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Dungeons 3 vs Football Manager 2021

Dungeons 3 is a horror simulation game from Realmforge Studios (2017) while Football Manager 2021 is a simulation sports game from Sports Interactive (2020).

Quick answer: Football Manager 2021 rates higher, 8.0 to 7.8 on the GamingPickz Score.

Dungeons 3

2017 · Realmforge Studios

7.8GamingPickz Score

$29.99

Steam: Very Positive

Football Manager 2021

2020 · Sports Interactive

8.0GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Dungeons 3 is filed under Horror and Simulation. In contrast, Football Manager 2021 under Simulation and Sports.

Dungeons 3

At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!

Description from its Steam store page

Football Manager 2021

New additions and game upgrades deliver added levels of depth, drama and football authenticity. FM21 empowers you like never before to develop your skills and command success at your club.

Description from its Steam store page

Story, characters and reception

Dungeons 3
Plot

Setting and characters The game's story takes place a short time after the events of Dungeons 2 on a new continent ruled by the good paladin Tanos with the help of his friends, racist dwarf king Grimli, the vain paladin Elric the Pretty, and the greedy Yaina Overproud. Tanos has also adopted a young dark elf sorcerer named Thalya in an attempt to cure her inner darkness and prevent her from doing evil. The player's goal is to conquer the empire for the… (Wikipedia)

Reception

Reception The Windows version of Dungeons 3 received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic ; the Xbox One version received "mixed or average reviews". Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 63% of critics. Multiple reviewers opined that Dungeons 3 was the closest the developer has come to creating a successor to Bullfrog Productions ' iconic… (Wikipedia)

Football Manager 2021
Reception

Reception Football Manager 2021 received "generally favorable" reviews while Football Manager 2021 Touch for Switch received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 92% of critics. PC Gamer praised the games' engaging depth, stating: "With a newfound litheness on the pitch and deep data analysis, FM21… (Wikipedia)

At a glance

Dungeons 3Football Manager 2021
GamingPickz Score7.8/108.0/10
Steam ratingVery Positive (94%, 18,714)Very Positive (94%, 23,849)
Critic aggregate75/10085/100
Price$29.99Not listed
Install size5 GB7 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20172020
DeveloperRealmforge StudiosSports Interactive

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Dungeons 3 vs Football Manager 2021, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Dungeons 3Horror simulation game
    Football Manager 2021Simulation sports game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Dungeons 3Strategy, Villain Protagonist, Base-Building
    Football Manager 2021Sports, Simulation, Management

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Dungeons 3Score 7.8 · 94% on Steam · 75 critic
    Football Manager 2021Score 8.0 · 94% on Steam · 85 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Dungeons 318,714 reviews · 8 add-ons · 5 GB
    Football Manager 202123,849 reviews · 1 add-on · 7 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Dungeons 3$29.99
    Football Manager 2021Not listed

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Dungeons 3Playable
    Football Manager 2021Playable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Football Manager 2021 takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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How positions are decided

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  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Football Manager 2021 (GamingPickz Score 8.0)
  • Lighter on storage: Dungeons 3 (5 GB)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

StrategySimulationManagementMultiplayerSingleplayer

Where they differ

Dungeons 3 is also

Villain ProtagonistBase-BuildingRTSGod GameFemale ProtagonistComedy

Football Manager 2021 is also

SportsFootball (Soccer)Football (American)Co-opFree to Play

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Dungeons 3 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Football Manager 2021 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Dungeons 3Football Manager 2021
Minimum GPUAMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphic card
Minimum CPUIntel Quad Core 2.8 GHz (i7 900 series)
Minimum RAM4 GB
Install size5 GB7 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Dungeons 3 · Football Manager 2021.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Dungeons 3 and 0 for Football Manager 2021. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Dungeons 3 and Football Manager 2021 in scope?

Dungeons 3 has drawn 18,714 Steam reviews, ships 8 add-ons and installs in 5 GB. Football Manager 2021 has drawn 23,849 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 7 GB.

Is Dungeons 3 or Football Manager 2021 better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Football Manager 2021 rates higher (8.0 to 7.8). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Dungeons 3 or Football Manager 2021?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Should I get Dungeons 3 or Football Manager 2021?

Football Manager 2021 rates higher, 8.0 to 7.8 on the GamingPickz Score. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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