Dunk Manager vs The Program

Two days to the trade deadline. Your starting point guard wants a max extension, the front office expects a playoff run, and the 20-year-old at the end of your bench might be worth twice what you're paying him. What do you do? Dunk Manager is a basketball GM game. You don't shoot and you don't dribble: you make the calls, as general manager and head coach, and you live with them season after season. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE Thirty franchises, a draft lottery, the salary cap and the luxury tax. Scout the class, move up or down, build multi-player trades with future picks thrown in, work free agency and decide who gets paid before someone else does. The other GMs have their own plans, and they'll turn down a lopsided offer. THEN THERE'S THE REST OF THE WORLD Seventeen leagues in all. Top and second divisions in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Turkey and Greece, plus Lithuania, Israel, the Adriatic league and the Philippines, with two European cups for the clubs that finish on top. You pick which leagues make up your world, and players move between them. The kid you passed on in the draft might show up three years later in Istanbul, playing against you. Fair warning: the bigger the world, the slower the sim. EUROPE IS A DIFFERENT JOB Over there, your budget is your cap. You pay transfer fees, negotiate buyout clauses, upgrade your arena and facilities, hire your assistant, trainer and doctor. Finish last and you get relegated. Start in the second division and the only way up is winning. THE PHILIPPINE LEAGUE, DONE PROPERLY Three conferences in one season, three titles up for grabs. The import rules change every tournament: none in the first, one in the second, one under 6'6" in the third. The top four seeds get twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals, the salary cap is hard, and the rookies come out of the college leagues. SCOUTING Send your scouts across six continents. At first all you get on a prospect is a range, and the longer they watch him, the tighter it gets. Bring the best ones in for a workout before draft night. YOUR CAREER The board sets goals over several seasons: playoffs, staying up, promotion, European qualification. Miss them and you're fired. Hit them and other clubs come calling. Meanwhile the league keeps moving: players develop, peak, age, retire, and a few make the Hall of Fame. PLAY IT YOUR WAY Follow a game play by play or sim through whole weeks in seconds. Full box scores, standings, league leaders, records and end-of-season awards. Rosters for the current season are a free download inside the game. After that it plays offline, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Available in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. If you've spent years yelling at your team's front office, now it's your turn.

The Program is a deep, single-player college football dynasty simulator built around one idea: you should always understand WHY things happen. Most football sims hide recruiting behind a points meter — you lead by 300, then lose the kid for no reason. The Program replaces that black box with a legible economy. Every recruit weighs five clear factors: NIL budget, distance from home, your facilities, your program's success, and your coaching staff. When a recruit picks another school, you see exactly why — "Texas offered $400K more and he's from Dallas." THE NIL ECONOMY (the headline feature) - A fully tracked in-game budget system — booster-funded, not abstract "hours" or "points." - Recruits weigh your offer against what the market says they're worth. - Fund NIL, coaching, support staff, and facilities from one budget — every dollar is a tradeoff. TRANSPARENT, REGIONAL RECRUITING - Recruits come from believable hometown distributions — Texas, Florida, Georgia and California run deep. - Distance and in-state pull matter. Your program has genuine regional reach. - No corny fake names. RUN THE WHOLE PROGRAM - Play a full season week by week — every FBS team, authentic schedules, conferences and rivalries. - A 12-team playoff, conference titles, and bowls. - Develop your roster, manage the transfer portal, allocate your budget, and build prestige over the years. - Poll rankings, Heisman race, national stat leaders, awards, and season recaps. DESIGNED FOR MOBILE, BUILT FOR DEPTH - Clean, modern, fast — a sports app that respects your time. - 100% offline and single-player. No account, no login, no servers. Your dynasty lives on your device. Authentic schools, colors, conferences and records — paired with a believable economy and geography. No licensed logos; systemic authenticity over cosmetic. Free to play. Optional in-app purchases remove ads and support development.