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Franchise Hockey Manager 8 cover art

Franchise Hockey Manager 8

Out of the Park Developments · 2021-10-26

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2021 (Mac)

Franchise Hockey Manager returns for the 2021-22 season with plenty of additions to the deepest, most authentic hockey strategy gaming experience you can find. Choose from teams around the globe and select a team to guide to glory, including a chance at the ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup®.

80%
positive of 203 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 12,922 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 203 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
303020212026Week of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$4.992021-10-262025-12-152021-10-26 — best price $35.992021-11-02 — best price $39.992021-11-03 — best price $35.992021-11-07 — best price $39.992021-12-22 — best price $29.992022-01-05 — best price $39.992022-01-27 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-03-15 — best price $39.992022-05-11 — best price $19.992022-05-25 — best price $39.992022-05-26 — best price $39.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $39.992022-07-08 — best price $19.992022-07-09 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $4.992025-12-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
8%
earned "Gordie Howe Hat Trick"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)370%139

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DHockeySportsSandboxStrategyTop-DownManagementSimulationText-BasedImmersive Sim

Census log

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

Players also track

Franchise Hockey Manager 10

Similarity via IGDB.

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