Games like Football Manager 2022
If Football Manager 2022 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Football Manager 2024, Football Manager 2023 and Football Manager 2019 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive simulation loop, challenging and competitive. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Football Manager 2022: The closest thing to real football management. FM22 brings new, progressive ways to find your winning edge, instill your footballing style and earn it on the pitch.
Players who liked Football Manager 2022 also play
Steam players who put hours into Football Manager 2022 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.
Football Manager 2024
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Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Top pick for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Build a world-class team ready to dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops when you’re pursuing footballing greatness.
Football Manager 2023
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Second-strongest match for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Build your dream squad, outsmart your rivals and experience the thrill of big European nights in the UEFA Champions League. Your journey towards footballing glory awaits.
Football Manager 2019
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Third-strongest match for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Simulation gaming perfected. Create your unique footballing story by taking charge of the club you love. Complete control of this stunningly realistic game world is yours - every decision in your hands, or yours to delegate. Your call, your way, your story. Everything you've ever dreamed of!
Football Manager 2020
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Ranked #4 for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Run your football club, your way. Every decision counts in Football Manager 2020 with new features and polished game mechanics rewarding planning and progression like never before, empowering managers to develop and refine both your club’s and your own unique identity.
Football Manager 2021
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Ranked #5 for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
New additions and game upgrades deliver added levels of depth, drama and football authenticity. FM21 empowers you like never before to develop your skills and command success at your club.
Master Manager
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Ranked #6 for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
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.
Football Manager 2017
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Ranked #7 for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Take control of your favourite football team in Football Manager 2017, the most realistic and immersive football management game to date. It’s the closest thing to doing the job for real!
F11 Football Manager
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Ranked #8 for Football Manager 2022 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
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?
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F1® Manager 2023
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
The intense world of Formula 1® comes alive for a new season in F1® Manager 2023. 23 races, six F1® Sprint events, new cars, new circuits including the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, new drivers, new challenges… Your legacy begins here.
Crusader Kings III
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
The Park®
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Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.
RimWorld
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Motorsport Manager
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
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.
Hearts of Iron IV
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Stellaris
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Eastside Hockey Manager
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2022 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
EHM offers fans the most realistic, in-depth and immersive simulation of hockey management available, giving them the chance to manage either club or country in any of the world’s top hockey-playing nations.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
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?
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
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.
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!
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
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!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
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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!
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Sports Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Football Manager 26
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Football Manager 2020
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Run your football club, your way. Every decision counts in Football Manager 2020 with new features and polished game mechanics rewarding planning and progression like never before, empowering managers to develop and refine both your club’s and your own unique identity.
Football Manager 2024
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Build a world-class team ready to dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops when you’re pursuing footballing greatness.
Football Manager 2021
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
New additions and game upgrades deliver added levels of depth, drama and football authenticity. FM21 empowers you like never before to develop your skills and command success at your club.
Football Manager 2023
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Build your dream squad, outsmart your rivals and experience the thrill of big European nights in the UEFA Champions League. Your journey towards footballing glory awaits.
Football Manager 2017
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Take control of your favourite football team in Football Manager 2017, the most realistic and immersive football management game to date. It’s the closest thing to doing the job for real!
Football Manager 2019
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
Simulation gaming perfected. Create your unique footballing story by taking charge of the club you love. Complete control of this stunningly realistic game world is yours - every decision in your hands, or yours to delegate. Your call, your way, your story. Everything you've ever dreamed of!
Eastside Hockey Manager
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2022.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2022. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2022.
EHM offers fans the most realistic, in-depth and immersive simulation of hockey management available, giving them the chance to manage either club or country in any of the world’s top hockey-playing nations.
Frequently asked about Football Manager 2022
- Does Football Manager 2022 run on Steam Deck?
- Football Manager 2022 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Does Football Manager 2022 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Football Manager 2022 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Football Manager 2022?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Football Manager 2022 are Football Manager 2024, Football Manager 2023, Football Manager 2019.
- Who developed Football Manager 2022?
- Football Manager 2022 was developed by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA.
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