Eight years after launch, Dragon Ball FighterZ just earned a Steam Featured Win banner for a $7.99 DLC character. Nobody saw this coming.

Arc System Works dropped the DAIMA Pack on April 21, adding Super Saiyan 4 Goku from the Dragon Ball DAIMA anime as a playable fighter. The pack includes the character with 12 color options, three lobby avatars — SS4 Goku, SS3 Vegeta, and Panzy — and three Z stamps. All for $7.99.

Steam is pushing it hard. The pack charted on both New Releases and Featured Win. Player reception sits at 86% Positive across 21 reviews — small sample, but an encouraging signal for a game many assumed was done dropping content.

The energy in the reviews tells the real story. One player’s review reads like a wishlist fever dream: “return to monke , i hope we get beast gohan , both gamma 1 and 2 , orange piccolo , and omega shrenron DBFZ IS BACK BB!” That’s not measured analysis. That’s the kind of hype that gets publishers to open the DLC pipeline.

Not everyone’s sold. The top negative review is blunt: “Not worth it do not buy.” And one positive review flagged a real issue — SS4 Goku “feels like a modded character more than an official DLC character” because many animations are borrowed from existing fighters. When your studio built its reputation on hand-crafted animation, players notice asset recycling.

According to GameRant, the trailer shows SS4 Goku channeling his Great Ape form into his movements, complete with the Transcendent Kamehameha — a technique that, per DAIMA lore, shook every world in the Demon Realm. The trailer also retcons a detail from Kakarot, confirming Goku unlocked SS4 through training rather than needing Neva’s help.

Bandai Namco hasn’t announced more DAIMA-era characters. But an eight-year-old fighter landing a Steam Featured Win isn’t a game on life support. It’s a game with a player base still loud enough to demand more.

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