Description
Build a college basketball dynasty from the ground up. Choose from 365 teams across 23 conferences, recruit top prospects, manage your roster, and chase championship glory season after season. If you've been waiting for a deep, modern college hoops sim on iOS — this is it.
Hardwood Empire puts you in full control of your program. Scout and recruit the best players, set your lineup, develop talent, and make the tough decisions that separate contenders from rebuilds. Every season plays out with full game logs, box scores, and detailed player stats — so your dynasty actually feels like a dynasty.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Most basketball sims are either shallow, abandoned, or loaded with microtransactions. Hardwood Empire is none of those. It's built by a solo developer who plays his own game, takes community feedback seriously, and ships updates regularly.
FEATURES
- 365 teams across 23 conferences
- Full recruiting system — scout, pitch, and sign top prospects
- Season simulation with box scores, game logs, and player stats
- Player development, awards, and career tracking
- Dynasty mode spanning 20+ seasons of program history
- Detailed player profiles with bios, ratings, and performance data
- Conference tournaments and a full championship bracket
- Season awards including Player of the Year, All-Conference, and more
YOUR FEEDBACK SHAPES THE GAME
Join the community on Reddit at r/HardwoodEmpire to share ideas, report bugs, and help shape what gets built next. This game is actively developed and updated — your voice matters.
Whether you're taking over a mid-major and grinding your way to relevance or defending a title at a powerhouse, every decision you make echoes across seasons. How long can you keep your empire standing?
Nouveautés (v3.3)
New Features:
Added Award Race pages for national and conference awards, updating game by game throughout the season.
Added Player of the Week tracking for National, Conference, and Freshman honors.
Added a full Pro Draft with 30 fictional pro franchises, team colors, round/pick info, and player bio tracking.
Added full Draft History so every draft class is saved league-wide.
Rebuilt the History section with Records, Awards, Draft, Legends, Hall of Fame, and all-time leaderboards.
Added RIM, the game’s NET-style resume metric.
Added National TV games for ranked vs ranked matchups.
Added deeper Story Event settings with Off, Normal, and In-Depth options.
Added player-driven events with avatar popups, morale effects, attribute changes, hot/cold streaks, missed class decisions, and more.
Added push notification support.
UI / Presentation:
Stat Leaders received a full UI pass with larger top-player cards and cleaner ranked lists.
Award Race pages now have a cleaner mid-season layout.
Player bios now show more award, weekly honor, and draft information.
Coach setup screen received layout and presentation polish.
Tournament, schedule, recruiting, and roster screens received cleanup.
Gameplay / Sim:
Improved sixth-man usage and award logic.
Improved CPU rotations and bench usage.
Improved CPU player progression across sim paths.
Improved postgame morale consistency between live games and mass sim.
Improved overtime labels across live game screens.
Improved player event presentation with clearer attribute names and better popups.
Rankings / Tournament:
Improved Top 25 ranking logic.
Added stronger resume-based evaluation through RIM.
Improved ranked-win movement, mid-major logic, roster strength weighting, and schedule context.
Improved tournament seeding, head-to-head tiebreakers, conference champion logic, and rematch avoidance.
Improved national tournament, conference tournament, and postseason invitational tracking.
Improved tournament results across brackets, schedules, team cards, records, and history.
Improved schedule tagging for CT / NT / PI games.
Recruiting / Transfers:
Improved auto-recruiting so targets better match program prestige.
Improved recruiting feedback when players commit elsewhere.
Improved transfer portal signing flow.
Improved offseason transfer handling.
Improved JUCO / transfer labels.
Improved roster full messaging.
Roster / History / Saves:
Improved redshirt display in lineups.
Improved eligibility and offseason roster flow.
Improved career history tracking.
Improved draft tracking between player cards and History.
Improved coach record tracking.
Improved GOAT score and record book displays.
Improved NIL stability across reloads.
Improved older save support and save recovery.
Improved Selection Day, postseason, and season transition stability.