Games like Football Manager 2024
If you like Football Manager 2024 (sports management, simulation and football), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Game Dev Tycoon
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want a simple tycoon game for one or two afternoons, where every game you release is a small challenge.
Two Point Hospital
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: less competitive
When you want to manage something without real stress and with a laugh: each hospital plays in comfortable sessions.
Crusader Kings III
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more story
When you have a whole afternoon and fancy intrigue and plans spanning generations.
Cities: Skylines
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more building
When you want to build something big at a relaxed pace. Watching your city grow session after session keeps you hooked for weeks.
RimWorld
- In common: management and long sessions
- Difference: less competitive
When you have a long afternoon and fancy managing: each session writes a new chapter for your colony.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more multiplayer
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
Stellaris
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more exploring
When you have hours and want to write your own space opera.
Planet Zoo
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: more building
When you have an afternoon and want to create something beautiful while caring for your animals.
Against the Storm
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: less competitive
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
TCG Card Shop Simulator
- In common: progression and management
- Difference: less thinking
When you want a calm, addictive routine: each shop day is short and there's always something to improve.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Football Manager 2024
You're the manager and director of football at a real club: transfers, tactics, training, press and the dressing room. A huge database and a match engine that turns every season into a story.
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