Football Manager 26 puts you in complete control of your club’s destiny: transfers, tactics, training, scouting, budgets and more. Powered by a new engine and redesigned UI, it promises to be the definitive football-management experience.
If you’re looking for more games that let you wrangle the boardroom, shape the squad and steer your club to glory, here are ten great alternatives that replicate the strategic depth of Football Manager 26 – and some that translate it into other sports, for how wide you’re willing to go.
Football Manager 2024
Release Date: November 06, 2023
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Football Manager 2023
Release Date: November 08, 2022
Genres: Simulator, Sport
WE ARE FOOTBALL
Release Date: June 10, 2021
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Out of the Park Baseball 25
Release Date: March 15, 2024
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Indie
Eastside Hockey Manager
Release Date: December 01, 2015
Genres: Simulator, Sport
F1 Manager 2024
Release Date: July 23, 2024
Genres: Sport, Strategy, Simulator
Basketball Pro Management 2014
Release Date: January 06, 2014
Genres: Simulator, Sport
Pro Cycling Manager 25
Release Date: June 05, 2025
Genres: Sport