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In this 2004 classic originally released by Atari games, you will navigate 12 sky-high courses. Each course is fraught with different obstacles that will block your path, slide your marble off course, or blow them right into the bottomless void below.

Ballance is a puzzle-platformer, casual and physics game developed by Cyparade and published by Ziggurat.
Released on January 05th 2024 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 336 reviews of which 280 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 2.94€ on Steam with a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified Ballance into these genres:

Puzzle-Platformer Casual Physics 3D Abstract Atmospheric Minimalist Platformer Puzzle 3D Platformer Top-Down Singleplayer Arcade Exploration Family Friendly Remake Action Comedy Classic Cult Classic

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  • OS: Windows 10

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March 2025
Very good game, I've really enjoyed gameplay today as well as years back when I played it for the first time. My kids (lvl 2,5 & 4) also enjoy while whatching daddy play :)
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Jan. 2025
This game is pure nostalgia for me. I liked the paper and the wood balls, the rock one can suck my ass
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Dec. 2024
Played the shit out of this game at age 6 while my parents were busy getting a divorce. Good times.
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Dec. 2024
It's not a remaster by any means, just a straight port. Works fine with some tweaking. A bit disappointed with the lack of features like no 1080p, no controller support, no achievements, etc, but what can you do. As is it plays just like I remember it. Edit: Apparently there's a 1080p fix you can find online. I recommend getting it. https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1726-ballance-widescreen-fix/
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Aug. 2024
$6 was worth the nostalgia for me. The last time I played this game over ten years ago, it didn't seem like anyone was selling licensed copies of it. Lots of games tried to imitate this game but couldn't replicate its charm. The puzzle layouts came back to me immediately when I started playing, and I was excited to start speed running / high scoring levels. At first, playing on my friend's steam deck, I thought I had lost all of my past skill, when in reality, I was trying to use a joystick to control a ball that only accepted perpendicular direction inputs. Custom controls on the steam deck made it a little easier, but it was still a struggle. I had seen enough potential to want to relive the game on my own PC, and upon playing it with keyboard controls, I fell back in love with the sounds of the game and my smooth control of the ball. It took me just over three hours of gameplay (lots of retries) to finish all 12 levels with high scores atop the default leaderboard. However, I was rather disappointed that the 13th level (iirc "Twilight Zone" / "速度" ) was absent from this re-release. The high-difficulty 13th level was an excellent challenge, and it had been present in every version of the game that I had played until this one. A quick search revealed that level 13 was a patch by the original devs for the original release. A deeper search revealed that players on steam who wished to play on other maps need to download mods (which I'm not ashamed to admit I tried and failed to do). I would imagine this release has made the new publisher enough money to pay a small dev team to make some tiny adjustments to make this game more palatable for the modern day. No fancy graphic shaders or sound design overhaul; I won't even ask for widescreen resolution, just these few things: - level 13 - in-menu or steam launch option for windowed mode (rather than the jarring full-screen launch that at first tries to stretch a 4:3 picture to fit 16:9) - steam achievements (might be a stretch but I can hope)
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Ballance is currently priced at 2.94€ on Steam.

Ballance is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 2.94€ on Steam.

Ballance received 280 positive votes out of a total of 336 achieving a rating of 7.76.
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Ballance was developed by Cyparade and published by Ziggurat.

Ballance is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Ballance is not playable on MacOS.

Ballance is not playable on Linux.

Ballance is a single-player game.

Ballance does not currently offer any DLC.

Ballance does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Ballance does not support Steam Remote Play.

Ballance is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Release 05 Jan 2024
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