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Ball laB cover art

Ball laB

Viktor Yurchuk · 2018-03-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 08, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 08, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 08, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Dec 08, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Mar 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.

64%
positive of 876 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.83★
PlayStation Store rating (66 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.74
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 15,728 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 876 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.74-25%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-03-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 13 of 14 observed days · $4.71 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.282018-03-092026-09-132018-03-09 — best price $0.892018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-10-08 — best price $0.502018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-12-21 — best price $0.492019-02-12 — best price $2.992019-07-22 — best price $0.502019-11-01 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $0.502020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.502020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $0.502021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-04-27 — best price $0.992021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-05-09 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.692023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.692023-04-24 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.492026-08-03 — best price $0.992026-09-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
57.2%
earned "First death"
46%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,58326%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,28396%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1,71299%13
PS5 (PlayStation)1,615100%13
PS4 (PlayStation)1,562100%13
PS5 (PlayStation)1,44899%13
PS4 (PlayStation)77399%13
PS5 (PlayStation)748100%13
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DArcadeCasualPuzzleDifficultMinimalistOld SchoolPlatformerSouls-likePerma Death

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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