The Game Census
Basketing cover art

Basketing

Gestalt Development Studio · 2022-06-09

Steam

CasualIndieSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 09, 2022 (Linux)

Forget pre-calculated animations for pure physics-based basketball chaos! Master wacky controls, trigger well-timed dashes (even mid-air!), and collect arcade-mode items. Basketing brings fast, unpredictable fun that is perfect for playing solo or in chaotic local and remote matchups with friends.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 10 reviews
Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 350% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 99% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 14 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.282020-10-292026-07-102020-10-29 — best price $0.592020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-03-25 — best price $0.492021-08-28 — best price $0.492022-02-28 — best price $0.542022-06-02 — best price $0.592022-06-16 — best price $0.992022-08-05 — best price $0.992022-09-21 — best price $0.992022-11-08 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-02-20 — best price $0.992023-05-22 — best price $0.992023-10-04 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-01-12 — best price $0.992024-02-19 — best price $0.992024-04-29 — best price $0.992024-06-15 — best price $0.992024-08-01 — best price $0.992024-09-20 — best price $0.992024-11-04 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-03-01 — best price $0.992025-04-18 — best price $0.992025-06-07 — best price $0.992025-07-30 — best price $0.992025-09-21 — best price $0.992025-11-11 — best price $0.992026-01-01 — best price $0.992026-02-26 — best price $0.992026-04-13 — best price $0.992026-06-03 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $0.992026-07-10 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
12.3%
earned "Piece of Cake - 1PN"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller Support

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Player tags

3DCo-opFunnyArcadeCasualSportsPhysicsLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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