Football Manager 26 trailer, pc requirements & more details

Get ready to experience the manager’s life on the pitch

The Football Manager fans were really excited as Sports Interactive has finally revealed the first Football Manager 26 trailer, along with PC requirements.

The enhancement of graphics looks pretty amazing and fans can’t wait to see more from the developers. Let’s check out more details in this article.

First look at the Football Manager 26 trailer

As you can see in the trailer, there is a significant leap in the graphics of the game compared to the previous FM title.

Although this is not exactly the same as EA FC games, we could say that it does a very good job on Unity Engine. A lot of improvements have been made for player models, animations and other things.

Here’s how Sports Interactive describes the latest trailer:

“The most immersive and visually rich experience yet.

FM26 promises to take players on a journey to define their footballing destiny with our most immersive and visually rich Football Manager experience yet. The potential for storytelling is redefined by taking players closer to the heart of the beautiful game.”

The decision to skip Football Manager 25 last year in favor of this makeover demonstrates that the wait was worthwhile, as promised in the August announcement’s 30-second teaser, which featured a football on a Premier League podium.

Also Read: Five must have features for Football Manager 2026 to make the wait worthwhile

🚨A First Look at Football Manager 26 🤩The new match engine and graphics have taken a huge upgrade 👀 Very impressive, I might considering giving it a go 🔥#FM26 #FM25 #footballmanager26 pic.twitter.com/7AwpbTuKgb

— FC CONCEPTS (@EAFCconcepts) September 4, 2025

Football Manager 26 PC requirements

Here are the requirements that you need to run the game on your system:

Minimum:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 10 (with updates 22H2), Windows 11 (with updates 23H2)
• Processor: Desktop: Intel Core i3-530 or AMD FX-4100 Laptop: Intel Core i3-330M or AMD A6-5200 Requires SSE4.2 & SSSE3
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: Desktop: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 380 or Intel HD 530 Laptop: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M or AMD Radeon R9 M375 or Intel HD 530 512MiB VRAM
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 20 GB available space

Recommended

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 11 – with updates (23H2)
• Processor: Desktop: Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Laptop: Intel Core i5-1035G7 or AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
• Memory: 12 GB RAM
• Graphics: Desktop: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Laptop: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile or AMD Radeon RX 6600M
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 20 GB available space

Final Thoughts

Feels like a turn in the right direction, the past few editions felt quite similar. The idea of Football Manager 25 being cancelled was disappointing.

But after seeing the new trailer, it looks like a massive upgrade, the new engine looks incredible. FM database and feel combined with the EAFC-like gameplay will take the game’s feel to the next level. More excited than ever for the new game and can’t wait to take Manchester United back to the glory days.

Football Manager 26 is available to wishlist now on PC via Steam, Epic Game Store and Windows Store. For now, the release date has not been announced yet.

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