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2019 PC

An extremely deep football management sim where you control tactics, transfers, training and club politics, building a club over many seasons.

What defines Football Manager 2020:

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

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Championship Manager: Season 01/02

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2001 PCXbox

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

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.

Motorsport Manager

Strong character progression

You run a motorsport team, hiring drivers, developing cars and making race-day calls on pit stops and tyre choices. A detailed management sim for racing fans.

The Guild 2

Tactical depth

A medieval life and economy sim where you build a dynasty across generations by running businesses, marrying, climbing political offices and taking down rivals through lawsuits, intrigue or force. It is quirky and complex, and it generates its own emergent stories.

Victoria 3

Gameplay comes before story

A deep grand strategy simulation of the 19th century where you steer your nation's economy, politics and competing social interest groups. Industrialization, trade and internal tensions take center stage over pure warfare.

Hearts of Iron IV

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy simulation of World War II where you lead any nation, managing industry, research, diplomacy and front lines in pausable real time. National focus trees and alternate-history paths give it huge replay value.

Cossacks: European Wars

Tactical depth

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.

Hearts of Iron II

Tactical depth

An extremely detailed World War II grand strategy game played in real time with pause, letting you run almost any nation and manage economy, research, diplomacy and armies. The learning curve is steep, but the freedom to rewrite history is huge.

Victoria II

Tactical depth

A deep grand strategy simulation of the 19th century where you manage your nation's economy, population, politics, diplomacy and wars. Its detailed simulation of social classes and industrialization makes every campaign its own story.

Madden NFL 20

Strong character progression

A licensed NFL football simulation featuring the 'Face of the Franchise: QB1' story mode and new Superstar X-Factor abilities that add strategic depth to play-calling and career building.

Empire Earth II

Linear, curated structure

A real-time strategy game spanning all of human history from prehistory to the future. You lead nations through epochs, build economies and armies, and can pursue either military conquest or diplomacy.

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