Games like FROM THE DUGOUT
If FROM THE DUGOUT is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Scout Life, Football Boardroom and Sim: World Cup Manager — 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 FROM THE DUGOUT: Manage your team to glory in this text-based football manager. Win trophies, master the transfer market, and live the life of a real coach. Balance locker room egos, manage your personal wealth, and work your way up to buying your own club. Your life off the pitch matters!
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My Scout Life
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Top pick for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
Discover hidden gems, develop their potential, and sell them for profit. In My Scout Life, you're the scout — finding young talents before anyone else does. Build your reputation, grow your network, and dominate the transfer market!
Football Boardroom
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Second-strongest match for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with FROM THE DUGOUT.
Football Boardroom is a football management sim from the boardroom, not the dugout. Run your club in weekly turns: hire managers, sign players, manage finances, and climb a four-tier English pyramid. Watch matchday unfold, step in when it counts, and fund the club with your hard-earned cash.
Sim: World Cup Manager
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Third-strongest match for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
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.
Road to Omaha: College Baseball Dynasty
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Ranked #4 for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
A deep college baseball dynasty management sim where you build a program across endless seasons: recruit, set lineups and rotations, hire staff, manage schedules, develop players, and play or sim every game pitch by pitch. Can you become the greatest coach of all time?
Retro Manager
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Ranked #5 for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Beasts of Ephesus
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Ranked #6 for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
Lead Dawn from Division 5. Scout prospects, negotiate transfers and personal terms. Train 21 attributes; manage condition, injuries, and wages. Build 5v5, 3v3, and 2v2 plans, make live calls and lead 5- or 10-person raids for gear and mastery. Turn winnings into freedom, then reinvest in the squad.
Football Academy Director
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Ranked #7 for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
Take charge of a football academy, from U11 prospects to the U19 academy team. Scout and recruit young talent, choose youth camps and training camps, shape squads and tactics, climb the Youth League pyramid, and chase league title and World Youth Cup glory.
Football Fictional World Simulator
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Ranked #8 for FROM THE DUGOUT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
Simulate 63 countries and 94 leagues across five continents. Your only direct control is the transfer market: approve or reject moves that may reshape clubs and careers, or leave every decision to the simulation and enjoy the game as a completely hands-off observer.
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Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
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.
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
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!
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
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...
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Limbus Company
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Sports and Simulation with FROM THE DUGOUT.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!
AdVenture Capitalist
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
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- What games are most similar to FROM THE DUGOUT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside FROM THE DUGOUT are My Scout Life, Football Boardroom, Sim: World Cup Manager.
- Who developed FROM THE DUGOUT?
- FROM THE DUGOUT was developed by IronGlitch Studios.
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