Frequently asked questions
Answers to the most frequent questions.
If you feel something is missing, write me at info@99managers.org
Last update May 5, 2026
Why should I buy the game when I can get it for free?
By buying the game you actively support the development of the game. I work full time on the game, so making money with it is essential to continue the development. If I don't make enough, I might need to work again and drastically reduce the time I can work on the game.
Can you please add my language?
If your language is missing it means that nobody has yet translated the game in that language. This game is translated by a community of volunteer translators on Weblate. Everybody is welcome to join and translate the game and improve existing translations. Every language is welcome <3 also dialects or non-official languages.
How can I contribute and help?
There are many ways to help the project.
- Tell you family, friends and the rest of the world about the game (my current marketing budget is 0€)
- Translate or fix texts on Weblate
- Code new features and fix bugs on Codeberg
- Report bugs on Codeberg or however you can contact me.
- Improve the game graphics, UI design and user experience (just get in contact with me)
What teams/players will be in the game?
There will be no real teams and players in the game. But the in-game editor allows to customize leagues, teams and players.
What does Free and Open Source mean?
Imagine you have a recipe for delicious cookies. Now you want to share your recipe with the whole world, so everybody can use your recipe to create their own cookies. This is what Open Source means. It gives fellow bakers the ability to study, modify, use and redistribute your recipe.
Some might want to change you recipe and add new ingredients or increase the baking time, to make them crisper. With Open Source, they are free to do so. But once they want to share their cookies with others, they also need to share their new recipe. This is what Free means. It assures that the recipe remains always available to all cookie lovers. So no bakery can use your recipe to sell cookies, without sharing the recipe with their customers.
The combination of both assures that every person who eats cookies made with your recipe, also gets a copy of the recipe.
Software is more complicated than cookies, but the concept is the same. It is written in code, that is the recipe of software. And a software license defines, how the code is shared with the world, just like with your cookies.
This software uses the AGPL-v3-or-later license. You can read further about software licenses on the FSFE's website.
When will the game be available?
The game released as Early Access on Steam on November 7 2025. I plan to keep it in Early Access for around a year, until the game is stable, fun and has all features.
The game will of course stay available for free on itch.io, Flathub and Codeberg during the Early Access and also after the full release.
Why the name 99Managers?
99Managers is technologically stuck in 1999, so only email is used for communication. No smartphones, social networks or similar. This is not written in stone, but I like the idea.
Another reason is related to the goal to create multiple editions for different team sports. So the 99 stands for many managers and who knows, maybe one day the series will feature 99 different editions.
