The Office: Somehow We Manage Mobile Game Explained

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NBC's The Office is easily one of the most popular sitcoms to come out of the 2000s. While it received very mixed reviews upon airing the first season due to its awkward and uncomfortable atmosphere birthed out of realism, fans would later fall in love with Michael Scott, Dwight, Jim, Pam, and the rest of the regular and recurring cast, leading to its current popularity and NBC adding it to its own streaming service, Peacock.

In a quirky turn of events, an Office mobile game has officially launched, showcasing the series' inherent legacy, titled The Office: Somehow We Manage, the subtitle being a reference to Michael Scott's self-written non-fiction book, Somehow I Manage. It's not quite the way that fans might expect the series to continue as opposed to some kind of Office reunion with the beloved cast, and likewise, it's received mixed reviews ranging from blissful nostalgia and distaste for the in-app purchases.

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The premise of Somehow We Manage should feel very familiar to The Office fans because it rehashes a plot point from early on in the series. Players must save the Scranton branch from downsizing by selling paper, the core function of Dunder Mifflin. It's a management game where players must balance their profits with their expenses—for example, the notorious corporate end of the company takes their share of the profits at the end of each business day—but simply skinned with the familiar floor plan of The Office and a handful of its characters.

Many of the series' best jokes are presented in comic format throughout the game, but unfortunately, they don't quite land the same way without the actors' excellent delivery, according to recent reviewers of the app. Even The