Skull Ball Heroes

Strength in Numbers Studios, Inc

Released: Sep 14, 2016
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 13:47 GMT

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22 Apr 2022Developer post
A Quick Update
In response to iamaplayer's comment on the community hub, asking about offline play: There's no offline version of the game since we thought we'd catch on a bit more and didn't plan on needing for an offline version (since there wasn't a single player campaign planned at the time
04 Jan 2021Developer post
Menu Updates - Unreine Gone
Main Menu * Fixed the Damage Chart tab in the Options menu, it now correctly displays the chart which shows how damage flows through shields, armor, and health. * Adjusted background of My Heroes tabs a little more. Breath of Fire Map * Unreine has been chased away until I can fi
02 Jan 2021Developer post
AntBeeBird (Grachawk) Animations Fixed
All animations for Grachawk's abiliites 1-4 have been fixed and now display correctly.
29 Dec 2020Developer post
Menu System Updates Continue
Menu Updates: * Reverted some main menu landing screens to previous versions to add more character to the game and visual appeal. * Repositioned some main menu cameras for better angles included My Heroes landing page to be closer to the hero. Only Manco has a problem with this.
26 Dec 2020Developer post
Menu Optimizations and Load Times
* Updated file sizes in game to be divisible by 4 allowing in-engine compression to reduce menu file sizes down from 5-20mb to 900k. * Removed input mapping in favor of control scheme image due to some UI breaking from pressing LMB RMB or ESC while input mapping controls.
24 Dec 2020Developer post
Menu GPU FPS throttling and Khurnn ability revision.
The following updates have been patched into Skull Ball Menu System: * Forced MAX FPS at 120 for the main menu level only to reduce engine setting of allowing unlimited framerate which was causing the main menu to use 100% of GPU. Heroes: * Khurnn has has his shield ability swapp
19 Dec 2020Developer post
Menu System Updates - File Size Updates
The following changes have been deployed to the game: Main Menu System * My Heroes tab has been improved to allow players to read the items/training for their heroes. It's not aesthetically where I'd like it yet, but it is easier to understand and read. * Added new tool tips to s
04 Dec 2020Developer post
Rager is now playing.
Rager used to oversee the LavaFlow energy capturing facility but she has now taken up residence in Mire's Den at the request of Mire himself to antagonize the Skull Ball Heroes. She is not overly smart and will attack anyone within arms reach. She's over powered and tough to kill
21 Nov 2020Developer post
First update coming since 2018 to Steam
I got the build box working again and moved it to a virtualized machine so I won't have to worry about hardware failure ever again (fingers crossed). First Updates: I wanted to test stability of the build so made minor updates to the menu system and some of the character blueprin
16 Nov 2020Developer post
Servers back online effective 16-NOV-20
Backup and migration work completed early, testing went well and database and game servers are back online. Minor updates: Database backup complete UE Engine version update progressing slowly Website and branding conversion underway slowly Ideal First Big Planned Update Bodies ex
Backup and migration work completed early, testing went well and database and game servers are back online.
Minor updates:

Database backup complete
UE Engine version update progressing slowly
Website and branding conversion underway slowly
Ideal First Big Planned Update

Bodies explode when character is killed (date tbd)
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14 Nov 2020Developer post
Servers offline for updates from 13-NOV-20 Until 30-NOV-20
The login servers will be offline until the 30th of November, 2020 for updates. During this time you will not be able to login to the game.
13 Nov 2020Developer post
SkullBall Players Tonight 10pm EST (UTC -04:00)
We've schedule some time to play with live friends around 10pm EST tonight. If you'd like to join us in the fun that'd be great! Cheers My Dudes!
07 Oct 2020Developer post
Salvage Awarded for August, September, and October 2020
Special thanks to everyone that played over the last couple of months. I went through today and updated the in-game currency "Salvage" for everyone that that played since August 1st, 2020. If you log in you should see the updated Salvage as of 11:00 am EST. Feel free to spend on
20 Aug 2020Developer post
Server cook machine rebuild almost completed
After having to dismantle the main office two years ago I was finally able to create a new Unreal Engine code cook virtual machine. The previous one didn't survive the dismantling. Improvements coming down the pipe to load times and UI first.
17 Aug 2020Developer post
August 2020 Free Tester/Player Loot Challenge
August 1st, 2020 - August 31st All players who login and play a match, regardless of wins or losses will get 20,000 free in-game Salvage (used to unlock training, skins, and items). Jump in and play a round or two, beat up the bots, learn the controls, give it a whirl. I'm testin
03 Aug 2020Developer post
Tuebor is becoming Skull Ball Heroes
What's Happening Now As development has slowed I have decided to strip out the game modes that didn't get as much traction as the Skull Ball game mode did. The game will be rebranded to be known as Skull Ball Heroes and will only feature the Skull Ball 4v4 Online pvp game. All of
What's Happening Now
As development has slowed I have decided to strip out the game modes that didn't get as much traction as the Skull Ball game mode did.
The game will be rebranded to be known as Skull Ball Heroes and will only feature the Skull Ball 4v4 Online pvp game.
All of the heroes are still available, and anything previously purchased or unlocked will still be available at this time.
All user accounts have been credited with 200,000 in-game currency (Salvage) to spend on skills, skins, and unlocks as a thank you to anyone who played Tuebor with us in its early stages.
There are still bots to help round out the matches (as it will likely be scarce for a while), and no, they still don't know what the ball is so you will likely always win against them, so bring a friend, the game is now completely free (except for the Extra Life backpack).
The Extra Life backpack is the only DLC left in the game and the majority of proceeds from this purchase will go to Extra Life for the Children's Miracle Network.
Development Roadmap

Get Skull Ball branding complete in all marketing artwork
Get Skull Ball to Unreal Engine version 4.25 (it's currently stuck in 4.11)
Get Skull Ball branding complete inside the game post UE 4.25 update
Deploy 3 new Skull Ball maps (4v4)
Start Bug Fixes (too many to list, but almost none that are game breaking)
Figure out how to grow player base.
Figure out how to earn some money off the game afford to open up servers outside the US.
Localization fixes for obvious Google Translated languages in the menus.
Determine next steps tbd.
Why This, Why Now?
After spending so many years of my life (and very very much money) I thought it would be a waste to just let this game die. It's honestly fun to play and deserved more love than I was ever able to bring to it (players).
I'm moving the game to be F2P so that anyone who wants to can see it and play it and maybe have fun for some time between AAA game playing and COVID quarantine boredom.
I'm not looking at trying to make a million dollars off this game, I'd be happy if everyone just had some fun and told a friend.
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04 Aug 2019Developer post
Development changes underway.
A core development crew is being assembled and Tuebor itself will be transitioning into something easier to play and to understand. There are too many things to list right now, but changes are in the works. Much like how Blizzard abandoned Project Titan in favor of a boiled down
21 Jun 2019Developer post
Pricing update
Due to the lag in marketing and player acquisition I have decided to move the price down permanently while in Early Access (and beyond). The intention now is simply to remove the big gate to have anyone play and just have fun. All existing user accounts have been credited with 20
31 May 2019Developer post
Back to Gigabit network
Starting June 4th, 2019, we will be moving to a new gigabit network connection and looking at new development options. Classic slow-boat-for-the-win technique.
27 Aug 2018Developer post
Servers migration
Servers have been migrated to reduce cost while we figure out how to move forward. :D