Beastieball
Creature-collecting RPG with turn-based volleyball matches and team relationships
Wishes Ultd. · Published by Klei Publishing · Released Nov 12, 2024 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 1,530
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 18 in 30 days
- Players
- 30
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 20 hours ago
- Nov 6, 2026
What is Beastieball?
In this open-world RPG, you coach a team of Beasties through turn-based volleyball matches on a small tactics grid. You explore, build relationships between teammates to unlock paired moves, and challenge ranked coaches in any order as you work toward the Crown Series. The remaining bosses grow stronger after each victory.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning turn-based plays with distinct teammates
- +you like exploring an open world between ranked matches
- +you want creature collecting with online competitive matches
Not for you if...
- −you want sports matches played in real time
- −you prefer a strictly linear sequence of bosses
- −you prefer to wait until games leave early access
What players say
97% of 1,530 reviews are positive · 88% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the tactical matches, Beastie designs, writing, and music. Others dislike the writing's tone or point to unfinished Beastie art and animations. Some players also report crashes or glitches.
Players over time
▲ +0% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 39 players on Oct 17, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 30 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 19 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 31 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 25 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 22 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 27 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 28 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 26 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 16 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 12 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 27 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 21 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 23 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 28 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 24 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 22 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 24 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 31 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 39 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 24 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 25 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 31 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 35 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 28 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 33 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 26 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 22 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 19 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 30 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 24 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 27 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 29 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 36 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 26 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 20 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 12 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 25 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 22 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 23 |
How many players finish Beastieball?
25% of Steam players have unlocked «ACHIEVEMENT OF SHAME», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Beastieball system requirements
Minimum: Integrated Laptop work OK, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Beastieball?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- 7+
- Processor
- Not too shabby
- Graphics
- Integrated Laptop graphics work OK
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- The game will auto-adjust its quality settings on first startup. It is optimized to be able to run decently even on low-power devices.
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Beastieball have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does Beastieball run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 27
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does Beastieball use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Early Access
- Creature Collector
- Sports
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Exploration
- PvP
- RPG
- eSports
- JRPG
- Character Customization
- 2.5D
- Comic Book
- Story Rich
- Open World
- Cartoony
- Colorful
Recent updates
- Aug 31, 2026 · Milestone 6 Hotfix Update
- Aug 19, 2026 · CITY UPDATE! Trading, Animation, Bonus Dungeon and more!
- Aug 3, 2026 · The Final(?) Bash Results Blog Update!
- Jun 25, 2026 · June Milestone Hotfix
- Jun 11, 2026 · MILESTONE UPDATE! Workshop Support, New Animation, Areas and more!
1 DLC available.