Games like Balls Up
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Balls Up for fans of indie, adventure, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Balls Up also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Balls Up: Balls Up is a climbing game where players unlock abilities and choose different paths to ascend. Unlock permanent upgrades for your character, a ball. Face the constant risk of falling back to the start, exploring varied paths and abilities.
Players who liked Balls Up also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Tiny Visitors
Top pick for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balls Up.
TINY VISITORS is a 3D Platformer, based on physics, mixing escape-game, search&find and mini-games. You can play up to 4 players in local coop.
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Astral Tracks
Second-strongest match for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
Astral Tracks is a precise and competitive 3D platforming speedrunner where you run, dash, slide, swing and wall run your way to victory. Compete against friends locally or online and refine your runs to top the leaderboards for each procedurally generated track!
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Stairway to Heaven's Gate
Third-strongest match for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
A thrilling parkour game where you play as a lost soul. your mission is keep climbing up, and run up the stairway to heaven before you disperse and disappear. Single player or two local players.
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SAMUZA
Ranked #4 for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
Welcome to the world of SAMUZA! In this time attack obstacle course game, you play as one of the "SAMUZA" series of robots who tries to restore the lost world by finding it's allies.
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Spookity Hollow
Ranked #5 for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balls Up.
Spookity Hollow is a ghastly third-person sandbox game created for young children (Ages 4+) which encourages curiosity and role-play.
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Bouncy Bunnies
Ranked #6 for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Balls Up.
Race against your friends in a colorful platform world filled with colors and fun obstacles. Take boost to run faster or try to find the most efficient path to be the first little bunny to reach the goal. Choose from 8 levels. Collect those tasty carrots to rack up a high score and come out top!
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Bulletproof
Ranked #8 for Balls Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
Change the art, change the history, change the rules of the game and let your imagination soar with the 250 Worlds and 50 Modes of Bulletproof... (Shooter, RTS, MMORPG, Arcade, Martial arts, Sports, Horror, Racing, War... There is no limit to fun)
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Balls Up at current Steam store prices.
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Garry's Mod
Priced ~55% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
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.
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Vampire Survivors
Priced ~55% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
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!
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Slay the Spire
Priced ~43% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
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!
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Cookie Clicker
Priced ~55% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
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.
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WEBFISHING
Priced ~55% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~91% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balls Up.
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?
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~73% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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OneShot
Priced ~45% under Balls Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balls Up.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Balls Up.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Balls Up.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Astral Tracks
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Balls Up.
Astral Tracks is a precise and competitive 3D platforming speedrunner where you run, dash, slide, swing and wall run your way to victory. Compete against friends locally or online and refine your runs to top the leaderboards for each procedurally generated track!
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Stairway to Heaven's Gate
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Balls Up.
A thrilling parkour game where you play as a lost soul. your mission is keep climbing up, and run up the stairway to heaven before you disperse and disappear. Single player or two local players.
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Frequently asked about Balls Up
- How much does Balls Up cost?
- Balls Up is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Balls Up have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Balls Up supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Balls Up?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Balls Up are Tiny Visitors, Astral Tracks, Stairway to Heaven's Gate.
- Who developed Balls Up?
- Balls Up was developed by ScarWalkerGames.
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 Balls Up.
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