Here are the minimum system requirements needed to run Football Manager 2021 on either PC or Mac operating systems
Listed below are the bare minimum system requirements needed in order for you to run Football Manager 2021 successfully on PC or Mac operating systems.
As we all know, Football Manager has never been a game that required great system requirements, and the same will be with this year's release of the game.
However, more memory you have and up to date graphics card means your game should run much smoother and better, 3D match engine in particular.
Unlike some of the previous versions of Football Manager, Football Manager 2021 won’t be available to players who are on a Linux platform. This has been the case since FM20. Nevertheless, the game will make its return to Xbox for the first time since 2007. In addition, it will now also be available on the Epic Store platform as well.
Thankfully, Football Manager is not a demanding game when it comes to the quality of your machine, and it can be played on laptops or desktop computers that are 5 years old.
Below you can see the minimum system requirements for the regular version of FM2021 and FM21 Touch for both Windows and Mac OS X.
Football Manager 2021 System Requirements - Windows PC / Laptop
MINIMUM:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 7 (SP1), 8/8.1, 10 (Update 1903/May 2019 or later) – 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 – 1.8 GHz +
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 – 256MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 7 GB available space
Football Manager 2021 System Requierments - Mac OS X
MINIMUM:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 10.13.6, 10.14.6, 10.15.5, 11 – 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo – 1.8 GHz +
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel GMA X4500, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT or AMD/ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 – 256MB VRAM macOS 10.14 and later requires Metal API: Version 1 macOS 10.13 requires OpenGL: Version 2.1
- Storage: 7 GB available space
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See if your machine can successfully run Football Manager 2021
To see if you can successfully run FM 2021, I advise you take a look yourself via SystemRequirementsLab.com
Under 'Search for a game' > add 'Football Manager 2021`' > click 'can you run it'
Download the desktop app, and it will tell you the analyses.