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THE CORNERMAN: BOXING MANAGERThe Cornerman is a deep boxing management simulation where you take control of every aspect of building a successful fight gym and developing championship fighters. Start with a small local gym, scout raw prospects, and guide your fighters through the brutal world of professional boxing. Manage training, injuries, sponsorships, rivalries, rankings, finances, and caree… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cornerman.

RoadmapHigh priority Match simulation algorithms (85%) Multi-role player generation (40%) Stadium infrastructure (70%) Youth Academy (70%) Gym (70%) Training Camp (70%) Infirmary (70%) Low priority Stock dividends(80%) Investment banking(80%) Feedback About the Game An immersive and strategic game experience focused on managing a rugby club. The game combines tactical … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rugby Tycoon Rugby Rovigo Delta.

BUILD THE GYM. FORGE THE FIGHTER. OWN THE NIGHT. Take charge of an ambitious MMA gym in a deep pixel-art management simulation where every prospect, payday and corner decision can reshape your legacy. Scout a changing world of fictional fighters across eight weight divisions. Study their styles and hidden weaknesses, negotiate salaries and fight contracts, assign training and recovery, manage die… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cage Legacy.

You are the manager of a Japanese high school soccer team. You develop your players and take them from the prefectural qualifiers to the national tournament. ■ Training You choose a training session each week — technique, physical work, tactical understanding, set pieces, a practice match, or rest. What you pick decides which attributes come on. Players who build up fatigue get injured more ea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Academy Soccer Manager.

PROMOTER: The Fight Game is a deep sports management simulation where you build a boxing promotional company from nothing into a global powerhouse. Scout raw talent from the amateurs and free-agent pools. Sign them. Promote them. Match them carefully, too soon, and you wreck a career, too late and a rival promoter swoops in. Book the venues. Sell the narrative. Fill the arena. Watch the money come… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PROMOTER: The Fight Game.

You are not the fighter. You are the one who finds him, signs him, builds him, books him and watches everything fall apart when the bell rings. IRONBLOOD is a dark fantasy combat promotion management sim set in a brutal empire built around the arena. You begin with a fighting house, a limited treasury and a stable of unknown men. What happens next is yours. Scout new talent. Negotiate contracts.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironblood.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, grinding

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Choose Your Era — 1880 to 2026+Start your career in any year from the bare-knuckle age of the 1880s to the modern mega-fight era and beyond. The game world evolves authentically with the times — title fight rounds change from 25 to 20 to 15 to 12 as the sport modernises, sanctioning bodies appear in their real years (one world title until 1963, then WBC, IBF in 1983, and WBO in 1988), venues shift… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

Build Your Chess LegacyGrand Chess Manager: Road to Grandmaster is a chess career and club management simulation where your success is shaped by much more than the next move on the board. Create your player, begin your journey in the chess world, enter tournaments, improve your skills, and fight your way toward the grandmaster title. At the same time, you are responsible for building a serious ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grand Chess Manager: Road to Grandmaster.

Build and lead a boxing academy in a deep management simulation. Recruit and develop fighters, plan camps, manage contracts, health and morale, then compete across a living world in single-player or a multiplayer universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BDO.

Build a career across professional and college American football as head coach and general manager. Control the roster, cap, recruiting, draft, playbook and every game-day call—then reshape the world with custom leagues, teams, players, portraits, logos, local mods and Steam Workshop content. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gridiron Manager 2026.

Rox Solid Pro Football is a deep American football management sim. Take over as Owner, General Manager, Head Coach, a Coordinator, or an unemployed hopeful, and build a franchise your way, as hands-on or hands-off as you like.  Scout prospects and set your draft board. Set your training schedule, intensity, and develop your roster. Set your game plan, install the plays you think will give your tea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rox Solid Pro Football.

Gridiron Football GM is a deep American football management simulation. Run the front office of a pro football franchise. Build a dynasty across decades. Make every roster decision, every cap call, every trade, every draft pick. Then call every play before the snap. You are not the quarterback. You are the front office. The GM Loop Every season is a full cycle. Hire coordinators and position c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gridiron Football GM.

BECOME THE FOOTBALLER YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE Create your own player and build a career from the ground up. Start as an unknown talent, fight for your place in the team, improve season after season, earn bigger opportunities and decide for yourself what success looks like. PLAY YOUR CAREER ON THE PITCH Take control of your own player in full top down matches and experience every game from a foo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Club Legend.

Build a club. Shape a manager. Bend the rules. FC Mafioso: Football Dynasty Manager is a text-based football management game where you take charge of a small procedurally generated club and try to turn it into a long-term dynasty. Manage transfers, youth development, finances, stadium growth, press conferences, derby days, and weekly club-life scenarios in a world full of random events, branchin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FC Mafioso: Football Dynasty Manager.

Build the next generation. You are not managing the first team. You are building the players who will define the club’s future. In Football Academy Director, you take charge of a football academy and guide young players from early youth squads to the U19 academy team. Follow the pathway from U11 prospects to older academy players, plan future squads, and decide which talents deserve the time, fo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Football Academy Director.

Become a Boxing Manager - Take control and make history! Build your stable, develop fighters, manage gym trainers, create epic matchups, and guide your roster to the hall of fame. Features: * NEW! AMATEURS are here with our gold medal achievement!!!! * Up to 160 customizable world & regional title belts * Unique game universe with up to 5,000 fighters per world * Develop prospects and strateg… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boxing Manager.

A deep football dynasty sim. Scout prospects, manage contracts, call plays live, and build a championship franchise from the ground up. Every decision matters. Every season tells a story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sideline to Sideline Football.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Cricket Management Tycoon 2026Build the squad. Control the tactics. Handle the pressure. Create your cricket legacy. Cricket Management Tycoon 2026 is a deep cricket management simulation where you take control of a professional cricket team and shape its future through transfers, contracts, tactics, player development, team management, and match-day decisions. Build a dynasty across global T20 … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cricket Management Tycoon.

Coach your way from high-school and AAA 18U benches to the top of world hockey. Run the lines, the systems, the training and the room; answer the board; take the job that calls. A text-first career sim across 140 leagues and 2,109 clubs — and every name is yours to edit. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hockey Coach Dynasty.

FCW - Football Club World is an all-encompassing football management simulation that puts you in the heart of the footballing world, where every decision counts. In FCW, you don't just play the game—you live it. As the manager and owner of your football club, you take full control over every aspect, from the tactical intricacies on the pitch to the financial and commercial operations off it. The g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Football Club World.

Manage your team to glory in this text-based football manager. Win trophies, master the transfer market, and live the life of a real coach. Balance locker room egos, manage your personal wealth, and work your way up to buying your own club. Your life off the pitch matters! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FROM THE DUGOUT.

Football management used to be about the joy of the next match. We want to bring that feeling back. FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT BACK TO ITS ROOTS Simple Football League Manager is a football management game inspired by the genre classics. Easy to start, difficult to master and always about the next match. No endless spreadsheets, no hundreds of player attributes and no need to spend hours preparing for a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simple Football League Manager.

Esports Dynasty Manager is an esports management game where you take control of a professional organization in a fictional competitive MOBA scene. Your job goes far beyond choosing five players. Build the right roster, scout new talent, hire staff, manage salaries and sponsorships, improve your infrastructure, study your opponents, and prepare your team for every series. Every great organizati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Esports Dynasty Manager.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

57% User Score Based on 35 reviews

Dive into the most advanced tennis management experience to date. Manage your academy, develop your staff and facilities, recruit the best players from the men's and women's circuits, both junior and pro, and lead them to the top! Forge the champions of tomorrow. The future of tennis is in your hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tennis Manager 25.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

79% User Score Based on 100 reviews

Overview Gladiator Manager is a sports management and tactical text-based battle simulation game. The player takes on the role of manager of a team of gladiators, trying to win a league and a cup. The back end managerial part of the game has similarities to games like Football Manager and Out of the Park and involves hiring new fighters by judging their potential and skills, training them, and th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gladiator Manager.

Welcome to Headshot Manager, a management simulation where you run a tactical-FPS esports organization from the inside. The roster, the money, the map pool, and the calls that decide matches are all yours. Start with a founded organization nobody has heard of, or take over an existing team with expectations already attached. Hundreds of teams across every region play their own season whether you'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Headshot Manager.

37%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

37% User Score Based on 70 reviews

MMA team manager is the all new, face punching, body slamming manager game for the real MMA fans. Experience the life as a manager running your own team and leading the fighters to international glory in the cage. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MMA Team Manager.

GRUNT - The Wrestling Game Step into the ring and take control! Welcome to GRUNT - The Wrestling Game, the ultimate text-based wrestling simulation! This isn't about fancy graphics; it's about pure, unadulterated, bone-crunching wrestling. Forge your legacy from the ground up. Create custom wrestlers, from hulking giants to rule-breaking villains, and assign them to powerful stables. Design your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grunt - the Wrestling Game.

Regions break away. Economies boom and crash. Conspiracies, lawsuits, and personal lives shape the game. Lead as Club Director, Club Owner, Federation Executive, or First Team Manager in a world that moves without you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DOMFC: Run a Complete Football Empire.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

67% User Score Based on 30 reviews

A strategic franchise mode football sim where you run the front office and call all the shots —build your roster, manage the franchise and handle the play calling to guide your team to glory across seasons of immersive franchise-building. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate Pro Football Coach.

5,998 clubs. 473 competitions across 221 nations. Step in as an owner or manager, take your club from the bottom to the top, and build your own footballing empire in a massive living database. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Football Ambition 27.

Football isn't won on the pitch alone. It's won in the boardroom, in the market and on the tactics board. Nobody's going to hand you anything. You take over a club with nothing: a budget that barely stretches and a crowd that has heard too many promises already. What happens next is on you — who you sign, how you set up each match, and whether you hold your nerve when the results dry up. Total Cl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Total Club Manager.

Build your squad. Run your club. Chase the next title. Scout fictional FPS talent, negotiate contracts, plan training and manage your budget through a career of matches, tournaments and tough decisions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Esports Manager: FPS.

High Concept "The Art of MMA" is a single-player management simulation game where the player acts as an MMA promoter, tasked with building a fight promotion from the ground up by signing, managing, and promoting a roster of procedurally generated fighters to achieve global recognition. Core Gameplay Loop The Art of MMA is built around a complete and repeatable core gameplay loop: Sign … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Art of MMA.

Have you ever wanted to run your own MMA federation? Well, now you can, with MMA Manager, the exciting sports strategy game. NOTE: This is a Windows build of my classic mobile game, so most interactions are click-based as  though you  are tapping on a phone screen. Click and drag to scroll the "News" screen. Hire the best fighters, book the best fights, and become an MMA tycoon, as you take your f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jason Webb's MMA Manager Game.

Live one footballer's career, not a club. Fight for minutes, read your coach, negotiate every contract, and move through a world where only your own numbers are certain. 686 clubs, 30 nations, one career at a time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Legend.

Take control of your favorite football franchise in Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 26. Draft stars, manage the cap, build gameplans, and shape your dynasty with deep strategy, smart AI, and endless customization. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2026.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

66% User Score Based on 759 reviews

Build and lead your own professional esports organization. Scout players, manage contracts, develop talent, hire staff, grow your brand, and compete for championship titles in a deep and realistic management simulation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Esports Manager 2026.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

95% User Score Based on 62 reviews

Take the reins of a professional football franchise and prove you can build a dynasty. You're the General Manager. Every roster decision, every draft pick, every contract negotiation runs through you. Build your roster, hire your coaching staff, manage the salary cap, and watch your team take the field, all while an owner demands results. DRAFT YOUR FUTURE Scout hundreds of prospects each year thr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to War Room Football.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

96% User Score Based on 114 reviews

Pound for Pound is a deep MMA promotion sim where you start from nothing and build your way to the top. Sign unknown fighters, book smart matchups, grow your brand, and try to become the biggest MMA organization in the world while rival promotions fight you for talent, dates, and dominance. Build Your Promotion From the Ground UpYou control the business behind the fights. Sign and manage fighter… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

78% User Score Based on 23 reviews

CONTROL THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE RING AND EVERY MOMENT INSIDE IT Believr Pro Wrestling is a wrestling booking and creation simulator built around giving you control over the entire show. Run a real independent wrestling promotion or build your own. Manage the roster, write promos, create storylines, book events and construct every match from bell to bell. Take full control through BPW’s creative s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Believr Pro Wrestling.

(To get the most out of this game - please download the game manual!) Windows only - not sure how it runs on a Mac. GRUNT - The Wrestling Game Step into the ring and take control! Welcome to GRUNT - The Wrestling Game, the ultimate text-based wrestling simulation! This isn't about fancy graphics; it's about pure, unadulterated, bone-crunching wrestling. Forge your legacy from the ground up. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grunt - The Wrestling Game.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization

72% User Score Based on 170 reviews

Welcome to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024 – the NEW football management experience from the creators of the legendary On the Ball and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager Series! 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!Be there with your team on the pitch. In our immersive 3D… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

63% User Score Based on 46 reviews

Pro Basketball Manager 2023 features more than 160 basketball competitions with the most depth and authenticity ever found in a basketball management game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pro Basketball Manager 2023.

Forge your esports legacy. The premier multiplayer MOBA & FPS manager awaits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ESMO: Esports Manager Online.

You are the dominus of a rising gladiator school in a world ruled by steel and spectacle. Gladiatorum: Sacramentum is a deep, complex simulation where every scar tells a story, every decision echoes through blood, and where you forge the next legends of the arena. This isn’t just about the fight. It’s about survival, loyalty, and power. Your choices shape not only the fate of gladiators, but th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gladiatorum: Sacramentum.

Rise from high school assistant to the top of the sport in one fully-simulated, connected football universe — from high school to college to the pros. Manage a roster, call every play, and watch it play out in a realism-based broadcast-style game engine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simhaus: Football.

Lead Dawn from Division 5. Scout prospects, negotiate transfers and personal terms. Train 21 attributes; manage condition, injuries, and wages. Build 5v5, 3v3, and 2v2 plans, make live calls and lead 5- or 10-person raids for gear and mastery. Turn winnings into freedom, then reinvest in the squad. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beasts of Ephesus.

Be the Manager. Be the Chairman.Fifth Tier puts you in charge of a football club from top to bottom. On the pitch, you pick the squad, set the tactics, and steer every transfer window. Off the pitch, you control the budget, manage the board, and invest in your facilities and stadium. Every decision — sporting or financial — shapes where your club ends up.Features KOPYALA (KODLAR DAHIL, AYNEN)Be th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fifth Tier.

FC Tycoon: Club Manager is a football management simulation built from the ground up for tactical depth, realism, and creative freedom. Take charge of a club and shape everything: your squad, your tactics, your footballing identity. FC Tycoon is the kind of management game that rewards depth, patience, strategic thinking, and long term planning — not shortcuts. ⚽ A Living Football World FC Ty… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FC Tycoon 2027.