Dodgeball Academia
Worth it · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $24.99, a BANGER if it drops to $9.56.
- Length
- 10.5h 13.1h to 100%
- Value
- $2.38/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 680 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $9.56 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Dodgeball Academia is a sports RPG game featuring rookie dodgeball student, Otto. Join Otto and an eclectic cast of characters as they train to dominate on and off the courts of the academia.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel(R) Integrated Graphics. Windows only.
The value story
34 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $9.56 BANGER line 9 times.
Value puts it in the top 6 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Castle Crashers® ($14.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Three Heroes ($3.99, scores 23).
More about Dodgeball Academia
Steam's global achievement data puts 21 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Of the 326 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to July 2026.
The drop-off
74% start to 21% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
This game is a nice one, it's pretty and entertaining. The gameplay loop works like this, you play a dodgeball match, get some money to buy equipments/buff items and earn some xp to level up your teanmates, rise and repeat. Outside of dodgeball, you explore the campus, do some side quests and that's it. It didn't got repetitive, for me, since the game is short and the matches have different modes, hazardous balls...
2 more reviews
I had fun with this game. It features a sport not really explored in video games, it is fun and entertaining. Maybe a little too grindy, and the story kind of average, but with good characters, and good gameplay. As a final point, it has a lot of room for improvement if a sequel is released.
Decided to give this game a go because it reminds me of a game I played for the GBA back in the day, and its from the same guys that made Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, which I also really liked. It is a very silly game, but in a good way, took me 10h to 100% the game and it was a really good 10h, it does not overstay its welcome! It is also wholesome, which I did not expect, Kinda of reminded me of the Yakuza...
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Cite this score
Dodgeball Academia scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1422420/dodgeball-academiaReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.