- Patch 1.012 is out now! - 19 September 2026
Hi all managers!CS Manager 1.012 it out now!Patch headlines1.012 focuses on a lot of quality of life and AI improvements, some of the convenience and usability improvements that you have asked for, but did not make it into previous patches, have found their place here. Most notably of these, AI now reacts much more realistic to good transfer offers.📢 Are based on feedback/reports from the communityDashboard📢Improved AI transfer logic, as well as logic on who they decide to bench when bringing in new playersFixed a discrepancy in tournament travel costs in different emailsFixed that you could sometimes see days marked with an upcoming match even though there were no matchesAdded emails for firing/benching peopleAdded animations to all financial eventsFixed several UI issues on the facilities page📢You can now adjust the speed of strat previews on the tactics page📢Fixed that you would…
- Patch 1.011 is released! - 15 September 2026
Hi allCS Manager 1.011 has now been released. It brings the community voted feature: Players drop weapons and utility on death, and much more!Patch headlines1.011 brings brings one of the most requested feature, that won the community vote: Players drop weapons and utility on death! The match engine has also updates to the AI logic, and the dashboard has received performance and several UI improvements📢 Are based on feedback/reports from the communityMajor📢Players now drop weapons, utility, and defuse kits on death in the match engine, which can be picked up by othersFreezes/Crashes📢Fixed a freeze that could happen in the match engineDashboardAdded performance improvements to the dashboard📢Fixed that the tactics screen could be bugged after changing teams📢Fixed that scouting assignments would sometimes disappear from the scouting pageMatch Engine/Match SimulationImproved AI logic a…
- Patch 1.010 is out! - 5 September 2026
Hi allCS Manager 1.010 has now been released. The biggest patch so far!Patch headlines1.010 brings new depth to the match engine. You can now create both offensive and defensive strats for each map, that your team will execute. Scouting has also been made easier, with several new filters added. There are also several AI improvements, realism improvements, quality of life additions, and much more!Full patch notes📢 Are based on feedback/reports from the communityMajorAdded the option to create custom strats for each map, that your team will execute in the match engine📢Reworked the scouting page and added more filtersFreezes/CrashesFixed a rare freeze that could occur when staff negotiated contracts with AI teamsDashboardYou now get an email from your players when they decide to retire, and the day they retireFixed an issue with academy players not retiringYou can now see a staffers mark…
- Patch 1.09 and Community Voting Results! - 23 August 2026
Hi allCS Manager 1.09 has now been released. It brings a totally overhauled tactics page, importing databases from the Steam Workshop to edit locally and many other changes!Patch headlinesA new tactics page that offers greater clarity and readability is now online. You can also now import databases from the Steam Workshop to edit locally, putting your own spin on your favorite databases. The AI has received more improvements. Its pathfinding is upgraded, and your tactical instructions now have a greater impact on the AI behavior. This patch also introduces a learning helper and several new tooltip to help clarify the game and make the concepts and mechanics more understandable.Community voting resultThe first community vote has concluded, with a clear winner. Players dropping their weapon and utility on death is coming to a patch near you soon!1) Players drop weapon/utility on death - 6…
- Patch 1.08 and Community Voting! - 15 August 2026
Greetings allCS Manager 1.08 has now been released. It brings new features and a slew of changes in responds to the community feedback. The community vote for which large feature to include next has also started!Patch headlinesThe data editor has been expanded with both tournaments and sponsors, the community has already uploaded databases with new setups to the Steam Workshop! The match engine AI has gotten significant improvements, and several QoL including camera movement in the match engine, email filters for your dashboard is also in. Balance changes are also included that should make it more of a challenge to reach the top of the circuit, including a nerf of academy players. And certainly not least, Simplified Chinese has been added as an available language. Huge thanks to the community translators!Community votingAs laid out on the road map, the first community vote has started f…
- CS Manager - Patch 1.07 - 9 August 2026
Hi all! Patch 1.07 is available for CS Manager. With balance issues dealt with, moving forward, for frequent patches you can join the unstable branch, while the main branch will be receiving rarer, beefier updates!Thank you all for the feedback, keep it coming. The changes have been made as a direct response to all your inputs:Freezes/CrashesFixed a crash that could happen on the dashboard when withdrawing from a tournament after being accepting an invite to itFixed a crash in the match engineFixed a rare crash that could happen in long careers when negotiating contracts with players/staff DashboardRebalanced the match simulations, the performances of AWPers vs rifles should now be more realisticImproved the calculation of salary constraint in negotiationsMade players consider their current salary more in negotiations, which should make the transition from semi-pro to pro smootherFixed…
- CS Manager - Patch 1.06 - 8 August 2026
Hi all! The day three patch has arrived for CS Manager. It adds several tooltips, explanations and options to clear up some of the mechanics and descriptions the community has reported could be confusing. It also adds a few more balance changesDashboardImproved UI on the squad page to make it clearer how to change player roles and team languageAdded an overview of controls/keybinds in settingsAdded a tooltip that explains what influence a player's status on the team has📢Added tooltips to the squad page that allows you to see why a player is happy/neutral/unhappy about maps, positions and roles. This is fully compatible with existing saves, but will cause reset in all players mood related to maps, roles and positions📢Made players stars toggleable as absolute/relative. They are absolute by default📢Lowered general target salariesMatch Engine/Match Simulation📢Nerfed snipersLocalization�…
- CS Manager - Patch 1.05 - 7 August 2026
Hi all! A day two patch has arrived for CS Manager, addressing some of the bugs and balancing issues that players have pointed out. 📢Are based on feedback/reports from the community:DashboardYou now have sponsor offers at the start of each new careerFurther reduced file save sizes📢Further reduced player skill progress once they get close to and above their potential📢Significantly improved AI transfer logic, and improved AI ability to detect good transfer offers, which should make it viable to get rid of unwanted players📢Improved the financial starting situation for more teams📢Fixed that you could be end up in both the regional league qualifiers and groups at the same time, if you had signed up for qualifiers before being put in groups
- CS Manager - Patch 1.04 - 6 August 2026
Hi all! A day one patch has arrived for CS Manager, addressing some of the teething issues brought up:Freezes/Crashes📢Fixed a freeze that could occur when ending the yearDashboardIncreased the pace at which reputation increases/decreases for teamsIncreased the threshold for when the owner will suggest you transition from amateur to semi-proReduced the file size of saved games📢Lessened the salary staff expects, especially for semi-pro teams📢On the player page, fixed that the arrows indicating whether player skills had progressed/declined could sometimes cause the skills UI container to expand📢Improved the starting financial situation for several teams📢Increased the speed at which academy talent is scouted
- CS Manager is OUT NOW! - 6 August 2026
CS Manager is out now, with a 10% discount to celebrate the launch. Its time to get in there and get control of your team!Much more is to come for CS ManagerThe new roadmap shows what is to come in the future for CSM, and you get to decide! Starting August 14th, the first community vote will take place that will help decide major features for the upcoming patches. The vote will take place on our Discord, so join and tell us what you want to see added to the game. You can also get answers to common questions there, or use the Steam community forum.The game will be continue to evolve long in the future, as it progresses the road map will continue to expand.With that, its time for me to get back to to working on CS Manager, and time for you to get back to playing it. The major does not win itself!With gratitude,Crumana
- CS Manager - Release patch 1.03 - 6 August 2026
To celebrate the release of CS Manager, a release patch is now online!DashboardYou can now see the most important skills for the igl/sniper role when picking a player for itFixed some regional names that could be wrong in emailsFixed that in long careers, tournaments would eventually always be held in the same citiesFixed some errors when transitioning from one professional status to another📢Increased the amount of heads of academies generated on new careersMatch EngineImproved defensive AI decision making on retaking lost/contested sites before the bomb is plantedImproved attacking bomb carrier decision making when low on time and needing to decide whether to plant the bomb or hunt for enemies📢Fixed some instances of AI looping📢Fixed some instances of attacking AI getting stuck in 1vX situationsLocalization📢Fixed a few English spelling mistakes📢Updated several translations
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 1.02 - 5 August 2026
Hi allThe final patch 1.02 for the demo is online before CS Manager releases tomorrow! We will see you in the full game soon!MajorA global transfer history of all teams and players can now be seen on the news pageUpdated the game soundtrackDashboardYou can now see how many of your players like/dislike a map on the tactics and practice pagesImproved how the AI picks transfer targetsFixed a bug that could cause sponsor offers of too low reputation to appear oftenFixed that estimates of opponent playstyles could overflow the UI📢Made some corrections to the database📢Fixed a bug that could give wrong seasonal goals in the regional leaguesMatch EngineImproved AI individual positioning logicImproved defenders rotational logicImproved AI logic regarding where to viewImproved AI time management in low-time situationsImproved attacking AI logic regarding when to commit to taking a siteFixed ins…
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 1.0 - 2 August 2026
Headlines1.0 brings a better overview of player progress, more filters to view player statistics through, and a better match engine experience! There are also several minor fixes and balances made. The game is now in a release ready state as is ready for release on August 6th📢Are based on feedback/reports from the communityMajorThe match engine can now optionally slow down during key moments📢You can now sort by the level of opponents and year when watching a players detailed statistics, for existing saves, data regarding the rank of the opponent is available going forward📢You can now view progress/decline to player skills from the last 6 months directly from the player page, it is indicated by an arrow and can be seen in detail on the tooltipFreezes/Crashes📢Fixed a crash that could occur some weeks after receiving two invitations to a tournament on the same date📢Fixed some freezes…
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 0.9 - 27 July 2026
Headlines0.9 brings deeper statistics and better practice! You can now track a wide range of players statistics from across their entire career, down to individual tournaments. UI related to practicing your map pool has received an overhaul that gives more information and clarity. Significant performance improvements has also been found on both the dashboard and match engine📢Are based on feedback/reports from the communityMajorReworked how map pool level and progression is showing on various pages, including the practice and tactics pagesA far more detailed breakdown of a players statistics is now available from the player page. On existing saves, statistics about previous events are not availableFreezes/CrashesFixed a rare freeze that could occur on the tactics screen if your next opponent had no playersDashboardSignificant performance improvements to passing time, and the calendar mo…
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 0.8 - 20 July 2026
Headlines0.8 brings the Steam Workshop to CS Manager! It is not compatible with the demo, but for those with access to the full game it is available immediately, and will be working from the moment the game is released. In addition, you can now see a detailed history of your players skill developments, and keep track of how they are progressing. Several AI logic improvements and performance optimizations also made it📢Are based on feedback/reports from the communityMajorAdded Steam Workshop support for custom databases. Steam does not allow workshop access for demos, so until the full release, only the limited testers with access to the full game can download databases from the workshop📢You can now see a detailed history of how each players skill has developed over time (on existing saves, data from before the current date is not available)Freezes/Crashes📢Fixed a freeze that could occ…
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 0.7 - 12 July 2026
Hi everyone, Version 0.7 of the CS Manager Demo has just released!Headlines0.7 brings sticker money to CS Manager. All teams that make the major now get a share of the sticker sales. This can be crucial for a team that is struggling with its finances, and for smaller teams it can give a massive boost that can establish them permanently in tier 1. Timeout calls in the match engine have also been overhauled, and now offer much greater control. You can choose exactly which player you want to go where on the map. Practice schedule presets, and toggling of monthly/yearly display of income and expenses also made it. Finally, German is now an available language. A huge thank you to the community translators!Major📢Sticker money are now awarded to teams participating in the major (a new career may be required for this to take effect)📢You can now save and use custom presets on the practice page…
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 0.6 - 5 July 2026
The biggest patch of the CS Manager Demo has now been released - 0.6!Headlines0.6 includes the official data editor! By far the most requested feature, you can now edit the database as you see fit. Use it to create your own team, alter other teams and set up the game in exactly the way you want to play it. Another highly requested feature that is now in the game is the ability to partly play/simulate matches. Individual maps can now be simulated or played fully at will. Furthermore, several tournaments now have BO5 grand finals. This comes with significant improvements to match engine AI behavior, and much more:📢 Are based on feedback/reports from the community Crashes/Freezes📢Fixed a potential freeze that could occur when withdrawing from a buyout negotiationMajorThe official database editor is now available📢You can now quickly simulate individual maps in the match engine, so you ca…
- CS Manager Demo - Hotfix 0.5.1 - 25 June 2026
Hi all,A hotfix has been released for the CS Manager Demo, 0.5.1:Crashes/FreezesFixed a freeze that could occur at the end of tournaments, upon rewarding MVP/EVP awards to players
- CS Manager Demo - Patch 0.5 - 24 June 2026
Hi all, patch 0.5 of the CS Manager demo has been releasedHeadlines0.5 totally overhauls the match engine UI, as well as the match result page. On the UI, it is now far more streamlined and easy to use, and you can make certain tactical adjustments without taking a timeout. The match results page gives you new deep insights into what happened both in simulated and played matches. In addition, several quality of life updates and bug fixes are included. Spanish is also now included as a language, once again a huge thanks to the community translators! Note that due to a new data structure, stats will be empty on previous tournaments and matches played on your save.📢 Are based on feedback/reports from the communityTo give feedback, write in the Steam forum or join or Discord:discord.com/invite/H5ZGpVeAFFCrashes/Freezes📢Fixed a potential freeze that could occur when responding to an email�…
- CS Manager Demo - Unstable branch patch 0.4.9.2 - 23 June 2026
Unstable branch - patch notes, version 0.4.9.2How do I subscribe to the unstable branch?Right-click the CS Manager Demo in your Steam librarySelect "Properties"Under "Game Version & Betas" select "unstable"📢 Are based on feedback/reports from the communityCrashes/Freezes📢Fixed a potential crash when navigating back/forth between previously visited pages on the dashboardMajorSeveral updates and streamlining of the match engine UIYou can now give quick instructions to your team in the match engine without taking a timeoutDashboard📢Increased the contrast on the maps on the tactics pageVarious small UI fixesMatch Engine📢Added trails to utility when thrown📢Added ambience sounds to the match engine at all speeds📢Fixed that pep talks could be broken on the third mapLocalization📢Added Spanish as an available language!📢Updated several translations To give feedback, write in the Steam for…
