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Franchise Hockey Manager 4 cover art

Franchise Hockey Manager 4

Out of the Park Developments · 2017-10-06

Steam

IndieSimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 06, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 04, 2017 (Mac)

The Most Hockey Ever! Franchise Hockey Manager 4 is the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy game available. FHM 4 is officially licensed by the NHL®, includes real 2017-18 rosters, packs even more features than any of its predecessors, and takes the series to a whole new level in terms of realism and gameplay.

65%
positive of 146 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 37,784 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2018-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620172025Week of 2017-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$1.992017-10-072025-12-152017-10-07 — best price $35.992017-10-24 — best price $39.992018-01-04 — best price $39.992018-06-15 — best price $19.992018-07-18 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992020-05-07 — best price $19.992020-06-03 — best price $19.992020-06-15 — best price $19.992020-06-27 — best price $16.682020-07-09 — best price $16.682020-07-21 — best price $17.882020-08-02 — best price $17.882020-08-14 — best price $17.882020-08-26 — best price $17.882020-09-07 — best price $17.882020-09-19 — best price $17.882020-10-04 — best price $17.882020-10-16 — best price $17.882020-10-29 — best price $17.882020-11-10 — best price $17.882020-11-22 — best price $17.882020-12-05 — best price $19.992020-12-20 — best price $19.992021-01-01 — best price $19.992021-01-13 — best price $19.992021-01-26 — best price $19.992021-02-07 — best price $16.882021-02-24 — best price $16.882021-03-08 — best price $16.882021-03-20 — best price $16.882021-04-02 — best price $16.882021-04-14 — best price $16.882021-04-26 — best price $16.882021-05-08 — best price $16.882021-05-20 — best price $16.882021-06-01 — best price $16.882021-07-01 — best price $16.882022-05-17 — best price $16.882025-12-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
18.3%
earned "Upset!"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieHockeySportsStrategySimulation

Census log

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

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