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BADLAND

Award-winning action adventure

Ratings

Age

9+

Category

Action

Languages

English

BADLAND is a multi-award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action adventure set in a gorgeous forest full of various inhabitants, trees, and flowers. Although the forest looks like a beautiful fairy tale, there’s something terribly wrong. The player controls one of the forest dwellers to find out what’s going on, discovering a stunning number of imaginative traps and obstacles along the way.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

96/100

Badland is nothing short of a masterpiece in mobile game design. Its atmosphere is heavy, beautiful, and slightly unsettling, created through a gorgeous contrast of lush, painted backgrounds and silhouetted, deadly machinery. Moving your 'Clony' creature through the levels feels organic, but the real magic happens when you hit a power-up and start controlling dozens of clones simultaneously.

The level design is ingenious, forcing you to sacrifice some clones to save others, navigating through spinning saws and crushing gears. It’s a physics-based side-scroller that feels completely unique to the platform. The local multiplayer mode—where four people play on a single device—is chaotic, hilarious, and arguably the best use of a tablet's screen real estate in gaming history.

Dinsun reviewed on: Fri Feb 27 2026

Features

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100+ unique levels

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4-player local multiplayer

3

Level Editor for custom stages

4

Stunning hand-painted graphics

5

Highly immersive audio

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Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes, BADLAND fully supports MFi and other game controllers for a more console-like experience.

Ratings & Reviews

App Store Editors’ Notes
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Level Editor - Author Name Issues.
Fri Oct 20 2017 Joshua D.

I absolutely love Badland, it's pretty much the best video game ever in my opinion. And I was thrilled when they added that incredible level editor function, it was a dream come true for me. But, when I'm attempting to publish a level I've created. For some reason the game is using an old Game Center name of mine for the Author Name and I'm not sure why it's doing this? I've updated my name to something new in the Game Center settings. And when I launch Badland it greets me with this newly updated name. But, every time I go to publish my level, the game still for some odd reason insists on using my old Game Center name and not my new one. It's very confusing to me why it's doing this? I've tried uninstalling and re-installing the game but that didn't fix it either unfortunately. Do you think that you might update the game and allow us to customize and set our Author Name, just like we are able to do with the Level Name? Instead of the game just using a Game Center name. I would be really grateful if you would please look into this issue I'm experiencing and hopefully update Badland so that we can customize our Author Name in the level editor please. Thanks if you will consider this, thanks for this amazing game and the truly remarkable level editor and God bless. iPhone 6 Plus/ iOS 10.3.3 Edit: I've also created a Badland Forum post about this issue too. Thanks if you'll check it out, I appreciate that a lot.

“Just A Guy”
Wed Aug 22 2018 "Just A Guy"

From the time I started playing games, I’ve found many games I like and many games I don’t. I have a very open mind to the gaming world. I have played games from day one when they were created on the electronic video machines. I am, so glad, I gave, this game a try. Some may find it very interesting, some may find it odd, but I will say this, I like it. It is one of the very few games at the end of the day, I continue to play. So, all I can say to anyone, about this game, is just try it, you may find out you even buy it. It is one of the very few games that I actually chose to buy. “Just A Guy”

Yes ok - it's a must own
Tue Oct 16 2018 Dubs1

Hard, but worth the play....one of the best you'll ever play on iOS...the 2nd is even better update: I wish Game Center and badland worked properly together...it seems since the Game Center fix the only game I have issues with is badland..sometimes doesn't recognize my new clone score or mission score which can be frustrating since the game is about competing with others on the leaderboards...so if my data is incorrect what's the point? PS. frogmind, STOP including ads for your new game in a premium game I paid for...I don’t want to play or even look at your sellout freemium crap

I found this game after 10 years
Thu Jun 22 2023 Ivydbomb

I used to play this game on my dad’s phone for hours and hours and hours. I’d watch let’s plays and every single video I could get my grubby little mits on about this game. It’s so nostalgic for me. Yet once I got my own phone I forgot about it. I couldn’t find it on my dad’s phone. He deleted it. Today, while I was scrolling through the app store, I saw the familiar little black fuzzy creatures and immediately downloaded it. I just want to thank this game for making up half my childhood. This and little inferno.

Addicting!!
Mon Mar 07 2022 Matias J.

This has to be the first ACTUAL addicting offline game I have ever played. It’s so interesting and the storyline is insane! I don’t understand the little fella’s story but the gameplay just already says a lot about it… keeps me on my feet and is very fun to play. BADLAND 2 is also a good one to try out! It’s this exact game but more. Features a brighter imagery with sharper context. Instead of moving Left to Right you get to also go Up and down and also lets you just travel Left.. this game is amazing!

Too difficult
Mon Feb 26 2018 Tanooki Lord

There’s a difference between challenging and frustrating and this game borders on the latter for many later stages. I finally got to a point where it just wasn’t worth it anymore when one spot on one level is so mind numbingly difficult, what’s the point? Most of the game I’d give 4 or 5 out of 5 but because of these stupid-hard levels, I’m so fed up with the game, enough to rate it low. When there’s only ONE way to get past something and if you don’t do it perfectly you’ll fail every time? That’s not good game design, it’s just sadistic. I’m done with this game. It’s visual splendor and in most cases good game mechanics have been ruined by the small percentage of levels that make you want to pull your hair out. Sad.

Great game to play especially when you w/o internet!
Sun Dec 03 2023 Chanté1111

I loved playing this game & it starts off slow enough so you’re able to do it well enough but it still challenges you & thankful for check points so you don’t have to start all over when you’re having a difficult time on 1 there was only 2-3 areas that I couldn’t get that was frustrating (hence the 4 ⭐️ instead of 5) to go back so far to do over & over but once mastered, it was quite the sense of accomplishment!(1i just cut ahead not getting it &spending too long on it)

If you like skipping levels, you may like this game
Thu Apr 05 2018 iMacloy

Completed day 1, day 2, daydream and doomsday stages, some levels were very difficult. If you like skipping puzzles, this is for you, yes just click skip. If you don’t, like me, I suggest you don’t get this game. Completed 30 levels out of 100+ in Eternal day so far and a lot of the levels were super difficult. Just finish the level “Long Day” a History of Badland, that took me 15 minutes to 20 minutes to finish?! And some levels before that, took me an hour or less. Just not worth the time figuring out something that is too ridiculous. But like I said, you can always click skip. 3 out 5.

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