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Title: The spellbinding Ball x Pit will hit PC and consoles on October 15

Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:11:56 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-spellbind...

Back in June, publisher Devolver Digital decided to switch up its usual
Summer Game Fest showcase format and dedicate it to a single game, Ball x Pit
by indie developer Kenny Sun and a few collaborators. The demo sunk its claws
into me, and I've been looking forward to the full game ever since. During
Nintendo's Indie World stream on Thursday, it emerged that Ball x Pit is
coming to Switch, PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Game Pass on October 15. A
Switch 2 version will arrive later this year.

Ball x Pit is a bit like if Breakout, Vampire Survivors and Space Invaders
were blended together with a pinch of base building thrown in for good
measure. Your character will (manually or automatically, it's up to you) fire
destructive balls at waves of enemies that approach from the top of the
screen, trying to destroy them before they reach the bottom and cause more
damage. You'll collect more types of balls and augmentations throughout each
run and upgrade both.

The action really kicks up a notch when you're able to fuse two balls and
combine their effects. A fusion might grant you a ghost ball that passes
through enemies but sticks a lightning rod into each one it makes contact
with, dealing recurring damage to both that particular bad guy and others
nearby. There are more than 60 different balls to play around with and
combining a pair frees up a slot for another one, so you can end up with
truly wild builds. You'll also unlock more characters with unique skills that
you'll want to experiment with too.

Along with the brick-breaking action, there's a base-building element to Ball
x Pit. You can help expand the settlement of New Ballbylon (chef's kiss on
that name) with dozens of different buildings that can help you unlock more
power-ups, characters and so on. The two sides of the game feed into each
other and make for a very sticky, satisfying loop.

According to Devolver, Ball x Pit had the 12th most-played demo during the
most recent Steam Next Fest. More than 270,000 people have tried it out on
Steam (demo progress carries over to the full game). Ball x Pit is easily one
of my most anticipated games for the rest of the year. My only dilemma now is
to figure out which platform to play it on.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-spellbind...
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