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Tape to Tape

Excellent Rectangle · 2023-05-03

Steam

ActionSportsEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tape to Tape is a roguelite hockey game where every choice matters on your journey to build the best hockey team. Choose your path, hire unique players, discover synergies between them, pick unique abilities, bribe the referees or visit the Blademaster on your way to restore hockey's former glory.

Tape to Tape is an Action, Sports, and Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (92% of 3,656 reviews).

29
playing now
92%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (3.3k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Prepare to journey on a continent obsessed with one sport: hockey, where the inhabitants thrive in this harsh winter land and idolize their hockey heroes. Each hockey team lives on an island surrounding the main continent and ressources produced on the mainland are allocated to the most dominant of these teams. You have inherited an abandoned island and the captainship of the worst team in the whole league. Amongst the island's rubbles, you find an old workshop inhabited by an odd character called 'The Blademaster'. This strange character gives your team the edge they desperately need by forg(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 466 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 74k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,709 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2024-10-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 14 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

91102026-09-14 22:00 — 50 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 67 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 41 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 46 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 42 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 72 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 65 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 43 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 62 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 34 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 58 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 54 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 67 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 62 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 33 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 70 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
58525May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 585 · peak 1,651Jun 2023 — avg 118 · peak 394Jul 2023 — avg 62 · peak 169Aug 2023 — avg 31 · peak 82Sep 2023 — avg 28 · peak 74Oct 2023 — avg 40 · peak 92Nov 2023 — avg 38 · peak 104Dec 2023 — avg 49 · peak 133Jan 2024 — avg 98 · peak 389Feb 2024 — avg 48 · peak 116Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 103Apr 2024 — avg 49 · peak 122May 2024 — avg 56 · peak 159Jun 2024 — avg 40 · peak 98Jul 2024 — avg 37 · peak 92Aug 2024 — avg 27 · peak 75Sep 2024 — avg 25 · peak 72Oct 2024 — avg 69 · peak 239Nov 2024 — avg 54 · peak 132Dec 2024 — avg 65 · peak 187Jan 2025 — avg 75 · peak 183Feb 2025 — avg 100 · peak 258Mar 2025 — avg 66 · peak 163Apr 2025 — avg 54 · peak 132May 2025 — avg 59 · peak 158Jun 2025 — avg 44 · peak 99Jul 2025 — avg 43 · peak 92Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 107Sep 2025 — avg 29 · peak 78Oct 2025 — avg 81 · peak 260Nov 2025 — avg 54 · peak 138Dec 2025 — avg 78 · peak 196Jan 2026 — avg 91 · peak 214Feb 2026 — avg 75 · peak 191Mar 2026 — avg 89 · peak 228Apr 2026 — avg 65 · peak 141May 2026 — avg 94 · peak 223Jun 2026 — avg 81 · peak 187Jul 2026 — avg 64 · peak 141Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 130
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$14.992023-05-032026-09-282023-05-03 — best price $17.992023-06-23 — best price $19.992023-07-10 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $17.992023-12-21 — best price $15.992024-02-12 — best price $17.992024-05-13 — best price $15.992024-06-27 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-15 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-04-09 — best price $14.992025-05-16 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-10 — best price $14.992025-12-08 — best price $14.992025-12-15 — best price $19.992025-12-19 — best price $14.992026-01-14 — best price $14.992026-01-28 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-04-12 — best price $14.992026-05-26 — best price $14.992026-06-09 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
82.3%
earned "Puck Dynasty"
38.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad Recommended

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9074%18

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPRPGCo-opHockeySportsColorfulComic BookManagementRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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