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THE CANON OF BALLS

Helios Monk · 2026-08-13

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 13, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hardcore, co-op (or solo) platformer. Dark Souls makes a baby with Super Monkey Ball. An easy-to-learn, hard-to-master experience to explore with your friends. All inside a vast open world, with each platforming course bringing its own twist.

99%
positive of 311 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.39
steam price (US)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 14,066 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 311 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.39 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 2 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Completion

5
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "HELL MOUTH LOCK"
43.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15442%5

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

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.