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2016 PC 👍 60 % Mixed, 11,041 reviews on Steam

An extremely detailed football management simulation where you handle tactics, transfers, training and club running across many seasons. Matches play out automatically while your decisions determine success.

What defines Football Manager 2017:

  • Tactical depth
  • A party of several characters
  • Strong character progression

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Anstoss 3

98 %

2000 PC

  • Tactical depth
  • A party of several characters
  • Realistic visuals

A deep football management sim where you handle tactics, transfers, finances and stadium upgrades for your club. Its dry humor and huge amount of detail made it a favourite among Anstoss fans.

Championship Manager: Season 01/02

A party of several characters

A classic football management sim with a huge database of over 100,000 players and staff, 26 leagues and a data editor for customizing squads. The appeal lies in tactics, transfers and career building rather than visuals.

Championship Manager 4

A party of several characters

A deep football management sim where you run squad, tactics, transfers and finances of a club across many seasons. Its appeal lies in huge databases, scouting and slowly building a winning team.

Empire Earth III

Bright, upbeat tone

A real-time strategy game where you lead a civilization through five epochs of history, gathering resources, expanding and building armies. Considered the weakest entry in the series, though it offers three factions and large-scale battles.

Stronghold: Warlords

Gameplay comes before story

A real-time strategy game blending castle building and economy management with sieges in medieval East Asia. You command Mongols, samurai and imperial forces while dealing with rival warlords on a skirmish map.

American Conquest

Tactical depth

A historical real-time strategy game where you command the conquest of the Americas across eight campaigns, from Columbus to Washington. Large armies, resource management and massed battles define the experience.

Cossacks: European Wars

Gameplay comes before story

A classic real-time strategy game set in 17th and 18th century Europe, famous for commanding huge armies of thousands of units while managing an economy. Sixteen nations with their own units and technologies add variety.

Madden NFL 11

A party of several characters

An officially licensed NFL football simulation with a Franchise mode for building a dynasty and commentary by Gus Johnson and Cris Collinsworth. You call plays, manage a team and can play against friends.

Stronghold 3

Tactical depth

A medieval castle-building strategy game where you manage your economy and population, construct fortresses, and defend or besiege them in real-time battles against the vengeful Wolf.

Blitzkrieg

Gameplay comes before story

A World War II real-time tactics game where you skip base building and command historically accurate units of several nations through battles in Europe and North Africa.

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