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Games like China Youth Academy

If China Youth Academy is your kind of game, the closest matches are COPA CITY, Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019 and Football Pitch and Arcade Simulator — 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 China Youth Academy: Run a broke grassroots youth academy and keep its players moving while contracts, parents, paperwork, and temporary rules pile up around the pitch.

SportsStrategySimulationRPGWindowsby JZHL
China Youth Academy — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into China Youth Academy 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. COPA CITY

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with China Youth Academy.

    An economic strategy where top football clubs entrust you with organizing their matches. Build in the city, manage its structures and stadium, provide entertainment, food, and security for fans. Your success is measured by Match Readiness.

    2026SportsStrategySimulation31.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019

    WHY THIS

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

    In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truly infinite hours to play.

    2019SportsStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Football Pitch and Arcade Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with China Youth Academy.

    Manage a football pitch and arcade! Upgrade machines, attract players and build your ultimate fun center.

    SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Calcio Totale

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with China Youth Academy.

    A football management game with an old-school spirit but a fresh perspective: choose from 100 Italian clubs and build your career as a chief executive. Oversee finances, transfers, staff, facilities and marketing; delegate the sporting side or take Full Control.

    2026SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Renz Soccer Sim

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with China Youth Academy.

    Build your squad, develop players, manage your club, and watch every match unfold in this 2D soccer management simulator. Chase trophies and build a dynasty.

    2026SportsIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. FootballLife

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with China Youth Academy.

    Football player simulation game

    2025SportsStrategyIndie17.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Flipping Football Clubs

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with China Youth Academy.

    Buy, build, and flip football clubs in a fast-paced roguelite management sim. Sign players, hire staff, survive FFP, unlock Club DNA modifiers, and grow club value across 1-2 hour seasonal runs.

    2026SportsStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for China Youth Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with China Youth Academy.

    Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024! Dive into the world of football like never before. Choose an existing club or start your own. Manage either men or women, lead your club to new heights, and become the next manager legend!

    2024SportsStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with China Youth Academy.

    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 ↗
  2. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with China Youth Academy.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with China Youth Academy.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with China Youth Academy.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with China Youth Academy.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about China Youth Academy

What games are most similar to China Youth Academy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside China Youth Academy are COPA CITY, Global Soccer: A Management Game 2019, Football Pitch and Arcade Simulator.
Who developed China Youth Academy?
China Youth Academy was developed by JZHL.

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 China Youth Academy.

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