HIKE
Released
Ragdoll American football with toy-figure players. Real physics on every hit, and bots fill every spot.
## In Early Access
HIKE! is 7-on-7 American football where every player is a physics ragdoll. Pick a play, snap the ball, and watch it
HIKE! is 7-on-7 American football where every player is a physics ragdoll. Pick a play, snap the ball, and watch it
go perfectly or hilariously wrong. Jukes, dives, hit sticks, fumbles, dog piles: none of it is canned animation, so no
two plays end the same way.
You never wait for players. **Bots fill every empty spot**, online or off, and friends can drop into a game in progress.
Play your way
- **Quick Play** online 7-on-7, with bots in every empty spot. Join mid-game at any time.
- **Host for friends** in a friends-only lobby, or **practice** offline against the bots.
- **Simple controls** by default: one button passes, jukes or tackles depending on the moment. **Pro controls**
give every move its own button: bullet and lob passes, hit sticks, jukes, pitches. Mouse and keyboard or controller,
with the right button icons for your pad. Every key can be rebound, and the graphics set themselves for your PC
on first launch.
The football
- **Play cards with the routes drawn on the field**, so you always know where to run and where to throw.
- **6 formations, 40 plays a side**, and **8 trick plays** to unlock: the Flea Flicker, Hook and Ladder, Fake Punt,
Fake Field Goal, Reverse, Statue of Liberty, Halfback Pass and the Big Man Ladder.
- The full rules: kickoffs, onside kicks, punts, field goals, the extra point or two, overtime and timeouts.
- Pitch the ball to a trailing teammate any time. Drop it and it's anyone's.
Big moments
- **Slow-motion x-ray bone breaks** on the hardest hits.
- **Dog piles** when the defense swarms the ball carrier.
- **Fans you can knock out** with a stray ball, x-ray and all, and a sideline crew you can bowl over.
- **A highlight reel** after every game: the three best plays count down to the Play of the Game. Rewatch any play.
- A broadcast booth that calls the action.
Your career
- **Create your player**: name, number, eight attributes and archetypes with signature moves (the Gunslinger's
laser, the Speed Back's afterburner, the Bruiser's truck stick and more).
- **Build your club**: name, colors and a logo, six players to train and replace through scouting, and a home stadium
you upgrade from the backyard to the pro dome.
- **Win the Big Bowl** against 40 AI clubs across five divisions, with promotion every season. Play career games
with friends.
- **League Night**: your club against other players' clubs, one game a week, with promotion and relegation.
Every day
- **Daily and weekly challenges**, a play streak, and 8-week **seasons** with themed rewards.
- **150 cosmetics** earned by playing, never bought: masks, stripes, gloves, cleats, visors and more.
- **40 awards** to chase, and weekly leaderboards for touchdowns, big hits and broken tackles.
Four stadiums, day and night
The **Backyard** (watch out for the gnomes), **High School** Friday nights, the **College** bowl, and the **Pro Dome**
with a crowd that does the wave. Every one can be played under the lights.
Coming next
| **Winter 2027** | Balance and fixes from your feedback. Live League Night games against the other club's owner. **Ranked 3v3** once there are enough players for fair matches. |
| **Spring 2027** | A voiced announcer. Touchdown celebrations to earn. Gameday events: ice field, giant ball, low gravity, everyone is a QB. |
| **Later** | Injuries in career mode, spectator mode and streamer cameras, emotes and quick chat, more stadiums and plays. |
Dates are targets, not promises.