The Open League

The Open League

Squiggly Games · December 29, 2021 · Sports, Massively Multiplayer, Football (Soccer), MMORPG, Text-Based

The Open League is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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8 user reviews88% · 8
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The Open League price

The Open League is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About The Open League

The Open League (TOL) is a text-based football/soccer manager game with significant integration with the Discord platform. Key features include:

Nightly matches, 3-week season
Full 90-minute matches are simulated nightly with play-by-play text updates streamed in our Discord server.

Each universe features 30 teams organized in three leagues. Top three teams are promoted to a higher league. Bottom three get relegated. A season lasts three weeks.

Youth camp
During the off-season, teams attend Youth Camp with the hope to find the nexg legendary player. Camp lasts a weekend. During that time, managers use scouting reports to decide which players to bid on. Most team dynasties in TOL were built on succesful youth camp campaigns.

Friendly matches
Managers also have the ability to organize friendly matches against other managers. They often use the off-season to organize tournaments against other teams.

Persistent teams and players
At the end of the season, managers keep their teams. Players develop and decay season after season. Transfer timing is everything.

Simple team management
We’ve simplified club management so you don’t need to play 100s of hours to get familiar with our platform. Managers can choose between six formations, three effort levels and three different mindsets. Simple does not mean easy, beware…

Negotiate transfers against humans
Transfers are negotiated against human managers over Discord before deals are formalized using the TOL application. Astute dealmakers thrive in TOL.

Browser-ready
Our web app allows you to access your club portal from any browser (including from your phone), in case you have to make some changes from a different computer…

Bots
TOL uses a few friendly bots in Discord to help you manage your team. For example, you can DM your assistant Chris to ask him to send out a press release to all other clubs about your latest victorious match!

Multi-timezone support
The Open League supports two timezones (US PST and GMT) at the moment. This means matches are played at 7:00pm PST if you are in our US server or 7:00pm GMT if you are in our European server.

The Open League — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Online PvP
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise The Open League as an excellent soccer game with a strong community and solid gameplay mechanics. Common requests include adding in-game substitutions, formation changes, and tactical adjustments to deepen the strategic elements.

Recommended Mar 26, 2023
[h1]Before I played The Open League, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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Recommended Jan 3, 2022
Best soccer game that exists. One of the best communities that exist. 100/100.
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Recommended Apr 6, 2022
The game is very good. The idea is pergect and the result is nice. It would be nice if you add In-game Subs, formation changes and tactic changes. Keep up the good work . I hope you take my ideas into consideration and make this idea happen.

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