The year is 1976. The talk of the town is Breakout, an action game that basically turned Pong into a PvE experience, challenging players to bounce a ball around an arena in order to destroy layers of bricks. The technology on display is mind-blowing. How do those wizards at Atari do it? The year is 2025. The talk of the town is Ball x Pit, an action game that basically turned Breakout into a precision-engineered serotonin dispenser cleverly disguised as a roguelike. You build a base, combine balls, and happily plug away at unlocks like a pigeon pecking the big red food button. 300,000 people bought Ball x Pit in five days across PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch (Switch 2 release coming this fall). The people yearn for the balls. Ball x Pit review: "Vampire Survivors and Breakout collide in this brilliant roguelike ball basher that struggles with repetition" Palworld dev has been "consumed" by Steam's newest roguelike megahit and can't even return to Borderlands 4: "Back on the Megabonk now" After dodging Silksong, this Balatro-style slot machine roguelike smashed even my highest expectations by shipping 100,000 copies in a single day "Thank you all!!!!" developer Kenny Sun said of Ball x Pit's smashing launch, using an appropriate number of exclamation points for a dev who's been at this for at least a decade and finally hooked a whopper release. "Been too overwhelmed for a formal announcement post but BALL x PIT came out yesterday and I'm stunned by the response!" Sun said a few days ago on Bluesky. "I'm very grateful to everyone who helped make it possible." On all platforms, but on Steam especially, Ball x Pit is soaking up enviable user reviews, sitting at over 3,000 95% positive on Valve's store. It's a simple, easy to pick up, hard to put down game about balls. Just what the doctor ordered: a roguelike. Add it to the list alongside Godbreakers, Megabonk, Slots & Daggers, and oh no they just keep coming, how am I to play them all? Our Ball x Pit review praises the flow state of combat, even if combat eventually gets repetitive.