Football, Tactics & Glory

Football, Tactics & Glory

Released Jun 2018

Not even a real manager has as much control as you do in this fusion of XCOM and Football Manager. Execute your own plays against opponents who adapt and target your weaknesses. Level up your players like in an RPG and take your club from the bottom to the top of a living football world.

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Football, Tactics & Glory launched on June 1, 2018 and has received three major paid expansions over the years: Football Stars (November 11, 2020), Manager's Journey (November 10, 2021), and World Championship (May 21, 2026). Following the World Championship launch, Creoteam shipped a series of feature patches and bug fixes throughout May and June 2026. On July 29, 2026, Creoteam published an explicit developer statement marking the end of major development for this game. They stated: "This update is the final major update for World Championship. From now on, there will only be minor fixes for bugs, crashes, or text errors." The reason given is that the team wants to return to developing FTG 2 — a next-generation successor — with the goal of releasing it in Early Access in 2027. A minor bug-fix patch followed on August 18, 2026, consistent with the promised maintenance-only support going forward. The developer has directly and unambiguously communicated that this game's content development is finished. All three DLCs are released, no unreleased content is listed, and the studio's creative focus has formally shifted to FTG 2.
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Developer explicitly states: 'This update is the final major update for World Championship. From now on, there will only be minor fixes for bugs, crashes, or text errors.' They cite a desire to return to developing FTG 2 for an Early Access release next year.
news post · Jul 29, 2026 source development ending
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World Championship DLC launched, the third and final major expansion for Football, Tactics & Glory, adding national team management, footballer loans, a spectator mode, and a 48-team World Championship 2026 tournament mode.
news post · May 21, 2026 source content shipped
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Creoteam
Achievements
130
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Why choose Football, Tactics & Glory when there are other football managers?

If you’ve played traditional football managers, you’re probably familiar with the following feelings:

  • Complex attributes: Footballers have many attributes, and you don’t always understand which ones truly affect the match outcome. Often, the only strategy becomes buying high-level players instead of finding a footballer whose unique attribute perfectly suits your tactics.

  • Unclear results: You never really know why you win or lose. This forces players to search for "winning" formations on forums instead of analysing the opponent and consciously selecting footballers capable of exploiting their weaknesses.

  • Financial complexity: Club funds quickly disappear, and it’s hard to understand how to manage finances and strategically plan expenditures.

Football, Tactics & Glory is a game about full control and a complete understanding of what’s happening on the pitch and in the club:

  • Transparency of attributes: You always know exactly how each footballer’s attribute impacts the encounters, allowing you to customise formations for each opponent, defeating even stronger teams with the right player selection and tactical approach. This also makes transfers much more interesting and exciting.

  • Control over tactics: Feel like a real coach, making smart tactical decisions, not just changing formations hoping for luck.

  • Control over luck: Luck plays a big role, as in real football. But you can minimise its impact by understanding your players’ abilities and building the team around your playstyle.

  • Strategic financial planning: The game’s economy is designed so that you always feel in control of your finances. The game demonstrates the importance of strategies like "developing" footballers for sale and finding promising talents who will become your future stars.

  • No micromanagement: This is a game about strategic planning, not micromanagement. Instead of wasting time on increasing an attribute by 0.01%, you make decisions that significantly affect the club’s fate. Therefore, the game lacks the boring elements of football managers: endless spreadsheets, routine tasks, and unimportant mechanics.

  • Great variety: FTG is so deep that even after hundreds of hours, you’ll continue discovering new and interesting things. The game world develops uniquely each time, creating new challenges and exciting emergent stories. This makes each campaign different from the last one.

  • The game values your time: You can complete one football season in a few real hours instead of days, as in other football managers. At the same time, each season is packed with events and interesting decisions.

  • Comprehensive tutorial: The game explains all elements in detail. And if you still have questions, the active community will answer them on the forum or Discord.

Why does a football manager need a turn-based match mechanic?

Good turn-based mechanics allow complex systems to be simplified, while retaining their essence and emotions. For example, XCOM perfectly conveys the feel of firefights with aliens, and Civilization — the development of a civilisation.

Our turn-based system uses key football concepts to make match outcomes and your tactical decisions clear and transparent. Once you understand how these mechanics work, you’ll feel the emotions inherent in real football.

Additionally, the ability to take your time with each move allows for comfortable gameplay. Especially if you’re over 40 and don’t have the reaction speed you once had.

So, is it a full-fledged football manager?

Yes, it’s a serious football manager that’s easy to start playing due to its apparent simplicity, but hard to stop because of the depth of its features.

Game features:

  • Take your club to the top: Start in the lower league and lead your club to the heights of world football. Or choose any club in the Premier League or another league of your choice.

  • Create your own leagues and clubs: With the built-in editor, you can create real clubs and leagues.

  • Use modifications: Take advantage of numerous mods created by the player community.

  • Dynamic game world: Other clubs buy and sell players, train them, and develop youth — the game world lives and evolves with you.

  • Promotion and relegation system: Each country has a Premier League and several lower leagues. Teams are promoted or relegated between leagues depending on their final position. Top teams from different countries participate in continental tournaments similar to the Champions League and Europa League.

  • Club development: Improve infrastructure, hire coaches, and develop your Youth Academy.

  • Unique players: A powerful face generation system makes each footballer unique. The face editor is also available for you.

  • Online matches: Play a friendly match with a friend online.

  • Co-op play: Create a tournament and play a season with friends on one computer (or online via Remote Play Together). Up to 32 people can participate in the tournament.

  • Twitch integration: Viewers can interact with the game via chat.

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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