About The Gaffer
The Gaffer is a single player management game with a historical theme. It is being developed by Pitchwork Studios Ltd and will be released on October 1, 2026.
THE GAFFER starts you in August 1959 Division Four, a chairman willing to take a chance on you, and a town that hasn't decided yet if you're any good. From there it's yours: up to thirty years in the dugout, one manager, one long career, told as it happens rather than looped forever. All 80 clubs are placed in real English and Welsh towns rather than placeholders, each with its own researched loc…
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Gaffer is a management game with historical theme. Common tags for The Gaffer include politics, indie, life sim, artificial intelligence, retro and others.
The Gaffer is available on PC, Windows and Linux.
The Gaffer is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2026.
The Gaffer was developed by Pitchwork Studios Ltd.
The Gaffer is a single player game.
Similar games include FROM THE DUGOUT, Total Club Manager, Club Legend, HALFTIME Manager, NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager and others.