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Backyard Baseball '97

Mega Cat Studios · Playground Productions · 2024-10-10

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualSports

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 12, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jun 12, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 24, 2025 (iOS), Mar 05, 2025 (Android), Nov 13, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Rediscover the joy of the original Backyard Baseball 1997, now updated for modern systems! Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids, aim for those home runs, and various game modes. Relive the magic of this classic baseball game!

Backyard Baseball '97 is a 2024 Casual and Sports game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 2290 reviews).

14
playing now
97%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (950 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (566 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,055 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,290 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 8 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54554520242026Week of 2024-10-10: 545 positiveWeek of 2024-10-10: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-17: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-24: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-07: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

55102026-09-15 00:00 — 47 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 28 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 46 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 29 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 42 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 44 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 53 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 34 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
68028Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 680 · peak 2,730Nov 2024 — avg 233 · peak 597Dec 2024 — avg 135 · peak 349Jan 2025 — avg 93 · peak 265Feb 2025 — avg 68 · peak 142Mar 2025 — avg 70 · peak 154Apr 2025 — avg 79 · peak 170May 2025 — avg 110 · peak 301Jun 2025 — avg 135 · peak 242Jul 2025 — avg 93 · peak 241Aug 2025 — avg 48 · peak 111Sep 2025 — avg 45 · peak 101Oct 2025 — avg 49 · peak 97Nov 2025 — avg 55 · peak 122Dec 2025 — avg 39 · peak 95Jan 2026 — avg 34 · peak 74Feb 2026 — avg 28 · peak 70Mar 2026 — avg 37 · peak 92Apr 2026 — avg 49 · peak 110May 2026 — avg 70 · peak 138Jun 2026 — avg 75 · peak 161Jul 2026 — avg 68 · peak 131Aug 2026 — avg 45 · peak 89
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$4.992024-10-102026-07-232024-10-10 — best price $8.992024-10-17 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $8.492025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-24 — best price $7.992025-05-27 — best price $9.992025-07-01 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-15 — best price $7.492025-08-29 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-10 — best price $7.492025-10-13 — best price $9.992025-12-08 — best price $7.992025-12-15 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
99.8%
earned "Not Just a Collector"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3243%25
PS5 (PlayStation)50915%24
Switch (Nintendo)500%0
PS4 (PlayStation)130%24
PS4 (PlayStation)0—24
PS4 (PlayStation)0—24

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteFunnyRetro1990'sArcadeCasualComedySportsCartoonBaseball

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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