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Games like Balancelot

If Balancelot is your kind of game, the closest matches are THE DARUMA CHALLENGE, Swimpossible! and Let's See What You Got — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its checkpoints reduce masochism, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Balancelot: Use your controller or keyboard to balance the clumsy but fully functional unicycle. Thrust the threatening mythical monsters with your sharpened lance as they sit on your way to glory. Climbing over the dead enemies with your unicycle may be the last climb you take.

2019ActionIndieAdventureCasualRacing7.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby AnvilBird Interactive
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Checkpoints reduce masochismDifficulty turns frustration into prideHumor and absurdity shine throughChallengingContemplativeFunny

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Steam players who put hours into Balancelot also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. THE DARUMA CHALLENGE

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    A brutal bouncing challenge. No shortcuts, no mercy—just you vs. gravity. How far will you climb before it all comes crashing down?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Swimpossible!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Move each limb separately to swim against the current and avoid difficult obstacles in Swimpossible!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure6.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Let's See What You Got

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    There's always room for improvement. Push your human tolerance to the limit with unique and challenging physic-sandbox platforming. Run on the walls. Jump off the ceilings. Swing through a dark lab. Die, a lot. The trials before you won't be easy. So, let's see what you got.

    2019ActionIndieRacing4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Extreme Delivery

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Balancelot.

    This is why your packages are always late! Run and jump your way to a job well done by delivering items as fast as possible. Dodge falling objects, explosions, and gigantic hammers along the way. Proceed with caution though... losing any items may result in an unhappy customer!

    2025ActionSportsStrategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Driving Is Hard

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint based progression and a punishing mood with Balancelot.

    Ranked #5 for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Prove your skills by driving the Bathtub on Wheels! Solve puzzles, collect soap, and dive into Jeff's family drama. Drive, Fall, Learn, Repeat.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. City Climber

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Balancelot.

    Ranked #6 for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

    2017ActionSportsIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Road to Ballhalla

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Balancelot.

    Ranked #7 for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. OmniBus

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Balancelot.

    Ranked #8 for Balancelot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    OmniBus is next-to-last gen physics game about the most powerful bus in the universe that can’t stop or even slow down for reasons incomprehensible to the simple human mind.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Balancelot at current Steam store prices.

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Balancelot.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balancelot.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balancelot.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balancelot.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Balancelot.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Balancelot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Balancelot.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Balancelot.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balancelot.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Balancelot.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balancelot.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Balancelot.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Balancelot.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Balancelot

Does Balancelot run on Steam Deck?
Balancelot is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Balancelot cost?
Balancelot is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Balancelot?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Balancelot are THE DARUMA CHALLENGE, Swimpossible!, Let's See What You Got.
Who developed Balancelot?
Balancelot was developed by AnvilBird Interactive and published by Jestercraft.

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