Polyball

Wait69%

Mixed · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Studio Monolith · Racing · Dec 1, 2017

Player review score
69%
Mixed
Price
$3.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
33
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio11 of 11
Subtitles0 of 11

Should I buy Polyball?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

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
25% of themes are praise17% are divided58% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I think there's absolutely a huge amount of emergent gameplay that can come from the focus on building speed and getting air time, but the level design flipflops too often for this to come to pass.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The first thing you'll notice about polyball are the visuals, which are amazing.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In addition, the sound effects and sense of momentum provide a certain immersion to the player.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay91 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
79% still recommend
Story
83% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
76% still recommend
Controls
59% still recommend
Difficulty
63% still recommend
Interface
55% still recommend
Bugs
50% still recommend
Performance
50% still recommend
Optimization
38% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play Together
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$3.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $3.99

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