FM26 Beta Today

The much awaited Football Manager 2026 advanced access begins tonight, October 23rd!

By Stam on Oct 22, 2025 882 views 2 comments

We have been waiting for the Beta to drop since last week. A ridiculous amount of memes was posted on SI forums while everyone was checking constantly on the official social accounts.

On October 16th, the official FM twitter/x account announced that they'll have a concrete date next week.

And on Monday (20/10), they've set the beta launch day for Thursday evening (UK time), October 23rd. Beta access tonight!

They'll give us exact times a few hours beforehand.

For more information and answers to most common questions regarding the FM 2026 Pre-Release Beta, please refer to the article linked below.

FM26 Beta Explained

We also recommend checking out our FM26 Beta Guide that covers all the essential steps to get you prepared for Early Access.

How to Prepare for FM26 Early Access

If you haven’t yet purchased Football Manager 2026, you can do so now and get Beta access as soon as it gets unlocked on Steam.

Buy your Football Manager 2026 activation code from fmscout.com to start playing the beta version as soon as it's out!

Get Early Access to FM26

Purchase FM26 through fmscout.com much cheaper than Steam store & enjoy early access ~2 weeks before release, get a 5x chance to win a key for the 'g' edition of Genie Scout 26, & our gratitude for supporting our community financially.

Discussion: FM26 Beta Today

2 comments have been posted so far.

Markiboi22 • 3 hours ago

6pm UK time

proton6 • 4 hours ago

Can't see it dropping at 12 midnight? That would mean countries like Australia get first bite at it while the UK sleeps . That would cause a riot . More like 4-6 pm UK time .