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NUTMEG! kicks off on 26 March 2026
Sheffield, UK – 5 December 2025: The fixtures have been locked in! NUTMEG!, the nostalgic deckbuilding football manager, will kick-off on PC on 26 March 2026, bringing ‘80s and ‘90s English league football back into your life faster than you can say “magic sponge”.
Combining moment-to-moment decision making with deep management, NUTMEG!tasks you with taking the reins of an English league football club and taking them from the bottom of the pile to the top of the ladder. Buy and trade players, train your squad, bring in the right staff, and upgrade your stadium to unlock incredible perks and new ways to dominate the beautiful game.
Once your boardroom is in order, it’s time to take to the pitch. Stand on the sidelines and play your cards right to nudge the odds of success higher or lower. Combine cards for bigger boosts, substitute tired players for fresh legs, and lead your team to victory. Experience the all-time highs of taking down a titan and the crushing lows of losing at penalties – then get ready to do it all over again next Saturday.
As announced last month, every sale of NUTMEG! will benefit two footballing charities. Both the Joey Beauchamp Foundation and the Dalian Atkinson Legacy Fund will receive £0.05 each from every sale until November 2026.
About NUTMEG!
NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.
NUTMEG! will launch for PC on 26 March 2026. A free Matchday Experience demo is available on Steam now.
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