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Barnburners

About this game

Barnburners is a love letter to the arcade hockey games of the '90s and early '00s. Easy to pick up, tricky to truly master, and built for huge hits, dirty dangles, and top shelf goals.

Core Game

5v5 hockey the way the old arcade games played it: penalties on, offside and icing off by default, and fights that leave their mark on the ice until it gets resurfaced. A faceoff camera straight out of 1994. Franchise mode, pond hockey, and a stack of arcade modes round it out.

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Friends on the couch or friends far away, you can go head to head or team up against the CPU. Online Play Now matches you online with someone else looking, preset rules, no fuss. Or host a private lobby with a join code and tune the rules to your heart's content.

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Barnburners introduces the BHL: 24 fictional clubs from real hockey towns, each playing the style its city is famous for. Boston and Philly hit hard. Detroit plays 2 way hockey, Every club has a captain with a signature ability that charges up over the game and doubles down on the team identity.

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Pick a club, build a dynasty, and chase the Clevenger Cup. Set your lines, swing deadline trades, sign free agents, and draft your next stars, all while keeping ownership happy and staying under the cap. Watch a prospect grow from draft night to the minors, then call him up and find out if he has what it takes. There is no end date. Run it as long as you want.

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  • Pick-up-and-play controls you'll recognize

  • Arcade skating with boost, big open-ice checks, and helmet pops

  • Full force fighting with combos, supers, and KO finishers (or use simple mode, or skip fights entirely)

  • 24 original clubs with full rosters, lines, and captain abilities

  • Franchise mode with draft lottery nights, deadline trades, free agency, a salary cap, aging, awards, and rivalries

  • Lots of ways to play: Exhibition, Full Tilt for faster action, Franchise, short-season Cup Runs and Gauntlets, Training Camp, 3v3, House Rules modifiers, Golden Goal, Hat-Trick Hero, and pond hockey

  • Online head-to-head with Quick Match, join codes, and instant rematch, plus couch play for 2 to 4 players (versus or co-op)

  • Full controller support, a Steam Deck graphics preset, and accessibility options: one-button mode, hi-vis puck, reduced motion and flashing, high-contrast kits

Barnburners

Arcade hockey like the '90s and '00s used to make. Huge hits, dirty dangles, top shelf goals, and brutal fights across 24 original teams. Chase the Clevenger Cup in Franchise, or grab a friend for casual local or online play.

Developer

In2itiv Gaming

Publisher

In2itiv Gaming

Release Date

06 July, 2026

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