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Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

Released: 10/5/2023

Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat inspired by some of the best in the genre from Italian plumbers, blue hedgehogs, or wild bandicoots! Become BOB, a reckless bouncy hero embarking on a quest of epic adventures and chaos. Roll into jam-packed open worlds that let you explore and utterly smash them to pieces in the process! Conquer adversaries and boss fights, tackle thrilling challenges, and unearth multiple hidden secrets. Realms bursting with activities to do at your own pace while you break almost everything along the way. Bounce between multiple (slightly inaccurate) historically themed open worlds each with their own unique mechanics, items, and enemies. From the Vikings through to the Age of Pirates. From Feudal Japan over into The Space Race. Each world lets you hop in and out whenever and carry over progress. Go solo or grab friends. Supports single player, 2-player split screen, and online co-op up to 4 players! Jump in and out sessions and keep any items and weapons collected. Collect an arsenal of weapons, shields, and themed items to customize your character! No cosmetic paid DLC - unleash your creative powers to customize your character with items collected from playing. Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat in a series of (slightly inaccurate) historical worlds. Full of content. Fight foes, rescue allies, take on multiple objectives, uncover secret and collect bundles of themed items and weapons. Smash, dash, and steamroll highly destructible environments. Customize your character with a massive amount of flags, items, weapons and themed decorations, all collected from playing. Up to 4-player online co-op and 2 player split screen. Seamlessly jump in and out of sessions with friends and keep everything you’ve collected. It teaches history. Well kinda.

Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat inspired by some of the best in the genre from Italian plumbers, blue hedgehogs, or wild bandicoots! Become BOB, a reckless bouncy hero embarking on a quest of epic adventures and chaos. Roll into jam-packed open worlds that let you explore and utterly smash them to pieces in the process! Conquer adversaries and boss fights, tackle thrilling challenges, and unearth multiple hidden secrets. Realms bursting with activities to do at your own pace while you break almost everything along the way. Bounce between multiple (slightly inaccurate) historically themed open worlds each with their own unique mechanics, items, and enemies. From the Vikings through to the Age of Pirates. From Feudal Japan over into The Space Race. Each world lets you hop in and out whenever and carry over progress. Go solo or grab friends. Supports single player, 2-player split screen, and online co-op up to 4 players! Jump in and out sessions and keep any items and weapons collected. Collect an arsenal of weapons, shields, and themed items to customize your character! No cosmetic paid DLC - unleash your creative powers to customize your character with items collected from playing. Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat in a series of (slightly inaccurate) historical worlds. Full of content. Fight foes, rescue allies, take on multiple objectives, uncover secret and collect bundles of themed items and weapons. Smash, dash, and steamroll highly destructible environments. Customize your character with a massive amount of flags, items, weapons and themed decorations, all collected from playing. Up to 4-player online co-op and 2 player split screen. Seamlessly jump in and out of sessions with friends and keep everything you’ve collected. It teaches history. Well kinda.

Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat inspired by some of the best in the genre from Italian plumbers, blue hedgehogs, or wild bandicoots! Become BOB, a reckless bouncy hero embarking on a quest of epic adventures and chaos. Roll into jam-packed open worlds that let you explore and utterly smash them to pieces in the process! Conquer adversaries and boss fights, tackle thrilling challenges, and unearth multiple hidden secrets. Realms bursting with activities to do at your own pace while you break almost everything along the way. Bounce between multiple (slightly inaccurate) historically themed open worlds each with their own unique mechanics, items, and enemies. From the Vikings through to the Age of Pirates. From Feudal Japan over into The Space Race. Each world lets you hop in and out whenever and carry over progress. Go solo or grab friends. Supports single player, 2-player split screen, and online co-op up to 4 players! Jump in and out sessions and keep any items and weapons collected. Collect an arsenal of weapons, shields, and themed items to customize your character! No cosmetic paid DLC - unleash your creative powers to customize your character with items collected from playing. Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat in a series of (slightly inaccurate) historical worlds. Full of content. Fight foes, rescue allies, take on multiple objectives, uncover secret and collect bundles of themed items and weapons. Smash, dash, and steamroll highly destructible environments. Customize your character with a massive amount of flags, items, weapons and themed decorations, all collected from playing. Up to 4-player online co-op and 2 player split screen. Seamlessly jump in and out of sessions with friends and keep everything you’ve collected. It teaches history. Well kinda.

Critics
78
Steam
96
Metacritic
80

Score Breakdown

78.2

Critic Average

19 reviews

96

Steam User Score

5,054 reviews

80

Metacritic User Score

29 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-17.5
Metacritic Disparity
-1.8
Combined Disparity
-9.7

Average of both sources

Review Timing

8 early (42%)8 launch window (42%)3 late (16%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 19 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 78.2/100. Critics score this game 17.5 points lower than Steam users and 1.8 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 19)+
  1. James LuffviaLadiesGamers.com
    May 25, 2024·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 95.7/100 · -15.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · 0.0 pts
  2. Ben SellwoodviaGBAtemp
    Apr 2, 2024·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 95.7/100 · -5.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · +10.0 pts
  3. Matthew PolleselviaGaming Age
    Dec 14, 2023·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 95.7/100 · -25.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · -10.0 pts
  4. TheSixthAxis StaffviaTheSixthAxis
    Nov 22, 2023·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Steam 95.7/100 · -25.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · -10.0 pts
  5. Simone CantiniviaConsole-Tribe
    Nov 20, 2023·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 95.7/100 · -15.7 ptsMetacritic 80/100 · 0.0 pts