Speedball 2 HD

Speedball 2 HD

Skip · Action · 2013

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 17, under the fair line, at $9.99.

Cost per hour▼
$1.31/hr
Reviews▼
66% of 678
Critics
53 players 13 higher
Genre rank
Top 80% Action

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
7.6h
Achievements
22

Price and sales

Sales
47 on record
Typical cut
68% off
Steam low
$0.99 March 2015
Sale every
67d last October 2026
Lowest now $9.09 at Fanaticalall-time low $0.74 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
1 now
Cheaper than
24% of its genre
Better reviewed
16% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

20% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 25, 06:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

The value story

The value story

47 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 68 percent off across all of them, roughly 10 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 84 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. UFO 50 ($24.99, scores 81) and Devolver Bootleg ($4.99, scores 65) both outscore it.

More about Speedball 2 HD

Critics scored it 53. Players sit 13 points higher at 66 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Inside the two-hour refund window, 51 percent of the 115 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 33 percent of everything written about it.

At 7.6 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.31/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 67% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 117 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Just release the original amiga version of speedball 2 brutal deluxe. It was perfect in every way. This is not!
alx242Not recommendedafter 1.1hMar 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
a bit to slow compare to the original, its more like slowball 2. they should run faster so u can feel the speed and get a bit more action in the match. but its still fun and its much longer seasons with cups and champions league the AI players is running around like stupid chickens and not at all in position like in the old origin. Plus it chrashes often and log u out Overall absolutely not the same feeling as the...
FackAduckNot recommendedafter 11hJan 2026Read on Steam
The 8 Core Player Attributes * SPD (Speed): Controls movement velocity, slide-tackle reach, and jump distance. Essential for recovering loose balls quickly. * POW (Power): Dictates tackle impact. Higher power inflicts severe damage to opponents' health meters, accelerating player injuries. * STA (Stamina): Serves as the primary defense against Power. High stamina mitigates health loss when tackled and keeps stats...
SilverhandRecommendedafter 11hJun 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Speedball 2 HD is a modern reincarnation on the classic, futuristic cyberpunk sports game Speedball, originally developed by the Bitmap Brothers and first released for the Atari ST in 1990. A brutal mix of handball and ice hockey placed at break-neck pace.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, ATi Radeon X1300 Pro, NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache or Intel HD Graphics, 297 MB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Speedball 2 HD scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/251690/speedball-2-hd
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Reviews 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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+13
Critics53
Players66
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 678 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperBitmap Brothers
PublisherRebellion
GenreAction
Released2013
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements22