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MetaBall - Multiplayer Basketball

Bucketplay Inc. · 2024-03-07

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RacingSportsFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 07, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Mar 07, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Mar 07, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 07, 2024 (Xbox One), Mar 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the thrill of Hoverboard Basketball! Team up or challenge players worldwide in fast-paced crossplay PvP matches. Master the ball, dribble, and outwit your opponents to score impressive goals— with no aim assist. Only skill and creativity matter. Grab your Hoverboard and dominate now!

70%
positive of 338 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
3.63★
PlayStation Store rating (5,750 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

In a distant future where humans have settled and inhabited all planets in the solar system, they soon had to face a huge menace as solar energy started to deplete. Panic and uncertainty raged in the heliocentric system, but scientists discovered on Mars a new mineral called Metanium that could replace solar energy. From this instant and for several centuries, a fierce competition took place between all the planets to obtain this rare resource. As the energy depletion caused by the war worsened, leaders from all the planets scrambled to find a solution that would lead to a fair distribution (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 1,053 Racing games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

32
achievements tracked
81.1%
earned "Welcome to Metaball"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App Purchases7 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Japanese, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Census log

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

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