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A roguelike where you build around orbs and relics, then aim at pegs to turn a shot into an attack.
The effects you assemble and the angle you choose both shape how you approach the board.
What makes it fun
Turn a shot into damage
Aim an orb through the pegs and build damage with each hit. Watching it bounce along the path you intended and turn those hits into a powerful attack feels satisfying.
Build with what you get
Upgrade orbs and pair them with relics to shape your build. When the effects you hoped for don't appear, working out a new plan from what you have is part of the fun.
Game details
As of Oct 29, 2026- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Release date
- Aug 28, 2024
- Developer
- Red Nexus Games Inc.
- Languages
- Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Korean ／ 13 languages total
A typical run
Choose a character and enter a map that changes between runs.
Fire an orb in battle and build damage by hitting pegs.
Choose your aim with critical pegs, refresh pegs, and bombs in mind.
Spend gold collected in combat on new or upgraded orbs after the fight, or save it for a later shop.
Continue through the map, fighting enemies and bosses; defeat ends the run.
Core systems
Orbs and pegs Orbs and Pegs
Peg hits build an orb’s attack. Daggorb trades weak regular damage for a much stronger critical attack.
Look beyond the easiest pegs to hit and consider whether a critical peg or bomb better serves your current effects.
Relics
Relics can affect enemies and the physics of your orbs.
Consider changes to ball behavior as well as damage when putting effects together.
Gold and Haglin’s Shop Gold and Haglin's Shop
Adding and upgrading orbs costs gold. Shops also sell orbs and relics and offer orb removal.
Spend to improve the current setup, or keep gold for the shop’s options. You can pass on an unsuitable post-battle offer.
Cruciball
This difficulty system adds harsher conditions to combat and shopping. Later stages include higher shop prices and extra enemies.
Reconsider upgrades for the next fight and gold held for shops rather than relying on the same spending plan.
Challenges
After unlocking The Core, you can encounter optional Challenges whose conditions last for an act.
Decide whether to accept the restriction and whether your current setup can turn it to your advantage.
What sets it apart
Combat does not stop at selecting an effect: launching an orb and hitting pegs is part of producing the attack.
Post-battle orbs are not free additions. Their fit with your setup matters, but so does the gold left after buying them.
A build can also use discards to help the next shot. Discarding Rubberizorbs, for example, makes the next fired orb bouncier.
Learning curve and difficulty
Later Cruciball stages tighten the demands on both combat and the gold you reserve for shops.
Reading discard effects as well as attacks lets you weigh firing the current orb against supporting the next one.
Taking Focused Blast for stronger bombs also means accepting that they only damage the targeted enemy.
Clears with each character are part of opening the way to The Core; after unlocking it, optional Challenges add another decision.
Builds and playstyles
Set up the next shot with Rubberizorbs
Discarding Rubberizorbs makes the next fired orb bouncier. That gives you a choice between using the current orb to attack and using it to change the next orb’s movement.
Concentrate bomb damage with Focused Blast
Focused Blast strengthens bombs but limits their damage to the targeted enemy. Consider how the rest of your setup will handle other enemies, not just how hard each bomb hits.
Build up Snowballs through peg hits
Peg hits grow the size, damage, and piercing of your Snowballs. Hit progress carries to the next Snowball you fire, so a shot can build up later orbs as well as deal damage now.
What players like
Players enjoy putting orbs and relics together to develop a build.
Players also enjoy settling into the ball-firing loop as a way to unwind rather than staying on edge.
Players value being able to pursue a challenge or stick with an easier difficulty when they want a lighter run.
Watching a ball bounce through pegs and turn the shot into damage is satisfying to these players.
Common complaints
After repeated runs, the familiar loop can wear thin and leave players less interested in continuing.
At higher difficulties, players report feeling too dependent on orb and relic offers to put a workable build together.
Players also find the ball’s unpredictable bounces frustrating when planning an angle does not give them enough control over the result.
Players describe struggling to understand orb and relic effects and how to use them.
Who it’s for
It suits players who want aiming to matter alongside assembling a set of orb effects.
It also suits players who like building from what they find while weighing immediate upgrades against gold saved for a shop.
Who might not enjoy it
If refining an angle needs to produce consistent results for you, the complaints about unpredictable trajectories are worth considering.
If you want a broad range of builds to stay practical as difficulty rises, consider the higher-difficulty complaints about reliance on item offers.
FAQ
- Which languages are supported?
- The Steam version supports interfaces in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.
- Is there co-op?
- The Steam store lists it as single-player.
- Can I change the difficulty?
- Cruciball changes the difficulty. Later stages add conditions such as extra enemies and higher shop prices.
- Does The Core require a separate purchase?
- It is included in the base game’s update. The developer states that this endgame addition is not gated behind paid DLC.
These impressions are based on 100 Steam reviews sorted by “Most Helpful.” They do not represent the views of all buyers.
Image: Peglin on Steam