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The Spike

The Spike

The Spike is a 2D volleyball game which is light, but dynamic. Dominate your opponents with speedy and powerful spikes, to take control of the court!

Released Jun 5, 2020 Developer SUNCYAN studio Publisher PsychoFlux Entertainment Platforms Windows SportsPvPArcadeCharacter Customization2D
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.9%positive2,381 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“very good game!!”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“good”

— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:31 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

6playing at last check
524-hour peak
236all-time peak
0 50 100 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 89 avg · May 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

21achievements
10.1%median completion
1.9%rarest: A rather boring match
92.4% of players 73.3% of players 72.4% of players 53.6% of players 33.3% of players 26.5% of players 25.5% of players 24.1% of players 19.0% of players 10.8% of players 10.1% of players 9.3% of players 8.9% of players 7.5% of players 3.8% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 1.9% of players 92.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.4%Improve Attack — Perform 10 spikes.
73.3%Improve Shield — Perform 5 blocks.
72.4%Improve Serve — Perform 10 jump floater serves.
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%A rather boring match — Take a deuce beyond 40 points.
2.3%Bloc- KING — Surpass 20,000 points in Blocking Practice.
2.3%Sniper — Hit the white circle 30 total times.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 16, 2024
The Spike retiring from Steam

Hello, We regret to inform you that The Spike will soon be discontinued from Steam. Due to the various challenges and some undisclosed legal issues, it has been difficult for us to provide you with up

Apr 24, 2023
Update 23-04-24

The untranslated parts in the Chinese build have been translated. Fixed the part where the game controller UI was not applied. The main screen UI has been changed. Fixed a bug where other characters'

Jul 31, 2022
Update 22-07-31

You can now have up to 3 S-Class players on your team. You can now adjust the maximum score for Opponent Mode. The game now creates backup data for your save file. Backup data will be created when you

Mar 29, 2022
Notice regarding "gml_Script_dtload" error

UPDATE: Recent error in the game with error code gml_Script_dtload has been resolved with the latest update. Please update the game to the latest version, and let us know if there are any problems rem

Mar 27, 2022
Update: Steam account linking and save/load related issues

Hello, this is developer Osik. I'm aware that there were a lot of bugs after the recent update; such as not being able to link your Steam account, or an error message pops up after you recruit a new p

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, Sports
Player tagsSports · PvP · Arcade · Character Customization · 2D · Controller · Action · Casual · Anime · Co-op · Local Co-Op · Online Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesKorean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Achievements21
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: Any processor w/ a clock rate of 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: CPU-integrated or on-board graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 120 MB available space