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Backyard Baseball

Mega Cat Studios · Playground Productions · 2026-07-09

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Jul 09, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 09, 2026 (Mac), TBD (Nintendo Switch), TBD (PlayStation 4), TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (Xbox One)

The arcade-style classic is back - and it's leveling up. With enhanced gameplay, new game modes, and all the humor & charm of the original, this is Backyard Baseball like it was always meant to be played. Are you ready to play like a kid again?

80%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,524
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)
Backyard Baseball is a series of baseball video games for children which was originally developed by Humongous Entertainment. It was first released in October 1997 for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. Later games were featured on Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, and iOS. It is part of the Backyard Sports franchise, of which this series serves as its first sub-series. It, along with its parent franchise, is currently handled by Playground Productions and developed by Mega Cat Studios.

Health check

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  • · Top 33% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,102 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54154120262026Week of 2026-07-09: 541 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

2.5k2192026-05-22 — 315 pageviews2026-05-25 — 333 pageviews2026-05-28 — 356 pageviews2026-05-31 — 344 pageviews2026-06-03 — 859 pageviews2026-06-06 — 733 pageviews2026-06-09 — 533 pageviews2026-06-12 — 392 pageviews2026-06-15 — 445 pageviews2026-06-18 — 365 pageviews2026-06-21 — 313 pageviews2026-06-24 — 220 pageviews2026-06-27 — 219 pageviews2026-06-30 — 226 pageviews2026-07-03 — 224 pageviews2026-07-06 — 264 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,248 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,327 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,047 pageviews2026-07-18 — 708 pageviews2026-07-21 — 500 pageviews2026-07-24 — 452 pageviews2026-07-27 — 434 pageviews2026-07-30 — 333 pageviews2026-08-02 — 283 pageviews2026-08-05 — 249 pageviews2026-08-08 — 351 pageviews2026-08-11 — 409 pageviews2026-08-14 — 333 pageviews2026-08-17 — 366 pageviews2026-08-19 — 308 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
99.5%
earned "Back in the Backyard"
36.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2481%51
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)0—51

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

Census log

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

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