Best Football Board Games
Looking for the best football board games? Explore top picks for strategy, competition, and fun tabletop play.
Recommended Best Football Board Games

Blood Bowl 2
“Popular digital adaptation of Games Workshop's legendary Blood Bowl board game, fusing turn-based strategy with violent fantasy American football mechanics.”

Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition
“Core entry in the Blood Bowl series, a direct video game version of the tabletop fantasy football board game with multiple races and vicious turn-based combat.”
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- #1 Blood Bowl 2
“Popular digital adaptation of Games Workshop's legendary Blood Bowl board game, fusing turn-based strategy with violent fantasy American football mechanics.”
100% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,060 reviews2015Developer: Cyanide StudiosPublisher: NaconPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.4hMean: 20.7h≥1hr: 88%Blood Bowl 2 smashes Warhammer and American football together, in an explosive cocktail of turn-based strategy, humour and brutality, adapted from Games Workshop’s famous boardgame.
- #2 Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition
“Core entry in the Blood Bowl series, a direct video game version of the tabletop fantasy football board game with multiple races and vicious turn-based combat.”
99% matchVery Positive81% of 1,791 reviews2012Developer: Cyanide StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 22.8h≥1hr: 61%This bonecrunching sport features 23 playable races, each with its own style, vicious moves, rankings & more!
- #3 Blood Bowl 3
“Latest official adaptation of the Blood Bowl board game, featuring updated rules, team creation, and tactical turn-based fantasy football gameplay.”
99% matchMixed49% of 5,477 reviews2023Developer: Cyanide StudioPublisher: NaconPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.1hMean: 52.2h≥1hr: 89%Brutal, crazy, tactical… this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content. Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.
- #4 Blood Bowl - Legendary Edition
“Expanded edition of the Warhammer-inspired Blood Bowl board game digital port, emphasizing ultra-violent strategy sports with numerous playable races.”
98% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,118 reviews2010Developer: Cyanide StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 36mMean: 6.9h≥1hr: 41%Inspired by the Warhammer Fantasy world, Blood Bowl is an ultra-violent combination of strategy and sports games. The Legendary Edition features 20 playable races, including 11 that are totally new, each offering its own game style! Make a competitive team, train it and buy the best equipment.
- #5 TableTop Soccer
“Turn-based tactical soccer strategy game designed to mimic tabletop board game sessions with team leveling and simultaneous turns.”
97% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2016Developer: Dancing DevelopersPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 90%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.
- #6 Football, Tactics & Glory
“Turn-based tactical soccer game with match-based progression, skill unlocks, and management evoking strategic board game football experiences.”
97% matchVery Positive88% of 4,137 reviews2018Developer: CreoteamPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.8hMean: 44.9h≥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.
- #7 Gridiron Solitaire
“Card-based solitaire game themed around American football strategy, combining scoring plays with puzzle-like board game mechanics.”
96% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2014Developer: Bill and Eli ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsInspired by classic games like TV Sports Football, Front Page Sports Football, and Fairway Solitaire, Gridiron Solitaire combines football strategy with a solitaire-style card game for a new sports game experience. Lead your team to the Gridiron Bowl Championship!Featuresa game world with almost unlimited depth.
- #10 Ganbare! Super Strikers
“Turn-based tactics soccer RPG where matches function like strategic board game sessions with equipment and stat progression.”
94% matchVery Positive85% of 96 reviews2018Developer: resePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 5.5h≥1hr: 91%Ganbare! Super Strikers is an innovative mix between Tactical RPG and Soccer. Win matches to level up and earn new equipment that will allow you to learn special abilities, boost your players' stats or protect yourself against altered status effects, such as Sleep, Silence or Poison.
- #11 Super Club Soccer
“Turn-based tactics football game merging RPG elements with strategic soccer battles akin to tabletop competitions.”
93% matchMixed64% of 126 reviews2023Developer: Trick27 Studios LimitedPlatforms: Windows, LinuxSuper Club Soccer is a tactical turn based football game. FIFA Pro Clubs meets turn based RPG. Create your player and begin competing in tactical online battles against users from around the globe, or hone your skills against our AI in single player action. Start your soccer story today!
- #12 Squiggle Football
“Deck-building roguelike football manager using cards for team combos, evoking card-based board game tactics.”
93% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2025Developer: Max BarryPublisher: NationStates Pty LtdPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxSquiggle Football is a deck-building football management roguelike, where you create a team and form powerful combinations of players, coaches, tactics and culture. Recruit, trade & innovate through nail-biting matches to reach & conquer the National League. Inspired by Australian Rules Football.
- #13 Tabletop Simulator
“Ultimate physics sandbox for digital board games, including popular football titles like Blood Bowl with mod support.”
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 71,905 reviews2015Developer: Berserk GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 9.3hMean: 56.2h≥1hr: 90%Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!
- #14 Pro Strategy Football 2022
“Tabletop-tagged turn-based tactics American football simulator focused on strategic plays, modding, and solitaire-style management.”
91% matchVery Positive87% of 87 reviews2021Developer: Kerry BattsPublisher: Pro Strategy GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacPSF 2023 IS COMING SOON!! WATCH FOR SEPTEMBER 2022!!
- #15 FFFL: Brutalball Manager
“Fantasy American football management sim with brutal Blood Bowl-like elements, auto-battler, and league control.”
91% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2023Developer: Stout Kassel GamesPlatforms: WindowsFFFL: Brutalball Manager is a Franchise Management Simulation game, based mostly on American Football in a Fantasy setting. Take full control of the entire league. Tons of customization, deep stat tracking and unique rules.
- #16 Super Button Soccer
“Digitized version of button soccer, a classic tabletop football game blending action, strategy, and card collection for matches.”
90% matchMixed67% of 98 reviews2016Developer: LIGA - Laboratório de Inovação de Games e AppsPublisher: SmyowlPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.7hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 95%Super Button Soccer is a fast paced action/strategy game where you compete against human or CPU players in exciting online and offline soccer matches, collect cards and build your ultimate fantasy team!
- #17 TOTOBALL
“Arcade simulation of table football (foosball), capturing the physical tabletop board game mechanics of controlling crossbar players.”
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 66 reviews2017Developer: Artur RezendePlatforms: WindowsTOTOBALL, also known as table football, is a football-inspired game. In it players have to pull, push and spin the soccer players that are stuck in cross bars, a simple game that can give you lots of fun times with your friends
- #18 Adorables
“Board-game-tagged casual soccer game with cute characters, local multiplayer, and strategic elements in a family-friendly tabletop style.”
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,198 reviews2016Developer: White RabbitPublisher: Volens Nolens GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 7.2hMean: 16.0h≥1hr: 97%Great game with the cutest characters you ever imagined
- #19 Football Drama
“Interactive story with turn-based football matches, player training, and tactical decisions in a board-game-like management format.”
88% matchMixed64% of 84 reviews2019Developer: Open Lab GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacThere is a story behind every goal. You're Rocco Galliano, the existentially troubled manager of a struggling football team. Train players, choose your own narrative, survive the drama, and play turn-based football matches via tactical cards and hard choices.
- #20 Epic Card Game
“Has board-game tag though not football-specific; digital card game with tabletop mechanics.”
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 136 reviews2020Developer: Wise Wizard Games, LLCPlatforms: WindowsEpic Card Game is a fast-paced card game of fantasy combat designed by Hall of Fame Magic players Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle. It has all the amazing game play and beautiful art of a digital trading card game, without the costs: you get unlimited copies of every card!
- #21 Wingspan
“Has board-game tag - award-winning strategy card game about birds, but not football-related.”
86% matchVery Positive94% of 11,446 reviews2020Developer: Monster CouchPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.8hMean: 14.1h≥1hr: 80%Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
- #22 Ticket to Ride®
“Has board-game tag - popular digital adaptation of the iconic board game, but not football-themed.”
86% matchMixed68% of 980 reviews2023Developer: Marmalade Game Studio LtdPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.4hMean: 7.1h≥1hr: 61%Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!
- #23 Splendor
“Has board-game tag - digital adaptation of the bestselling board game, but unrelated to football.”
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,443 reviews2015Developer: Days of WonderPublisher: Twin Sails InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 59%The OFFICIAL digital adaptation of the best-selling board game. ** ONLINE MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE !!! **
- #24 Dominion
“Has board-game tag - foundational deckbuilding board game, but no football theme.”
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,113 reviews2024Developer: Temple Gates GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.9hMean: 14.8h≥1hr: 64%Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
- #25 Pro Strategy Football 2023
“Turn-based American football strategy sim in the Pro Strategy series, emphasizing tactical depth like board gameplay.”
84% matchVery Positive85% of 74 reviews2022Developer: Kerry BattsPublisher: Pro Strategy GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacNOT THE LATEST VERSION - Be sure to also look for Pro Strategy Football 2024!
- #26 Patchwork
“Has board-game tag - digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's patchwork game, not football-related.”
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 277 reviews2016Developer: DIGIDICEDPublisher: Twin Sails InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 86%In the long-awaited digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's Patchwork, players patch their way to victory using fabric pieces of assorted sizes, colors, and buttons.
- #27 Pro Strategy Football 2024
“Updated turn-based tactics edition of the tabletop-style American football management and simulation game.”
82% matchVery Positive80% of 51 reviews2023Developer: Kerry BattsPublisher: Pro Strategy GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacNOT the latest version, please check out PSF 2026!
- #28 Terraforming Mars
“Has board-game tag - popular strategy board game adaptation, but not football-themed.”
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 7,074 reviews2018Developer: Artefacts StudioPublisher: Twin Sails InteractivePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 32.3h≥1hr: 66%The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.
- #29 Pro Strategy Football 2021
“Early turn-based strategy football game in the series with isometric pixel views and deep tactical play.”
81% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2020Developer: Kerry BattsPublisher: Pro Strategy GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac[NOT THE LATEST VERSION!! See Pro Strategy Football 2022]
- #30 Race for the Galaxy
“Has board-game tag - space-themed card/deckbuilding game, not football-related.”
80% matchVery Positive93% of 438 reviews2017Developer: Temple Gates GamesPlatforms: WindowsExplore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!
- #31 Front Page Sports Football80% matchVery Negative11% of 66 reviews2014Developer: Cyanide StudioPlatforms: Windows
Step into the Manager's Shoes with Front Page Sports Football! Recruit, train, and coach your players to victory. Delve into the opposition's strategy with replays and stats, create a customized gameplan from thousands of plays, and push your players' skills to new limits.
- #33 Axis Football 201778% matchMixed64% of 171 reviews2017Developer: Axis GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring massive customization and a complete franchise mode
- #34 WE ARE FOOTBALL 202478% matchVery Positive80% of 994 reviews2024Developer: Winning Streak GamesPublisher: HandyGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.4hMean: 48.6h≥1hr: 75%
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!
- #37 Axis Football 201576% matchMixed69% of 381 reviews2015Developer: Axis GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.6hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 98%
Axis Football is a 3D American Football Simulation Game that features a unique aimed passing system. Play in a single match, season mode, or local multiplayer! Offers basic mod support for team rosters.
- #38 football girl75% matchMostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2020Developer: blueskyPlatforms: Windows
The beautiful girlis are waiting for you to conquer.
- #39 WE ARE FOOTBALL74% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,445 reviews2021Developer: Winning Streak GamesPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.3hMean: 34.2h≥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.
- #41 Axis Football 201673% matchMostly Positive75% of 125 reviews2016Developer: Axis GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 96%
Axis Football is a an American football simulation featuring innovative aimed passing and massive customization.
- #42 Axis Football 201872% matchMixed65% of 137 reviews2018Developer: Axis GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 5.2hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 95%
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring a deep Franchise Mode and full customization.
- #43 Tiny Football72% matchMostly Positive75% of 88 reviews2023Developer: Martyn BissettPublisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: Windows
Tiny Football is a throwback to classic top-down football games of the 80’s and 90's. Compete with over 200 national and club teams in a variety of tournaments against your friends or the computer.
- #45 Football Manager 2670% matchMostly Negative31% of 28,989 reviews2025Developer: Sports InteractivePublisher: SEGAPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 49.4hMean: 100.5h≥1hr: 96%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
- #46 Football Simulator70% matchMostly Positive80% of 895 reviews2022Developer: Refactor GamesPlatforms: Windows
Step onto the gridiron with Football Simulator and experience the most dynamic and physics-driven football game ever made. Break through tackles, juggle tipped passes, and dive for interceptions to lead your team to victory. Features a fully moddable environment.
- #48 Lords of Football68% matchMixed52% of 352 reviews2013Developer: Geniaware SrlPublisher: Fish EaglePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.9hMean: 9.7h≥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.
- #49 Legendary Eleven: Epic Football68% matchMostly Positive73% of 128 reviews2019Developer: Eclipse GamesPublisher: Eclipse GamsePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 6.2h≥1hr: 62%
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!
- #50 Serious Fun Football67% matchMixed48% of 62 reviews2022Developer: KW-SFFPlatforms: Windows
SERIOUS realism with advanced ball physics and freedom of player movement, FUN casual dynamic gameplay, online or in single-player. This is Serious Fun Football. It's play ball time!
- #52 Bowl Bound College Football66% matchMixed58% of 123 reviews2015Developer: Grey Dog SoftwarePublisher: Viva MedaPlatforms: Windows
One of the best college football simulation engines available, Bowl Bound College Football is the simulation game college football fans have been waiting for!
- #53 Front Office Football Seven65% matchVery Positive82% of 142 reviews2015Developer: Solecismic SoftwarePlatforms: 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.
- #56 Axis Football 202163% matchMixed63% of 139 reviews2021Developer: Axis GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.
- #58 Axis Football 201961% matchMixed69% of 117 reviews2019Developer: Axis GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Axis Football is an American football simulation featuring immersive gameplay, a deep franchise mode, and extensive customization.
- #60 Front Office Football Eight60% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2016Developer: Solecismic SoftwarePlatforms: 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.
- #61 Super Arcade Football59% matchMostly Positive71% of 204 reviews2021Developer: OutOfTheBit LtdPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Fast-paced, arcade-style football fun with a humorous story mode, local & online multiplayer, global leaderboards, custom tournaments, and crazy modifiers like meteor showers and bears on the pitch... Simple controls will keep you focused on excitement! OST by the great Barry Leitch!
- #62 Street Power Football59% matchMixed41% of 88 reviews2020Developer: SFL InteractivePublisher: MicroidsPlatforms: Windows
Sick style and high-energy action come together in this arcade-style football experience. Face off against street football legends or friends in a variety of over-the-top game modes and playgrounds, unleashing tricks and crushing Super Powers as you grow your status to become Street King.
- #64 Foosball - Street Edition57% matchMostly Positive71% of 181 reviews2014Developer: YuisyPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 36mMean: 5.8h≥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!
- #65 Backyard Football '9957% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2025Developer: Mega Cat StudiosPublisher: Playground ProductionsPlatforms: Windows
Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
- #66 Soccer Clubs56% matchMixed48% of 186 reviews2022Developer: Beijing Crazy Sports Industry Management Co., LtdPublisher: STIM GAMESPlatforms: Windows
Soccer Clubs Football Manager is a football e-sports game authorized by FIFPro. The game has IP authorization for more than 60000 professional players from more than 54 countries around the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Mbape and so on, creating a luxury football feast for players.
- #67 SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS55% matchMostly Negative32% of 610 reviews2026Developer: SEGAPlatforms: Windows
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.
- #68 Pro 11 - Football Manager Game55% matchMostly Positive75% of 356 reviews2020Developer: Trophy Games ApSPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 12.8h≥1hr: 68%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
- #69 World of Football54% matchVery Positive81% of 187 reviews2024Developer: Vault Game StudioPublisher: indie.ioPlatforms: 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!
- #70 Sunday Rivals53% matchVery Positive91% of 310 reviews2022Developer: 26kPlatforms: Windows
Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!
- #71 Supraball53% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,243 reviews2019Developer: Supra GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 76%
Play football in first person view and develop your own tactics and tricks. Play with up to 9 of your friends or join alone. No Pay2Win!
- #72 Maximum Football52% matchMixed63% of 1,285 reviews2025Developer: Maximum EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 6.2h≥1hr: 49%
Forge your legacy in Maximum Football, where you can play both college and pro football in one shared universe. Recruit the next college superstar and take them into the pros to become a future Hall of Famer. Build your team with unparalleled in-game customization that gives you ultimate control.
- #74 Superball51% matchMixed70% of 415 reviews2025Developer: Pathea GamesPublisher: Logoi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 51%
Superball is a multiplayer 3v3 action game. An all-out blast of football in a cyberpunk setting. Choose a hero with unique abilities and conquer the sport of the future. Your accurate passes and strikes, as well as artful defense will lead your team to victory!
- #75 Trivia Vault Football Trivia50% matchMixed59% of 114 reviews2018Developer: Ripknot SystemsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 0mMean: 4.3h≥1hr: 11%
Welcome to the Trivia Vault contestant! Play as a contestant in a gameshow called Trivia Vault Football Trivia and bring your thinking hat. Answer Football trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value.
