
Ball x Pit is an exceptional Action/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
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Verdict
96%
Steam
84
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 24K reviews)
Healthy player count of 1,929 concurrent
Critically acclaimed (84/100 critic average)
Standout indie gem
No significant drawbacks reported
Ball x Pit is a roguelike video game developed by Kenny Sun and published by Devolver Digital. It was released on macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S in October 2025, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version released later that month. The game combines two separate gameplay loops, an Arkanoid-inspired action stage where the player defeats monsters by bouncing balls against them, and a city builder stage where resources collected can be used to improve buildings that grant new characters and abilities in the action stage.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 22h ago
I wasn't sure how I felt about it initially, but eventually I got hooked. It's not particularly deep, but it is pretty satisfying to try different characters out. I really like the guy who fires from the back instead of from the character, initially feels overpowered, but has a crippling weakness to strong enemies up front that you have to build to contend with. I like that the game includes some strange things for the hell of it, like the character who...makes the game turn-based! so weird! not a fan of him, but I am happy they included him for people who might! And the character who literally plays the game himself and doesn't let you interact that apparently was a debug option they threw into the main game for the hell of it, sure, why not! I beat it and was met with the coolest Winamp Visualizer ending ever. Thanks, Ball x Pit(pronounced like Hunter x Hunter)
Ball x Pit is fun, just not as good as people made it sound. It’s easy to get into and pretty satisfying at the start. I had a good time for the first few hours, and it definitely has that “one more go” feeling. But it gets repetitive kinda quick. Once you’ve played a bit, you’ve basically seen most of what the game has. It doesn’t really change things up much after that. I think the hype set it up to disappoint a bit. It’s not bad at all, just more of a solid time-killer than anything special. Still worth a look if it seems like your thing, just keep expectations in check.
very cool game, spent like 20 hours in 3 days to finish it But i cant ignore that the base building thing feels like fifth wheel was added to a good car. Some clunky "management", time gated rewards and progression. Just swap it to a skill tree or something, base building is very very very bad, not interesting and most importantly not FUN. If there was a /10 score i would give this game a 9 overall and -2 for out of place base building 7/10
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