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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 76 | 7 |
| Creator reviews (1 tracked) | – | 80 | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 88% | 82 | 214 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | – | – | 0 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 0 reviews sampled · 0 total reviews in window · weighted 0 up / 0 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (26)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 90
“Road to Ballhalla is a great mixture of a puzzle and platformer all about survival. It's challenging but fun. It's a good one to pick up and play as you go.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“The first thing you’ll notice is that aside from the somewhat unusual style of play the game has a wicked sense of humor at times...”
read full review ↗ - 85
“Even if you don't have a fondness for Amiga like I do, it is a wonderful contemporary take on a classic puzzle platformer with a visual flair, well-thought-out puzzles, and a cheeky personality. Attention to detail was paid in making Road to Ballhalla, and elevates it from good to great.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Road to Ballhalla then is a fun old time and whilst it isn’t going to blow you away in terms of original mechanics or gameplay, the smart and fiendish level designs, sense of humour and replay factors are enough for us to recommend it, especially if you’re going to want something to play on a journey. There’s enough here to keep your brain ticking over for a good while, and the sense of completion is hugely satisfying.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“Road to Ballhalla is a lot of fun, with a great visual style and soundtrack, let down by a unenjoyable difficulty level.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“It’s not often that an excellent puzzle game comes out that is both original and well executed. Road to Ballhalla is a solid title that should give you hours and hours of fun. I do recommend playing with a good set of headphones so you can get into the groove with the excellent soundtrack.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Road to Ballhalla is a simple idea with enough neat additions of its own to keep you engaged throughout its twenty-plus levels. Filling that Super Monkey Ball sized gap nicely, this fiendishly difficult ball rolling experience may be a little on the short side but should please those after a challenge they can easily jump in and out of.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Road to Ballhalla provides fun levels and interesting ideas wrapped in an awesome soundtrack. Not all of its ideas are winners, but more than enough manage to be to keep this ball rolling.”
read full review ↗ - 80
- 80
“It is a shame that every level is so well done and all required so much work, in terms of visual and audio presentation, that it means there are so few levels overall.”
read full review ↗ - 89
“There’s a lot to love about Ballhalla, even without mentioning its art style that’s gleaming with colour, or its foreboding electronic soundtrack which is evocative of Frozen Synapse’s. What could so easily have ended up as a perfunctory effort bolstered only by inventive marketing, as I feared was the case, has actually turned out to be an inventive and joyous ride.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Road to Ballhalla is a surprisingly great puzzle game. At first glance, it may not seem like much, but the game is hilariously narrated and the levels get more and more challenging the further you get. Maybe not one for those who get frustrated easily, but for the rest of us, this brilliant little ball-based rhythmic puzzle game is very enjoyable and bound to keep you entertained for hours upon hours. Can you cautiously work your way through all of the obstacles blocking you from getting to your final resting place?”
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Patch history
- Update Notes for v20240218Feb 18, 2024
- Editor HotfixAug 19, 2018
- Rerolled HotfixAug 13, 2018
- "Rerolled" Update (FREE NEW STUFF HELL YEAH)Aug 6, 2018significant · resets scoring window
- Major Bal(l)ance UpdateMay 8, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Major Bal(l)ance UpdateMay 8, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Ultra-secret update v161008 has arrived!Oct 8, 2016
- Ultra-secret update v161008 has arrived!Oct 8, 2016
- Hi, I'm content (update v160926)Sep 26, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Hi, I'm content (update v160926)Sep 26, 2016
- Second major update (v160918) is live!Sep 18, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Second major update (v160918) is live!Sep 18, 2016
- Update v160825 is live!Aug 25, 2016
- Update v160825 is live!Aug 25, 2016
- Update v160814 is live!Aug 14, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Update v160814 is live!Aug 14, 2016
- Day -1 PatchAug 4, 2016
- Day -1 PatchAug 4, 2016
- Day -5 PatchJul 31, 2016significant · resets scoring window
- Day -5 PatchJul 31, 2016