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The Ball
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 54% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 1,160
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Only 54% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,157 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 7h for positive, 2.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (54% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (17)
- Beginners Luck Complete Pehua 100%
- Enlightenment Complete Oztoc 29%
- Archeologist Complete Teotl 20%
- Brushing Off The Dust Complete Hueca 18%
- Archeologist Supreme Complete the game 16%
- Long Distance Bowler Roll the Ball a distance of 100 km 9.1%
- Monkey Trouble Kill 35 Monkeys 8.5%
- Shotput Hammer the Ball 40 meters into the air 7.2%
- Explorer Find half of all secrets 6.9%
- Circus Clown Stand on the Ball and roll with it for 40 meters 5.9%
- Bowling For Mummies Kill 1500 mummies 5.2%
- Master Explorer Find all secrets 5.2%
- Exterminator Kill 999 bugs 5.0%
- Roll With The Punches Crush 15 enemies in one push 4.8%
- Hammer Time Hit the Ball 5000 times 4.6%
- Road Warrior Drive over 50 enemies 4.6%
- Survival Of The Fittest Survive all survival levels 4.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.