Ball Pit
Ranked 18 of 48 browser games by recommenders
Free browser ball pit with smooth physics that runs well on many devices. Critics note slow rendering, grainy shadows and possible freezes on some computers.
Free browser ball pit with smooth physics that runs well on many devices. Critics note slow rendering, grainy shadows and possible freezes on some computers.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs smoothly across browsers and devices
“This does work good with Linux and Firefox on older PCs too.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “Runs smoothly and without crashes on my Pixel phone”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “Works great on my M3 MacBook Air under Safari.”
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- Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit”
Smooth on Firefox and Linux
“This does work good with Linux and Firefox on older PCs too.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “It runs surprisingly smooth on Firefox/Linux”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” Runs well on Apple Silicon Macs
“Works great on my M3 MacBook Air under Safari.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “it runs so smoothly on my M4 Pro”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “Runs great on MacBook Air M1!”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” Impressive and fun to watch
“It's cool but shockingly slow for an SSGI implementation, especially without any denoising.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “was impressed on how well it worked”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow without denoising
“It's cool but shockingly slow for an SSGI implementation, especially without any denoising.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” Grainy ball shadows
“Some ball shadows look kind of grainy but moving my finger around moves the balls around.”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” Can freeze some computers
“this might totally freeze your computer like it did for me”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit” “have same issue on Firefox/Linux”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Ball Pit”
Other browser games people recommend
The four most recommended other browser games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyWind | 61 | 19 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
| Starfling | 59 | 17 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Starcraft: Ashfall | 46 | 12 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
| Half-Life 2 in a Browser | 42 | 11 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Ball PitThis page | 14 | 2 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Runs like butter on an iPhone 15 (Non-Pro)”
“This does work good with Linux and Firefox on older PCs too.”
“It's cool but shockingly slow for an SSGI implementation, especially without any denoising.”
“Works great on my M3 MacBook Air under Safari.”
“Runs great on MacBook Air M1!”
“Some ball shadows look kind of grainy but moving my finger around moves the balls around.”
“It runs surprisingly smooth on Firefox/Linux”
“Runs smoothly and without crashes on my Pixel phone”
“it runs so smoothly on my M4 Pro”
“was impressed on how well it worked”
“have same issue on Firefox/Linux”
“this might totally freeze your computer like it did for me”
“it means I can let him play with toys with hundreds of pieces and then scoop them all up at once”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.