The most popular soccer games

Football (or soccer) is one of the most successfully simulated sports in video games on every platform, both consoles and PCs, since the dawn of 8-bit video gaming. There's been a number of soccer games of various genres: simulations (the FIFA series), arcade/action games (Kick Off, Sensible Soccer), team management simulations (Championship Manager, Premier Manager), etc. Some of them became successful franchises, others are no longer even remembered.

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FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

Windows XP/98/951997 Electronic Arts

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (also known as FIFA 98) is a football sports game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1997 for multiple platforms including Windows, Genesis, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES. FIFA: R...

FIFA Soccer 97

DOSWindows XP/98/951996 Electronic Arts

FIFA Soccer 97 is a football video game developed and published by EA Sports as part of the FIFA series. Released in 1996 for various platforms, it was the fourth installment in the FIFA series and introduced several new features....

Championship Manager

DOS1992 Domark Software

Before Football Manager devoured your social life, there was Championship Manager. With graphics as bare as a locker room and stats as detailed as a tax form, it’s a numbers lover’s dream. Pick your squad, yell at imag...

Bundesliga Manager Professional

DOS1991 Kron Simulation Software

Before Football Manager made spreadsheets cool, there was Bundesliga Manager Professional, a game where managing a German football team involved more math than actual football. You buy players, tweak tactics, balance budgets, and ...

Ultimate Soccer Manager

DOS1995 Impressions Games

Italy 1990

DOS1990 Tiertex Design Studios

Sensible Soccer

DOS1992 Sensible Software

The Manager

DOS1991 Kron Simulation Software

The Manager is a soccer simulation game that puts you in charge of a football team and allows you to manage every aspect. You can train your players, choose tactics for every match, expand your stadium and sign contracts with new ...

Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues Season 96/97

DOS1996 Eidos Interactive

Catenaccio! Passion! Endless tactics! Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues delivers Serie A drama in spreadsheet form. You may not smell the espresso or hear the vuvuzelas, but you'll definitely feel the pressure of keeping...

Championship Manager: Season 97/98

DOS1997 Sports Interactive Limited

The final Championship Manager to grace DOS—and what a send-off. Season 97/98 is the fan-favorite for a reason: every transfer, every injury, every last-minute goal feels like a dramatic novel you wrote with a keyboard. Slic...

Premier Manager 3

DOS1994 Realms of Fantasy

By the time Premier Manager 3 rolled around, the series had cemented its reputation as the thinking fan’s football fix. Released in 1994, it refined the formula once again, offering deeper stats and slightly slicker presenta...

One-Nil Soccer Manager

DOS1992 New Era Software

One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Ni...

Kick off 2

DOS1990 Anco Software

Ultimate Soccer Manager 98

Windows XP/98/95Windows 10/111998 Impressions Games

FIFA Soccer 96

DOS1995 Extended Play Productions

Premier Manager

DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

Premier Manager was released in 1992 by Gremlin Interactive for the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. It was one of the earliest football management simulation games and allowed players to take on the role of a football club m...

Premier Manager 2

DOS1993 Realms of Fantasy

Premier Manager 2 polished the formula, giving football nerds even more stats to obsess over. If you thought juggling line-ups and balancing books was fun in the first game, this sequel doubled down. The UI got an upgrade, the dat...

Championship Manager Italia

DOS1993 Sports Interactive Limited

Take the tactical seriousness of Championship Manager and sprinkle on some espresso. Championship Manager Italia gives you control over Italy’s finest (and most temperamental) clubs. Manage egos, battle Juventus, and try not...

Club Football: The Manager

DOS1994 Teque

Before Football Manager consumed the souls of soccer nerds everywhere, there was Club Football: The Manager. It’s all spreadsheets, transfers, and managing egos with egos. Think of it as the '90s simulator for arguing with f...

Championship Manager 93

DOS1993 Domark Software

Ah, Championship Manager 93, the game that taught us yelling at pixels is a valid emotional outlet. It's you, a keyboard, and a list of players with stamina ratings. No fancy graphics, no overpaid pundits—just raw data and t...

Ultimate Soccer Manager 2

DOSWindows 3.x1996 Impressions Games

MicroProse Soccer

DOS1988protected Sensible Software

MicroProse Soccer is an abandoned action-oriented soccer game, developed by Sensible Software and released by MicroProse Software in 1988. The appeal of MicroProse Soccer was its simplicity and the smooth controls. In the United S...

Sensible World of Soccer 96/97

DOS1996protected Sensible Software

International Soccer

DOS1994 Zeppelin Games

Football Manager 3

DOS1993 Bedrock Software

Action Soccer

DOS1995 UBI Soft

Action Soccer (1995, DOS) is what happens when you try to make a soccer game fun without worrying too much about realism, physics, or gravity. The ball bounces like it’s filled with helium, and the players run like they&rsqu...