Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero

Released: 10/10/2024

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Become a super warrior and experience the earth-shaking, limit-breaking power of DRAGON BALL battles! Unleash the strength of over 180 fighters from DRAGON BALL Z, DRAGON BALL Super, DRAGON BALL GT, and selected DRAGON BALL movies, all in the base game! Each character comes with their own signature abilities, transformations, and techniques. Make the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in DRAGON BALL yours!

Critics

Steam

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

83.8

Critic Average

108 reviews

Steam User Score

73,101 reviews

Metacritic User Score

1,272 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-2.4

Metacritic Disparity

+0.8

Combined Disparity

-0.8

Average of both sources

Review Timing

50 early (46%)52 launch window (48%)6 late (6%)

Review summary

Updated Oct 18, 2026

Based on 108 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 83.8/100. Critics score this game 2.4 points lower than Steam users and 0.8 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 108)

Richard Heaton viaThe Fandom Ledger
Nov 23, 2025Late review
90/100View review
Steam 86.2/100 · +3.8 ptsMetacritic 83/100 · +7.0 pts
Leandro AlvesviaNintendo Blast
Nov 22, 2025Late review
80/100View review
Steam 86.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 83/100 · -3.0 pts
Manoel NascimentoviaNintendoBoy
Nov 21, 2025Late review
90/100View review
Steam 86.2/100 · +3.8 ptsMetacritic 83/100 · +7.0 pts
George YangviaNintendo Life
Nov 21, 2025Late review
80/100View review
Steam 86.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 83/100 · -3.0 pts
Justin NationviaNindie Spotlight
Nov 19, 2025Late review
80/100View review
Steam 86.2/100 · -6.2 ptsMetacritic 83/100 · -3.0 pts

Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero

Released: 10/10/2024