Epic Manager: Create Your Own Adventure Agency!
If you take sports-management simulation, tycoon strategy, roguelike elements, roster management, combat, and character progression, mix it all together, and throw it all into a light-hearted fantasy setting, you get Epic Manager.
It’s a rather complex mix of gameplay mechanics, but one that works surprisingly well. To give you a quick run down, you’re in control of an adventuring agency. You’ll need to recruit heroes and defend the realm, all while competing against rival agencies.
This means you’ll have to complete quests, watch the competition’s moves, and manage your agency’s funds to ensure you can bankroll the whole thing. Every 12 weeks, the two worst-performing agency’s are eliminated, and its up to you to ensure you come out on top.
Epic Manager is a great title for those who want to manage a ton of different things at the same time. Unfortunately, if you’re not a hardened expert at tycoon strategy and sim games, you may find this a little tricky to jump into. Epic Manager’s tutorial only goes over the basics, but can still feel overwhelming due to the sheer number of different components.
Still, for a light-hearted and unique experience, Epic Manager is well worth your time and is one of the best indies of January. You can read our full review here.
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