Is Basketbrawl on Steam?

No. Basketbrawl is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Basketbrawl on?

Basketbrawl is available on Atari Lynx.

When did Basketbrawl release?

Basketbrawl was first released on December 31, 1992.

Basketbrawl

Dec 31, 1992FightingSportAtari Lynx

Basketbrawl — frequently asked questions

Is Basketbrawl on Steam?: No. Basketbrawl is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Basketbrawl on?: Basketbrawl is available on Atari Lynx.
When did Basketbrawl release?: Basketbrawl was first released on December 31, 1992.

Basketbrawl on Wikipedia

Basketbrawl is a sports video game released for the Atari 7800 in 1990, then for the Atari Lynx in 1992. It is a basketball simulation which allows hitting and fighting with other players. The name is a portmanteau of basketball and brawl. It is similar to the 1989 Midway arcade game Arch Rivals which had the tagline "A basket brawl!"

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari Lynx
Developer: Atari Corporation
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$15

Complete

$27

Sealed

$24

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1992
Authenticity: Low

On Atari 50 + Evercade Atari Lynx Collection — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

Atari Lynx prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Street basketball with punching, two-player ComLynx co-op, and an unlikely spot on Atari 50.

Hamilton and Associates developed it and Atari published it in 1992 — full-contact basketball where fighting is a legitimate strategy, playable co-operatively over ComLynx.

It is one of only six Lynx titles on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and it is also on Evercade Collection 1, which is unusual visibility for a game of its stature. Like Scrapyard Dog, the pattern suggests clean Atari ownership rather than critical merit.

What the press said at the time

Video Games (Germany), Grafik	June 1992	45%
Video Games (Germany), Musik	June 1992	18%
Video Games (Germany), Soundeffekte	June 1992	21%

“Im Vergleich zum sympathischen Hockey kam Atari bei Basketbrawl vom Pfad der Spieltugend gewalt(aet)ig ab... Bestenfalls zu zweit kann Basketbrawl etwas laenger an das Lynx fesseln, alleine schleicht sich trotz mehreren Levels und Passwoertern Langeweile ein. Ernsthafte Sportspieler sollten in jedem Fall die Finger davon lassen. [Compared with the likeable Hockey, Atari strayed violently from the path of gameplay virtue... serious sports players should keep their hands off it entirely.]”
— Video Games (Germany), June 1992

“Basketbrawl combines the skill required of a first-rate sports simulation with the lightning reflexes demanded by the best Ninja-streetfighter games. On the one hand, you shoot hoops, and on the other, you shoot ... well ... guys on the other team.”
— Atari Explorer, May/June 1992

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 1 megabit (128 KB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Catalogue part number PA2034

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

Worth knowing

Six-minute matches, and a password after each. The German magazine Video Games documented the structure in 1992: leave the arena as winner — and alive — after six minutes of play and you are given a password, with roughly half a dozen scenarios each containing several levels. It also recorded the German retail price at 80 Mark.
Points are the only rule. You lead a team through a fifteen-game tournament against five street gangs, choosing from ten fighters with different power, shooting skill, speed and stamina. Beyond scoring baskets "there are no rules" — you can stab an opponent with a knife or swing a chain into his teeth. Spectators throw knives at random, the referee is violent, and nobody dies: a badly injured player just goes down for a while before rejoining.