Out of the Park Baseball is a spreadsheet disguised as a game, and its fans love it

A Verge review of Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP), the long-running management sim the writer has played for roughly 2,300 hours on Steam across multiple editions. Unlike MLB The Show or Super Mega Baseball, OOTP is graphically plain and not arcade fun — essentially a spreadsheet pretending to be a video game. It offers fantasy baseball without waiting six months for real results, making it enjoyable even when the Mets are bad.