Ahead of the game's November 2nd launch, a playable demo of Football Manager 2013 can now be found over on Steam.

As with previous years, the demo will allow you to get half a season of Football Manager game-time in before it ends. Then, if the user wishes, that save game can eventually be loaded into the full retail version of FM13 and continued.

For the first time ever, this year’s version contains a half season version of Football Manager and Football Manager Classic. The FM version allows you to choose one ‘quick start’ league to play, whilst FMC will allow you to choose three leagues to run from the start, exactly like you’ll find in the full game.

Additionally, players who pre-order the game actually get beta access to the full game, which will reportedly remain fully functional until November 5th. Head over to footballmanager.com for more details.