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DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO cover art

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · Bandai Namco Entertainment · 2024-10-10

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Action

Franchise: Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 07, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 07, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 14, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 14, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2)

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO is a 2024 Action title priced at $49.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 72,262 reviews).

485
playing now
86%
positive of 73k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80
twitch viewers (latest)
1.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
83/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
96/100
IGDB user rating (76 ratings)
989
Nexus mods (3.6M downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (69,027 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 129 critics
21h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

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

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is a 2024 fighting game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Based on the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama, it is the fourth main installment in the Budokai Tenkaichi series, a sequel to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007), and the first to be released under the original Sparking! title outside of Japan.

Trailer

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO trailer thumbnail

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO SUPER-LIMIT BREAKING NEO Launch Trailer

≈313,116 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 485 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 910 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~114/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-05

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73,059 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $29.03 at GameBillet (2025-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 36 of 52 observed days · $20.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47547520252026Week of 2025-02-10: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 414 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-31: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-09-07: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-09-07: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-09-14: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-09-14: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-09-21: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-09-21: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-09-28: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-09-28: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k4852026-09-15 11:00 — 518 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 844 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 830 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 796 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,585 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,138 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 529 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,007 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,271 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 807 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 914 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,025 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 623 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 974 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,500 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 721 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 760 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,022 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 884 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 904 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,429 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,065 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 485 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40k756Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 40,079 · peak 120,000Nov 2024 — avg 8,426 · peak 22,532Dec 2024 — avg 3,415 · peak 6,405Jan 2025 — avg 2,768 · peak 13,409Feb 2025 — avg 1,731 · peak 3,607Mar 2025 — avg 1,289 · peak 2,369Apr 2025 — avg 1,089 · peak 2,856May 2025 — avg 1,003 · peak 1,836Jun 2025 — avg 923 · peak 1,786Jul 2025 — avg 1,068 · peak 1,740Aug 2025 — avg 829 · peak 1,404Sep 2025 — avg 993 · peak 3,705Oct 2025 — avg 984 · peak 2,012Nov 2025 — avg 756 · peak 1,271Dec 2025 — avg 950 · peak 1,779Jan 2026 — avg 1,043 · peak 2,569Feb 2026 — avg 1,310 · peak 2,436Mar 2026 — avg 931 · peak 1,596Apr 2026 — avg 995 · peak 2,305May 2026 — avg 977 · peak 1,804Jun 2026 — avg 850 · peak 1,365Jul 2026 — avg 1,035 · peak 4,834Aug 2026 — avg 1,462 · peak 3,777
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
35352026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 28 new positive2026-09-21: 35 new negative2026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 11 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 11 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 15 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 9 new negative2026-10-04: 13 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 9 new negative2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 17 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 9 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$29.032024-06-082026-10-142024-06-08 — best price $49.492024-06-12 — best price $62.992024-06-17 — best price $59.482024-07-05 — best price $64.392024-08-26 — best price $69.992024-09-27 — best price $64.392024-10-04 — best price $62.952024-10-08 — best price $69.992024-10-12 — best price $60.922024-10-17 — best price $69.992024-10-21 — best price $60.622024-11-11 — best price $69.992024-12-03 — best price $69.992025-01-01 — best price $69.992025-01-17 — best price $58.442025-04-10 — best price $62.852025-04-26 — best price $52.492025-05-01 — best price $62.992025-06-26 — best price $43.952025-07-10 — best price $62.992025-09-18 — best price $39.892025-10-06 — best price $62.852025-12-03 — best price $69.992025-12-12 — best price $29.032026-01-05 — best price $62.992026-01-13 — best price $59.392026-02-10 — best price $36.952026-02-16 — best price $62.992026-02-23 — best price $69.992026-02-28 — best price $59.382026-03-04 — best price $61.592026-03-19 — best price $31.952026-03-27 — best price $59.392026-04-30 — best price $62.992026-06-04 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $69.992026-08-05 — best price $49.992026-09-09 — best price $49.992026-09-30 — best price $49.992026-10-14 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7542152026-05-28 — 754 pageviews2026-06-01 — 293 pageviews2026-06-05 — 336 pageviews2026-06-09 — 259 pageviews2026-06-13 — 254 pageviews2026-06-17 — 257 pageviews2026-06-21 — 292 pageviews2026-06-25 — 304 pageviews2026-06-29 — 310 pageviews2026-07-03 — 356 pageviews2026-07-07 — 285 pageviews2026-07-11 — 301 pageviews2026-07-15 — 282 pageviews2026-07-19 — 253 pageviews2026-07-23 — 566 pageviews2026-07-27 — 355 pageviews2026-07-31 — 640 pageviews2026-08-04 — 448 pageviews2026-08-08 — 369 pageviews2026-08-12 — 335 pageviews2026-08-16 — 299 pageviews2026-08-20 — 322 pageviews2026-08-24 — 281 pageviews2026-08-28 — 301 pageviews2026-09-01 — 240 pageviews2026-09-05 — 308 pageviews2026-09-09 — 272 pageviews2026-09-13 — 311 pageviews2026-09-17 — 259 pageviews2026-09-21 — 274 pageviews2026-09-25 — 331 pageviews2026-09-29 — 231 pageviews2026-10-03 — 287 pageviews2026-10-07 — 280 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

16682026-09-30 22:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 166 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 80 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
80.5%
earned "Rookie Warrior"
19.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls12 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Indonesian, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2024-10-07, latest 2026-07-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)43,17414%50
Steam (Steam)15,2508%50
Xbox Series (Xbox)9,0665%50
Switch 2 (Nintendo)1400%0
Switch (Nintendo)910%0

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

3DPvP2.5DAnimeActionCombatPhysicsFighting3D FighterCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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