- March 8, 2018
- Viktor Yurchuk
- 6h median play time
Ball laB
Platforms
About
"Ball laB" is a physics-based puzzle game where players manipulate various mechanisms to guide a ball through labyrinthine levels. Using realistic physics simulations, players must navigate the ball to the goal while collecting optional stars for higher scores. The game features increasing complexity and various environments, providing a challenging and engaging experience for puzzle enthusiasts.






- The game features a unique and imaginative take on the platforming genre, with challenging levels that test players' skills.
- The soundtrack is surprisingly good and adds to the overall experience, keeping players engaged.
- The minimalist art style and clever level design create a charming atmosphere that appeals to fans of hardcore platformers.
- Controls are often unresponsive and inconsistent, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences and frequent deaths.
- The game suffers from input lag and awkward physics, making precision jumps feel unfair and difficult to master.
- Many players find the difficulty spikes and repetitive level design tedious, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.
- graphics60 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The graphics of the game are polarizing, with some praising its charming, colorful, and minimalist aesthetic that enhances the puzzle-solving experience, while others criticize the use of outdated retro pixel art and lack of graphical options, deeming it visually unappealing and simplistic. Overall, the visuals are described as either engaging and clean or mediocre and lacking depth, reflecting a divide in player expectations and experiences.
“With its gravity-defying mechanics, mind-bending puzzles, and charming visuals, the game invites players to dive into a world where logic and experimentation collide.”
“The game's visual design boasts a playful and colorful aesthetic that adds to its charm.”
“The minimalist art style focuses attention on the puzzles themselves, creating a clean and uncluttered environment that keeps the focus on the task at hand.”
“Ball Lab is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs. The game is an extremely mediocre 2D retro pixel platformer that uses the 'minimalist' label as an attempt to excuse even an attempt at putting any effort into the graphics, and it shows, too.”
“A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
“And this game is already lacking in reasons to play it; the monochrome graphics are visually unappealing, there is not even the flimsiest of excuse plots, and it's not like the world is lacking in hardcore platformers to challenge the masochistic.”