Soccer Manager 2021 similar games & best alternatives

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Soccer Manager 2021

2020

Should you play it?

Be a top football manager in Soccer Manager 2021. Take a football team to the top and test your management skills against the best, or help a struggling team fight for glory!

What works

  • Free to play
  • Accessible and simple football management gameplay
  • Wide range of teams and leagues
  • Real player names and licenses
  • Good alternative for casual football management fans

Things to keep in mind

  • Unrealistic and random match outcomes
  • Frequent bugs and crashes
  • Poor ai and player behavior
  • Annoying microtransaction prompts
  • Limited customization and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Soccer Manager 2022

  • Soccer Manager 2026

  • New Star™ Manager

  • Backyard Baseball '97

  • NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager

  • WE ARE FOOTBALL

More social

Games that feels like Soccer Manager 2021 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • IOSoccer

  • Gridiron

  • SuperCupOnline

  • Pro Soccer Online

  • Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create

  • Out of the Park Baseball 27

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Soccer Manager 2021 but with a stronger sense of community

  • Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition

  • eBaseball™: PRO SPIRIT

  • Pro 11 - Football Manager Game

  • Full Ace Tennis Simulator

  • Hoop Land

  • AO International Tennis

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Soccer Manager 2021: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Exploration, Creativity, Story, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Competition, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026