Previews and Reception

Football Manager 27 has no reviews or review scores as of Nov 1, 2026, and no review embargo has been announced; Metacritic shows "tbd" and Steam shows no user reviews. This page gathers the previews and early reactions so far and will add reviews at the Nov 10 launch.

There are no Football Manager 27 reviews yet: as of Nov 1, 2026, Metacritic lists FM27 as "tbd", Steam shows no user reviews because they open at release, and neither SI nor SEGA has announced when the press may publish reviews. What exists is preview coverage: interviews with Sports Interactive (SI) developers, news pieces framing FM27 against Football Manager 26's poor launch, one first look whose headline is positive, FM Scout's comparison of SI's reveals with FM26's complaints, and creators' first impressions of pre-release builds. None of it is a verdict on the finished game. This page will add critic scores, Steam reviews and the press's verdicts when the game is out on Nov 10, 2026. Until then the free Launch Preview, open on PC and Mac until 6pm GMT on Nov 3, lets you judge for yourself.

Quick facts

Metacritic	"tbd", as of Nov 1, 2026
Steam user reviews	None shown, as of Nov 1, 2026
Review embargo	Not announced as of Nov 1, 2026
Playable since	Oct 29, 2026 (free Launch Preview, PC and Mac)
FM26 for comparison	Metascore 68; Steam 38% positive, as of Nov 1, 2026

Sources: Metacritic: FM27 and FM26, Nov 1, 2026; Steam: FM27 and FM26, Nov 1, 2026.

Is FM27 good?

It is too early for anyone to say with authority. The game has been playable since Oct 29, but the Launch Preview is a build SI itself warns has bugs and some missing club and player assets, and no outlet has published a scored review. The fair summary as of Nov 1, 2026 is this: SI promises the fixes players asked for, an FM site that tracked those promises finds most of them at least partly kept, and the one first look in the major press reads as positive by its headline. Whether the match engine, the AI and the bug count hold up over a full season is what reviews will answer.

What the previews say

Forbes. Barry Collins published "'Football Manager 27' First Look: The Game's Back" on Oct 28, 2026. The page refused our reader, so only its headline was seen; its build, play time and findings are not reported here.

FourFourTwo. Chris Nee's three interviews with SI developer Antony Farley (Oct 28 and 29, 2026) explain Tactical Effectiveness, Tactical Tweaks and beginner advice in the developer's words. They describe the game rather than judge it, and FourFourTwo gives no verdict.

FM Scout. Its comparison, last updated Oct 23, 2026 after SI's first livestream, rates FM26's six main complaints against SI's reveals: three fixed (empty space, information per screen, scaling) and three partly fixed (finding things, controller-first design, match analytics), with "nothing fully open anymore". It adds that bugs cannot be judged before people play. The full table is on FM27 vs FM26.

TheSixthAxis. Stefan L called the free period "almost certainly an industry first", something like a stress test or a demo whose saves carry forward, and said of FM26 that it "went down like a lead balloon, both with critics and fans."

Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku and GamesRadar+. All three framed FM27's free week as a response to FM26. Rock Paper Shotgun noted FM26 was still "mostly negative" on Steam a year on; Kotaku headlined that the last game "was so hated" SI is letting people play the new one free; GamesRadar+ called it a move "to restore faith." They are news pieces, not hands-on previews.

What creators said

Creators with early access to pre-release builds posted their first impressions on Oct 28, 2026, the day before the free week. Each is that creator's own opinion of an unfinished game, and none gives a score.

15:51 DoctorBenjy FM. In a video titled "BRUTAL REVIEW", his biggest disappointment is how few new features there are, since FM27 builds on FM26 rather than starting again, and he finds some screens still waste space or miss detail depending on the resolution. His verdict is that FM27 is better than both FM26 and FM24.

28:44 lollujo. He insists his video is not a review, but calls FM27 a huge step in the right direction that feels finished, says SI's confidence in letting everyone play it free backs that up, and concludes that "FM is back."

16:23 Clayts. After 24 hours with the game, he answers his own three questions: FM27 is fun, it is better than FM26 ("an overwhelming yes"), and it might be as good as FM24, the answer he is most cautious about.

16:38 MustermannFM. Playing an alpha build, he calls FM27 a big step forward in which FM26's rough edges have largely been smoothed out: not perfect, but more polished, still Football Manager, and with a training system that now feels like it has impact.

SI's own FM27 Video Guides page embeds creator tutorials on starting a save and building a tactic, without naming the creators; they teach rather than review. The first creator tactics, with results from preview saves, are on Best Tactics.

What SI and SEGA say

SI's position is that players should decide. It made the Launch Preview free as "a tangible example" of rebuilding trust, and Miles Jacobson called it "the ultimate try-before-you-buy for everyone to make the call on our latest work". When FM26's updates ended, SI said it was up to players to judge whether it had succeeded once they play the next game, as Inven Global quoted. See Free Trial and Launch Preview and Miles Jacobson.

The bar FM27 is measured against

Football Manager 26 is the comparison every review will make. In Football Manager 26, the PC version holds a Metascore of 68 from 44 critics and a user score of 3.0, and an OpenCritic Top Critic Average of 71, with scores such as PC Gamer's 75, GameSpot's 5 out of 10 and The Guardian's 4 out of 5. Its English Steam reviews read "Mostly Negative", 38% of 9,456 positive, but "Mixed" at 69% over the last 30 days, as of Nov 1, 2026. Football Manager 2024, the last game on the old engine, has a Metascore of 84 and 92% positive Steam reviews. See Football Manager 26 and Football Manager 2024.

When will FM27 reviews come out?

No date had been announced as of Nov 1, 2026. Players can review FM27 on Steam once it is released on Nov 10, and critic scores usually follow when the publisher's embargo lifts, which for FM27 has not been made public. The release hour is on Release Date and Launch Time.

Frequently asked questions

Is FM27 good? No reviews of Football Manager 27 had been published as of Nov 1, 2026. Previews and FM Scout's comparison suggest SI addressed most of FM26's main complaints, but the finished game has not been judged.

Is FM27 worth it? That depends on how the Launch Preview plays for you: FM27 is free on PC and Mac until 6pm GMT on Nov 3, 2026, saves carry over, and it costs $59.99 / £49.99 / €59.99 with 10% off before launch, or comes with Game Pass.

When do FM27 reviews come out? No FM27 review embargo had been announced as of Nov 1, 2026. Steam user reviews open at the Nov 10, 2026 release.

What is FM27's Metacritic score? FM27 had no Metacritic score as of Nov 1, 2026; the page shows "tbd". Football Manager 26 holds 68 on PC.

Are FM27's Steam reviews positive? FM27 had no Steam user reviews as of Nov 1, 2026, despite the free Launch Preview, because reviews open at release on Nov 10.