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Games like Football Simulator

If Football Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rocket League®, Party Club: Hangry Animals and Big Bad Soccer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its mod support enhances replayability, funny and unsettling. 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 Football Simulator: 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.

2022ActionSportsEarly Access19.99 USDWindowsby Refactor Games
Football Simulator — Steam game cover
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Mod support enhances replayabilityMultiplayer is playable despite observer quirksPassing physics allow impossible throwsFunnyUnsettlingMod support

Players who liked Football Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into Football Simulator 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. Rocket League®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Football Simulator.

    Top pick for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...

    2015ActionSportsIndieDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Party Club: Hangry Animals

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    A chaotic party game for up to 4 players — online, on the couch, and across platforms. Jump into ridiculous mini-games, betray your friends equally on every device, and embrace the madness.

    ActionSportsStrategySteam ↗
  3. Big Bad Soccer

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Fast-paced arcade football where skill and physics decide everything. Control a massive ball, build and steal Super Hits, and score fast — no stats, no fouls, no upgrades.

    2026ActionSportsIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Madden NFL 22

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Football Simulator.

    Madden NFL 22 is where gameday happens. All-new features in Franchise include staff management, an enhanced scenario engine, and weekly strategy. Share avatar progress and player class between Face of The Franchise and The Yard with unified progression.

    2021SportsStrategySimulationDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mutant Football League

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Football Simulator.

    Ranked #5 for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.

    2017ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Legend Bowl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!

    2021ActionSportsStrategy24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Goons: Legends & Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Football Simulator.

    Ranked #7 for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    A frantic blend of beat 'em up and arcade hockey that plays out over various themed levels with opposing teams of heroes outfitted with unique abilities. Insane sports action like you've never seen before!

    2024ActionSportsCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hoop Fighters: Party Basketball

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Football Simulator.

    Ranked #8 for Football Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Knock down your opponents and smash their hoops! Hoop Fighters is an online, no-rules party basketball game for up to 6 players. Slide into opponents, throw punches or objects at them. Do your best to get the ball. Remember, there are no rules in Hoop Fighters!

    2025ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Football Simulator at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Football Simulator.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Football Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Football Simulator.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Football Simulator.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Rocket League®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Football Simulator.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...

    2015ActionSportsIndieDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mutant Football League

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Football Simulator.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.

    2017ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Legend Bowl

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Sports with Football Simulator.

    Legend Bowl is a throwback to the classic 8-bit and 16-bit football games of the past. Take to the gridiron and fight your way to becoming a football legend! Enjoy sim-style gameplay, realistic weather, detailed stats, franchise mode, tournament mode, fully customizable rosters, and much much more!

    2021ActionSportsStrategy24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Football Simulator

Does Football Simulator work on Steam Deck?
Football Simulator is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Football Simulator cost?
Football Simulator is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Football Simulator have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Football Simulator supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Football Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Football Simulator are Rocket League®, Party Club: Hangry Animals, Big Bad Soccer.
Who developed Football Simulator?
Football Simulator was developed by Refactor Games.

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 Football Simulator.

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