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BALL x PIT
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite released on October 15, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch, with a Nintendo Switch 2 release following later that autumn. Each run drops a single character into a pit of blocks and enemy hordes, where ricocheting balls are aimed and batted at incoming waves until the level is cleared. Balls are leveled during a run and two rank-3 balls can be fused at the Fusion Reactor into a far stronger Evolved Ball with its own effect, giving every run a build-crafting loop on top of the brick-breaking combat. Gold and materials extracted from the pit fund a growing base of buildings and resource tiles between runs, and the base is what unlocks most of the game's large playable character roster. Progression is gated by Blueprints earned across the pit's eight levels, which start at The BONExYARD and descend through increasingly hostile biomes.
Key Systems
- Brick-Breaking Ball Combat: each run is fought in a pit of blocks and enemy waves, with ricocheting balls aimed and batted into the horde to clear the level.
- Ball Fusion and Evolutions: base balls level up to rank 3, and two rank-3 balls can be combined at the Fusion Reactor into an Evolved Ball that carries an entirely different effect, for example Bleed plus Brood Mother producing Leech.
- Base-Building Between Runs: gold and resources extracted from the pit are spent on a growing hub of buildings and resource tiles, including farms and the wheat fields they harvest, which in turn unlock characters and strengthen later runs.
- Eight Layers of the Pit: runs descend through eight levels, beginning at The BONExYARD and continuing through The Snowy Shores, The Liminal Desert, The Fungal Forest and The Gory Grasslands.
- Blueprints and Unlocks: new playable characters, balls and passives are earned through Blueprints awarded for pushing deeper through the game's biomes.
- Encyclopedia and Passive Builds: every ball, Evolved Ball and passive the player discovers is recorded in an in-game encyclopedia, while passives such as Magnet, Midnight Oil and Baby Rattle stack during a run to define a build.
System Requirements
Minimum
| Os | Windows 10 x64 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD Athlon X4 860K |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 / AMD Radeon R7 260X |
Recommended
| Os | Windows 10 x64 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT |
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Downloadable Content 2
| Name | Released | Type | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Naturalist (free update) | 2026-08-06 | Free | The final stop on the game's post-launch roadmap, adding new characters, new balls and new passives at no cost to owners. |
| Risen Ballbylon | 2026-11-12 | Paid | Announced as the game's biggest expansion, adding more levels, more characters and more balls to BALL x PIT. Released on November 12, 2026. |
Data updated 2026-09-15.