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Ballance

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging physics-based puzzle gameplay
  • Relaxing atmosphere and music
  • Nostalgic value for longtime fans
  • Precise and satisfying ball control
  • Affordable price

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of modern enhancements (resolution, widescreen, achievements)
  • Technical issues and bugs in steam release
  • Missing 13th dlc level
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Limited content and replayability

What to play next

Top picks

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More fantastical

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Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Ballance but with less survival pressure

More story-driven

Games that feels like Ballance but with deeper narrative immersion

More competitive

Games that feels like Ballance but with more competition against others

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Ballance. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Ballance. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ballance: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Story, Exploration, Creativity, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Violence, Story.

Last update: 23/08/2026