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Switchball HD cover art

Switchball HD

Atomic Elbow · 2021-05-17

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Transform the Marble ball with metal, electric and lighter-than-air properties to solve 3D puzzles based on real-world physics in the quickest time. More than 30 challenging levels!

85%
positive of 194 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (17 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.09
steam price (US)

Switchball is an inventive and fun puzzle-driven game based on real world physical interactions. Beautiful and elegant 3D graphics offer panoramic views of 30 incredible levels in 5 amazing worlds. The game puts the player in the role of a marble, which is guided through a narrow winding course suspended in mid-air in five different worlds: Skyworld, Iceworld, Caveworld, Cloudworld and Lavaworld. The marble can be morphed into different balls with unique physical properties, like a Marble Ball, a Power Ball (which can be charged and have an accelerated "dash", a "jump" ability or switchable (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,322 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 194 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 0 of 30 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120212026Week of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$8.992026-09-142026-10-132026-09-14 — best price $8.992026-09-15 — best price $8.992026-09-16 — best price $8.992026-09-17 — best price $8.992026-09-18 — best price $8.992026-09-19 — best price $8.992026-09-20 — best price $8.992026-09-21 — best price $8.992026-09-22 — best price $8.992026-09-23 — best price $8.992026-09-24 — best price $8.992026-09-25 — best price $8.992026-09-26 — best price $8.992026-09-27 — best price $8.992026-09-28 — best price $8.992026-09-29 — best price $8.992026-09-30 — best price $8.992026-10-01 — best price $8.992026-10-02 — best price $8.992026-10-03 — best price $8.992026-10-04 — best price $8.992026-10-05 — best price $8.992026-10-06 — best price $8.992026-10-07 — best price $8.992026-10-08 — best price $8.992026-10-09 — best price $8.992026-10-10 — best price $8.992026-10-11 — best price $8.992026-10-12 — best price $8.992026-10-13 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
76.7%
earned "Marbleball Badge"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

IndieLogicArcadeCasualPuzzlePhysicsAdventureRealisticBoard GameController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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