Learning the game is pretty easy, with the early tutorials doing a good job explaining how the game works. While it took me a few matches to get a feel for it, I quickly found myself getting very invested in these matches. I can’t lie, I never really thought dodgeball would be a compelling concept for a multiplayer game, but having seen how well Knockout City, uh, knocks out the concept, I’m honestly surprised we haven’t seen more games try it.

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In addition to the 3v3 mode, there are three additional modes you unlock once you get past level five. There’s a four player free-for-all mode that, predictably, is a very different energy from the team based mode. You gotta keep that thing on you at all times in the free-for-all. I can’t tell you how many times I got taken out while taking someone else out.

This is low-key one of my favorite types of games. It doesn’t try to do a lot, but what it is doing it does very well. I really don’t have any complaints about this game. Matches never dropped, I didn’t have a problem finding players, and the core gameplay is not only incredibly fun, but also mad unique.

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Seriously, who else is making dodgeball games like that?

If you can’t tell by now, my desire to change it up has also bled into this column. Instead of giving you quick blurbs on games I find on sale, I figure, why don’t we take deeper dives into some lowkey heat that won’t break the bank? As I mentioned earlier, I downloaded Knockout City using my Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, and even if you don’t have Game Pass, the game is still really cheap at only $20.

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If you were sleeping on Knockout City, give it a look. I can say with certainty that there aren’t too many other games like it.