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The Ball

Teotl Studios · Tripwire Interactive · 2010-10-26

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 26, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2010 (Linux)

As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.

The Ball is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1151 reviews).

1
playing now
74%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Ball is a 2010 first-person action-adventure game developed by Teotl Studios and published by Tripwire Interactive.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 46k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,159 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2013-11-18) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 94 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.52$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-26 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-06-17 — best price $1.992016-12-03 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-07-18 — best price $2.502019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-06-18 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $2.492020-03-24 — best price $8.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $9.992021-11-03 — best price $9.992022-01-14 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-10-10 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $1.992023-09-08 — best price $9.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-03-12 — best price $1.992024-05-03 — best price $1.992024-08-21 — best price $9.992024-11-07 — best price $1.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-05-16 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $9.992025-09-23 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $1.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-05-19 — best price $1.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $1.992026-09-16 — best price $1.992026-09-28 — best price $1.992026-10-10 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5772026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 15 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 57 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-20 — 23 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 25 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 24 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 22 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews2026-10-11 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
54%
earned "Beginners Luck"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Swedish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,4665%17
Steam (Steam)0—3

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

Player tags

3DIndieLogicActionPuzzleSci-fiPhysicsStrategyAdventureController

Census log

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

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