Career Mode is the best part
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Career Mode itself is fun and playable. Matches feel solid, results feel reasonably realistic, and progression doesn’t feel broken.”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
EA SPORTS FC™ 26
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 51%Mixed · 51%EA Canada, EA Romania2025Football (Soccer) · Sports · Simulation
The verdict
Football game with a decent offline Career Mode and fun play with friends, but weak PC performance, pay-to-win online modes and a yearly-recycled feel. Skip it at full price or if you want Ultimate Team.
Great for
Career Mode and Clubs players with friends who buy on a deep sale
Main risk
FPS drops, input lag and disconnects on PC, plus pay-to-win Ultimate Team
What players love
Improved gameplay, graphics and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the gameplay and graphics and overall feeling feels so much smoother.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Fun with friends and in Clubs
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The clubs experience with your friends is probably the best thing about this game. Its a blast, worth the purchase just for that honestly.”
Steam review · 82.8 h played ↗
Worth it only on a deep sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“It's worth it if you can get it for 25 reais ($5) during a big sale.”
Steam review · 148.1 h played ↗
Best or only real football game
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“EA Sports FC 26 is by far the best soccer game we could have hoped for.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Runs well for some players
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“runs very smooh even on my low end pc”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor PC optimization and FPS drops
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“120 FPS → 5–10 FPS at halftime, every match. Completely unplayable”
Steam review · 34.7 h played ↗
Scripted, dumb AI and unfair gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Games are scripted to win before it even starts.”
Steam review · 251.1 h played ↗
Server disconnects and launch/anti-cheat errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Always and always suddenly disconnected from EA suck server and then result of match becomes 0-3 lose to opponent”
Steam review · 105 h played ↗
Input lag and controller issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the gameplay randomly turns into a heavy, "slow-motion" mess where your controller inputs are completely ignored for seconds at a time.”
Steam review · 47.5 h played ↗
Same game each year, little change
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The same big_shit every year, copy and paste with new musical garbage and updated transfers”
Steam review · 43.2 h played ↗
Pay-to-win Ultimate Team and monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“if you want to get the TOP cards or players you have to go to the store to spend real money because the best packs started moving to the store.”
Steam review · 127.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 - 64-Bit (Latest Update).
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5 6600k
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 570 or Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 - 64-Bit (Latest Update).
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7 6700
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 5600 XT or Nvidia GTX 1660
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 - 64-Bit (Latest Update).
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5 6600k
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD RX 570 or Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
Storage100 GB available space
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