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Invincibles Studio Ltd · 2024 · Windows

Steam: 72 % positive of 4,265 reviews, as of Oct 28

Manage elite football clubs and lead your dream team as a football manager!

24 games that play like Soccer Manager 2027 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Football Manager 2022, Football Manager 2023 and Soccer Manager 2022.

Player tags

  • Football (Soccer)
  • Free to Play
  • Simulation
  • Management
  • Sports
  • Immersive Sim
  • Real Time Tactics
  • Singleplayer
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Steam reviews

What players say

Mixed but leaning positive: players like the deep, simple management loop for a free game, but criticise pay-to-win gold bars, bugs and unrealistic match results.

Many players like the core management loop: building a squad, scouting wonderkids, managing finances, tactics and transfers, with a large range of leagues and clubs. Reviewers describe it as a free, casual alternative to Football Manager that is easy to start and hard to put down. The complaints are mostly about monetisation: gold bars for agent fees, transfers and boosters, and budgets that feel too small without paying. Many players also report bugs such as tactics resetting, players vanishing from squads, freezes and crashes. Match simulation is a frequent criticism, with weak defending, odd goals and results that do not match team strength. Graphics and animations are widely seen as dated. Reviewers with shorter playtimes call it a fun, easy alternative, while those who have played it longer focus more on the finances and match engine.

Praised

  • Deep management loop

    Players enjoy building squads, scouting young talent, managing finances and tactics, and seeing progress over seasons.

    Many players
  • Free and easy to start

    Reviewers value a large feature set at no cost, a clean interface and a simple start compared with Football Manager.

    Many players
  • Large range of clubs and leagues

    Players highlight the huge database of leagues, clubs and licensed players, giving endless career choices.

    Some players
  • Single-player with fair free play

    Players note that the game is single-player and that the free version remains playable without paying.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Pay-to-win monetisation

    Gold bars are needed for agent fees, instant transfers and boosters, and budgets feel too small without paying.

    Many players
  • Bugs and crashes

    Players report tactics resetting, players disappearing from squads, UI glitches, freezes and crashes.

    Many players
  • Unrealistic match simulation

    Results often do not match team strength, defenders seem passive, and tactical changes appear to make little difference.

    Many players
  • Dated graphics and animations

    Reviewers find the graphics, faces and player animations weak, with players passing through each other.

    Some players
Who it suits
Players who want a free, casual football management game and who accept grind, bugs and in-game purchases.
Who should skip it
Players who want realistic match simulation, a polished experience or a game without pay-to-win gold bars should skip it.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with under 20 hours are mixed and mostly mention ease of learning and bugs, while players with 20 to 200 hours more often criticise finances and the match engine but still recommend it.

Summarised by AI from 80 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

Best matches

Plays and looks like Soccer Manager 2027

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Soccer Manager 2027

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. WE ARE FOOTBALL 202778 % positive of 214Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  2. WE ARE FOOTBALL 202478 % positive of 760Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  3. Soccer Manager 201867 % positive of 421Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  4. Pro 11 - Football Manager Game75 % positive of 369Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  5. Football Manager 2636 % positive of 21,828
  6. Football Manager 2020 Touch86 % positive of 1,027Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  7. Soccer Manager63 % positive of 217Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Sports
  8. Soccer Manager 201567 % positive of 503Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  9. Club Soccer Director 202161 % positive of 155Shared: Football (Soccer) · Sports · Multiple Endings
  10. Soccer Manager 201763 % positive of 599Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  11. Football, Tactics & Glory87 % positive of 4,011Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management
  12. Football Manager 2021 Touch88 % positive of 715Shared: Football (Soccer) · Simulation · Management

By look

Looks like Soccer Manager 2027

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Soccer Manager 202273 % positive of 2,982
  2. eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE76 % positive of 38,121
  3. Football Manager 2020 Touch86 % positive of 1,027
  4. Soccer Manager 202173 % positive of 2,061
  5. Pro Soccer Online81 % positive of 23,309
  6. GOALS39 % positive of 7,707
  7. WE ARE FOOTBALL 202478 % positive of 760
  8. WE ARE FOOTBALL75 % positive of 841
  9. Football Manager 201985 % positive of 12,492
  10. IOSoccer80 % positive of 2,922
  11. Sociable Soccer 2470 % positive of 180
  12. FreestyleFootball R65 % positive of 1,635

At a glance

What games like Soccer Manager 2027 have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Soccer Manager 2027: Football (Soccer) (23 of 24), Simulation (22) and Management (20).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2026, 2 of them after Soccer Manager 2027 (2024).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Football Manager 2021 (93 % positive of 23,850).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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