Games like BALLBOY
If BALLBOY is your kind of game, the closest matches are PONCHO, Mighty No. 9 and Mega Man 11 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About BALLBOY: Dodge deadly traps, leap through intricate levels, and glide with fluid animations in a world where every jump counts. Ballboy is a 2.5D platformer set in a post-apocalyptic future. Play as Ballboy, a nimble little robot on a mission to destroy. Will you shut down the system—or be scrapped trying?
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Steam players who put hours into BALLBOY 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.
PONCHO
WHY THIS
Top pick for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
Mighty No. 9
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BALLBOY.
Mighty No. 9 is a 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something fresh and amazing!
Mega Man 11
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BALLBOY.
Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BALLBOY.
Test your limits in this hardcore, cyber-samurai game set in post-apocalyptic Japan. Parry your foes’ blows with your weapon of choice and use implants to attack the weaknesses of unstoppable bosses from Japanese folklore!
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for BALLBOY fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with BALLBOY.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BALLBOY.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BALLBOY.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BALLBOY.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Mighty No. 9
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with BALLBOY.
Mighty No. 9 is a 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something fresh and amazing!
Mega Man 11
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with BALLBOY.
Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BALLBOY.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
Frequently asked about BALLBOY
- What games are most similar to BALLBOY?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BALLBOY are PONCHO, Mighty No. 9, Mega Man 11.
- Who developed BALLBOY?
- BALLBOY was developed by BALLBOY 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 BALLBOY.
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