Lethal League Blaze
Lethal League Blaze
Game
Game2014
Lethal League
Developer Team Reptile
Lethal League is an indie fighting video game developed by Dutch developer Team Reptile. It was released worldwide on Windows on 27 August 2014, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions released in May 2017. A sequel, Lethal League Blaze, was released on Windows in October 2018, and on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in July 2019. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
228 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 28, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
131 positive · 12 negative
95% range 86–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 131 | 12 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 24 | 0 | 47 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,308 of 4,541 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 133 yes, 13 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 146 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,705 of 6,059 positive).
Players find Lethal League fun with friends, praising its simple yet intense gameplay. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the online multiplayer is inactive, limiting solo play. [1][4][5] The game is described as stylish with a great soundtrack and unique characters. [6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
Good concept. But it falls damn flat because there's no arcade mode, the challenge mode is seriously lacking and the multiplayer is dead. The Vs. Comp is broken, or at least I don't know how it works because it won't let me ready up. Essentially if you don't play with a tight group of friends it is a waste of time and money.
- [1]
Easy to pick up, harder to master. Try playing with friends since online seems to be rough these days.
- [12]
Lethal League is basically Pong on steroids — you and your opponents take turns smacking a ball that gets faster with every hit until someone inevitably eats it at Mach speed. It's absurdly simple to understand but genuinely tense when the ball is screaming across the screen and you're desperately trying to redirect it. The real magic happens with friends, whether locally or online, where the back-and-forth becomes …
- [6]
Slick, groovy, fluid. I had low expectation about Lethal League, but this is one of the crispest multiplayer games I've played in the last few months. First of all, it has style. The graphics are kind of low-res, the animations are simple, and while each character has very few voice lines and art, they are all memorable and have their own personality. The sountrack, sound effects and levels all contribute to that. …
- [2]
This games better than siege and fun with friends.
Summarised from 34 of the 227 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
91% of the 146 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Lethal League. The complaint that keeps coming up: online multiplayer is dead or inactive. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Lethal League was released on 27 August 2014 and has received mostly positive reviews. Many reviewers praised Lethal League for being "easy to learn, spectacular to watch and complex to master" and for being a lot of fun to play on the couch with friends. Destructoid's Ben Pack ended his review saying "It's my personal favorite of the revival of couch co-op games, and may be my favorite "tell a friend" game of all time." The game sold over 100.000 units worldwide by April 2015.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 228 · most liked firstIn other news, I just found an indie action sports game that is Lethal League adjacent featuring punk characters and it's free on Steam as it's being developed. store.steampowered.com/app/1913550/... The dev isn't on Bluesky but they're here if you want. x.com/CreationInfe...
neutral · AI labelView post →#CROCollection #9 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 Today's post features a plush of Latch from the game 'Lethal League'. Only 500 of these were ever made, and I was one of those lucky people who was able to snag one! 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊
neutral · AI labelView post →Surprisingly, Jet from Lethal League (2014), has little to no Rule34; As requested by an Anonymous w/ "the game was a banger tho".
neutral · AI labelView post →Played some Lethal League Blaze for the first time in ages tonight. Man that game is sick.
positive · AI labelView post →I asked for Lethal Company and got gifted this
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been playing a lot of Lethal League Blaze I absolutely love this game so much Have a Candyman, he scares me sometimes (especially that special)
positive · AI labelView post →I think about my characters having a fighting game constantly. The irony is that I don't even like fighting games. Except Lethal League. Can I just make my own Lethal League?? You can get this on a shirt or mousepad or on other fun things! nx42.threadless.com/designs/choo...
positive · AI labelView post →This week's Sunday Best feature is my Latch color pick on Lethal League Blaze. I've always really liked the kind of rising tension a game of Lethal League puts out, with the ball accelerating faster & faster, and the way time seems to hang when a player lands an enormous hit. It captures speed well.
positive · AI labelView post →8: BAKUDO - What if dodgeball was anime? No, more anime than that. More than THAT. Yeah, that's about right. Very stylish boss-rush 'sports' game. Purely single-player/story-based/arcade. Kinda feels like a cinematic arena-fighter take on Lethal League? There's a demo out now, too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lethal League Blaze Deluxe Edition (Steam) w/ 1 more game is $6.99 on Fanatical Build your own Special Editions Bundle buff.ly/dtFzGJk #ad add more games to save more
neutral · AI labelView post →Lethal League Blaze is a unique game. Part sports part fighting with a crazy good soundtrack. I havent unlocked everyone yet but I like Jet and Toxic so far
positive · AI labelView post →Idk I don't actually own this game lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lethal League (and it's sequel, Blaze) is one of the greatest fighting games to play with friends. Extremely intuitive, hilariously frantic, and one of the best OSTs ever made. Yet I never hear anyone talk about it. Seriously, play it with your friends. store.steampowered.com/app/553310/L...
positive · AI labelView post →Game 320: Lethal League Blaze A very unique and awesome take on the fighting genre, all about hitting your opponent with an increasingly faster ball while also avoiding it. It's the best kind of easy to learn, hard to master, made even better by a stylish presentation and a BANGER soundtrack.
positive · AI labelView post →Lethal League began its life as a free Flash Game, but after it's prominent appearance at UFGT9's Mystery Tournament, the developers began work on a commercial release, which was demonstrated at EVO 2015's indie showcase! The prototype is floating around online still!
neutral · AI labelView post →7. Lethal League Blaze Okay this one might be a stretch but it's not based on real sports very much. Bat a ball around in a game that's some parts Smash, with a whole lot of character brought by the same team as Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. store.steampowered.com/app/553310/L...
neutral · AI labelView post →Before any more pics or spinning clips, I wanted to share this last clip from Sunday morning's spin session! This was actually the warm up I think! Song: Ordinary Days V2 Artist: Klaus Veen I love this song from the game Lethal League! It's a 2d battle/sport/fighting game with awesome music!
positive · AI labelView post →The idea was for a "sports fighting game" (sort of like Windjammers or Lethal League) where you knock a ball back and forth, with the goal of hitting the opponent and pussing them off the edge... #FightingGameAprilJam2026 #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →I used to be part of a YouTube channel that specialized in local multiplayer games, so I'm about to unload a healthy list on you. I'll start with Speed Runners. It might be if interest. Little different, but same local multi player competitive vibe. I'm stoked for the upcoming sequel. See also (in no apparent order): Samurai Gunn (1 and 2). Nidhogg (1 and 2). Roof Rage. Lethal League {1 and 2). Gang Beasts Stick Fight; The Game. Starwhal. Sportsfriends Stikbold!…
neutral · AI labelView post →Finding versus games during #SteamNextFest, part 2: * Sugar Shatter Demo Lethal League meets Breakout. Quite unique versus hybrid, not really a fighting game, but it has several playable characters and an interesting gameplay loop - albeit it can feel a little slow at low/sluggish level (my level)
neutral · AI labelView post →🎮 The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #indiedev #LethalLeague Day 10: "Lethal League Blaze"
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching high level Lethal League Blaze gameplay and oh my god it’s like crack it’s fucking insane and it has me hooked HARD on it Could this be the greatest fighting game ever made?
positive · AI labelView post →Lethal League is an Arcade Action-Game, in the same spirit as WindJammers, where players are tasked with keeping a Baseball in play, while dodging said Baseball as it violently ricochets off the walls! Every hit increases the ball's speed, until one player is struck and killed by the ball!
neutral · AI labelView post →I always search steam sales for local multiplayer games. I have not tested all of these yet, so I'm going to categorize them here. **Games I already played with someone (e.g. "tested")** - Boomerang Fu - Brawlhalla - Castle Crashers - Gang Beasts - Guacamelee - Super Turbo Championship Edition - Helldivers - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Regular Human Basketball - Just Shapes and Beats - Lethal League Blaze - MageQuit - Magicka / Magicka 2 - Make Way - Overcooked - Road Redemption -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Is Lethal League Blaze the best game ever made
neutral · AI labelView post →Easy to pick up, harder to master. Try playing with friends since online seems to be rough these days.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →funny balls game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Fanatical] Build Your Own Special Editions Bundle - Spring 2026 ($6.99+). **2 for $6.99, 3 for $9.99, 5 for $15.75** - Rain World + Downpour Double Pack - The Witness & Braid: Anniversary Double Pack - RAGE 2 - Deluxe Edition - Prey Digital Deluxe - Session: Skate Sim + Schoolyard DLC - Turnip Boy Tax & Bank Bundle - Lethal League Blaze Deluxe Bundle - Tails of Iron Complete Edition - Rock of Ages 1-3 Complete Bundle - Heavy Rain & Beyond: Two Souls Double Pack - GRIME Deluxe Edition -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 15 Your Favorite Other Publisher Game #combotober Lethal League Blaze
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's shout-out is "Lethal Funkin" submitted by @chazbillyt.bsky.social! Lethal League, the fighting game got its tickets for its own FNF mod. Quit your activities and play this visually-stunning mod! Check it out: gamebanana.com/mods/591860
neutral · AI labelView post →If you see this, post 4 of your fighting game mains! - Baldi (Rivals Workshop) - Nigel (NASB 1+2) - Kragg (Rivals 1+2) - Doombox (Lethal League)
neutral · AI labelView post →This games better than siege and fun with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game but inactive asf pls update guys my mum and dad are angry that they paid £10 for this and it's inactive so PLEASE!!!! UPRGADE IT NOW
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is the best game to play with friends
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1 million speed rallies
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have some extra fighting game Steam keys if anybody wants them!. Maybe some FGC organizer could give them away as tournament/local prizes? There's 1 key each for: - Lethal League Blaze - Blazing Strike - Terrordrome: Reign of the Legends - Pocket Bravery I love all 4 of these games, just already own them. HMU!!
positive · AI labelView post →Lethal League is basically Pong on steroids — you and your opponents take turns smacking a ball that gets faster with every hit until someone inevitably eats it at Mach speed. It's absurdly simple to understand but genuinely tense when the ball is screaming across the screen and you're desperately trying to redirect it. The real magic happens with friends, whether locally or online, where the back-and-forth becomes this hilarious escalating standoff. That said, the content is pretty thin — a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slick, groovy, fluid. I had low expectation about Lethal League, but this is one of the crispest multiplayer games I've played in the last few months. First of all, it has style. The graphics are kind of low-res, the animations are simple, and while each character has very few voice lines and art, they are all memorable and have their own personality. The sountrack, sound effects and levels all contribute to that. They mostly play the same, but different hitboxes, specials, jump heights and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks for playing Lethal League Blaze! Fantastic turnout for this Mystery Game! Huge thanks to hyhy for providing a setup, being very passionate about the game & congrats on taking first place🥇 Mystery Game will be back in Jan, LLB casuals at Xmas for sure!
neutral · AI labelView post →candyman my beloved heeheehoo
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →only way to survive a speeding ball is to be a master mathematician
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been thinking of making a hypothetical concept for a Lethal League like game set in space
neutral · AI labelView post →Another game more people need to play is Lethal League & Lethal League Blaze❗️ Take the awesome music + visual style of Jet Set Radio and a very fun gimmick with a cast of awesome characters.
positive · AI labelView post →Man, Lethal League Blaze is such a cool game.
positive · AI labelView post →I will leave a cat here, friends who pass by can pet it and give it a thumbs up and awards. Meow! ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was gonna learn to mod Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to get Latch from Lethal League Blaze into the game But then someone else went and did that! So now I have no need to mod BRC lmao!
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash your way into the arena with Lethal League Blaze, now available for 7200 points on SomeAwesome! 🔥 This Overwhelmingly Positive game is a high-speed projectile fighter where you hit a ball to take down opponents. Grab it before someone else lands the knockout! 💨 #IndieGame #2DFighter #FastPaced
neutral · AI labelView post →Used to play this offline with some buds in the past. Not much now though since the online is dead and I knocked out the stuff I wanted to. music is banger. it's like tennis but you bet the ♥♥♥♥ out of each other with the ball. Switch is just fun to skate around the entire screen of a stage.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Developed and published by Team Reptile in 2018 for PC, and 2019 for PS4, Xbox One and Switch, this game is still available via its original release. It is a sequel to 2014's Lethal League, but tbh, I've never played that one.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lethal League, developed and published by Team Reptile, is one of those rare indie titles that takes a single, elegant concept and builds an entire experience around it with remarkable finesse. At its core, the game is a competitive projectile fighter where the objective isn’t to deplete your opponent’s health bar but to knock them out using a high-speed anti-gravity ball. The concept sounds simple, yet the execution transforms that simplicity into a fast-paced, skill-driven, and highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I seen this streamed years ago on Twitch, thought I would give it a crack and fell in love. Until I met Candy Man, it is him and only him, that even after all these years I still think about. The unending desire to reinstall every time I see his face, to slam a ball back and forth constantly, faster and faster until we pass through time and space itself. Becoming God. 11/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Super fun couch co-op game, and still fun singleplayer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I agree, it’s lame. Gonna list some cool indie game titles rn. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Lethal League Blanksword Asterism Hypnospace Outlaw Dépanneur Nocturne Automaton Lung Automaton Heart Denshattack! Unbeatable Nostalgic Joe - And The Fairy Whispers Relooted project_Structure_01 Goodbye Volcano High
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking for fun deep house or minimal techno for inspiration, toward a groovy/bouncy feel, but not too harsh. Any tips? Kinda like this (which is in the game Lethal League):
neutral · AI labelView post →The second game to be beaten this year was the story mode of Lethal League Blaze. It's short and it gives each character a showcase. I do wish it had just a couple more segments for some characters. I do like how it incorporates mirror matches and reskins in creative ways.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lethal League Blaze! You like chaotic four player fighting games? Well how about a game about smashing your opponent's face with a ball that's been hit to go fifty bajillion miles per hour? >:3
neutral · AI labelView post →Speedrun breaking the sound barrier, and then the light barrier with your funny baseball
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goofiest "fighting" game out there to date where you can't actually directly hurt each other. I don't know that there's anything quite like it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lethal League - While the game is fundamentally a volleyball game, it's not bad. My only gripe with the game is where you need to boost with friends in order to get the insane achievements that the devs thought would be a good idea. Other than that, great game where you go toe to toe with friends and need to react faster and faster to the projectile being lobbed on the screen.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#promosky What I do : -3d render and animation about guilty Gear My favorite video game : -Guilty Gear -Katana Zero -Zelda -Sonic -Ultrakill -Metroid Prime -Personna -Lethal League -Hades
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