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Games like Balla machina

If Balla machina is your kind of game, the closest matches are INFERIUS, Lucky Shot and Matchinko — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Balla machina: A pinball roguelike where you build your retro machine by buying and placing items like targets, flippers, rollovers and stickers. Make game-breaking combos and beat the target score!

StrategyIndieCasualWindows · Linuxby Temptica, Snowy Fox
Balla machina — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Balla machina 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. INFERIUS

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balla machina.

    Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Lucky Shot

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balla machina.

    A shooting dopamine machine! Lucky Shot is a roguelike mag-builder FPS where you master different weapons, build wild combos, and break the game to reach massive high scores.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Matchinko

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Balla machina.

    Match glowing crystals to build a pachinko board, then rain your ball loadout through it for an exploding score. A cozy winter roguelite of fairies, tiles, and fate: light every town on the climb to the boss — but miss one target and the run is over.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Spell Breakers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Balla machina.

    Build your Spell Deck, defeat your rivals, and aim for the top of the mysterious tournament, Spell Breakers! This is a new kind of auto-battle roguelike game where collecting over 300 spells is the key to victory!

    2027StrategyRPGSteam ↗
  5. Cult of PiN

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balla machina.

    Flip, nudge, and destroy in this roguelike pinball deckbuilder. Select from 100+ upgrades to create game-breaking builds and smash through the cursed playfields. Complete missions to trigger explosive special attacks and tear the tables apart, one bumper at a time.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie12.74 USDSteam ↗
  6. Magma Karta

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balla machina.

    Magma Karta is a satisfying strategy card game with roguelite and gambling elements. The rules can switch at any turn, challenging you to adapt your builds and your playstyle.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balla machina.

    Build your perfect deck and become a Champion.

    2025SportsStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Slayblade

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Balla machina fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Balla machina.

    Build your battle-top and become King of the Streets! Collect 60+ parts, Merge their Powers, and Dominate opponents in this Chill Roguelite! Skate around a vibrant Y2K city, winning Cash and Upgrades on your way to the top. And if you Die in the game, you Die in real life.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.24 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Balla machina

Does Balla machina have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Balla machina supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Balla machina?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Balla machina are INFERIUS, Lucky Shot, Matchinko.
Who developed Balla machina?
Balla machina was developed by Temptica, Snowy Fox and published by Temptica.

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 Balla machina.

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