Press kit

Short description

Choose a real town, grow it from a village into a metropolis, build its club, and pass on a football dynasty.

Long description

Latest captured systems include the global youth-camp map, regional camp details, owner transfer sign-off, Weekly Briefing with Gazette stories, the rival-family derby ledger, and a season review summary.

Hometown FC is a mobile football tycoon about choosing the town where your club begins, growing that town from a village into a metropolis, and carrying a family legacy across seasons. You are the owner, not the manager: a Sporting Director works the transfer market and a coach runs the squad. They bring the proposals, you make the calls.

What sets it apart from football managers:

• You start with a place. Pick a country, choose a real town to call home, and build a club that feels like yours from day one.
• You own the club. Approve transfers, set budgets, hire staff, and steer the club's direction without micromanaging training drills.
• You build a living town. Sixteen investments grow a village into a metropolis, and nine named locals (a Mayor, a Rival Tycoon, a Tabloid Editor, a Fan Leader, a Street Artist and four more) hold opinions that move real levers: investment costs, sponsorship value, youth quality. Town growth feeds the club with richer sponsors, louder fans and a deeper youth pool.
• You climb a real pyramid. Fight up five divisions through promotion play-offs, chase the domestic cup, and play three European competitions yourself, group stage through the knockouts, for real prize money.
• You build a nation. The youth you develop are called up for their countries and earn caps at a continental tournament and a 48-team international tournament; your nation's strength is built from the players you raised, and tournament glory lifts their value.
• Matchday is a real simulation. Your coach sets up in one of eight formations and six play styles, with a tactical matchup, live expected goals, weather, fitness and substitutions. Results reflect the squad, staff and town you built, never a coin flip.
• Your life is part of the game. Earn a chairman's salary, buy residences, date and marry a partner, raise children, weather the occasional family drama, and one day choose an heir. Children have their own trust, traits and paths, plus portraits that can blend the owner's heritage with a partner's.
• You run a company on the side. Every career begins with a family business in one of six sectors, run day to day by a Managing Director. Set its dividend policy, fund its growth through six stages, partner it with the club, and survive the odd bad year. It stays an owner-side game: it never edits ratings, tactics or match results.

New owners are onboarded by Vera, the Club Secretary, a friendly in-game guide who explains every system as it becomes relevant, instead of a front-loaded tutorial.

Optional purchases and advertising are clearly identified.

About the developer

Hometown FC is designed and built as a solo developer project. Questions, preview builds, and interview requests: support@hometownfc.app.