ploink
Playing now
7+3 vs. yesterday
9.1%of peak
All-time peak
77Aug 2026
Playing now
7+3 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
77Aug 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game update | Small Patch Added Discord Rich Presence · Reduced Mary's attack speed slightly · Adjusted visuals for THE VOID · When a free place peg replaces a non-free place peg, it will now be offset slightly · Mech now triggers start of drop effects on pegs it grabs · Updated top messages for Mary and Simulant · Fixed a bug with the Ball Shelf and the Automatic Die trinket · Fixed pegs like Magnet not being protected… | — | |
| Game update | Post-Launch update! Gameplay Changes · The game can no longer be frozen unless a drop is active Balance Changes Bosses · Bugbug · No longer puts bugs on pegs that can be placed anywhere · Mary · No longer passively loses you score when any ball is destroyed · Now deducts the destroyed ball's score from your score · Xiy · Increased amount of hits required to disable a peg Pegs · Soup · Decreased score loss speed ·… | — | |
| Steam news | ploink IS OFFICIALLY OUT!!! Before getting into it, if you like balling and pegging, check out the PINS AND PEGS FEST MEGABUNDLE !! If it's too pricey for you that's fine, I just hope you have enough money to buy ploink... Or else.... OMG ITS OUT!!!! I want to thank my fans for believing in this game. I wanna thank all of the testers who tested the game during it's development, helped find lots of issues, and gave valuabl… | — | |
| In-game event | The "Finally Fixed Moon" Update Troll has been removed, but don't worry, it already has a new ability in the full release which fits it better. GENERAL CHANGES · Added voices to balls when talking · Slightly lowered ball line · THE VOIDs max height has been increased to allow it to destroy balls that are off screen · Pegs that can be placed anywhere can no longer be placed above the board to prevent easy softlocks BOSS CHANGE… | — | |
| In-game event | Performance Update: 2 GENERAL CHANGES · New transition animation when moving between menus or restarting · THE VOID · No longer has a gravity pulling effect · Adjusted height scaling so that THE VOID rises earlier but slower BALANCE CHANGES · Satellite · No longer gives power to "instantly" pegs, now gives power to any peg you select · Pocket Dimension · Now disables all pegs inside when disabled · Secret ability no… | — | |
| Major update | The Hard Update I wasn't happy with a few features recently added to the game, namely the bosses and the ball limit. Both of these have been changed. This update also features the removal of score multiplier in its entirety. It has been in the game since the beginning but I've only recently realized how bad of a mechanic it is. Multiplying score is already possible in various ways either through power, multi-h… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Fixed Flower unlock not working · Fixed Outlet not working | — | |
| In-game event | Ball limit update A ball limit is being introduced to encourage people to drop their balls more often since they would usually just drop one ball at a time and stockpile them. I wasn't happy with Bacteriophage, it was a really weird peg but also very easy to abuse with no way of balancing it without changing it entirely, so it's been changed entirely... Sort of. The new bread peg is essentially just reworked Bac… | — | |
| Game update | Small Patch Added tutorial message explaining you can hover over buckets to see what bosses do · Fixed unlocked Question Mark spawning balls inside the board · Fixed pegs inside Forge to be stuck in an endless loop of falling · Fixed game breaking typo in Jesteroll tooltip | — | |
| In-game event | The Boss Update! GAME CHANGES · New bosses · Every 5 levels you'll have an encounter with one of them · Added boss buckets to the bottom of the board, they can be used to influence which boss appears at what time · Removed dancing guy (He might make a comeback eventually) · Added Money Bag, a peg that immediately spawns on your board at the start of a run, the amount that spawn are based on your performance in… | — | |
| In-game event | The Platinum Update! GAME CHANGES · Added platinum rarity, has a chance to replace gold pegs in the shop, you cannot obtain duplicates of them · Added platinum filter to item collection · Added indicator to show when you have money to purchase something, the opposite of the indicator that shows when you don't have money, obviously · Updated to a new version of Godot which should include improvements to performance,… | — | |
| Major update | Overscore update! GAME CHANGES · If your score exceeds double the score requirement, you get some extra money · THE VOID Now disables pegs it comes into contact with · The stats menu now updates while it's open · Reduced the the amount of Metal Balls you start with from 10 to 8 BALANCE CHANGES · Alternate Universe · Balls and pegs can now be transferred between universes · Score no longer persists between levels… | — | |
| In-game event | The Price Tag Update!! GAME CHANGES · Added the Kiln , a peg voted for by the community · New price tags may randomly appear on pegs in the shop: · Discount tag: Halves the price of the peg · Double tag: Doubles the price of the peg but also gives it +1 power · Many sounds in the game have been spiced up · Added settings button to the main menu · Balls with different sizes now have those sizes in the main menu · Poo… | — | |
| In-game event | New Update! GENERAL CHANGES · Added scientific notation to score passed a certain threshold · Buttons have been changed to be consistent with the rest of the games UI · COAL : Renamed to Ore · FAMINE : Retextured BALANCE CHANGES · OUTLET : Moved to silver tier · GATE : Changed secret ability · UMBRELLA : Changed secret ability · VOAGAT : Decreased void speed up · PIZZA : Increased score · PACKAGE : Increas… | — | |
| Game update | Small Patch Fixed balls randomly inheriting attributes from other balls like size · Fixed balls randomly disappearing · Fixed crash after certain balls are destroyed · Fixed balls getting stuck on THE VOID · Fixed balls bouncing perfectly upwards when spawned by Eggs | — | |
| In-game event | The Performance Update! GAME CHANGES Performance · BALLS ARE LESS LAGGY NOW! This was a tedious process which involved changing each ball individually to fit the new system, so if any ball looks or functions a bit differently it's most likely for the sake of performance · AUDIO IS LESS LAGGY NOW! Audio was actually contributing quite a lot to lag so if things might sound a bit different now · GPU IS LESS LAGGY NOW? I… | — | |
| In-game event | Update!! BALANCING · Gumball Machine : Now has a 50% chance to give Gum Balls · Laser Pointer : Secret ability now displays which rarity of balls are affected in its description · Paper Ball : Moved to gold · Glue Ball : · Moved to silver · Reduced power given to attached pegs · Paint Ball : · Now spawns with a random color · Reduced red paint score multiplier BUG FIXES · Fixed Honey Ball causing numero… | — | |
| Major update | Big Balls Update! GAME CHANGES · Disabled pegs now have collision · Text bubbles fade when hovered over · Score on the leaderboard are now capped · Balls have been overhauled: · Balls no longer respawn at the end of a level · The prison now offers a bronze, silver and gold ball at once · You get a different amount of balls based on the rarity (bronze 3, silver 2, gold 1) · Almost every ball has been rebalanced I… | — | |
| In-game event | Update!!! GAME CHANGES · Added a new peg voted for by the community: CRYPTOCURRENCY · Capped the volume of the sound played when a ball hits a peg (rip bamboo sticks) · Made the tooltip look a bit nicer ITEM CHANGES · Outlet : Reverted to old functionality of not connecting to other Outlets · Balloon : Replaced number in secret ability, preventing exponential scaling · Bacteriophage : Can only replace a… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Nerfed Skull and Satellite · Fixed missing file causing errors I emergency nerfed Skull and Satellite because I'm spineless and the moment like 2 people complained I folded. But in reality the update was mostly for the missing file which might've been causing crashes | — | |
| In-game event | New Update!! GAME CHANGES · Updated to a new game engine version which might randomly break / fix random things in the game idk lol · Added a pause button that lets you freeze the game and inspect your board during a drop · Effects such as infection, bubble and haunted are no longer given to clones of a ball, this might change in the future ːlunar2019grinningpigː · Money, score multiplier and clones have ne… | — | |
| Game update | Patch ITEM CHANGES · POCKET DIMENSION : Adjusted visuals slightly to match Alternate Universe · FAN : Reduced the strength of the fall reduction · CANNON : Reduced score, reduced score multiplier on secret ability · COOKIE : Fixed infinite loop when two unlocked Cookies were present · BUTTON : Secret ability no longer enabled other Buttons GAME CHANGES · Actually reduced money gained at the end of a… | — | |
| In-game event | New Update! GAME CHANGES · After being replaced by the Pizza... Cookie is back with new functionality · Added an item collection so you can browse all the items in the game · Added a hotkey for restarting · The "destroy all balls" button can now be accessed at any time, it has a hotkey as well · Duplicate balls can no longer appear in prison, this includes balls you own · Reduced money gained on level · Sl… | — | |
| Game update | Demo Patch 4 Added new pegs voted for by the community : Voerper and Voagat · Added a new peg: Anchor · There's now a button to view the leaderboard at the end of a run, instead of it being shoved in your face · Added commas to the score and requirement · Added a new mechanic that prevents infinite recursions with specific pegs like when placing 2 Outlets next to each other. This is to future proof the game… | — | |
| Game update | Demo Patch 3 Improved the main menu · Added a new option that lets you drop items by clicking instead of releasing the mouse · Added transitions to starting + restarting · Slow motion effects from explosions no longer play inside of windows · Items now darken if they cant be placed · The money counter now turns red before placing if you cant afford an item · VIRUS : Secret ability doesn't cause immense lag… | — | |
| Game update | Demo Patch 2 Screenshake is now a slider instead of a toggle · Quit to desktop button is now disabled on web · Total peg score now appears on pegs placed while show total score is enabled · Fixed lag when changing options · GUMBALL MACHINE : Complete rework (hopefully the final one), moved to bronze · CELL : Secret ability changed (I forgot to update it when I reworked Cell) · AVOCADO : Secret ability chang… | — | |
| Game update | Demo Patch 1 A few obvious things I haven't thought of until now. Im a bit of a dum dum so your computer might have been rendering thousands of frames per second this entire time.... oopsies. You can now change the FPS limit, this also controls whether vsync is enabled or not. · Added FPS cap option · Settings now save when closing the game · Added quit button · Made settings menu look a bit nicer · Removed… | — |
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