Single-player games like Calcio 98
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Calcio 98, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Calcio 98.
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.
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Proper Football Boss
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Calcio 98.
Remember when football was proper? Let us take you back 40 years — to when naming two subs was still a luxury and the only seven-figure salaries were in Italian lira.
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FD 27: Direct Your Football Club
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Calcio 98.
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.
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Footy Manager
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Calcio 98.
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.
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HALFTIME Manager
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Simulation with Calcio 98.
A classic football manager in a modern guise: take charge of a club, fine-tune your tactics and experience every matchday as a compact TV broadcast with a 2D pitch, live ticker and half-time dressing room. Six nations, three leagues per country, one shared European cup.
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Offside Deal: Football At Any Cost
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Early Access with Calcio 98.
Give your team its own identity, watch your tactics come alive on matchday and manage the victories, setbacks and ego clashes that follow.
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Rush B: Esports Manager
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Calcio 98.
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?
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Football Academy Director
Single-player alternative to Calcio 98 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Calcio 98.
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.