Games like The Referee Committee
If The Referee Committee is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pivot, Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager and Club Chairman — 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 The Referee Committee: Football isn't only played on the pitch. Manage the dark side of football! Control the referee committee, give secret instructions, use the VAR room to dictate scores, deal with the betting mafia, and shape the season's fate. Keeping this powerful seat is harder than getting it.
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Pivot
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Top pick for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
Pivot is a football universe sandbox. Build clubs and national teams, create players and managers, negotiate contracts, and simulate 6-a-side matches — then relive every game through stats and commentary.
Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager
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Second-strongest match for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
Whistle1 is a retro football manager in the style of the 90s. Take charge of a club in Germany, England, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain or Brazil and lead them to the top.
Club Chairman
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Third-strongest match for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
You're not the manager, you're the CHAIRMAN. Hire and fire managers, survive transfer windows, and keep the ultras out of the boardroom. Bankroll Barcalana, dodge bankruptcy, and try not to get voted out. It's football without all that annoying running.
Footy Manager
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Ranked #4 for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
Take charge of a football club and answer for everything: sign players in a market where clubs haggle for days, balance the wage bill against the board's demands, and steer matches live from the touchline. 27 leagues, 690 clubs, one season at a time.
Calcio 98
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Ranked #5 for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
Calcio 98 is a single-player football management game set in the 1998/99 season and created by longtime fans of the classics like Premier Manager 98 or PC Fútbol 7. Lead your club across 18 leagues and 14 cups through tactics, transfers, squad development and finances.
Rush B: Esports Manager
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Ranked #6 for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
Take control of a fps esports team and lead them from underdogs to world champions. Scout talent, develop players, manage personalities, and adapt your strategy in a deep, realism-driven management sim. Are you ready to break records and leave your mark on the esports world?
Sim: World Cup Manager
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Ranked #7 for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
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.
FOOTDICE
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Ranked #8 for The Referee Committee fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with The Referee Committee.
FOOTDICE is a roguelite manager game. Found a fictional club, roll dice to run your week; deals, board, fans, training; then manage every match yourself. Get promoted or the run ends. Climb from Division 4 to the World Crown.
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POSTAL 2
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Priced ~86% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~57% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Referee Committee.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~46% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~72% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Referee Committee.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~79% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~43% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~57% under The Referee Committee on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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Bongo Cat
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Referee Committee.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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missed messages.
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‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Referee Committee.
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Frequently asked about The Referee Committee
- How much does The Referee Committee cost?
- The Referee Committee is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Referee Committee?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Referee Committee are Pivot, Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager, Club Chairman.
- Who developed The Referee Committee?
- The Referee Committee was developed by New Page Interactive.
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