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Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up

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69%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
69% User Score Based on 1,140 reviews

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Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up is a single player casual shooter game with a science fiction theme. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Blast the balls and upgrade your ships. How far can you go?

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69%Audience ScoreBased on 1,140 reviews
story6 positive mentions
monetization132 negative mentions
  • Simple and fun gameplay with bright, appealing graphics suitable for all ages.
  • Addictive and enjoyable experience with challenging boss fights and upgrade mechanics.
  • Reasonable ad presence with options to remove ads via purchase; supports offline play and easy controls.
  • Difficulty and progression balance is poor, with steep difficulty spikes forcing pay-to-win mechanics.
  • Bugs and glitches including revive ads not working, level progression stalling, bosses or enemies not appearing, and frequent crashes.
  • Excessive and intrusive ads, including forced ads even after purchase to remove them, leading to frustrating gameplay experience.

  • monetization

    141 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    5% positive mentions, 1% neutral mentions, 94% negative mentions

    The game's monetization heavily relies on frequent and often long ads, which many players find intrusive and disruptive, especially since in-app purchases supposedly removing ads often fail to do so. Additionally, ad-related features like revives and doubling rewards are frequently buggy or non-functional, significantly hampering gameplay and progression. Overall, users view the monetization approach as a frustrating cash grab that undermines an otherwise enjoyable game.

    • “Gold to update spaceship is not too hard to amass, so in-app purchases are limited.”
    • “No ads and no pay to win.”
    • “This game has the old style that you wish you had again: no ads, no network, just simple.”
    • “The issue I take with this game is that it says that the ads will be removed with any purchase, but they are not removed. Make it clear you still have ads for x2/revive, so don't purchase if you want to remove ads only.”
    • “I have made multiple purchases and still have ads! Spending money on coins will remove ads, but whenever you start the game the next day, the ads will still be there and they will continue to force it on you. You have to buy another coin pack to remove ads again for that session.”
    • “Ads break the game, needing to watch revive ads which have under a 20% success rate and will often crash the game, causing loss of all progress for the run. Watching ads for revives and double gold doesn't work.”

  • story

    49 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    12% positive mentions, 82% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The story and mission progression in the game are frequently hindered by numerous bugs, such as uncompletable revive quests, bosses not taking damage, and missions becoming impossible to finish. Many users express frustration with the game's increasing difficulty, pay-to-play elements, and lack of updates or new content beyond certain mission points. Despite these issues, some players find the storyline engaging and the game addictive, though technical problems significantly impact overall enjoyment.

    • “Love the game... currently at mission 289 but there is no update from the past few months.”
    • “I am playing this game very well, I reached mission 203, unlocked many air weapons, now the new missions are very difficult and the bosses are very strict.”
    • “I completed 500 missions.”
    • “Ads break the game; you need to revive for missions, but revive requires an ad with under a 20% success rate, often crashing the game and losing all progress for the run.”
    • “Worked my way to mission 72 and the boss does not take damage; shooting the boss for like 5 minutes wouldn't register any damage at all.”
    • “Stuck on mission 20; no boss appears when I reach the required score, it continues to fly and power ups restart when they run out.”

  • graphics

    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    77% positive mentions, 11% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for being bright, eye-pleasing, and fitting the retro arcade theme, contributing to an enjoyable gameplay experience. However, some users feel the graphics have declined with recent updates or find them simple and in need of improvement. Minor issues like visibility problems during boss fights and intrusive ads also affect the overall perception.

    • “The graphics are simple, but lovely, and the colors are mindblowing.”
    • “The graphics and arcade theme is off the charts; so far, it's been a great experience and a great pass time.”
    • “Great graphics and highly addictive.”
    • “FYI, the new graphics aren't worth the update. If I hadn't updated, at least your stupid mandatory ads wouldn't interrupt my gameplay, and I wouldn't be uninstalling and giving you a terrible rating.”
    • “Too hard, bad graphics.”
    • “Get back the previous game graphics.”

  • gameplay

    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    48% positive mentions, 38% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally praised for being fun, engaging, and nostalgic with good controls and mechanics, though some users find it repetitive, grindy, and occasionally frustrating due to bugs, balancing issues, and intrusive ads. Power-ups and upgrades sometimes feel ineffective, especially at higher difficulty levels, impacting overall enjoyment. Despite these flaws, many appreciate the classic shooter style and smooth gameplay experience.

    • “Great graphics, good controls; great gameplay.”
    • “A great shooter with great gameplay.”
    • “Classic gameplay that's fun and not bogged with ads.”
    • “This game has been a buggy mess for quite a while now, and the developers can't seem to figure out how to balance the gameplay correctly.”
    • “And any upgrades you make on your ship don't seem to do much in actual gameplay.”
    • “Gameplay is extremely grindy.”

  • stability

    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent and severe stability issues, including bugs causing crashes, freezes, and glitches that prevent progression or even starting gameplay. Many users report game-breaking errors around specific levels or bosses, making the experience frustrating despite initial enjoyment. Overall, stability problems significantly hinder the game's playability.

    • “The new update has more bugs than the last one. The game is no longer fun. On level 89, my ship starts losing life as if I crashed into an asteroid without even being near one. Also, sometimes the game glitches and no asteroids appear for you to destroy, which means you can't beat the level. This was a fun game, but now it sucks.”
    • “Constant screen freezes, update version messages even though I've the latest app version, and disappearing items like the score bar!”
    • “I actually really liked this game, but it's been so buggy the last couple of weeks, and now the game won't even load to play.”

  • music

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for being enjoyable, refreshing, and catchy, often enhancing the overall experience. However, many users report a persistent bug where the music continues playing loudly despite being toggled off, causing frustration upon reopening the app.

    • “Music is refreshingly adorable.”
    • “Love this game, can't put down music... awesome, love different beats and sounds.”
    • “Music is awesome!”
    • “It also has an issue with my Note 8: the music and sound play no matter which way the toggle in the menu is flipped. Every time you close and reopen the app, you have to open the menu and mute everything.”
    • “This game was fun until level 20, which is impossible to beat, and even if you turn the music off, it can start again loudly when you play it again.”
    • “Fun game but please fix the bug where every time I open the game the music blows off my ears even when I turn off the sound in-game.”

  • grinding

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features a very grind-heavy progression system, with new ships often weaker than upgraded previous versions, causing slow and tedious advancement. While some players enjoy the grind, many find it punishing and frustrating.

    • “New ships are weaker than the previous ships' upgraded versions, so you get stuck and progress becomes extremely tedious.”
    • “Game punishes you for farming.”
    • “Gameplay is extremely grindy.”

  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users find the game's humor to be simple, enjoyable, and consistently funny, contributing to an overall lighthearted and entertaining experience.

    • “The game itself is simple, funny, and has no unnecessary complications.”
    • “Very funny and very good.”
    • “Great game and funny.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers initial enjoyment but its replayability is limited, with interest fading quickly after a short period.

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Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up is a casual shooter game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up include free to play, science, stylized and space.

Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up was developed by ABI GAME.

Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up for its story but disliked it for its monetization.

Attack the Block: Shoot'em Up is a single player game.

Similar games include Galaxy Invader: Alien Shooting, Brick Ball Blast: Ball Crusher, Galaxy sky shooting, Galaxy Attack: Shooting Game, Bounzy! and others.