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Ball Torture

SufferSoft · 2022-06-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ball Torture is an exciting 2D puzzle game where you control a bowling ball, trying to escape from the recycling compartment. Overcome sharp saws and other obstacles, reach 30 checkpoints, and collect stars to become the winner among the balls in the recycling compartment!

77%
positive of 132 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.79
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 219% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 132 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.79-92%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-02-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820222026Week of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$0.392022-06-302026-08-232022-06-30 — best price $14.992022-08-24 — best price $24.992022-10-25 — best price $49.992022-12-23 — best price $4.992023-01-25 — best price $49.992023-03-10 — best price $3.992023-04-09 — best price $0.392023-06-06 — best price $3.992023-07-14 — best price $0.392023-10-21 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-01-31 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-04-26 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-07-26 — best price $4.992024-10-09 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-19 — best price $0.492025-03-17 — best price $4.992025-05-31 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-05 — best price $0.492025-11-09 — best price $4.992026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
19.2%
earned "Get hit by a fan"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish…

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleCraftingSurvivalTacticalTop-DownDifficult

Census log

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

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