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GOAL! The Club Manager

2tainment · 2022-11-02

SteamGOG

SimulationSportsStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are more than a coach. You are the undisputed club boss. Are you ready to dominate the league with your team in this re-imagining of the classic sports management franchise? Could you be the next manager sensation? Prove it!

GOAL! The Club Manager is a Simulation, Sports, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2022, priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Negative (31% of 522 reviews).

1
playing now
31%
positive of 522 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (120 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 522 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 68 of 89 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320222026Week of 2022-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992022-11-022026-10-152022-11-02 — best price $23.392022-12-12 — best price $22.492023-01-06 — best price $29.992023-03-04 — best price $29.992023-04-04 — best price $29.992023-05-09 — best price $29.992023-07-25 — best price $29.992023-10-03 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-09 — best price $17.992024-02-14 — best price $17.992024-04-04 — best price $29.992024-05-18 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-09-02 — best price $29.992024-10-21 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-22 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-05-08 — best price $14.992025-06-18 — best price $14.992025-08-01 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $29.992026-01-14 — best price $14.992026-03-08 — best price $29.992026-04-06 — best price $14.992026-05-05 — best price $14.992026-06-09 — best price $29.992026-08-17 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $7.492026-09-19 — best price $7.492026-09-25 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-11-02 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DSportsEconomyTradingStrategyStylizedManagementSimulationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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