Manage a football club from the dressing room to the stands. Pick the tactics, train the players, hire the staff, build your own stadium, then watch every match play out live in full 3D. A free-to-play football management sim.

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The main mode for Touchline is the Super Sunday mode which allows users to take control of a run down football club and bring them up the ranks. It relies on both rpg mechanics and the football simulation itself. The simulation is currently fully built and will serve as the foundation for the Super Sunday mode.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“In order to finish the Super Sunday Mode we need to finish the RPG mechanics in the coming year.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full version of Touchline will have Super Sunday Mode, Multiplayer mode and the Game Editor which will allow players to essentially mod the game themeselves.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The current state has the full career simulation including the Stadium Builder and Mode support”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“No, its a free game with paid dlc”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“The Team will regularly implement surveys and community votes on feature release relevance order and various modding challenges since we aim to make the game fully moddable”
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About This Game

Your club. Your ground. Your way.

touchLine is a football management sim where every decision shows on the pitch. Set up your team, then watch the whole match play out live in 3D, from the walk out of the tunnel to the final whistle. Live through different eras of football from the black and white scenes of the 60s to the short shorts of the 80s

Watch every match

  • Every match can be played live in full 3D, or in a clean 2D view

  • Change your tactics while the match is on and see your players react

  • Broadcast, corner, behind-the-goal, tactical and TV director cameras, or create your own custom camera to view the action your way.

  • Rain, snow, night matches under the floodlights, and pitches from lush grass to dry dust and red earth

Tactics that matter

  • Separate attacking and defending formations on a drag-and-drop tactics board

  • Over 20 team instructions: tempo, passing, pressing, defensive line, width, offside trap, park the bus and more

  • Player instructions, set-piece takers and how you defend corners

  • A half-time room where your assistant reads the match and you give the team talk

Build your home

  • Dozens of unique stadiums, from small town grounds to huge bowls

  • A stadium builder: add, upgrade or knock down each stand and fill the corners, paid for from your own budget or with a loan

  • Corner buildings that bring in money every week

Run the whole club

  • Transfers, contracts, loans, scouting and a youth academy

  • Daily training, an indoor five-a-side hall, and match fitness that grows through the season

  • Hire coaches, scouts, medical and marketing staff, and upgrade the facilities they work in

  • Every player has his own face, photo, attributes and skills

  • Press conferences, team meetings, a board to keep happy and fans to win over

Play it your way

  • Free to play. Optional supporter pack DLCs available for fans to support the long term vision of the team.

  • Full mod support, free for everyone: add your own leagues, kits, names and player photos

  • Controller support

touchLine is in active development, with regular updates.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Touchline uses AI workflows in 3 major ways:

1. A portion of the social media and news was built by analyzing real world conversations and news articles to mimic the dynamic messages and social media comments we experience in real life in the context of the news subject. This allowed us more realistic and familiar tone to conversations and social posts and even forum threads in the game. There is no real-time AI use in the game, it was only used to generate a large number of realistic human comments.

2. Country Data analysis on ethnic average heights, complexions and name combinations, this data pipeline aids player creation to be as accurate to the selected demographic as possible.

3. Chinese and German were localized primarily with AI for the initial draft, we will look to do another localization pass with actual translators when funds permit.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4 cores)
    • Memory: 8000 MB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1650 / Radeon RX 570, 4 GB VRAM
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: The 3D match view needs a dedicated GPU; the 2D match view runs on integrated graphics. Internet connection only for multiplayer.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 cores)
    • Memory: 16000 MB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 2060
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: The 3D match view needs a dedicated GPU; the 2D match view runs on integrated graphics. Internet connection only for multiplayer.