Unmatched depth and realism
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The sheer depth of this game makes it nearly impossible to run out of things to do.”
Steam review · 134.2 h played ↗
Out of the Park Baseball 27
Worth buying? What 214 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 214 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Out of the Park Developments2026Sports · Simulation · Strategy
−50%$49.99$24.99
US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A very deep baseball franchise sim with unmatched customization, held back by memory leaks, a disliked new UI and a pricey Perfect Team mode. Skip it if you own OOTP 26 or want action.
Great for
Baseball stat nerds who love long franchise saves, GM-style management and custom leagues
Main risk
Only incremental changes from OOTP 26 at a high price, with memory leaks and bugs
What players love
Best baseball sim, beats MLB The Show franchise
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It's everything MLB the Show could never accomplish with its "Franchise" mode.”
Steam review · 58.2 h played ↗
Huge customization and many ways to play
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“This game is the gold standard for customization in sports games.”
Steam review · 384.1 h played ↗
New advanced stats and better trade AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the new trade logic makes the game feel so much more realistic, teams actually feel like they are rebuilding when they sell 4 or 5 players at a deadline.”
Steam review · 99.2 h played ↗
Great for newcomers and Football Manager fans
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Football Manager now feels like baby's first sports sim in retrospect.”
Steam review · 26.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Memory leak, lag and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Terrible memory leak that freezes my machine after an hour.”
Steam review · 1327.5 h played ↗
Save corruption and other bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the absolutely archaic system of saving and restoring auto-saves failed.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Poor AI, waivers and unrealistic sim results
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“AI roster management has absolutely regressed and is in the toilet right now.”
Steam review · 265.8 h played ↗
Perfect Team is pay-to-win
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It is almost impossible to compete above bronze as a free player in perfect”
Steam review · 129.4 h played ↗
Too little new for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“updated rosters is not worth $50.”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
New UI is cluttered and hard to read
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Updates to UI are actually worse than 26.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3 GB
Minimum
OSWin8.x/Win10/Win11
ProcessorIntel or AMD, 64 bit
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.1 or newer, min. 512 MB GPU memory
Storage3 GB available space
Recommended
OSWin11
ProcessorIntel or AMD, 64 bit
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.1 or newer, min. 512 MB GPU memory
Storage20 GB available space
OSWin8.x/Win10/Win11
ProcessorIntel or AMD, 64 bit
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.1 or newer, min. 512 MB GPU memory
Storage3 GB available space
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