Extreme Balancer

The pitch

Extreme Balancer is an exciting and challenging game where you have to balance a ball on narrow wooden bridges and guide it safely to the end of each level. Be careful, if the ball falls off, you will have to start over! The game has beautiful 3D graphics and realistic physics that make it feel like you are really balancing the ball.

Controls & how it runs

Roll the ball forward carefully on the wooden bridges and narrow tracks When you see moving platforms / spinning parts, pause and watch the pattern first. Your goal is to roll the Balancer Ball across wooden bridges, dangerous paths, rotating blocks, and moving platforms. Time your movement, then cross quickly but controlled. If the ball falls, the level restarts—try again and improve your timing.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a flexible screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Extreme Balancer — quick-fire questions

Does Extreme Balancer cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Extreme Balancer?

It stands on our Ball Games row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Extreme Balancer on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Extreme Balancer is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Ball Games row is powered on and waiting — Forty-six ball games: free kicks, trick shots, rolling races and golf played at deeply unserious angles. Round object, endless excuses to chase it.