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Factsheet
| Developer | adarkfable |
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| Publisher | adarkfable |
| Release | June 16, 2026 |
| Platforms | Steam (Windows / macOS) |
| Engine | LÖVE 12 (Lua) |
| Genre | Strategy · RPG · Indie · Auto Battler |
| Players | Singleplayer |
| Languages | English |
| Price | US $8.99 |
| Website | downermanagement.com |
| Steam | store.steampowered.com/app/4668480 |
| Steam AppID | 4668480 |
Description
Downer Management is a boss-led roster management autobattler set inside Gideon Dunne-Wright's corporate succession contest. Build a procedural Boss, hire a department under a limited budget, script the skills used in three formation positions, and fight rival departments for control of an impossible corporate empire.
Ten bosses received Gideon's official forms. The player holds the final legitimate seat. Their main rival received nothing, entered anyway, and was allowed to stay because the company respected the initiative. Eleven entrants now climb through hostile departments, recurring contenders, and full-roster boss fights toward Gideon's chair.
The base game also includes Weekend Vigilante, an after-hours mode with Boss loadouts, masks, a procedural Sidekick, and theatrical Sunday broadcasts. Exec on Deck is a free expansion in development.
Features
- Boss-led roster management. Hire, train, promote, and protect a procedural department under a real campaign budget.
- Position scripts. Top, middle, and bottom select the skill each employee will execute when automatic combat begins.
- Full-roster boss battles. Major bosses escalate from 3v3 to 6v6, with reserves and formal Line Changes after rounds two and four.
- Eleven succession entrants. Build a Boss, face the unauthorized main rival, and meet a bounded cast of recurring corporate contenders.
- Persistent consequences. Injuries survive the battle, casualties are permanent, and a total roster wipe ends the campaign.
- Office expression. Decorate the hub, build a business card, create the Boss portrait, and write the company theme with a separate Expense Account.
- Weekend Vigilante included. Take the Boss after hours for masks, loadouts, Sidekick applications, and Sunday broadcast missions.
- Free expansion. Exec on Deck sends the Boss alone into a sealed parking-deck expedition to poach a crew under pressure.
- No microtransactions, no live service. A complete singleplayer game in one filing.
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☑ Download ZipAbout adarkfable
adarkfable is a one-person studio shipping idiosyncratic games. Downer Management is the studio's flagship corporate strategy RPG, released on Steam in June 2026 and expanded through substantial free updates.
Previous titles: Bloodweight, A.K.O., and the rest of the studio catalog.
Contact
| Press inquiries | me @ adarkfable.com |
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| Streamer keys | Available on request. |
| Studio | adarkfable |
| Game website | downermanagement.com |