Games like Football Manager 2024
If Football Manager 2024 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Football Manager 2022, Football Manager 2023 and Master Manager — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive 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 →Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2024 is a management simulation that tasks players with building and running a football club across multiple dimensions. The game includes financial management, a match engine that simulates authentic football tactics, extensive scouting systems, player regeneration mechanics, and detailed tactical tweaking options. Players can also access mod support to expand the experience. Reviewers highlight that tactical decisions immediately impact match outcomes, and players describe the game as challenging, competitive, and immersive with unlimited replayability through its deep management systems. Some players use mods to recreate childhood football eras. The 2023 release holds a 93% positive rating from over 6,800 Steam reviews and runs on Steam Deck in playable form.
About Football Manager 2024: 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.

Players who liked Football Manager 2024 also play
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Football Manager 2022
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Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Top pick for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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 2023
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Second-strongest match for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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.
Master Manager
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Third-strongest match for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
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 2019
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Ranked #4 for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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!
Hakan's War Manager
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Ranked #5 for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
Manage your commanders like a sports team. Scout & train your commanders, set tactics, and outsmart rivals to become champion of the War League. It's like Football Manager, but with armies!
F11 Football Manager
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Ranked #6 for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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 26
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Shares mod support and a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Ranked #7 for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Ukrainian Soccer ( any two points directed towards the net can score )
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Ranked #8 for Football Manager 2024 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
This game allows to create scoring opportunities from many angles simultaneously what makes for a dynamic and exciting play. Direct any two points from your team towards the opponent's net and score. First party to score wins. It also features three board designs with zoom.
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Majesty 2
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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Football Manager 2011
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
Football Manager 2011 is the latest iteration of the award-winning, multi-million selling Football Manager franchise.
eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE
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Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports with Football Manager 2024.
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Football Manager 2020
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Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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.
Hearts of Iron IV
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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.
Crusader Kings III
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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.
Crusader Kings II
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Defenders of Ardania
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Shares a challenging mood with Football Manager 2024.
Reviewers of Football Manager 2024 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
A next-generation tower defense game set in the rich fantasy world of Majesty, but with a twist.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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
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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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
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 2024.
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!
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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!
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Football Manager 26
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Strategy with Football Manager 2024.
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Football Manager 2020
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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 a competitive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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 2023
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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
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Shares an immersive mood with Football Manager 2024.
Another title from Sports Interactive, the studio behind Football Manager 2024. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Manager 2024.
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 2024
- Does Football Manager 2024 run on Steam Deck?
- Football Manager 2024 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 2024 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Football Manager 2024 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Football Manager 2024?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Football Manager 2024 are Football Manager 2022, Football Manager 2023, Master Manager.
- Who developed Football Manager 2024?
- Football Manager 2024 was developed by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA.
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