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Antonball Deluxe cover art

Antonball Deluxe

Summitsphere · 2021-03-05

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The breakout title from Summitsphere, Antonball Deluxe is a retro, high-octane smorgasbord of ballbusting arcade action! Antonball Deluxe quite literally turns the breakout genre on its head, blending traditional brick-breaking gameplay with tight, intense platforming.

Antonball Deluxe is an Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 896 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
96%
positive of 896 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Antonball Deluxe is a 2021 puzzle-brick breaker-platform game developed by independent video game company Summitsphere and originally published by Proponent Games until Summitsphere took over the publishing rights. The game was released on March 5, 2021 for Microsoft Windows, with a Nintendo Switch version later released on September 28. It is the first installment of the Anton series with the game being followed up by Antonblast, a destruction-based 2D platformer released in 2024. The game features three game modes: Antonball, Punchball, and Vs. Antonball.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,911 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 896 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420212026Week of 2021-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492021-03-052026-01-272021-03-05 — best price $15.992021-03-12 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-23 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $4.942023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $4.942023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $3.442023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-03-05 — best price $7.492024-03-12 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $5.092025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-01 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $5.242026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3772026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-05 — 18 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 23 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 29 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 15 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 20 pageviews2026-09-21 — 19 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 17 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews2026-10-11 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
89%
earned "Top Ball-Handler"
30.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-05-28, latest 2021-07-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7037%18
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPvPFunnyRetroArcadeComedyColorfulAdventureOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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