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Bopl Battle

Bopl Battle

Johan Grönvall · released Nov 15, 2023

ActionPC

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

89
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Patch 2.2.3 Balance changes” (2y ago)

91%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
78%
Player sentiment
97%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews97%931000
Metacritic user ratings8617
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%923000
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 92.1, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 25,755 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Apr 26, 2024) · 300 reviews sampled · 17233 total reviews in window · weighted 226.3 up / 7.6 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. 2.5.1 bug fixes
    Jul 7, 2025
  2. 2.5.0
    May 29, 2025
  3. 2.4.4 bug fixes
    May 11, 2025
  4. 2.4.3 (fixed)
    Mar 15, 2025
  5. Patch 2.4.0
    Feb 6, 2025
  6. Patch 2.3.3
    Aug 22, 2024
  7. Bug hotfix
    May 28, 2024
  8. Hotfix
    May 27, 2024
  9. hotfix 1
    Apr 27, 2024
  10. Patch 2.2.3 Balance changes
    Apr 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  11. Patch 2.2.0 MATCHMAKING & NEW ABILITY!!
    Apr 9, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  12. 2.1.1
    Dec 27, 2023
  13. Patch 2.1.0 Features, balance changes and bug fixes
    Dec 25, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  14. Patch 2.0.11
    Dec 11, 2023
  15. Patch 2.0.10
    Nov 28, 2023
  16. Patch 2.0.9
    Nov 24, 2023
  17. Patch 2.0.8
    Nov 22, 2023
  18. Patch 2.0.3
    Nov 17, 2023
  19. 2.0.2 mini fix
    Nov 17, 2023
  20. HOTFIX 2.0.1
    Nov 16, 2023
  21. HOTFIX patch
    Oct 7, 2023

…and 2 earlier patch announcements.