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Rolling Sun
Developer Mystik'Art
Rolling Sun takes advantage of the latest version of CRYENGINE, with best in class physics, lighting and water effects. Discover ancient magic as you guide your Sun Stone through lost Incan and Mayan civilizations. From the Steam store page
183 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
32
Rotten
58 positive · 125 negative
95% range 25–39%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
413 of 851 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 183 · most liked firstBad game. Almost zero gameplay and it's repetitive as hell, repetitive music that gets on your nerves, poorly optimized (i guess this is cryengine). Double jump is crazy and buggy and can be exploited. This is not a game, it's a technical demo with human input.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →‘Beautiful but infuriating’ … Review done. Oh how I wish it was that easy. Honestly though, this game looks absolutely amazing graphically but just doesnt hit the mark with actual gameplay. Its not that the levels are ridiculously hard or anything, theres just so many issues with responsiveness and mechanics that it really (and I mean REALLY REALLY) gets on your nerves.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very good game. Enjoy,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rolling Sun is a platformer game made on CryEngine. The gameplay could be boring or even annoying... but its ok if your purpose is to relax rather to have fun. The collectibles are made to guide player rather than challenge. I've found only 3 of them pretended to be hidden. Double-jump ability is a cheating: when you get it after 2nd level, you mainly forget about deaths and restarts. Music is decent, but it could be better. Good question is why devs didn't make more places where you should…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rolling disaster.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no clue which bundle I got this game from, but friends trust me as a former console peasant I declare that the control is bad, not just simply bad, but really bad. What you will see might be beautiful, but what you have to do will make the game unpalatable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As others have stated, the controls are a bit unresponsive; although the game responds to movement inputs very well, it seems to fail to respond to jumps quite a lot. In any other game this would be gamebreaking - here it is a mild annoyance. This game is very unchallenging - it strikes me that the developer built this game with careful people in mind, while not noticing that many "difficult" segments involving thin rods that you have to maneuver past can be merely jumped through. Moreover,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game kills itself in a couple ways for me, namely that while set like a 2D platformer with a camera locked from a sidescrolling perspective, the game is 3D and is incredibly frustrating because depth and invisible walls kill any kind of third axis movement. The music is okay, and the scenery is gorgeous, but there are a number of sound artifacts that kill it for me. On top of that, the ball has a absolute ton of momentum. It is hard to control, and the game requires very fine movements,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: I got it for free. Cons: The rest
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels more like a tech demo to demonstrate the physics and lighting than a game. The game itself reminds me of Super Monkey Ball crossed with a 2.5D side scrolling platformer. Level 3 was mired with graphical bugs. Plays decently on Steam Deck. Took less than an hour to complete.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You start the game. It runs in low resolution. You change the resolution and it works, but those setting will never be saved - so next time you run the game, it's again in low res. And of course you can only use xbox controller. Well, I tried with xc360ce, but it didn't work for this... "game". At this point I've lost the interest, even without playing the actual game. Some of those indie devs, they don't even care for the most basic stuff. Or they lack skills. Probably both.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+20 SOCIAL CREDIT ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢁⠈⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⡀⠭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⡆⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣿⠿⠶⠙⣿⡟⠡⣴⣿⣽⣿⣧⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣟⣭⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣴⣶⣿⣿⢄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣩⣿⣿⣿⡏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⡋⠘⠷⣦⣀⣠⡶⠁⠈⠁⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⠃⣴⣶⡔⠒⠄⣠⢀⠄⠄⠄⡨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡘⠿⣷⣿⠿⠟⠃⠄⠄⣠⡇⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⢁⣷⣠⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⣠⣾⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠉⠙⠻ ⡿⠟⠋⠁⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⡯⢓⣴⣾⣿⣿⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⡟⣷⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ +1 WAIFU ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠄⠁⠄⠄⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⢀⡀⠠⠃⡐⡀⠠⣶⠄⠄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⠄⠰⣤⣕⣿⣾⡇⠄⢛⠃⠄⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are games like Marble Blast Ultra and Super Monkey Ball, which in essence are the same basic concept (rolling a ball around collecting things). The thing is, those games are fun. This one is not. It is painful to even play and I had to force myself to complete the first level just to give it a chance. Games like this need puzzle elements and absolutely should not be side scrolling. That is the fatal mistake here. It just means you roll to the right and jump continuously whilst getting…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the first level and I would have written a positive review had I not played any further. The graphics are nice (although it requires way to powerful hardware for such a "primitive" game), I don't mind the repetitive music that much and in the first level, the difficulty of the jumps was balanced well against the slowly responding controlls (you are playing a heavy stone ball - it can't change its movement-state that fast). At the start of the second level however, there is a sequence…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visually beautiful game ,but pretty empty as far as actual content goes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Listen, don't let this game fool you with it's beauty into thinking you're simply gonna roll this gorgeous ball around and enjoy the scenery. (I did not think this, just being facetious). It is beautiful! But it is hard, which is great. But the worst, absolute worst thing they could have done?! It DOES NOT SAVE YOUR PROGRESS Now let me tell you how this could make a person want to cry at 3 a.m. playing a game rolling a ball around. When you're stuck in one spot for 30 minutes because you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rolling Sun is a My First Indie Game-quality platformer where you control a rolling ball with physics, instead of a normal character, and attempt to reach the end of each level while picking up all the glowing energy balls on the way. It's a bit frustrating at first, when all you have is awkward movement (it was often hard for me to tell if I was too close to or far from the camera to land on a platform) and a single jump, but over the course of the six levels, you gain a double jump, an air…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made this review for steam stickers that have no value what so ever.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the graphics and the concept of physics gameplay. I hate the laggy result which makes it almost impossible to control the ball and of course makes you lose most of the time. If you lose, it auto-loads from a previous spot, but it's not a standard spot so you might have to pass the same difficult spots again and again.. I played this game for about an hour, and it only made me angry and write this review. If these issues get fixed, it might be an amusing game. Until then, no.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game where you basically are a ball and roll around. I found it quite enjoyable and nice. However the game REALLY needs some sound settings. It is such a basic thing to have that is completely missing from it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i hate that i cant turn of the music.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game will satisfy you if you just want to roll and jump around a beautiful environment. Otherwise if you want an actual fun and challenging platformer for a few dollars more wait for Snake Pass to go on sale, since it is similar but outclasses Rolling Sun in every way. That is mostly because Rolling Sun seems to just be a tech demo for the engine, and while it is visually impressive there just isn't enough actual game here. For a giant stone ball you can hop hop hop like flubber, and that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36214917/]Curator Group for more reviews Rolling Sun is a side scrolling platformer with good graphics but bad gameplay. It plays like a tech demo trying to show off the engine. The platforming is repetitive and simplistic. There is almost no challenge, 95% of the obstacles just require a jump or two to overcome. The controls are also pretty frustrating to use, even when doing simple platforming. Overall, it looks nice but gets boring…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i'll recommend this but ONLY because the price is quite reasonable for the product you get. this game looks really good thanks to the cryengine. however that's the best thing about this game already. the game is very basic with casual difficulty. for a "rolling ball" game this one is shockingly slow to play. where other games give you a forward facing camera you get a weird side view in this one. you can't see what's ahead so you need to go slow at all times. there are no secrets or hidden…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is basically a platformer where you control a ball (which, strangely, can jump). What do you need for a great platformer? Good camera, tight controls and solid performance. But this game totally lacks any of that, making even the first level painful and frustrating. I got this one in a Humble Bundle, but you should avoid buying this at all costs. Feels more like an unoptimized tech demo (wtih fps drops out of a blue) instead of a commercial product.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm very glad that I received this game as part of a Humble Bundle. Would have definitely requested a refund had I purchased it on Steam. This game feels more like a tech demo for the Cryengine than an actual game, and a poor demo at that. I have seen better ball rolling physics in non-ball rolling games like Trials Evolution. The tech demo feeling is compounded by the fact that you get the Cryengine logo and name on each loading screen, the dev not having taken the time to design one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I couldnt play the game as my Anti Virus software Avast kept saying Virus Contained I tried 3 times but I am not going to risk it. Thankfully I only paid £0.39p so I will leave it in my Steam Library and maybe one day it might get fixed. So unfortunately I cannot recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AVG says this game is a virus and I am apt to believe it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is horribly unoptimized, and even on current-day gaming computers you can barely play at low settings without killing your wallet for a high-end machine. FIx the graphics usage so that your mediocre game can actually be playable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not so much a game as an exercise in frustration. While extremely beautiful, it feels half-baked and plays that way as well. You are a rock inhabited by a sun god and roll your way to the temple of the moon god following a meandering path through six different landscapes. The physics are 'creative' and the controls spongy and not precise enough for what is essentially a light 3-D platforming experience. The camera's perspective often forces you to deal with angles that do not translate…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The positive: Looks great. Lovely detailed graphics and performed fine. Nice music. Negative: Too hard to control to be bothered with; crash prone; menu screens are clunky. Seems half-finished. Got this some time ago as part of a very ill judged bundle, will be uninstalling it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible optimization, clunky camera movement. Too hard from the start. Frustrating ♥♥♥♥, do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game of potential for casual fun that becomes a frustrating slog numerous times over throughout the course of the game. As a general rule, the ball feels cumbersome to control. I can understand this to a certain degree; it adds a sense of weight to the ball. However, it is overdone. You will find yourself frequently in a position where you are stationary and need to progress up an incline but are unable to do so at all. When you are moving, on the other hand, you will frequently find…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like to roll balls? Are you a clown or a seal? You're gonna love this POS.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating 3/10 Nice graphics to look at that is it. Interesting concept, but there are a few things missing in this game. Basically you move with a rock on a platform with puzzles and things. You don’t get a sense of achieving anything but just to pass the time. In my opinion it’s low in price if you wait for sale if you want something just to play for fun, but not worth it at all really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rolling Sun I bought this game as a joke, having bought something similar last year. Rolling Sun However gets a thumbs up for delivering what promised. It is absolutely beautiful but not only that the game play is fun and the physics work for a rolling rock. I do wish the camera was not static and could rotate around, collecting all orbs is a bit of a drag. over all it deliveries a good experience for a low price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It looks (and is played) like a CryEngine tech demo. Nothing more.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is more of a tech demo than a video game. Gameplay is about the complexity of pong. The entire story is literally "you are a rock." Steam should not be 'selling' this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cheap games doesn't have to be cheap at the core. But here it is clearly emptiness that is inside the glossy chest. This is a techincal demo, with a vivid idea : force the player to play side view with jumps that requires the Z depht to land on the platform : brillant ! Mix that with an irritating music and obstacles that you see at the last moment, and you've got a winner !
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too buggy to enjoy, backgrounds disappear or textures don't appear - horrible level design issues - there's platforms on water, but because there's no reset, if you move them, they don't reset. So you can basically make levels impossible just by falling into the water. Not only that, but this is the only game where even on the lowest graphics, there are still framerate and lag issues. Avoid if possible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are just terrible, slow unresponsive. Some may say by design but I've played otehr games with similar design and not hated every moment of controlling the character. Only options are graphics.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Repetitive, long and boring, with nice graphics. Player's enemies are not obstacles or logical puzzles, but the side camera view and terrible controls (but that is probably the plot).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play 8/10 Stable 5/10 Graphics 10/10 Ps: Change logo CRYENGINE -_-
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You roll a ball, a stupid f'ing ball.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →gets boring really quickly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: - CryEngine made game very pretty. - Soundtrack makes me want to meditate. - Slightly reminiscent of Marble Madness from back on the NES, but with some plastic surgery to look nice. Cons: - Controls moderately squishy. It doesn't QUITE require precision controls, but the jello pudding softness goes a long way to not grant me confidence. - The jump mechanic...... *sighs* The jump mechanic honestly makes me feel like I was back with my ex's during the bad times where we fought all the time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pleasant little experience, worth a couple of bucks it asks for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tech demo with terrible gameplay, buggy mechanics and repetitive music
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weak platformer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They see me rollin' They hatin' Patrolling and tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty My music's so loud I'm swangin' They hopin that they gonna catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty Police think they can see me lean I'm tint so it ain't easy to be seen When you see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was really disappointing. The graphics were pretty enough, but the controls are sluggish and the ball physics seem overly unresponsive. Also, if you're not careful, you can get the ball stuck and have to restart the level completely. I toiled away for quite a while before I got stuck and didn't have the energy or patience to give it another chance. The camera is also obnoxious, giving very little warning of what's ahead until you have to jump/turn/whatever to deal with an obstacle.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Funny. The gameplay is very easy. The graphic is awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game plays like a pre-alpha build. It has missing textures, inconsistent deathboxes that take you back an unpredictible ammount, and reused assets that are treated differently each time they show up. For a momentum-based game, the level design seems oddly intent on locking you into a very slow playstyle. At the end of most levels, you are presumed to go into a receptacle to wait for slowly spinning stone wheels to perform some sort of magic, but you can and should just skip these and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rolling Sun --- [Player Base] --- ☑ Casual players ☐ Hardcore players --- [Is it for mature players?] --- ☑ Everyone ☐ Mature --- --- ☑ Doesn't have it ☐ Bad ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Fantastic --- --- ☐ Really bad ☐ Bad ☐ OK ☐ Good ☑ Beautiful ☐ Masterpiece --- --- ☑ Easy Peasy ☐ Easy to learn but hard to master ☐ Medium ☐ Hard ☐ Dark Souls --- --- ☐ Really short ( 0 - 2 hours) ☑ Short ( 2 - 8 hours) ☐ Average ( 8 - 12 hours) ☐ Long ( 12+ hours) ☐ Endless --- [PC specs] --- ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My, what a game this is. Mystik'Art have really outdone themselves with this critically acclaimed title. At first glance I thought the game was a sequel to Half Life 2: Episode 2. Alas, I was wrong however this game truly tells a story of love, deceit and all things inbetween. Mystik'Art have truly done it again with their blend of Quantic Dream like story telling and their innovative game mechanics. You play as a boulder rolling through different environments made up of generic assets which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first glance Rolling Sun looks lika a marble madness style puzzle game. Built with CryEngine, an engine built by what was once a great gaming company that gave us Far Cry and Crysis, and now infamous patent trolls, at least Mystik'Art did a great job on the scenery using Cryteks engine. The graphics are tremendous. Unfortunately, great graphics don't make a great PC game, they're just a requirement. Rolling Sun isn't a marble madness puzzler, it's a 2D platformer with a little 3D…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be frank this game is not very good. From what I played of it the gameplay and music was very repetitive. If this was a 2D platformer it would not be nearly as frustrating as it is. Not being able to judge the depth of the environment because the game is in 3D with a locked camera hurt the gameplay, accompanied by the music just made me not want to play the game. It’s not a particularly hard game just one that isn’t very fun. Overall this game felt like it was a tech demo with some human…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks nice but the depth of gameplay and complexity is not enough to make you want to keep playing. Already on the second stage the game felt boring and repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is nice, graphics look good and physics model is decent, but I just can't recommend this one. The game feels too unfinished almost like beta. The camera angle is awkward, you can't see where you're going. The controls are stiff even with a controller. And the music... it's boring at best. A looping tune couple minute long, which cannot be muted or even turned down. The worst: there is no progression indicators, no timer, no collectible counter, no death counter, no scores, no nothing.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Various bugs, levels are not challenging since you are not timed or required to collect the collectable things. One bug is that you can increase your speed if you (using a controller) hold right on the analogue stick, also holding right on the d-pad, then you can go faster again by holding D. Using this, you can get out the map by spamming jump against invisible barriers and completely bypass the whole level. During level 3, the performance tanked then I was getting only 30fps, no idea why.…
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