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Games like WE ARE FOOTBALL

If WE ARE FOOTBALL is your kind of game, the closest matches are WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024, Football, Tactics & Glory and Pure Shinty — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and lighthearted. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About WE ARE FOOTBALL: 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.

2021SportsStrategySimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Winning Streak Games
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Accessible yet deep management systemsEditable clubs and custom eventsFull control over training grounds and stadiumChallengingContemplativeLighthearted

Players who liked WE ARE FOOTBALL also play

Steam players who put hours into WE ARE FOOTBALL also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Top pick for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    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!

    2024SportsStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Football, Tactics & Glory

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Second-strongest match for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    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.

    2018SportsStrategySimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Pure Shinty

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Camanachd - Game of the Gaels comes to your home in this sports simulation indie game. Play against your friends as real teams from across Scotland!

    SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Button Soccer League

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Use your skills and strategies to challenge your friends in local matches or online (via Steam Play Together), in this nostalgic game that brings the whole experience of button Soccer to your PC. There are 8 different teams, and different training scenarios.

    2020SportsStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. COPA CITY

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    An economic strategy where top football clubs entrust you with organizing their matches. Build in the city, manage its structures and stadium, provide entertainment, food, and security for fans. Your success is measured by Match Readiness.

    2026SportsStrategySimulation31.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Torchance 6

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    In Torchance 6, up to 4 players can take on the task of managing all aspects of a football club. Unlike other football management games, you can easily complete a season in less than 60 minutes if you wish. This makes this game ideal for a quick round or two when you only have a few spare minutes.

    2020SportsStrategySimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    FIFA 23 brings The World’s Game to the pitch, with HyperMotion2 Technology, men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup™, women’s club teams, cross-play features**, and more.

    2022SportsSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Axis Football 2023

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Ranked #8 for WE ARE FOOTBALL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Axis Football is a simulation-style football game featuring the industry's best franchise mode, massive customization, and realistic gameplay.

    2022SportsStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to WE ARE FOOTBALL

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. GOAL! The Club Manager

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Reviewers of WE ARE FOOTBALL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    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!

    2022SportsStrategySimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Premier Manager 05/06

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of WE ARE FOOTBALL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Premier Manager returns for another season, with overhauled presentation and an enhanced interface that makes the world of football management even more accessible.

    2020SportsSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Football Manager 26

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Reviewers of WE ARE FOOTBALL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

    2025SportsStrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below WE ARE FOOTBALL at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under WE ARE FOOTBALL on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  6. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Liquidators

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with WE ARE FOOTBALL.

    Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about WE ARE FOOTBALL

Does WE ARE FOOTBALL run on Steam Deck?
WE ARE FOOTBALL is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does WE ARE FOOTBALL cost?
WE ARE FOOTBALL is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does WE ARE FOOTBALL have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — WE ARE FOOTBALL supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to WE ARE FOOTBALL?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside WE ARE FOOTBALL are WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024, Football, Tactics & Glory, Pure Shinty.
Who developed WE ARE FOOTBALL?
WE ARE FOOTBALL was developed by Winning Streak Games and published by THQ Nordic.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on WE ARE FOOTBALL.

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