Games like Football Rising:Zero to Hero
If Football Rising:Zero to Hero is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wildborn Football Cup, NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager and Realms Cup — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Rising:Zero to Hero: A lifestyle football RPG where you rise from the 4th division to world glory. Build a deck from over 100 skill cards, romance 22 unique characters, compete across 8 countries, and pass your legacy to the next generation. Your football life begins now.
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Wildborn Football Cup
WHY THIS
Top pick for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Football tactics meet animal instinct in a cinematic card-and-dice strategy game. Play the cards you are dealt, unleash your captain’s powers, win penalty duels, and lead a Wildborn nation to the Cup.
NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.
Realms Cup
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Fantasy football meets deck-building. Build your fantasy football squad from 120+ unique cards across Human, Orc, Elf, and Dwarf races. Open packs, level up your roster, and win the coveted Realms Cup to become the ultimate champion of the Realms!
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road
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Ranked #4 for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
The latest entry in the character collection and football simulation RPG series, "Inazuma Eleven!" With an original story featuring new main characters, over 5,400 players from across the series' history to collect and train, as well as exciting online tournaments, you can play the game your way!
CARDED: Groups to Glory
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Ranked #5 for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Build a nation into champions in a football card roguelite. Develop players, handle dilemmas, manage morale, and survive the journey from group stage hopefuls to glory.
Sports Card Shop Simulator
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Ranked #6 for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Open packs, search for rare cards, and build the best sports card shop. Hunt for holos, autos, and numbered variants to satisfy your collection obsession. Design custom cards and enjoy the thrill of pulling those creations from a fresh pack!
Haramball
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Ranked #7 for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Haramball is a multiplayer football tactics card strategy game where you pick the players, merge their attributes, set up the best formations and then watch your tactics unfold in real-time. Will you play beautiful football or become the football terrorist you were always meant to be ? You decide.
Take That Mainstage!
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Ranked #8 for Football Rising:Zero to Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
It's 1992 in Emerald City. The world screams for change. You made the leap, now fulfill your destiny and change the world. Build your band, write real music you perform, manage relationships, and reach the top of the charts. In this hybrid life sim, be the one to Take That Mainstage!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Football Rising:Zero to Hero at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~67% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
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.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~67% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~80% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Human Fall Flat
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Priced ~60% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~67% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
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Priced ~87% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~87% under Football Rising:Zero to Hero on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
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 Rising:Zero to Hero.
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?
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Football Rising:Zero to Hero.
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...
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Frequently asked about Football Rising:Zero to Hero
- Does Football Rising:Zero to Hero run on Steam Deck?
- Football Rising:Zero to Hero 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 Football Rising:Zero to Hero cost?
- Football Rising:Zero to Hero is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Football Rising:Zero to Hero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Football Rising:Zero to Hero are Wildborn Football Cup, NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager, Realms Cup.
- Who developed Football Rising:Zero to Hero?
- Football Rising:Zero to Hero was developed by Den Spade.
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 Rising:Zero to Hero.
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