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The pool bar is always open! Ultrapool is a colorful roguelike about playing pool with a bunch of wacky balls with crazy effects. Carefully craft a perfect buil
Ultrapool released on Steam on 24 August 2026 from offbrand games. It is a roguelike built on pool — you assemble a triangle of balls with strange effects and chase increasingly absurd trickshots.
Deckbuilding, but the deck is a rack
The structural idea is neat. Instead of drafting cards you assemble a triangle of balls, each with its own crazy effect, and craft a build around how they interact.
That maps roguelike deckbuilding onto a physical game everyone already understands. You do not need a tutorial to grasp what a pool table does — the novelty sits entirely in what the balls do once you break.
Bartenders as the opposition
The framing keeps it light: the pool bar is always open, you choose a cocktail, and the bartenders will not be easy to impress.
Using bartenders as the challenge gate rather than opponents to beat gives it a score-attack feel — you are performing rather than duelling, which suits a trickshot game.
Adjustable difficulty and no time pressure
The listing includes Adjustable Difficulty, a Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input and a playable-at-your-own-pace designation.
For a game about lining up precise shots, no timed input is exactly right — you can take as long as you need to plan a carom. Adjustable difficulty on top means the roguelike pressure is yours to set.
Broad localisation, lean features
Language support is wide — English, Spanish, Catalan, French and more. Catalan is an uncommon inclusion and suggests a Spanish studio taking regional languages seriously.
Worth noting what is absent: no Steam Achievements and no Cloud saves are listed. For a roguelike built on chasing trickshots, absent achievements removes an obvious progression hook. Windows only, seven screenshots.
Nine fifty-nine at launch
Ultrapool is on Steam at $11.99 at the time of writing in August 2026. Discounts change often — the spec table below is checked against the live listing. Discounts change often — the spec table below is checked against the live listing.
One correction: this is not awaiting a release date. It launched on 24 August and is available now.
Under ten dollars for a roguelike with a genuinely fresh frame is reasonable. Pool is a format with decades of physics-game heritage, and bolting build variety onto it is the kind of idea that either clicks immediately or not at all.
At a glance — verified Steam listing
| Developer | Icedrop Games |
| Publisher | offbrand games |
| Release date | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Price | $11.99 — verified 8 September 2026 |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Sports, Strategy |
| Steam features | Single-player, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, Spanish – Spain, Catalan, French, Italian, German and 6 more |
| Store screenshots | 7 |
Full details are on the official Steam store page.
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