FM27 save transfer: import FM24 and FM26 careers on PC and Mac

Which save can FM27 open?

Your starting point	Route to use
FM24 or FM26 desktop career	Use the old-save option on the FM27 start screen. The save must be on the current computer or available through the platform account’s cloud storage.
Free or paid FM27 Launch Preview	Open the full FM27 release and use Load Game. Sports Interactive confirms that FM27 careers from either Preview phase carry forward.
An earlier PC version such as FM23	The FM27 announcement names FM24 and FM26. FM23 compatibility in the older FM26 FAQ describes import into FM26.
FM Console, Touch or Mobile	Identify the exact edition that created the save. The desktop instructions here apply to PC and Mac careers. Use the appropriate product’s support guidance for Console, Touch or Mobile storage.

Find the original and transfer a copy

1. In your old career, record the club and in-game date. If the game still runs, save a local copy before starting the transfer. With a cloud-only save, confirm the old title can see it on the account that created it. SEGA says uploads finish after you quit the game, so allow the launcher to finish syncing.

2. Find the original file and place a duplicate in a backup folder outside the game’s save and sync locations. SEGA gives these default desktop locations. Replace the title folder with the edition that wrote your file, such as Football Manager 2024 or Football Manager 26.

   System	Default local save folder
   Windows	Documents\Sports Interactive\[Football Manager title]\games
   macOS	~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/[Football Manager title]/games

3. In FM27, use the start screen’s old-save option and select the FM24 or FM26 career. Work through any prompts, then check the club, in-game date and squad to make sure the correct file opened.

4. Use Save Game As and give the converted career a distinctive name, such as Newcastle-Nov-2031-FM27. Quit and load that specific FM27 file once. To return to the older game, open the original in the title that created it. Keep that original available if you want to resume the old timeline.

FM27 cannot see your save

• Moving from another computer or storefront: copy a known local save from the old computer and browse to that copy. A save syncing in one launcher does not give a second launcher access to it. If you can still open the career in the old title, use Save Game As to make a local copy.
• The default folder looks empty: look in the actual Documents folder on Windows, including its redirected location if you use OneDrive, or use Finder’s Go to Folder for the Mac path. Check any custom folder you used for the old title.
• Uncertain Steam Deck path: identify the installed game’s Steam library and keep a copy on the source computer before changing anything in Desktop Mode. The desktop title has its own app listing. Do not assume an older Football Manager install’s Proton folder is the new title’s save folder.
• Visible save fails to load: try another known-good backup from the same old title. Give SEGA Support the source and destination titles, platform, file date and exact loading error if the migration still fails.