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Handball 21 cover art

Handball 21

Eko Software · Nacon · 2020-11-12

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SimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 12, 2020 (Xbox One)

Experience the intensity of one of the most complete sports! With accurately reproduced handball motions, the most lifelike players and tactics management deeply integrated into the gameplay, this is the most realistic handball simulation ever made.

Handball 21 is a Simulation, Sports game released in 2020, priced at $3.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed sentiment (44% of 146 reviews).

2
playing now
44%
positive of 146 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.71★
PlayStation Store rating (538 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 146 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 79 of 119 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120202026Week of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$2.972020-11-122026-10-102020-11-12 — best price $29.992021-01-09 — best price $33.892021-02-25 — best price $39.992021-03-31 — best price $39.992021-06-21 — best price $15.992021-07-24 — best price $35.992021-09-21 — best price $35.992021-12-02 — best price $39.992022-01-17 — best price $39.992022-03-08 — best price $35.992022-05-11 — best price $13.492022-07-15 — best price $35.992022-08-26 — best price $31.882022-11-07 — best price $35.992022-12-22 — best price $10.492023-03-09 — best price $7.992023-05-03 — best price $29.392023-07-03 — best price $8.992023-09-11 — best price $8.992023-11-17 — best price $7.802024-01-04 — best price $9.002024-03-10 — best price $39.992024-05-29 — best price $31.882024-08-15 — best price $3.992024-11-01 — best price $6.592025-01-16 — best price $3.992025-04-07 — best price $6.802025-06-20 — best price $2.992025-09-08 — best price $3.402025-11-11 — best price $31.882026-01-07 — best price $31.882026-03-02 — best price $29.392026-04-30 — best price $39.992026-07-02 — best price $4.002026-09-03 — best price $3.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
57%
earned "Done and dusted"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play Together

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

3DPvEPvPModernSportsForeignTacticalRealisticControllerManagement

Census log

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

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