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Retro Football Boss

1888 Games · Plug In Digital · 2016-09-12

Steam

IndieSimulationSportsStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 12, 2016 (Mac)

Retro Football Boss is a historical football management simulation featuring the English professional leagues from 1888 to 1998 (with German leagues coming soon). This is your chance to take a trip down memory lane or right the wrongs of the past.

Retro Football Boss is an Indie, Simulation, Sports, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $11.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed sentiment (55% of 40 reviews).

55%
positive of 40 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 50,112 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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