Games like Football, Tactics & Glory
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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.
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Football Manager 2024
Nov 6 · Sports Interactive
Both: Sports · Management · Football (Soccer)
Build a world-class team ready to dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops when you’re pursuing footballing greatness.
SimulationSportsManagementFootball (Soccer)StrategyMultiplayerEconomyReal Time TacticseSportsSingleplayer👍 17,111
$39.99WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024
Mar 4 · Winning Streak Games GmbH
Both: Football (Soccer) · Sports · Management
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 (Soccer)SportsSimulationManagement3DEconomyFamily FriendlyStrategyPvPLevel Editor👍 752
$11.99Football Agent
Aug 25 · ATERO GAMES
Both: Football (Soccer) · Sports · Management
You're not the manager, you're the agent. Scout hidden gems across 47,500 players, win them over face to face, build their careers, and sell them for millions. A deep football agency career sim where every contract has your name on it.
Football (Soccer)SportsSimulationImmersive SimStrategyManagementShop KeeperEconomyIndieTactical👍 114
EA SPORTS FC™ 24
Sep 28 · EA Canada, EA Romania
Both: Football (Soccer) · Sports
EA SPORTS FC™ 24 welcomes you to The World’s Game: the most true-to-football experience ever with HyperMotionV, PlayStyles optimised by Opta, and an enhanced Frostbite™ Engine.
Football (Soccer)SportsControllerMultiplayerPvPeSportsCompetitivePvELocal Multiplayer3D👍 94,360
$4.99Pro Soccer Online
Dec 5 · Skywall Studios LLC
Both: Sports · Football (Soccer)
Pro Soccer Online is a 1st/3rd person, highly skill based, online multiplayer soccer game. It offers a sports game experience unlike any other with smooth, physics based, input driven gameplay that is competitive and rewarding with no pay to win mechanics.
SportsFootball (Soccer)PvPCompetitiveeSportsCharacter Customization3DFirst-PersonThird PersonTeam-Based👍 23,248
$69.99EA SPORTS FC™ 26
Sep 25 · EA Canada, EA Romania
Both: Football (Soccer) · Sports
Experience The World's Game like never before in EA SPORTS FC™ 26. Go for glory in a 48-team international tournament mode, take on themed Manager Live Challenges, and step into Player Career with new international ICONs and Heroes.
Football (Soccer)MultiplayerSportsControllerSimulationSingleplayerLocal Co-OpCompetitiveOnline Co-OpRealistic👍 100,028
$19.99Football Life Simulator
Apr 11 · Ludu Arts
Both: Football (Soccer)
Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.
SimulationFootball (Soccer)Life SimIndieTime ManagementCapitalismFPSRomanceImmersive SimInventory Management👍 1,567
FreeGlobal Football
3 days ago · Giovanni Marin, Carlos Eduardo Fernandes, Guilherme Souza, Vinicius Marchesini de Oliveira
Both: Sports · Football (Soccer)
Global Football is a multiplayer football game focused on real skill, teamwork, and identity. Here, each player controls a single athlete on the field — not an entire team. No pay-to-win. No scripts. Victory depends solely on your game awareness, technique, and team chemistry.
SportseSports3DFootball (Soccer)Artificial IntelligenceFree to PlayMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerPvPCharacter Customization
EA SPORTS FC™ 25
Sep 26 · EA Canada, EA Romania
Both: Sports · Football (Soccer)
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 gives you more ways to win for the club. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush, and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before.
SportsFootball (Soccer)ControllerMultiplayerSimulationeSportsCompetitiveLocal MultiplayerFamily FriendlyLocal Co-Op👍 98,002
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Both: Management
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Both: Turn-Based Combat · Management
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Turn-Based TacticsRoguelikeOld SchoolTurn-Based CombatParty-Based RPGManagementRogueliteReplay ValueTactical RPGRetro👍 296
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Both: Management · Economy · Resource Management
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Both: Management
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Both: Sports · Football (Soccer)
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Both: Turn-Based Combat
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Turn-Based CombatTacticalIsometricCyberpunkPerma DeathTurn-Based TacticsPost-apocalypticTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGStealth👍 2,938
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Both: Economy · Management · Resource Management
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SimulationCity BuilderBuildingRelaxingEconomyManagementResource ManagementInventory ManagementStory RichLogic👍 543
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Turn-BasedManagementRomePixel GraphicsStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatIndieSimulation👍 721
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SportsStrategyFootball (American)ManagementSingleplayerTacticalIndieSimulation
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Both: Turn-Based Combat · Turn-Based
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Turn-Based CombatStrategyRPGReplay ValuePixel GraphicsTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRoguelikeAdventure👍 583
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Both: Sports · Management
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Both: Management · Economy
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