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Bat Boy cover art

Bat Boy

X PLUS Co., Ltd. · DANGEN Entertainment · 2023-05-25

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 25, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 25, 2023 (Xbox One), May 25, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Ryosuke isn't just your regular high-school kid. He and his fellow sports-star friends secretly battle against the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious, hellbent on hosting sinister athletic events for his own amusement! Ryosuke is Bat Boy!

95%
positive of 263 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Ryosuke isn't just your regular high-school kid. He and his fellow sports-star friends secretly battle against the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious, hellbent on hosting sinister athletic events for his own amusement! Aided by the power granted to them by nameless deities, Ryosuke is Bat Boy!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 12,054 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.3k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 263 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 27 of 37 observed days · $10.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220232026Week of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$4.792023-05-252026-09-042023-05-25 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-06 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-07-29 — best price $10.492024-09-09 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-05-26 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-10-01 — best price $7.492025-11-21 — best price $7.042025-12-11 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $6.142026-02-09 — best price $6.372026-02-12 — best price $11.012026-02-23 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-27 — best price $11.012026-04-28 — best price $11.012026-05-18 — best price $6.372026-06-02 — best price $11.222026-06-18 — best price $7.492026-06-24 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-03 — best price $6.142026-08-21 — best price $11.222026-09-04 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "Strike One"
32.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)37415%18
PS5 (PlayStation)36052%19
Xbox One (Xbox)15027%18
PS4 (PlayStation)7755%19
Switch (Nintendo)290%0
PS4 (PlayStation)2152%19
PS4 (PlayStation)1145%19

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

Player tags

2DAnimeActionPuzzleSportsFantasyBaseballCartoonyColorfulAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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