The game is called Tryhard


Tryhard is a sports RPG about managing an underdog rugby club in New Zealand.


RELEASE DATE: TO BE ANNOUNCED



animated GIF of an auto battle sequence

TACTICAL TURN-BASED AUTO SPORTS


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MANAGE A SPORTS CLUB


some of the characters

LIVE IN VIRTUAL NEW ZEALAND


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READ OUR SPORTS GAME DESIGN MANIFESTO

We wrote “A Sportslike Manifesto” to argue for fresher bolder games about sports and sportspeople.

It’s time for sports games that actually try something new, beyond microtransactions! It’s time for new sports games!


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NO, SERIOUSLY...



Design and dev by Grapefruit Games. Characters by Toby Morris. Game audio by Ākau Audio. Trailer music is “Hyper Action Kung Fu Battle Climax Fury 2” by Untimely Dosage under CC-BY 4.0 licence.


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a game by Grapefruit Games         made with support from CODE NZ