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EA SPORTS FC™ 26 cover art

EA SPORTS FC™ 26

EA Canada · Electronic Arts · 2025-09-25

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SimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 26, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 26, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Sep 26, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2025 (Xbox One)

Experience The World's Game like never before in EA SPORTS FC™ 26. Go for glory in a 48-team international tournament mode, take on themed Manager Live Challenges, and step into Player Career with new international ICONs and Heroes.

EA SPORTS FC™ 26 is a $69.99 Simulation, Sports game released in 2025, with a Mixed sentiment (50% of 100410 reviews).

88,597
playing now
51%
positive of 104k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
8,763
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
55/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)

88,597 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

EA Sports FC 26 is an association football simulation video game developed by EA Vancouver and EA Romania and published by Electronic Arts. It was released worldwide on 26 September 2025 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Amazon Luna. It is the third installment in the EA Sports FC series following EA FC 24 and EA FC 25 and the 33rd overall installment of EA Sports' football simulation games. The ultimate edition has Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the cover whilst the standard edition sees the return of Jude Bellingham and the introduction of Jamal Musiala.

Trailer

EA SPORTS FC™ 26 trailer thumbnail

EA SPORTS FC 26 | Official Reveal Trailer

≈259,856 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 88,597 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 28,062 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,508/week).
  • · Review velocity up 138% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 6,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104,077 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at EA Store (2026-06-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 13 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20252026Week of 2025-09-18: 1,748 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1,628 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 1,927 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2,072 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 1,107 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1,505 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 747 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1,117 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 611 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 832 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 625 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1,034 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 421 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 643 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 407 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 713 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 299 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 638 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 1,517 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1,652 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 1,769 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1,558 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 708 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1,054 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 636 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1,038 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 712 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1,212 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 978 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1,293 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,163 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 661 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 744 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 871 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1,011 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 895 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1,113 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 758 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 898 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 496 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 583 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 468 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 585 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 478 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 563 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 397 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 670 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 712 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 827 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 694 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 951 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 845 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 855 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 823 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 728 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 692 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 695 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 776 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 808 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 724 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 777 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 762 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 785 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 754 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 782 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 681 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 593 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 547 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 673 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 548 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 846 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 551 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 869 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 2,276 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2,005 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 2,484 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1,816 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 2,174 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1,817 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 2,190 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1,502 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 2,237 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1,460 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1,777 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1,414 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1,156 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 942 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 107 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

117k30k2026-08-06 16:00 — 97,241 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 45,500 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 103,340 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 91,220 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 83,987 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 116,858 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 54,346 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 87,262 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 93,018 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 40,976 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 82,949 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 75,358 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 57,490 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 96,908 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 62,467 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 82,777 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 106,186 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 42,121 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 85,238 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 72,706 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 53,235 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 81,529 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 46,498 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 72,686 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 83,649 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 50,854 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 89,732 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 79,416 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 47,284 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 82,662 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 47,549 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 72,171 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 77,033 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 33,987 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 70,763 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 75,529 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 59,717 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 90,682 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 63,377 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 88,597 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#10#212026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #212026-08-07 — #212026-08-08 — #212026-08-09 — #212026-08-10 — #212026-08-11 — #212026-08-12 — #102026-08-13 — #102026-08-14 — #122026-08-15 — #122026-08-16 — #112026-08-17 — #112026-08-18 — #122026-08-19 — #122026-08-20 — #132026-08-21 — #142026-08-22 — #132026-08-23 — #132026-08-24 — #132026-08-25 — #132026-08-26 — #142026-08-27 — #142026-08-28 — #142026-08-29 — #142026-08-30 — #14
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2482482026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 248 new positive2026-08-07: 162 new negative2026-08-08: 193 new positive2026-08-08: 147 new negative2026-08-09: 195 new positive2026-08-09: 143 new negative2026-08-10: 140 new positive2026-08-10: 103 new negative2026-08-11: 145 new positive2026-08-11: 127 new negative2026-08-12: 134 new positive2026-08-12: 99 new negative2026-08-14: 133 new positive2026-08-14: 94 new negative2026-08-15: 102 new positive2026-08-15: 77 new negative2026-08-16: 116 new positive2026-08-16: 115 new negative2026-08-17: 121 new positive2026-08-17: 109 new negative2026-08-18: 105 new positive2026-08-18: 103 new negative2026-08-19: 101 new positive2026-08-19: 80 new negative2026-08-20: 112 new positive2026-08-20: 83 new negative2026-08-21: 111 new positive2026-08-21: 87 new negative2026-08-22: 113 new positive2026-08-22: 91 new negative2026-08-23: 108 new positive2026-08-23: 92 new negative2026-08-24: 108 new positive2026-08-24: 87 new negative2026-08-25: 95 new positive2026-08-25: 63 new negative2026-08-26: 96 new positive2026-08-26: 73 new negative2026-08-27: 184 new positive2026-08-27: 147 new negative2026-08-28: 96 new positive2026-08-28: 101 new negative2026-08-29: 91 new positive2026-08-29: 62 new negative2026-08-30: 90 new positive2026-08-30: 88 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$13.992025-07-162026-07-302025-07-16 — best price $69.992025-07-17 — best price $69.992025-11-20 — best price $34.992025-12-04 — best price $69.992025-12-11 — best price $27.992025-12-18 — best price $27.992026-01-05 — best price $69.992026-01-08 — best price $69.992026-01-15 — best price $27.992026-01-29 — best price $69.992026-02-09 — best price $27.992026-02-20 — best price $27.992026-02-23 — best price $69.992026-03-05 — best price $20.992026-03-22 — best price $55.992026-03-26 — best price $69.992026-03-30 — best price $20.992026-04-13 — best price $69.992026-04-23 — best price $20.992026-05-07 — best price $69.992026-05-14 — best price $20.992026-05-18 — best price $69.992026-06-11 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $69.992026-07-16 — best price $13.992026-07-30 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.7k7162026-05-29 — 1,548 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,470 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,573 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2,015 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,623 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2,678 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2,200 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2,618 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2,569 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2,402 pageviews2026-06-28 — 2,634 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2,489 pageviews2026-07-04 — 2,754 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4,055 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2,806 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3,277 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2,873 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3,013 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2,886 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2,192 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,543 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,375 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,170 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,145 pageviews2026-08-09 — 954 pageviews2026-08-12 — 967 pageviews2026-08-15 — 770 pageviews2026-08-18 — 738 pageviews2026-08-21 — 864 pageviews2026-08-24 — 718 pageviews2026-08-26 — 837 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

54k1.4k2026-08-16 16:12 — 6,955 viewers2026-08-17 01:12 — 53,800 viewers2026-08-17 13:12 — 9,070 viewers2026-08-18 00:12 — 8,904 viewers2026-08-18 11:12 — 3,085 viewers2026-08-19 01:12 — 11,649 viewers2026-08-19 20:12 — 18,591 viewers2026-08-20 17:12 — 4,643 viewers2026-08-21 22:12 — 7,130 viewers2026-08-22 15:12 — 7,383 viewers2026-08-23 15:12 — 3,971 viewers2026-08-24 00:12 — 12,524 viewers2026-08-25 01:12 — 5,044 viewers2026-08-25 21:12 — 43,939 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 4,706 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 7,031 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 2,920 viewers2026-08-27 19:12 — 8,607 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 8,973 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 2,733 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 5,045 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 7,475 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 4,965 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 5,807 viewers2026-08-29 18:12 — 7,030 viewers2026-08-30 01:12 — 4,023 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 4,800 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 3,740 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8,763 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
57.8%
earned "Authenticity"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer1 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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