Dodge Barrage

About this game

Dodge Barrage is a chaotic dodgeball party game. Use quick reflexes and aggressive plays to throw, dodge, and parry your way to victory. Play with up to four players either locally or online.



Inspired heavily by fighting games, every move in your kit has an equivalent counterattack.

• Spike a ball from above to give your opponents less time to react.
  
• Catch a ball out of the air to instantly refill your Special Meter.
  
• Charge a throw to threaten the whole field and unleash a surefire attack.
  
• Parry a throw in mid-air with your own throw.
  
• Bounce a throw off the wall for a surprising mix-up.
  
• Dash away from incoming attacks.
  
• Tackle the ball out of your opponent’s hands.

Key Features

- Team battles. Team up with your friends or fight head-to-head.

- Online and Local Multiplayer. Join up to 4 players in chaotic sports action. Built with rollback netcode.

- Arcade Mode. Play offline in a series of battles that ramp up in difficulty.

- 7 characters. From the ferocious Pam, to the timid Lewis, every character is dripping with personality.



- 11 game modes:

• Time - Rack up the most points before time runs out.
  
• Stamina - Adds HP bars to the game. Don’t let yourself get knocked out.
  
• Points - First team to X points takes the win.
  
• Crown - King of the Hill - hold the crown for a cumulative 2 minutes to win.
  
• Rush Down - Tackle your opponents to earn points rather than hitting them with the ball.
  
• Simplified - Removes special meters to help beginners master the basics.
  
• Boundless - Disables out of bounds to enable a really in-your-face style of play.
  
• Fully Charged - Special Meters are always full. Good luck dodging when every throw is charged.
  
• Hot Potato - Balls respawn very quickly, which encourages more agressive play.
  
• All the Balls - Adds 8 balls to the field. Good luck trying to dodge in a proper barrage.
  
• Custom - Mix and match all the win conditions at once, including changing how points are scored.

- 3 maps that change up your strategies.

- A Smorgasbord of Customization Options. Keep gameplay fresh with the ability to customize every aspect of not just the win conditions, but the game's physics too.

- 5 special physics presets:

• Speedsters - Everyone runs even faster.
  
• Low Gravity - Both players and balls falls slower, so jumping requires more commitment.
  
• Grounded - Jumping is disabled. Master your dashing and parrying skills.
  
• Fastball - All throws are faster, even when uncharged.
  
• On a Dime - Makes controls tighter, for extra competitive players.
  
• Custom - Adjust every physics knob to suit your tastes.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·23 Nov 2024Official

  Networking Update

  Improved match-making server availability. Fixed some issues involving the menu cursor's interaction on the lobby screen for Demo players. Fixed one rare case that could cause a network de-synchronization.
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• Announcements·8 Sept 2024Official

  New Mode - Style or Die

  New Game Mode - Style or Die In this mode, you need to either knock out your opponents with throws or earn points by Catching and Tackling. Take risks to win in style or die trying. Hitting your opponents won't contribute to points needed to win. You only need to successfully style on your opponents 5 times to win, while you would need to hit them 20 times to take them out, assuming it's a 2v2 game. So now, you have to consider if you just go out of bounds for a tackle because that one point brings you closer to victory than the HP you'll lose for being out. Bug Fixes fix bug where crown could become invisible when playing online. fix bug where characters could enter their victory animation prematurely when playing online. hide stripes on the in-game point bar when a crown is enabled, but it doesn't give points. show Tweaks subsection in Game Settings summary at the top of the screen in online lobby screen when necessary. fix scrolling box on Game Settings Menu for Custom mode. disable catching in Simplified mode. add controller support to Disable Chat button in online lobby screen.
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• Patch Notes·2 Sept 2024Official

  Minor Crown Mode update

  After reviewing more feedback from playtesters, we decided to modify the mechanics of Crown mode. Now, rather than a separate timer for the crown, holding the crown will increase your team's score over time. This means it can be added to other game modes without becoming a dominant part of your team's game plan. It also encourages more aggressive play in Custom game modes. The basic Crown mode still functionally the same: it's incredibly defensive and about protecting your teammate with the crown. You can even add a crown that doesn't give you any points to Custom mode, just to earn bragging rights. We hope you all enjoy the change.
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• Patch Notes·31 Aug 2024Official

  Update - Aiming higher

  Aim Assist First of all, we heard your feedback and added an aim assist. Every character now has a reticle placed below them to help players know exactly where their opponents are aiming, making counter-play more predictable and skill-based. New Stage! - Training Room For the FGC, we added a training room stage (full training mode still in the works). The grid should help you lab out your neutral game and line up shots better. Copy and Paste Game Settings We also reworked the Game Settings menu. We've made it more obvious and quicker to change modes, as well as making it easier to share settings. Rather than sharing a save file with each other, you can copy the game settings, share the text, and a friend can paste it directly into their game.
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• Patch Notes·26 Aug 2024Official

  Update from the launch feedback

  Changes reduced how often CPU players can taunt lower the volume on the ball bounces and referee call-outs add button glyphs to explain more actions, like how to change your palette on character select show steam names in-game and color-code hp bars so it's easier to tell who's who Bug Fixes fix the bug where the out of bounds line stays highlighted fix a rare bug where players could gain a slightly higher top speed by shuffling side to side Thank you to everyone who live streamed the game on launch. We've taken your feedback and incorporated many quick fixes into the game already. Expect some larger updates soon.
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