MLB The Show 21
Own the show! Experience faster, deeper and more intense moment-to-moment match action on the field, with a variety of game modes for all you rookie players and returning seasoned vets.
MLB The Show 21 is a sport developed by SIE San Diego Studio, released 20 April 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What MLB The Show 21 is
MLB The Show 21 is a sport game developed by SIE San Diego Studio and released in 2021. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Own the show! Experience faster, deeper and more intense moment-to-moment match action on the field, with a variety of game modes for all you rookie players and returning seasoned vets.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the MLB series
MLB The Show 21 is the 113th of 129 entries we hold in the MLB series. The next entry was MLB The Show 21: Jackie Robinson Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 82 is 6 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is MLB 06: The Show at 90.
How it was received
MLB The Show 21 holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
MLB The Show 21 launched on 20 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Returnal and Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Returnal, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MLB The Show 21 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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