Games like HardBall! + HardBall II
If HardBall! + HardBall II is your kind of game, the closest matches are Street Sports Baseball, Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded 2 and Videopac Collection 1 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About HardBall! + HardBall II: In HardBall, experience baseball that’s so real and true-to-life, it’s like you can reach out and touch it. HardBall II retains the all-star qualities of the original, but with more features, more choices, playability and true-to-ballplayer animation, and even more major league ballparks.
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Steam players who put hours into HardBall! + HardBall II also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Street Sports Baseball
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Top pick for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with HardBall! + HardBall II.
In this unique baseball game from 1987, assemble a team of kids from a small neighbourhood and play ball with nothing but tires and flattened boxes for bases and a trash can lid for home plate.
Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Welcome to the world’s most popular sport with the kind of detail and realism that only Jaleco can deliver!
Videopac Collection 1
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Experience late 1970s gaming with this collection of 10 games for the Philips Videopac G7000 (aka the Magnavox Odyssey 2). From battling invading aliens in space, to leading your team to victory on the baseball field, to turning into a swarm of killer bees, this pack has it all.
Match Day & International Match Day (C64/CPC/Spectrum)
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Ranked #4 for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
In this thrilling football game from the mid-1980s, lead your team to victory against computer opponents, or take on your friends in multiplayer modes.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
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Ranked #5 for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
Sunday Rivals
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Ranked #6 for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!
Hoop Land
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Experience the ultimate hoops sim in Hoop Land, a retro-inspired basketball manager with modernized gameplay and fully customizable leagues. Build your legacy, lead a dynasty, or simulate endless seasons from college tournaments to championship trophies!
Super Woden GP 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HardBall! + HardBall II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Super Woden GP 2 is a love letter to the world of motor sports, offering a unique experience. Arcade-style isometric racing meets unrivaled campaign depth and a huge variety of vehicles to buy, sell and unlock.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HardBall! + HardBall II at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
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Priced ~80% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~80% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~70% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
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Priced ~90% under HardBall! + HardBall II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Sunday Rivals
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back with Sunday Rivals! Battle high-octane offenses and bone crushing tacklers in the harshest weather conditions to bring home championship glory!
Hoop Land
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports and Simulation with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Experience the ultimate hoops sim in Hoop Land, a retro-inspired basketball manager with modernized gameplay and fully customizable leagues. Build your legacy, lead a dynasty, or simulate endless seasons from college tournaments to championship trophies!
Super Woden GP 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Sports with HardBall! + HardBall II.
Super Woden GP 2 is a love letter to the world of motor sports, offering a unique experience. Arcade-style isometric racing meets unrivaled campaign depth and a huge variety of vehicles to buy, sell and unlock.
Frequently asked about HardBall! + HardBall II
- How much does HardBall! + HardBall II cost?
- HardBall! + HardBall II is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does HardBall! + HardBall II have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — HardBall! + HardBall II supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to HardBall! + HardBall II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HardBall! + HardBall II are Street Sports Baseball, Jaleco Sports: Bases Loaded 2, Videopac Collection 1.
- Who developed HardBall! + HardBall II?
- HardBall! + HardBall II was developed by Distinctive Software, Accolade, Big Boat Interactive and published by Atari.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on HardBall! + HardBall II.
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