Steam market intelligence
Ballance
83% positive · 453 Steam reviews · released Jan 5, 2024 · by Cyparade
Puzzle-PlatformerCasualPhysics3DAbstractAtmosphericMinimalistPlatformer
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~17,191
(P10–P90: 6,876 – 37,820)
Gross revenue: ~$84,439
($33,774 – $185,764)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Visuals & audio91% positive · 22 mentions
“During a deep depressive/dissociative episode last year, I started getting recommended videos of custom levels for this game, and became entranced. Picking it up this year, I see how you could get hooked into it. It's not very long at only…”Recommended · Steam review · Oct 2025 · 6 h played
Price & value63% positive · 19 mentions
Gameplay & mechanics78% positive · 18 mentions
“◾◾🔷◾◾ Ups and downs Just as good - and just as frustrating, as it was two decades ago You know why you are here. You have played this game long time ago, probably as a kid, then randomly out of nowhere remembered it again and went to check…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2026 · 3 h played
Controls & UI67% positive · 15 mentions
“◾◾🔷◾◾ Ups and downs Just as good - and just as frustrating, as it was two decades ago You know why you are here. You have played this game long time ago, probably as a kid, then randomly out of nowhere remembered it again and went to check…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2026 · 3 h played
Multiplayer & community71% positive · 14 mentions
“Ziggurat version: YES? Well, no... This praise goes to the original game itself, NOT to Ziggurat. OK, so here's the deal. I've been in the Chinese Ballance Speedrun Community (my abbr: CNBlc) for like, almost 4 yrs (from 2022 to 2026)? I'm…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 31 h played
181 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology
Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
Perspective
Top-down
Technology
3D
Mood & themes
AtmosphericFunny
How you play together
Single-player
Business model
Buy to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.