Football Manager 2023

 PC
User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 42
  3. Negative: 10 out of 42

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  1. inthemix37
    Nov 11, 2022
    0
    Tried the game on gamepass , but unnistall after 40min.
    Literally same copy paste /cash grab/ database update to day we getting in the last 6,7 years for the full price .
    Seems they literally abandoned this game in the last 5-7 years , and now only milking the fanbase, not even trying anymore. Ho played FM in the last 5,6 years already played this game to. So dont bother anymore ,    Tried the game on gamepass , but unnistall after 40min.
    Literally same copy paste /cash grab/ database update to day we getting in the last 6,7 years for the full price .
    Seems they literally abandoned this game in the last 5-7 years , and now only milking the fanbase, not even trying anymore.
    Ho played FM in the last 5,6 years already played this game to.
    So dont bother anymore , save urselft the few hundred hours u need to put in this game.
    Literally nothing new only some v small cosmetic U.I tweaks and minor changes that doesnt add anything good to the game .
    Btw . that 3D engine has worse graphics then FIFA 2005 and beside that player movement are so clunky and feel so unrealistic , that u getting the feeling u withness , train a robots AI team.
    Im done with this company they dont care at all about this game,
    they only milking they fanbase to expand theyr company in the last 5,7 years.    … Expand
  2. Max552
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Can't say I was a fan. Played and found it too easy and quite boring. I really don't see the fuss about these games.
  3. Rok
    Jan 10, 2023
    3
    The Football Manager series has lots of pros, like some depth and tons of replayablility, but its cons are obnoxious enough to merit a downvote as far as I'm concerned. My biggest gripe with the series is that it is released every single year as a new game with a AAA price tag. Do the annual upgrades or additions justify a AAA price tag of a new game? Not even remotely. This, alone, is soThe Football Manager series has lots of pros, like some depth and tons of replayablility, but its cons are obnoxious enough to merit a downvote as far as I'm concerned. My biggest gripe with the series is that it is released every single year as a new game with a AAA price tag. Do the annual upgrades or additions justify a AAA price tag of a new game? Not even remotely. This, alone, is so low, obnoxious, unethical, lazy, and predatory that it deserves a hundred thousand downvotes.

    Other cons for the game include bad optimization or lack of responsiveness, regular loading times that definitely could've been eliminated or at least shortened with smarter code, outdated graphics, horrendous animations, and an obvious lack of user-friendliness in the UI design, like too many clicks to achieve things that could've been achieved with half the clicks if the developing company stops being greedy and hires competitive UI, UX, and user-friendly design experts to help design the interface and the whole game.

    The main reason for the ratings being generally positive on Steam is the addictive nature of the game for some players, which makes those poor addicts keep buying the game for full price annually instead of demanding these crumbs of improvements as DLCs or expansions. The second reason is the players who try the game for the first time and give it a thumbs up; those are justified in their rating sometimes, but I hope that they change their rating once they realize that there are zero expansions, and next year's release shows up with the predatory price tag that hits them in the face and wakes them up from the addictive stupor. Oh, but even then, it could be too late to raise awareness about this scheme, because the developer asks Steam to hide the older Football Manager games from searches and only show the current year's release with every new release. You know, just in case you had any suspicions about their predatory policies.

    If you are a diehard fan of soccer or football itself and its players, which is one of the main reasons you would play this game, then I don't think I can benefit you beyond what I wrote above plus adding that you may want to buy an older key for the cheapest price possible or try the game as part of a game pass to which you subscribe for [other] reasons. Football Manager 2022, for example, would allow you to experience everything worth experiencing in this series without paying the highest price for the current year's release. However, if you like these types of games generally, my strong advice instead is to try, put your money in, and play Cities: Skylines. It is an even deeper strategy game with [actual] graphics and from a much more ethical developer.    … Expand
  4. naalz
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    Not really many new additions in this version. I felt Fm2023 became alittle bit too easy for me. My biggest issue with the series is that it is released every single year as a new game with a AAA price tag. Do the annual upgrades or additions justify a AAA price tag? I don't think so.
  5. Botanistaken
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    stop buying the same game every year. they didnt add anything valuable this year as well as the last 4-5 years.
  6. Dendle89
    Mar 30, 2023
    0
    The worst match engine in the series to date.

    The Match Engine team within SI need a refresh as clearly the leadership arent cut out for this.

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85
#85 Best PC Game of 2022

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    60
    At its core, a great and fun game. But that was also in 2022, where the feeling that it made sense to not only pay full price for a new game, but to spend a lot of time in it, still prevailed. [Issue#323]
  2. Het Nieuwsblad
    Jul 31, 2023
    60
    "A spreadsheet with soccer players," a friend once called Football Manager. He was right, but it is a damned addictive Excel file: in the meantime, we have invested another fifty hours or so in making our local team virtual champions. If you ask us, Football Manager would be better off switching to a subscription formula, but okay: for about fifty euros you get a whole year of spreadsheet fun.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 13, 2022
    70
    Even though it only brings a few new features, making it very similar to the last game, Football Manager 2023 is still the best football management game that delivers the best experience.
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