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Ballionaire

newobject · Raw Fury · 2024-12-10

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!

Ballionaire is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $4.93, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 2671 reviews).

53
playing now
84%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
35h
to beat · completionist 70h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.93
steam price (US)

53 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Ballionaire is a roguelike strategy video game made by Seattle-based developer newobject and published by Raw Fury. It was released on December 10, 2024 for Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 53 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (475 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 28,912 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–120k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,671 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.90 at GameBillet (2026-08-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.34 · on sale 61 of 95 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of December 2024 (#1)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44444420242026Week of 2024-12-10: 444 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

141312026-09-15 00:00 — 53 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 43 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 58 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 39 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 50 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 56 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 31 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 44 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 47 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 69 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 141 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 123 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 90 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 139 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 111 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 50 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 84 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 84 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 66 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 64 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 83 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 53 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k25Dec 2024Aug 2026Dec 2024 — avg 1,450 · peak 2,661Jan 2025 — avg 450 · peak 1,187Feb 2025 — avg 186 · peak 347Mar 2025 — avg 131 · peak 289Apr 2025 — avg 158 · peak 333May 2025 — avg 70 · peak 129Jun 2025 — avg 132 · peak 369Jul 2025 — avg 77 · peak 158Aug 2025 — avg 61 · peak 131Sep 2025 — avg 44 · peak 99Oct 2025 — avg 76 · peak 188Nov 2025 — avg 47 · peak 101Dec 2025 — avg 68 · peak 129Jan 2026 — avg 57 · peak 131Feb 2026 — avg 33 · peak 75Mar 2026 — avg 33 · peak 69Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 65May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 76Jun 2026 — avg 33 · peak 65Jul 2026 — avg 30 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 121
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.34$4.902024-12-052026-08-212024-12-05 — best price $11.722024-12-13 — best price $9.172024-12-18 — best price $9.002024-12-23 — best price $7.872024-12-29 — best price $7.692025-01-06 — best price $9.392025-01-16 — best price $10.992025-02-14 — best price $10.492025-03-12 — best price $8.162025-03-17 — best price $8.752025-03-24 — best price $10.862025-04-09 — best price $12.342025-05-09 — best price $8.192025-06-03 — best price $10.222025-06-26 — best price $7.262025-07-18 — best price $10.222025-08-18 — best price $7.262025-09-02 — best price $7.242025-09-29 — best price $7.402025-10-25 — best price $8.642025-11-03 — best price $10.222025-12-04 — best price $6.782026-01-06 — best price $10.222026-01-31 — best price $12.342026-02-18 — best price $6.792026-03-04 — best price $10.222026-03-19 — best price $6.172026-04-09 — best price $12.342026-04-21 — best price $11.002026-04-28 — best price $6.042026-05-03 — best price $6.042026-05-08 — best price $5.662026-05-23 — best price $6.792026-06-08 — best price $11.002026-06-25 — best price $4.932026-07-16 — best price $10.992026-08-01 — best price $10.682026-08-17 — best price $4.932026-08-21 — best price $4.90
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2742026-05-24 — 13 pageviews2026-05-28 — 13 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 27 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 9 pageviews2026-09-21 — 9 pageviews2026-09-25 — 10 pageviews2026-09-29 — 18 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 18 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
62.7%
earned "On Top Of The World"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5292%23

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteCasualPhysicsPinballRelaxingStrategyCard GameRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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