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1/26/20262 min read

FOOTBALL DIRECTOR: The Ultimate Sports Management Simulator

Welcome to FOOTBALL DIRECTOR, an ambitious project that redefines the football management simulator genre. Unlike traditional games where you assume the role of a coach, here you'll be the owner of a football club, making strategic decisions that will define your institution's future.

What's The Game About?

In FOOTBALL DIRECTOR, you leave the bench to sit in the executive office chair. Your responsibilities go far beyond deciding a lineup:

  • Complete Financial Management: Control income from sponsorships, ticket sales, TV rights, and transfers

  • Club Infrastructure: Decide on investments in stadium, youth academy, training facilities

  • Strategic Hiring: Not only sign players, but also hire the complete technical staff (coach, physical trainers, doctors, scouts, marketing, finance)

  • Institutional Relations: Negotiate with sponsors, manage league relations, make decisions in assemblies

Realistic Simulation System

The game engine features deep, interconnected simulations:

🏥 Advanced Injury System

  • Muscular injuries linked to player's physical condition

  • Traumatic injuries from contact and bad luck

  • Recovery with precise dates and impact on availability

💪 Physical Condition Management

  • Direct impact on performance (up to -25% with low form)

  • Realistic wear based on minutes played

  • Gradual recovery on rest days

📊 Minute-by-Minute Match Engine

  • Detailed simulation with energy and fatigue system

  • Intelligent automatic substitutions following FIFA rules

  • Tactical AI that adapts strategies according to match context

🧠 Tactical Artificial Intelligence

  • Rival analysis and strategic decision-making

  • Automatic rotation management based on match importance

Launch Roadmap

📦 Free Demo (Coming Soon)

Before the official launch, we'll make available to the community a free demo that will allow:

  • Play a complete season

  • Choose between five English or Spanish teams

  • Access to all management systems, except transfers and facilities

🎮 Early Access on Steam

After the demo phase, we'll launch the game in Early Access to:

  • Evolve the game together with the community

  • Implement player suggestions and improvements

  • Polish balance, interface, and overall experience

  • Add content progressively according to demand

This approach allows us to create a game truly designed by and for the fans.

💬 Message from the Development Team

"We believe the sports simulator market urgently needs renewal. For years we've seen how usability has been relegated to the background, prioritizing complexity over player experience. Interfaces have become labyrinthine, learning curves intimidating, and most importantly: fun has been lost.

Remember those PS2 management games where you could lie on the couch with a controller and enjoy? That golden era where accessibility and depth coexisted in harmony has disappeared. Today, there are virtually no sports simulators designed to be comfortably played with a gamepad, forcing you to stay anchored to your desk.

FOOTBALL DIRECTOR recovers that philosophy: a deep game that doesn't sacrifice fun or comfort. Fluid navigation with controller, intuitive interface, complex systems presented clearly. We want managing your club to be as satisfying as winning the Champions League.

We're not just offering an alternative to Football Manager; we're offering a different experience: that of being a football tycoon, making strategic decisions from the couch, controller in hand, like in the old days. Business strategy, long-term vision, and decisions that affect an entire institution, all without losing the essence of what makes a video game great: making you enjoy.

FOOTBALL DIRECTOR is our love letter to football, sports management, and those games that taught us that complexity and fun can go hand in hand."

FOOTBALL DIRECTOR - Where Strategy Meets Passion

🎮 Coming Soon on Steam | ⚽ Made for True Football Fans