Simulation · November 2, 2018

Football Manager 2019 (2018)

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You’ve always thought you could do better, haven’t you? Signed better players. Played a different way. Snuck the three points. Well, now’s your chance to live out your footballing dreams and create your own football story… You are the sole author of your team’s destiny. And your path will be unique. The players might take the headlines and the glory, but their glory is your story. This is Football Manager 2019 FM19 brings you closer to the heart of the beautiful game than ever before. New features and enhanced game mechanics enable you to control your team in fresh and authentic ways, creating an ever more emergent way of storytelling. REVAMPED TACTICS MODULE Push the boundaries and create a unique philosophy with new styles and phases that reflect the most popular tactical innovations in modern football. There's also brand-new pre-sets for success which are ready made and ready for action. TRAINING OVERHAUL Bespoke sessions and schedules precisely modelled on the professional game give you complete control when preparing for your next fixture or developing your stars of the future. You can also reap the rewards without the hard labour by delegating this to your backroom staff. NEW MANAGER INDUCTION An intuitive development pathway is brand new and designed to help new managers reach their full potential. Led by your Assistant Manager, your New Manager Induction will cover the fundamentals of football management and help map your route to the very top of the game. WILLKOMMEN BUNDESLIGA For the first time in the series history, you can try your luck abroad in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga which is fully licensed with official logos, kits and player faces. FRESHENED UI A restyled contemporary skin gives Football Manager 2019 a fresh, re-energised look making it not only the best looking in the series history, but also the easiest to pick up and play. Further additions include match improvements including VAR & goal-line technology, agent feedback during transfer negotiations, manager environments, enhanced pre-match briefings, UI improvements, new Steam achievements and much more.

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume12.5k Steam reviewsTop 33% in Simulation
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 38%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 75 — top 12% of Simulation titles
Concurrent peak581 playersTop 24% in Simulation by live player count
Engagement hours373 h averageTop 3% for session depth among Simulation

Peer Simulation titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Simulation · 345
  • Sports · 336
  • Football (Soccer) · 251
  • Management · 248
  • Football (American) · 196
  • Strategy · 136
  • Multiplayer · 85
  • Singleplayer · 81
  • Addictive · 74
  • Tactical · 51
  • Economy · 25
  • Casual · 16
  • Real Time Tactics · 16
  • Free to Play · 6

Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 12.5k reviews

10.9k positive · 1.6k negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.1/10

Curator recommendations

7.4k

Peak concurrent players

581

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Greek
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish

Simulation releases from 2018

9 Simulation titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“As far as management games go this is the absolute finest example you could hope to find” 10/10 – God Is A Geek “The best in the series by some distance” 4.5/5 – GamesRadar “This instalment dazzles with both its headline features and a multitude of second tier improvements” 9/10 – PC Gamer

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

373h

extensive (100+ hours)

Median

187h

Typical completion time

Achievements

77

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 2, 2018
DeveloperSports Interactive
PublisherSEGA
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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