Tape to Tape
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The player can pay bribes to referees as a gameplay option to gain advantages during a run.
The player body-checks and can fist-fight opposing hockey players in a flat cartoon art style, with knockdowns but no blood or depicted injury.
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What it is
Tape to Tape is a cartoon ice-hockey game built as a roguelite: the player assembles a team of oddball skaters, picks routes on a map between matches, and collects abilities and upgrades across a run. Matches are fast arcade hockey with exaggerated body checks and optional fist fights, all drawn in a comic style where flattened players spring back up unharmed. Between games the player can hire strange characters, visit a skate-sharpening Blademaster, and bribe referees to tilt calls in their favour. It can be played alone or cooperatively online, and the game has no chat system and nothing to buy with real money.
How it's framed
The game treats hockey's rough side as comedy: checking and fighting are ordinary, rewarded parts of play with no depicted injury, and bribing the referee is presented as a cheeky strategic option rather than a wrong with consequences. The tone throughout is absurd and lighthearted, framing the quest to restore hockey's glory as a parody of sports drama.
Details
- Developer
- Excellent Rectangle
- Publisher
- Excellent Rectangle
- Released
- Oct 23, 2026
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