WHAT THE BAT?

Simulation
4.5
157 ratings 96 reviews
release date
2022
November 17
game modes
• Singleplayer
player modes
• Standing
compatibility
• Quest 1 • Quest 2/Pro • Quest 3/3S
storage 0.5 GB
Store Page
$9.99 ended May 27
$24.99

From the creators of the award-winning comedy games WHAT THE GOLF? and WHAT THE CAR? comes a wacky game about having baseball bats for hands. It's a sweet, silly, and absurd coming-of-age story that can be enjoyed by both newcomers and experienced VR fans.

FEATURES

  • 100+ unique levels of slapstick comedy and craziness!
  • Ten chapters filled with surprising challenges
  • Great for newcomers, kids, and VR fans
  • Beautiful musical score recorded with a real symphony orchestra
  • Disclaimer: This game will not make you good at baseball

⭐ FREE HOLLYWOOD EPISODE OUT NOW ⭐

Three extra chapters with 18 new levels containing 100+ new physical puzzles where they get a chance to make Western movies, jump the shark, meet the stunt sheep, disarm bombs, solve crimes, throw a ring into a volcano, cook ratatouille, almost cross the Atlantic and find love.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Everyday life with baseball bats for hands…

Launch into space…

For love and baseball…

And of course there will be cats…

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MEDIA

“WHAT THE BAT? is the casual hit VR has been waiting for” - Ed Nightingale, Eurogamer

”Very few games have ever made me smile the way WHAT THE BAT? did” - Charlie Wacholz, UploadVR

“Best random novelty game that defies description” - Scott Stein, CNET

“It’s brilliant, it’s brilliant, highly recommended” - David Turner, The Computer Game Show Podcast

"WHAT THE BAT? is another eccentric hit for Triband” - Giovanni Colantonio, digitaltrends

comfort Comfortable
age rating0+ Everyone
websitewhatthebat.com
developerTriband
publisherTriband
connectionInternet not required
app version1.4.2
languagesEnglish ∙ Chinese ∙ French ∙ German ∙ Italian ∙ Japanese ∙ Korean ∙ Spanish

Reviews 96

Ducky and Bologna7 months ago
6

Game is good but…

I love the game! So fun and really creative! The only thing I would do is add more levels. You finish the game in like 2 hours( feels like 30 mins ) then, you’re done. And you have to wait for more levels. I would recommend this game for anybody though! Just add more levels.

6 months ago

So glad you like the game ❤️

Pierce7 months ago
2

Amazing game

There should be more levels

6 months ago

We agree

Ace8 months ago
2

My issues

Overall the game is really fun and I'm having a lot more fun than I thought I would but at the same time if you're going to plan on playing this sitting down good luck because even though it says you can sit down there are some parts of the game where you have to get up and obviously that's not that big of a deal but it can definitely be annoying having to sit down and stand back up sit down and then stand back up just because one level needs you stand up but if you play VR standing up you won't have any problems and I definitely recommend it

RonfarZ39 months ago
1

Hilarious, but a little hard to control.

Having played through the ridiculously funny game, What the Golf?, their VR game, What the Bat?, intrigued me. Where What the Golf? deconstructed what it means to be a golf game (or even a video game in general), What the Bat? used VR to demonstrate just how difficult it would be to live with two bats for hands. Luckily, there are buttons and other devices that help you achieve each level’s objective. That still doesn’t make it any easier to control.

It’s odd how there’s almost too much content for this game. Each level only takes a few minutes (if you’re used to your bat arms, that is), but there are just so many levels that it took me quite a few sessions to play through them all. And because it’s easy to just keep going, I found myself worn out from VR sessions that were probably too long as I tried to finish “just one more level” or “just one more world.” Of course, there’s also only so many ways that the levels can ask you to use your bats before it becomes repetitive.

While most people have probably become used to playing a game with bat-like extensions on their controllers (i.e., Beat Saber), using bats for everyday tasks is much more difficult. This is probably the most frustrating part of the game, which is unfortunate because it’s the main premise of the game. Not everything is terribly hard to do, but there are enough challenges that highlight how the limited accuracy of the hand controllers doesn’t easily produce the results you want. Of course, if you’re just looking to have fun with this insane premise, then there are plenty of opportunities to do so.

A hilarious premise that’s still a little too difficult to control, I give What the Bat? 3.5 stars out of 5.

Birblover10 months ago
2

Decent game, not worth full price

It's really fun but not worth the full price. It's too short, and also certain levels are a bit frustrating (I.e opening the boxes with the bombs, and the love letter level for example). I feel like the game could use more of a storyline and maybe more content to justify the price. The mechanics are novel but because of the fact that it costs as much as some other games with two or three times the amount of content I would wait until it's on sale or drops in price.

Rupert11 months ago
2

Mid

The game is great to start but gets quite boring and I feel I didn’t get everything I wanted from the game

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