Retro Football Management

About Retro Football Management

Retro Football Management is a single player casual sport game. It was developed by Coast Gaming and was released on January 8, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Relive Football Manager games as they used to be in this Retro Football game

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79%Audience ScoreBased on 1,260 reviews

gameplay9 positive mentions

monetization61 negative mentions

Great nostalgic football management experience with many eras and legendary players to manage.
Simple, quick, and addictive gameplay allowing fast completion of seasons, suitable for casual play.
Regular updates adding new leagues, seasons, and features like the European Cup enhance replayability.

Gameplay balance issues where lower rated teams can frequently beat stronger teams, making results feel random and frustrating.
Limited tactical control with no substitutions, formations, or in-game tactical adjustments, reducing management depth.
Game sometimes crashes, freezes, or suffers from bugs affecting progression or player transfers; frequent ads can be disruptive.

monetization
72 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
7% positive mentions, 8% neutral mentions, 85% negative mentions
The game's monetization heavily relies on frequent and lengthy ads, which many players find intrusive and sometimes buggy, affecting game progression and enjoyment. While in-app purchases are available, some users report issues with restoring purchases and no clear option to remove ads entirely. Overall, the ad-driven pay-to-win mechanic is seen as frustrating, though earning in-game currency through ads is appreciated by some.
- “Its addictive and fair in-game purchase.”
- “For a free game that does not make you buy in-app purchases this is amazing, loads and loads of seasons all packed with the greatest players, fab.”
- “So much fun, good pace, and no ads if you don't want to.”
- “Ok for 4 seasons, the game is fixed to play for four seasons and then it makes all the other teams so strong that the best possible position you finish is second but the objective is to finish first otherwise you get sacked and game over, unless you pay real money to continue. You have to endure hundreds of painful ads in the seasons to make transfer money.”
- “Brilliant nostalgic game but fixed to watch ads to get transfer funds.”
- “Fun until you get sacked and it tries to charge you to restart the season, wouldn't pay 1p to this game considering I just watched about 200 ads on the game!”
gameplay
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
32% positive mentions, 57% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions
The gameplay is generally praised for its simple, quick, and nostalgic feel, offering an addictive and enjoyable experience reminiscent of classic football management games. However, many users find it overly simplistic and lacking depth, with limited tactical options, gameplay actions, and realism, which can lead to frustration and a sense that the game prioritizes monetization over gameplay quality. Suggestions for improvement include adding substitutions, formation changes, cup competitions, and more strategic flexibility.
- “Very simple gameplay but I like it, a nice break from FM20 mechanics and the fact a season can be completed in an hour is great.”
- “It's simplistic in design and functionality yet provides great gameplay.”
- “Gameplay is quick, fun, and exciting.”
- “The first couple of days, this gets pretty addictive and fun to play out, then reality sets in and unfortunately doesn't hold up in any footballing sense, in either gameplay or management.”
- “There's no gameplay or actions you can take so you end up skipping the match, 99% of your time you're watching adverts and continuing to the next page.”
- “Thought it was going to be good and similar to the old football manager games of the nineties, but unfortunately, it only is in appearance, and the gameplay is terrible.”
graphics
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 36% negative mentions
The graphics are generally viewed as simplistic and reminiscent of retro football management games, with some appreciating the nostalgic art style while others find the visuals and fonts outdated, eye-unfriendly, and unnecessary. Recent graphic updates have been criticized for adding little value and introducing bugs, detracting from the overall experience. Many users prefer functionality improvements over graphical enhancements.
- “Art style is on point for the retro football management game.”
- “Great fun and memories of the 80s players whilst giving ZX Spectrum style management graphics, proper retro!”
- “It's really a good game but needs another graphics, a job well done.”
- “But still too low graphics and too boring compared to old football manager games on PC.”
- “Although limited in leagues and simple aspects, was a fun game to play until the latest version; fonts and graphics are annoying, now full of bugs, deleted it. Such a shame, had tremendous potential.”
- “They honestly ruined the game with the latest graphics update.”
stability
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 89% negative mentions
The game's stability is inconsistent, with frequent glitches, freezes, and occasional buggy behavior disrupting gameplay. While some users find it enjoyable despite these issues, others experience crashes after season endings or game weeks, significantly impacting the overall experience. Fixing these stability problems would greatly enhance the game's quality.
- “Bug free and simple to use.”
- “The gameplay is good but too many glitches; for example, Cafu was available to buy again after a game, then another team bought him automatically buying players I didn't want.”
- “Overall very good, but if you get sacked at the end of the season and press continue, the game freezes.”
- “The adverts don't load and the game freezes after each game week.”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions
Users find the optimization lacking, as tactical changes and substitutions often fail to impact team performance, reducing strategic depth. Additionally, the game’s performance has slowed after recent updates, and there is a desire for more detailed player ratings and dynamic attribute adjustments to better reflect form and aging.
- “One suggestion would be to give players half-time ratings so it's easier to make judgements on performance rather than fitness.”
- “It would be good if you could make subs and players' values and skill levels increase or decrease depending on age and performance.”
- “If I were to improve it, I'd add a few more attributes to the players and have them impact performance.”
- “Had a successful first 2/3 seasons, hitting season goals and building a team capable of winning the league but then saw the team's performance disappear. Even with players rated at 100%, my team couldn't win and I eventually got sacked, with the option to continue only if I paid money.”
- “When I made substitutions or changed tactics, it didn't change anything or improve the team's performance.”
- “It would be good if you could make substitutions and players' values and skill levels increase or decrease depending on age and performance.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The humor in the game is basic but includes some amusing and quirky glitches, such as players returning illegally from injury and duplicate player listings. These unexpected moments add a lighthearted, retro charm despite some technical issues.
- “Pretty good, though very basic and some funny things going on, like I played one game where an opposing player was injured but came back later in the match to replace another injured player (surely that's illegal and completely against the rules of the game), and somehow it's possible to buy the same player twice: once in the foreign market and once as one of my players.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The story aspect seems to focus on specific in-game challenges, such as completing missions like scoring 80 team goals in a season during the South America tour. However, some users report difficulties progressing in these story-related tasks.
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users express a desire for more music variety, including options related to Euro qualifications, as well as additional season selections.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Replayability is highly praised due to the unique goals for each era, offering varied challenges and the opportunity to relive the careers of legendary players, making it a perfect 10/10 in this aspect.
- “The goals for each era make the replayability factor a 10/10, not to mention reliving the careers of the best ever.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The grinding aspect is based on a good concept but is criticized for being tedious and monotonous in execution.
- “Very nice concept but execution very tedious and bland.”

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Retro Football Management is a casual sport game. Common tags for Retro Football Management include free to play and realistic.

Retro Football Management is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Retro Football Management was released on January 8, 2019.

Retro Football Management was developed by Coast Gaming.

Retro Football Management has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Retro Football Management for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Retro Football Management is a single player game.

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