BALL x PIT The Shadow Update Launches on April 27

Devolver Digital and Kenny Sun have announced that “The Shadow” update for fast-paced ball-fusing and brick-breaking roguelite game BALL x PIT launches on April 27. The Shadow introduces new balls, a new building, new characters, and new passives for BALL x PIT.

Here’s a breakdown of the new update, via the game’s latest Steam blog post:

2 new characters

• • • The Tunneller is a scrappy miner whose shots don’t stop at the edge; they wrap around the screen and come back in from the other side, making just about every angle fair game.

    • The Tiptoer is a fragile but deadly ninja who stays undetected by enemies at close range at the cost of lower health and damage.

11 New Balls

• • • Venom stacks up with each hit, slowing targets and chipping away at them until enough buildup finally locks them in place with paralysis.
    • Time leans into area control, dropping a timesnare that freezes enemies caught in its range.
    • Erosion cuts straight through foes, with each hit shaving off a percentage of their current health, making it incredibly nasty against tougher targets.
    • Time Bomb adds a bit of delayed chaos, planting an explosive that goes off after a short wait.
    • Timestop does exactly what it sounds like, freezing absolutely everything on the field for a few seconds before going on cooldown.
    • Warp keeps things unpredictable, blinking to a random spot on the field upon every enemy hit while ramping up speed as it goes.
    • Sniper shots cut straight through enemies but burn out the moment they hit a wall or loop back, trading longevity for a boosted critical chance that rewards precise enemy line ups.
    • Heart Swallower gives each hit a certain chance to drain a bit of life and heal you for one while also weakening the target’s attack by a percentage, but remember each enemy can only be drained once.

Plus a few more that we won’t spoil just yet…

4 New Passives

• • • Full Metal Rapier thrives on chaos with each ball scaling its damage based on how many baby balls and enemies are currently on the field.
    • Arrow of Fate flips defense into offense, making you immune to incoming projectiles and firing back a burst of baby balls whenever you’re hit.
    • Argent Stopwatch plays with momentum, starting balls off at 150% damage before shaving off 30% with every bounce, so timing and positioning matter more than ever.
    • Sword Breaker keeps things steady but scalable, lowering base damage to 75% while quietly stacking an extra 1% for every enemy in play.

1 New Building

• • • Better start thinking of a spot to drop the Guildhall! This new building will allow players to re-roll previously chosen character upgrades.

BALL x PIT is available now for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Android, and iOS and PC via Steam, and it’s also available with Xbox Game Pass. The Naturalist update for BALL x PIT is planned to release in July 2026.