The Game Census
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Slappyball

Amelore · 2024-11-07

Steam

CasualFree To PlaySports

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

Releases: May 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's hands playing volleyball. Compete online and show who has the better ball handling skills. Style on your opponents through skill and a superior fashion sense.

84%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
63/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 146 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (876 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,934 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81281220212026Week of 2021-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

9
achievements tracked
24%
earned "You're a Winner!"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesSteam Cloud2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-05-21, latest 2024-11-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8893%9

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.

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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