The Little Ball That Could

NaissusWorks / Sep 12, 2017 / Action, Adventure, Indie

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The Little Ball That Could is a unique marble platformer that will test your skill and your curiosity! One moment, you'll be dodging lasers as you're looking for the lost gems; the next, you'll be doing crazy aerial acrobatics to reach the switch that sets your friend free!

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What's new

Update 1.1.3: Fixing the Fixes

2018-04-03

Hey guys! We put our backs into it and solved the ball freezing issue (hopefully for good this time!). We also turned on the D-Pad inversion by default on Linux (though the menu option's still there). Finally, we updated the leaderboards framework - it should be back online for everyone now. Thank you for your feedback!

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What players say

Positive

88% positive, 26 reviews

Recommended10 hrs played

The Little Ball That Could is one of those games that seems destined to be overlooked. It's a Unity game, and looks a bit dime-a-dozen. Given Steam's complete lack of curation, you could be forgiven for branding it shovelware and moving on to a more vaunted title. That said, looks can be deceiving and within the sparsely-populated marble genre, TLBTC is a surprisingly adept and welcoming package. Marble games tend...

27 found this helpful, 2018-04-29

Recommended29 hrs played

Marble platformers are my favourite type of game, and it has been awhile since I've found any good ones on Steam. TLBTC has a clean, modern UI and a wonderfully simple art style. Would highly recommend to any other people that enjoy marble platformers!

11 found this helpful, 2017-11-22

Recommended3 hrs played

Brings back memories of the old marble madness (minus the aggressive AI marbles) and has a portal flavour to the graphics, its entertaining, easy to jump in and out of as time allows and offers a nice selection of increasingly complex puzzles. Nicely done.

11 found this helpful, 2018-02-11

Recommended30 hrs played