The Ball

The Ball

Steam Deck Playable

Teotl Studios · 3D Platformer · Oct 26, 2010

Worth it for the right player.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

74%
Mostly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 51 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise37% are divided25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
In terms of gameplay The Ball could certainly use more variety.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The Ball was one of the early Unreal Engine 3 games and the visuals were probably pretty impressive once.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
I do believe it is a very good FPS puzzler, I am not calling it a physics puzzler.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay57 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Performance15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters98 reviews
71%
Difficulty24 reviews
75%
Audio19 reviews
74%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat51 reviews
75%
Bugs7 reviews
43%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
17
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.