Kickoff Academy: Football Tycoon

Yes. It runs free in your desktop browser with no download needed. Open the page, walk onto your first pad and start building your academy from a single ball crate.

Use WASD or the arrow keys to move, or hold the left mouse button to walk towards the cursor. Space or left click fires a Power Shot during matches. Walking onto pads unlocks them and walking through cash collects it.

Walk onto the pads around your pitch. Stepping on one unlocks it, and that's how a lone ball crate turns into a gym, rondo ring, free-kick wall, agility course and your own 7-a-side pitch.

It's entirely your call. Selling a graduate to a big club earns a fat transfer fee, while promoting them adds them to your academy squad. Which one pays off depends on how you want to grow.

Every trainee has their own stats, position and rarity. Rarities run from Common up to the rare Wonderkid, so each player you sign off the bus is a little gamble on future talent.

Pretty much. You start tiny with one ball crate, collect training fees as players improve, and reinvest in bigger facilities. Instead of tapping, you walk around the pitch carrying balls and water bottles to keep things moving.

No, it's a one-player game. You run your own academy, sign your own talents and make every sell-or-promote decision yourself.