Bat Boy
Fair · Action · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.1h 5.8h to 100%
- Value
- $3.66/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 267 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.34 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
Ryosuke isn't just your regular high-school kid. He and his fellow sports-star friends secretly battle against the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious, hellbent on hosting sinister athletic events for his own amusement! Ryosuke is Bat Boy!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, IntelHD 3000, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 21 discounts in the 3 years tracked, the median cut is 40 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, La-Mulana 2 ($24.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Braid, Anniversary Edition ($19.99, scores 55).
More about Bat Boy
Critics scored it 78. Players sit 17 points higher at 95 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.1 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
84% start to 13% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 01:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Let's make this short: Simple, effective, fun upgrades, facepalmed at some jokes but I think that was the point. The levels are fun to navigate, and I really had the desire to 100% every levels. I never felt like "Ah, sh*t.. I gotta get back in..", which is pretty good. Only things that I could consider a negative (although not a fun killer in any way) is that to some extent, you become too strong. I had a hard time...
2 more reviews
A great throwback to older games but with all the polish you expect from more modern titles. Similar to Shovel Knight in a lot of ways, and there's also a bit of Mega man here too. Wish this game had more reviews, so more people might find it. If it looks like your kind of thing - I'd highly recommend it.
An amazing tribute to NES games of old, retaining that long-lost feeling that when games are hard... The problem isn't the game, it's YOU. Great graphics and level design, and some really funny humor put the bow on a wonderful package. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Bat Boy scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1709350/bat-boyReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.