- Patch 1.1.3.1 - 11 September 2026
Update — Live Match Overhaul, Smarter Bots, Transfers That Actually MoveThis update is built around three things: watching a match, the bots who play it, and the transfer market that was quietly refusing to work. Full list below.Watching a live matchStatistics window between rounds. An HLTV-style overview of the map so far, with Rounds and Teams tabs, per-player cards with charts, portraits and real names under the nicknames, grenade and clutch tables, a kill feed with proper columns, and every round's result kept as it happened. Accuracy is counted from real shots fired.Jump from the kill feed straight into the replay, with the camera already on the kill. Trade kills are counted, and deaths after the round is decided are no longer lost from the record.A playback line under the match, in the manner of a demo viewer. The map so far is a row of round segments with the winner's strip under…
- Patch 1.1.3 - 4 September 2026
Patch 1.1.3 — 4 September 2026A big one. The live 3D match now shows you what your players actually see, keeps a full log of every round, and plays smarter in the corners. Outside the server, the transfer market got its middle class back, the academy stopped being a black hole, and a long list of things that quietly cheated you have been fixed. Live Match SimulationNew: VisionPlayers now see through a 106° cone — the real game's field of view at 16:9 — instead of being aware of everything around them. An enemy behind a player is not seen, no matter how clear the line. A new vision button on the playback bar has three states: off, sight lines, and the full field of view filled in — orange for attack, blue for defence. The shape is cast the same way the engine decides visibility, so walls and smokes cut it. Fog of war: a new button hides opposing players unless someone alive on your team…
- Patch 1.1.2 - 29 August 2026
Update Highlights Added Mac supportNow Apple device carriers can play our game ːsteamhappyːTactics: Choose Your C4 CarrierThe attack side of the tactic creator has a new C4 Carrier block: pick one of your five main-squad players (or leave it Random) to carry the bomb.The chosen carrier is shown with a small C4 icon right on his pin in the start-point editor and tactic preview — the icon stands on the spot where the bomb actually starts the round.While your picked carrier is alive, he is the one who retrieves a dropped bomb — teammates leave it for him. If he dies, the usual closest-player behaviour takes over.Imported and Workshop tactics, and AI teams, keep the classic random draw. Player Form ReworkForm no longer traps players at the bottom: a player in a slump who posts ordinary numbers now breaks even instead of sinking further, while a red-hot player has to actively defend his peak…
- Patch 1.1.1 - 26 August 2026
Patch NotesA big pass over the live match simulation, tournaments, the transfer market and the Workshop. Match SimulationPost-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 allowed when the clock permits, not only kit defuses.Retakes go to the right site. The team now heads for the site the bomb is really on, instead of continuing towards wherever it was already walking.Attackers clear the blast. The whole attacking side now leaves the bomb area under ten seconds (staying only to contest a live defuse), wounded players leave earlier, and escape spots are picked by real path time for each player. The round where a full team stands on its own bomb and dies to it is gone.Saves st…
- We're at Gamescom, and Esports Manager 2026 is 20% off - 26 August 2026
Hello everyone. Two things this week, and both are worth your time.★ We're at gamescomEsports 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% off20% 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 liveOur 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 oper…
- Major August Update - 21 August 2026
★ NEW — Added Cache mapAlso added default tactics to Cache.★ NEW — Steam WorkshopThe 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 Workshop in one click.One-click cleanup. Your own published items can be deleted directly from their card.A built-in manual explains what each set type does and how to prepare it.Databases from EMDB.gg are picked up automatically, and only one Workshop database stays active at a time, so your career always knows which world it is in.Fixed: a subscribed set that had already been removed on the Steam side no longer confuses the game — the game's own state wins.A subscribed database set now takes effect on its own…
- Patch 1.0.5.2 - 29 July 2026
Update — Loans, Retirement Careers & Transfer ClarityThis 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 CareersRetiring players can now become free-agent coaches or analysts — a familiar name leaving the server can show up again on the staff market.Two-way profile links between a retired player and their new staff card, so you can follow a career across both roles.Reworked retirement letters, and a retiring player now keeps their photo on the staff card.Fixed retired-player profile links going dead after moving back and forth between profiles.Loan System OverhaulOne rule, one price, one language. Five connected problems fixed:One loan term rule. Loan length used to be decided in four different places at once — the popup, the AI, the pr…
- Patch 1.0.4 - 22 July 2026
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 influence matches. IGL leadership skill and map practice level now have a much stronger impact on team performance. Reworked the formula for quick match odds. Reduced the impact of Basecamp. (Applies to new careers) Reduced the bonus from morale. Players & DevelopmentAI players can now both grow and decline over time. Young players are more likely to develop, while older players gradually lose form. Attribute growth from training is now faster. Player potential can now be hand-authored in the database and is shown…
- Patch 1.0.21 - 15 July 2026
Hello everyone, yet another little patch fix.Transfers & NegotiationsSmarter 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 selling club turns down your counter, you'll now see the right reason instead of a misleading "insufficient offer" message meant for the buyer's side. Squad & StaffFixed unsignable top staff — high-tier staff members that could not be signed are now available as intended. Gameplay & Match EngineFairer match damage — in-match damage is now accurately assigned to the player. GeneralImprovements - other improvements. StabilityVarious bug fixes and internal test coverage improvements for more reliable transfer log…
- One Week In: Thank You for an Incredible Launch! - 14 July 2026
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 many managers on day one meant the world to us. We're reading every review and every discussion here on Steam, plus all the bug reports and feedback on Discord. Most of what has shipped since launch came straight from your reports.In case you missed it. We have made four updates since launch:Patch 1.0.1 (July 7): A more alive transfer market — AI clubs now loan players to and from each other, not just buy and sell, and make smarter squad decisions. (Under the hood: loans respect player consent, region…
- Hof-fix #2 - 14 July 2026
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. A loaned-in player belongs to his parent club, so he can't be listed for transfer or fire-sale. Loan emails now read correctly. Deal confirmations, loan requests and counter-offers are no longer worded as "transfers" — proper loan text everywhere, across all 11 languages. Fixed silent accept on loan deals. If you edited the loan duration in your reply, the deal no longer closes quietly on the AI's original terms — it now routes as a full counter-offer. Contract-type dropdown is locked when you respond…
- Hot-fix patch - 12 July 2026
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 wage-demand or playing-time complaints. GameplayCareer-start market freeze now works both ways — during the 1- or 6-month starting market freeze, AI clubs will no longer send offers for your players. You can still make outgoing offers at any time. TransfersSmarter transfer realism — significantly decreased the chance of world-class players leak into bottom-tier clubs. Stars who want out of a top team resist extreme prestige downgrades, weak clubs can't grab elite free agents far above their level, and…
- Patch 1.0.2 - 11 July 2026
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 when waiting for timings and rotations Fixed CT rotation after the bomb is planted Improved AI map ban algorithm Reworked buy logic in decisive rounds Double AWP now works: the second AWP goes to the secondary sniper Fixed behavior under different tactic rules Fixed standard tactic descriptionsERS RatingsReduced ERS gains everywhere: per match, between teams, and per tournament.Training and Player GenerationTraining rebalance: reworked formulas and impact factor to make game more hardChanged the training…
- Patch 1.0.1 - 7 July 2026
Update 1.0.1 — What's NewTransfers and loansThe 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 weaker club.Limits & regions — up to 2 loaned in and 2 loaned out per team; region and compatibility are taken into account.Loan return — when the loan ends the player returns home, and his original contract is preserved.Early return — you can recall a loaned player before the deadline for a reduced fee (the "Return" button).Clear at a glance — an "On loan" label in the player profile, a loan line in the daily transfer news (all languages), and an entry in the transfer history.The "Sell" action for your own p…
- Esports Manager 2026 is LIVE! - 6 July 2026
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 sponsors, and lead your squad through competitive seasons and big tournaments. Every single decision matters. Whether you want to create a long-term dynasty or pull off an incredible underdog run — it’s all in your hands. What you can do in the game Take full control of your own professional esports organization and build it from the ground up. Scout, sign, and develop real professional players from authentic rosters around the worldBuy, sell, and loan players on a dynamic transfer market where timi…
- Tomorrow is the DAY - 5 July 2026
A little portion of historyIt'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 before New Year):And that lead us to this:FeedbackI want specifically talk about the tomorrow's feedback. Our team will be working 24/7 to read and analyze any problem/issue that you might face and fix them right away, so please contact us directly any way that is possible/convinient for you: Discord (global channel or just ping gizzie#1054 directly!), email ([email protected]) or here, in the Steam Community.If your feedback is negative - I would really ask you to contact us directly rather than…
- The Steam Summer Sale Is On Now! - 25 June 2026
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. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2749950/
- Esports Manager 2026 is going LIVE on 6th of July! - 7 June 2026
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 the reins of an established team to dominate the charts as the best Esports organization around. Recruit top all-star talent or shoot from the bottom with hungry, fresh meat eager to make a name for themselves. Navigate the complexities of team development, manage tournament schedules, and oversee the business operations of a modern-day Esports Organization as a manager.
- Huge announcement coming! - 3 June 2026
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 passion into a billion-dollar empire. From drafting rising stars to negotiating sponsorships and crushing rivals on the biggest stages – this is the ultimate esports empire builder fans have been demanding.YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT!
- Patch 1.01 - 28 April 2026
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.Simulation bug fixes and improvements:Fixed AWP cooldown when multiple enemies are around the AWPer.Fixed strategies save/load.Fixed the affect of the players attributes in the simulation.Fixed the simulation sounds.Other multiple bug fixes.
