''Decksplash'' is a cancelled

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video game that was being developed by Bossa Studios for

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. In November 2017, Bossa Studios announced that ''Decksplash'' was cancelled after not reaching its intended goal of 100,000 players during a

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free week.

Gameplay

''Decksplash'' is a team-based

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Development

In January 2017, Bossa Studios announced ''Decksplash''. ''

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'' compared the game to the likes of '' Splatoon'' and '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'', while PC Gamer compared it to '' Rocket League''. In November 2017, Bossa Studios released a free build of the game on

. They challenged the community, stating that if 100,000 players downloaded the game during the free week, the game would be released into Steam's early access program, otherwise, the game would be discontinued. A week later, the studio announced the game's cancellation after the player count failed to reach the stated goal. According to

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only about 36,000 people total tried the game during their free week, with no more than 464 playing it at any given time.

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* Video games developed in the United Kingdom Skateboarding video games Multiplayer video games Cancelled Windows games {{sports-videogame-stub