Hole Puzzle is a casual logic game for mobile where players control a black hole to consume objects and solve puzzles.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Games
Sentiment
4.7
28k reviews
Nemesis
Hole.io
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the game for low-stakes, satisfying consumption loops that provide a relaxing mental break, but the current monetization design forces a shift from play-for-fun to pay-to-continue.
For Casual gamers seeking short, relaxing puzzle sessions with simple mechanics.
What does it look like?
Key features
Control a black hole to consume objects of increasing size.
Structured logic puzzles requiring specific collection sequences.
Interstitial and rewarded video ads integrated into the game flow.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model relies on ad-inventory volume and IAP conversion for non-paying users.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceopaqueShow more...
The app ships approximately 0.17 releases per week, placing it firmly in the maintenance tier. Development is characterized by infrequent, minor updates focused exclusively on performance and stability. There is no evidence of new content, features, or live operations in the observed data. The publisher appears to be maintaining the existing codebase without active feature development.
Who built it?
Freeplay
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What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads frustrated. Users appreciate smooth and satisfying core gameplay loop provides a relaxing experience for long-term players, but report aggressive monetization pressure forces players to purchase coins to bypass impossible level difficulty.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Smooth and satisfying core gameplay loop provides a relaxing experience for long-term players
- Aggressive monetization pressure forces players to purchase coins to bypass impossible level difficulty
80 of 108 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Frustrated overall
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Competitive landscape for Hole Puzzle: Collect em all
How's the Games market?
The app maintains a top-100 grossing position in puzzle categories across multiple regions, but the 1.5-star gap between iOS and Android ratings signals inconsistent quality control across platforms.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Voodoo
The definitive market leader in the black hole consumption genre with massive scale and consistent feature iteration.
- Multiplayer-first architecture creates high-stakes competitive loops that our single-player puzzle focus lacks.
- Aggressive live-ops cadence with 14 releases in six months keeps the core loop feeling fresh.
- Established brand-as-category status makes it the default search intent for all black hole games.
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Hole Puzzle: Collect em all
Where is it heading?
Casual puzzle traffic is consolidating around fresh entrants, and the current maintenance-mode updates leave the app exposed to more agile competitors. The aggressive monetization strategy is a short-term revenue play that will erode the user base before the next major update cycle.
- The shift to instant-death bomb mechanics forces a pay-to-continue loop, which accelerates churn among long-term players.
- Technical instability with freezing ads degrades the user experience, compounding the rating drag already visible on Android.
The SWOT
- Maze-like map designs provide more strategic depth than standard consumption-based titles
- Core growth mechanic enables high ad-inventory per session
- Implement a soft failure state for hazards to reduce monetization friction
- Introduce cross-device cloud saves to increase long-term retention
Next best moves
Revert bomb penalty to size-reduction because it is the #1 complaint theme → improve retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's high grossing rank is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Multiplayer-first architecture (available in Hole.io but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app has pivoted toward aggressive monetization via instant-death mechanics, causing a decline in sentiment and introducing new technical stability issues.
Bottom line
The app captures casual interest through a satisfying core loop, but the recent monetization pivot is actively destroying user trust, so the PM must prioritize reverting the bomb penalty to stabilize the rating.
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Is this game suitable for casual play?
Does the game require internet to play?
How does this compare to Hole.io?
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