Esports Manager 2026
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| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Game update | Patch 1.1.1 Patch Notes A big pass over the live match simulation, tournaments, the transfer market and the Workshop. Match Simulation · Post-plant: won rounds stay won. A defence with a man advantage (or with no attacker left alive) now walks back and defuses under ten seconds instead of running for the exit. The defuser is chosen by who can actually reach the bomb in time — bare-handed defuses are allowe… | 24953377 | |
| Sale | We're at Gamescom, and Esports Manager 2026 is 20% off Hello everyone. Two things this week, and both are worth your time. ★ We're at gamescom Esports Manager 2026 is on the show floor in Cologne from August 26–30 , at the indie.io booth — Hall 10.2 | Stand F011g . If you're at the show, come and take a career for a spin. We'll also be at PAX West in Seattle, September 4–7 , at indie.io Booth #316 . ★ And to mark it, the game is 20% off 20% off fro… | — | |
| Major update | Major August Update ★ NEW — Added Cache map · Also added default tactics to Cache. ★ NEW — Steam Workshop · The Workshop is in the game. Browse, subscribe to and publish community content straight from the main menu — no external tools needed. · Three set types are supported: Images (logos and photos), Tactics and Databases. · Publish your own database. Any EMDB.gg database you have built can be uploaded to the Wo… | 24932372 | |
| Game update | Patch 1.0.5.2 Update — Loans, Retirement Careers & Transfer Clarity This update rebuilds the loan system from the ground up, gives retiring players a second life on the coaching staff, and makes the transfer screens tell you what is actually happening. Retirement & Second Careers · Retiring players can now become free-agent coaches or analysts — a familiar name leaving the server can show up again on the sta… | 24432700 | |
| Game update | Patch 1.0.4 We are getting closer to our big August update, so this one is the last (probably) till August. Maps & Visuals · Optimized maps and reworked the map loading process. · Reworked the visuals of Anubis. · Updated water textures on Anubis and Inferno. Match Balance · Reworked side balance (T/CT) on all maps. · Slightly reduced comeback chance. · Reworked the formulas for how player attributes influ… | 24335629 | |
| Game update | Patch 1.0.21 Hello everyone, yet another little patch fix. Transfers & Negotiations · Smarter AI offers — AI counter-offers are now capped to the seller's asking price and the buyer's budget, so you'll no longer see unrealistic numbers on the table. · No more instant buy-backs — clubs can no longer immediately re-sign a player they just sold to you. Sold means sold. · Correct rejection messages — when a sel… | 24226509 | |
| In-game event | One Week In: Thank You for an Incredible Launch! One week in: thank you! Esports Manager 2026 has been out for just over a week, and we're blown away by the support. At its peak, more than 10,000 of you were playing at the same time. The game landed on Steam's Popular New Games list, and the launch rush was bigger than anything we'd planned for— so many of you jumped in at once. Thank you for bearing with us through the surge; seeing that man… | — | |
| Game update | Hof-fix #2 Update — Loans, Economy & Staff Player Loans · AI teams now request loans for your players. When a club can't afford a full transfer, it may ask to loan your player instead. Requests are gated by eligibility (contract, no sub-loans, gender, nationality, join cooldown, a 2-in / 2-out loan limit) and only clubs of comparable strength will ask. · AI teams no longer sell players they hold on loan.… | 24198186 | |
| Game update | Hot-fix patch This is tiny patch that we wanted to release before the next big one. Hot-fix patch Fixes · Retired players stuck in squads — retired players are no longer left sitting on a team roster with every sell/contract/release action locked. Existing saves self-heal on load, so any player affected by this is repaired automatically. · Retired-player complaint spam — retired squad members no longer send… | 24170833 | |
| Game update | Patch 1.0.2 Hello everyone, first of all - thank you for playing our game and giving us tons of feedback. We've been working pretty hard to get this out this week so we have some time to work on other things regarding balance, bugs and features. Today's update includes these changes: Match Simulation · Fixed pathing on all maps · Additional navigation grid fix on maps · Fixed map loading · Fixed T behavior… | 24162612 | |
| Game update | Patch 1.0.1 Update 1.0.1 — What's New Transfers and loans The transfer market feels more alive — AI teams now loan players to and from each other , not just buy and sell. · Smart club decisions — a team only loans out bench and young players, holds on to its starting stars; weaker clubs borrow talent when they can't afford to buy. · Player consent matters — a strong player won't accept a loan to a much wea… | 24096527 | |
| Steam news | Esports Manager 2026 is LIVE! Esports Manager 2026 is LIVE! The wait is over. Esports Manager 2026 has officially launched and is now available to play on Steam for the base price of 19,99 $ with the discount of 20 %. Your esports empire starts today Step into the shoes of a real esports manager. Scout talent from all over the world, sign rising stars, build team chemistry, adapt to the current meta, manage your budget and… | — | |
| Community | Tomorrow is the DAY A little portion of history It's just amazing what our team went through. We all started to work on Esports Manager: MOBA in 2019 that looked like this in mockups: Then we established first codebase of Esports Manger 2026 on 31st of December 2023 (yes, this is Razer ːsteamhappyː laptop that we literally created our first prototype on, snow was falling heavy and we were just a couple of hours be… | — | |
| Sale | The Steam Summer Sale Is On Now! The Steam Summer Sale is on now, running June 25 to July 9! Don't forget to wishlist Esports Manager 2026 now. While you wait, check out great deals on other indie.io titles during the Summer Sale to add to your collection. | — | |
| Announcement | Esports Manager 2026 is going LIVE on 6th of July! Esports Manager 2026 has officially locked in its launch date. Announced today during IGN Live, the esports management sim from Neurona Games in partnership with indie.io arrives on PC via Steam on July 6, 2026. Players will build rosters, scout rising talent, negotiate contracts, and guide professional organizations from amateur hopefuls to world champions. Build a legacy from scratch or take… | — | |
| Community | Huge announcement coming! After years of waiting, the moment you've all been dreaming of is finally here – and trust us, we've been counting down the days right alongside you! This weekend, June 7th , at #IGNLive , we're dropping an exclusive, massive announcement for Esports Manager 2026 . Think deeper team management, revolutionary scouting systems, global tournaments with gameplay features that let you turn your pass… | — | |
| Major update | Patch 1.01 Below you can find the full changelog: · Updated UI/UX general design : · Split the Fire and Offer buttons for staff. · Font improvements. · Organization, staff and players database updates: · Fixed bug with low quality photos and logos. · Gameplay bug fixes and improvements: · Fixed bug with basecamp. · Add tooltip for attributes and much more. · Fixed translations. · Other multiple bug fixes.… | — | |
| Major update | Latest Demo Update 27.04.2026 Below you can find the full changelog for this last public demo update. · Updated UI/UX general design : · Windows and menu animations. · New Home screen. · New Training screen. · Various improvements. · Organization, staff and players database updates: · Latest transfers are added. · Added all players and teams (only with normal logos) from emdb.gg · Gameplay bug fixes and improvements: · New… | — | |
| Game update | Small bugs fix patch (1/2) IMPORTANT: Current versions of the simulation and tactics are not final and doesn't contain all the functionality regarding player attributes and the influence of these attributes within the simulation. Changelog for this bugs fix patch: Simulation Bugs · Fixed a bug with Molotov when players were going straight into it or running in it. · Fixed a bug when players died in Molotov but were able… | — | |
| Game update | Latest public demo update. Changelog with bug fixes and improvements can be found below. Update will be released tomorrow at 19:00 CET. All found bugs or if you have any suggestions please address in our Discord channel . Simulation Bugs · Fixed a bug when players decided to save in the last round or in pistol round. Now they can be instructed in Tactic Creator whether to save in those situations or not. · Fixed a bug wh… | — | |
| Major update | Major demo update on Steam Next Fest February 2026 Below you can find the full changelog for this major update. · Updated UI/UX general design : · Windows and menu animations. · New interface design with changes to icons and main buttons. · A new day-change animation has been added. · Organization, staff and players database updates: · New players and teams have been added (including molodoy ). · Added logos for created organizations. · Multipl… | — | |
| Community | Demo #2 Updated demo will be presented at #SteamNextFest on 23rd of February. Full list of changes coming soon. | — | |
| Steam news | Public Demo is out! So as we said couple of days ago - we got a public demo available on Steam right. The main goal is to collect your feedback about pretty much everything. Roughly 70% of the features are already in the game. 1 month of a gameplay. If you find any bugs - please report them in our Discord in the specific channel here . Play it and let us know what you think! | — | |
| Community | Official Publisher Announcement Developing a game for the esports community has been our goal from day one. More importantly, we aim to deliver not just a game, but a high-quality product that showcases what esports truly means to us as a company. For those of you who may not know, working with a game publishing platform like indie.io greatly helps indie developers focus on game development while they handle all the behind-th… | — | |
| Community | Development Blog #29: Tactics creator Dear friends and subscribers! We haven’t posted any updates for a while because we’ve been working on a side project you’ve been asking for. We are excited to present details and a screenshot from the upcoming "Tactics Creator" program here . | — | |
| Community | Development Blog #28 We have updated chat system as well as enhanced team's manage and player's statuses. Check them out here . | — | |
| Community | Alpha version of the simulation We are ready to show some alpha version of the simulation module. Take a look - | — | |
| Community | Development Blog #26 Hey guys, here we are with the one more development blog to check out. Today we are going to show you the work on the Training module that we are actively developing right now. Check out our blog here . | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.