The OG Football Manager game is making a glorious return, and it creator jokes it’ll may be the only Football Manager game coming this year

Soccer Supervisor 2026 has but to be introduced, however followers are eagerly awaiting its launch following the surprise cancellation of FM25. If you happen to’re in search of a brand new (kinda) FM to sink your tooth into, the OG Soccer Supervisor sport is making an excellent return.

First launched in 1982, Kevin Toms’ authentic Soccer Supervisor is coming to Steam on August 14^th, the identical day as the beginning of the Premier League season. A devoted recreation of the unique, gamers will be capable of expertise a easy, barebones expertise with none of the bells and whistles of recent FM video games.

Releasing underneath the brand new identify of Kevin Toms Soccer Star Supervisor (that’s proper, no apostrophe), the sport is the “authentic retro-­styled soccer administration sport remade and re-released in 2025”. A contemporary tackle the sport that began all of it, this “devoted recreation” is described as a “retro, light-weight soccer sim” that values “enjoyable and velocity over depth and element”.

Gamers will be capable of handle golf equipment throughout 4 divisions, utilise the switch market, set techniques for video games and stability membership funds. You’ll be able to customise your roster with equipment edits, view match highlights with charming 8-bit graphics and far more.

“Rebuilt and restored for contemporary methods by the person behind the style with completely not one of the options you’ve come to anticipate from trendy gaming,” the trailer jokes. “Seize your laptop computer, discover a comfortable chair and prepare to expertise the unique, the perfect, and the one Soccer Star Supervisor of the 12 months”.

Whereas FM as a complete has developed so much within the 4 a long time since Toms’ authentic, the collection does nonetheless share plenty of the identical core DNA. As Sports activities Interactive nonetheless toils away at creating some completely game-changing options for the way forward for the collection, perhaps it’s time to sit again and re-experience the very first sport within the collection.

Kevin Toms Soccer Star Supervisor will not be for everybody, nevertheless it’s thrilling to see the collection’ authentic video games return in some type. Sadly, no worth has been confirmed for the upcoming remake, however we hope it’ll be good and reasonably priced earlier than Sports activities Interactive takes an enormous chunk of change from us later this 12 months.