Spike Volleyball
Developer Black Sheep Studio
Spikes, blocks, floaters… Master the skills and tactics of indoor volleyball! With 50 men's and women's national teams, Spike Volleyball draws you deep into the realistic action of one of the most complex and spectacular team sports played today. From the Steam store page
173 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76 positive · 92 negative
95% range 38–53%
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| Steam reviews | 76 | 92 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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60 of 173 · most liked firstPros: - Best indoor volleyball game I've played - Good sound editing creates real feeling of impact - Reasonably easy to master controls - Huge amount of potential - The only indoor volleyball game on Steam - Career mode allows you to make a team - Fun once in a while Cons: - Worst indoor volleyball game I've played - Very buggy - Animations don't line up more than half the time - UI feels generic and uninspired - Feels unfinished - Regular price far too high for what this is - Lacks real…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the effort to make a good volleyball game. Only reason why I decided to buy this game is to help support it to make it better. Please do what you can to make this game better. There's so much potential with this game and it's just a matter of getting everything right to make it a big hit.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who loves volleyball, I fell in love with this game the moment I played it. Yes, it may be buggy, but that can be fixed as time goes on. Kudos to everyone who's working on this game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this could have easily been the best volleyball game ever made. instead it was completely abandoned after release with zero patches. i just dont understand why someone would spend the time to develop an entire game then just walk away from it. none of it makes sense. the game is just broken on all levels. what a shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have PC that runs maxed-out cyberpunk only to chrash this game after 30 seconds of booting it up. Seems fun tho.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would not recommend! Can ONLY play with controller, many bugs through out the gameplay. The only reason to buy the game is because there's no other volleyball game on the market.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game need some fixed, I've tried to play but its always stop working while tutorial.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FIX YOUR GAME, can't even play for 2 minutes because the game crashes with I5 12600 and 2070ti 16GB RAM...................... INSANE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dear God what a mess this game is. Even on sale it feels like a total rip off. Imagine a volley ball game where the opposing team bumps or sets the ball behind the scoreboard at the top of the screen and that is the last you see of the ball until it suddenly drops just over the net at your players feet. I would estimate a full third of points won by the opponent happen in this way. Add in the problems everyone else has outlined and you get the picture. Steam desperately needs a good volley ball…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so fun; however, there are some things I want to discuss. 1. Game crashes upon opening I realized that whenever I opened the game while connected to Wi-Fi, the game would suddenly close/crash. (To fix this, you must simply turn off your Wi-Fi before you run the game.) This sucks because it removes some content like online matchmaking and the weekly challenges, since both need Wi-Fi to be accessed. 2. Gameplay bugs Animation bugs: There are some cases where ghost spikes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →is crashing after entering
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game always close him self
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →please fix this game, it always exits the game by itself
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →why is the game crashing every 2 minutes??
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its fun for meme purposes, but recommending it would feel wrong. 10 second clip that sums it up: https://youtu.be/RRVDqnqAAAM
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is very bad is crashing and is buggy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i see this game is almost fulfill my wish to play a proper volleyball game but.. why i cant play..? after 5 minute game crash! done refund!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant even finish the tutorial, the game just shut down by itself..... please fix it asap
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please fix the server so we can play online, and make the animation smoother, I hope that in the future there will be improvements because honestly this game is very fun to play, so please fix it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont buy the game. When you start it it crashes literally after 60 seconds
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish I could recommend this game, however it simply does not launch. I have not given up but this is incredibly discouraging. It is not the specs of your computer that affect this game's abilities to launch and run. I have also tried running as admin and in compatibility modes for each version of windows with no success. If you scour the internet you will also find many frustrated customers that requested refunds and no solution to this issue. I really hope there is a fix because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My experience with this game: Starts up game Game doesn't recognize my working controller Game is not playable with keyboard so I can't even get to the main menu Shuts down game and tries again for 3 times after searching for another solution (there is none) Asks for a refund cause I can't even take a look at the main menu 10/10 gaming experience right there
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →is a scamm i cant play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the quarterfinals of the 2019 national championship, with a score of 2:0 for me, the game crashes. Even an immediate restart of the game does not correct the problem. After the third or fourth attempt, it didn't scrape the game and I finished the match. But in the next match the game crashed again. I'm already leaving aside the fact that the animations are poor. I could get over the fact of these animations, but more annoying is that the game crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, since it is the only volleyball game out there, it's okay. But it's buggy, controls are not intuitive, the graphics are alright, nothing to crazy for a 2019 game. Maybe if the budget was higher it could be a solid game, but for me it was fun for a bit, then I got bored. Maybe one day we can expect a good volleyball game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has to be one of the most unintuitive controls ever But once you figured it out its satisfyingly good A lot of bugs tho If only it had EA money
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Following a tutorial on youtube isn't enough to make a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As the only indoor volleyball game on steam, I still recommend it. Advantage: the image is acceptable, easy to operate, can play a certain match, if you are a volleyball fan, should buy it. Improvements: the graphics can be more realistic, motion capture and dynamics are not precise enough, hope to be more accurate. All in all, please support it. The only indoor volleyball game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've seen different kinds of criticism of this game, and could easily make a whole list of good and bad things and argue for both sides. But there is one huge problem here that makes other problems pale in comparison and made me click "not recommend" - in single player mode you can't lose. Yes, it's virtually impossible to lose even a single set. So after a couple matches in career and tournaments i've noticed i haven't lost a thing yet and that made me really suspicious as i'm new to the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great models, assets, graphics. Terrible everything else, including gameplay, AI, physics, online, and progression.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why can't online mode play? I play every day, can still play normally.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've seen the other reviews and I thought that it was seriously bad. Well, it isn't all that terrible. Sure there are some bugs sometimes and the online thing does not work, but overall I don't have many problems. If the devs didn't abandon it, it would actually be perfect. MORE INFO ABOUT THE GAME if anyone is wondering: - there is 25 national men's teams and 25 national women's teams (sadly for men's I didn't see Ukraine Turkey Germany and Slovenia) (but it was made in 2019 so ig it makes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why is the game isn't loading? I have been stuck on the "Press A" part ang it just stays there, i hope this will be fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has such potential but between crashes and animations that do not line up, its a shame. Love what I have played so far and will hope things get patched in the future.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game just kept crashing after playing for 2 minutes. I know other people who have experienced the same thing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun but also probably the buggiest game you'll ever play if you want to play a good indoor volleyball game this is it but i suggest going to g2a and getting it for 8 dollars cause this game isn't worth 30$ don't expect great things from it expect fun game play but every other aspect to be awful and buggy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So much potential to be a great, enjoyable game, but in the end, its all depend on the dev if they can be bother with making it to be a proper indoor volleyball sport sim game, like Nba2k for basketball, Fifa/PES for football, etc. Game was released in early 2019, but since then, there hasnt been much major improvements, hence the downvote.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game wont stop crashing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live with SNESMania Game 305: Dig & Spike Volleyball, then finishing up Celeste Farewell! (DKCR if we have time!) twitch.tv/spikevegeta
unlabelledView post →has great potential if the setting bug and blocking is improved. Other than that prolly need more content such as better ui and team customization. Enjoyed the game so far, hopefully they can improve the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →need more upload and better game animation plss made this game a masterpiece for volleyball player please
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a rare volleyball game. Much better than uVolley (that is free), but here, the graphics, sound and playability is improved, BUT: you dont control the players itself, but what they will do. For example: you push button A so the player go to the ball and do a specific action, and so on. You play hitting button, and the player itself. I know, a little frustating right? But its BETTER than uVolley yet...recomended as the only Volleyball game that has descent graphics and plays. recomended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the only game that's a volleyball game, buggy af but if you are up for a buggy mess then this is it, and infact i love a buggy mess so
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a version 1 of a first of its kind volleyball game, I am overall very happy with it and look forward to updates. As a volleyball player and coach, I wanted to support the developer for their development efforts and for updates to improve the game play. It was the first game I hooked my xbox controllers to my computer and it went very well controlling the game. The menus are intuitive and it's been fun playing locally with my 12 year old daughter. The thing I'd like fixed the most is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From my game QA days: Smurf Racer Power Spike Volleyball Bugs & Taz Time Busters Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma
unlabelledView post →Janky but not in a good way. There's too many visual glitches to enjoy the game. Players spiking the ball that's 3 meters away from them, while not hitting the ball right in front of them. One time the ball completely disappeared towards the ceiling. It's difficult to enjoy the game if everything you do and see is so severely disconnected from what is actualy happening. I don't mind the outdated graphics. It seems like it had so much more potential and ambition but it's obviously unfinished.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best volleyball game i have ever played...Too bad its dead and not supported anymore...there was a lot of potential....Is there a way to play online again?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is best volleyball game so far, simple and just volley gameplay, no gimmick Some motion bug no problem, team serve, receive, set, spike, block, just enjoy the game But need more team, player, stadium, and need great graphic like FIFA or nba2k, i hope there will be upgrade new game for this Spike volleyball game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best...eh I mean the only Volleyball game...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FIX FOR CRASHING: Put cmd /c "set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 && %command%" in the launch options and it should stop. Anyway if you want a volleyball game then this is probably your best bet. Pick it up on sale for like 1$. It's absolute ass though, be warned. It's playable ass in its finest form. Graphically terrible, extremely shallow, terrible ai, players hit the ball using the force somehow. Awful at full price. But it's your best bet for a volleyball game for a dollar
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes, I would like to recommend Spike Volleyball to everyone, yes it is a fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too buggy (characters not responding to your inputs/ players air bending to hit the ball that is no where near them/ losing points to faults or block outs that don't make sense) Too bare bones (no character creation/ no team customization besides uniform/ single-player is only 5v5 mode at international level and simple quick match/ everyone basically looks the same/ animations are dull and too few between) Too confusing and not intuitive (serving takes a bit to learn and once you get used to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They had a good idea but failed to bring it light.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The mechanics of this game are terrible at best. Throw in some buggy graphics, and a bad tutorial, and you can apparently call it a ready-to-go product now-a-days.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought it at 50% discount (good deal?), but finally still requested refund. I did not too care about "player hands not touching the ball", "overlapping player bodies" nor "too hard to control". I decided to ask for refund when the game in progress was suddenly reset or restarted (I did not know what it happened actually). I could not believe this the first time, then it happened again and again. Indoor volleyball games on PC platform are pretty scarce. This game has given a bit hope.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →janky controls and very much lacking on management simulation
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has potential, I liked the initiative, but the gameplay is a bit confuse and needs to be polished. it looks like under development like a early access. Unfortunately it is a game from 2019 and I don't think it will evolve. luckily I paid less than a dollar to try it. In this case worth the experience. I was willing to pay pay more for something that receives future updates and improvements.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is garbage and it's an insult that the developers/studio released it in the state it was in. I have a good PC and I don't need connection since nobody will ever play this game online. It's buggy. If I want a receive, it will either A. Register B. Not Register Then the setter will go next and will either A. Just NOT set the ball. B. Set the ball. C. For some godforsaken reason, crouch down to set for no reason. D. If you wanna do a setter dump, think again. It will never work, it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game always exit just starting the tutorial. Not even 2 mins.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game. It has some visual bugs, but I mean, it was made in 2019. I honestly love it. If you’re a real-life volleyball fan, you’ll 100% love this game. Worth buying. Once you start playing, you don’t want to stop. It takes a while to get comfortable with the controller. The game shows Xbox button icons (A, B, X, Y), so it’s a bit confusing at the beginning if you’re using a PlayStation controller. I’d give it an 8/10. The gameplay is good and I love playing it, but the graphics make me…
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