Publisher: Secret Mode | Developer: ruairi dx | Formats: PC
ETA: Out Now! | Players: 1-4
San Francisco, CA – 3 September 2025: There’ll be champagne showers at the offices of developer ruairi dx today as its arcade football game Bang Average Football secures a topflight deal with award-winning indie publisher Secret Mode to join its ever-growing catalogue of beautiful games.
Bang Average Football made its spectacular debut back in May 2024 with the help of Ruairi Dorrity, a predominantly solo developer working under the name ruairi dx. Made as a passion project while working full-time as a software engineer, Bang Average Football is already a proven success with a Very Positive rating on Steam from over 200 reviews.
Become a player-manager at a washed-up football team and take them from rain-soaked turf field to similarly rain-soaked turf field, as you secure sponsorships, transfer players, improve your home ground, and rise up the table with your superior soccer skills. Then get the lads (and ladies) round for a kickabout in fast-paced four-person local multiplayer matches. ‘ave it!
Alongside this news comes a free update to Bang Average Football, introducing eight new sponsors from the world of Secret Mode’s upcoming retro football management card game NUTMEG!. Players will also find three new kits to wear, customisable match durations in Quick Matches and Tournaments, and a Golden Goal rule which replaces the time limit of Quick Matches and Tournaments with a goal limit.
About Bang Average Football
Celebrate the beautiful game in Bang Average Football, a fast-paced, easy-to-learn arcade football game for 1-4 players. Play with friends in co-op and PvP multiplayer, turn an underdog team into champions as player-manager in Story mode, or design your own teams, leagues, and tournaments.
Bang Average Football is available now on PC via Steam.
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Secret Mode is an independent publisher and the winner of the MCV/Develop Indie Publisher of the Year 2025 award, Ukie Best UK Publisher 2024 award, and the Debug Indie Game Best Influencer Marketing 2025 award. Our titles include triple-BAFTA-winner Still Wakes the Deep, A Little to the Left, Wobbledogs, Loddlenaut, and Empyreal. We believe that games are for everyone, and that creativity has no limits. We believe quality and fun are everything.
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About ruairi dx
ruairi dx is the moniker of solo developer Ruairi Dorrity. When not working as a software engineer or making music, ruairi dx is developing Bang Average Football, an arcade-styled celebration of the not-so-beautiful game.
For more information visit: https://www.ruairidx.com/.