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Eastside Hockey Manager

Sports Interactive · SEGA · 2015-12-01

Steam

SimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

EHM offers fans the most realistic, in-depth and immersive simulation of hockey management available, giving them the chance to manage either club or country in any of the world’s top hockey-playing nations.

Eastside Hockey Manager is a Simulation, Sports game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 1388 reviews).

138
playing now
86%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Eastside Hockey Manager is an ice hockey management simulation game, and is the latest edition of the Eastside Hockey Manager series. It is developed by SI Games and published by Sega. A beta version was released through Steam Early Access on 26 March 2015. The game left Early Access on 1 December 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,388 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-12-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 47 of 75 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

161592026-09-15 14:00 — 89 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 93 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 70 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 115 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 124 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 72 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 86 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 130 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 93 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 113 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 143 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 113 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 72 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 157 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 119 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 82 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 155 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 139 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 91 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 161 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 161 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 88 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
535111Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 535 · peak 964Jul 2015 — avg 323 · peak 583Nov 2015 — avg 230 · peak 410Mar 2016 — avg 359 · peak 593Jul 2016 — avg 309 · peak 562Nov 2016 — avg 220 · peak 384Mar 2017 — avg 337 · peak 581Jul 2017 — avg 335 · peak 602Nov 2017 — avg 249 · peak 416Mar 2018 — avg 349 · peak 638Jul 2018 — avg 285 · peak 477Nov 2018 — avg 238 · peak 398Mar 2019 — avg 302 · peak 486Jul 2019 — avg 271 · peak 454Nov 2019 — avg 227 · peak 370Mar 2020 — avg 268 · peak 446Jul 2020 — avg 209 · peak 316Nov 2020 — avg 223 · peak 377Mar 2021 — avg 241 · peak 382Jul 2021 — avg 209 · peak 352Nov 2021 — avg 202 · peak 314Mar 2022 — avg 193 · peak 321Jul 2022 — avg 226 · peak 368Nov 2022 — avg 166 · peak 281Mar 2023 — avg 200 · peak 321Jul 2023 — avg 175 · peak 300Nov 2023 — avg 150 · peak 255Mar 2024 — avg 161 · peak 274Jul 2024 — avg 151 · peak 245Nov 2024 — avg 130 · peak 224Mar 2025 — avg 157 · peak 270Jul 2025 — avg 143 · peak 248Nov 2025 — avg 135 · peak 200Mar 2026 — avg 146 · peak 234Jul 2026 — avg 143 · peak 234Aug 2026 — avg 115 · peak 188
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.952015-03-272026-08-272015-03-27 — best price $14.992016-02-27 — best price $10.002016-06-25 — best price $19.992016-12-21 — best price $4.992017-03-21 — best price $19.992017-07-17 — best price $4.992017-11-09 — best price $19.992018-03-26 — best price $5.002018-11-19 — best price $9.992019-04-01 — best price $19.992019-09-13 — best price $4.992020-02-20 — best price $19.992020-05-31 — best price $19.992020-07-17 — best price $17.882020-08-23 — best price $17.882020-10-04 — best price $19.992020-11-12 — best price $19.992020-12-20 — best price $17.882021-02-16 — best price $19.992021-03-24 — best price $19.992021-05-01 — best price $19.992021-06-06 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992023-05-16 — best price $15.952024-04-18 — best price $4.502024-08-09 — best price $18.392024-11-21 — best price $4.432025-03-20 — best price $4.792025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-10-16 — best price $4.702026-02-05 — best price $16.982026-05-14 — best price $17.992026-08-21 — best price $4.472026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4912026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 16 pageviews2026-07-15 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 9 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 10 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 49 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

Player tags

HockeySportsStrategyManagementSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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