Guns of Boom is a team-based multiplayer FPS for mobile devices, featuring simplified touch controls and competitive eSports modes.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#192
▼14Games · grossing
Sentiment
4.2
2.0M reviews
Nemesis
Sniper 3D: Gun Shooting Games
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The game serves players seeking fast-paced, low-latency combat on moderate hardware, removing the cognitive friction of complex control schemes found in tactical shooters.
For Mobile FPS players seeking fast-paced, team-based competitive matches with low hardware requirements.
What does it look like?
Key features
Competitive eSports-focused matchmaking for high-skill tournament-style battles
Hero build creation using combinations of perks, equipment skills, and cosmetic items
Time-limited content additions and challenges
Touch-based input scheme designed for rapid learning
How much does it cost?
Freemium model relies on ad-supported gameplay for the mass market and in-app purchases for competitive customization.
Velocity
Dormant developmentnew contentseasonal eventsUX improvementsShow more...
With the latest release occurring 146 days ago, the app has entered a state of inactivity. Despite a history of seasonal content updates, there has been no development momentum or new content drops in the last five months. The current cadence falls well below the threshold for active maintenance, indicating the project is effectively in a zombie state.
Who built it?
Game Insight
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Airport City transport managerUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Fresh user feedback skews frustrated. Users appreciate fast-paced combat loops and accessible mechanics keep players engaged during short daily play sessions and visual art style and graphics quality remain a standout feature for long-term mobile shooter fans, but report aggressive matchmaking imbalances pair free players against high-level opponents with superior gear and weapons.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Fast-paced combat loops and accessible mechanics keep players engaged during short daily play sessions
- Visual art style and graphics quality remain a standout feature for long-term mobile shooter fans
- Aggressive matchmaking imbalances pair free players against high-level opponents with superior gear and weapons
92 of 104 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for Guns of Boom
How's the Games market?
Guns of Boom currently holds the #192 Grossing position in the US Action category. The lack of updates for 146 days suggests a pivot away from the aggressive growth strategies used by category leaders.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Wildlife Studios
Dominates the mobile FPS market with a massive user base and a high-frequency release cadence that keeps the product constantly evolving.
- Maintains a massive, long-term player base that creates significant network effects for matchmaking speed
- Aggressive update schedule with ten releases in six months keeps content fresh for veterans
- Deeply integrated live-ops events provide constant engagement loops that this app lacks
Standoff 2Contender
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Key takeaways for Guns of Boom
Where is it heading?
The mobile FPS market is consolidating around high-velocity live-ops titles, leaving Guns of Boom exposed due to its stalled development cadence. Without a return to regular content drops, the app will continue to lose its competitive standing to entrants like Blood Strike.
- The 146-day update gap indicates a shift to maintenance-mode, which allows faster rivals to drain the active player base.
- Persistent matchmaking complaints regarding gear-level disparities drive negative sentiment, which compounds the churn risk from lack of new content.
The SWOT
- Accessible touch-based control scheme lowers entry barriers for casual FPS players
- Localized training modes could improve retention for players frustrated by skill gaps
Next best moves
Ship a dedicated training mode because it is the top-requested feature to address skill-gap frustration → improve retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The game's #192 rank is not a failure of the core loop…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Voice chat (available in Standoff 2 but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app has entered a 'zombie' state characterized by 146 days of total development silence, which has exacerbated technical instability and deepened community neglect.
Bottom line
Maintenance-mode status in a high-velocity genre like mobile FPS makes Guns of Boom a sunset candidate unless the developer pivots to a sustainable live-ops cadence, as the current lack of updates is ceding the low-end device segment to faster rivals.
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Is Guns of Boom still receiving updates in 2026?
How does Guns of Boom compare to Sniper 3D?
Is Guns of Boom pay-to-win?
What are some free alternatives to Guns of Boom?
Sources
- [1] Play Store, source
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