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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 471 reviews
Released: 2026-03-26
Developer: Sumo Digital
Publisher: Secret Mode
Genres: Simulation, Sports, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 72%

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