#1 most played
Empires: a world conquest strategy game Beta
Pick any of 200 nations and conquer the world.
Free sports manager and strategy games, right in your browser
No account, no download · over 3,000 games started since October
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#2 most played
Soccer Manager Beta
Take a tiny club from the bottom division to the top.
#3 most played
Football GM Beta
Run the draft, set the depth chart, win it all.
Sports manager games
Run a club or a franchise: transfers and the draft, the salary cap, live games and whole seasons in minutes.
Something quick
A 3D battle, a card duel or an arcade game: a few minutes each.
⚽ Penalty Kick
🥊 Boxing
✈️ Sky Ace
💣 Blast Maze
📡 Deep Signal New
🚀 Spacewar! New
📜 Zork I New
Strategy games
A galaxy to conquer, a realm to hold in 3D and a deck of fighters.
The RetroGM cast
Rio StrikerSoccer
Hoops HarperBasketball
Tank BrooksFootball
Slugger SamBaseball
Blades McCoyHockey
Dash CarreraRacing
Empress ZaraEmpires
Admiral NovaStar Dominion
Vinnie FedoraImperium Mafia
Captain BramStonewatch
Gloria SantosPenalty Kick
Brick MaloneBoxing
Ace KowalskiSky Ace
Blaze BomberBlast Maze
Echo VanceDeep Signal
Every game has its own pixel-art cast, and every game you play unlocks cards in Pixel Duel. Meet all 111 fighters →
What is RetroGM?
RetroGM is a family of free browser games by an independent developer: a soccer manager game with real league structures, general manager games for basketball, American football, baseball, hockey, volleyball and boxing, a motorsport team manager, and strategy games from world conquest and a crime city to space, plus retro arcade games. Every game runs in the browser with no account, saves on your device and works offline.
Quick answers
Are the games really free?
Yes. Every game is free to play in the browser during the beta, with no account.
Do I need to download anything?
No. Open a game and play; you can also install it on your phone or computer and play offline.
Where are my saves?
On your device, in the browser. Nothing is sent to a server.
Strategy guides
How the games really work, and what wins.
- Empires beginner's guide: how to win a world conquest game
- Hockey GM guide: how to build a contender
- Baseball GM guide: tips to build a winner
- Basketball GM tips: how to build a dynasty
- Football GM guide: how to build a winner
- Soccer manager guide: tactics, transfers and your first season
- Racing manager guide: strategy, pit stops and car development
- Star Dominion guide: how to win a space 4X game
- Stonewatch guide: tower defense tips and strategy
What only RetroGM has
Watch, not just readLive games drawn in 2D: players run, pass and shoot on the field. Or sit back in spectator mode and watch a league write its own history.Faces of our ownEvery player, rival and gangster has a hand-made portrait in the RetroGM style, from pixel art to noir.People, not ratingsPersonality traits that change games, a locker room with stories to settle and a team chemistry you can feel.Deep, never tediousAn assistant for every chore you would rather skip, and God Mode when you want to bend the rules.A season in an eveningQuick to start, quick to play: a whole season or campaign in one sitting, in the spirit of the classics.Any device, offlineInstall it on your phone or computer. No account: your saves stay on your device.Latest news
- Two classics in the Arcade: Spacewar! and Zork: the Arcade has a new shelf, Classics, restored. Spacewar!, the space duel written at MIT in 1962 and one of the first video games, rebuilt in new code: two…
- Racing Manager seasons open again, and games go to another computer: a bug kept Racing Manager from opening a saved season (Continue said it could not), and it is fixed: your next season will be there when you come back.
- A winning start in every manager: Basketball, Football, Baseball, Hockey and Volleyball GM now give new managers the same beginner’s luck as Soccer Manager: unless you pick “I’m a veteran”,…
Find a game
Every RetroGM game: what it is, in a few lines.
Soccer manager game From the bottom division to a dynasty in real league structures: Brazil, England, Spain and more. Up to 4 managers.
Football GM Build a dynasty in a 32-team league: a play-by-play sim, the depth chart, the hard cap and a 7-round draft.
Basketball GM Run a franchise in a 30-team league: the draft lottery, trades, the salary cap and live games.
Baseball GM A 162-game season with a pitch-by-pitch sim, platoon lineups, the farm and a 12-team postseason.
Hockey GM An 82-game season with live play-by-play, four lines and special teams, the hard cap and a 16-team playoff.
Racing manager Run an open-wheel, stock car or rally team: drivers, the car, live strategy, the service park and careers that start in the 1970s.
Volleyball GM Run a men's or women's club: pick the starting six and the game plan, play every match point by point, win the Cup and the playoffs.
Boxing GM Run a boxing gym: sign young fighters, pick their fights and camps, work the corner between rounds in an animated ring, and chase the four world belts.
World conquest game Grand strategy on a real world map: pick any of 200 nations, grow the economy, build an army, forge alliances and conquer the world.
Mafia game A crime game with a clock you control (pause to 30x): start as a pickpocket, rob your way up to bank heists, buy guns, businesses and drug buildings, and rule Imperium City.
Space strategy game Space strategy: a new galaxy every game. Mine finite deposits on different planets (every warship needs its own materials), build a star fleet and conquer the galaxy.
3D tower defense A 3D tower defense: build archers, barracks, mages and mortars, upgrade them into two branches, lead your captain and hold the realm.
Card battle game A card battle game: collect 111 pixel art fighters with their stories, open free packs, build your deck, back up and unite for big attacks. Every RetroGM game you play gives cards.