Pro Cycling Manager 25
Pro Cycling Manager 25
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Pro Cycling Manager 26
Developer Cyanide Studio
Dive into the heart of cycling management with an ever more realistic simulation. From recruitment and staff, to season planning and race strategy, make every decision and lead your team to victory in the sport’s biggest competitions. From the Steam store page
55 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
30
Rotten
13 positive · 31 negative
95% range 18–44%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 13 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 11 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
24 of 54 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
30% recommend · 12 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 40 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (126 of 208 positive).
Some players appreciate the new planning system and improved graphics, but find the changes insufficient to justify upgrading from the previous version. [1][2][3] Several posters report that the new automated season planner is buggy and removes player control, making the game unenjoyable. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
I like the new changes to the planning system and pro cyclist mode as they are long overdue. The detailed simulation is also a nice edition to this game, allowing you to have a more realistic career mode. The game runs pretty smoothly and the recent graphics changes are a massive improvement from PCM24. However these changes are not enough to justify jumping from the previous game to this one, so I would only …
- [2]
Only a little time played as of now, but nice to see small tiny improvements. The planning is a little different now with the new additions of leaders/non leaders, but the automatic planner looks better than last year. This is only referring to the career mode, not pro cyclist mode. Yet to try that, might update afterwards. If you have PCM25, is this one necessary? - No, not really, but the small changes and the …
- [8]
This is subjectively, maybe objectively, a worse game than last years iteration PCM25. There has been some very minor tweaks, such as yellow bibs for the leading team, the new TT start and the ability to start as a real-life pro in pro-cyclist mode but essentially it's 95%+ the same game as last year. The same atrocious AI where teams will relay with Pogacer et al but refuse to relay with your neo-pro, the same AI …
- [4]
I am a career player, which means I make it my job to manage my riders. UNFORTUNEATELY, THE GAME DEVELOPERS DECIDED TO GIVE THE VERY JOB OF THE CAREER PLAYER TO A BUG-FILLED AUTOMATED CAREER PLANNER THAT CANNOT BE OVERRIDDEN, KILLING THE GAME I'VE PLAYED SINCE 2008. THEY'VE MADE IT USELESS
- [14]
It’s basically the same game completely unrealistic, with the same bugs. Pogačar never attacks, and the Barcelona stages are totally unrealistic; in real life, we see attacks from far out, but here the cyclists always wait until the final kilometers. The race calendars are completely unrealistic, too: Pogačar never rides the Northern Classics and instead does uninteresting races, while top cyclists compete in the …
Summarised from 34 of the 51 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
30% of the 40 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Pro Cycling Manager 26. The complaint that keeps coming up: game is essentially the same as PCM25 with minor tweaks. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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55 of 55 · most liked firstThis is subjectively, maybe objectively, a worse game than last years iteration PCM25. There has been some very minor tweaks, such as yellow bibs for the leading team, the new TT start and the ability to start as a real-life pro in pro-cyclist mode but essentially it's 95%+ the same game as last year. The same atrocious AI where teams will relay with Pogacer et al but refuse to relay with your neo-pro, the same AI where 5 teams will chase the breakaway for 100km+ whilst the race leaders team…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOT RECOMMENDED. This game is a BUGGY arcade game, not a cycling simulator. It does NOT work how you'd hope as a lover of cycling. At its core the game is about energy management. You survive during the race and go for the kill in the last 5 kilometers. Pogacar / Mvdp style escapes DO NOT WORK! Breakaways DO NOT WORK! - If they do it's when the player isn't in it. --- Many bugs are YEARS old, some likely even a decade or more. The devs DO NOT CARE about fixing them. I posted a list of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a career player, which means I make it my job to manage my riders. UNFORTUNEATELY, THE GAME DEVELOPERS DECIDED TO GIVE THE VERY JOB OF THE CAREER PLAYER TO A BUG-FILLED AUTOMATED CAREER PLANNER THAT CANNOT BE OVERRIDDEN, KILLING THE GAME I'VE PLAYED SINCE 2008. THEY'VE MADE IT USELESS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The newly designed season planner is totally bugged and unusable. Apparantely, the complexity of it was too high for the development team. That is, after one (!) year of development, where nothing else has really changed, absolutely pathetic.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the new changes to the planning system and pro cyclist mode as they are long overdue. The detailed simulation is also a nice edition to this game, allowing you to have a more realistic career mode. The game runs pretty smoothly and the recent graphics changes are a massive improvement from PCM24. However these changes are not enough to justify jumping from the previous game to this one, so I would only recommend if you are planning on switching from one of the titles from a couple…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In its current format, this version of the game effectively removes all the fun from years past. Having the CPU create your entire schedule based on a few (and I do mean *few*) choices you make, the "Mountains/Classics/Sprints" page. Yes you can have it just erase everything and you can build your plan from scratch. But then there's also the "programme" stuff where you have to put races into categories and assign objectives to your team - which in turn messes up the training schedule if you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this game since PCM 2008, and cannot play this new version because all the key decisions in the game are made by a lousy. Let me turn off the race planning assistant and the automated season planning.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me keep this short and clear: the game introduced three major new features — Detailed Simulation, the new Planning Tool, and a reworked RDC. After a delayed launch and more than a month since release, the first two still don’t work properly, and the RDC adds no real value. In my opinion, this is the worst version of the game since I started playing. I got it for free, and I still uninstalled it. I don’t think that needs any further explanation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s basically the same game completely unrealistic, with the same bugs. Pogačar never attacks, and the Barcelona stages are totally unrealistic; in real life, we see attacks from far out, but here the cyclists always wait until the final kilometers. The race calendars are completely unrealistic, too: Pogačar never rides the Northern Classics and instead does uninteresting races, while top cyclists compete in the Tour Down Under. We’re still dealing with the same problems as in previous games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New year same old broken AI. In this game it is almost impossible to get into the breakaway even if your are 26 minutes behind on GC you will still not be allowed to get in the breakaway. The national champs for smaller countries are broken like always where one break goes and it gets a 16 minute gap and nobody will work even the teams who have 3 or 4 riders in the bunch. I also love the fact that if I attack out of the peloton and catch the breakaway then everybody in the breakaway stop…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am new to PCM and the more I play the game the more I am disappointed! It does not feel like a game that is developed and maintained for almost 20 years. It feels more like a cash cow for the developer and publisher because they can release every year a new game version just to update teams and rider stats. I second a lot of the bad reviews here. In my opinion this game is far from delivering the quality that is needed to call out this price tag.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the same game than last year. The only difference is the new planning system and as someone who likes to plan everything myself i do not like it. I just want a simple planner where i can target which race i want a rider to peak. What i would like to change: Please just remove the equipment suppliers it is just annoying. I would like more time than 3 days to plan my calendar as i get refuse some races and i need to adjust. Transfers, i don't know how it works in real life but i…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would simply not recommend this game, if you already have PMC 25. There's little to any change in the gameplay, and almost no general changes. If there was a big grafik update or personal rider faces or something along those lines, it would be worth it. But just the same game, with 2-3 new features, no new grafik changes (despite being on UE5 if im not mistaken). Just makes it fall flat. If you have worldDB for this season, on PCM25, its more or less the same game then.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After skipping a few versions, I've come back to version 26, and have to say I'm generally dissapointed. The game is still moderately fun, for a little while, but the races quickly become very samey. The lack of dynamism was also why I stopped playing the latest version. The breakaway have no chance of succeding except on mountain stages wher eyou let them. They don't even tend to make it close to the end. Counterattacks are doomed, and attacks in the final doesn't work either. In the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a huge disappointment: The Pro Cyclist mode hasn't received *any* new features; worse yet, bugs from the previous version remain unfixed, on top of new ones introduced this year. Peak form is still disabled. At the start of the season, you still have to micromanage endlessly to avoid a poor stat boost in February caused by suboptimal training. On mountain stages, the AI attacks using an unlimited red bar. The leveling system still sucks. The training schedule UI is out of sync.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought for the first time in 3 years. Not worth it. - Downhill and corners are so bad its plays out as nothing other than a reduction in distance. - Sprints are bad. The meta is pretty much sprint early because the speeds are low and contact model is bad. So you can run out of red bar before the finish and still carry enough speed to not worry. Also if you dont sprint earlier than ai, you just get stuck behind due to the weird hit box and lack of spread (again due to low sprint speed).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my first PCM game. I'm probably making a lot of mistakes, but I'm having fun doing it. Don't think I've encountered any major bugs or anything, so overall I can only recommend the game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, but so many bugs, and no real maintenance from the devs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Room for improvement, new features are interesting, bugs will be fixed, looking forward to workshop being added
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The peloton is in your hands now 👀 Smarter planning, deeper strategy, bigger decisions. Ready to win it all? Pro Cycling Manager 26 is OUT NOW! #PCM26 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3936530/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Game crash constantly, Update: This seems to be resolved with new Public Beta V1.7.10. Everything runs much smoother and i didn't have a single crash yet. Calender and so on is also working, i will however still rate this negative since the game still needs work done for AI and planing and they simply dont roll out updates fast enough for bugs and tuneups.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is not really finished. Crashes all the time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like FIFA Nothing really changed, right now im riding tour de france but even if I'm 2 in GC and the best rider etc. I'm a helper??? it's so dumb, if just one from the team ( I asked for 3 helpriders but got 0) was to help so the team was having 2 captains, then okay... but no. 2025 is better don't waste the money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I still like this game despite a few programming flaws. Here's the good - graphics in 2025 and 2026 versions are much improved on the past; the ability to pick a rider from the peloton and progress their career is a feature I use often; the rider programme generator tends to put riders in races you'd expect them to be in; the ability to edit the database and the game settings allows you to setup the game the way you like it - though it is dimished a bit from last year; and the simulated results…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The auto generated season programmes in the previous editions where always so terrible you would have the plan everything yourself. With the new season planner things haven't changed for the better. It does not deliver a good season programme for any of the riders. This is a massive disappointment for me. So you delete all programs in the 'Season Program' tab and try to do it al manually. The problem with this is you can't leave this tab when at least one of the riders doesn't have season…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You asked, we delivered. Pro Cycling Manager 26 introduces a detailed simulation using the 3D engine, giving you more immersion without slowing you down. #PCM26 👉 Read more: store.steampowered.com/news/app/393...
neutral · AI labelView post →Brace yourself. 🌧️ Tour de France 2026 and Pro Cycling Manager 26, on June 4th, 2026. #TDF2026 #TourdeFrance #PCM26
neutral · AI labelView post →I was really looking forward to this year's edition of the game, but there were some decisions taken that ended up making the game less fun or stable than last year's version. Namely the race planner, which was sad - although I will say that they are finally patching the game to give players control over this feature once more, which is good. Unfortunately though, the reason for the negative review (because I've put a lot of hours into the game despite the issues) is that I still can't get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Near impossible to win a mountain stage with horrific Ai behaviour that seems to magically cheat in the last 20kms, regardless of ability. The game doesn't look like it's evolved much in many forms, commentary, race strategy, graphics a little bit better. Overall, I left it for a few years and will leave it a little longer to see if it ever improves. Don't waste your money on it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the current state i wouldn't recommend over PCM 25. The new feature of season planning in career mode is just not good enough. Some quality of life features have been added to the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game. getting better by the year.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚴 PCM26 in 60 seconds 👀 New rider planning, daily form system, smarter team hierarchy, improved simulations, and real rider careers 🔥 Ready to manage your team like never before in Pro Cycling Manager 26? June 4 🗓️ #PCM26 #ProCyclingManager #CyclingTok #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Your riders are getting more depth than ever in Pro Cycling Manager 26 🚴 #PCM26 Special Attributes are coming, introducing new strategic layers with Stage Races Focus and Classics Focus. 🔗 Read the first Devblog: store.steampowered.com/news/app/393...
neutral · AI labelView post →New season, new challenges! Are you prepared to lead your team to victory in Pro Cycling Manager 26? #ProCyclingManager26 #PCM2026 #Cycling
neutral · AI labelView post →The first manager's briefing for Pro Cycling Manager 26 is here! 🚴♂️ Revamped Season Planning 🎯 New Race Day Form 📊 Detailed Simulation Mode ⭐ Play as a real pro in "Pro Cyclist" 🏔️ Realistic energy & physics Read more on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/393... #PCM26 #NewFeatures
neutral · AI labelView post →The breakaway is forming... and this one's for you! 🔥 4 days until the reveal of Tour de France 2026 and Pro Cycling Manager 26. #TDF2026 #PCM26
neutral · AI labelView post →I would not reccomend this game to anyyone who has PCM 2025 as the game barely changed, however if you have never played any PCM before, i reccomend giving it a shot.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDNR: Not worth upgrading from v2025 for this price. New feature have not much impact on the experience itself. Game is unstable and keep crashing. I bought so game because I wanted the updated riders list and because the new features looked interesting. Handling the hierarchy and objectives in a new way seemed a good thing. However, it does not bringing enough to justify paying over 30 euro for this version. In the end they do not have that much of an impact on the game compared to the 2025…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only a little time played as of now, but nice to see small tiny improvements. The planning is a little different now with the new additions of leaders/non leaders, but the automatic planner looks better than last year. This is only referring to the career mode, not pro cyclist mode. Yet to try that, might update afterwards. If you have PCM25, is this one necessary? - No, not really, but the small changes and the updates to rider potential and average rating does make for a better start.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a problem when running 3d races, where the fps drops all the time. That means i can't run the game properly and it is ruining my experience. 3d races is still running like ♥♥♥♥
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just a silly bike game. If you don't like it then go outside a ride a real one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite its familiar AI quirks and decision-making flaws, Pro Cycling Manager 2026 remains the best cycling game on PC. It is an overall enjoyable experience that gets me to lose an hour or two a day. EDIT: After playing longer, I think the actual race engine has gone backwards so i have chnaged the review. to negative.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Join our Strava Club, share your activities with us and take part in our upcoming challenges: Tour de France 2026 keys and Pro Cycling Manager 26 keys will be up for grabs all summer long! #TDF2026 #PCM26 🔗 www.strava.com/clubs/PCycli...
neutral · AI labelView post →i love this game wish they would put more team cars in game have them have active support for the riders just like real team cars with logo etc for each team wow! more realist crashes just like real .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i copy-pasted this from the forum page, because Cyanide does this too. This bug is annoying me for YEARS. I never complained about it, as i mostly just play single player. But everytime i want to play a tour with my friend who actually buys me the newest game every year when its in discount, because I REFUSE to pay for this broken game (even though I enjoy it, but i dont mind to play 10 seasons in pcm23), the freaking point system is bugged in the tour at some stage, where it start from 0. My…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry, but this is just not it. The opponent AI is seriously outdated, there are weird glitches, and without the WorldDB mod this game would be almost unplayable. As it is, this might be my last ever PCM, unless something changes drastically for PCM27
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After all these years it looks like the AI has gotten worse instead of better: * In my first race the sprinters all just waited passively for me to start sprinting, even though I was only a one-* favorite, leading me to just win the stage. It wasn't a mass sprint but riders shouldn't be that stupid. * The second sprint I let the AI take over, but the top sprinter just decided to drop down the peloton with their domistique with 3 km to go, despite being unhindered. Why? * The third race saw me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →only thing that bugs me is the sponsor bug I am losing sponsors like every 10 seasons, sometimes a sponsor offer message appears, more than usually not
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nope, Symbols on graphs that are not referenced in the tutorials or in the help menus. A real cyclist may discover the meaning but novices do not. This sim is not for non-cyclist.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice game if you like simulator/manager games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ripper of a game at this time of year - Tour de France baby! Love the aussies but it might be the year for the young fellas? Seixas for the future
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a bit expensive for what is essentially a quality of life and roster update to PCM2025 but it is still fun. I particularly like the "detailed simulation" option for races - which takes more of your strategy into account and has more variance than the "instant result" option.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →www.gamestic.nl/2026/03/27/t... Tour de France 2026 & Pro Cycling Manager 26 launch June 4. The 2026 edition of TDF shifts to UE5, introducing dynamic weather across 21 official stages on PS5, Xbox, and PC. PCM26 arrives with revised season planning & updated rosters. #pcyclingmanager #gamestic
neutral · AI labelView post →Cycling Giants Ride - Tour de France 2026 And Pro Cycling Manager 26 Confirmed For June Launch #Cycling #TourDeFrance #TDF26 #Gaming #Xbox #PlayStation www.thexboxhub.com/tour-de-fran...
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