Secret Mode has rolled out a free World Cup (ish) update for its retro football management deckbuilder NUTMEG!, adding a new League Cup, World Championship matches, Gaffer Mode, and a few extra reasons to shout at fictional millionaire footballers from behind your desk.
The update, which launched yesterday, adds the new League Cup, known in-game as the Egg Cup. It throws 56 teams into a knockout competition across seven matches during the course of a season, giving players another route to silverware beyond simply grinding their way through the divisions.
Naturally, because this is football, losing is not just losing. Drop out of the cup, and rival teams will waste no time in taunting you for it. Win, however, and you get the only thing that really matters in football management: bragging rights over people who thought they were better than you.
The update also arrives just in time for World Cup fever, with the big tournament having kicked off yesterday, with five new World Championship matches being added to NUTMEG!. These include scenarios inspired by famous international fixtures, such as England vs Argentina in 1986 (we wuz robbed), alongside fantasy “what if” clashes, including England vs Argentina in 1990.
For players who already think they know better than every manager on Match of the Day, the update also adds Gaffer Mode. This ramps up the challenge by tightening the financial side of the game, making broadcast matches longer and more difficult, and generally adding more obstacles for players trying to guide their club to glory.
There is also a new delegated XI selection clipboard, which gives players more control over team selection in delegated matches. Rather than leaving everything up to fate, you can now assemble your preferred lineup for each match and then still blame someone else when it all goes wrong. That is proper football heritage.
What is Nutmeg?
NUTMEG! launched on Steam in March 2026 and casts players as the manager of a football club during the 1980s and 1990s. Instead of a straight management sim, though, it wraps its league climb in deckbuilding mechanics, with training sessions, transfers, tactics, sponsorship deals, ticket prices, salaries, media duties, and fast-paced card battles all feeding into the season.
Players can scout youth talent, sign legendary players, refine tactics through training, and decide whether they want to be a loyal one-club hero or a journeyman manager bouncing from job to job in search of the next big chance.
The free NUTMEG! League Cup update is available now on Steam and currently has 40% off as part of the Football Fiesta sale.
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