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Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! vs Clone Your Way Out

Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! and Clone Your Way Out both land in Strategy, Indie, Casual 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 Strategy, Indie, Casual on Steam. Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! (2020) is 4 years older than Clone Your Way Out (2024). Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! is free; Clone Your Way Out is paid (4.99 USD). 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 Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer!

Choose Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! launched in 2020.

Choose Clone Your Way Out

Choose Clone Your Way Out if you want an Action and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Clone Your Way Out launched in 2024.

Both Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! and Clone Your Way Out sit in Strategy, Indie, and Casual on Steam, 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

Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! vs Clone Your Way Out — Steam metadata comparison
Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! — Steam game coverBall at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer!Clone Your Way Out — Steam game coverClone Your Way Out
Released20202024
GenresStrategy, Indie, Free To Play, CasualAction, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Casual
PlatformsWindows, macOSWindows
Steam DeckDeck PlayableUnrated
PriceFree to play4.99 USD
Steam reviews82.2% positive (219 reviews)
MultiplayerSingle-player onlySingle-player only
DevelopersFamous Dogg StudiosLei de Bug

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Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! vs Clone Your Way Out — FAQ

Should I play Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! or Clone Your Way Out first?
If you want chronology, Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! (2020) came out before Clone Your Way Out (2024). 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 Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! and Clone Your Way Out similar?
They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Casual 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.
Is Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! free?
Yes — Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! is a free-to-play Steam title. Clone Your Way Out is paid (4.99 USD).
Does Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! run on Steam Deck?
Yes — Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Clone Your Way Out doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.
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