How much revenue did Eastside Hockey Manager make?

$372k–$1.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Eastside Hockey Manager sell?

Q: How many copies did Eastside Hockey Manager sell?

68k to 110k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 68k–110k; $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $677k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Eastside Hockey Manager and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Eastside Hockey Manager's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–7k

best case 13k (Franchise Hockey Manager 6)

Games like Eastside Hockey Manager

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–7k copies

≈ $43k–$58k after Steam's cut

from ~153 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Franchise Hockey Manager 6 at ≈ 10k–16k copies, ≈ $53k–$142k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 49 reviews in their first month; the range was 14 to 73.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hockey (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Goalie Challenge VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	128 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Franchise Hockey Manager 6 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $53k–$142k after Steam's cut $96k–$218k before Steam's cut	$19.99	333 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsStrategy
Franchise Hockey Manager 7 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before Steam's cut	$19.99	256 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySports
Franchise Hockey Manager 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$114k before Steam's cut	$19.99	146 reviews Mixed	SportsStrategy
Franchise Hockey Manager 5 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before Steam's cut	$19.99	154 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
Franchise Hockey Manager 10 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$76k after Steam's cut $51k–$117k before Steam's cut	$19.99	207 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Franchise Hockey Manager 11 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before Steam's cut	$19.99	152 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
Hockey Legacy Manager 25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$8.99	72 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation