The game Guide Pricing Changelog
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No pay-to-win

The whole game is free to play. Premium is for managers who back the game on Patreon. It adds room and convenience, and nothing in it makes a club stronger: no player, no rating and no result is for sale.

Free and Premium, side by side

Clubs One club Two clubs, in two different worlds
Where you start Level 4 or below. Your reputation opens the levels above. Any level, the Golden Hockey League included
Trades Balanced trades only Trusted trading: deals that look uneven on paper can go through, when the other side is trusted too
Shortlist Up to 30 players No limit
Saved lineups One saved lineup per club Five per club, such as Home, Away and Back-to-back
Chat and notifications The latest 30 posts in each chat, and 3 days of notifications The full chat history, and 90 days of notifications
Jersey numbers Change one player's number every 7 days Change numbers whenever you like
Club name, jersey and mascot Change once every 30 days Change any time
Mascots 452 to choose from All 561
The crest on your jersey Not included Leave the team name off the front, and set the crest's size and position
Jersey blocks The classic blocks Yokes, chest bands, side panels, cuffs and more
Your own club logo Not included Upload a logo of your own. Every logo is reviewed before it goes up.
Suspensions An account flagged by the cheat check is suspended automatically A flagged account is reviewed by hand before anything happens

Reputation counts on both plans. A successful manager can make trusted trades, and a world-class one runs one more club.

In the game for everyone

None of this is behind Premium.

  • Live games

    Follow your games as they are played, shift by shift, with the play-by-play beside the ice.

  • Scouting Center

    Send your scouts after the players you want to know more about and read their reports.

  • The game report

    After every game, your assistant coach reports on how the team played and what each player did.

  • The pre-game view

    Before puck drop, the matchup and a scouting report on how your opponent plays.

Why the price is going up

Premium has always been voluntary, and the suggested pledge has stayed at the same modest level since the early days. Game Plan Hockey Manager is a hobby, not a business.

Today your pledges keep the game running with a little to spare: the new server, the backups off-site every night and the services around them. $3.99 a month adds two things. A buffer, so a failed disk or a price change from the host is not a crisis. And a little something back for the evenings and weekends the game takes: not a salary, just enough to keep going.

Nothing that is free today moves behind Premium, and nothing changes for managers who don't pledge.

If you already back the game on Patreon with less than $3.99 a month, you keep Premium until January 1, 2027, and the game will remind you before then.

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Anders Creator of Game Plan Hockey Manager