The Game Census
DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition cover art

DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition

Longbow Games · 2018-11-21

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 21, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The king of breakout games is back in a special 20th Anniversary Edition with high-res boards, new power-ups, online leaderboards, a boardset editor and more!

DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition is a Casual, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 519 reviews).

9
playing now
96%
positive of 519 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

DX-Ball 2 is a 1998 Breakout clone action game for Microsoft Windows, developed and published by Longbow Games. As a follow-up to the 1996 cult-classic DX-Ball by Michael P. Welch, the sequel introduced a number of improvements to the original game, including high-colour textured graphics, an original soundtrack by Eric "Sidewinder" Gieseke, multiple board-sets with distinct visual styles, and a hotseat multiplayer mode. On November 21, 2018, the game was re-released and remastered on Steam as DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition, commemorating the game's 20th anniversary, while also ensuring compatibility with more recent versions of Windows. The anniversary edition introduced high-definition graphics, widescreen gameplay with a selection of new widescreen board-sets, additional power-ups, online leaderboards, and a board-set editor for creating custom board-sets. Following the release of the anniversary edition on Steam, distribution of the original demo version of DX-Ball 2 via the Longbow Games website was discontinued, alongside sales of the game's original board pack expansions.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 519 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.30 at Steam (2020-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120182026Week of 2018-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2352026-09-15 07:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
142Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 14 · peak 60Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 18Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 22May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2022 — avg 9 · peak 19Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 21May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 21Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 21May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$2.302018-11-212021-01-052018-11-21 — best price $5.592018-11-22 — best price $6.992018-11-28 — best price $6.992019-01-03 — best price $5.592019-01-07 — best price $6.992019-02-11 — best price $5.592019-02-15 — best price $6.992019-05-23 — best price $5.592019-05-27 — best price $6.992019-06-25 — best price $3.492019-07-09 — best price $6.992019-07-11 — best price $5.592019-07-15 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $3.492019-12-03 — best price $6.992019-12-19 — best price $3.492020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-04-09 — best price $2.622020-04-13 — best price $6.992020-06-25 — best price $4.192020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-11-25 — best price $2.302020-12-01 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $2.302021-01-05 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3272026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 24 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 16 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 14 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 18 pageviews2026-10-11 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "First Board"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorRemote Play Together3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-12-24, latest 2020-01-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9913%32

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetro1990'sArcadeCasualClassicGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

Players also track

Supreme Ruler UltimateBronze Age - HD EditionTech Support: Error UnknownPax NovaRogue HeistApsulov: End of GodsTidal Tribe

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗