Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars!

The pitch

Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars — your epic adventure starts now! 🎈 Rescue the balloon from sneaky traps and become its fearless hero 🛡️! Control the speedy defender, smash obstacles, and catch stars ⭐ to soar to the top! What’s waiting for you: - Tons of fun and thrilling challenges - Super-awesome powers 💥 - Bright skins for the balloon and defender 🎨 - Non-stop adventure 🔁 Conquer the skies, unlock cool looks, and prove you’re the ultimate champ! 😎

Controls & how it runs

🎈 The balloon floats upward — save it! 🛡️ Move the protector with your mouse or finger. 🚫 Deflect obstacles. ⭐ Collect stars for bonuses. 💥 Use superpowers to win!

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.

Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars! — quick-fire questions

Does Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars! 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 Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars!?

It stands on our Space 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 Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars! 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. Save the Balloon: Road to the Stars! 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 Space row is powered on and waiting — Eleven space cabinets — zero-gravity drifts, orbital trick shots and the occasional very lost astronaut. The final frontier, pocket-sized.