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Should I ship an Action Hockey game?
Hockey + Action
Only 13 developers shipped an Action Hockey game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Shoresy: Legends of the North, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $660; 1 in 20 cleared $34k, ×54 the market median. Revenue is up 420% on the market; 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $653 (exactly $653) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) |
| Top 5% | $34k (exactly $34,183) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 420% on the market, supply 235% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hockey, Action; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Character Customization, Co-op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 231 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hockey with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local MultiplayerStrong odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
Comparable games
Tape to Tape 2023 · EA · $2.1M 
Super Blood Hockey 2017 · $406k 
Goons: Legends & Mayhem 2024 · $46k 
Shoresy: Legends of the North 2025 · $34k 
Nock 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tape to Tape | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,464 92% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,077,361) | Excellent Rectangle |
| | Super Blood Hockey | older | $14.99 | 902 91% | 27k | $406k (exactly $405,629) | Loren Lemcke |
| | Goons: Legends & Mayhem | older | $19.99 | 77 84% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | RageCure Games |
| | Shoresy: Legends of the North | $19.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $34,183) | Treewood Games | |
| | Nock | older | $19.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | Normal |
 | Mini Hockey Champ! | older | $9.99 | 57 87% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | 26k |
 | PuckOFF | older | $19.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Kuura Playhouse |
 | SPORTAL | $7.99 | 57 94% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Sleepwalking Potatoes | |
 | Wild Ice | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Journey Bound Games | |
 | Hockey Club | · EA | $24.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) | Boogerman Games, LLC |
 | Dyebreaker | $4.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | running jump | |
 | Sokker | $2.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $2.6k (exactly $2,601) | Sokpop Collective | |
 | Stellar Golf | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Fort Chuck Entertainment | |
 | Savage Arena: Dead Ball Zone | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Rage Software, Jordan Freeman Group | |
 | Holo Hockey | $3.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Yabusaka Games | |
 | Mini AirHockey | $0.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $653 (exactly $653) | Geert Verhoeff |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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