Football Manager 27 Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-11-11
  • UI greatly improved
  • Runs smooth and fast
  • Improved match engine
  • Match engine needs major work
  • Numerous bugs and glitches
  • Still needs polish and fixes
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Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
942
Positive
86892.1%
Negative
747.9%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
53,981
Estimated revenue
$3,238,320
Game price
$60
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
30.32%
Estimated copies lost
172
Estimated revenue lost
$10,318
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
30.3%
Avg playtime 0.9h
80.8%
Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime
727.6%
Avg playtime 54.1h
86891.3%
Avg playtime 55.5h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day2,745.7 rev/day
Last 30d31.7 rev/day
Quarterly0 rev/qtr
Days covered0.3 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
951 total
Organic purchasers62465.6%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations32734.4%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
951 total
First impression0-2h141.47%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h899.36%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h10010.5%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+74878.7%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.84% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 92.1%
8 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 942 total.