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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

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).

1,223
playing now
87%
positive of 72k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
36
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
96/100
IGDB user rating (76 ratings)
21h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

1,223 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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

Healthy
  • · 1,223 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,271 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~159/week).
  • · Review velocity up 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (20,709 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72,262 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 33 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19k19k20242026Week of 2024-10-07: 19,455 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 1,254 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 6,582 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 692 negativeWeek of 2024-10-21: 3,422 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 415 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 1,820 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 326 negativeWeek of 2024-11-04: 947 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 256 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 636 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 182 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 463 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 147 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 3,381 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 166 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 979 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 102 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 421 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 40 negativeWeek 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 2025-03-03: 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 2025-04-07: 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 2025-05-05: 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 2025-06-02: 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 2025-07-07: 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 2025-08-04: 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: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 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 2025-10-06: 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 2025-11-03: 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: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 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 2026-01-05: 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 2026-02-02: 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 2026-03-02: 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 2026-04-06: 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 2026-05-04: 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: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 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 2026-07-06: 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 2026-08-03: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.5k5542026-08-06 21:00 — 2,416 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,484 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,529 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,265 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,780 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,713 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,430 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,828 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,686 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,453 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,332 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,398 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,009 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,243 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,254 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,643 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,277 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,155 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,926 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1,233 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 771 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,221 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,452 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 813 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,118 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,144 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 555 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,033 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,223 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$29.032024-06-082026-08-262024-06-08 — 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 $49.992026-08-26 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8362152026-05-28 — 754 pageviews2026-05-31 — 309 pageviews2026-06-03 — 307 pageviews2026-06-06 — 255 pageviews2026-06-09 — 259 pageviews2026-06-12 — 233 pageviews2026-06-15 — 249 pageviews2026-06-18 — 304 pageviews2026-06-21 — 292 pageviews2026-06-24 — 320 pageviews2026-06-27 — 280 pageviews2026-06-30 — 308 pageviews2026-07-03 — 356 pageviews2026-07-06 — 294 pageviews2026-07-09 — 325 pageviews2026-07-12 — 337 pageviews2026-07-15 — 282 pageviews2026-07-18 — 282 pageviews2026-07-21 — 261 pageviews2026-07-24 — 601 pageviews2026-07-27 — 355 pageviews2026-07-30 — 836 pageviews2026-08-02 — 554 pageviews2026-08-05 — 399 pageviews2026-08-08 — 369 pageviews2026-08-11 — 327 pageviews2026-08-14 — 284 pageviews2026-08-17 — 291 pageviews2026-08-20 — 322 pageviews2026-08-23 — 336 pageviews2026-08-25 — 283 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

258102026-08-26 19:15 — 45 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 258 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 170 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 36 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…

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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