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A marble racing game for Mac

Marble Grandstand

Name the marbles. Pick a favourite. Let them race.

Watch up to 100 marbles race through three physics tracks. Host a Grand Prix with friends, or let Twitch viewers join.

Mac App Store
Coming soon · Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or later

Actual gameplay from Marble Grandstand.

Put your names on the starting grid.

  1. The New race screen with three tracks, the field size and a roster of marble names.

    Add your racers

    Type or paste names for up to 100 marbles.

  2. A race in progress with live standings; the favourite is marked with a star.

    Pick a favourite

    Choose one marble to cheer for and follow its place all race.

  3. The results screen with the winner on the podium and the full classification.

    Watch the race

    Follow the standings, then run a three or five race Grand Prix.

Three tracks. Different ways to lose the lead.

  • Marbles racing down a wooden track toward spinning paddles.

    Gravity Rush

    Wooden ramps and spinning paddles.

  • A marble on a steel tread plate track inside a foundry.

    Chaos Factory

    Steel tracks through a foundry, with a crossover.

  • Marbles on a white track with glass walls above a starfield.

    Spiral Skyway

    Glass-sided turns and a gap jump in an orbital structure.

Let the chat join the race.

Connect Twitch, let viewers type !join, and their names enter the starting grid. Twitch is optional.

01 Twitch chat

  • Velvet !join
  • Blitz !join
  • Quill !join

02 Starting grid

  1. 01Velvet
  2. 02Blitz
  3. 03Quill
Illustration, not live chat.

One-time purchase. No ads. No Marble Grandstand account required.