Single-player games like Proper Football Boss
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Proper Football Boss, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
Manage a heavyweight boxer from pro debut to undisputed champion — or play as one of the 300 greatest of all time. 2,500 real fighters from 1880 to 2026, 4 world titles, 7 regional belts, live round-by-round commentary, rivalries, and a career mode spanning 1,000+ years. Unify them all.
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Sim: World Cup Manager
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
Take charge of your nation from a world of 202 teams and chase international glory. Build your squad, master deep tactics and live sideline shouts, unearth wonderkids in your national youth academy, and battle through the World Cup and Continental Championships in a deep football management sim.
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FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
A football management game where you're not the coach, you're the club owner. Hire and fire the coaching staff, sign players, negotiate with sponsors, control the finances and build a winning organisation from the boardroom.
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Kevin Toms Football Star Manager
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
The original retro-styled football management game remade and re-released in 2025. It's a faithful recreation of the original groundbreaking 1982 Football Manager, the title that launched the football-management genre!
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Pro Football Referee
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
Pro Football Referee is a football referee simulation game.Start as an unknown grassroots referee and experience the full career of a football official. Officiate matches, make crucial calls, build reputation, and climb the ranks.
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THE NEW BOSS: FOOTBALL CLUB
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Proper Football Boss.
Save a failing club in this text-based football management sim. Scout talent, design tactics, and manage board expectations to stabilize your squad. Navigate tense match-days where your strategic adjustments are the only thing standing between a return to glory and total relegation.
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Total Football Online
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
Build your All-Star lineup in Total Football Online! Easy to pick up, it lets you dive into pure football fun at your fingertips. With events and player updates syncing with real-world tournaments, get ready for a truly immersive football experience.
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NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
Single-player alternative to Proper Football Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Proper Football Boss.
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.