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Football Manager 2024
Build a world-class team ready to dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops when you’re pursuing footballing greatness.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
84 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The best yet, smooth and clean. Optimized for any setup, unlimited replayability. I love it, you love it.”
“Wish i'd bought this game years ago, instead of waiting for FM26. Glad i got a copy now rather than play a console-focused version of this in the form of FM26. One of the best games ever made - just hope that SI…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The best yet, smooth and clean. Optimized for any setup, unlimited replayability. I love it, you love it.”
“The best this series will be for a while, keep going back to it as it's got everything going for it, even with the little bugs.”
“Fun to do many different types of saves such as Zero to Hero, Glory Hunter, Youth Only, etc... even trying to emulate the City Football Group and build your own network of clubs.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The amount of hours I've put into this game and still feel like I know nothing when I watch a new video about it.. highly addicting game”
“AMAZING GAME after almost 700 hours on this game it still out of this world in the amount of content and moments it can offer and as they say leave the football before the football leaves you the football hasnt left…”
“I've generally had saves on this that have lasted longer than my relationships, remember this people may leave but the FM save always stays 10/10 would use as a coping mechanism again.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The best yet, smooth and clean. Optimized for any setup, unlimited replayability. I love it, you love it.”
“I've been regularly buying FM games since about 09, but in all honesty, the last FM title I really enjoyed and played regularly was the 2011 version, that was until 13 years later when FM24 came out. I can't give…”
“Great game - have really enjoyed it! Playable on an old Windows 10 laptop with no difficulty. Allows "Manager" to play a full role in transfer, squad selection, training, tactics, stadium development, sponsorship deals,…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is incredibly realistic. My Haaland scored 121 goals in one season. The AI is perfectly balanced and fair, nothing strange at all. 10/10 realism.”
“not as good as 2022 but its ok ....fm /champ has been getting worse the best was in between 2016 - 2022”
“Here’s a version that sticks much closer to your wording and intent, just cleaned up for clarity: FM24 is a very poor edition. The match engine primarily rewards high pressing tactics, with very limited tactical…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The best this series will be for a while, keep going back to it as it's got everything going for it, even with the little bugs.”
“I ran this on my RTX 5090 and it kept crashing, please do a better job at optimizing your games in the future. otherwise i will not be buying future titles from the football manager series. Thanks, maxthreetimes.”
“Good but does crash on my PC but not on laptops. So I auto-save daily.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is incredibly realistic. My Haaland scored 121 goals in one season. The AI is perfectly balanced and fair, nothing strange at all. 10/10 realism.”
“THIS BOOF ASS GAME HAS ME FEELING LIKE JOSE MOURINHO WHEN MY TEAM LOSES I GET PISSED OFF AND THROW ♥♥♥♥ ACROSS MY ROOM WHEN I WIN I FEEL LIKE A CHAMPION AND I FEEL LOVE AND PASSION FOR MY TEAM, BUT ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WHEN MORALE…”
“The game cheats and hinders you at every opportunity, it creates artificial diffuculty by having every coach or player you want outright refuse you or asking way too mutch, and the match engine has the AI cheat”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“After playing Football Manager 26, this game feels on a completely different level.”
— a player, Steam review · 9,334 hrs played“Playing this again after trying fm26 free weekend for 37 minutes and quitting. waiting for fm28. dont combine console and mobile to pc version please.”
— a player, Steam review · 908 hrs played“GOATED game. a bit annoyed that i buy the fm26. im back to this game for now but i like it. if we can maix this but the gameplay of the football match is fm26, thatll be perfect”
— a player, Steam review · 6,371 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:03 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Football Manager 26 Out Now Across Platforms
Football Manager 26 is now live and playable across platforms*.FM26 (PC/Mac) is ready to download and play on Steam, the Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass**. Those who’ve been playi
FM26 Advanced Access Beta Available Now
It’s finally time to step into the dugout, with FM26 Advanced Access Beta now live and playable across Steam and the Epic Games Store.If you’ve pre-purchased from a SEGA-approved digital retailer, the
Your Style, Your Personality: FM26's revamped manager creator
Deciding the sort of manager you want to be and the world you want to manage in are essential considerations at the start of every FM career.For Football Manager 26, we’ve refreshed the entire game se
Football Manager and FIFA sign multi-year partnership
Elevating authenticity to truly global heights, we’re delighted to have signed our first partnership with FIFA, football’s world governing body.The multi-year deal brings official licences for FIFA’s
Powered by TransferRoom: FM26's Recruitment Revamp
Building your squad in the transfer market at the heart of every Football Manager career – the successful negotiations, the transfer deals you complete and the pathways you create for your wonderkids
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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.
| Genres | Simulation, Sports, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Sports · Management · Football (Soccer) · Strategy · Multiplayer · Economy · Real Time Tactics · Singleplayer · e-sports · 3D · Text-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Achievements | 100 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.footballmanager.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 with updates - 64 bit Processor: Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 - requires 256MB VRAM and DirectX® 11 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space Additional Notes: Display: 1024x768. Performance scales with higher-end systems. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.