Beastieball
Last updated: 2025-06-10
- Engaging combat and charming creature design.
- Unique volleyball-style strategic battles.
- Exceptional and memorable soundtrack.
- Substantial and varied post-game content.
- Navigation and UI are confusing.
- Story is short and simple.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 1107
- Helpful reviews
- 78%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 21%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 99%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 1%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 3103
- Negative points
- 488
- Gameplay points
- 360
- Perf. points
- 29
- Rec. points
- 738
- Misc points
- 130
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Engaging, deep combat and charming design
| The game offers a captivating and strategic combat system that is both accessible and deep, with a well-designed user interface and balanced gameplay. It also features charming art, creature designs, and a complete story, making it a delightful experience. | 97% |
Unique, charming creatures with personality
| The game features unique and charming creatures ('Beasties') with distinct personalities, designs, and interactions, fostering a strong connection between the player and their team. These creatures have varied designs, traits and relationship dynamics that influence gameplay. | 57% |
Volleyball-style combat is unique
| The game uniquely blends monster collecting with volleyball-style combat, creating a refreshing and strategic experience. This combination offers a novel twist on the genre, emphasizing positioning, teamwork, and engaging mechanics. | 23% |
Innovative, fresh take on genre
| The game innovates within the creature collector genre, offering a fresh take on familiar mechanics and improving upon aspects of similar games like Pokemon. It also includes quality-of-life features and strategic depth, making it a standout title. | 21% |
Exceptional and memorable soundtrack
| The game features an exceptional soundtrack, often composed by Lena Raine, that enhances the overall experience and creates memorable moments. The music is consistently high quality, with a wide range of genres and vibes that fit the game's atmosphere. | 17% |
Battles are fun and strategic
| The game's battles are extremely fun and strategic, with mechanics that are much better than similar games. The combat system is polished, creative, and well-designed, offering a unique and engaging experience. | 12% |
Exceeds expectations, high quality RPG
| The game excels at everything a good RPG should do, exceeding expectations and surpassing similar games. The game is feature complete, with a full story and a plenitude of interesting ideas. | 6% |
Creatures feel alive and connected
| The game emphasizes the emotional bonds and personalities of the creatures, making them feel alive through interactions, relationships, and unique traits. Wild creatures willingly join the team based on impressed playstyles, avoiding forced abduction. | 6% |
Substantial and varied post-game content
| The game offers substantial post-game content, including a roguelike mode, battle tower, and shiny hunting, providing replayability and challenges for players after completing the main story. The game also features unique evolution conditions and generous accessibility to shiny hunting. | 6% |
Good balance and social features
| The game features a well-balanced difficulty, a good system for sharing team codes, and a focus on sportsmanship and friendship. The social system, where you can spend time with coaches, is a nice touch. | 6% |