$19.99 (−20%)Beastieball Coach beasties, win volleyball
A turn-based volleyball RPG where you coach a team of Beasties. Plan attacks on a tiny tactics grid, watch your Beasties bond into besties and rivals, and climb the ranks of an open world full of coaches with stories of their own. Funny, heartfelt and genuinely strategic.
Is Beastieball worth it?
Beastieball is worth it if…
- you want a creature collector with real tactical depth and no luck deciding your matches
- you like stories with funny writing and characters worth caring about
- you enjoy open worlds where you pick your own order of challenges
- you would rather build friendships with your team than grind for hours
- you want to test your teams against other players
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Volleyball, but turn-based and on a grid
Matches play out on a small tactics grid split into a front row for attacking and a back row for defending. On defense you read the other team's play and pick a response that can spoil it.
There is no randomness to blame. Movesets and damage are out in the open, so a match is pure planning: you see the whole board, your opponent sees yours. Win by scoring points rather than wiping the other team, and a well-timed defensive call can flip a point you looked set to lose. It is easy to pick up, and the strategy keeps unfolding the longer you play.
Beasties who become besties, partners or rivals
Your Beasties are not just stats. As they play together, relationships grow between them, and every pair that bonds gets a combo move unique to that duo, strong enough to turn a tight match around. A pair of sweethearts plays differently than a pair of rivals.
Every Beastie has its own traits, strengths and weaknesses, and plenty of ways to work with teammates, so there is real depth in building a roster. None of them are dead weight: with the right plan, any of them can hold their own in a match. They react to what happens around them, on the court and off it, which makes the team feel like a group of characters rather than a toolbox.
