About the Game
Become the head coach and architect of a basketball dynasty. For the first time ever, the Basketball Champions League is featured in the series — one of the premier continental competitions, now fully licensed with all official teams and players. Manage tactics, finances, recruitment and the locker room — every decision shapes your legacy.
Suit up and take charge of one of 2,000+ professional teams across 90 domestic leagues (including 17 women's leagues). From daily training and match tactics to long-term budgets and facilities, every choice is yours — on and off the court.
A COMPLETE CLUB & NATIONAL TEAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Manage clubs and national teams. Full-season control: lineups, tactics, staff and long-term club vision.
Deep scouting and recruitment systems to build your squad from youth prospects to superstars.
LICENSES
We’re proud to announce that the Basketball Champions League will be fully playable at launch, with all clubs and players officially licensed. The game also features 20+ national licensed leagues from France, Turkey, Lithuania, Belgium/Netherlands, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden, Slovakia, Cyprus, New Zealand, Norway, Italy and the women's adriatic league!
FULL REBUILD IN 3D — MORE LIFE, MORE CHARACTER
All textures and 3D character models have been rebuilt for superior immersion. New hairstyles, beards and accessories (headbands, sleeves, shoes) create unique looks for every player.
Reworked animations and lighting for more fluid, immersive matches.
Improved in-game AI with multiple difficulty levels.
NEW, FASTER UI — ENGINEERED FOR MANAGERS
A redesigned interface and rewritten UI components for smooth navigation.
Big tables and lists now load up to 20x faster — find the info you need in an instant.
REVAMPED CHEMISTRY & MORALE
Team chemistry is deeper: leaders, influential players and shared history now matter more.
Players who play together more often develop stronger on-court synergy — but keeping leaders happy may cost you.
Are you willing to overpay your current leader to keep them, or bring in a new superstar and risk breaking the chemistry?
RICHER INTERACTIONS & NEGOTIATED OUTCOMES
Important actions such as transfer exits and dismissals now require negotiation. Explain your decision, handle player reactions — and face the consequences. You may end up with a demotivated player if negotiations fail!
PRE-SEASON & FRIENDLY PLANNING
Plan friendlies with intent: draw big crowds against established teams or test tactics quietly on the road. Each choice affects income and player morale. Are you willing to risk a heavy defeat (and, by extension, your players' morale) for higher income? These early preseason choices will determine how well your team starts the season!
CREATE TOMORROW’S STARS — AND EARN FOR IT
Invest in youth recruitment and the draft. Produce the next generation of talent and receive a payout when they are drafted!
POWERFUL DATAEDITOR & STEAM WORKSHOP SUPPORT
Pro Basketball Manager 2026 ships with a free DataEditor and full Workshop integration so the community can create and share teams, player faces, rosters and more.
PLAYABLE LEAGUES
America:
2 continental competitions
Argentina (1 men's league), Brazil (1 men's league), Canada (1 men's league), Chile (1 men's league), Colombia (1 men's league), Dominican Republic (1 men's league), Mexico (1 men's league), Puerto Rico (1 men's league), Uruguay (1 men's league), USA (1 men's league), Venezuela (1 men's league)
Asia:
1 continental competition
China (1 men's league), Chinese Taipei (1 men's league), Japan (2 men's leagues, 1 national cup), Philippines (1 men's league), South Korea (1 men's league)
Europe:
7 continental competitions
Albania (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Austria (1 men's league, 1 women's league, 2 national cup), Belarus (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Belgium (1 national cup), Belgium,Netherlands (1 men's league), Bosnia (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Bulgaria (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Croatia (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Cyprus (1 men's league, 1 women's league, 2 national cups), Czech Republic (1 men's league, 1 women's league, 1 national cup), Denmark (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Estonia,Latvia (1 men's league), Finland (1 men's league, 1 national cup), France (4 men's leagues, 2 women's leagues, 3 national cups), Georgia (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Germany (3 men's leagues, 1 national cup), Greece (2 men's leagues, 1 national cup), Hungary (1 men's league, 1 women's league, 1 national cup), Iceland (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Israel (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Italy (3 men's leagues, 2 women's leagues, 6 national cups), Kosovo (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Lithuania (2 men's leagues, 1 national cup), Latvia,Lithuania (1 women's league), Luxembourg (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Macedonia (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Montenegro (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Netherlands (1 national cup), Norway (1 men's league, 1 women's league), Poland (2 men's leagues, 1 women's league, 1 national cup), Portugal (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Romania (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Russia (2 men's leagues, 1 women's league, 1 national cup), Serbia (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Slovakia (1 men's league, 1 women's league, 1 national cup), Slovenia (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Spain (3 men's leagues, 1 women's league, 2 national cups), Sweden (1 men's league, 1 women's league, 1 national cup), Switzerland (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Turkey (2 men's leagues, 1 women's league, 2 national cups), Ukraine (1 men's league, 1 national cup), United Kingdom (1 men's league, 1 national cup), Croatia,Bulgaria,Slovenia,Bosnia,Serbia,Montenegro (1 women's league)
Oceania:
Australia (1 men's league), New Zealand (1 men's league)
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
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Updated Sal's NBL rosters
Updated G.J. Gardner Homes Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa rosters
Added 550 new player photos for improved realism
Thanks to your amazing feedback, we’re excited to release a major update focused on improving long‑term progression and overall league dynamics.
We’ve simulated countless seasons to ensure progression, regression, and league flow now feel more realistic and enjoyable. This update should make multi‑year saves far more satisfying and better aligned with what players expect.
We’re also expanding the base game’s content with several new official competitions:
🏆 SLB Trophy
🏆 SLB Cup
🏆 SuperCoupe LNB (France)
And of course, many bugs have been squashed — including issues with draft compensation, coach retirement, UK imports, and more.
Full Changelog
Tweaked player regression so older players decline faster after a certain age.
Young players now develop more quickly.
Fixed a bug where the experience attribute was not improving for non‑playable players.
Fixed physical attribute regression for aging players.
Fixed draft bonus distribution when the drafted player was on loan (it was awarded to the wrong team).
Fixed transfer availability issues when a player was in the process of changing clubs.
Fixed recruitment logic for local players in the UK.
Updated rosters for BCL teams.
Fixed incorrect fouls display during overtime.
Improved dashboard satisfaction layout, especially when hitting 100%.
Fixed a bug occurring when your coach retired.
Added: 456 new staff photos.
Added: 660 new player photos.
Added SLB Trophy.
Added SLB Cup.
Added SuperCoupe LNB.
Fixed issues related to the Mexican League.
Hello everyone,
We’ve just released a new update that improves the format of European League 1. From now on, winning European League 2 will give you a chance to qualify for League 1. We’ve also added an automatic qualification system for teams that reach the playoffs, with a fallback to the previous method if needed.
On top of that, we’ve fixed some bugs related to mod paths. If you play with mods on multiple computers, everything should now work smoothly—just make sure the mod is downloaded on each device.
Items marked with a ːsteamthisː will require starting a new career to apply.
Full changelog:
Mods now load correctly when playing on different computers with different paths (e.g., switching between Mac and Windows).
Fixed a bug where the logo wasn’t refreshed properly after quitting your job.
Added a priority system in the qualification process (e.g., European League 2 champions can qualify for European League 1).
In European League 1, teams that reach the playoffs will now qualify before champions of other competitions. ːsteamthisː
Players can no longer be drafted multiple times in the American League.
Hello,
The previous update of the game contained a regression in the french league 3 and 4. Most games would end up with a team forfeiting due to an issue with import players rules.
We've fixed the problem in this update, it will require a new career to be fixed (if your career has the issue).
We've also released a new dataeditor which should fix issues around mod duplication and improve the scaling of the editor on big resolutions.
Hello,
We've been working this week on a new update that has just dropped. The main problems fixed are linked to friendly games or crashes when opening the settings of you arena.
Please note that some fixes will require a new career and an update of the mod you are playing with if you are using a mod. The changes requiring a new save are marked with a ːsteamthisː.
- Added difficulties Hard and Expert
- Fixed crashes when clicking on the arenas of certain teams ːsteamthisː
- Updated the currency rates
- Improved checkboxes and dropdowns that would be wrongly disabled
- Fixed the name and the tooltip of the points column in the records of a competition/team
- Changed the calculation of simulation speed when creating a new career
- Fixed missing friendly games in the second season
- Fixed avatars in the chats
- Fixed display of height when using feet/inches
- Fixed display of reputation for scouts/physios
- Added more choice in friendly games when you don’t select many playable leagues
- Improved tooltips when the text is too long in tables
- Fixed an issue with popup not closed properly that would leave the game stuck when dismissing a player for example
- Improved tooltip when the text is too long and has been truncated
- Fixed the transfer market page
- Fixed the number of import players in the Spanish League third division ːsteamthisː
Thank you again for your feedback and patience!
We've been focusing on improving the performance during 3D games on smaller configurations.
- Improved FPS on smaller configurations
- Improved lights on smaller configurations (choosing Low settings in the game)
- Improving the default quality settings on smaller configurations
- Fixed import player issues with national cups
- Set the qualified teams for the international European cups for the 2025 season
- Improved career creation when selecting playable competitions
Thanks to your amazing feedback we've been able to isolate a few bugs regarding recruitment when playing with some teams (especially when they don't have a domestic league).
We've also improved a lot how the game looks like on bigger screen resolutions.
We'll continue to work in the next hours to try to help the small configs and reduce lags in 3D for those.
Here is the full changelog:
- Fixed recruitment issues for teams without domestic league
- Improved readability on 4K screens
- Improved layout in the Free agents page
- Improved size of dropdowns on big resolutions
- Improved size of logos on 4k resolutions
- Improved size of notifications on 4k resolutions
- Improved size of icon to sort columns on big resolutions
- Improved width of dropdowns based on resolution
- Improved height of sliders on big resolutions
- Improved size of dropdowns when sending a contract on big resolutions
- Improved display of filters on big resolutions
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