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 from August 25 through September 8 — covering both shows. If you've been waiting for a reason, this is the one.
★ The Major August Update is already live
Our biggest update since launch went out!
Steam Workshop — browse, subscribe and publish straight from the main menu. Images, tactics and databases, no external tools.
Club Academy — the academy is something you run now, not a background system. Sign youngsters on permanent deals or loans, promote them from the squad screen, and pay for all of it out of the operational budget.
Cache — new map, with default tactics.
Plus the loan system rebuild, retirement second careers, transfer clarity and the balance work from the patches before it.
Read the full Major August Update notes here.
★ Not sure yet? There's a demo
The demo is on Steam and free. Run a career, see whether the sim clicks for you, then decide.
★ One ask
If you've put time into the game, please leave a review. We read all of them, and a lot of what shipped since launch came directly out of them.
Thanks for playing. See you in Cologne.