
Fans of the action genre will find plenty to enjoy in Dodgeball Academia.
89
Verdict
94%
Steam
85
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (94% positive from 661 reviews)
Critically acclaimed (85/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
No significant drawbacks reported
Dodgeball Academia is a sports role-playing video game developed by Pocket Trap and published by Humble Games. The game was released on August 5, 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 4. It combines real-time dodgeball gameplay with role-playing elements and a story set at a school dedicated to the sport.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 8d ago
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.
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 and the abilities your team and opponents have. The game have acessibility settings to make it harder or easier to your liking, by changing the damage you deal and get. The story is like one of those 90's animes, underdog main character that enters in a tournament, makes friends and a nemesis and then you can probably guess the rest, it's cliché, kinda generic, but i'd say it's charming and well done despite being too simple at times. The only true complaint i have, and it's a very personal one, is that i wish the characters were more fleshed out. They are tropes, all of them, and that's it, making them shallow despite being charming. Recommended because i had lots of fun and the game ended before becoming a chore.
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