Best Football (Soccer) Games on Steam
Games about soccer, passing, shooting, tactics, clubs, or match management.
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1Football Manager 2024 - Build a world-class team ready to dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops when you’re pursuing footballing greatness.
Nov 6, 2023
In this game, you can…
- win the World Cup with Lithuania after years of building a national team program.
- take a tiny sixth-tier club all the way to the Bundesliga over 16 seasons.
- refuse a Manchester United job offer and just keep managing elsewhere.
- import your Football Manager 2023 career and keep the same save going for hundreds of hours.
- win an MLS Cup after a shootout that takes 15 penalty kicks.
- scout villages in Nigeria for a teenager who can change your club.
- turn set pieces into a real tactical weapon by designing your own routines.
- pull off a giant-killing cup upset, like Mansfield Town beating Liverpool.
- take a club from local obscurity to European nights, then switch into national-team management mid-career.
2Football Manager 2021 - New additions and game upgrades deliver added levels of depth, drama and football authenticity. FM21 empowers you like never before to develop your skills and command success at your club.
Nov 24, 2020
In this game, you can…
- call an agent and ask what it would take for a player to become available, including estimated wages and whether they'd join now or later.
- lose 5–0 and have your players automatically refund the supporters' tickets for the match.
- throw a bottle in a team talk, trigger a player to demand a transfer, fine him two weeks' wages, drop him to the youth squad, and watch him beg to return later.
- hold a scouting meeting where your staff present transfer reports before the window opens.
- welcome a new signing with a specific gesture, like open arms or a pat on the back.
- use expected-goals data to see whether your team actually deserved the result and what tactical changes worked.
- survive a bad first season because you kept a promise to fix the club's finances, then rebuild into a stronger second season.
- hit later seasons where clubs go broke, good players suddenly become cheap or free, and the entire transfer market flips into a scramble.
3Football Manager 2022 - The closest thing to real football management. FM22 brings new, progressive ways to find your winning edge, instill your footballing style and earn it on the pitch.
Nov 9, 2021
In this game, you can…
- watch goals get overturned or awarded by VAR mid-match, with decisions swinging the scoreline after the ball hits the net.
- run a long save where a nation's youth talent rises or falls as that country gets stronger or weaker over time.
- race through transfer deadline day, juggling agents and last-minute negotiations to steal a signing before rivals beat you to it.
- overhaul how hard your team presses and manage fitness so you can start swarming opponents from the first whistle.
- use defenders who surge forward on the ball, including a wide center-back role that turns a back three into an attacking weapon.
- dig into a data hub that compares your squad to the league, spots tactical problems, and shows why your plan is failing.
- assign scouts to tightly defined regions on a continent, targeting specific hotspots like Uruguay or Peru for young prospects.
- trade an overflowing inbox for regular staff meetings that bundle recruitment, coaching, development, and staffing decisions in one place.
4Football Manager 2023 - Build your dream squad, outsmart your rivals and experience the thrill of big European nights in the UEFA Champions League. Your journey towards footballing glory awaits.
Nov 8, 2022
In this game, you can…
- convert a center-back into a striker, train long shots, and have him end up your top scorer.
- sell a club legend for an A+ from the board and get an F from furious supporters.
- quit your club, take a rival job, and watch your old team finish bottom as you win the league.
- threaten to resign over club spending and get instantly accepted.
- use a squad planner to map future starters, target cheap teenagers, and build development paths around them.
- start a press conference feud, then get demolished and watch the champions celebrate their title in your own stadium.
- watch official European match nights with live draws, anthems, branded graphics, and full tournament presentation.
- say one wrong thing to a player, trigger a dressing-room mutiny, and watch the mood crash spill onto the pitch.
5Bang-On Balls: Chronicles - A quirky, absolutely content-packed, destructible open-world sandbox adventure with combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunt experience. Play solo, 2-player split screen, or online co-op for up to 4 players. No paid cosmetic DLC nonsense.
Oct 5, 2023
In this game, you can…
- treat the main menu like a tiny level and roll around in it.
- rob a moving train in the Wild West, then wander into a hidden summer camp and a whole lucha libre village.
- pick the US or USSR side of the Space Race map, wreck both factions' bases, build a rocket for one country, and race to the moon.
- smash through destructible towns where anything that looks breakable usually is.
- stack movement and combat gear like Thor's hammer, thunderbolt weapons, and outfits that grant jet packs or new mobility.
- play minigames in the hub and worlds, like arcade cabinets, football, pachinko, and bowling.
- turn dying into a fetch mission by returning to your grave and breaking your tombstone to recover your lost currency.
- hunt down film reels in the warehouse hub to unlock hidden doors, discover new rooms, and open new level portals.
6Altitude - Now Available on PC, Mac and Linux!
Dec 4, 2009
In this game, you can…
- trigger an EMP blast to drop enemy planes, hit afterburners through a minefield, arm a nuke on the way in, and fight off laser warps near the hangars.
- run a Plane Ball match with 19 AI so the whole field turns into nonstop aerial chaos of passes, blocks, and explosions.
- stall on purpose, drop toward the bottom of the map, then use the dive speed to outplay and shoot someone down.
- play soccer with planes, passing, blocking, and getting goals while dogfights explode around the ball.
- fire a homing missile, drop a cluster bomb, and turn on a shield in the same dogfight while you barrel roll past incoming shots.
- ram other planes as a real tactic, or switch to bombing runs and high-speed chases depending on what you're flying.
- fight through tight tunnels, asteroid fields, and other cramped arenas where steering and momentum decide who escapes and who crashes.
- play a 1-life deathmatch round where every stall, afterburner burst, and missed dodge can end your team's run.
7Football Manager 2021 Touch - Stripped-back and simplified for speedier seasons, FM21 Touch is the time-saving alternative to the desktop classic, focusing largely on the managerial essentials – tactics and transfers.
Dec 1, 2020
In this game, you can…
- instant-result matches to blitz whole seasons in a couple hours while you focus on transfers, squad-building, and player growth.
- take over Jamaica, scrape together a squad, qualify for the World Cup, and measure yourself against teams like Portugal in the group stage.
- get thrown into short challenge runs like staying unbeaten, surviving an injury crisis, or escaping relegation in the final games.
- skip press conferences and match prep, then fly through seasons fast enough to watch youngsters peak and cash them in.
- start unemployed, get hired fast, and ride a career of promotions, sackings, and surprise opportunities across clubs.
- shout instructions during matches, even at individual players, and see it affect how they perform.
- set up more than one formation and switch shapes without slowing down the streamlined pace.
8despelote - A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.
May 1, 2025
In this game, you can…
- steal a ball from three adults, get confronted, then sprint off and boot it into the void.
- jump a school fence to find a secret pitch, then keep coming back as more kids discover it and the place fills up.
- go from playing a tiny soccer video game to being on the couch as your parents turn it off mid-match.
- kick your ball at people, bottles, balloons, and whatever's lying around the street.
- half-listen to adults arguing about politics and money while you keep dribbling and ignoring them.
- crash picnics, interrupt grown-ups, and generally be the neighborhood menace without the game turning it into a punishment fest.
- turn a wedding into a playground by hiding under tables and finding trouble while all the adults try to act formal.
- watch the whole city's mood swing as Ecuador's World Cup qualifier campaign unfolds and everyone reacts to the real matches.
9No Fair Play - No Fair Play is a physics-based multiplayer game that combines parkour, combat, and football mechanics to offer great freedom to players.
Jul 28, 2023
In this game, you can…
- strip opponents naked mid-match.
- slide tackle your friend, kick them in the face, then latch onto them while they kick back trying to shake you off.
- start a match with bots, then have real players swap in mid-game to replace them instantly.
- snap opponents' shins with brutal leg tackles.
- punch, tackle, and grab people nonstop while the match keeps going.
- play 5v5 matches that turn into ruleless brawls instead of soccer.
- jump into a parkour mode with dedicated movement maps.
10Football Referee Simulator - Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?
Jun 29, 2024
In this game, you can…
- buy assets, invest in stocks or a company, and end up a second-division referee who becomes a billionaire with a yacht, private jet, and even an island.
- get pulled into corruption and match-fixing storylines, weighing whether to force outcomes instead of calling the game straight.
- talk to players directly, choosing whether to calm them down or provoke them into escalating.
- call fouls, pick yellow or red cards, award the restart, and watch your decision instantly swing the match result and your referee rating.
- stand on the pitch as the referee while the match plays out in real time, reacting to fouls, coaches, and players without controlling anyone.
- blow a 90th-minute offside against the home team and hear the stadium erupt in boos while you stick with the call.
- review controversial incidents with VAR by scrubbing through the whole play and then confirming or overturning your on-field decision.
- rise through different leagues and countries over a career, working your way from small matches to prestigious finals.
