Beastieball

Beastieball

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Wishes Ultd. · Creature Collector · Nov 12, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $21.24.

98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 144 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
90% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews10% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Played it basically 4 different times by now total, one of which being full shiny playthrough and the effort put to just make a good experience shows when playing, there are many different possible strategies to try out for many different matches, the story is complete with side quests to know more about some characters and plenty of activities during it, any bugs I managed to find and reported were fixed in reasonable time, given there were some early access quirks like Beasties phasing through a wall to pathfind to the player but I'm pretty certain that is intentional for now until a proper one will be developed.
144 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This isn't even talking about the actual content of the game, like the randomizers and nuzlockes and roguelike mode for replayability.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Or how it's a completely unique battle system since it's literally anime volleyball (there are special attacks that hit both opponents with one ball, for example) Or the highly varied and incredibly high quality soundtrack by Lena Raine (Dingy Dust-Up is really good!
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Beastieball is an imaginative and confident genre hybrid that fuses creature collection, tactical turn-based combat, and sports strategy into a cohesive and highly distinctive experience.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
From a PvP perspective, the game has enough strategies and diverse win conditions that no two games feel alike even with the same teams.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
While not all beasties are fully implemented at the time of writing, the ones that are at least mostly done showcase strong visual identity, diverse palettes, and a consistent art style.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+3 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love9 themes
Story and characters144 reviews
Gameplay78 reviews
Audio46 reviews
Combat41 reviews
Multiplayer29 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Accessibility6 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Bugs7 reviews
71%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $21.24.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
98%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.