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Games like Stress Ball

If Stress Ball is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ludicrous Leap, A little Jumpingspider's Garden Adventure (Day 1+2) and Circus Challenge — 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 Stress Ball: Experience the blend of fun and challenge with Stress Ball! In this 3D ball game, your character bounces through platforms toward the goal. As levels intensify, and a dark theme adds depth to the atmosphere, immerse yourself in the thrill of overcoming increasingly difficult obstacles.

2026IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDWindowsby Analiz Games
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Steam players who put hours into Stress Ball 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. Ludicrous Leap

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    Fast-Paced, Level-Based 3D Platformer - Jump, Dodge, Climb, and Run! Try to beat the Bronze, Silver, and Gold times for each level (if you can even beat the levels at all)!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. A little Jumpingspider's Garden Adventure (Day 1+2)

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Stress Ball.

    Experience the world through the eyes of a cute little jumping spider! All levels have completely different mechanics and each one challenges you in its own unique way. Let's go for an amazing ride!

    2026ActionIndieSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Circus Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    Circus Challenge is a precision platform game inspired by the Only Up! games, your goal is to reach the top to escape from your nightmare.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Planet of Lava – Save the Planet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    The game is actively being developed. Currently, the first world out of five is available. Alien creatures are melting the planet. Stop the catastrophe! A casual 3D platformer in a world of lava. Save the overheated planet!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Wheelchair For Two

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    Start a chaotic co-op adventure in one wheelchair. Two players control different sides of the chair and must work together to survive brutal obstacles, dangerous jumps, and physics-based challenges. Play solo, local co-op, or online with a friend — one small mistake can send you both falling down.

    2026SportsIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. The Big Catch

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    A 3D platformer all about tight expressive movement, and catching some fish, too.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Big Hops

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Only Way is Down

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Stress Ball fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    Embark on a purrfectly perilous rage filled adventure as this lil kitty cat took an unfortunate catnap and ended up stranded sky high! With no way but down, master your feline agility and platforming prowess to navigate your descent through the urban jungle in this gravity defying escapade!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    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 ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Stress Ball.

    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 ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Stress Ball.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Stress Ball.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Stress Ball.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Stress Ball on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 Stress Ball.

    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 Stress Ball.

    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 Stress Ball.

    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 Indie with Stress Ball.

    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 Stress Ball.

    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 Stress Ball.

    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 Stress Ball.

    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 Indie and Adventure with Stress Ball.

    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 Stress Ball

How much does Stress Ball cost?
Stress Ball is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Stress Ball?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stress Ball are Ludicrous Leap, A little Jumpingspider's Garden Adventure (Day 1+2), Circus Challenge.
Who developed Stress Ball?
Stress Ball was developed by Analiz 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 Stress Ball.

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