Underplayed Gems

Balloon Hater (2025)

Balloon Hater cover
Developer
Nikorych
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Genres
Casual, Indie
Rating
3.0 of 5, 15 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.4 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Pop balloons with various weapons in a cheerful, incremental clicker that steadily grows in complexity as you unlock upgrades and special bonuses.

casualincrementalrepetitivesatisfyinglightheartedgrindywhimsical

What players say

Players say the game is fun for the first hour or two but quickly becomes a repetitive grind with almost no endgame content. Weapon balancing is poor, skipping most unlocks, and many find it too expensive for what it offers.

Screenshots

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More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.