Backyard Basketball '01
Arcade basketball with kid athletes and comic power-ups
Mega Cat Studios · Published by Playground Productions · Released Nov 13, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 174
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 11 months ago
- Nov 13, 2025
What is Backyard Basketball '01?
In this free-to-play, single-player basketball game, you play quick matches, practice on different courts, or manage a team through a season. You choose your lineup and uniform colors, track season stats, and create players whose skills improve over time.
For you if...
- +you enjoy casual sports with a colorful cartoon style
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer matches against other people
What players say
86% of 174 reviews are positive
Players welcome revisiting the original game with its familiar roster. Recent reviewers repeatedly criticize awkward controls.
Screenshots and trailer
Backyard Basketball '01 system requirements
Minimum: HD 5670, 0.2 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10 32bit
- Processor
- 2.0+ Ghz
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 5670 1GB DDR3 Sapphire
- Memory
- 200 MB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 32bit
- Processor
- 2.0+ Ghz
- Graphics
- NVidia Quadro K2000M or better (2GB VRAM)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
Does Backyard Basketball '01 have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Backyard Basketball '01 run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 21
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Backyard Basketball '01 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
