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Dodgeball Academia

Pocket Trap · Balor Games · 2021-08-05

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 05, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 05, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2021 (Xbox One)

Dodgeball Academia is a sports RPG game featuring rookie dodgeball student, Otto. Join Otto and an eclectic cast of characters as they train to dominate on and off the courts of the academia.

Dodgeball Academia is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive sentiment based on 94% of 679 reviews.

4
playing now
94%
positive of 679 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (853 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Dodgeball Academia is a sports role-playing video game developed by Pocket Trap and published by Humble Games. The game was released on August 5, 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 4. It combines real-time dodgeball gameplay with role-playing elements and a story set at a school dedicated to the sport.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 679 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.37 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 76 of 122 observed days · $18.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720212026Week of 2021-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
382Aug 2021Jul 2026Aug 2021 — avg 38 · peak 166Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 31Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$26.42$6.382021-08-052026-10-152021-08-05 — best price $22.392021-09-23 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $20.952021-12-11 — best price $20.952022-02-02 — best price $24.992022-04-08 — best price $18.742022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-08-30 — best price $20.952022-10-31 — best price $14.652022-12-12 — best price $14.992023-01-19 — best price $21.242023-03-17 — best price $14.992023-05-14 — best price $12.492023-07-17 — best price $10.342023-09-17 — best price $24.992023-10-26 — best price $21.232023-12-13 — best price $12.492024-02-12 — best price $12.492024-04-04 — best price $24.992024-05-23 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-19 — best price $10.002024-11-22 — best price $8.502025-01-04 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $24.992025-10-29 — best price $24.992026-01-06 — best price $24.992026-03-03 — best price $19.882026-05-09 — best price $19.672026-07-29 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $7.492026-09-17 — best price $24.992026-10-02 — best price $7.492026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1622026-05-29 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 5 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
73.5%
earned "The Fearsome Student"
24.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TV1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)8,07520%37
PS4 (PlayStation)4,15149%38
PS4 (PlayStation)2,39253%38
Steam (Steam)78921%37
Switch (Nintendo)740%0

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

Player tags

PvPRPGCuteAnimeActionArcadeSportsCartoonCartoonyColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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