Spectraball is part of a very narrow subgenre which you may call “ball platformers” (they are also called "marble rollers"). These type of games usually are nothing more than glorified tech demos that showcase and engine’s graphical and physics capabilities.
In this regard, Spectraball is no different. You control a ball, have three possible unique powers to help you on the stages, and your goal is to try to reach the end of each stage as fast as possible.

Although the game says it has puzzle elements, in reality this is a pure old-school platformer on par of the most well-known ball-busting hard NES titles from decades before.
This also means Spectraball is an excellent game for those who like to speedrun platformers, especially since the game has online leaderboards.
Sadly, the game is short, with only seven stages and three survival challenge maps which each offer an achievement.

Overall, if you like challenging platformers and indie engines which utilise wonderful graphics, this game is for you. If you want a puzzle game though, you will more than likely be disappointed. If I had to add some numeric value to this review, I'd go around 60/100; the game doesn't really have many strong or weak points, it's just another indie platformer. A fun pasttime for a few bucks.

Spectraball is part of a very narrow subgenre which you may call “ball platformers” (they are also called "marble rollers"). These type of games usually are nothing more than glorified tech demos that showcase and engine’s graphical and physics capabilities. In this regard, Spectraball is no different. You control a ball, have three possible unique powers to help you on the stages, and your goal is to try to reach the end of each stage as fast as possible. Although the game says it has puzzle elements, in reality this is a pure old-school platformer on par of the most well-known ball-busting hard NES titles from decades before. This also means Spectraball is an excellent game for those who like to speedrun platformers, especially since the game has online leaderboards. Sadly, the game is short, with only seven stages and three survival challenge maps which each offer an achievement. Overall, if you like challenging platformers and indie engines which utilise wonderful graphics, this game is for you. If you want a puzzle game though, you will more than likely be disappointed. If I had to add some numeric value to this review, I'd go around 60/100; the game doesn't really have many strong or weak points, it's just another indie platformer. A fun pasttime for a few bucks.