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Ballardo: Roguelike Billiards

A strategic twist on classic pool games! Merge skillful billiards gameplay with roguelike mechanics to conquer increasingly challenging stages. Customize your playstyle with unique stickers, relics, and items to create a one-of-a-kind billiard experience.

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Developer
Nue Games
Publisher
Nue Games, ATOM
Release
July 31, 2025
1 year and 2 days ago
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Mixed16 reviews56.3%

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About the Game

Welcome to Ballardo — the ultimate fusion of classic pool and roguelike strategy! Take your shot, rack up huge scores, and build your deck of stickers and relics to transform every run. Fast, stylish, endlessly replayable.

Core Features

  • Classic Pool, Reinvented: Familiar controls, satisfying physics — now with a twist of chaos.

  • Roguelike Progression: Conquer score thresholds to unlock harder tables, tougher layouts, and greater rewards.

  • Stickers & Relics: Modify ball behavior, stats, and visuals to build your own broken strategy.

  • Dynamic Scoring System: Earn big by chaining bounces, trick shots, combos, and perfect pockets.

  • Between-Round Shops: Spend your coins wisely on upgrades, packs, or rare items.

Stylish Visuals: A bold, modern take on billiards — with explosions, sparkles, and chaos.

Gameplay Highlights

  • Customize Your Run: Attach stickers to your balls to boost stats, unlock abilities, or change costumes.

  • Relics Change Everything: Gain passives like explosive pockets, bonus coin rules, or shifting table hazards.

  • Skill Matters: Master your angles, power, and timing to win.

  • Wild Encounters: From maze-like tables to boss stages — no two runs are the same.

Score System

  • Target high-multiplier balls to max out your score — avoid penalties!

  • Chain bounces, pockets, zones, and relic effects for massive combos.

  • Use every trick in the book to beat the target and move forward.

Relics & Stickers

  • Relics: Passive effects that flip the rules — like magnetized pockets, extra coins, or chaos tables.

  • Stickers: Build your loadout by attaching modifiers to balls — each with unique powers or appearances.

Planned Features

  • New modes like Snooker, Classic, and Co-op tables.

  • Hundreds of new stickers, relics, and cue options.

  • Online leaderboards for global competition.

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