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Bat Boy
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-18.
“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“This game has its hard moments, but other than maybe a few bosses, the challenge is more than fair unlike a lot of old NES games. A really good and underrated retro platformer.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“If you grew up with NES / SNES / or even the Genesis/Mega Drive - you owe it to yourself to play this game. The gameplay is incredibly smooth and fun with awesome new abilities and mechanics that you get along the way. The soundtrack and level design are *chef's kiss* and I had…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedLatest official news
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Bat Boy discounted in DANGEN Entertainment Publisher Sale!
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BAT BOY’s Official Soundtrack Is Now Available on Vinyl!
We're proud to announce the full BAT BOY OST, pressed perfectly onto 2x 180g LPs, can be yours at J-Squared’s Shop TODAY! 24 specially mastered tracks composed by Evader Music have been pressed to hea
Bat Boy has a new home team!
Now batting for team DANGEN Entertainment, Bat Boy steps up to the plate! Missed him before? Well don't strike out again as Bat Boy slides into our back catalogue across all platforms! Swing into the
Patch 1.0.9 live (this is a small one)
- Small change to how the default resolution is calculated on a new installation to better accommodate uncommon display resolutions. - Fixed issue where the boss at level 2 could, on rare occasions, p
Patch 1.0.8 is live!
- Fixed issue where Bat Boy would sometimes get hit when performing the “Bull Rush” ability through an enemy. - Fixed issue where Cloud Saving was not work properly. - Overall improvement on projectil
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Platformer · Puzzle · 2D Platformer · 2D · Anime · Cartoony · Pixel Graphics · Colorful · Baseball (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://batboythegame.com/?utm_source=SteamURL&utm_medium=directLink |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: IntelHD 3000 Storage: 500 MB available space