Extremely addictive, thousands of hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Famously addictive. Don't play it if you require sleep or want to keep your girlfriend.”
Steam review · 824.2 h played ↗
Football Manager 2017
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 55%Mixed · 55%Sports Interactive2016Sports · Football (Soccer) · Simulation
The verdict
A deeply detailed football management sim that fans still call the best entry, but critics find it a barely changed FM16 with an unreliable match engine. Skip it if you want visible tactical control or new features.
Great for
Football obsessives who love tactics, stats and long saves, and who want a simpler, cleaner FM
Main risk
Match results feel random or scripted and tactics seem ignored, which turns long saves into frustration
What players love
Improved match engine over FM16
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Match engine is much improved compared to 2016.”
Steam review · 40.6 h played ↗
Huge depth and realism
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game, is, by far, the most in depth and detailed football game you're ever going to get.”
Steam review · 367.6 h played ↗
Preferred to newer FMs: simpler and cleaner
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“This is the last really playable and enjoyable version of FM in my opinion.”
Steam review · 2099.4 h played ↗
Rewarding, challenging tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“players are now forced to read real-life tactical theories and analysis to come up with systems for th”
Steam review · 1684 h played ↗
Better match reports and analysis
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“your analyst will compile a summary of the match after it's finished and you can see what went good / wrong.”
Steam review · 76.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Barely changed from FM16, overpriced
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Football manager 2016 + £35 in your pocket is way better than football manager 2017.”
Steam review · 121.5 h played ↗
Tactics and instructions ignored; AI is dumb
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“tactics are seemingly meaningless apart from what formation you set up”
Steam review · 270.4 h played ↗
Match engine feels random or scripted
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“My team got like 15 shots in a match, no goal. My opponents only got 2-3 shots, all goals.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Repetitive social feed and media interactions
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“dumb social media page with same 3 responses repeated”
Steam review · 35 h played ↗
Crashes and slow performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The game hard crashes on me once every 5-6 hours or so despite my machine easily meeting the minimum hardware requirements.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Save corruption and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“Save game files keep getting corrupted so spent time is a waste.”
Steam review · 72.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista (SP2), 7 (SP1), 8, 8.1, 10 (1607) – 64-bit or 32-bit
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, Intel Core or AMD Athlon – 2.2 GHz +
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel GMA X3100, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 – 256MB VRAM
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows Vista (SP2), 7 (SP1), 8, 8.1, 10 (1607) – 64-bit or 32-bit
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4, Intel Core or AMD Athlon – 2.2 GHz +
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel GMA X3100, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 – 256MB VRAM
Storage3 GB available space
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