Yandex Games

Esports Simulator: Road to the Major

You are the in-game leader of a five-player roster. The match plays itself, but you win it: before each round you pick the entry or the defensive setup, decide what the team buys, and call a timeout when the round is slipping away.

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About this game

Between matches there is a career. Drills, squad chemistry, tilt and relationships, transfers and the conversations a club is made of. The opponent remembers you: hit the same site three rounds running and they will stack it. Six leagues, from open qualifiers to the major Three maps, each with its own geometry and entries 15 rival teams whose character shows in how they play 12 weapons, round economy, utility and clutches 22 achievements and a hall of fame for finished careers

How to play

Mouse or touch only — no keyboard needed. Before the round. You get four cards. On attack these are entries: default, rush, split, slow, fake with a rotation. On defense they are setups: standard, stack a site, aggressive mid. Next to them are the buy options: full buy, force, eco. The game suggests what you can afford, but the call is yours. During the round. The players act on their own. Your levers are playback speed, pause and the timeout — it lifts morale, but you get one per half. Between matches. Train skills, rest to shed tilt, watch squad chemistry — a new signing costs nine points of it, and the whole five plays weaker until they settle in. Worth knowing. The opponent remembers your pattern and punishes repeats: vary the site and the style. The side swap on round 13 flips the map so your team is always at the bottom. The match is saved after every round — reloading continues it from the same score.

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