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HALFTIME Manager

A classic football manager in a modern guise: take charge of a club, fine-tune your tactics and experience every matchday as a compact TV broadcast with a 2D pitch, live ticker and half-time dressing room. Six nations, three leagues per country, one shared European cup.

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Lazybraindev
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About the Game

Your club. Your tactics. Your football story.

HALFTIME Manager is a classic football manager in a modern guise. You take charge of a club, pick your eleven, fine-tune your tactics and guide your team over the years from the lower leagues all the way to the European cup. Every matchday is staged as a compact TV broadcast: a 2D pitch, live ticker, stats panel and a half-time dressing room where your team talk and your substitutions make the difference.

Six nations, three league tiers per country, one shared European cup and a simulation that stays reproducible on every save: your decisions matter, not luck.

Features

  • Live match as a TV broadcast - a big 2D pitch with highlight direction, commentary, a live ticker and real match stats (possession, xG, shots, corners). Weather from sunshine to snowfall shapes the atmosphere and the crowd.

  • Half-time dressing room - team talk, tactical changes and substitutions at the break and during the match.

  • Tactics with depth - formation, mentality, pressing and playing style, adjustable live from the touchline at any time.

  • Six-nation world - Germany, England, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, each with three leagues, promotion and relegation, a cup and a shared European cup.

  • A living transfer market - transfer fees, signing bonuses, contract lengths, free agents and a market that moves week after week.

  • Build your club - expand the stadium and infrastructure (tiers, roofing, floodlights, shops, lounge, fitness, training ground), main and secondary sponsors, ticket prices and finances to keep in check.

  • Squad & youth - training, talent development and special player abilities.

  • Local multiplayer (hotseat) - up to four managers, each with their own colour; the interface switches to whoever is on the clock.

  • Five difficulty levels - and free UI scaling from 70 to 200 % for small and large screens alike.

  • Fully localized - German, English, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese.

  • Steam achievements and cloud saves.

Football your way

HALFTIME Manager favours clarity over a flood of tables: simulate matchdays at speed, or follow every minute when it gets tight. The included leagues, clubs and players are entirely fictional. If you want your own football world, import your own data and shape leagues and squads to your taste.

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