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Games like Cricket Manager

If Cricket Manager is your kind of game, the closest matches are Desk Top Racer, Mythic Manager and Nederfall — 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 Cricket Manager: Build a global T20 dynasty across dozens of fictional competitions. Scout thousands of players, win auctions and transfers, develop youth, set fields and bowling plans, and watch every delivery resolve through a ball-by-ball match engine entirely offline.

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Cricket Manager — Steam game cover

Players who liked Cricket Manager also play

Steam players who put hours into Cricket 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. Desk Top Racer

    WHY THIS

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

    Turn your desktop into a living racetrack with this idle racing management game. Acquire cars, equip parts, and compete online against other players. Win championships and expand your garage through Mastery, Collections, and new rewards.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  2. Mythic Manager

    WHY THIS

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

    Run the ultimate MMORPG guild. Recruit players with their own attributes, traits, careers, and stats. Conquer dungeons, raids, and the monthly arena tournament. Build a dynasty as your stars rise, age, and retire.

    2026SportsStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Nederfall

    WHY THIS

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

    The Netherlands has fallen. Lead your survivors on scavenging raids through the ruins, find resources, recruit more survivors, and come home to a camp to take care for. Survivors cook, build, and train on their own. Every item you bring back makes your camp grow stronger.

    SimulationRPGSteam ↗
  4. Cricket Management 26

    WHY THIS

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

    Build your cricketing dynasty in a deep and immersive cricket management simulation. Manage tactics, transfers, finances, player development and matchday strategy across multiple formats including T20, One Day and red-ball cricket.

    2026SportsStrategyIndie13.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Gambit Loop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cricket Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cricket Manager.

    An Idle Strategy RPG where your brain does the heavy lifting. Program your hero's actions using tactical conditions, unlock 300+ active and passive skills, and watch your perfect build destroy hordes of enemies.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. Tramp: Become President

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Cricket Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cricket Manager.

    This is your cyber begging companion: collect, craft, and trade hundreds of items, recruit a cast of eccentric NPCs, explore the sewers, build your business empire, dodge taxes, and buy votes on the black market. One day, you'll be shouting from the back of your own presidential campaign truck.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  7. FD 27: Direct Your Football Club

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2026SportsStrategySimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Recursion: Alignment

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cricket Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cricket Manager.

    Run an AI lab. Ship models. Survive what they learn to fake. A satirical management sim about GPUs, researchers, investors, and the cost of every shortcut.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

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 with Cricket 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 Cricket 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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cricket Manager

What games are most similar to Cricket Manager?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cricket Manager are Desk Top Racer, Mythic Manager, Nederfall.
Who developed Cricket Manager?
Cricket Manager was developed by Cricket Manager.

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 Cricket Manager.

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16 Games Like Cricket Manager — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run