BattleBlock Theater combines a campaign for solo or two-player play with an Arena for up to four and a level editor. That range is the main draw for players after platforming, combat and puzzles, and the Steam PC version also has full controller support. The offer is $4.42 from Steam. Its 97%% positive rating across 55,854 Steam reviews offers another point of reference as you decide whether its mix suits your play plans.The Steam PC version supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese-Brazil, and Russian for its interface and includes full controller support.
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BattleBlock Theater sends you through a strange theater of jumping, fighting and puzzles as you try to free friends held by technologically advanced cats. Play the campaign alone or together, earn gems to liberate prisoners, and take on Arena mini-games with up to four players. A level editor lets you build and share your own challenges.Steam players rate the game 97%% positive across 55,854 reviews.English full audio and subtitles in multiple languages are available.
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-22
02Before you buy
Modes
The story supports up to two players, solo or together. Online and local co-op are supported, while Arena accommodates up to four players.
Language and controls
The Steam PC version has full controller support. English has full audio; other supported languages provide subtitles.
User-created levels
A level editor lets you create and share custom levels.
03Frequently asked questions
Can I play the story solo?
Yes. The campaign can be played alone or with one other player.
What does Arena include?
Arena supports up to four players and features eight modes.
Can I make my own levels?
Yes. The editor lets you create levels and share them with others.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviews
Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
Unlike all the "Buckle yo pants" Reviews that are funny but useless to a guy who dont know this game
This review will be different and aim for the game itself hopefully you'll read
First i wanted to say i considered myself so lucky because i was able to join the beta test, honestly i wouldnt have been able to wait the games full release.
This is a 4 Player online platformer that has a great mechanism in controls and really addictive and easy to pick up on.
The game has 2 Player Co-op Adventure mode, Or 4 In Arena mode.
Adventure mode can either be normal or INSANE ( insane mode, is one death mode basically)
The game can be pretty brutal in some stages with insane mode.
Arena mode Targets 2v2 team and has a lot of great endless fun modes
Capture the Fla... Horse .. its called capture the horse which is same as CTF but a horse that looks like a piece of walking candy, and even more fun
Or Basketball which is my personal favorite and its something you wont play just once : )
And a lot more Modes from soul catcher ( Kill and get their souls) To "Grab the gold" 9 Different fun modes.
The mechanism of the game makes it possible to do a great teamwork in adventure mode.
You can pick up your friend and throw him or he just simply jumps on your head to reach a high place and then lifts you up to join him, or use a weapon to blast your friend to a certain places, and just be creative with what you wanna do :).
A huge selection of weapons and faces, ( You can make your own face and put it in game folder for everyone to see)
the game is basically Get the (Certain number) of Gems in each level and reach the end in the best time ( And the hidden yarn ball )
Gems buys you Faces, Yarn balls buys Weapons.
WITH! the ability to Trade them in-game or in steam trading system, or even sell them on steam market.
Which is a good feature because you cant buy a certain thing you just buy and the outcome is random.
Each weapon is different and has a different use and great ways to make combos with.
You can either play good to finish, play dirty team killing, or see who can reach the end first.
Some levels however relies on teamwork cant afford to be selfish there.
With this ADORABLE looking graphics and soundtracks fun can never end, They made it even more fun by making Level Editor to make your own levels/playlists of levels, arenas or whatever the hell you want to make.
Steam workshop was definitely a great feature for the steam version.
THIS Game has the FUNNIEST STORY I have ever seen in a video game, Every Cut scene you will be a FOOL to skip it because its just ... too .. funny and perfect with that amazing narrator.
its sad that they asked that no one posts a review or livestream or a video while on beta, but everyone did anyway .... and so i tried to make this review as resourceful as possible, so people would actually get a clue of what this game is if they never heard of it before or was wondering about it.
This game is worth every penny, watch some youtube commentary videos on its gameplay and decide for yourself :)
A Few updates.
they keep adding some special faces you can get by finishing every once and a while so its cool
and for summer sales people are wondering if the game is worth playing just for singleplayer
yes , i have maybe 20 hours stored only singleplayer playing this wonderful game alone is also fun and the levels changes when you play singleplayer to be set to solo mode ( Makes it possible to do everything solo ) and in multiplayer they are set for double so you need someone else to help you finish the level or you can also use the weapons to do it alone if you're good enough with them.
So yeah its pretty much fun singleplayer grinding for faces and achievements is always fun : )
hopefully you'll make the right choice and buy this and make sure you have friends to play with
its more fun that wayShow moreShow less
39.8 hours at review1,591 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Despite the many other reviews, I'm going to vote for a 'not recommend' here.
Others claim it to be the best in co-op mode. I admit I haven't tried that, so keep that in mind.
But the game gets repetitive very fast. Pretty much all levels seem like simple copy-paste jobs from a 2D editor. There is no variety in themes (at least: the first 30 levels were interchangeable) and once the basic gameplay elements were introduced, you're just doing what you do the whole time.
I also get the impression that the game originally wasn't meant to have a double jump (perhaps it's not there in co-op?). It sure made the game to easy on the platforming. Ironically, this sort of makes up for the clunky combat system. And that mechanic where you can call a ship to you comes accross as more of a lazyman's effort to forgive bad level design.
Now, the game certainly has its plus sides: the narrative and the cutscenes are hilarious. The setting of a cartoonishly theater also plays into that 'it's a spectacle'-feel. And aside from the abovementioned, it doesn't do anything wrong. There are plenty of checkpoints, you run fast but controllable, and you respawn instantly, so some parts that could have been frustrating by themselves can just be passed with multiple efforts. Oh, and the music's fairly good too. :-)
But still...whenever I'm actually playing, I find myself being bored quickly. There's no sense of achievement or real goal to work towards (how many people are you rescuing anyway?). There's no sense of growth or anything that astounds me. And using lava blocks as jump pads and water as instant-kills...the joke on that wears off faster than the actual game.
This certainly isn't the worst game I've played, but when it comes to recommending...I can quickly name a handfull of other games I'd rather recommend (including castle crashers, btw). It doesn't lose much points in terms of frustration/bad design...but it doesn't gain much either. All in all, I'd give it about 5.5 or 6 out of 10. (again: this is counting for single player only).Show moreShow less
1.9 hours at review64 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
I gave a cat some yarn and he gave me a hand grenade.
10/10Show moreShow less
5.2 hours at review854 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
they say bad words like "poop"Show moreShow less
23.8 hours at review60 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
WHEW! A much rougher game toward the last few chapters than I expected. But I was glad I did this with someone as I could see it becoming tedious playing solo story mode. The humor was great though. A very well-constructed and entertaining game to share with others. :)
Rating: 9/10
If you like co-op and love platformers, you must save Hatty!Show moreShow less
31 hours at review655 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
For all its whimsical elements, Battleblock Theater sure is one dull and repetitive game. I mean, your mileage may vary, especially considering how easy you get into the first few levels... but boy does running around in a maze get old fast. They don't even hide it: you play a prisoner forced to race through a maze like some laboratory rat for the amusement of entitled fatcats. A story which struck close enough to home for me to stop playing in favor of something affording me real liberty of options. THAT'S how I broke out of your little prison, team Behemoth!
In Battleblock Theater, your options consist of a double jump and unlockable weapons. Problem: Battleblock Theater incentivizes you to race through the level and it's faster to avoid enemies than it is to defeat them. There aren't even any rewards for defeating the cats, so the weapons become entirely optional! Even if you come across the one weapon that could be used for platforming purposes (the Dart Gun), firing deviation makes for an unreliable platform generator! There would be good ideas such as the Vacuum, the Electric Fan or even the wallhugging frog with a bomb inside of it... But you should always run instead to get the best time possible and collect all the jewels all the time. What a waste of design space...
Weapons are cool, and not encouraging their use is a cardinal sin of gaming. Weapons provide you with control over an environment which antagonizes you. Ever since the Power Pellet in Pacman, there was a triumphant feeling of payback in chasing those ghosts once you finally had the upper hand! Battleblock Theater doesn't get that! They treat weapons as collectables, bought with Yarn icons hidden throughout the stages, with little intrinsic value of their own! They're treated as rewards rather than gameplay mechanics, showing how Behemoth just doesn't understand how a game works!
Other cardinal sin: Story Mode is artificially long. There are 8 chapters of 13 levels... but so much of it is essentially the same! Do you really want to do 100+ races of jumping, avoiding, looking for and collecting jewels? Really? What for? Then what about this: stages require you to collect 3 jewels to unlock the exit although most of them contain about 7 or so. Jewels are used to unlock prisoners at a cost of 10 per prisoner released. THERE ARE THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS TO FREE. WHY? When did grinding become a game feature??? This isn't replay value, this is just tiresome!
All the prisoners are the same blob figures with different heads. All the stages are hop and skip challenges over various deadly dangers. There are puzzles, but few puzzle mechanics. In fact, I'd say that the level editor might be more fun than the main game itself... I've started building a couple of maps, my heart half in it; there's definitely more depth in map building than in level completing but I guess when you're bored by the main mode, you can't really make good maps, now can you? I've also tried to complete other people's maps but this ended up as an exercise in frustration. What do you do when you can't complete a player-generated map? You downvote their creation and move on, it's all you can do.
So much missed opportunities! When playing these player-generated maps, you hunt for worthless "strawberries" rather than the jewels used for unlocking the prisoners. Why limit the rewards offered to people who'd explore everything a game has to offer? I can understand how some people could build maps for the express purpose of jewel farming, but if a portion of the game is so tiresome that you have to use exploits to get through it, then maybe it wasn't adequately implemented to begin with! Personally, I'd think it'd be fun for someone who enjoyed the Main Story to look into other people's maps for their "New Game +" experience. Finished everything that we offered you? How about trying these stages other people have made so as to unlock all the prisoners!
Online Play is similarly better than the main story because of greater interactivity between players BUT BEWARE OF LATENCY ISSUES! Even with all-green connectivity, your character WILL spaz about uncontrollably. Neat novelty factor that wears out its welcome even faster than Story Mode. Weapons gain a clear definite purpose now that you're actively seeking to defeat an opponent but this just leads to every player using the same loadout of insta-kill weapons. Physics altering weapons such as the Electric Fan and the Vacuum have absolutely no use in Battleblock Theater.
A whole lotta words for a Flash game sold on the cheap but I still regret my purchase. It's not incorrect to say that at such a low price, it remains good value for your money if you don't take everything as seriously as I do. Finish the levels you want and move on. Regardless, this is not an engaging gaming experience (and you can see I tried everything to get engaged) and thus I cannot endorse such a product.Show moreShow less
18.9 hours at review56 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
buckle your pantsShow moreShow less
18.4 hours at review635 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
"Game for linux" doesn't even open :(Show moreShow less
0.3 hours at review34 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
You know that point when you are mentally exhausted or slaphappy or a teenager? That's usually when you want shut your brain off and play something amusing and stupid. If you can find a buddy in a similar state, play this game together.
The trick to enjoying this game is to not take it seriously. Learn to enjoy killing and being killed. If you can pull that off, you will laugh until you cry. Play for about an hour or so and then quit. Come back another day when you both are out of it again. Then just repeat this cycle.
If you don't enjoy poop jokes, stay away. If blowing youself up again and again makes you smile, this is the game for you.Show moreShow less
9.1 hours at review603 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
The narration is amazing, but the gameplay itself is incredibly tedious and boring, even in co-op and specially towards the end.
Watch the cutscenes somewhere tho, because they're funny as hell.Show moreShow less
8.7 hours at review32 people found this helpful
Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.
