Games Like VIDEOBALL

Sportsfriends is a compendium of award-winning local multiplayer games. Featuring: retro-styled fighting in BaraBariBall, QWOP-like pole dueling in Super Pole Riders, high-velocity passing in Hokra, and, on Mac and Linux, face-to-face sparring in Johann Sebastian Joust.

Why similar: Sports 70.8%, Local Multiplayer 19.3%, Indie 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a collection of local multiplayer games that share the same minimalist, physics-driven competitive spirit as VIDEOBALL.

A fast-paced action-sports game that pits 2-4 players against each other in a frantic combination of air hockey and tennis. Players scramble to retrieve and throw a glowing disc while unleashing devastating abilities and defending their end zone.

Why similar: Sports 82.4%, Action 10.8%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, arcade-style sports game that blends air hockey and tennis mechanics into a competitive multiplayer experience.

A ball, two goals and... toasters! Welcome to Toasterball. Play against your friends in this physics-based multiplayer sports game, where toasters are athletes, bread flies everywhere and the gameplay changes every time you score a goal!

Why similar: Sports 52.9%, Local Multiplayer 29.7%, Action 9%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a hilarious, physics-based take on sports where the unpredictability of the movement creates intense, skill-based matches.

Introducing ClusterPuck 99, a sporty competitive sports game about sports based on athletics! Featuring 8-player local competitive action for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Sports 69%, Local Multiplayer 21.8%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based sports game emphasizes precision and chaotic team-based competition in a compact arena.

An arcade action game about shooting a ball into a goal. It's cyberpunk volleyball with guns.

Why similar: Sports 51.9%, Local Multiplayer 40.1%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines traditional sports mechanics with shooter elements, creating a unique team-based competitive loop.

A futuresport FPS where you race around a skate park / dance club and nail each other with dodgeball trick shots. Singleplayer + Local Multiplayer + Online Multiplayer with 27 different objective-based game modes...or create your own!

Why similar: Sports 64.1%, Local Multiplayer 25.7%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy arena game that captures the same arcade intensity and focus on ball control found in VIDEOBALL.

Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Sports 57.9%, Local Multiplayer 22.1%, Action 11%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: While more combat-focused, its core mechanic of hitting a ball at increasing speeds mirrors the tension and momentum of VIDEOBALL.

12 orbits is the only local multiplayer game for 2-12 people at once, no matter what you play on. A single keyboard, touchscreen or controller will do.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 88.6%, Indie 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, fast-paced party game that excels at local multiplayer chaos with very simple, intuitive controls.

SpiritSphere is a local multiplayer game that draws inspiration from classics like Zelda and Windjammers and mashes it together with the nostalgic feel of playing air hockey at your local arcade.

Why similar: Sports 60.3%, Local Multiplayer 21.1%, Action 10.4%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game reimagines classic arcade sports with a unique, magic-infused twist that rewards precise timing.

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.

Why similar: Sports 81.6%, Action 10.6%, Indie 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic arcade sports experience that emphasizes aggressive, fast-paced movement and team-based scoring.

Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.

Why similar: Sports 58.6%, Local Multiplayer 22.1%, Action 12.2%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This arcade-style dodgeball game features quirky physics and a strong emphasis on local competitive play.

Local multiplayer basketball with birds.

Why similar: Sports 76.6%, Action 12.8%, Indie 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, indie sports game that focuses on the core mechanics of basketball with a fun, arcade-inspired twist.

Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 84.8%, Action 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, minimalist local multiplayer game that relies on quick reflexes and clever use of physics-based projectiles.

KungFu Kickball is the fighting-sports game where the best ball kicker wins! Punch, kick, and headbutt your way across the field to smash the ball into your opponents' bell and rack up points!

Why similar: Sports 76.2%, Action 12.9%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends martial arts with sports, focusing on physics-based ball interaction in a competitive 2D environment.

Super Sportmatchen is a fun and fantastical retro party sports game for up to four players!

Why similar: Sports 63.7%, Local Multiplayer 19.8%, Action 9%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of arcade-style sports events that captures the retro, competitive feel of local multiplayer gaming.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 64%, Action 19.1%, Indie 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though a platformer, its tight, high-skill competitive local multiplayer matches feel very similar in intensity to VIDEOBALL.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 68.4%, Action 20.8%, Indie 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a chaotic, physics-based local multiplayer experience that rewards creative thinking and fast reactions.

The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 65%, Action 19%, Indie 16%

Why You'll Like It: A tense, minimalist competitive game where movement and momentum are key to outmaneuvering your opponent.

Kabounce™ is the multiplayer pinball sport game where you are the ball. Experience fast-paced online arena combat, rack up combos and points and score to win. Take the action offline with single player time-attack parkour modes!

Why similar: Sports 68.1%, Action 11.9%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This pinball-inspired sports game features unique movement mechanics and competitive multiplayer modes.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 67.7%, Action 19.3%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic, minimalist party game that forces players to adapt to constantly changing rules, much like the evolving nature of VIDEOBALL.

HoloBall plunges players into an action-sports arcade arena inspired by one of the most iconic games of all time. Use your paddles to hit, smash and curve the HoloBall past your opponent to score. Learn and master skillshots to outmatch your increasingly difficult opponents.

Why similar: Sports 77%, Action 13.3%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style sports game that uses a minimalist aesthetic to create an intense, rhythmic competitive experience.

Play football in first person view and develop your own tactics and tricks. Play with up to 9 of your friends or join alone. No Pay2Win!

Why similar: Sports 89.5%, Action 5.3%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person sports game that relies heavily on physics and team coordination to succeed in competitive matches.

Gnomeball is a fast-paced soccer game for 1-4 players, set in a charming miniature garden. Become a goal-scoring machine, pass like a maestro, and channel your inner Messi as you gracefully dribble past defenders!

Why similar: Sports 78.6%, Local Multiplayer 15%, Action 3.3%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style sports title that emphasizes competitive play and unique, physics-based scoring mechanics.

Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 62.7%, Action 22.3%, Indie 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, arcade-style competitive game that focuses on quick rounds and accessible but deep mechanics.

Practice soccer and other sports the way they are meant to be played: sitting on a couch with your friends! Soccertron is a local multiplayer sports game for up to 4 players with a simple premise: Kick the ball or your friends to win the match!

Why similar: Sports 82%, Action 11%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, arcade-focused soccer game that prioritizes speed and simple controls over simulation.

Virtual Foosball is a funny foosball simulation for Windows. It includes a singleplayer and a multiplayer modus. You can design you own foosballtable layouts and play on different difficulty levels.

Why similar: Sports 76%, Action 13.1%, Indie 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a faithful, physics-based simulation of a classic arcade-style table sport.

Volley, Tennis or Soccer - choose your favorite sport, take to the field and prepare to have a blast!!

Why similar: Sports 80.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of arcade-style sports games that focuses on accessibility and quick, fun matches.

Let's play ONETEAM SOCCER. All players move together since they're "ONETEAM".

Why similar: Sports 76.3%, Action 13%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A simple, action-oriented soccer game that strips away complexity to focus on the core fun of local competition.

Please welcome Aiball. Actually, a lot of them. They're from a parallel universe. They are like us. They like to play football, run obstacle courses, compete in wrestling, or even make a mortal battle with the help of different weapons.

Why similar: Sports 58.4%, Local Multiplayer 24.5%, Action 9%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, physics-based sports game that focuses on simple, fun-to-play mechanics in a competitive setting.

Did you ever wonder what sports would be like on the moon? This dynamic multiplayer game will have you on the edge of your seat for hours to come! Mixing elements of Rugby with the low gravity of the moon, you can work as a team to score goals against your opponents.

Why similar: Sports 76.1%, Action 13.1%, Indie 10.7%

One of the longest running independent games on the Internet, UniBall has evolved from a simple version of space hockey into an online multiplayer e-sport that is uniquely its own.

Why similar: Sports 80.8%, Action 10.2%, Indie 9%

Fast-paced 3D volleyball game, perfect for casual gamers, competitive players, and volleyball fans

Why similar: Sports 74.7%, Action 13.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%

Two-player Arcade mayhem in tight arenas - Toss the ball to your opponent's goal before they get the chance!

Why similar: Sports 76.3%, Action 12.8%, Indie 10.9%

Superball is a multiplayer 3v3 action game. An all-out blast of football in a cyberpunk setting. Choose a hero with unique abilities and conquer the sport of the future. Your accurate passes and strikes, as well as artful defense will lead your team to victory!

Why similar: Sports 86.5%, Action 13.5%

Natural Soccer is a highly playable arcade soccer game with fast-paced action, accurate physics and intuitive controls, inspired by classics like "Kick Off" and "Sensible Soccer".

Why similar: Sports 67.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%, Action 11.1%, Indie 9.2%

G-Ball is a new sports game set in orbit of Mars in the not-so-distant future. Astronaut athletes challenge you in a mash-up of basketball, football, and dodgeball as you soar through a zero gravity arena in 3 on 3 team matches.

Why similar: Sports 78.3%, Action 11.8%, Indie 9.8%

Assemble your squad, grab a ball and demolish the opposing team! All sports combine and up to 6 players compete in the ultimate sports mashup -- locally or with Steam Remote Play! 6 unique sports characters. Epic 3 player Season Mode. 6 player Quick Matches. All the sports and none of the rules!

Why similar: Sports 100%

Imagine Pong with 500 balls instead of 1! You can rotate your bat giving you fine control over which way every ball bounces. There are power-ups to collect including: Invisiball, Inversion and of course IMPOSSIBALL. Up to 4 players can play locally in 3 game modes: IMPOSSIBALL, DODGEBALL & LONEBALL.

Why similar: Sports 87.1%, Action 12.9%

SUPER ARCADE SOCCER 2021 combines the best of today’s technology and classic retro games.Use your best skills and tailor your strategy to beat the competition.If you loved games like Sensible Soccer or Kick-Off, this game is a must-have.

Why similar: Sports 67.2%, Local Multiplayer 23.9%, Indie 8.9%

bagelball is a physics & movement-based multiplayer sports-ish game, similar to the game with cars and footballs, except instead of driving a car you wield a bagel. you can ride the bagel to fly, throw bagels at high velocity, and wall jump, all to score the most goals within 5 minutes.

Why similar: Sports 82.7%, Action 17.3%

Practice a multitude of sports, such as athletics, horse riding, cycling, swimming and more.

Why similar: Sports 87.9%, Indie 12.1%

Challlenge Speedball is a cooperative multiplayer game based on the competition paintball variation called Speedball.

Why similar: Sports 81.4%, Action 14.9%, Indie 3.7%

An adrenaline-pumping 3v3 class-based shooter sport game.

Why similar: Sports 83.2%, Action 16.8%

TOTOBALL, also known as table football, is a football-inspired game. In it players have to pull, push and spin the soccer players that are stuck in cross bars, a simple game that can give you lots of fun times with your friends

Why similar: Sports 70.1%, Local Multiplayer 25.3%, Indie 4.6%

Merging sports with first-person shooters, Pulseball is a fast-paced, competitive multiplayer game. Now with better netcode than Halo Master Chief Collection!

Why similar: Sports 77%, Action 13.9%, Indie 9.1%

Vector Strike is where FPS & sports collide in a fast-paced, physics-based 4v4 arena. Master precision shooting, movement and teamwork to outplay opponents and score goals. Whether you're pulling off winning plays with abilities or just having fun with friends, every shot counts.

Why similar: Sports 85.8%, Action 14.2%

Easy to learn yet hard to master, Ultra Space Battle Brawl is a fun competitive game fit for settling disputes, be it with your friends and family or rivals and arch nemesis.

Why similar: Sports 66.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, Action 11%, Indie 8.8%

Pool, but each BALL is ENCHANTED! Master the 7 different magical effects, but don't forget your fundamentals!

Why similar: Sports 82.6%, Local Multiplayer 10.4%, Indie 7%

Protoball is a futuristic Arena Sports Shooter, a blend of basketball and soccer crossed with high tech futuristic style. Players athletically jump, slide, run, grind and dash around the arena trying to pass the Protoball through the opponents goal. This is the game you've been waiting for.

Why similar: Sports 85.4%, Action 14.6%

5 on 5 Pro Basketball born from the golden era of sports games. This spiritual successor to the 8-bit ballers bridges the gap between retro and today’s simulation games. Side-scrolling, sweaty arcade action with simplified 3-button gameplay and retro vibes galore.

Why similar: Sports 77.4%, Local Multiplayer 11.7%, Indie 10.8%

A new vision of the volleyball video game developed by a volleyball player, play a match or league in single player mode, two players or multiplayer, wear your visor and you are in the game...

Why similar: Sports 87.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%, Indie 3.6%

Play the full sport of Baseball (every position) on your own or with your friends in VR!

Why similar: Sports 86.7%, Action 13.3%

Experience the thrill of Hoverboard Basketball! Team up or challenge players worldwide in fast-paced crossplay PvP matches. Master the ball, dribble, and outwit your opponents to score impressive goals— with no aim assist. Only skill and creativity matter. Grab your Hoverboard and dominate now!

Why similar: Sports 100%

Tower Tag is the original hyper-dynamic futuristic paintball like PVP shooter with a grappling hook locomotion method that becomes second nature instantly. Without any motion sickness!...

Why similar: Sports 80.2%, Action 16%, Indie 3.9%

The first official floorball video game is back! Play real teams, enter tournaments, and relive the fast-paced action of 2010.

Why similar: Sports 68.1%, Local Multiplayer 31.9%