Ringside

RINGSIDE is a desktop boxing promoter / matchmaker sim. You run the office: sign talent, book cards, settle fight night, and keep the books while a living world turns over around you — rival promotions, sanctioning bodies, regional markets, and thousands of active fighters.

If you like deep management games (Football Manager, OOTP, tycoons), this is aimed at you. It’s not an arcade boxing game.

Status

Closed alpha — free, invite-only.
Join the Discord → request access → get a key → download the Windows build.

Discord: https://discord.gg/gpgeMjPQx

What you do

• Build a promotion from the office inbox: contracts, purses, fight offers
• Matchmake cards against a living roster (hometown FAs, B-sides, travel, commissions, title politics)
• Advance day by day through fight night, medical windows, belts, and world news
• Compete for prestige and audience while AI promotions chase the same fighters and dates

Platforms

Native desktop (Windows & Mac builds currently). Offline play with a periodic online license check for the alpha gate. Activation binds to your PC using a hashed machine id only — no gameplay telemetry.

What I’m looking for from testers

• First-hour clarity
• Booking / signing friction
• Bugs, softlocks, confusing UI
• Whether the loop makes you want another week

Please send feedback in Discord. Thanks for testing.