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The Ball

Teotl Studios · Tripwire Interactive · 2010-10-26

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
74%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,151 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 34 of 61 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-06 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.52$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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