Nostalgic Tenkaichi combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Sparking ZERO is the Dragon Ball game I have been waiting for, it feels like a modern next gen version of those two games”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.2024Fighting · Action
The verdict
Flashy, nostalgic Budokai Tenkaichi successor with a huge roster and fun combat, but thin offline content, dead online and overpriced DLC. Skip at full price.
Great for
Dragon Ball and Budokai Tenkaichi fans who play offline or with friends and buy on sale
Main risk
Costly DLC and edition changes, with little to do beyond story and a dead online
What changed in the last 30 days
115 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews center on the $35 NEO DLC and the Ultimate Edition being replaced by a Legendary Edition that includes it. Fairly confident this drives the drop.
115 recent reviews
What players love
Huge roster with transformations
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It currently has over 200 characters.”
Steam review · 161.9 h played ↗
Fun with friends and offline
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I play this game with my friends and brothers and its a lot of fun”
Steam review · 102.8 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Amazing visuals and animations.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Mods improve the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“CUZ OF MODS THIS IS THIS MOST DBZ GAME OF ALL TIME”
Steam review · 1001.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Ultimate Edition owners burned by NEO DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This means that I would need to spend an additional $35+ to play the NEO DLC even though people who buy the current Legendary Edition would not.”
Steam review · 70.3 h played ↗
Overpriced DLC for base-game content
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“35€ separate DLC for content that should've been included in the base game.”
Steam review · 27.4 h played ↗
Thin content and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Games only enjoyable for the first 20 - 25 hours when your only doing the story mode and the what ifs”
Steam review · 55.7 h played ↗
Dead, laggy online with rage quitters
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“IT TAKES GENUINELY 15 MINS TO QUE A MATCH”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Unbalanced meta and steep combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“If you're not playing SS4 Gogeta, MUI Goku, Beast Gohan and the other broken op top meta characters, you are not meant to win against other players.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Cheating, input-reading story AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“they use input reading to instantly counter what you're doing, and they do it over and over again, you're literally playing versus a hacker.”
Steam review · 87.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support29 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 980 / AMD Radeon RX 590 / Intel Arc A750
Storage29 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 / Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
Storage29 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 980 / AMD Radeon RX 590 / Intel Arc A750
Storage29 GB available space
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