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CLUSTER GAME-THROUGH-BALL · 7 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2014-05-21

Rolling ball platformers

This cluster consists of physics-based platformers in which a rolling ball navigates obstacle-filled levels, collects items, defeats enemies or bosses, and usually saves the world or friends. The pre-index dated history is sparse and irregular: one entry in May 2014, one in July 2014, one in April 2016, two in March 2021, and one in October 2022. On the activity signal, NeuroShift, Color Ball Adventure, and irrlamb are the traction leaders, all tied at 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2014: 1JUL 2014: 1APR 2016: 1MAR 2021: 2OCT 2022: 1SEP 2026: 1
MAY 2014SEP 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 6 unlabelled

Operator · 3 commercial · 2 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 7 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01NeuroShift0★1 mo—Survival game that rotates gravity to dodge obstacles across levels with leaderboards and particle effects.
  2. 02Color Ball Adventure0★10 mostalelivecommercialPhysics-based platformer adventure game in which players guide a rolling ball through many obstacle-filled worlds, collect stars and coins, defeat enemies and bosses, and rescue kidnapped friends.
  3. 03irrlamb0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePhysics-based 3D platforming game where players collect orbs across dozens of levels using keyboard, mouse, or gamepad while tracking best times.
  4. 04Red Ball 40★2 yrabandonedlivecommercialPhysics-based platformer game where a red ball rolls, jumps, and bounces through levels to save the world from minions.
  5. 05Picolo's World Super Adventure0★2 yrabandonedliveA classic platformer game with many levels, enemies, boss fights, and multiple playable characters.
  6. 06Red Ball 4 (Ad Supported)0★2 yrabandonedlivecommercialAction platformer game where players roll, jump, bounce through levels, defeat monsters, and save the planet from evil minions.
  7. 07Neverball0★12 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen source3D puzzle game that challenges players to guide a rolling ball through levels by tilting the floor, collecting coins, and avoiding obstacles.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.