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Football Manager 2021

Football Manager 2021

New additions and game upgrades deliver added levels of depth, drama and football authenticity. FM21 empowers you like never before to develop your skills and command success at your club.

Released Nov 24, 2020 Developer Sports Interactive Publisher SEGA Platforms Windows · Mac SportsSimulationManagementFootball (Soccer)Singleplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

93.5%positive23,900 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Second best Football Manager game of all time.”

— a player, Steam review · 1,736 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“good balance of graphics and gameplay, its my fav FM edition”

— a player, Steam review · 2,420 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“My first football manager ever. Love it more than any game I ever played. Extremely hard learning curve too but after about a day and a few matches you get the hang of it and it feels like your personal "cockpit" for the management of a football club.... Highly recommend it.”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1,081playing at last check
1,03324-hour peak
93,775all-time peak
0 50k 100k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 56k avg · Jan 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

98achievements
29.1%median completion
0.1%rarest: Draft Value
87.2% of players 87.1% of players 86.7% of players 86.1% of players 81.0% of players 80.9% of players 77.9% of players 77.1% of players 77.0% of players 75.2% of players 70.9% of players 70.2% of players 69.9% of players 68.8% of players 68.1% of players 68.1% of players 67.4% of players 66.5% of players 64.3% of players 63.0% of players 61.9% of players 61.8% of players 61.4% of players 61.3% of players 61.3% of players 61.3% of players 60.7% of players 60.0% of players 59.3% of players 58.8% of players 58.0% of players 54.0% of players 53.9% of players 52.6% of players 52.4% of players 50.9% of players 49.2% of players 48.5% of players 47.8% of players 45.5% of players 45.0% of players 44.7% of players 44.3% of players 43.9% of players 38.9% of players 38.3% of players 37.1% of players 32.8% of players 30.7% of players 29.1% of players 29.0% of players 28.9% of players 28.9% of players 26.6% of players 25.3% of players 23.6% of players 23.0% of players 22.6% of players 21.3% of players 20.2% of players 87.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
87.2%He's Signed! — You signed a player for your team
87.1%First Victory — You guided your team to victory in a competitive fixture
86.7%Clean Sheet — You played a competitive match without conceding a goal
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Draft Value — Beat four players in the draft spending the least online
0.1%Knockout King — Win 25 knockout cups online in Fantasy Draft
0.1%200 Club — Earn 200 match points in Fantasy Draft online

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 15, 2021
Football Manager 2022 Live Stream - 15th October 7pm BST

Join Sports Interactive's Dom Baker and Tom Davidson as they take us through the first playthrough look at Football Manager 2022, live on Twitch. The broadcast will begin on the 15th October 2021 at 7

Oct 13, 2021
Football Manager 2022 Headline Features In Detail

Match Experience Every year the match team here at the studio seek to get even closer to creating a perfect simulation of real football. Most years there are one or two areas of the match AI, animatio

Oct 06, 2021
In The Studio - New Headline Features Episode 1
Sep 17, 2021
An FM22 Development Update

A blog from Studio Director Miles Jacobson on continuing to create games in a pandemic.

Sep 09, 2021
Football Manager 2022 – Debuts November 9th

Overcome the odds and earn your success in Football Manager 2022, launching Tuesday, 9th November on PC/Mac. Following an incredibly successful campaign on Xbox last year, Football Manager 2022 Xbox E

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Sports
Player tagsSports · Simulation · Management · Football (Soccer) · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Football (American) · Strategy · Co-op · Free to Play (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Achievements98
Estimated owners2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.footballmanager.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (SP1), 8/8.1, 10 (Update 1903/May 2019 or later) – 64-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 – 1.8 GHz + Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 – 256MB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space