Football Manager 2023

Football Manager 2023 might be a small improvement over its immediate predecessor, but it's still an incredibly accomplished management sim that you can easily sink hundreds of hours into.

Football Manager 2023 is the most complete football management simulator yet, offering players tons of depth, but also letting them decide how deep they want to go. Just like real football, Football Manager 2023 captures the highs and lows of match days while engrossing you in this virtual football world.

The most realistic and engaging instalment of Football Manager yet, even if its improvements are extremely minor in themselves.

Football Manager 2023 is another year of evolution for the series, with small but meaningful changes to established proven system. This results in a game that is the best in the series no question, one for die-hards and newcomers to enjoy.

I don’t grab a yearly version of Football Manager for two reasons: the minute differences between versions (other than the roster, which you can edit, of course) and the amount of busy work you have to do before setting up a new version. These include patching licenses up with mods, removing things such as the feature that doesn’t allow you to play as the Japan and German national teams, and so on...

An addictive database you can shout at.

Headline features that don't have a lot going for them mean Football Manager 2023 is the smallest step forward in the series yet, but a step forward nonetheless, to make this the best FM game to date.

As it is, Football Manager 2023 is a solid experience for any would-be manager, returning or new. This an experience that will likely leave you wondering if the Squad Planner is a worthy substitute for still not being able to train international players.

A few changes here and there improve Football Manager 2023 much more than I’d anticipated. It’s still the same deeply engrossing sim that you know and love, but with a few extra bells and whistles to keep the fans happy.