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Games like Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens

If Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens is your kind of game, the closest matches are Great Marble Adventure, Path of Kami: Journey Begins and Traceur's Dreamlab VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and hypnotic. 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 Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens: Ballex² is an indie high-altitude rolling game focused on physics and skillful control. Here, you will take control of nine unique spheres to conquer breathtaking aerial wonders and experience an unprecedented challenge that combines physics-based puzzles with demanding controls.

2025IndieAdventureCasualRacing14.99 USDWindowsby Mushreb Games
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens — Steam game cover
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Atmospheric music tailored to each levelDistinct ball physics change how levels playGradual difficulty curve with clear progressionAtmosphericChallengingHypnotic

Players who liked Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens also play

Steam players who put hours into Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens 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. Great Marble Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Top pick for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Guide the marble in the journey through more than 50 thematic stages across three difficulties: Easy, Normal, and Hard, with various challenges in Great Marble Adventure, an unforgettable 3D ball-rolling game! Are you ready for the unforgettable marble adventure?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Path of Kami: Journey Begins

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    A relaxing puzzle exploration game following a recently-deceased Japanese wolf Kazeyo as he navigates the trials of the Mortal and Spirit World through puzzles.

    2022AdventureSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. Traceur's Dreamlab VR

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Traceur's Dreamlab is a place to be for every parkour runner! You can build your own levels, including not only challenging obstacles but also tricky puzzles and share them with the community. Within our multiplayer system you can run against your friends and other online players.

    2021ActionSportsStrategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Tick Hop

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Ranked #4 for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    "Tick Hop" is a time-based puzzle platformer where players control the Guardian of Time. Navigate through levels made of time fragments, solving challenges and unlocking the past to restore the future. Manage a dynamic countdown and use time-altering items to overcome obstacles.

    2025IndieAdventureRacing2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Horse Riding Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Ranked #5 for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Explore a beautiful open world, full of horses and other animals. Or just enjoy the beautiful view while riding. In the world of Horse Riding Deluxe you and your horses have no limits. But train and care for your horses well because the various races will demand everything from you!

    2019ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Skyline Sprinters

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Welcome to an adrenaline-pumping platform game where players embark on an exhilarating race against each other through a challenging parkour course! Prepare to test your agility, speed, and reflexes as you navigate through an immersive world filled with obstacles, traps, and exciting surprises.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Skiing VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Ski anytime you want on perfectly designed slopes in VR. Find your way to the finish line in this arcade ski simulator and prove that you're the best skier! Enjoy different game modes alone or with your friends

    2022SportsIndieSimulation13.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Ranked #8 for Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Racing with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.

    2016ActionIndieRacing14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    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 Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    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 Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens

How much does Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens cost?
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens are Great Marble Adventure, Path of Kami: Journey Begins, Traceur's Dreamlab VR.
Who developed Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens?
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens was developed by Mushreb Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens.

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