you want to start at the top with one of the big boys and go for instant glory, or whether you want to guide a minnow to the top flight, Premier Manager will put you in the management hotseat.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.2% ★, Sports 18.6%, Text-Based 13.6%, Management 6.3%, Comedy 5%
- #39 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: Football (Soccer) 44.4% ★, Sports 26.1%, Text-Based 9.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #40 Ultimate Club Manager 26
70% 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: Football (Soccer) 45.1% ★, Sports 32.1%, Management 12.9%, Simulation 9.9%
- #41 WE ARE FOOTBALL
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,447 reviews2021
Dev: Winning Streak GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 34.3 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) 55.1% ★, Sports 23.1%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 5.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #42 New Star™ Manager
70% matchVery Positive87% of 514 reviews2018
Dev: New Star Games Ltd.Pub: Five Aces Publishing Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 99.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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) 48.3% ★, Sports 29.4%, Management 12.9%, Simulation 9.4%
- #43 Underdog Futsal
69% 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) 40.3% ★, Sports 32.8%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #44 Soccer Penalty Kick
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
In Soccer Penalty Kick, feel the pressure, the roar of the crowd, and the thrill of the shot! Smash in impossible goals, outsmart the keeper, and rise as your team’s hero. Every kick counts—become a legend on the field!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.1% ★, Sports 23.3%, eSports 16.8% ★, Simulation 6.8%, PvE 6.1%
- #45 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 359 reviews2020
Dev: Trophy Games ApS
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.9% ★, Sports 36.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Management 7%
- #46 Nonsense Soccer
68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Antti KolehmainenPub: Parta Games Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
⚽ Nonsense Soccer ⚽ is a platformer-soccer-hybrid for people who like chaotic local multiplayer games
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.1% ★, eSports 19.8% ★, Sports 16.1%, Comedy 7.4%, Cartoony 6.6%
- #47 Club Soccer Director 2021
68% matchMixed61% of 154 reviews2020
Dev: Go Play Games Ltd
Windows
Take control of a Real Football Club or create your very own club in Club Soccer Director 2021 a new super realistic football club management game.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.7% ★, Sports 25.2%, eSports 18.8% ★, Multiple Endings 2.5%, 2D 1.8%
- #48 Countryball Football Online
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team K6
Windows
Pick your country and step up to field! Control one player on your team or control all team and compete. Play 5v5 matches with your favorite countryball and show your football skills.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.9% ★, Sports 32.1%, eSports 26.1% ★
- #49 Rush B: Esports Manager
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Penguin Studios
Windows
Take control of a fps esports team and lead them from underdogs to world champions. Scout talent, develop players, manage personalities, and adapt your strategy in a deep, realism-driven management sim. Are you ready to break records and leave your mark on the esports world?
Why similar: eSports 29.8% ★, Sports 20%, Management 16.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 6.9%
- #50 Soccer 2.0
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Artisoft
Windows
Dive into the immersive world of VR soccer (football)! Experience the thrill of a full match with three difficulty levels and various formations. Refine your skills in dedicated practice modes, including penalties, free kicks, curved shots, cross finishing, and ball smashing.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.2% ★, Sports 25.3%, eSports 18.8% ★, Simulation 6.7%
- #51 Premier Manager 10
67% matchMixed57% of 28 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 38.9%, Football (Soccer) 38.7% ★, Management 12.2%, Simulation 10.2%