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Ballance
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 players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Ballance, originally developed by Cyparade and later re-released on Steam by Ziggurat, is a physics-based puzzle platformer that has maintained a quiet but enduring legacy since its initial debut in the early 2000s. At first glance, its premise is deceptively simple: guide a…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“◾◾🔷◾◾ [0] Ups and downs Just as good - and just as frustrating, as it was two decades ago You know why you are here. You have played this game long time ago, probably as a kid, then randomly out of nowhere remembered it again and went to check if it's available anywhere - and…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“this game is very nostalgic for me so nothing needs to change at all in my opinion.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual |
| Player tags | Puzzle-Platformer · Casual · Physics · 3D · Abstract · Atmospheric · Minimalist · Platformer · Puzzle · 3D Platformer · Top-Down · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10