How much revenue did Franchise Hockey Manager 5 make?

$26k–$69k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Franchise Hockey Manager 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did Franchise Hockey Manager 5 sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 154 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before Steam's cut; from 154 reviews (Mixed)

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 Franchise Hockey Manager 5 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Franchise Hockey Manager 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–8k

best case 89k (Eastside Hockey Manager)

Games like Franchise Hockey Manager 5

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–8k copies

≈ $41k–$61k after Steam's cut

from ~152 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Eastside Hockey Manager at ≈ 68k–110k copies, ≈ $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

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 Hockey + Sports, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
Eastside Hockey Manager 2015	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $677k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	HockeySports
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
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
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 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