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Sportsfriends cover art

Sportsfriends

Die Gute Fabrik · 2014-12-19

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieSportsFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 06, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Dec 19, 2014 (Mac), May 07, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Dec 19, 2014 (Linux), Dec 19, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sportsfriends is a compendium of award-winning local multiplayer games. Featuring: retro-styled fighting in BaraBariBall, QWOP-like pole dueling in Super Pole Riders, high-velocity passing in Hokra, and, on Mac and Linux, face-to-face sparring in Johann Sebastian Joust.

80%
positive of 90 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (15,225 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)
Sportsfriends is a party video game created by the Danish independent developer collective Die Gute Fabrik. It consists of four games: Johann Sebastian Joust, Super Pole Riders, BaraBariBall, and Hokra. It was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac, and Linux. The game was funded through Kickstarter and received over US$150,000 from backers.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 45,457 Indie games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $5.99 at Humble Store (2017-09-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120142026Week of 2014-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012024-05-292015-01-01 — best price $13.492015-05-08 — best price $13.492015-05-22 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $8.992015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-07-04 — best price $13.492015-07-06 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $11.242015-08-31 — best price $7.492015-09-02 — best price $11.242015-09-11 — best price $14.992015-11-25 — best price $10.042015-12-01 — best price $14.992015-12-20 — best price $7.492015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-01-15 — best price $7.492016-01-29 — best price $14.992016-02-05 — best price $8.992016-02-12 — best price $14.992017-05-01 — best price $7.492017-05-05 — best price $14.992017-05-11 — best price $7.492017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-09-07 — best price $5.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992024-05-29 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2032026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 9 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 14 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-21 — 17 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-27 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-03 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerFull controller supportIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndiePartySportsFree to Play4 Player LocalLocal Multiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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