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Tape to Tape

Tape to Tape is a roguelite hockey game where every choice matters on your journey to build the best hockey team. Choose your path, hire unique players, discover synergies between them, pick unique abilities, bribe the referees or visit the Blademaster on your way to restore hockey's former glory.

Action RoguelikeRogueliteRoguelikeLocal Co-OpSingleplayerMultiplayer2D

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Potential score: 95
Positive: 92% Very Positive
Total reviews: 3,984
New reviews/day (7d): 28
Players online: 1,281
Price: $19.99
Release date: Oct 23, 2026
Developer: Excellent Rectangle
Publisher: Excellent Rectangle
Est. sales: 119.5K～239.0K rough estimate from review count

Daily New Reviews

Is interest rising or fading?

Positive / dayNegative / day2026-10-14 → 2026-11-12

◆ Deep Dive

Based on 72 sampled player reviews · 2026-11-05

A hockey theme paired with roguelike building and absurd, comedic matchups earned this PC hockey game 92% positive reviews, though the difficulty curve and tutorial experience are the main complaints in negative reviews.

Core loop

Pick a route, recruit players, combine skills and synergies, play a series of matches, bribe referees or visit equipment masters along the way, and gradually turn a ragtag squad into a championship-caliber team—every run's combination is different.

How it feels to play

A single run is fairly fast-paced and good for picking up and playing one or two matches: some players finished the campaign in about five hours over three or four runs, others beat it in under two hours, and some describe it as a "just one more run" experience that's hard to put down; however, some players find repeatedly facing the same opponents tedious, and others mention a lack of freshness in the late game.

Who it's for

Players who want to play hockey on modern PCs, people who enjoy roguelike building, users who often play on handhelds, veteran players nostalgic for '90s arcade hockey, and groups who want to get a few people together for same-screen matches.

What players love

Fills the gap of a lack of proper hockey games on PC
closest we'll get to an NHL game on pc. game is rad.
Recommended · 14 h played · 2023-05-03
Combines roguelike building with hockey; assembling a team, stacking skills, and discovering synergies is a lot of fun
Tape to Tape is the perfect laid-back hockey game! It's incredibly addictive in that classic "just one more game" kind of way. The roguelite mechanics fit surprisingly well and add a lot of replayability to the experienc…
Recommended · 55 h played · 2026-11-04
The nostalgic feel of '90s arcade hockey and the absurd humor are the core appeal
It's a silly little hockey game but with this format its almost like a different kind of playoff run. This game is stupid fun, have a controller. Speaking from a NHL 94/Mutant League Hockey fanatic.
Recommended · 16 h played · 2026-10-10
Runs smoothly on handhelds, good for playing a match anytime, anywhere
Works great on steam deck
Recommended · 2 h played · 2023-05-03
Great local multiplayer fun, good for a few people to mess around together
特别好玩，有趣味性，各种出其不意的进球不古板，很适合和朋友一起玩。缺点：剧情好短，后面就没有新鲜感了，期待更新剧情任务和事件，增加新人物、新技能。
Recommended · 147 h played · 2023-09-05

What players complain about

Steep difficulty curve; scoring is very difficult on higher difficulties
难度曲线，操作设计都堪称垃圾。
Not recommended · 2 h played · 2026-10-26
The tutorial has no language selection and can't be reviewed after exiting, leaving newcomers completely unsure how to play
第一次进游戏的教程无法选择语言，完全不知道怎么玩。只能强退，再次进游戏后无法看教程，只能啥也不明白就开始游戏，除了移动外啥也不懂直接GG，我只能给差评并退款了
Not recommended · 0 h played · 2026-10-24
Teammate coordination and AI difficulty are frustrating, making scoring a struggle
差评，协同性太差想要进球那是不可能的，人机很强
Not recommended · 6 h played · 2026-10-27

Why it might be taking off

These are hypotheses drawn from reviews and data, not confirmed facts.

Medium confidenceAfter the official release, review volume clearly clustered from 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25: 55 positive and 5 negative on 10-23, 139 positive and 12 negative on 10-24, and 158 positive and 8 negative on 10-25, possibly due to increased attention brought by the official launch.
Medium confidenceAfter Chinese was added, positive reviews from Chinese players may have increased somewhat; previously many had been calling for Chinese support.
Medium confidencePC has long lacked a proper hockey game, and this scarcity may be one of the drivers behind the concentration of positive reviews.
Low confidenceGood handheld compatibility may make handheld players more willing to spread the word.
Low confidenceThe local co-op and roguelike elements in the tags may attract people looking for same-screen versus and tower-climbing build experiences.
Low confidenceThe $19.99 price point is on the low end, which may make people who were on the fence more willing to try it.

This sample is not the full dataset: for each language, at most 2 pages each were taken from the positive-review sort and the most-recent sort, and the review curve only covers 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04.