About This Game

Demo

The demo allows you to play 5 matches per career. All previous restrictions have now been removed! Please use the feedback button in the demo to let us know what you thought of it - or add your comments in the Steam Community Hub. You'll be able to load saved games from the demo into the full version when it's released.

Game summary

Ten years ago he was the next big thing. The Golden boy. Championship material. But it all went south, see? He picked up some bad injuries, and his scumbag manager ran off with all the dosh. So now he wants it back. He wants one last crack at the title, before he gets too old - and he wants you to manage him! Think you've got the bottle?

Time to put your money where your mouth is then.

What they're saying about The Comeback King

"As a longtime boxing fan I appreciate the game’s sense of humor and narrative."

"Great demo! Loved it"

"Very nice, style is very good, throw in a ref and it's perfect"*

"Boxing games are cool"

"Nice, I like the look of it - have wishlisted!"

"You really deserve success with this game :)"

"Just played through the demo, very fun, this is a good one!"

"Good luck! Wishlisting it!"

"Nice pixel art"

"Love this!  I missed the original"

"Those are some expensive sponges you got there"

Features

• Retro pixel art style

• Fully animated boxing matches

• Ranking system

• Entrance music (10 tracks of original 80s-style sounds written especially for the game!)

• Promoter

• British humour

• Strength, Stamina and Skill

• Cognitive Health

• Sponges and bandages

• Throwing in the towel

• Shouting from the sidelines

• Rampant 1980s inflation

• Buying and selling gyms

• Trainers

• Popularity stars!

• Bone-crunching injuries (but no blood/gore)

• No scripted outcomes

• Quick start guidance system

40 years in the making

From designer Ian Williams:

This game is a slightly delayed sequel to 'Boxing Manager', an 8-bit classic that I released in the mid-1980s for the Spectrum 48K. You can still play it on an emulator.

This sequel retains many of the features of the original game but I've added more interaction during the matches, plus more gyms, the Shop, more choice of opponents, a refined Popularity system, full ranking table, entrance music and much more.

Future Plans

If there's a demand for it, I also have plans for a 'Downtown' expansion, which will add criminal elements like bribes, dives, illegal tonics and dodgy bets. Cushti!

*There's now a Referee! He has great bouncy hair. :D