Backyard Baseball '01

Family · Paid · 3.9 out of 5 from 684 ratings

A nostalgic baseball game featuring Backyard kids and MLB legends with pickup and season modes, but plagued by control responsiveness and difficulty balance issues.

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GenreFamily

PricePaid

Difficultyvariable

Ad intensitynone

In-app-purchase pressurenone

Typical sessionmedium

DeveloperPlayground Productions LLC

Rating3.9 out of 5 from 684 ratings

What players like

Strong nostalgia factor for original players
Charming roster of 30 kids and 28 MLB legends
Multiple ballparks and game modes (pickup/season)
Humorous commentary and player banter
Customizable teams and uniforms

Common complaints

Controls unresponsive - taps to swing/pitch frequently don't register
Game runs very slow with excessive delays between pitches
Difficulty scaling broken - easy too easy, medium/hard feels arbitrarily rigged
UI confusing with no visible buttons for batting/pitching mechanics
Frequent crashes and technical bugs reported

What real reviews say

★★★ It’s a good game just a poor port It glitches. A lot. One time for some reason the ball I guess was bouncing off the characters hit boxes and scurried around the diamond like a rat it was going faster than a hr swing.

★★ Frustrating The hitting feels like it’s been extremely nerfed. All you hit are weak pop flys or soft hit grounders, even in T-ball mode. What’s the point of having players with a 10 rating for hitting if they can’t even hit the ball out of the infield

★★ Not really that good Needs fixed it runs really bad and really hard ti his even on easy mode not worth 5$ unless your there just for the nostalgia

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Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-10-08. Last updated 2026-10-08.