FM27 Cheats: In-Game Editor, Free Editors and Cheat Engine (Football Manager 27)

Published November 2026. Football Manager 27 launched on 10 November 2026 for PC, Mac, consoles and mobile.

The easiest way to cheat in Football Manager 27 is the official In-Game Editor. It’s a paid add-on, released on launch day, that lets you change player attributes, ability and club finances inside a running career. If you’d rather not pay, there are three free options: the Pre-Game Editor (before you start a save), community live editors, and Cheat Engine. Each is explained below.

Use these in single-player careers only. Never use them in online careers with other managers.

Your options at a glance

1. The official In-Game Editor

The FM27 In-Game Editor came out on launch day, 10 November 2026, and works on Windows and macOS (Fanatical store page). With it you can change player attributes, Current and Potential Ability, and club finances directly inside an active career.

1. Buy the Football Manager 27 In-Game Editor add-on from the same store where you bought FM27 (Steam, Epic or Microsoft Store).
2. Start a new career and switch the In-Game Editor on during setup. You have to enable it when the save is created, as in previous Football Managers.
3. In your save, open the editor from the FM menu, choose a player, club or competition, and change any value.

Tip: making the editor available isn’t the same as using it. Plenty of players enable it “just in case” and only use it to fix bugs or obvious injustices.

2. The free Pre-Game Editor

Sports Interactive’s Pre-Game Editor is free. In past versions it appeared in the Steam library under Tools. It edits the database before you start a career: give your club a bigger budget, change a player’s stats, or create new players and clubs. Then start a new game with your edited database.

3. Free community live editors

Fans have released free live editors that attach to a running FM27 save. One example is FM27€0, a free, open-source editor posted on the sortitoutsi forums. If you use one:

• Back up your save first (Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 27\games).
• Download only from the original forum thread, never from re-upload sites.
• Expect these tools to break when FM27 gets a patch, until their authors update them.

4. Cheat Engine

For a single number, like your club balance, Cheat Engine works on FM too.

1. Open your save, then attach Cheat Engine to fm.exe.
2. Search for your exact balance as a value (try 4 Bytes first, then 8 Bytes or Float if nothing turns up).
3. Change the balance in-game (sign a cheap player, or wait for a match day’s income) and use Next Scan with the new number.
4. Edit the remaining address and continue the game for a day so FM saves the change.

We haven’t tested this on FM27 ourselves yet. It’s the standard Cheat Engine method, which works on most PC games. New to Cheat Engine? Start with our Cheat Engine tutorial. Football Manager stores some values in unusual formats, so the In-Game Editor is more reliable for player attributes.

5. The classic: reloading your save

The oldest FM “cheat” needs no tools. Save before a big match or a transfer deadline, and reload if it goes wrong. Turn off autosave, or set it to a long interval, so you always have a clean point to go back to.

Mobile and console

• FM27 Mobile comes via Netflix on iOS and Android, and the console editions run on PS5 and Xbox (Gematsu). The In-Game Editor is sold for PC and Mac, and we haven’t found an editor for the mobile or console versions. There, reloading saves is the only safe option.

FAQ

Can I add the In-Game Editor to an existing save? No. As in earlier FM versions, you have to enable it when you create the save.

Is cheating in FM27 bannable? Not in single-player careers. It’s your save. Don’t use editors in online careers with other people.