Retro Manager
Playing now
1−1 vs. yesterday
25%of peak
All-time peak
413 Sep 2026
Playing now
1−1 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
413 Sep 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game update | Language Bug Fix Bug fix | — | |
| In-game event | Last Aug Update -Improved staff screen - abilities, slots, roles etc -Improved best xI layout -easily swap between player profiles -Increased star size in profiles -Adjusted fixtures to give more of a home/away balance -Removed pointless assistant shouts -Improved alignment of manager shouts in game -Filters added to fixtures screen -Added venue to match day screen -Improved alignment of half time screen -Colo… | 25039204 | |
| Game update | Update Fixed player match ratings in other active countries · Prevented game from pausing on opposing team’s injuries · Fixed too many yellow card bug · Added player stats view to squad screen · Adjusted match transparencies · Reduced toast popup duration. · Finally resolved drag to swap bug · Added facilities news category in news · You players no longer show up in market | — | |
| In-game event | August Bug Fixes and Updates -Fixed easy loan bug -Hid release and transfer status for loan players -Added on/off options for weekly results and transfers -Improved auto XI bench and intelligence -Added option to disable click to swap -Fixed drag to swap -Added interested players toggle to market screen -Fixed bug where top 50 players only shows players from my team not the leagues active in the game -Fixed substitution bu… | — | |
| Sale | Last Day for 50% Off Retro Manager! Get Retro Manager for 50% off to celebrate the first week of the English football season! Ends 8/21 at 12pm CST. | — | |
| In-game event | Another August Update Fixed bug where youth team would show under expiring contracts · Fixed pitch turning black on the tactics editor screen · Fixed lag on formations when lineup is empty · Fixed outdated “assign to” bar in squad selection. Now just shows empty team positions. · Added drag to swap on squad and tactics screens · Auto XI improvements. · Team tabs (Squad / Tactics / Youth) stay at the top when you scr… | 24829601 | |
| In-game event | Latest Update Player Nicknames Wnt for players with a team interested in them Extra Time and Penalties bug fixed Euro currency added Player of the year awards now require 20 appearances | — | |
| Game update | Aug 2026 - 2nd Update Improved Training Screen · Improved Physio Room · Improved Opposition Scouting in Assistant’s Office · Dismiss All option for Scout Reports · Greatly increased player name database · Reduced wording in news items with clickable links · Added sorting to squad and youth academy screens · Fixed shortlist and academy training assignment lag. · Custom formation name bug fixed. · Manager name bug in… | — | |
| In-game event | August 10th Update! Youth Academy — dedicated tab, career-start 7–10 youth players, summer top-up, masked OVR until graduation, promotions / age-21 leave · Player development — stronger weekly growth for youths, season OVR/attribute deltas in UI, Squad Development notes · Match ×¼ speed (plus pause/overlay polish); assistant shout Dismiss · General Game Smoothness · Career boot screen + full-width start menu · Add… | 24653889 | |
| Community | Follow Retro Manager on Discord! Discord Invite: | — | |
| In-game event | July 26 Update • Custom club creator — replace an existing club slot from Start → Create club · Career texture — cup-draw inbox, yellows-to-ban countdown, remaining fixtures calendar, quiet-week friendlies · Continental — Active League country top 3 into continental (fill to 16); table zone top 3 · Playoffs — SF legs weeks 43–44, final week 45 (aggregate + away goals) · Cup — 64 teams (all Div 1–3 + 4 Div4 wi… | — | |
| Major update | Major Retro Manager Update New in this update · Career-start Active Leagues presets — Classic / Balanced / Expanded, with a workload meter so you can see sim cost up front · Foreign leagues keep moving — schedule, results, and season rollover for active countries (not just dormant stubs) · World tiers labeled — clearer League / World market and scouting tiers · Broader AI transfers across the active world · Smoother big… | — | |
| Game update | Update July 17th USA & Australia playable country packs Leaner multi-country saves — your match history stays without the save exploding Foreign friendlies — lineups and commentary work properly Transfers — clickable offer names, clearer fee/wage tiers, names on cards Tactics hub — OVR on the pitch; reserves into XI/bench from either click Editor / start menu — filters, team reputation, editor refresh Office —… | — | |
| In-game event | V3.1.3 - WORLD, EDITOR & PLAYER CARDS (July 2026) Multi-country world: load the full playable world at career start, with lighter memory use, League / World transfer market, and world scouting. · Hall of Fame: real manager and team boards with trophy icons, player cards on leaders and records, and retired alumni kept on team HoF. · Custom faces: import per-player portraits in the Database Editor — backdrop cutout, kit-tint tips, and a gold-fra… | — | |
| Community | Retro Manager Discord Channel | — | |
| Game update | Bug fixes improved json import renamed German player positions Adjusted overall rating to be out of 99 | — | |
| Game update | bug fixes bug fixes | — | |
| Game update | bug fix bug fix | — | |
| In-game event | July Update! | — | |
| Sale | 2 Days of Summer Sale remaining! | — | |
| Community | Why Doesn't Retro Manager Use Real Clubs and Players? One of the questions I'm asked most often is why Retro Manager doesn't include real clubs, leagues and players. The simple answer is licensing. The rights to use official club names, badges, kits, competitions and player names are owned by different organisations and require commercial licensing agreements. For large publishers these costs are part of doing business, but for an independent deve… | — | |
| In-game event | New Update! | — | |
| Sale | Last Day for 30% off Retro Manager! | — | |
| In-game event | Update 🏟️ New Campus System · Added a brand new Campus management screen. · Training facilities, youth academy, and commercial infrastructure are now managed from a single hub. · New ability to set Youth Academy intake focus . · Provides clearer long-term club development and progression. 🏟️ Stadium Overhaul · Completely redesigned stadium rendering system. · Stadiums are now built from multiple lay… | — | |
| Community | Development Update: Building a Better Club Experience Hi everyone! I've been hard at work on the next major update for Retro Manager, and I wanted to share some of the biggest improvements currently in development. 🏟️ A Brand New Campus One of the biggest additions is an entirely new Campus screen. Rather than managing training facilities, youth development, and commercial infrastructure from different areas, everything is now brought together in… | — | |
| Community | Welcome to Retro Manager: Why I Created This Game Welcome to Retro Manager: Why I Created This Game Hi everyone, My name is Mark, and I'm the solo developer behind Retro Manager. I thought the first developer blog would be a good opportunity to introduce myself, explain where Retro Manager came from, and share why I decided to create a football management game in the first place. Retro Manager is my first ever coding project and I've loved lea… | — | |
| Sale | World Cup Sale | — | |
| In-game event | Update — Build 23605721 Steam Workshop — browse, subscribe, apply, and publish database patches and country packs · 6 new countries — Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Turkey · Match telemetry — richer stats, narratives, and new achievements · Intel Mac support — Mac Steam build now runs on older Intel Macs · Fix — match exit when transfer window closes with pending deals | — | |
| Game update | week 4 / transfer deadline bug fix bug fixes for transfer deadline | — |
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.