As a Football Manager fan with a strange interest in seeing how certain bad games perform on other platforms, I confess I picked up FM26T more out of curiosity about how it would run on the Switch. As expected, I was terribly disappointed with the result. The updates "fixed" some things, but the result is still far from the level expected from the ...
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Football Manager 26
2025 Sega58Mediocre
Playtime
MarathonTypically 250 hours
Playable on
- Steam DeckPlayable
- Steam MachineVerified
Included with
- PlayStation PlusExtra
- Xbox Game PassUltimate
Available on
- $59.99
- $59.99
- $59.99
Game modes
- 2–16 players
Details
- Launch
- November 4, 2025
- Developer
- Sports Interactive
- Publisher
- Sega
- Themes
- -
Overview
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
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Reception
Press69
Players38
WorthwhileTerrible- Metacritic68from 46 reviews
- OpenCritic71from 24 reviews
After two years, Football Manager 26 doesn't quite justify the wait. Tech upgrades help, but the clunky new interface and technical issues hold it back. The core remains deep and addictive, yet the overall experience feels rougher'even if I still ended up investing plenty of hours.
Some of the things Football Manager 26 implements are a step forward for the franchise, such as the shift to allow tactical tweaks for every moment of the match, and the match engine is also noticeably improved. However, FM26 does not feel like an upgrade on 2024’s edition and that is down to a combination of the removed features and UI decisions. Too...
Football Manager 26 is for the diehards alone for this reason. It’s frustrating to deal with the bugs and UI changes, even if the core game remains basically the same. If you were to imagine this game without those issues, however, the new ideas and enhancements that are in the game are universally good and, whether it is just a matter of patches or...
Football Manager 26 delivers the biggest overhaul the series has seen, pushing toward a more modern presentation with improved visuals and UI that clearly aim to welcome new players. But those sweeping changes come with a cost: missing features and an overwhelming number of bugs make it a frustrating experience for longtime fans.