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Pool Panic

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Pool Panic is an unconventional billiards game with something new around every corner. It's the world's least realistic pool simulator!

What works

  • Highly creative and unique level design
  • Large, vibrant open world to explore
  • Accessible gameplay with casual and hardcore modes
  • Humorous and quirky art style and characters
  • Local multiplayer party modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and imprecise controls reported
  • Camera angles can be frustrating
  • Lack of online multiplayer
  • Some levels can be repetitive or frustrating
  • Limited options menu and customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • WHAT THE GOLF?

  • Once Upon A KATAMARI

  • Moving Out

  • WHAT THE CAR?

  • Old School Musical

  • We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie

Less competitive

Games that feels like Pool Panic but with less competition against others

  • The Adventure Pals

  • Ritual of Raven

  • Untitled Goose Game

  • Ogu and the Secret Forest

  • Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

  • Wuppo: Definitive Edition

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Pool Panic but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure

  • ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!

  • Going Under

  • BattleBlock Theater®

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • The Genesis Project

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Pool Panic but with less of a community feel

  • Rain on Your Parade

  • Ittle Dew 2+

  • Under The Island

  • Cursed to Golf

  • Ittle Dew

  • The Wonderful End of the World

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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).

Pool Panic: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026