Ultrapool FAQ

The game is one word: Ultrapool, by Icedrop Games. Two-word searches for "ultra pool" mostly return pool-cleaning services and Intex above-ground pools, which is why the game can be hard to find. On mobile it is listed as "Ultrapool: Pool Roguelite".

It depends on the platform. On Steam it is a paid game at $11.99 USD (discounted at launch). On iOS and Android it is free to install, with in-app purchases. Both were released on 24 August 2026.

Yes. Ultrapool launched on Steam, the App Store and Google Play on the same day, 24 August 2026. The iOS listing is "Ultrapool: Pool Roguelite" and requires iOS 17.0 or later; the Android package is com.icedropgames.pool. See the mobile page for what differs between the versions.

Yes — a Steam demo exists alongside the full game, and the developers shipped an "I played the demo" button in the settings after launch so demo players could carry over most of their progress: the first three sets and every difficulty except All Nighter.

No. Ultrapool is single-player only, and its Steam page lists no multiplayer or co-op features. A multiplayer mode is one of the most requested items in the Steam discussions, but nothing has been announced.

Cereal reads small — "the first ball from your build you pocket each round gains +1 permanently" — but it is the only snack that grows something forever, so its value depends entirely on run length. On a 10-round difficulty it is a modest bonus; on All Nighter's 20 rounds it is one of the strongest Commons in the game, especially if you can control which ball you pocket first.

There is no documented seed-entry field in the game. Players searching for "Ultrapool seeds" are usually after the daily challenge, which gives everyone the same starting conditions on a given day and ranks them on a leaderboard.

No Switch version has been announced. As of build V0.14.14 the supported platforms are Windows, macOS and Linux via Steam, plus iOS and Android.

Two launch problems were addressed in post-release patches: the game opening off-screen on small screens or a Steam Deck, and saves being lost on a crash. If the window is off-screen, press F to toggle full screen. If your run vanished after an update, the settings menu has the "I played the demo" restore button. Persistent crashes should go to the official Discord, which the developers link in every patch note.

The developers point players to the official Ultrapool Discord in every Steam patch note, and there is an active subreddit at r/ULTRAPOOL where the ball tier list arguments and daily challenge scores live. Both are linked from the game's Steam page.

The Steam launch post advertises 150+ balls across 8 thematic sets. This site catalogues 121 balls across the five sets that are documented in detail — Classic, Nature, Tech, Spooky and Friends — plus 39 snacks and 10 cubes. The remaining sets are in the game but have no verified ball list yet, so none is invented here.

It mixes two of your balls into one. The fused ball adds both scores together, applies both effects in order from left to right, and takes the average of the two levels — so mixing a level 1 with a level 2 gives you a level 2. The bar opens from the Pineapple Malibu difficulty onward.