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What the Bat?

What the Bat?

Released: 11/17/2022

A wise man once said: If all you have are bats for hands, everything feels like a baseball. From the creators of WHAT THE GOLF? comes a silly VR game about navigating life with baseball bats for hands. Swing your way through over 100 levels of batting, cooking, shooting, smashing, parking, painting, pickling, petting, and WHATnot. FEATURES 100+ unique levels of physical comedy and craziness! Wholesome original soundtrack! Pet a dog, pickle a tractor, and take selfies with The Selfie Bat! The expected playtime is 4 hours, but remember to take breaks (too much VR can drive you batty) GAMEPLAY Baseball like you’ve never seen before! It's okay to be a bat chef Pet a dog - awwww That's all for now. We'll promise to share more as we make it up!

A wise man once said: If all you have are bats for hands, everything feels like a baseball. From the creators of WHAT THE GOLF? comes a silly VR game about navigating life with baseball bats for hands. Swing your way through over 100 levels of batting, cooking, shooting, smashing, parking, painting, pickling, petting, and WHATnot. FEATURES 100+ unique levels of physical comedy and craziness! Wholesome original soundtrack! Pet a dog, pickle a tractor, and take selfies with The Selfie Bat! The expected playtime is 4 hours, but remember to take breaks (too much VR can drive you batty) GAMEPLAY Baseball like you’ve never seen before! It's okay to be a bat chef Pet a dog - awwww That's all for now. We'll promise to share more as we make it up!

A wise man once said: If all you have are bats for hands, everything feels like a baseball. From the creators of WHAT THE GOLF? comes a silly VR game about navigating life with baseball bats for hands. Swing your way through over 100 levels of batting, cooking, shooting, smashing, parking, painting, pickling, petting, and WHATnot. FEATURES 100+ unique levels of physical comedy and craziness! Wholesome original soundtrack! Pet a dog, pickle a tractor, and take selfies with The Selfie Bat! The expected playtime is 4 hours, but remember to take breaks (too much VR can drive you batty) GAMEPLAY Baseball like you’ve never seen before! It's okay to be a bat chef Pet a dog - awwww That's all for now. We'll promise to share more as we make it up!

Critics
74
Steam
86

Score Breakdown

73.6

Critic Average

8 reviews

86

Steam User Score

90 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-11.9
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-11.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 launch window (13%)7 late (88%)