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New Star Manager

New Star Manager ups the ante as you step up from footballer to football manager. The football remains great fun but the rest will work for some and not others. The PlayStation version looks, sounds and runs fine but the Switch’s stick and touch screen combo would be preferred.
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64%Game Brain Score
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monetization, stability
65% User Score Based on 740 reviews
Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

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New Star Manager is a single player casual role playing game with a business theme. It was developed by New Star Games Ltd. and was released on September 27, 2018. It received neutral reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

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65%
Audience ScoreBased on 740 reviews
gameplay61 positive mentions
monetization114 negative mentions
  • Engaging mix of football manager simulation and active in-match control, offering tactical depth and rewarding gameplay.
  • Detailed club and team management features, including training, player development, staff hiring, and stadium upgrades.
  • Playable offline with relatively reasonable ad frequency and no mandatory spending to progress if patient and strategic.
  • The game is heavily pay-to-win with microtransactions essential for buying player packs, energy cards, and basic customizations such as team name and kits.
  • Players' energy drains too quickly, training cards and contracts are costly and scarce without real money spending, causing unhappy players and staff that impact performance.
  • Technical issues including frequent app crashes, black screens after ads, and game speed running unusually fast on newer devices hurt the experience.
  • monetization
    145 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's monetization is heavily criticized for excessive and intrusive ads, often disrupting gameplay and sometimes malfunctioning, with many players feeling forced into frequent ad-watching or costly microtransactions to maintain progress and player stamina. While some appreciate the free-to-play model and occasional ad-based rewards, the overall consensus is that aggressive push for in-app purchases, overpriced extras (like editing team name or kits), and slow progression without spending money significantly diminish the enjoyment and fairness of the experience.

    • “I'm on season 8, in premier league, no in-app purchases, this game requires patience and strategic thinking, skill and a bit of luck.”
    • “There are in app purchases as with all free games but don't necessarily need to pay anything to progress in the game.”
    • “Thirsty devs prepare to spend lots on this... I paid for the no ads option, €5.49 which I thought was a reasonable price for a mobile game.”
    • “But I paid £5 to remove ads and now it wants another £5 just to change my team name!”
    • “The game has a lot of ads already, making it heavily pay to win is just absurd and greedy by the devs. This game has potential but completely ruined by the greed of the developers.”
    • “Clearly designed to force you into in app purchases which unfortunately ruins this game.”
  • gameplay
    106 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally praised for its strategic depth, smooth mechanics, and engaging blend of tactical and action elements, making it addictive and enjoyable for fans of football management. However, many users express frustration with heavy reliance on microtransactions, resource scarcity, and pay-to-win mechanics that hinder progression and create imbalance, alongside some clunky controls and unfair AI behavior. While the core gameplay is solid and fun, these monetization pressures and design flaws detract from the overall experience.

    • “All the systems interlock really nicely, and the match gameplay is the best blend of tactical and action mix.”
    • “The gameplay itself is great and hard to put down when you get into it.”
    • “You can do so many things as a manager and way more other things and the gameplay is brilliant as well.”
    • “Gameplay is ok, but the game is so far beyond pay to win it just isn't fun.”
    • “On field mechanics are clunky, after getting promoted in the 2nd year it becomes impossible to win games without spending money (I lost 15 straight games after taking 2nd place the season before), it constantly freezes and overheats my phone (even the ads freeze), and also ads ads ads ads ads ads ads and ads.”
    • “Another game that has a good concept but poor execution; the gameplay is awful, you barely get any chances to attack and when you do one mistake (even if the ball rebounds back to your player) and your attack is over, and worst of all it's another game full of microtransactions that they've pretty much made you need if you want to be successful.”
  • graphics
    28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are generally praised as good and enjoyable, with some describing them as impressive for an offline game, though not entirely realistic. However, several users note issues such as occasional bugs, crashes, and the need for improvements in camera angles and visual details. Overall, while the graphics contribute positively to the gameplay experience, there is clear room for enhancement and polish.

    • “This game is absolutely amazing. I downloaded it a while back in 2019 and played it for a year and a half. I was super addicted. Great gameplay, amazing graphics, and would request you to involve player career mode, more media action, and more rival club interaction, including national team gameplay. All in all, good job to the developers and looking forward to more of your games.”
    • “The gameplay and the graphics are superb.”
    • “I used to play Soccer Champ (great game) and this one is the graphical version!”
    • “Many improvements needed... too many incorrect offside calls, my best players get injured, red carded and refuse to sign new contracts... it is very hard to pass to a teammate even a simple cutback from the byline... the graphics and camera angles can be better.”
    • “Also, the game constantly crashes and sometimes blacks out the colors of the players (including skin color) during matches and occasionally creates jumbled phrases and graphics during the 'manager' portions, making restarting the app every ten minutes a constant bane.”
    • “This is a good game but seriously needs an update in the graphics.”
  • stability
    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from frequent crashes, freezes, and numerous bugs that impair gameplay and progression, often causing frustration. Stability issues worsen with online connectivity and heavy in-game ads, while many users report glitches that negatively affect match mechanics and overall experience. Despite its fun elements, the game's lack of polish and reliance on costly microtransactions further detract from its stability and enjoyment.

    • “The game is very buggy and crashes a lot, so much so that my phone is begging to put it into a deep sleep.”
    • “It's super fast and glitches more than it ever did before.”
    • “It freezes way too often and ads even freeze, causing overheating of my phone.”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is seen as challenging but manageable, with some players finding the accumulation of currency slow and moments of repetitive gameplay during set pieces. However, many appreciate the grind as engaging and rewarding, especially when embracing the challenge without feeling it becomes tedious.

    • “Bux is too difficult to accumulate by grinding.”
    • “Not bad, but constantly scouting players and scoring from free kicks and corners makes the gameplay repetitive and tedious. More time to make tackles when possession is lost and better defensive abilities would improve the experience.”
    • “It is okay to lose matches or stay in a league for more than one season; you made the grinding interesting and rewarding.”
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's storyline is praised for being engaging and well-integrated with gameplay, enhancing the overall experience. Users appreciate the narrative but suggest adding more dynamic features, such as managerial consequences, to deepen immersion. Some feel the story could benefit from slight improvements alongside graphics enhancements.

    • “Amazing game with a very nice storyline.”
    • “Everything is cool from the graphics and even the storyline. I wish they could add more features like sacking a manager if he goes winless in a row or being in a relegation zone, similar to how the football game works.”
    • “I really like the game, great storyline and gameplay.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users feel the optimization aspect encourages strategic thinking to improve team performance but suggest enhancing player control on match days, including defensive options, to better manage and optimize overall gameplay.

    • “It pushes me to think of the best ways to improve the team performance.”
    • “I think you can allow the gamer more control over his players on match days to make more sense for performance.”
    • “Instead of just attack chances, there should be defensive chances so defenders' performances could be controlled.”
  • replayability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users praise the game for its high replayability, highlighting it as extremely fun and engaging with lasting appeal, making it one of their favorite mobile games.

    • “This game has so much replayability!”
    • “Super good game, and replay value is high.”
    • “Probably my favourite mobile game ever, a lot of fun and has plenty of replayability.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor is perceived as unintentional and stems mainly from its frustratingly scripted gameplay, which some players find ironically amusing despite overall dissatisfaction.

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New Star Manager is a casual role playing game with business theme.

New Star Manager is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac OS, Phone and others.

On average players spend around 30 hours playing New Star Manager.

New Star Manager was released on September 27, 2018.

New Star Manager was developed by New Star Games Ltd..

New Star Manager has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked New Star Manager for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

New Star Manager is a single player game.

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