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Shares career mode with World Basketball Manager 2010.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
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Football Manager 2020
Why this: Shares database management with World Basketball Manager 2010.
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Why this: Same retro mood as World Basketball Manager 2010.
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Shares database management with World Basketball Manager 2010.
- 91% of 6,861 reviews
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Same retro mood as World Basketball Manager 2010.
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Shares season progression and career mode with World Basketball Manager 2010.
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- Released: 2010
- Developer: Icehole Games
- Price: $3.99checked Nov 2
- 21% of 42 reviews
- Genres: Simulation
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Career mode promises long term engagement
- Database is enormous
- Player acquisition feels impactful
- Challenging
- Retro
- Stressful
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About World Basketball Manager 2010
The closest matches to World Basketball Manager 2010: Pro Basketball Manager 2024, NBA 2K23, Hoop Land, Football Manager 2020, and Campus Legends College Basketball. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If World Basketball Manager 2010 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pro Basketball Manager 2024, NBA 2K23 and Hoop Land — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, retro and stressful, and single out its career mode and database management. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About World Basketball Manager 2010: World Basketball Manager (WBM) is a basketball strategy game. It uses the same game-play principles as most soccer management games do. Entering the game, the player creates his manager profile and he is hired as the general manager of a basketball club and his task is to improve the team’s performance by analyzing the facts and making...
Is World Basketball Manager 2010 worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 42 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $3.99 (checked Nov 2).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 1 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 0.6 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Career mode promises long term engagement
- Database is enormous
- Player acquisition feels impactful
- Tactical depth exists but is obscured
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Buggy and unsupported. There are far better Basketball Management games out there. Don't be fooled into thinking this one is the best one simply because it's on Steam. Even at $1 you've wasted your money.”
“i really tried to like but... Horrible interface, Bugs, confusing at first Not worth the actual price Not worth playing :(”
People who play it also play: Pro Basketball Manager 2024, NBA 2K23, Hoop Land
Frequently asked about World Basketball Manager 2010
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How much does World Basketball Manager 2010 cost?
World Basketball Manager 2010 is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to World Basketball Manager 2010?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside World Basketball Manager 2010 are Pro Basketball Manager 2024, NBA 2K23, Hoop Land.
Who developed World Basketball Manager 2010?
World Basketball Manager 2010 was developed by Icehole Games and published by Strategy First.