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Ball King

Arcade Basketball

Ratings

Age

9+

Category

Casual

Languages

English

Ball King is a simple, physics-based arcade game where your goal is to score as many baskets as possible. Instead of just basketballs, you can unlock and throw bizarre objects like frogs, old radios, and brains. With two game modes—Challenge and Time Trial—it's a perfect pick-up-and-play title with a retro pixel-art aesthetic.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

84/100

Ball King is the perfect example of 'simple yet addictive'. It takes the basic concept of shooting hoops and adds a layer of absurdist humor that makes it stand out. Shooting a duck or a brain into a hoop feels just as satisfying as a basketball, thanks to the tight physics and punchy sound effects.

The pixel-art style is charming, and the 'vibe' currency system provides just enough incentive to keep playing without feeling like a chore. It's the kind of game you can play for thirty seconds or thirty minutes. In an era of overly complex mobile games, Ball King’s focused, polished simplicity is a breath of fresh air.

Dinsun reviewed on: Fri Feb 27 2026

Features

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Addictive one-touch gameplay

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Unlockable balls including ducks, frogs, and tires

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Multiple environments like the street or office

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Challenge and Time Trial modes

5

No pop-up ads to interrupt the fun

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Zen mode (or Practice) allows you to shoot without the pressure of a timer or high score tracking to perfect your aim.

Ratings & Reviews

This was cool
Wed Jan 24 2018 JDB-87

I’ve been playing this game for a whole year now. And I can’t believe how much fun this is. It gets difficult at times but that’s what a game should do. This is by far the best basketball game I’ve played since being on my Xbox playing 2K sports. The creator of this game should make more like it. Please do and I’ll make sure to download the game/app. Thanks for making this game. 👍🏻👌🏻😎🤑🤓😁

Great game, but...
Sun Mar 17 2019 Jacopia

Great game, but now that I’ve gotten every single ball and every single costume, I’ve found that I don’t play anymore. It gives me nothing to work for now. So I just think that it would be cool if they could add some more balls and costumes. The last time they added more was in an update 3 years ago. It’s really not hard to come up with some ideas. Add a shuriken (ninja star), it would match the ninja skin. Add a dinosaur egg. Breaks upon impact, dinosaur of a random color gets up and runs off screen. Plus, some more levels could be added with the new balls. Maybe a level that depends on having specific skins instead of balls? And please. Update the farm. I like the farm the best. BUT I can’t play on it because of the annoying wind that’s constantly blowing to the right. It’s not hard to scale it with the wind shown on the backboard. SPEAKING of backboards. Make it so you can change the backboard. Maybe add that in. Not only skins, backgrounds, and balls. Add backboards. That’s why it’s getting 3/5. More can be done, and the game seems abandoned by the developers.

Where does the time go...
Fri Aug 04 2017 CLOMBARDI23

This game has one easy objective, which is to get the ball in the basket. Who would have thought that such a simple game could be addicting. The unlockable outfits, balls & environments make me just want to keep playing until I unlock every single one. Hat off to the mind(s) behind this app, well done good sirs!

Updates?...
Fri Apr 28 2017 DJJuares💯

I loved the game. It was a very good time waster for me to just play. The fun of unlocking all the balls, skins, and different areas with only 100 coins and luck was something a really enjoyed. But now sadly I have every unlock-able in the game with more than 4,000 coins and there hasn't been a single update. Ive kept the game to see if one day it will be updated but nothing yet... I still have some hope tho.

Great Concept, but not enough
Sun Feb 18 2018 Cupcake lax 245

I’ll admit that this game is addictive, but there are some problems. Here are the pros and cons of getting this game CONS: 1.It’s free!! 2. Not an ad every second, but still some 3. It’s fun 4. Many different characters 5. Different basket balls PROS: 1. Gifts take forever to open 2. Multiple repeats of balls and characters 3. The coins are scarce 4. Takes a while to collect coins 5. Gets frustrating I have made this review upon my own experiences. Yes, it is fun, free, and the balls and characters are fun, but getting them is not. Coins show up every like 4 baskets you make and the gifts take such a long time to open. Also, I worked hard to gather the coins just to get a repeat three times in a row of the same guy. I will change my review if these are fixed. Overall: meh.

Constraints
Wed Jan 02 2019 joenaveau

As an iPhone XS Max user, the constraints are a little bit weird. The bottom right button is clipping and the other status indicators are super close to the edge. The character is cut off from the screen. I would recommend making this app optimized for iPhone XS Max (don’t know about constraints for other iPhones) to make for a great experience for everyone! The game itself is nice, but I deleted it for the weird constraints and that only.

I love it!!
Tue May 21 2019 Paw226

I totally love this game! I am a basketball player ⛹🏼‍♀️ and the graphics are really good! And you get to play as a boy or girl! It’s so real! But...I would love it even better if you got to customize your hoop. It is already an awesome game and I have been playing it since last year! Thank you for reading this!

I'd rate 5 but....
Fri Apr 14 2017 Lovegolfmag7

Ball king is a really fun game that I love to play! Although I only have like seven characters unlocked and five Balls unlocked so when I go get my new ones after I use my 100 coins. It gives me the same one and I know that can happen but I don't have a lot and I don't think it is right please change this and you'll get five stars

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