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Epic Manager - Create Your Own Adventuring Agency!
Developer ManaVoid Entertainment
Epic Manager is a unique crossover between Sports Management and classic JRPGs. Experience an addictive “one more turn” mix of tycoon strategy, roguelike elements, roster management, combat and character progression, all rooted in an epic yet light-hearted fantasy setting. Rated ‘E’ for EPIC! From the Steam store page
200 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jun 5, 2025 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
127 positive · 73 negative
95% range 57–70%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
160 of 241 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 200 · most liked firstFirst, let me say that I was really hoping for this game to be amazing. At first, I thought that it had a lot of potential as there were a pretty good amount of features and mechanics introduced, it felt great. I have three main issues with this game. 1. You are penalized, for playing well. If you finish a trimester in first place, be assured that the following turns you will lose a lot of Fame, simply because other agencies dislike you. This is of course, for balancing purpose, however, what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After my first (almost) 5 hours in this game, i can say i'm having a lot of fun. The game has a lot to offer in the actual state, enough options and things to do to keep you entertained hours and hours. So, for now, a quick review with quick points (no specific order): -More than a manager, you have a map to discover and combats to do with your adventurers. -It reminds me (somewhat) to Darkest Dungeon. The main difference is that here you manage a guild and have to compete against other…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A+ for the concept..... B- for their UI C+ for the managment options (depth of classes etc.) D for the combat (slower than sluggish compounded further by the next item) F for the optimization (losing mouse clicks, ai freezes on their turn, bugs etc. etc. etc.) 5/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Though this game has some good and bad aspects, overall it feels to be an average game. I do recommend that you pick this up but just know what you're going to get before hand. One of the biggest things that sets this RPG game apart from others is that you're supposed to recruit and then negotiate your adventurer's contract before they will join your party. Which sounds fun until you actually go and do it. Adventurers are a dime and dozen and there's not much that separates them apart from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For $5 more you can buy Darkest Dungeon, and I think that's a better value. If this goes on sale for 4.99, give it a whirl if you like offering contract deals and/or telling greedy heroes what hole they can find their raise in. For a game with Manager in the title, you do very little management. Management is centered around your heroes, herefor referred to in my own experiences as the Badasses of the Happy Snack Cake Adventurer Agency. Recruit your badasses, send them on quests for gold…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game developed in English by a team without a solid grasp of the English language. The premise of the game might be fun if I could ever get past the impression that it was made by a third grader. The game is FULL of spelling and grammar errors that makes it nearly unplayable. I'm not talking about some obscure, misspelled word in one location. It's ALL OVER! Things like: antything (anything), potentiall (potential), ressource (resource), upcomming (upcoming). That was within the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a blast to play and so far has developers extremely interested in feed back and interested in the ideas of players. Have seen developers hanging out in several Twitch streams, including my own for almost 8 hours, asking opinions and having open discussions on the game. So far this is early access handled correctly from the dev side IMO. Game play wise, I have had a blast even with this initial early access release, so I am excited for what this game will become. The fights are not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid thumbs up for me. Failed 2 runs so far, had fun doing it. Working dad with limited time for gaming, this one is pretty great for that. Quick enough progression, where you dont feel you are grinding as a time sink. Deep to where you can plan your strategy while at work for your next run (once wife and kids get to sleep). Combat is fun, graphics are nice on the eyes. Does feel a bit like you are rushed at times, but having read through the forums (with the ridiculously engaged devs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the result of a 2014(?) successful kickstarter project which I've been following. The team behind is a 4 man crew of people hard at work and passionate of video games. It shows! The amount of work and extensive knowledge of the game genre that went in this piece is impressive, from the countless handwritten quests and ''events'', the world building or the inclusion of classic rpg and indie games references. It was in closed alpha for a few weeks now and the game has come a long…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, this game has seemingly been abandoned by the developer for almost a year now, with no updates to any of the bugs in game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The premise to this game is to create your own agency (guild) of adventurers and become the best in the realm. You start off small with enough resources to recruit a couple of heroes, forming your first party, and sending them off to do quests. As you complete quests, you gain more resources and your fame increases, which allows you to expand your agency. Soon you'll have more options for recruiting more experienced adventurers and creating more parties to send out on quests. Your adventurers…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As you can tell by my game library, I'm a big fan of indie games and I can tell you this much ; this one is a gem. I'm already a couple of hours in and it feels like I barely scratched the surface. The game offer a fair challenge and reaching the end mean learning from your mistakes along the way. The game never feel cheap and even thought there is some random elements in the game, you always feel like you are the one that makes the difference between a good run or a bad one. Having said…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This looked a lot better in the video and screenshots. Some issues i've had with it, Too much rng for it to be a simulation. Seasons are very short. I played two full seasons and the tutorial within 2 hours. The fame system and being defamed needs to either be explained better or reworked. The UI looks neat but it's actually quite messy to use at times. Equiping items/weapons etc.. Moving a party can also be awkward sometimes, and completing a quest on the same tile (ie: having two…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is a box I did not check referring to if I received this game for free; I am a ruthless discount shopper, and often wishlist dozens of games in hope of making the move to acquire a license if one is ever appallingly cheap. As a result, I usually have a handful of classic games on deck that I'm not ready to *play* yet, I don't remember which game it was or what became of it, but I once regretted missing that greenlight game in which the protagonist is a retired adventurer who now buys…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game didn't have enough meat for my tastes. I was hoping to get a little more in depth with the management aspect and was less interested in the tedious combat. Maybe more depth opens up later, but it got really boring really quickly for me. I wanted Football Manager but for adventuring parties, and this just doesn't reach that level.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epic Manager is a totally okayish game (in a world of decent or better games), with a good basic premise and a lot of things that stop it being engaging. This is a shame, because it's pretty well put together, and cute. The biggest flaw, and why I can't really recommend this game, is that it doesn't really feel like a management game; it feels like an RPG without any characters. For most of the game, you're more or less forced to command each fight, which is slow, repetitive and ultimately…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have just got the game, but it was love at first sight for me! TLDR; I can recommend this game for anybody who is into hard games and does not get discouraged after losing a few of his main characters to some crazy monster ;) If you like rougelikes, with complex rpg elements and fantasy comedy style (really some of these quests and random encounters are hilarious) this game is for you! Despite the fact that the game does not try to take itself seriously, it is hard to play and takes a lot…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simplistic execution of a good concept. Let's get this out of the way. This is not a very deep tycoon game. It's quick, it's simple, and it does what it does very well. It definately doesn't get into the realm of a 4X, or a grand strategy, and I can see very little replay value in this game. Deleted(If steam offered an option I'd put this as neutral. ) Deleted: (I'd safely buy this on special, but at it's current price it just isn't enough of a game for the price that's being charged.)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has frustrating mechanics, you are penalized for doing well, and its unfulfilled in its direction. It might be feature complete, but whenever I played it I felt like I had a thousand ideas to improve upon it. Not sure I'd recommend this unless you get it at a discount. Idea is good, everything seems promising..., but its just not right there yet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a criminally underrated game. Surprisingly deep with all the different combinations and play styles available. It's a squad-based management game, in the same vein as XCOM or Darkest Dungeon. The management aspect is quite good and forces you to make some choices, do you low ball a lot of high potential guys and risk losing them but having an amazing squad, or do you play it safe and pay a few great guys well and fill out your team with cheapos? I always felt that the fact that new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If this game had the D&D license (and the game wears its D&D influence on its sleeve), it would probably be titled as Lords of Waterdeep. You control a Manager who commands various heroic parties, deciding who to hire (and at what price), where to dispatch them, and which factions to appease. Depth happens on both the strategic and tactical level, and with various class combinations, there's a lot of replayability. There are a few constraints to the game though. For one, despite having 16…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable game but very misleading description. It is 99% fantasy mangement and very similar to many other games especially to the many hero squad type games on mobile platforms. The only thing Sports like about it is that you get to draft your first character. Even then it is not at all like a sports management game. You only get to draft your first player, you always pick 3rd, there are no player rankings or deep stats to help you determine who is worthy of your first pick, there are no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's cute, but it's a £1.99 android game, not a £13.59 PC game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was quite suprised by how detailed and fun this game is. The combat was fun and despite what people are saying the enimies dont have too much hp The managment system is very detailed and indepth as was the questing system (my fraveroute part :) ). The only gripe I have with this game is theres no sandbox free mode so you dont have to vs other agencies :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kickstarter backed the game as a big fan of the idea. I'm aware the game is still in early access and will certainly revisit the game at a later date as I still hope to see the concept really work out. The current release has some great management elements with salaries, contracts, and management options that could be part of a very unique and interesting game. The initial draft, team creation and starting out is exciting and feels like team management. Recruiting staff, leveling up your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game as I'm a huge fan of both sports sim and turn based game rpg/strategy games. I really did. Pros: - Original concept - thumbs up! - Contract system is good. You just can't go Yankees style - each contract has to be pondered, doing a signing bonus to reduce total amount is a great mechanic. - Balance is not so bad really for an early access launch title. Glaring thing is using portal: costs are too high and should cost gold only if not within some kind of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is lots of potential here but at the moment it is not a fun game. Difficulty is all over the map. My first game, my party got wiped during the tutorial, my next game I wiped the floor with all who opposed me through the first tier. Second tier began with taking reputation hits from every other guild every turn AND picking up enough wounds on adventurers that I lost without doing very much at all in round while trying to recover from wounds. Maybe after some more tweaks this will be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice idea in concept, with rather clumsy execution. It quickly turned into a somewhat grindy exercise in balancing plates, with money consistently in short supply and progress very firmly gated. It is primarily notable for an extraordinarily long save game loading time – a full minute even for a game a couple of turns in, running off an M2 drive with a 9700K CPU.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool idea, but the huge punishments for doing well make it not very fun. Would rather see the other teams actually compete for first instead of doing terrible and punishing me for it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heroes of Might and Magic + Darkest Dungeon Decent tutorial and interface for the relatively large amount of menus to wrap your head around, remarkably stable and bug-free client for a new release as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does this game need a lot of work still? Yeah. As it is, I find this to be a most enjoyable and entertaining game. It takes some the elements I enjoy most in games such as micro management and strategy and mashes them all together with a bunch of RPG and it just comes out as a rather good game. I look forward to improvements on things like the awful items UI.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of the time of this review the game is still in alpha. If they work out balance issues it will be a pretty solid game. TLDR – I can’t recommend this game until they do some serious mechanics tuning. The system is currently to random to initially develop a reliable adventuring party. The underlying pay and gold system doesn’t seem balanced in relation to travel time. These two problems lead from a fun enjoyable experience quickly turning into a maddening fight against negative income.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, who would of that a manager game about questing could be so good? Forewarning though, the game in it's current state is only completed once you reach up to league 2 (there are 5), so if you are looking for the full game, they are still working it out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had cool potential but was essentially forced out of early access early and abandoned. Don't play it. There is enough potential there to make you wish it was finished, but it's ultimately overall a bad experience due to lack of polish and balancing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had this game and haven’t seen any updates. Fun for a while, but that's it, for a while. No depth. Didn't really enjoy it after the first few runs. Bought it early, after seeing promising developers - who failed to deliver. Sorry guys. Went ahead and havn't touched it, hoping for more. Mid to late game feels...bland.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epic Manager is an innovative marriage of the Tycoon and RPG genres. Deceptively simple on the surface one must learn its intracacies to be successful. The tycoon aspect is relatively simple in nature. You must hire adventurers to go forth and complete quests to earn money. You negotiate salaries for adventurers and pick upgrades for your "Company". Sadly, there isn't much more meat to this aspect than that. Its only complexity in this aspect is planning which adventurers you want to keep…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game because 1. Involved developers. 2. Frequent updates 3. Epic sim concept 4. Already a great game. Sure they have to balance some thing but that is peanuts !!! Fun and difficult playthrough with TONS of options. You like adventure ? You like sims ? Then this is a game for you my friend. Njoy Folks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the first time ever, you can create your very own Adventuring Agency and manage it as if you were a professional sports team general manager. Scout for prospects, hire adventurers, train them and form parties, send them on quests, deal with random encounters, fight frantic battles and experience an epic narrative shaped your choices! What to expect in Early Access: – A unique new twist on the manager genre / Create your own Adventuring Agency. – A vast realm to explore / More than 100…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game, worth the pennies.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an alright game. What I dislike about it is the very slow and repetitive combat. For a management game, I expected the combat to be automatic. I would assign heroes their items and tell them what to do, but then have them fight without me doing all the clicking and actions. But no, you have to manually do the combat, and that is so repetitive it gets old after a few battles. Since you have to do everything as the manager including accepting quests, assigning your parties, telling…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned. The idea was good but its a bare bones shell of a game. Just enough to tempt you to buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Instead of going on adventures, have you ever wonder what it'd be like being the guy who sends the heroes out and then keeps all of the money? If so Epic Manager is the game for you! Borrowing from sports management games, the purpose of Epic Manager is to have your Agency become the number one ranked Agency in the business - measured through how famous it becomes. Each year your goal is to amass as much fame from quest completions as you can to beat everyone else in the league. You achieve…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible gameplay, linear experience and worst combat implementation of a game I've seen in a long time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game very good longevity. Hire your heroes, develop their skills, multiclass them gain even more abilities. Equip them with items gathered through quest or purchased in your shop. Uprade your guild with lots of options and crate more parties to roam the land and game fame to be top on your league and avoid elimination. Dont be fooled by the graphics, there is a lot to do and to learn. The game is hard. you have few actions per turn. Will you rest your adventurers who got wounded ? Go on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a dissapointment. Whoever compared this to Heroes of might and magic was dead wrong, this is not even close to the level of strategy involved in HOMM. This game is overly simplistic, I can't see anyone over the age of 12 enjoying this. Not a bad game to give to your kid in kindergarden to play on his ipad I guess.l
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am greatly enjoying this game. The game reminds me strongly of Crowntakers which I really enjoyed despite its lack of replayability (I feel as though this game will have far more replay value). I will agree with the person that said there were spelling errors, though I rarely even notice them unless I look for them. I think the tutorial gives you just enough information to play and then leaves you to trial and error. That causes a steep learning curve, however saves you from knowing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun managment game with broken UI. Everything needs more clicks then it should. Things like most frequently used option shortcuts are missing (select party and right click destination to select a destination?), as is an overview screen where you can interact with all adventurers at once (changing gear per "hero" is a pain). Simliarly basic options like optimize equipment is also lacking. But despite all this you will have fun with this if you like playing the odds. Everything here…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a good game, there are many elements to like so I will just leave what I think can be further improved. 1.Battle animation, I understand this game is about management, but still, I believe the animations can be improved to show the different features of each class. 2. Signing Adventurers, I would like to see more factors that will influence their decision making, such as wounded frequency, relationship with teammates, contribute to the party, etc. 3. Euipment, they give you random…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epic Manager is a fantastic package of ideas. It's a sports simulator, where the sport you're simulating is RPG adventuring. Grapple with negotiating new contracts for your freshly levelled advenurers who are greedy for more gold. Struggle with deciding whether to keep both your star heroes or ditch one so you can get new rookies to fill up your second party, while staying under the salary cap. Multiclass your heroes any way you like with 16 total classes with 2 main abilities each. If you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm only a few hours in but it's pretty fun. Also for an early access game it seems very solid with no major bugs or anything. Price point is just right for this game as well. Recommend!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An Early Access game that works as advertised? Surprising, I know. If you've heard of Acquisitions Incorporated via Penny Arcade and enjoyed their antics, this is basically a chance for you to do the same by running your own adventuring company. Picture yourself an owner of a company that employs RPG-trope characters and sending them on adventures solely with the idea to increase your wealth and your company's reputation while keeping yourself better than all the other adventuring companies…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll keep this simple. This is an Early Access Game done correct. It is a solid built game with a simple and clean art style, enjoyable gameply, challenging difficulty without being overbearing, and lots of hidden humor gems. Yes there are a few bugs; but I do mean only a few and they are not game breaking. 5 hours in and I am loving every second of the game, it murdered me once leaving my agency in shambles and I couldn't wait to go back for more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's fun for a while, but then just as you start to learn the game and get a decent squad of adventures together.... the game mechanics work against you. i had two teams of 3 adventures completing quests for the gold / xp and it was going well. trouble is with the league system in place, if you get knocked out or fail a time period your licence gets revoked and you just lose the game. which is super frustrating... i've played management games before with a league system, usually you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A light-hearted roleplaying game, treating its theme fully, also polished with great love as I can see. With ironmade mode and nice replayability, I really liked my journey in Epic Manager. I will try to understand the disappointment of others, so here is my review :) Epic Manager let's you recruit adventurers, negotiate contracts, customize their equipment, create your adventurer parties and send them into missions. You will also recruit staff, and do dirty things (intrigue!) to competitor…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to enjoy this but being punished for playing well is annoying as all hell. I love the concept but just can't make myself play again and again knowing that winning a part of the game will seriously hurt my chances at the whole thing. Low damage and overly long fights are pretty dull come late game as well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great little game that delivers on its promise. It is very much a solid blend of RPG combat and sports management. Lots of variety in potential party members and plenty to unlock along the way. Good in that a few setbacks now and then don't cause you to lose the game. Fairly simple rules and easy to learn, with building complexity over time. If the concept sounds like something you'd want to play, you won't be disappointed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SO MUCH POTENTAL!!! Pros: Varied Classes Turn-based done right Engaging Combat Cons: Dont get used to a single party member staying in party due to either death or far excceding your abiliy to pay for Exponent level jumps in dificulty between seasons beyond what your guild is ready for. no sandbox mode just the same run to the end of 3 seasons and see if you survive will try it again later but for now i cant say i would buy it for full price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has froze 4 times now but that is not my major issue. This game forces you to use trash adventures, keeping a good A team on payroll will bankrupt you unless you get lucky and get the right quests at the right locations, This game is heavy HEAVY RNG. A bit of bad luck can totaly destroy your game. An example: I just had some bad luck in a fairly normal encounter and two of my best guys get killed I am running low on gold as I am having no luck getting quests nearby and so I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy this game. I love the management aspect and there are plenty of important decisions to make. One of my favorite things is combining the different classes to unlock prestige classes. The combat in this game will be fairly familiar to anyone who has played an RPG before and does take up more time than I would personally prefer. There are ways to skip it but they involve dice rolls and I've been punished enough that I don't use those anymore. I bought this game after going back to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really cool idea and game addictive
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