Fhm12?

RedMachineNeverBreaks · 09-08-2025, 08:19 AM

Any news with how the development is going and rough release date or even at least announcements about the game etc.

3z4rivyirn · 09-08-2025, 10:46 AM

This team has never communicated any roadmap or updates to their customers whereas the other hockey sim had already revealed all features for the upcoming edition about a month ago and started allowing its customers to beta test it at the end of August.

Unless FHM12 has some clear improvements that customers have been requesting and fixes that have been brought up year after year, its hard to say how much longer it will be around. The large price increase for FHM11 in my opinion was done to try and counter the loss of sales (due to ignoring customers and adding new features while leaving many issues in the core gameplay loop).

You can see it on these forums for the General Discussion of each game.

FHM11 - 260 threads, 1280 posts
FHM10 - 424 threads and 2246 posts
FHM9 - 441 threads and 2557 posts

You can see it on Steam reviews and boards:

FHM9 - 218 reviews, 168 forum posts
FHM10 - 197 reviews, 215 forum posts (increase)
FHM11 - 126 reviews, 132 forum posts

You can notice it on Reddit where the competition started out with less subscribers at the start of FHM11 release and now has ~600 more than FHM has.

I'm waiting for FHM12 but if its just more of the same pattern then that'll be it for me.

Colorado · 09-08-2025, 01:49 PM

Completely agree, the game has so much potential and is clearly made by a small and passionate dev team, but it's gone stale.

I think too many undercooked features (2D, media, points on operating costs) have been introduced when already existing parts of the game (user interface, tactics, trading, scouting) needed further polish. The end result is an intriguing game that could be so much more.

It'll be interesting to see what direction they go in for the next release.

Adam B · 09-08-2025, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by RedMachineNeverBreaks

Any news with how the development is going and rough release date or even at least announcements about the game etc.

I'm going to lock this thread, because this is already devolving and not a helpful or productive conversation. We appreciate the support and any thoughts can (or may already have) be put in the Wishlist thread.

FHM12 is currently in active development and testing. As it has been, we're targeting a similar release window and details will be coming as soon as the development team feels comfortable releasing them. We will happily share them with you as soon as we can.

If anyone has any further questions, please feel free to send me a DM.

09-08-2025, 08:19 AM	#1
RedMachineNeverBreaks Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 95	Fhm12? Any news with how the development is going and rough release date or even at least announcements about the game etc.

09-08-2025, 01:49 PM	#3
Colorado Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 390	Completely agree, the game has so much potential and is clearly made by a small and passionate dev team, but it's gone stale. I think too many undercooked features (2D, media, points on operating costs) have been introduced when already existing parts of the game (user interface, tactics, trading, scouting) needed further polish. The end result is an intriguing game that could be so much more. It'll be interesting to see what direction they go in for the next release. Last edited by Colorado; 09-08-2025 at 01:52 PM.

09-08-2025, 10:46 AM	#2
3z4rivyirn Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 21	This team has never communicated any roadmap or updates to their customers whereas the other hockey sim had already revealed all features for the upcoming edition about a month ago and started allowing its customers to beta test it at the end of August. Unless FHM12 has some clear improvements that customers have been requesting and fixes that have been brought up year after year, its hard to say how much longer it will be around. The large price increase for FHM11 in my opinion was done to try and counter the loss of sales (due to ignoring customers and adding new features while leaving many issues in the core gameplay loop). You can see it on these forums for the General Discussion of each game. FHM11 - 260 threads, 1280 posts FHM10 - 424 threads and 2246 posts FHM9 - 441 threads and 2557 posts You can see it on Steam reviews and boards: FHM9 - 218 reviews, 168 forum posts FHM10 - 197 reviews, 215 forum posts (increase) FHM11 - 126 reviews, 132 forum posts You can notice it on Reddit where the competition started out with less subscribers at the start of FHM11 release and now has ~600 more than FHM has. I'm waiting for FHM12 but if its just more of the same pattern then that'll be it for me.