Games like Football Manager 2023
If Football Manager 2023 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Football Manager 2024, Football Manager 2022 and Master Manager — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. 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 →Football Manager 2023 is a football management simulation developed by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA. The game tasks players with overseeing every aspect of a football club, from assembling squads through scouting networks to shaping match-day tactics with a detailed match engine. Players handle contract negotiations, financial planning, player development, and staff management across what reviewers describe as a massive experience that rewards long-term saves. Players describe developing emotional attachment to their clubs over multiple seasons, with no two seasons playing out the same way. The 2022 release holds an 89% positive rating from over 5600 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Football Manager 2023: 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.
Players who liked Football Manager 2023 also play
Steam players who put hours into Football Manager 2023 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
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Top pick for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 2022
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Second-strongest match for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
Master Manager
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
F11 Football Manager
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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?
Football Manager 2019
WHY THIS
Shares match engine, player development and an intense mood with Football Manager 2023.
Ranked #5 for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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!
Retro Manager
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Pro Football
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
Relive the thrill of football management with Pro Football! Inspired by the classic football managers from 90's, this title invites you to dive into the exciting world of football. A masterpiece of strategy and sports management that challenges your ability to lead your team to glory.
Football Manager 2020
WHY THIS
Shares player development and an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Ranked #8 for Football Manager 2023 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Football Manager 2023
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.
Crusader Kings III
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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®
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 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.
Motorsport Manager
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
Hearts of Iron IV
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
Gladiator Guild Manager
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
FIFA 22
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
Powered by Football™, EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with fundamental gameplay advances and a new season of innovation across every mode.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2023 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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
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!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
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.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Sports Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Sports Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Football Manager 26
WHY THIS
Shares match engine and an intense mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Football Manager 2020
WHY THIS
Shares player development and an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 2022
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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.
Football Manager 2017
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 match engine, player development and an intense mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 player development and an immersive mood with Football Manager 2023.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2023. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2023.
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 2023
- Is Football Manager 2023 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Football Manager 2023 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- Does Football Manager 2023 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Football Manager 2023 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Football Manager 2023?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Football Manager 2023 are Football Manager 2024, Football Manager 2022, Master Manager.
- Who developed Football Manager 2023?
- Football Manager 2023 was developed by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA.
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 Manager 2023.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.