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WHAT THE BAT?
From the creators of the award-winning comedy games WHAT THE GOLF? and WHAT THE CAR? comes a wacky game about having baseball bats for hands. It's a sweet, silly, and absurd coming-of-age story that can be enjoyed by both newcomers and experienced VR fans.
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“what the balls?”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Very short for a 25 dollar price tag. Never buy at full price”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
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WHAT THE BAT? is a part of the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival event on Steam!
WHAT THE BAT? is a part of Laughs & Smiles Game Festival, a digital showcase celebrating games that will make you laugh and/or smile!
WHAT THE CAR? IS OUT NOW
IT'S REAL! IT'S OUT! ITS TIME TO WRECK HAVOC AS A SILLY CAR! This is what the excited people are saying about the car game already: A racing game with a ‘complete disregard for actual vehicles’ - The
WHAT THE BAT? goes to Hollywood
The unhinged slapstick comedy VR game WHAT THE BAT? is not only the winner of UploadVR's GOTY 2022 award but also getting its first major update today with fresh movie-inspired levels! For FREE! The u
WHAT THE CAR? Demo is in Next Fest
Our silly game about a car with legs is part of Next Fest this week with a very fun demo. You should check it out! And please wishlist it would mean a lot to us 💖
WHAT THE CAR? New demo is live!!!
WHAT THE CAR? will be part of June's Next Fest but there's no need to wait. We have a shiny new demo which you can play now. Head to the Car Steam page to play the demo and wishlist! 🤙 💖 https://clan.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · VR · Casual · Physics · First-Person · Indie · Funny · Comedy · Singleplayer · Family Friendly (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Official site | https://whatthegames.com/bat |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space VR Support: OpenXR. Standing Only