Buy Ballex 2: The Hanging Gardens PC key

Ballex 2: The Hanging Gardens is a physics-driven game about rolling spheres through high-altitude levels and solving puzzles. You control nine spheres with different physical properties, using their abilities to trigger mechanisms and overcome obstacles. Movement depends on gravity and inertia: there is no jump button, and acceleration, turns and falls all test your control.

Spheres and controls

The nine spheres include the classic wood, stone and paper balls, as well as balloon, sponge and sticky balls. You adapt your choice and approach to each level’s environment and puzzles.

The game offers two control modes. Classic Four-Directional View uses the arrow keys to roll, A/D to rotate the camera and Space to switch to a top-down view. Free View uses WASD to move, the mouse to adjust the camera, and Space to lock it to 45-degree increments.

Official levels

There are 40 official stages: 20 main levels and 20 side levels. The main levels are set among the hanging gardens and combine physics puzzles with the setting’s fantastical scenery. Side levels provide further challenges involving skill and logic.

Create custom maps

The free Level Editor DLC lets you build custom maps using built-in assets or your own models, textures and audio. JavaScript support lets you script mechanisms and gameplay, and you can publish creations to the Steam Workshop to share them with other players.