Football Manager 2026 System Requirements

The following are the minimum system requirements your computer needs in order to run Football Manager 2026. For a smoother gaming experience, better specs are recommended.

The system specs are slightly more demanding compared to those of FM 2024 and nearly identical to those announced for FM25 about a year ago.

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Windows Requirements

MINIMUM

These specs allow for the game to be played in 1080p with graphics settings at "Low". 64-bit processor and operation system are required.

Operating Systems (64-bit):

• Windows 10 (with updates 22H2)
• Windows 11 (with updates 23H2)

Processor:
Desktop:

• Intel Core i3-530
  
• AMD FX-4100
  

Laptop:

• Intel Core i3-330M
  
• AMD A6-5200
  

Requires SSE4.2 & SSSE3

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics Cards:
Desktop:

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
• AMD Radeon R9 380
• Intel HD 530

Laptop:

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
• AMD Radeon R9 M375
• Intel HD 530

512MiB VRAM
DirectX Version 11

Hard Drive Space: 20 GB available space

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RECOMMENDED

These specs allow for the game to be played in 1080p with graphics settings at "High". 64-bit processor and operation system are required.

Operating Systems (64-bit):

• Windows 11 (with updates 23H2)

Processor:
Desktop:

• Intel Core i5-9600
  
• AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  

Laptop:

• Intel Core i5-1035G7
  
• AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
  

Memory: 12 GB RAM

Graphics Cards:
Desktop:

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Laptop:

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
• AMD Radeon RX 6600M

1GiB VRAM
DirectX Version 11

Hard Drive Space: 20 GB available space

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MAC Requirements

MINIMUM

These specs allow for the game to be played in 1080p with graphics settings at "Low". 64-bit processor and operation system are required.

Operating Systems (64-bit only):

• 11 Big Sur
• 12 Monterey
• 13 Ventura
• 14 Sonoma
• 15 Sequoia

Any of the above with updates.

Processor:
Apple M1 or Intel Core M

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics Cards:
Desktop:

• Apple M1
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
• Intel HD Graphics 5000
• AMD FirePro D300

Laptop:

• Apple M1
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
• Intel HD Graphics 5000

Hard Drive Space: 20 GB available space

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RECOMMENDED

These specs allow for the game to be played in 1080p with graphics settings at "High". 64-bit processor and operation system are required.

Operating Systems (64-bit only):

• 13 Ventura
• 14 Sonoma
• 15 Sequoia

Any of the above with updates.

Processor:
Apple M1

Memory: 12 GB RAM

Graphics Cards:
Apple M1, 1GiB VRAM

Hard Drive Space: 20 GB available space

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