Five INDIE GAMES to play in 2026 Ep.37

First game on the list is going to be Ball vs.

Pit, or Ball Cross Pit, released in October 2025 by a single developer, Kenny Sun.

Now, here's the thing about these types of games.

I do not like roguelike or roguelike games anymore.

I think that phase of my life has passed and I am happy to see it go.

The thing about roguelike games is that you're supposed to chip away at it and you're supposed to just get better and better and better at these types of games.

You're going to die.

You're going to lose.

But you're supposed to like come back a little bit stronger and then wallop the boss or the obstacle that killed you last time.

Ball Cross Pit is a very unique take on that formula.

It is a top-down pachinko shooter scrolling game.

There's a lot of genres in that.

And it works.

I don't know how else to say it.

It works.

It's fun.

You're kind of bouncing balls around, and each ball that you bounce around does damage to the enemies that are coming from the... top of the screen while you're at the bottom trying to catch the balls and throw them back or you let them just bounce around and they'll automatically come back to you eventually.

It's not a long game.

It takes about, it took me maybe nine hours to see the ending of it.

And there's a base building element to it too, where you're also using the pachinko mechanic.

And the benefit of this roguelike game, which really attracted me to it, like when I got to the end of it, is when you start getting to the last 25% of the game, you're like nearing the end.

You could feel it.

You know you're coming to the end because the game definitely...

It doesn't do that roguelike thing where it's like, I don't know where the ending is.

Where do you think it is? It's one of those games where like, no, no, here's where the ending of the game is.