The Game Census
Franchise Hockey Manager 5 cover art

Franchise Hockey Manager 5

Out of the Park Developments · 2018-10-05

Steam

IndieSimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Oct 05, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Franchise Hockey Manager 5 is the only sports strategy game licensed by the NHL ® , including the real clubs, awards, and trophies associated with the greatest hockey league in the world. FHM 5 allows you to build your hockey franchise into a perennial Stanley Cup winner YOUR way, in the current 2018-19 season or back through the entire...

60%
positive of 154 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 47,248 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$4.992018-09-262025-12-152018-09-26 — best price $35.992018-10-05 — best price $39.992018-10-12 — best price $39.992018-10-16 — best price $35.992018-10-23 — best price $39.992018-11-14 — best price $29.992018-11-27 — best price $39.992018-12-20 — best price $29.992019-01-03 — best price $39.992019-02-04 — best price $9.992019-04-02 — best price $39.992019-06-07 — best price $39.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $9.992019-07-19 — best price $39.992020-03-17 — best price $16.882020-03-31 — best price $19.992020-04-14 — best price $19.992020-05-04 — best price $19.992020-05-12 — best price $16.682024-09-11 — best price $9.892025-12-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
23.4%
earned "Upset!"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieHockeySportsStrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

Coffee Shop TycoonPixel Puzzles 2: ChristmasStartup CompanyComputer TycoonOvercrowd: A Commute 'Em UpNew Star™ ManagerTransport INCGym Simulator 24

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗