Marble It Up! Ultra

KEEP ROLLIN', ROLLIN', ROLLIN', ROLLIN'

Marble roller where all you need to do is get to the end of a course as quick as you can. The levels are well designed and the medal times provide some measure of "choose your difficulty," whether you just want to go through the levels leisurely or if you want to spend time optimizing your path through each one to get the top tier medal. Haven't gotten to trying any workshop maps, but worth nothing that it's there to extend the value.

One of the better 'zone out and relax at the end of the day' games I've played. It's simple, satisfying, and stays out of its own way (i.e. simple interface like a one-button start-over, doesn't get bogged down in its setting, visuals are clear etc). Also works great on Deck. Highly recommended for other old men.

The song "Slipstream" impregnated me and I don't even have a uterus. Neat game. Amazing soundtrack.
Buy this game and learn what it means to get dedicated.

rolling the marble is fun, keep rolling the marble!!!!

great game reminds me of when i was younger playing it on my phone

This is a worthy successor to Marble Blast Ultra

Unwieldy movement, mediocre levels, and nails-on-chalkboard sound design.

#Beaten - Around 10 Hours
Beat the main story, got through 3/4 bonus areas.

if you like marble games, this is a very good one. Your goal is to complete levels within a certain time limit.

The game comes with two versions - regular and ultra. These are largely the same, but the regular version doesnt have the bonus levels and has steam workshop for levels.

Overall, an easy recommendation.

rolling good

i like marbles :D

Will fulfill all your marble desires!
Controls okay, fun to improve your times on levels, and a good amount of stuff to collect. If you liked playing marble games on your school PCs back in the day give this a go!

- Not What I expected when I first booted it. But I say this in a good way. Relaxed and straight to the point.

Has a native Linux version.

This game is bonkers. Simple gameplay consists of navigating courses of varying difficulties using your marble. You can jump and collect power-ups as your traverse to help speed things up. Some levels are simply get to the goal, while others have small objectives like collect 5 diamonds, then go to goal. There are online leaderboards, community challenges, marble skins, hats and trails as well.

It's Super Monkey Ball without with monkies. Grab it, challenge your friends times, rinse and repeat into eterinty.

It got marbles!

This is a great game on Steamdeck. More people should know about it. It's marble mazes.

A great successor to Marble Blast Ultra. Unfortunately the multiplayer for this game died faster than a fruit fly even back when it came out (it's even more dead today), but this game is mainly singleplayer focused anyways

Losing my marbles playing this.

I love playing with balls👍

Rolling around :)
Fun and chill game, I just wish more people played so I don't end up alone in multiplayer matches lol

If Quake was a marble racing game

30 minutes in and I'm already impressed with this game. I don't tend to play marble games but I do love anything neon themed and this game seemed to be the best match for that, and really, the amount of customization in this game for your marble is impressive, graphics look AMAZING, sound effects are great and the music isn't half bad. It's easy to start, but hard if you want to go for platinum medals. It gives you a chance to find the best route and figure out the games mechanics. Overall, can 110% recommend while its on sale!

The aesthetics and music SLAP

Marble Blast Ultra was practically the only game i played on Xbox 360 back in the day, and it was totally my jam.

Come to find out there is all but a literal successor and this is everything I wanted...except for a starving multiplayer community.

Overall, this feels like a timeless experience that is executed super well: Controls, physics, challenge, visuals, and of course the music.

I am SPEEEED

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Having fun with my marbles!!

The new Marble Blast Ultra. A lot of default levels plus hundreds of good player made levels so it's worth buying.

Story goes that the team behind this game is (mostly) the same team behind Marble Blast: Ultra! It's SUCH a shame this game doesn't have any more people talking about it as I wish there were, because Marble Blast: Ultra is one of the best games I've ever played (and I play a LOT of games, through steam and other console generations, including emulation)

If you're looking for a way to play Marble Blast: Ultra, there is a Discord server with people who have reverse-engineered the game and made it work at 100% capacity with additional options taking advantage of the PC platform called "OpenMBU". I HIGHLY recommend giving them a holler if you're ever wanting to revisit this gem (pun intended)

good marble

marbol

wish they had a multiplayer racing mode, something like the campaign but co-op. or even come up with more multiplayer game modes.

good if you want to spend a long time on one achievement for a cosmetic and not even get the cosmetic when you do get the achievement


its also the rarest achievement i have in all of my games ever played

“The joy of rolling”
-Bob Roll
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If you, like me, like to optimize routes for a decent time, Marble It Up is probably one of the most unassuming rage-inducing games you’ll ever play.

Gameplay

You control a marble that has some friction and maintains quite the momentum.
That’s it.

Super simple, the challenge comes from how the stages themselves are set up, maybe one asks you to build up as much speed as possible, while another feels more like an obstacle course when it’s where and when to jump, and another yet asks you to collect gems before able to proceed to the exit making you set up a mental map of the route to take for a low time.

X-Factor

Looks pretty, and it’s perfect if you want to play something for pure gameplay and have a knack for always trying to go for a shortcut and optimize your times.

Downsides

None.
The only downside comes from yourself wanting to optimize your traversing and ending up struggling against the physics system of the game.
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The trailer paints a clear picture of what exactly you’re going to get.
Now, 30 dollars may be a steep price for just rolling marbles but with frequent big discounts (I got mine at 60% off at 12 dollars) and the classic version coming bundled with it makes for a better deal.

This is my go to game when I want to turn off my brain and enjoy some solid gameplay and level design. Since playing Ballance I do have a soft spot for marble games and this scratched the itch perfectly. Solid physics, great level design and it can get fairly hard in later levels but nothing extreme.

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let me start by saying that the game still is good, but the main thing i'm docking it for is stuff the devs say it has, and are no longer working as far as i know. Multiplayer is MIA, Weeklies aren't functioning, and all this stuff about needing an account seems to be lacking a means to actually get an account for.
EDIT: online seems fixed now!

that said god i still wish that marble was me.

insanely underrated

This is the best marble rolling game on the marble rolling game market. It does exactly what it say on the box. You marble it up. Ultra. 10/10.

The game ultimately leaves me frustrated because the core mechanics seem fleshed out and the ideas you see in each level are diverse and creative, but the actual tuning of each level to the physics of the ball makes for one of the more unpleasant platformers that I've played.

A majority of levels feel so awkward that when I am pushing to get quick times, because the game incentivizes you with rewards for doing that, I often fail at points that feel out of my control. If I am looking to survive a level and not necessarily trying for a good level time, I still feel forced to play in a style that feels like I am killing a lot of the momentum of both the literal ball and the immersion. It feels to me like many of the levels are built to encourage you to play at certain speeds but don't actually allow you to do that, whether that be on sections of long straightaways that make the speed pointless with sharp turns or more careful platforming that includes way too many moving platforms that you have to wait through. Mind you these are only a few examples of frustrating parts, but honestly with the right balancing most of these annoying sections could be turned into satisfying constraints.

So it isn't a terrible game, just a very puzzling decision to me for the developers to come close making a good game but stopping just short of actually making most of the levels themselves all that satisfying. It is not as fun as the much older games in the series and the price tag is steep enough that I don't recommend this entry

Very good physics engine - the marble reacts to it's rotation and bounces off surfaces as you expect it to.

Good optimisation.

Amazing graphics and visual level design, as well as marbles themselves.

marbol

MABRLE

got this after feeling nostalgic about Marble Blast Ultra from xbox 360, definitely scratched the itch

This game is a fun spiritual successor to the maybe not-so-well-known Xbox Live Arcade game Marble Blast Ultra. The physics are really fun and going really fast can be a BLAST! But, if you're not into marble physics or slightly less tight platforming than this isn't for you. If you do like those things, well perfect it is for you!!!

Is good

Actually worth $30 to roll some marbles. Not sure why, but it is.

i've got balls of steel

Trackmania, if it had balls

Madness, madness, madness! This what I think when I lose because I want all the diamonds and don't have any right to make a mistake that will cause to lose 0.4 seconds! If you buy this game you will get very fun 3D precision platformer, though it's okay to take only copper because every level has enough checkpoints for casuals. And for real you has to have not only skill but also wit and ability to plan (those levels with gems, traveling salesman problem, all these things). Good game, for short.

Played this on Apple Arcade, got about halfway through, and marathoned the PC version over the holiday.

If you have any level of nostalgia for Marble Blast Ultra, you're in the right place. Tight controls, good visuals, lot of features here.

Main caveat I have - getting Gold time on every level is VERY difficult, as some of the later Chapters have levels that are too long, are far too punishing with any mistakes, or are deliberately obtuse - keep this in mind!