Basketball as you remember it. Management the way you like it.
A basketball management game inspired by the classic ’90s “manager” games. Sign the right players, build a competitive team and enjoy a game without needless complications.
DBM is in beta. Full seasons are already playable, but there is still plenty to polish and add, and bugs may appear. It will be released for download soon.
Your club. Your decisions. Your story.
Take charge of a club and turn it into a basketball powerhouse: set your line-ups, manage the squad, negotiate signings, renew contracts and discover the young prospects who will be tomorrow’s stars.
Compete in a league system with three divisions, play-offs, promotion and relegation; win the national cups and take your team to Europe. And besides winning games, look after the finances, the coaching staff, the training and the club’s facilities.
Born as a small personal project, DBM aims to recapture the essence of those classic PC managers and bring it to basketball: an agile, accessible and entertaining experience in which every season is a new chance to build your legacy.
It doesn’t try to turn every decision into a spreadsheet. It offers just enough tools to make running a club interesting, without sacrificing simplicity, speed or the urge to play one more season.
The aim is for DBM to be free forever.
Sign well
Scout, shortlist, haggle over wages and bonuses, and choose between free agents, transfers and swaps.
Build a team
Line-ups, training, a youth academy and a coaching staff that makes your players better.
Decide wisely
The board demands results and the books matter: sporting success is also a question of balance.
- 121clubs
- 1,570players
- 3national divisions
- 4cups and tournaments
- 11 + 10facility upgrades
Inside the game
A few screens from version 0.8.2. Click one to see it full size.
Changelog
How DBM has grown, version by version.
Next versionIn the works
- FixThe game no longer stalls when advancing with a scout search that has no specific focus.
- FixAdding players to the shortlist no longer freezes the game, even with hundreds of free agents.
- FixThe right-click menu is now readable in the light skin.
- ImprovedThe negotiation window is shorter, and the “Make offer” button always stays in view.
Version 0.8.2Deeper transfers and a new menuLatest release
- NewTransfer shortlist. Your technical secretary gradually gets to know the players on your list: potential, personality, decline age and attributes. Save and import the list as CSV.
- NewContracts with haggling. The player asks, gives ground and takes offence; objective bonuses and release or raise clauses, with an assistant that warns you of the possible cost.
- NewTransfer list. Put a player up for sale and offers from other clubs arrive over the following days.
- NewRight-click menu on any player: profile, contract, transfer list, reserves, termination…
- ImprovedRedesigned main menu, with rotating photos, colours that adapt to each photo and quick-load of your last game. You can add your own photos.
- ImprovedClubs now have generic names, with no references to real clubs.
Version 0.8.1Quick guide
- NewIn-game quick guide for new players, with real screenshots of every screen.
- ImprovedThe in-game side menu is more compact, and the “Continue” button is no longer hidden in short windows.
Version 0.8Facilities and club dynamics
- NewIsometric sports city with 11 facilities of three levels each (basic, advanced and luxury), and a manager’s office that grows from a caravan into a building.
- NewArena seen from above with 10 upgrades: capacity, VIP boxes, scoreboard, bars, shop, press room…
- ImprovedEach club starts with the facilities its prestige deserves, and the AI builds too.
- ImprovedDynamic budgets based on division, reputation and club history.
- NewFirst version with a Windows executable.
Version 0.7Third division, Copa España and commercial play
- NewThird Division with 28 clubs in two geographic groups, a final between group winners and a promotion play-off.
- NewCopa España for the Second and Third divisions, with a Final Four.
- NewCommercial management: season tickets, tickets, merchandising, catering, sponsor, television and marketing.
Version 0.6European competitions
- NewEuropean League (20 teams, play-in, playoffs and Final Four) and European Cup (32 teams in 4 groups).
- New57 European clubs, each with its own squad, budget and life.
- NewQualification by licences, invitations and results; seeded draws; prize money and honours.
Version 0.5Playable Second Division
- NewSecond Division with direct promotion for the champion and a play-off for the second spot.
- NewPromotion and relegation by results, with budgets that change with the division.
Version 0.4The board rules
- NewLeague and Cup objectives based on each club’s level, and a club philosophy measured with real data.
- ImprovedNew “Club vision” page with objectives, values and how well they are met.
Version 0.3Cup, injuries and transfers
- NewCopa del Rey: rotating host, seeded draw and single-match ties at the host venue.
- NewInjuries of eight kinds, with a doctor and a physiotherapist.
- NewBoard and fans with real consequences, including the manager’s dismissal.
- NewSales, player swaps, release clauses paid by the AI and pre-contracts.
Version 0.2Staff, youth academy and market
- NewA 9-role coaching staff, with general and specific training.
- NewHidden potential and personality; youth academy; scout and technical secretary.
- NewContracts, clauses, free agents, ageing, decline and retirements.
- NewLight skin and a week-by-week pre-season.
Version 0.1The first prototype
- NewPossession-based match engine, a real calendar split into parts of the day, and a first full season.
- NewFirst and Second divisions, playoffs, promotion and consecutive seasons.
- NewOffice, squad, line-up, standings, results with box score, calendar and economy.