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Pig Eat Ball

91%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
stability, character development
93% User Score Based on 86 reviews
Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

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In Pig Eat Ball, players navigate through challenging levels as Princess Bow, a pig who must eat balls to progress while avoiding obstacles and enemies. The game features over 200 levels, including bonus stages, and multiple modes such as local multiplayer and puzzle mode. Its unique mechanic of inflating after eating allows for strategic decision-making to solve puzzles and complete objectives.

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93%
Audience ScoreBased on 87 reviews
gameplay22 positive mentions
stability4 negative mentions
  • The game features a unique and bizarre premise that combines fun gameplay mechanics with a colorful and polished art style.
  • It offers a variety of levels and challenges, ensuring that gameplay remains fresh and engaging, with plenty of content for both casual and completionist players.
  • The humor and creativity in the design, along with a catchy soundtrack, contribute to an enjoyable and memorable gaming experience.
  • Some levels can feel repetitive, and there are occasional bugs and glitches that may detract from the overall experience.
  • The gameplay can be slow at times, which may disappoint players expecting a faster-paced arcade experience.
  • There are instances of difficulty imbalance, where certain stages may be frustratingly hard compared to others.
  • gameplay
    64 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is highly praised for its fun, innovative mechanics and smooth animations, offering a mix of genres including action, puzzle, and racing elements. Players appreciate the game's ability to introduce new mechanics progressively, maintaining freshness across numerous levels while incorporating quirky humor and a surreal art style. With a polished design reminiscent of Nintendo titles, the game provides a unique arcade experience that encourages exploration and creativity, making it a standout in the indie scene.

    • “Everything moves with the perfect amount of smoothness; so much work has been poured into every animation and ounce of gameplay, and the menus have a great layout with a lot of quality of life features.”
    • “This game is a masterclass on how you introduce new mechanics to the player as it starts things off very simple and teaches players about the various ways you can play it.”
    • “While the art style, character design, and overall style and sense of humor are amazingly crazy, the gameplay variety is really quite astounding: depending on the stage and how you play, it shifts between being a top-down action/shooter, a puzzle game, and even a racing game.”
    • “But also throwing up is a mechanic and you can vomit the balls back up on the buggies and gross them out and make them hurl in response -- it's a chain reaction!”
    • “This introduces the second central mechanic of the game: barfing the accumulated balls out so you can squeeze through, and then eating them again as you come out on the other side.”
    • “Levels are pretty short and seem to mix up concepts to keep the gameplay fresh.”
  • graphics
    32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game are widely praised for their vibrant, cartoony art style that combines a whimsical aesthetic with a nostalgic nod to 90s arcade games. Players appreciate the lovely animations and the bright, bubblegum pop visuals, which enhance the overall humorous and engaging gameplay experience. While some minor glitches are noted, the polished design and charming graphics contribute significantly to the game's appeal.

    • “It's a relaxing physics-based puzzle game that has silly humor, lovely graphics and animations, good music, and fresh gameplay.”
    • “The graphical style is very cartoony and fits the whimsical themes of the game.”
    • “The very refined and deliberate design of the gameplay mechanics and levels just has a Nintendo feel, and despite the cartoony, pixelated graphics, the way this game is polished makes it shine like a chrome rim.”
    • “Visually, the world has a bright bubblegum pop aesthetic, but also a 90s-ish gross-out vibe.”
    • “The graphical representation definitely reminds me of the arcade games from the late 80s.”
    • “It's a hilarious mix of straightforward gameplay and absurd visuals.”
  • music
    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised for its catchy and thematic compositions that enhance the overall experience, fitting seamlessly with the various worlds and gameplay mechanics. Reviewers highlight the soundtrack's personality and charm, noting its ability to create engaging and humorous moments during gameplay. Overall, the music is described as a standout feature that complements the game's beautiful pixel art and adds to its unique atmosphere.

    • “The pixel art is beautiful and extremely detailed, and the soundtrack is surprisingly good and full of personality.”
    • “The music in the game fits the theme very well, with catchy tunes that go along with the different worlds you play, and the sound effects have a great punch, just like the graphics, creating a very charming sound.”
    • “It has great music, a unique and innovative action-puzzle mechanic, a weird and funny surrealist fever dream vibe, and it's exploding with ideas.”
  • humor
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor is characterized by its silly, absurd visuals and chaotic gameplay, reminiscent of 90s Nickelodeon cartoons, which creates entertaining and hilarious situations. Players appreciate the blend of relaxing physics-based puzzles with comedic elements, enhanced by great music and animations. The multiplayer mode adds to the fun, making it a delightful experience for both solo and group play.

    • “It's a relaxing physics-based puzzle game that has silly humor, lovely graphics and animations, good music, and fresh gameplay.”
    • “The humor of the game is right on point and has a 90s Nickelodeon cartoon feel to it.”
    • “It's a hilarious mix of straightforward gameplay and absurd visuals.”
  • story
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is described as quirky, charming, and filled with fun, featuring an adventurous porcine princess and her eccentric father, a space station impresario with a birthday cake for a head. Players navigate a whimsical overworld with diverse zones and engaging missions, encountering talking clams and mischievous pillbugs along the way. Overall, the narrative is praised for its strangeness and variety, contributing to an enjoyable gaming experience.

    • “The story is really strange but in an awesome way that makes things interesting and fun.”
    • “Playing as the adventurous, porcine princess Bow (whose royal father, it just so happens, is a snappily-dressed space station impresario with a birthday cake for a head, but I'll let you stumble into the rest of the story yourself), you explore an overworld divided into a half-dozen or so distinct zones, littered with all manner of thematic paraphernalia and mischievous pillbugs; you can spend a good amount of time just seeking out-of-the-way goodies here, but your main goal lies within a cadre of talking clams, who usher you into the game's more compact 'main' stages, where you race to ingest every last 'yummy' in sight and sally forth to the next challenge.”
    • “There's a load of variety to the mission, a great soundtrack, and a lot of charm (you can get into some pretty neat hijinks playing around with pillbugs in the overworld).”
    • “The story feels disjointed and lacks a coherent narrative, making it hard to stay engaged with the characters and their motivations.”
    • “While the game has a whimsical premise, the execution of the story is shallow and fails to develop any meaningful connections.”
    • “The plot twists are predictable and the dialogue often feels forced, leaving little room for genuine emotional investment.”
  • stability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features vibrant graphics but is marred by occasional glitches and bugs that the developers appear to have overlooked. However, these issues do not significantly detract from the overall experience.

    • “The game also suffers from some weird bugs and glitches which the developer seemed to have overlooked.”
    • “The game offers some pleasant graphics and really vibrant colors, although there are some ugly glitches here and there.”
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The reviews highlight that while the game's art style and humor are impressive, the character development is less emphasized, focusing more on gameplay variety across different genres rather than deepening character arcs or relationships.

  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players report a strong emotional response to the game, particularly feeling a sense of accomplishment after overcoming challenges, even for those who may not consider themselves highly skilled gamers. The final areas of the game are highlighted as particularly rewarding, enhancing the overall emotional experience.

    • “The final areas provided a very satisfying challenge and made me feel accomplished when I persevered.”
    • “But I'm not really the most skilled gamer, and I was able to punch through the game without too much frustration.”

80%Critics’ scoreBased on 2 critic reviews

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15h Median play time
15h Average play time
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*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs

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