BALL x PIT's Risen Ballbylon expansion sends the lift up instead of down, out now for $6.99

You've ridden that rickety lift down into the pit more times than you can count. Descend, bounce, break, survive, repeat. Now the lift is going the other way.

BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon is the first paid expansion for Kenny Sun and Friends' roguelite ball-breaker, and it's out right now for $6.99. Devolver Digital says the base game has sold more than two million copies, so plenty of you have been staring down that hole for a while.

This time you climb into the sky, where each new level reveals a layer of the old city, its population warped by the meteor. It's post-game content, so you'll need to finish the base game before you can head upstairs.

BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon key art of a caped hero leaping among warriors, a wolf-headed fighter and monsters in fiery light — Risen Ballbylon brings a whole new crowd of heroes and monsters.

The roster gets eight new characters. The Sentinel can aim in any direction, The Stonewaller's balls warp to the other side the first time they hit a wall, and The Right Hand Man deals double damage off the right wall but only half off the left. That last one is going to make some of you very good at geometry.

Balls, buildings and a brand-new resource

Then there are the balls. Risen Ballbylon adds 24 of them for fusing, including the Beast ball, which latches onto enemies and chews on them until they die, the Kaiju ball, which causes earthquakes, the curse-slinging Misfortune ball, and the spiky Hedgehog ball. Backing them up are 45 new passives, with names like Lucky Coin, Eldritch Gauntlet, Vampire's Kiss and Relentless Whip.

BALL x PIT character select screen with a grid of pixel-art hero portraits and The Recollector's ability description — Picking a hero before the climb.

You'll be fighting across four new battlefields, each with its own boss, against more than 40 new enemies.

BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon hero bouncing balls into a dense formation of trident-wielding fish enemies in a mossy ruin — Four new battlefields, each with its own boss, and more than 40 new enemies.

BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon red-hooded hero fighting armored knights and bandits on a lantern-lit cobblestone street — Four new battlefields, each with its own boss, and more than 40 new enemies.

Back home, base building gets 20 new structures, including a Floating Fortress, a Crystal Monolith, a Soup Kitchen, a Circus Tent and a Fission Chamber. You'll also mine crystals, a new resource that adds another layer to the game's economy.

Overhead view of a sprawling BALL x PIT village with farms, houses and towers packed inside a rocky pit — Your village grows with 20 new buildings.

If it's been a while since you cleared the pit, the base game's bosses are still waiting at the bottom to remind you how you got here. Not bad for less than the price of a lunch.

BALL x PIT hero dodging purple bone projectiles from a giant crowned Skeleton King boss — BALL x PIT's base game bosses still guard the way down.

BALL x PIT hero firing a fan of balls at a coiled golden Twisted Serpent boss in a desert canyon — BALL x PIT's base game bosses still guard the way down.

BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon is out now on PC, Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 and mobile devices for $6.99. Grab it on Steam here, or bounce over to ballxpit.com for the other stores. Keep it locked to GamingTrend.com for all your upcoming reviews, previews, and gaming news!