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Hole.io

Eat the world

Ratings

Age

4+

Category

Casual

Languages

English

Hole.io is a physics-based battle royale game where you control a circular void on a mission to consume a city. Starting small, you must strategically swallow objects to grow larger than your opponents. The game features various modes, including a timed classic mode and a 'Battle' mode where the last hole standing wins. With simple 'drag-to-move' controls and highly destructible environments, it offers a chaotic and addictive competitive experience.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

82/100

Hole.io is the ultimate digital 'junk food'—it's fast, incredibly satisfying, and impossible to put down once you start. The premise is as simple as it gets: you control a black hole in a crowded city and your goal is to swallow everything in sight. Starting as a tiny divot in the pavement, you gobble up pedestrians and manhole covers until you're large enough to inhale cars, then houses, and eventually entire skyscrapers. There is a primal joy in watching a bustling metropolis get systematically erased from the map by your own hand.

The competitive aspect is what keeps it fresh. You aren't just eating for fun; you're racing against other players to become the biggest hole before the timer runs out. There’s a strategic layer too—do you go for the high-density pedestrian areas early on, or do you try to hunt down other players to eliminate the competition? While the physics can sometimes be a bit wonky and the ads are definitely frequent in the free version, the core gameplay loop is pure dopamine. It’s the perfect game for a quick five-minute break or a long commute where you just want to turn your brain off and consume everything.

Dinsun reviewed on: Sat May 11 2024

Features

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Dynamic city environments

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Fast-paced 2-minute rounds

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Unlockable hole skins

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Local and online multiplayer

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes, there is a local multiplayer and solo mode that can be played without an internet connection.

Ratings & Reviews

Okay whiners!
Fri Feb 10 2023 NDNgrrrl

Before I wrote this review, I first tried really hard to find app support. When I finally found it, there wasn’t a place to put a game support request. So I’ll complain about the bug here. I wrote this review a couple of years ago and then stopped playing, because after ads, game would not return to gameplay. Ugh. I restarted playing, and love it, it’s just that bug that ruins everything. I don’t mind watching ads for power ups, but after watching, the reward is not granted/collected. Grr. I’m wondering if that will continue happening, if paying to have ads removed? I might have done that if it wasn’t so buggy and I felt comfortable spending any money on a game that will crash after every few games. I have so much fun with this game, I wish it was all ironed out by now. I really enjoy this game. It’s easy to learn and ace. You have to eat every little thing, rocks, traffic cones, trash bags, lamp posts, motorcycles, weeds, planter boxes, everything. I win probably 95% of the time. And no one cheats when they get big right away, they just know how to play! How can you blame the developer if the problem is you? It’s free game, how can you make such a stink over ads. Is there a game that is free and doesn’t have ads? Also, I would love if there was chat, leaderboard and more maps. But, if the last two players are both maxed out the game doesn’t end. No winner. You have to completely close down and reopen the game. It’s fun because you can win one round and come in 20th the next. Simple but fun AND addicting!

Needs a few things…
Sat Apr 02 2022 hi501234

This is an amazing game! I got the game on April 1st and I have a hole and tricks for winning! (I made a bad pun with hole, sorry) This game is overall amazing! But there could be a few changes… So the first one I was thinking is that you need more maps, and maybe the option to choose the maps to because I go into a round and then not only does the game put me to a random map but after a little while each map just gets boring doing it again and again and again. As I was saying, I would also like the choice to choose the maps to go into. I don’t really like it being random maps. And I would like more modes. There are only 3 modes and 2 of them make you only have 2 minutes until the time is up. Maybe you could put in a practice mode or something. Also, when I’m playing the “Be the last hole mode” About 80% of the time, both the AI and I get up to level 19 and none of us can eat each other. I would like you to make either higher levels for us to get up to in the round, or the AI only being able to get up to level 18, because that would hopefully fix the problem. Maybe you could also make an online mode. I get it that you would need internet but it would be worth having to stay at home to play with some real people. There are a few more suggestions… I would like to be a difficulty selection. When your playing against the AI, the AI is just to easy. I think that’s all, overall this is a great game and with these fixes that you might make, these 4 stars will be 5. Thank you!

Good but needs more...
Fri Aug 10 2018 WoWbetaTester14

Hopefully this doesn’t fall the way of Pokémon go and other apps that launched with a lack of content only to add extra content too slowly. I must admit it’s refreshing to see a free game, with multiplayer and different modes, not having a paid shop, let alone any pay to win aspects. But it definitely needs more. More maps (more skins and more modes but that would probably bring more paid aspects, which I wouldn’t mind if it’s reasonable and expands the game, and for the better). While the single map they have is generated so every time it’s different, the game still needs more maps and eventually other content like new skins and modes. As it’s extremely popular right now, i have already seen the one and only paid part of the game (which is removing all ads for $2.99,which is very reasonable) go from one 2 second ad after each game that u could almost always skip, turn to 25-30 second ads that your forced to watch and cannot skip. Making the urge to buy away the ads more necessary than at launch. If they were planning on adding paid content they should have waited and launched with it or just put a price on the game of $2.99 with a demo version for users to try it out first. Either way, the gameplay is awesome, HIGHLY addictive, pretty decent graphics (however the lag can be annoying at times even lowering the graphics to low and playing on an iPhone X or iPad air2 on WiFi with an extremely fast and secure connection. I’m just hoping they can add smaller updates quickly at least in the beginning and don’t make the same mistakes as so many other popular apps and games launched with good ideas but bare bones content.

Good game but…
Thu Apr 07 2022 iphone6suser22/4

It’s a great game, I’ve played for a while and always loved this game but since I last played the developers have reset my progress taking away stuff I earned and making it cost money so now not only do I not have my cool skins anymore but they also ramped up the advertisements… i understand an advertisement every couple games but seriously?! A half time with a full ad that intentionally make the X hit box super small so you’re just pulled into the App Store trying to get rid of it but also TWO full advertisements a game?? It feels unplayable at this point. I spend more time watching ads than playing games!. You already get so much traffic but I just feel like this many ads makes it not worth it to play and I’m not gonna pay so that I can finally play this free game without spending 60% of my time in advertisements that are impossible to click away without accidentally opening the AppStore. It’s frustrating because I love using the game to pass time but I feel like I’m my personal opinion the ads have gone too far… so personally between them restarting my progress by taking my skins and making me pay to get them back and being constantly attacked by advertisement I’m gonna find a new game that I can use to pass time. There are far better models to earn money in a mobile game like new content you pay for or power ups that would be far better for player retention and far more friendly to the new players rather than using constant pop up ads and a half time mechanic.

Suggestions
Wed Mar 09 2022 Kris060585

I’ve had this game for a year or so now… I’ll play for a while then get tired of it then come back to it… I’ve topped out on the points scale, so there isn’t any excitement there. I’ll start first on the scenes that have been around for awhile. On the island theme it’s IMPOSSIBLE to eat the volcano. Which is annoying. I used to be able to now I can’t. Please make new skins to be able to achieve. Also, make more of the mini challenges within the rounds. It’s gets old trying for the same challenges over and over. The new stuff… Finally after a year they’ve added 2 new scenes. The farm scene is very boring and kind of glitchy. The office building scene has a challenge of eating 10 vehicles but there aren’t any vehicles in that theme which is also annoying. This scene also has walls that are edible after you’re large enough but before that your hole just knocks them over onto the smaller items making them very difficult to consume. Maybe this is the intended challenge of this theme, but it’s kind of pointless. It essentially blocks anything that you can eat when a wall gets knocked over The amount of ads doesn’t bother me because I paid the $2.99 for ad free. The only time there are ads is when I choose to have one to gain more time for a round. This game is a good time killer and I find it satisfying to watch the items filter into the hole. Please fix the glitches and for the love of everything holy- FIX THAT VOLCANO ISSUE!!!!

Like Katamari but with Holes
Sun Apr 16 2023 TriciaPonaStar

As much as I enjoyed the game, I decided to purchase the "no ads" option ONLY TO KEEP GETTING ADS. How was I possibly seeing less ads than before?? I win, I get an ad, I turn down an offer, I get an ad, I want to move to the next board, I get an ad! The ONLY ad I no longer get is the halftime add. An ad that's almost the WORST place to put an ad--60 seconds into a 2 minute game. You are not truthful about the fact that you no longer get "interstitial ads". Please find another way to word your "no ad" purchase option. It's very misleading. If that part does not turn you off, give it a try! It's very calming to have the light vibration with each gulp (points) you eat and learning exactly how big you have to be to get an object to fit it your mouth (hole?). I wish there were more levels or the ability to swallow large pieces of land. But alas, at 2 minutes, there's only so much you can do. Also bear in mind there are 2 additional points at which you are asked if you'd like to add 30 then 20 more seconds to your 2 minute game--so not even a full 3 minutes... AND THERES AN AD BETWEEN EACH! So if you don't pay for the "no ads" lie-on...I mean ad-on... I mean add-on...., then you have an ad when you finish a round, when the 30 seconds are offered, then the 20 second offer. Each ad being between 15 and 30 seconds each. I also have beef with how little you have opportunity to play alone or for a longer period than the paltry 2 minutes it provides. Will keep playing tho because distraction is real. 😂

Buggy but worth it
Tue Apr 28 2020 Starsx4

This is a typical free AppStore game especially an io game. It’s glitchy and has a lot of issues and can get boring really quickly but also be extremely addicting. I personally really enjoy the game. I only wish that there were more than three maps, and that there was a way to choose your map each game instead of it always being randomizes as I do have one map I really dislike. The futuristic map with the robots and spacey cars is my least favorite, it’s just really hard to grow as compared to the other maps, especially when you’re trying to wipe 100% of the map in 2minutes. On that map I can never seem to get more than 40% when on the original I can nearly get 100% and the pirate map I can consistently get 70-80%. There is also a bug currently where you can’t ever reach max size. You get there but instead of giving you the max size achievement it instead continues to say “size up” despite your hole stops actually growing. This makes it impossible to unlock the pig skin since you have to reach max size three times. I wish there were more maps to explore, and more skins to unlock. Perhaps other game modes as well such as maybe a team mode or something interesting. Overall the game is fantastic and super fun and a great way to cope with your boredom. It takes some time to learn each map and find out how to grow quickly. The maps never change but the place you spawn always changes and the maps rotate so you don’t always know which direction you’re really facing. But the maps as a whole don’t change. Once you find a reference point everything is always the same in all three maps.

Read this please!!! Good but could be so much better
Mon Dec 02 2024 Slime4ever❤️

It’s a good game but it just is so filled with ads! It used be a bit more fun with less ads and you had to earn your skins by completing a task. You should play but it really can be annoying just so you know. It is so satisfying and it has cute little stickers you unlock! But here are the problems. Number 1: It has so many ads! I know, it needs ads to be free but not this many ads! After every single game and in the middle of it too! Every minute equals one ad! It’s fun to play but I get tired of ads popping up every minute. It’s hard to play it because of this. Number 2: the old version was a lot better. It also used to have 3 different game modes the I loved to choose from but now it pops up to play two of those and you have to watch an ad to play it! I used to love ho you unlocked skins from challenges and having goals to achieve for a better prize but now you have to pay coins you earn in the game to unlock a random one. I miss the old version but now it still has good gameplay just you didn’t have to completely change it to be not the best it can be. The actual game deserves 5 stars but I took off 1 because of the ads. Please fix! But the actual game is so addicting and so much fun to play! Keep having the fun stuff! It actually is just a great game that has some problems but still you should play it. If you hate ads so much and it makes you want to throw your phone then probably don’t play but it’s still fun. Just please, Voodoo, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP THE AD ZOO!!!!! JUST KEEP THE FUN!!!

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