Blackout
1 known investors
Blackout Games is a game studio building a multi-sport gaming platform, with card-based sports management titles such as a football manager game. It sells in-game items like cards, shields, tokens, and bundles through an online webstore.
Also known as Blackout Games
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Blackout is a game developer focused on the sports manager genre, describing itself as a multi-sport platform and stating a mission to be a world leader in sports manager games. Its titles are presented through a games section on its website and supported by a blog covering development updates.
Its main announced title is Blackout Football Manager, a football (soccer) management game in which players build and run a club, use card-based tactics, and progress toward international competition, with a national-team World Cup objective referenced in company communications. The game moved through a closed testing phase with a Steam wishlist page, website pre-signup at blackout.football, and a public Discord server used for recruiting testers, ahead of a launch dated 10 September (PDT) / 11 September (NZST). Ongoing updates have adjusted in-game progression systems, including raising the club level cap from 30 to 100 and reworking league division progression to increase difficulty at higher divisions.
Business model
The company develops and operates sports management games distributed digitally, monetized through the sale of in-game items. It runs an official webstore built with Xsolla, a commerce and payments provider for game studios, through which players can purchase cards, shields, tokens and bundles directly.
Sale of in-game virtual goods — cards, shields, tokens and bundles — through the company's Xsolla webstore.
Latest developments
Blackout Football Manager completed closed testing with Steam wishlisting and website pre-signup available, then was announced for launch on 10 September (PDT) / 11 September (NZST). The company also opened its official Xsolla webstore for direct purchases of cards, shields, tokens and bundles, and shipped balance updates raising the club level cap from 30 to 100 and revising league progression.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Positions itself as a multi-sport platform in the sports manager game genre, stating an aim to become a world leader in that category.
Technology
Blackout Football Manager uses a card-based tactics system layered on club management and league progression mechanics, with a club level cap of 100 and tiered league divisions. Commerce is handled through an Xsolla-powered webstore.
Go-to-market
Distribution and discovery via Steam (wishlisting), direct pre-signup on the company's website, a Discord server used for closed testing and community engagement, and a direct-to-consumer Xsolla webstore for in-game purchases. A press kit accompanied the launch announcement.
Players of sports management and football manager games, reached through Steam, the company's own website and a Discord community.
Geography
Communications reference New Zealand Standard Time alongside Pacific Time for its launch schedule; distribution is digital and global via Steam and its online store.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsThe company announced the launch of Blackout Football Manager, a club-building football management game with card-based tactics, with pre-signup at blackout.football and a press kit available.
The game entered closed testing, with Steam wishlisting, website pre-signup and a newly opened Discord server through which players could request tester access.
An update increased the club level cap from 30 to 100 to accommodate new league divisions and changed league progression to add difficulty at higher division levels.
Blackout opened an official webstore powered by Xsolla, allowing direct purchase of cards, shields, tokens and bundles.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Blackoutblackout.games · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Blackout do?
- Game studio building sports manager games, including the card-based title Blackout Football Manager.
- Who founded Blackout?
- Blackout was founded by Jeremy Bell.
- Who are Blackout's investors?
- Blackout's investors include Alt Ventures.