Choose Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens
Choose Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens launched in 2025.
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens vs Great Marble Adventure
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens and Great Marble Adventure both land in Indie, Casual, Racing on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Casual, Racing on Steam. Great Marble Adventure (2022) is 3 years older than Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens (2025). Great Marble Adventure scores higher on Steam reviews (100% positive) than Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens (96% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Great Marble Adventure
Choose Great Marble Adventure if you want an Action and Strategy experience. On Steam, it's currently about 33% cheaper on the Steam Store. Great Marble Adventure launched in 2022.
Both Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens and Great Marble Adventure sit in Indie, Casual, and Racing on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens |  Great Marble Adventure | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual, Racing | Action, Strategy, Indie, Casual, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 96% positive (25 reviews) | 100% positive (16 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Mushreb Games | NaCl586 |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual, Racing on Steam.
- Great Marble Adventure (2022) is 3 years older than Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens (2025).
- Great Marble Adventure scores higher on Steam reviews (100% positive) than Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens (96% positive).
- Great Marble Adventure is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens (9.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Great Marble Adventure is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens has no Deck rating yet.
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens vs Great Marble Adventure — FAQ
- Should I play Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens or Great Marble Adventure first?
- If you want chronology, Great Marble Adventure (2022) came out before Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens and Great Marble Adventure similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual, Racing on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.