Games like THE REF - Football Referee Simulator
If THE REF - Football Referee Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Breakaway, Club Legend and Motion Soccer PRO — 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 REF - Football Referee Simulator: The football game where you're not the star - you're the law. Officiate full matches: whistle fouls, wave off divers, run VAR, survive the press. In 1-4 player online co-op your friends run the lines - and every blown call has a name on it.
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Club Legend
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Second-strongest match for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Make your dreams come true and become a professional football player: Create your player, sign for your favorite clubs and score bangers against their biggest rivals. Play your ultimate football career you want to have in the most realistic first person football career mode game!
Motion Soccer PRO
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Third-strongest match for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Play, coach or referee the same 11v11 football match in VR. Motion Soccer lets you experience the game as a first-person player, a sideline coach or the referee on the pitch. Includes full seasons and multiplayer matches from 1v1 up to 11v11.
Kitten Wool Cup
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Ranked #4 for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Early Access with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Play solo or with friends in chaotic kitten soccer matches where the ball is a giant ball of yarn. Slide, tackle, pounce, and score your way through the Kitten Wool Cup, earn wool after every victory, and decorate your cozy cat house with furniture as you chase championship glory.
Kayak with friends
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Ranked #5 for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
You and your friends, on kayaks! Master the art of kayaking and conquer fierce rivers with your friends (and against them). Explore the world’s most beautiful rivers and become the ultimate kayak warrior in this frantic racing adventure.
Super Arcade Soccer 2026
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Ranked #6 for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Fast-paced, classic arcade football with a next-gen feel and pinpoint control. The 90s soccer feel you loved, rebuilt with modern physics and a fresh cartoon style. Just in time for the 2026 World Cup.
Trauma Football
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Ranked #7 for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
A football game unlike anything you've ever seen before! Experience the thrill of dealing with a mentally unstable boss, nagging journalists and social climbers, all the while having to keep up with top players from all around the world!
REMATCH
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Ranked #8 for THE REF - Football Referee Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Rematch is an online multiplayer football game. Control one player and compete with your team in fast-paced 5v5 matches from an immersive third-person perspective. Team up with your friends and join the action.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with THE REF - Football Referee Simulator.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about THE REF - Football Referee Simulator
- Does THE REF - Football Referee Simulator have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — THE REF - Football Referee Simulator supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to THE REF - Football Referee Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside THE REF - Football Referee Simulator are Breakaway, Club Legend, Motion Soccer PRO.
- Who developed THE REF - Football Referee Simulator?
- THE REF - Football Referee Simulator was developed by HustleGrow AB.
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