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Football Manager 26 cover art

Football Manager 26

Sports Interactive · SEGA · 2025-11-04

Steam

SimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 04, 2025 (Mac), Nov 04, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.

Football Manager 26 is a 2025 Simulation, Sports, and Strategy title priced at $59.99, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (35% of 34,974 reviews).

53,794
playing now
35%
positive of 36k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
214
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

53,794 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Football Manager 26 (FM26) is a football management simulation video game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released on 4 November 2025 for Windows, macOS, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5. The mobile version is available on both Android and iOS through Netflix, while the Touch edition is available via Apple Arcade. A Nintendo Switch edition followed suit on 4 December 2025. FM26 is the first game in the series to use the Unity engine and the first to adopt a two-digit naming format.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 53,794 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 1,185 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~148/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,248 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 6,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 712k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 35,593 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$23.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $23.99 at Humble Store (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 31 of 66 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.7k7.7k20252026Week of 2025-11-04: 2,504 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 7,744 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 558 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1,244 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 383 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 528 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 461 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 260 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 227 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 181 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 195 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 149 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 150 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 155 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 112 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

54k17k2026-08-06 16:00 — 41,719 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 21,305 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 35,824 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 43,631 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 20,745 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 47,342 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 30,443 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 19,752 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 42,358 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 20,328 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 33,099 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 38,563 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 16,804 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 40,611 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 36,187 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 22,783 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 51,410 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 22,118 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 35,083 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 42,236 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 17,061 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 47,496 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 31,884 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 20,129 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 46,568 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 26,555 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 39,551 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 51,913 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 17,218 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 50,073 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 32,313 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 20,697 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 45,520 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 25,206 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 28,185 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 46,244 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 21,040 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 46,589 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 45,101 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 53,794 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#73#842026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #842026-08-07 — #842026-08-08 — #842026-08-09 — #842026-08-10 — #842026-08-11 — #842026-08-12 — #782026-08-13 — #772026-08-14 — #772026-08-15 — #772026-08-16 — #782026-08-17 — #752026-08-18 — #742026-08-19 — #742026-08-20 — #752026-08-21 — #732026-08-22 — #732026-08-23 — #772026-08-24 — #782026-08-25 — #762026-08-26 — #742026-08-27 — #742026-08-28 — #752026-08-29 — #752026-08-30 — #76
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
33332026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 18 new positive2026-08-07: 13 new negative2026-08-08: 22 new positive2026-08-08: 12 new negative2026-08-09: 13 new positive2026-08-09: 5 new negative2026-08-10: 17 new positive2026-08-10: 9 new negative2026-08-12: 14 new positive2026-08-12: 4 new negative2026-08-14: 20 new positive2026-08-14: 4 new negative2026-08-15: 22 new positive2026-08-15: 10 new negative2026-08-16: 18 new positive2026-08-16: 18 new negative2026-08-17: 18 new positive2026-08-17: 15 new negative2026-08-18: 29 new positive2026-08-18: 11 new negative2026-08-19: 16 new positive2026-08-19: 21 new negative2026-08-20: 16 new positive2026-08-20: 18 new negative2026-08-21: 18 new positive2026-08-21: 9 new negative2026-08-22: 27 new positive2026-08-22: 22 new negative2026-08-23: 10 new positive2026-08-23: 25 new negative2026-08-24: 33 new positive2026-08-24: 19 new negative2026-08-25: 21 new positive2026-08-25: 11 new negative2026-08-26: 22 new positive2026-08-26: 16 new negative2026-08-27: 28 new positive2026-08-27: 17 new negative2026-08-28: 13 new positive2026-08-28: 12 new negative2026-08-29: 15 new positive2026-08-29: 12 new negative2026-08-30: 13 new positive2026-08-30: 22 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$23.992025-09-102026-08-182025-09-10 — best price $48.592025-10-18 — best price $53.992025-10-21 — best price $48.492025-11-04 — best price $48.492025-11-07 — best price $53.392025-12-06 — best price $52.192025-12-18 — best price $48.572025-12-23 — best price $53.992026-01-06 — best price $50.592026-01-10 — best price $53.992026-01-12 — best price $59.992026-02-09 — best price $40.192026-02-17 — best price $36.152026-02-21 — best price $59.992026-02-23 — best price $35.372026-02-25 — best price $59.992026-02-27 — best price $36.172026-03-04 — best price $52.172026-03-19 — best price $36.932026-03-23 — best price $36.972026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-04-01 — best price $52.172026-04-10 — best price $37.992026-04-20 — best price $53.992026-04-23 — best price $59.992026-04-26 — best price $59.992026-04-29 — best price $59.992026-05-22 — best price $59.992026-06-11 — best price $27.002026-06-25 — best price $59.992026-06-27 — best price $29.992026-07-10 — best price $49.792026-08-13 — best price $23.992026-08-18 — best price $23.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6191842026-05-13 — 221 pageviews2026-05-16 — 236 pageviews2026-05-19 — 267 pageviews2026-05-22 — 201 pageviews2026-05-25 — 276 pageviews2026-05-28 — 293 pageviews2026-05-31 — 319 pageviews2026-06-03 — 278 pageviews2026-06-06 — 307 pageviews2026-06-09 — 247 pageviews2026-06-12 — 379 pageviews2026-06-15 — 326 pageviews2026-06-18 — 320 pageviews2026-06-21 — 619 pageviews2026-06-24 — 333 pageviews2026-06-27 — 316 pageviews2026-06-30 — 379 pageviews2026-07-03 — 342 pageviews2026-07-06 — 394 pageviews2026-07-09 — 381 pageviews2026-07-12 — 423 pageviews2026-07-15 — 406 pageviews2026-07-18 — 374 pageviews2026-07-21 — 355 pageviews2026-07-24 — 320 pageviews2026-07-27 — 277 pageviews2026-07-30 — 262 pageviews2026-08-02 — 220 pageviews2026-08-05 — 215 pageviews2026-08-08 — 190 pageviews2026-08-11 — 184 pageviews2026-08-14 — 200 pageviews2026-08-17 — 211 pageviews2026-08-20 — 209 pageviews2026-08-23 — 255 pageviews2026-08-24 — 262 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.8k182026-08-17 20:12 — 3,952 viewers2026-08-19 19:12 — 3,837 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 1,221 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 928 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 53 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,330 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 2,572 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 311 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 930 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 167 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 183 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 181 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 616 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1,191 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 502 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 270 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1,489 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 1,663 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 175 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1,236 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 240 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 250 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 256 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 214 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Motivational Speaker"
37.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9282%44
Windows (Xbox)2,7661%44

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

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

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