Game Pulse Payoff Pitch (2026)

- Developer
- Fireside Experience
- Publisher
- Sideline Strategy Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Simulation, Sports, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.1 of 5, 8 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 12 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam

The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A methodical, decision-heavy baseball manager that asks you to weigh every pitch and lineup choice with calculated calm.
simulationstrategicmethodicaltensemanagerialanalyticaltacticalrealistic
What players say
Players are split: some enjoy the dice-and-card baseball engine and active developer support, while others say it was released unfinished with lineup order bugs and missing updates, making long-term play unreliable.
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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.