One of the hidden-est hidden gems on steam, a truly insane mashup of hack n' slash, third-person shooter, and baseball. You play as a superpowered baseball-playing demon girl and every 15 second a new inning starts, which switches you between batting and pitching (though you eventually unlock the ability to change when you want, but the auto-switch still happens). When you're batting, whatever you hit gets knocked into whatever you're aiming at, and pitching gives you a slow, but powerful shot. Every stage has some kind of unique gimmick and the real meat of the game is figuring out how to string your abilities together to clear it as fast as possible. If you don't beat it by the final inning you die, and you have to unlock more innings until you get the full nine.
You eventually unlock a variety of ultimates you can do when getting a combo, which are all a lot of fun to discover, and you even get a deckbuilding aspect where you collect and unlock trading cards that also have extra powers. It's a lot more in-depth than I expected, and 3 hours in I'm still not quite done with everything, so you certainly get a lot of content for your dollar.
If I had one complaint about the game, it would be that pitching isn't as fun as batting since it's slower and doesn't do as much damage as batting something into an enemy, so I prefer to stay in batting mode as much as possible unless I really need to take out a straggler. The batting though is incredibly satisfying, the overall game-feel is top-tier and knocking an enemy's bullets back into it for that big hit feels incredible. I guess the other critique I'd make is the framerate can be a bit choppy, but it's always playable.
The other aspect I really like is the strange but laid-back humor. There's a recurring shark motif and it's kind of implied that since the main character can't swim, sharks are sort of her main rival. The boss fights are completely uhninged and hilarious, and some of the cards you can unlock are straight-up performance-enhancing drugs (which come in banana and strawberry flavor, no less).
This is the kind of gem you only find by really digging deep, and I'm glad I came across it. It's such a singular creative vision that pulls off it's very unique mechanic really well and I don't think there's a single dud as far as the levels go.
