Eastside Hockey Manager similar games & best alternatives

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Eastside Hockey Manager

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

EHM offers fans the most realistic, in-depth and immersive simulation of hockey management available, giving them the chance to manage either club or country in any of the world’s top hockey-playing nations.

What works

  • Deep and addictive hockey management simulation
  • Extensive customization and mod support
  • Realistic player development and tactics
  • Active and helpful community
  • Frequent updates and improvements

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Dated interface and limited resolution options
  • Some trading and ai quirks
  • Lack of official licenses by default
  • Limited social and multiplayer features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pro Cycling Manager 2019

  • Hoop Land

  • Game Dev Studio

  • Franchise Hockey Manager 7

  • Out of the Park Baseball 27

  • City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Eastside Hockey Manager but with less narrative immersion

  • Pro 11 - Football Manager Game

  • Ball 2D: Soccer Online

  • Quaver

  • Soccer Online: Ball 3D

  • Legend Bowl

  • Football, Tactics & Glory

More fantastical

Games that feels like Eastside Hockey Manager but with more imaginative fiction

  • Pro Wrestling Sim

  • Teamfight Manager

  • Behold the Kickmen

  • Alpha League HD

  • Out of the Park Baseball 26

  • CFS (Chinese Football Simulator)

More intimate

Games that feels like Eastside Hockey Manager but with more focus on close relationships

  • Front Office Football Eight

  • WE ARE FOOTBALL 2024

  • Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition

  • Cricket 19

  • Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create

  • Super Mega Baseball™ 4

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Eastside Hockey Manager: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026