# Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike

> Smash it Wild is a tactical turn-based game combining volleyball and dodgeball in a fantasy universe. Upgrade your players and defeat your opponents in an intense roguelike competition!

## Game facts

- Developer: Goblinz Studio, Ernestine
- Publisher: Goblinz Publishing
- Release status: Released
- Release date: Apr 17, 2026
- Region for this schedule: GLOBAL
- Platforms: PC
- Genres: Management, RPG, Sports, Strategy, TacticalRPG, Turn-BasedStrategy, Turn-BasedTactics, volleyball
- Steam Deck: Playable (Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432240/)
- Languages: Interface: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish, Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Polish (Poland), Brazilian Portuguese, Russian (Russia), Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan); Subtitles: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish, Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Polish (Poland), Brazilian Portuguese, Russian (Russia), Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan) (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/smash-it-wild)

## AI Review Analysis

Analyzed Sep 1, 2026

### Strengths

- The original turn-based tactical system combining volleyball and dodgeball feels fresh, with strong strategic depth based on positioning, movement, and calculating attack angles.
- The victory structure—exhausting opponents’ stamina to create defensive gaps and sending the ball into open space—is intuitive yet deep.
- Each team’s unique gimmicks and combinations of player skills, passives, equipment, and relics make building strategies enjoyable.

### Weaknesses

- For a roguelike, the game lacks content and playtime; some reviews estimate that most of its elements can be discovered within about 10 hours.
- Even after unlocking teams, skills, and items, run progression and builds become repetitive, while team-specific choices are limited, reducing long-term variety.
- The early game is relatively easy, while the late game relies on inflated enemy stats and additional movement, making the difficulty curve somewhat simplistic.

## Links

- [Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike on WAME](https://www.wame.is/game/2964)
- [Player reviews](https://www.wame.is/game/2964/reviews)

Updated: 2026-11-10T06:43:22.678Z