As a result of rapid development in elec-tronics and communication technology, large-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are harnessed for various promising applications in a coordinated man-ner. Although it poses numerous advantages, resource management among various domains in large-scale UAV communication networks is the key challenge to be solved urgently. Specifically, due to the inher-ent requirements and future development trend, dis-tributed resource management is suitable. In this arti-cle, we investigate the resource management problem for large-scale UAV communication networks from game-theoretic perspective which are exactly coinci-dent with the distributed and autonomous manner. By exploring the inherent features, the distinctive chal-lenges are discussed. Then, we explore several game-theoretic models that not only combat the challenges but also have broad application prospects. We provide the basics of each game-theoretic model and discuss the potential applications for resource management in large-scale UAV communication networks. Specifi-cally, mean-field game, graphical game, Stackelberg game, coalition game and potential game are included. After that, we propose two innovative case studies to highlight the feasibility of such novel game-theoretic models. Finally, we give some future research direc-tions to shed light on future opportunities and applica-tions.