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  • The Monster Tamer That Grew Up Too

    300+ BallBuds, brutal FPS combat, and choices that bite - this ain't Saturday morning cartoons.
    BallBuds is the monster-tamer RPG for grown-ups - where your choices actually matter. Capture, train, and weaponize over 300 creatures in a massive open world, then throw down in squad-based FPS combat that's equal parts chaos and strategy. Pick your faction, conquer enemy bases, and unleash Behemoth-class BallBuds while blasting your custom Slay-Mode soundtrack - metal, EDM, or hip-hop. With survival horror nights, PvP battles, and a darkly satirical story, BallBuds blends monster collecting with mature humor, brutal combat, and endless replayability. Back BallBuds today and join the fight where every capture, choice, and kill matters.

    About

    Jon's love of collecting monsters started young, with Pokemon Blue - and spiraled completely out of control. What began as a harmless hobby mutated into a full-blown lifestyle. He didn't just collect creatures. He collected three wives, four kids, and four stepkids along the way. Even his ex-wife got into the spirit - though her collection mostly involves child support payments. Naturally, BallBuds was inevitable. If you spend enough years obsessing over monster taming, dragging your kids into it, and turning your personal life into a trading card binder of emotional damage, you eventually build a game about it.

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    Reviews

    Always loved Pokémon, figured this might be a fun, adult, twist to the game ; A creature tamer with choices being important? Sign me up immediately. ; Looks like a fun game ; Im excited to see a project as cool as this one come to life someday. ; While similar to other games, it promotes its uniqueness in many ways. Plus: Leather Daddy, no AI, a ; Fond memories of Pokémon brought to an adult setting sounded pretty cool ; It looks like a mature open world pokemon. ; Love games that are first person, capturing pets and action, also grown ass man that’s always play ; interested in action gmaes ; I love Tamer games, and one geared towards adults peaked my interest. ; Stick it up to nintendo for trying to patent monster battlers ; Looked like a cooler Pokemon/Palworld and I have a feeling I’m really gonna like the music. ; The game and concept really intregued me I think I could be a very good game ; It looks amazing. Just wanted to be part of it. ; I was bored ; Love the concept, adore creature collector games ; A unique take on a classic genre, and a game made for the community to have fun together ; After the Pokémon controversy. I wanna try other capture games. And with mod support and Waifu/Huzb ; Lifelong Pokemon fan + lifelong Fallout fan and its basically a game that mashes those two lol ; Game concept looked interesting ; Looks fun and entertaining ; Looks good, but I wont ;-) ; Game looks very interesting. Would love to see more updates ; Project sounded very funny and ; FUCK NITENDO also palworld was fun ; Game looks fun ; the description sounds good 👍🏼 ; It looks to be an awesome game! ; I believe this game has a lot of potential and is multifaceted. Reminds me of a lot of different gam ; Looks FUN ; Monster taming with a difference ; Been watching and supported for a while. ; Looks fun ; I like Palworld and this looked like a nuttier version of that and the trailer was good enough that ; Just because I can. ; Looks like a fun game! ; Honestly? The social medias response to Nintendo ; Honestly looking for interesting pokemon alternatives, and this seem to be an interesting option. ; It looks like an exciting new take on a genre that Ive enjoyed for many years ; it looks fun and Im a grown ass adult ; It likes more rated m palworld ; Looks hilarious and awesome ; Palworld was fun ; Big fan of monster taming games ; It looked cool ; Because F*ck Nintendo, and I am a giant fan of monster collection games ; Looks like bad ass version of Pokemon/palworlds ; It looked like gamer fun was a high priority ; The game looks fun ; Looks super cool, and Frick Nintendo. :) ; Looks like a perfect mix of a monster tamer first person, shooter and adult humor like a Duke nukem ; Looks epic, excited for singleplayer industry builds ; I like the gameplay and am a fan of monster taming games ; Models and actions ; Its horror battle monsters with open world RPG game mechanics. Why wouldnt I ; Ive always been into pokemon so I thought this might be

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