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Games like Soccer Manager

If Soccer Manager is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soccer Manager 2017, Soccer Manager 2016 and WFO World Football Online — 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.

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About Soccer Manager: Welcome to Soccer Manager - home of the world's best soccer managers.Featuring two different football management games, to test the skills of any manager - Soccer Manager 2016 and Soccer Manager Worlds.

2016SportsStrategyIndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayWindows · macOSby Soccer Manager Ltd
Soccer Manager — Steam game cover

Players who liked Soccer Manager also play

Steam players who put hours into Soccer Manager 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. Soccer Manager 2017

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Soccer Manager.

    Soccer Manager 2017 - Play for Free, Compete for Real. The most diverse FREE 2 PLAY football management simulator in the world. Take on a top flight club and test your management skills against the best or help a struggling, lower division team fight for glory.

    2016SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Soccer Manager 2016

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Soccer Manager.

    Soccer Manager 2016 - Play for Free, Compete for Real.The most diverse FREE 2 PLAY football management simulator in the world. Take on a top flight club and test your management skills against the best or help a struggling, lower division team fight for glory.

    2015SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. WFO World Football Online

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Soccer Manager.

    WFO World Football Online is an online football management game with a non-scripted match engine on a virtual football world continuously developed by AI.

    2022SportsSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Striker Manager 3 - Online Football Manager

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Soccer Manager.

    Join the online Football Revolution and become the best Manager ever. Striker Manager 3 represents the nextgen of Football Manager games. Control all the management tools that Striker Manager 3 puts at your fingertips to take your team to the top.

    2024SportsStrategySimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Soccer Manager 2015

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    If you love football as much as we do, you live and breathe it. Start managing your favourite club in a matter of minutes. Play in 48 leagues from 36 countries around the world and choose from over 800 clubs. Lead living legends to victory in this fast-paced, action-packed single-player game.

    2015SportsFree To PlaySteam ↗
  6. Soccer Clubs

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Soccer Manager.

    Soccer Clubs Football Manager is a football e-sports game authorized by FIFPro. The game has IP authorization for more than 60000 professional players from more than 54 countries around the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Mbape and so on, creating a luxury football feast for players.

    2022SportsStrategySimulationDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rocket League®

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Soccer Manager.

    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 ↗
  8. Football Manager 2019

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Soccer Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Soccer Manager.

    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!

    2018SportsSimulationDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Soccer Manager.

    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 ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Soccer Manager.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brief Karate Foolish

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soccer Manager.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Soccer Manager.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Soccer Manager Ltd

Other recommendable Steam games by Soccer Manager Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Soccer Manager 2015

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Soccer Manager Ltd, the studio behind Soccer Manager. Shares Sports and Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    If you love football as much as we do, you live and breathe it. Start managing your favourite club in a matter of minutes. Play in 48 leagues from 36 countries around the world and choose from over 800 clubs. Lead living legends to victory in this fast-paced, action-packed single-player game.

    2015SportsFree To PlaySteam ↗
  2. Soccer Manager 2016

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Soccer Manager Ltd, the studio behind Soccer Manager. Shares Sports and Strategy with Soccer Manager.

    Soccer Manager 2016 - Play for Free, Compete for Real.The most diverse FREE 2 PLAY football management simulator in the world. Take on a top flight club and test your management skills against the best or help a struggling, lower division team fight for glory.

    2015SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Soccer Manager 2017

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Soccer Manager Ltd, the studio behind Soccer Manager. Shares Sports and Strategy with Soccer Manager.

    Soccer Manager 2017 - Play for Free, Compete for Real. The most diverse FREE 2 PLAY football management simulator in the world. Take on a top flight club and test your management skills against the best or help a struggling, lower division team fight for glory.

    2016SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Soccer Manager 2018

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Soccer Manager Ltd, the studio behind Soccer Manager. Shares Sports with Soccer Manager.

    The most diverse FREE 2 PLAY football management simulator in the world. Take on a top flight club and test your management skills against the best or help a struggling, lower division team fight for glory.

    2017SportsFreeSteam ↗
  5. Soccer Manager 2019

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Soccer Manager Ltd, the studio behind Soccer Manager. Shares Sports with Soccer Manager.

    Lead your favourite team to victory on Soccer Manager 2019, an immersive football management simulator.

    2018SportsFreeSteam ↗
  6. Soccer Manager 2020

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Soccer Manager Ltd, the studio behind Soccer Manager. Shares Sports and Free To Play with Soccer Manager.

    Be a top football manager in Soccer Manager 2020. Take a football team to the top and test your management skills against the best, or help a struggling team fight for glory!

    2020SportsFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Soccer Manager

Does Soccer Manager have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Soccer Manager supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer).
What games are most similar to Soccer Manager?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Soccer Manager are Soccer Manager 2017, Soccer Manager 2016, WFO World Football Online.
Who developed Soccer Manager?
Soccer Manager was developed by Soccer Manager Ltd.

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 Soccer Manager.

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