Games like New Star™ Manager
If New Star™ Manager is your kind of game, the closest matches are Football, Tactics & Glory, Retro Football and New Star™ Soccer 5 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its arcade style match play, card system drives strategy and chill. 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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Players who liked New Star™ Manager also play
Steam players who put hours into New Star™ 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.
Football, Tactics & Glory
WHY THIS
Top pick for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.
Retro Football
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Retro Fútbol is a football management game inspired by the classics of the 1990s. Manage your squad, transfers, tactics, stadium, and finances, and lead your club to the top season after season.
New Star™ Soccer 5
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with New Star™ Manager.
Third-strongest match for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Live the life of an up-and-coming superstar in this unique football career game. Start out as a 16 year old lad and work your way to the top to become a footballing legend!
Ultimate Club Manager 26
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Ranked #4 for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Become the president of your club and make decisions that change its destiny. Manage transfers, staff, finances, media, facilities, and the president's personal life in a deep and dynamic football management experience.
Kungfu Football Captain
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Ranked #5 for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Pixel style, violent football, class rouguelike, football manager.
99Managers Futsal Edition
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Ranked #6 for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
A futsal management game with a 2D match engine and integrated editor. Can you find the next wonderkid and become the best manager? Proudly open source.
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with New Star™ Manager.
Ranked #7 for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024! Dive into the world of football like never before. Choose an existing club or start your own. Manage either men or women, lead your club to new heights, and become the next manager legend!
Football Manager 2020
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with New Star™ Manager.
Ranked #8 for New Star™ Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Run your football club, your way. Every decision counts in Football Manager 2020 with new features and polished game mechanics rewarding planning and progression like never before, empowering managers to develop and refine both your club’s and your own unique identity.
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New Star™ Soccer 5
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with New Star™ Manager.
Reviewers of New Star™ Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Live the life of an up-and-coming superstar in this unique football career game. Start out as a 16 year old lad and work your way to the top to become a footballing legend!
Speedball 2 HD
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Reviewers of New Star™ Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Speedball 2 HD is a modern reincarnation on the classic, futuristic cyberpunk sports game Speedball, originally developed by the Bitmap Brothers and first released for the Atari ST in 1990. A brutal mix of handball and ice hockey placed at break-neck pace.
Football, Tactics & Glory
WHY THIS
Reviewers of New Star™ Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
XCOM meets Football Manager. Develop your club, earn experience in turn-based matches, learn new skills, achieve new classes, upgrade your facilities, buy and sell footballers, grow your youth academy, make difficult choices. It's a deep strategy game that respects your time.
FIFA 22
WHY THIS
Reviewers of New Star™ Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Powered by Football™, EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with fundamental gameplay advances and a new season of innovation across every mode.
New Star™ GP
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with New Star™ Manager.
Reviewers of New Star™ Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Indie with New Star™ Manager.
New Star™ GP is a fast and exciting arcade motorsport game with crisp retro visuals. Play career mode and work your way through decades of racing while upgrading your car and your support team... or chase high scores in championship mode on your own or in split-screen with up to three friends!
Football Manager 26
WHY THIS
Shares progression system with New Star™ Manager.
Reviewers of New Star™ Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below New Star™ Manager at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under New Star™ Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under New Star™ Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with New Star™ Manager.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under New Star™ Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under New Star™ Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with New Star™ Manager.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under New Star™ Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie with New Star™ Manager.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under New Star™ Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
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!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with New Star™ Manager.
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.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Sports and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
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!
Supermarket Together
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with New Star™ Manager.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
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Frequently asked about New Star™ Manager
- How much does New Star™ Manager cost?
- New Star™ Manager is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to New Star™ Manager?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside New Star™ Manager are Football, Tactics & Glory, Retro Football, New Star™ Soccer 5.
- Who developed New Star™ Manager?
- New Star™ Manager was developed by New Star Games Ltd. and published by Five Aces Publishing Ltd..
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