Games like Ballakala
If Ballakala is your kind of game, the closest matches are Super Virus Defense, BIRBOUT! and Gao Gao Kid — 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 Ballakala: Ballakala — retro arcade paint shoot 'em up. Blast blobs, survive the bosses, chase the high score. Every hit leaves a colorful mess. 50 levels, 10 bosses.
Players who liked Ballakala also play
Steam players who put hours into Ballakala 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.
Super Virus Defense
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Top pick for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
Fight the virus in this fast paced arcade shooter with a dash of tower defense!
BIRBOUT!
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Second-strongest match for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Ballakala.
BIRBOUT! is a hybrid platform shooter where you play as Sunny The Cockatiel, unlock weapons, eat seeds, fight Plovers and save Snowy The Cockatiel from Desmond the Cat!
Gao Gao Kid
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Third-strongest match for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
A single-player hardcore twin-stick shooter where you shoot with two colors at the same time! Use the right stick to shoot red bullets; use the left stick to shoot blue bullets. Match the colors with the enemies before time expires, and protect Purgatory Town!
Compadrone: Land Wars
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Ranked #4 for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.
BreakDespair2D
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Ranked #6 for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
Enjoy mining, upgrades, and explosive growth in this all-directional scrolling shooter. Auto-upgrades allow idle play, with no time limits or game overs. Defaults work fine, story scenes can be skipped, 20 weapons unlock later, and levels can reach 900 million.
Knightmare Tower
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Ranked #7 for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
Break through ceilings, rescue princesses and escape boiling lava as you slash your way to the top of the Knightmare Tower!
Dyno Burst: Bubble Shooter
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Ranked #8 for Ballakala fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
Shoot, match, and burst colorful eggs in a dinosaur bubble puzzle.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ballakala at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~74% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~48% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ballakala.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~61% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ballakala.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~74% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Ballakala.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~48% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ballakala.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~74% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ballakala.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~74% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballakala.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~48% under Ballakala on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ballakala.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 with Ballakala.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ballakala.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballakala.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ballakala.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Ballakala.
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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Frequently asked about Ballakala
- How much does Ballakala cost?
- Ballakala is listed on Steam at 3.83 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ballakala?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ballakala are Super Virus Defense, BIRBOUT!, Gao Gao Kid.
- Who developed Ballakala?
- Ballakala was developed by Pixelated 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 Ballakala.
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