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Ball Busters

An over-the-top 3D arena roguelike where every hit counts. Chain insane combos, unlock wild fighters, and build game-breaking synergies—until you drop the ball.

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Daitomodachi Labs
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Daitomodachi Labs
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About the Game

Ball Busters is a spectacle-fighter roguelike where you build absurd combo machines by juggling a ball. Stack upgrades, unleash Heat Moves, and turn a simple ball into a screen-melting combo engine.

Pick from six wildly unhinged characters, each with their own abilities, stats, and playstyles. Each character brings unique mechanics that radically change how you juggle, move, and build combos.

Multi-Billionaire head of Makura Industries. Crushes enemies with military grade suitcases and busts mystical balls per her therapist's advice. Allegedly better than crashing economies or bullying her maid.

Maki’s stress-locked maid. She wasn’t always like this as she was once a powerful water goddess. But after losing a bet to Maki, she’s bound to serve her until the end of time. Let’s just say… it didn’t do wonders for her self-esteem.

Born into the Kong martial arts clan and trained in chi manipulation, Hana was supposed to be their clan head. She bailed—turning 27 years of brutal (and sometimes inhumane) training into sick stunts for social media clout.

Play across six distinct arenas packed with hazards designed to ruin your run: speeding cars, prowling jaguars, snobby socialites, and more. Everything in these arenas has one goal: make you drop the ball.

Stack 50+ upgrades and Heat Moves to turn your run into a spectacle:

  • Call down lightning strikes

  • Summon ghostly fists

  • Chain the ball in place

  • Manipulate gravity, speed, and hit counts

As rounds stack up, the ball mutates with specialized modifiers:

  • Reactive shields that knock you away

  • Freezing icicles

  • Other chaos-inducing mutations

These force you to adapt, reposition, and rethink your build mid-run.

  • 6 playable characters, each with unique mechanics

  • 6 stages filled with dynamic hazards

  • 50+ upgrades and Heat Moves with stacking synergies

  • 10+ ball modifiers that mutate runs and challenge mastery

  • High-skill juggling mechanics with spectacle-fighter combo depth

  • Roguelike buildcrafting and score-chasing replayability

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