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Hat Trick - Hockey Hearts

Hat Trick – Hockey Hearts is a cozy visual novel and match-3 mashup set in a 1920s paranormal romance world, featuring a hockey-playing wolf shifter and a love story shaped entirely by player choice.

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Crafted By Little Dragons
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KidsHideAway
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Hat Trick – Hockey Hearts

Hat Trick – Hockey Hearts is a cozy visual novel and match-3 mashup set in a 1920s paranormal romance world, featuring a hockey-playing wolf shifter and a love story shaped entirely by player choice.

Create your own character, choose your species, career, and hometown, and decide who you want to romance—and when. Relationships develop at your pace, with no forced outcomes. Whether love blooms quickly or slowly, every choice is yours.

Match-3 gameplay is woven into the story, letting you earn high scores while progressing through heartfelt scenes and dialogue.

✦ Features

  • Visual Novel + Match-3 Gameplay

  • Player Choice Matters
    Choose if and when romance happens—no mandatory endings

  • Character Creation Options

    • Choose your species, job, and location

    • Available player careers: Waitress, Attorney, Librarian

  • Romance Options

    • Hockey player love interests (various positions)

    • Or a mysterious hockey coach

  • 3 Save Slots – Jump back in anytime

  • High Score System – Replay match-3 rounds to beat your best score

  • 2D Cottage-core Chibi Art Style

    • Jewel-tone color palette

  • Mouse-Driven Gameplay

    • Dialogue selection and match-3 rounds

✦ Story Summary

Cleveland, 1920.

Streetcars rattle through the city streets, tea shops buzz with whispered gossip, and quiet magic slips between brick walls and iron rails. At a local rink tucked inside a city park, a hockey player with a secret meets someone who feels like destiny itself.

A paranormal wolf shifter and their potential soulmate cross paths—but love is never guaranteed.

Will they fall in love and build a future together…
or will the moment pass them by forever?

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