The free demo for Irish Sport Manager is live. Download it from the store page above.
What's in it
A full season, not a slice of one. You take a county and manage it from the league through the championship under the 2026 rules, into the club championship in the autumn, and finish in front of the county board while they decide whether they would have kept you.
Eight counties to choose from across the four codes:
Football: Mayo, Meath, Waterford
Hurling: Clare, Antrim, Sligo
Camogie: Cork
Ladies' football: Dublin
There is no transfer market, because the sport doesn't have one. You pick your thirty from the clubs inside your own county and you answer for the picks. Players sit exams in May. Jobs take weeks back off you. You can sit a player down and try to talk him out of emigrating for one more season.
One thing that gets asked straight away: I don't have the GAA license, so the governing body in the game is the Home Games Association, the HGA. The counties and the calendar are real. The name on the door isn't.
Where the game is right now
This is the game as it stands today, not the finished version. The full release is 26 January 2027, and I am still working on it between now and then, which means what you play in the demo will keep changing. Everything in it is finished enough to judge, so judge it.
I am one person building this. If something is broken, unclear, or just no fun, I would rather hear that than hear that it's fine. Post in the Steam discussions or email me at [email protected].
If you want to know when the full game is out, add it to your wishlist.
Thanks for playing it.
John, Loophead Labs