# The Ball Encounter

Summer DB entity ID: 580c4fc9\-4f5e\-4bd6\-8276\-2b7d6aa9b4ad

Steam App ID: 919610

The ball encounter is a FPS tower defence game, which is different from traditional FPS game within gun, and replaced with staff and sword\. It does not need too much strategies to do the defence like normal tower defence game, as a capable defencer need to keep the mind and fingers stay sharp\.  The scene and play mode design have been optimized as simple as possible, in order to improve the experience of immersion\.    Unprecedented tension and pressure: the enermy balls will spawn from all directions, so we must to be observant and alert\.    The strategy of skills: in this game, we can use 2 weapon modes and 6 powerful skills to engage with the enermy balls\.    Interaction with scene: there are 3 different types defence towers that can assist us to attack the enermy balls, also we can use a specific skill to reinforce the tower\.    Fine graphics: good connection between realistic rendering and magic style design, meantime fantasic VFX brings cinematic enjoyment\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: XiaogengXu

- Publisher: XiaogengXu

- Release date: Sep 2, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Free To Play, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/919610/ss\_1c127852a25ff134095f740f179b03a66ae2edb4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1535936634, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/919610/ss\_59a319926ed885b63f526972f22ad4533440c9f6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1535936634, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/919610/ss\_aaca67bfa383e5a0e14ddefd1aa11a07de094306\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1535936634, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/919610/ss\_8c566390b0caa3f74f46742e113cdb64379ec444\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1535936634, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/919610/ss\_ffe5e674c4593bbbfe90dd600d7aa7e96ebfae03\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1535936634, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/919610/ss\_e4b7cda88aab7bcc4e560fd8759c50c8c52ad09a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1535936634

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 18

- Steam positive reviews: 12

- Steam negative reviews: 6

- Steam positive percentage: 66.66666666666667%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/580c4fc9-4f5e-4bd6-8276-2b7d6aa9b4ad/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/580c4fc9-4f5e-4bd6-8276-2b7d6aa9b4ad/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T18:01:43\.40245\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T18:01:47\.077971\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T18:01:46\.413224\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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