Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $4.99
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Evaluation
Madballs in Babo: Invasion launched on September 17, 2009. Following launch, the developer released a small collection of DLC — cosmetic skin packs and unlock content — with the final batch arriving on August 16, 2010. All seven DLC items listed on the store are released, and none remain outstanding. There have been no developer communications, patch notes, roadmaps, or announcements of any kind indicating further content is planned. The game's store description describes the product in its completed form, and there is no evidence of any post-2010 development activity. This is a game that shipped, received its post-launch content, and has been content-complete since August 2010.
Evidence
Final batch of DLC released on August 16, 2010, including clan skins and evolution rollup packs — all DLC now released with none outstanding.
Anarchy Unlock Pack DLC released January 14, 2010.
Content
7 of 7 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Playbrains
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
The spiritual successor to the massively popular freeware top-down shooter BaboViolent2, Madballs in Babo:Invasion is an arena based 3D shooter offering players a satisfying and immersive experience in both single-player and multiplayer, including 'Invasion Mode' where players are able to design their own combat maps almost instantaneously by placing a combination of map tiles to create a never-before-seen map before gameplay starts. Truly, no two games are ever the same.
Featuring the recently re-released Madballs™ characters, Oculus Orbus™ and Horn Head™, from the popular 1980s toys best remembered for their outrageously bad looks and graphically colourful names, Madballs in...Babo: Invasion is a feature laden 'casually hardcore' action shooter.
Key Features:
Featuring the recently re-released Madballs™ characters, Oculus Orbus™ and Horn Head™, from the popular 1980s toys best remembered for their outrageously bad looks and graphically colourful names, Madballs in...Babo: Invasion is a feature laden 'casually hardcore' action shooter.
Key Features:
- Single Player — Hours of repeatable gameplay through 10 epic levels
- 2-4 Player Online Co-op — challenge individual campaign levels with your friends or play the whole campaign in ‘Enduro’ mode
- 16 Player Multiplayer — 21 maps to match all game sizes
- 'Invasion' Mode — the signature mode of the game, players take turns placing map tiles to create a unique multiplayer map prior to each match
- Voice Chat — Talk to the other players in-game
- Classes — 10 character classes (each with 2 special abilities) over two warring factions, with each faction having 5 unique weapons each with two distinct firing modes
- Madballs Characters — Oculus Orbus™ and Horn Head™ from the infamous 80’s toy craze as in-game characters
- 5 Archetypes — Assault, Heavy, Runner, Flyer, Support
- Deployables — active (rocket turrets) or passive (healing towers) can be placed in Invasion mode
- Unlocks and Secrets — 50 unlocks and 50 Secrets to find during campaign gameplay
- Action — emphasis on fast-paced, visceral action that is easy to pick and play, yet offers a real strategic challenge for hardcore gamers
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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