Updated daily · 20 Oct 2026
Player reception, side by side
FC 27 vs FC 26
EA’s two latest football games split players almost exactly the same way, and most of the complaints carry over from one year to the next.
In short
As of 20 October, 50% of 9,087 player reviews recommend FC 27, and 51% of 102,062 recommend FC 26. Players see FC 27 as a modest step from FC 26, with manual defending and The Grounds as the changes they notice. Career mode players can stay on FC 26, and players who want The Grounds with friends get the most from moving up.
FC 27: recommend it
50%of 9,087 reviews, as of 20 October42
FC 26: recommend it
51%of 102,062 reviews, as of 20 October159
Side by side
The two games at a glance.
- Game
- EA Sports FC 27
- EA Sports FC 26
- Price at launch
- $69.99
- $69.99
- Developer
- EA Vancouver and EA Romania
- EA Vancouver and EA Romania
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Electronic Arts
- Players recommend it
- 50% of 9,087 reviews
- 51% of 102,062 reviews
- Our reading
- 80 most helpful and 40 latest reviews, read 10 October
- 80 most helpful and 40 latest reviews, read 20 October
What players praise
What players like most.
EA Sports FC 27
Manual defending rewards good timing.
Players who like it say defending now rests on their own timing, so a win feels earned.
The Grounds is fun with friends.
Its 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 games play like street football and work best in a group.
EA Sports FC 26
Career mode is the strongest part.
Manager and player careers carry most of the good reviews, with a long pull for anyone who builds a club over several seasons.
Rush with friends is light fun.
Players who list the bugs still go back for evenings of Rush and career mode.
What players criticise
What players complain about.
EA Sports FC 27
Players see little change from FC 26.
The menus, cutscenes and core feel carry over, and The Grounds is the one addition most of them mention.
Crashes and bugs lead the complaints.
Reports run from a game that won’t start to crashes every few minutes and frozen menus.
Online play is unreliable.
Players describe disconnects on wired connections, Clubs servers that fail in some regions and cheaters who go unbanned.
Manual defending punishes small mistakes.
Players who dislike it say errors cost too much and matches turn into high-scoring games.
EA Sports FC 26
PC matches stutter and lag.
Frame rates can collapse around halftime, and controller inputs lag or go ignored for seconds at a time.
The AI feels unfair.
Tackles rebound, defenders trail quick attackers, and higher difficulties swing from easy to unplayable.
Little new for a full price.
Many see it as last year’s game with a new cover and small changes to menus and modes.
Ultimate Team leans on packs.
The best packs sit in the store, and players without a premium pass say their rewards were cut.
Which to pick
Which one is for you.
EA Sports FC 27
Pick FC 27 if you want this season’s game for The Grounds with a regular group, and you can wait for the crash fixes or a sale.
More on FC 27EA Sports FC 26
Pick FC 26 if you mainly play Career mode offline and don’t need this season’s changes.
Questions
FC 27 vs FC 26, in short.
Is FC 27 better than FC 26?
Should I upgrade from FC 26 to FC 27?
Many players advise waiting for a sale. Crashes and disconnects lead FC 27’s complaints, and players who started early with the Ultimate Edition say that counted against a refund.42
How do FC 26 and FC 27 run on PC?
Is Ultimate Team pay to win in FC 26?
Players describe it that way, with the strongest packs sold in the store and rewards cut for players without a premium pass.159
Each game’s figure is the share of all its player reviews that recommend it, counted daily. Praise and complaints come from our own reading of its reviews, each judged from what the player wrote.
Sources
- 42Steam: EA Sports FC 27, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 43Electronic Arts: EA Sports FC 27, release times, editions and early access (opens in a new tab) Accessed 10 Oct 2026
- 159Steam: EA Sports FC 26, store page and user reviews (opens in a new tab) Accessed 20 Oct 2026