Deadball
1 · official itch.io GIF (1-bit still: screen-1-still.webp)
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3 · official itch.io GIF (1-bit still: screen-3-still.webp)1 · official itch.io GIF (1-bit still: screen-1-still.webp)2 · official itch.io GIF (1-bit still: screen-2-still.webp)3 · official itch.io GIF (1-bit still: screen-3-still.webp)What it is
Deadball is, in the developer's words, "a small playdate baseball sim with gratuitously deep online features." The itch.io page lists real-time 3D matches, a shared "faux internet", extensive gambling mechanics, rigging games "with a crew of associates", multiplayer syndicates for 1 to 4 players, simulated players who come in and out of games, and trading cards you can open, buy and sell.
Offline there's a pennant race mode, arcade and sim controls or "a more hands off simulation mode", and training and trades. The page doesn't say how the crank is used, if at all.
The developer adds a note that the online features "may disappear if they get too expensive to run": they're "designed to be cheap", but the developer can't commit to running them forever. Server software is available in the project's GitHub repo (https://github.com/gopherbone/deadball). Deadball was published on itch.io on 22 Oct 2026 for $3.00 USD or more; the download is DEADBALL-1.0.4.pdx.zip (15 MB).
Who made it
gopherbone, per the itch.io page. A credits page is linked from the listing and in the game; we haven't opened it.
What others are saying
No coverage yet: we found no press or reviews. This overview is built from the game's own itch.io page.
Callout (?): No review yet. We haven't reviewed Deadball yet. This page is an overview built from the developer's own itch.io page.
Sources
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Times on itch.io are shown in UTC; dates here are as itch.io shows them.
- Official itch.io page (description, credits, size, dates, price, AI disclosure). https://gopherbonegames.itch.io/deadball
- Source repo named on the page (not opened). https://github.com/gopherbone/deadball
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A small baseball sim with "gratuitously deep online features": a shared league, gambling, trading cards, plus an offline pennant race.