Kickora

Ninety minutes. Five zones. One hand of cards. Kickora — Tactics Run is an offline football roguelike where every match is a puzzle you solve from the dugout. You do not sprint, tackle or shoot. You play tactic cards, spend stamina, move the ball up the pitch, and decide when to gamble on a shot. HOW A MATCH WORKS The pitch is five zones, from Our Box to Their Box. Each turn you draw a hand and spend stamina on Possession, Attacking, Defensive, Set-Piece and Manager cards. Short Pass moves the ball one zone. Through Ball moves it two. Shoot only works in Their Box, and the closer you get, the better your odds. Lose the ball and Press, Slide Tackle or Offside Trap win it back. The clock runs nine minutes a turn; at halftime you pick a buff and go again. A SEASON, NOT A MATCH Three acts on a branching map. Every node is a choice: a League match for a new card, a Friendly to heal morale, a Scout to recruit a player, a Treasure for a rare card, a Training Camp to upgrade what you already run, a Rival for a harder fight and a better reward. Each act ends with a Boss — Bastion United park the bus, Stormbringer FC press you into mistakes, Royal Eleven simply outplay you. Lose to a Boss and the run is over. FIVE COACHES, FIVE DECKS Aldo Marchetti drills discipline. Henri Vasseur plays geometry on grass. Coco Berisha scores one more than you do. Júlia Pinto presses from the first whistle. Marta Wieczorek concedes nothing. Each coach starts with their own deck, their own starting five and a signature card — Catenaccio Lock, Total Football, Route One, Gegenpress, Iron Chain — that turns a match on its head when you time it right. YOUR SQUAD MATTERS Twelve player archetypes, each with a passive that rewrites your deck's maths. A Striker makes every Shoot hit harder. A Playmaker makes your first pass each turn free. A Goalkeeper wipes out the first goal you concede. A Poacher turns half-chances into rebounds. Players pick up form, pick up injuries, and recover between matches — a squad you built across ten nodes plays nothing like the one you started with. WEATHER AND FORMATION Heavy rain shortens your long passes. A hot day drains the stamina cap. A hostile crowd deals your opponent an extra card. Pick 3-2 Attack for a bigger hand, 2-3 Defense for more stamina, or 1-3-1 Balance to stay flexible — before you see the opponent's formation, not after. TROPHIES UNLOCK EVERYTHING Twenty-four trophies, and every one of them opens something: a new coach, a new card, a new player archetype, Veteran difficulty. Clean Sheet, Comeback Kings, Five Star, Shutout Master, Repeat Champion. There is a Daily Cup too — one seeded run a day, the same map for everyone who plays it. BUILT TO BE PLAYED ANYWHERE Kickora runs entirely on your device. No account, no sign-in, no network needed, no ads, no in-app purchases, no timers and no energy meters. Your season is saved as you play and picks up exactly where you left it. Nothing you do in the app is collected or sent anywhere. Browse the full Card Encyclopedia any time, read every player's passive and backstory in the Squad screen, and check the Trophy Cabinet for what you have left to earn. Pick a coach. Pick a path. Lift the trophy.