Basket Manager

Basket Manager is a free basketball management game set in Poland. Pick a club in one of 82 cities, sign your contract and start your career as a manager. From the third tier all the way to the top, through promotions, the playoffs and the Polish Cup.

YOUR CITY, YOUR CLUB
Every club carries the name of its city, from Zgorzelec to Zamość. That makes 122 clubs in 82 cities: three men's leagues (16, 16 and 64 teams) and two women's leagues (13 each). Promotion and relegation link the tiers, so a third-tier club can be playing for the Polish title a few seasons later. Start with a title favorite or with a club nobody has heard of outside its own city. Mid-season comes the Polish Cup, with its own final and ceremony. The players are fictional, they come from dozens of countries, and each one has their own strengths, weaknesses and character. A few seasons in, your league looks like nobody else's: a different champion, a different MVP, a different club relegated.

A CAREER, NOT ONE SEASON
The board sets goals that fit the roster you inherited. Nobody demands a title from a club at the bottom of the table, and nobody settles for mid-table from a favorite. When the losses pile up, the meeting in the president's office is short. Getting fired does not end the game. You browse the job market, wait for an offer and start your next tenure, which goes into your profile next to the previous one, record included.
Achievements: cards you collect across careers until the whole collection is complete.

GAME DAY
A detailed match engine plays out every possession. You set tactics to fit the opponent: a team that lives on the three-pointer calls for a different plan than one that runs the fast break. During the game you change the setup and the players, the stats update live, and the shot chart shows where the points came from.

CONVERSATIONS
A reporter has questions before a game against a top team, and you answer calmly, sharply, evasively or with a wink. The next day you read your own words in the headline. After three losses in a row you walk into the locker room. The captain looks at you like the rest of the team and waits for what you have to say. The president gives you an ultimatum. The fan club leader has an opinion about your work. Behind every rating there is a person.

BUILDING THE CLUB
Scouting: send a scout to the Balkans or across the ocean and wait to see who they bring back.
Transfers: negotiate contracts, extend deals, sign free agents and answer offers for your own players.
Academy: develop it until it gives you the first homegrown player in your starting five.
Training: set the plan and watch your players' attributes change week by week.
Arena and tickets: expand the arena, set prices and watch the attendance.
Finances, board and city: the budget, sponsors, the city grant and relationships to look after.

TIME MOVES ON ITS OWN
One button and the season rolls on. The game only stops when it needs you: on game day, after an injury, when a contract is running out, when someone asks to talk. Save the game and come back whenever you like.

NUMBERS, DECISIONS, PEOPLE
Basket Manager is not an arcade game and has no 3D graphics. That is on purpose. Instead of animated players you get a world that works like a real league: standings, contracts, budgets, a locker room and the consequences of every decision over many seasons. If you are looking for a basketball manager, a league simulator or a basketball GM game for your phone, this is it.

FROM THE DEVELOPER
I have dreamed about this game for years. I wanted it to give you a piece of Polish basketball as you know it from the stands. I play it myself whenever I get a moment. If something does not work or your city is missing, write to me: kontakt@basketmanager.pl. And if the game hooks you, leave a rating on the App Store. For a game like this, one rating means more than any ad.

The game is free, in Polish and English. No account, no sign-in.