Hole.io Reviews

by Welsed

When two players reach lvl 19, neither one can consume each other in battle mode. Games gets stuck and never times out. You have to force quit, subsequently wasting the time you played by losing the points you could have scored if a tie breaker would be implemented. All in all tho, a decent game. Limited in its play mode options and skins.

Secondly. The classic mode doesn't register max size. I've done it numerous times and the achievement for the skin doesn't make itself available. Seems like voodoo doesn't read or respond to comments and it makes me wonder why we should continue to play and earn them ad revenue if they dont listen to their player base. I know that these apps aren't for players but for keeping eyes on ads and serve the people paying for that, but if you pay for this or have made purchases you should have your voice heard. I don't, so I don't care, but it seems like that has become the modus operandi for most developers now. Which is sad. This game can be very fun and addictive if they actually got super creative with it. They should hire me as a creative director. I obviously could do a better job than the one they have now and keep them under budget to boot. I've nearly reached the final level and I've only been playing for a couple days. Deleting the game from my phone. Have fun for the few days this is exciting for you!!!👍 👍 😊

by _ArGos_

The concept of this game is really amazing. It’s a fun mechanic and you really have to eat used to the physics, it’s challenging to eat things when small but just as challenging when you ran a group of buildings and they all get stuck trying to go down. I notice some choppy lag when you’re getting bigger, hopefully some polishing can be done to make that a little better. My major complaint is the game modes, and I can’t understand how the devs went wrong on this. You have a 2 minute top score mode against a bunch of computer players which is somewhat interesting but tires quickly. Next, you have a battle mode with no time limit, but the bots will zero in on you when they know they’re bigger than you so it feels unfair and rushed. Outside of local multiplayer, you have a solo mode that makes the game, no bots to deal with and no goals besides eating everything... but again you have only two minutes. It can take a quarter of that time just to find things to get bigger when you’re small, and by the time you’re just big enough to have fun you’re out of time. Why do this??? This type of mode needs more time, but honestly a solo mode with no time limit at all would be an absolute game-changer, pitting all these restrictions on the fun hollows the experience and leaves you frustrated and wanting more. I would love to increase the rating if the devs would allow us to enjoy the game the way we should be able to, it just doesn’t make sense not to.

by Zale46w

This used to be a very fun, addictive, & challenging game! Unfortunately, a while back last year or so they redesigned ALL 3 of their course maps that changed the values, animation, look of every piece of each course map! I still somewhat enjoy playing it as you can lose yourself in trying to beat your own score, but the “redesign” features have totally served as a downgrade! It does at times have bugs or glitches with the use of animated holes that you can choose as your avatar, but works much better with very little interruptions if you choose just a solid color! This too makes it a bit less appealing! The last critical but constructive criticism I can offer in the slim chance ANYONE in development cares enough to reads this is the lack of course maps! There’s only 3 & each are “random” in which you might play! If given the opportunity to set the course maps to random or the course map of your desired choice, that would 100+% offer a nice touch for the player, but the expansion of offering MORE course map choices would definitely make the game infinitely more invaluable! I rate it a 2 overall because of the flawed redesigns & lack of creative expansion, but the game itself deserves a solid ranking between a 4.5 - 5 depending on your attention span & ability to accept a constant 2 min. gameplay experience.

P.S PLEASE ADD NEW COURSE MAPS & CHOICE OF WHICH TO PLAY/RANDOM! 👍

by Morrisbaby1

I do like the gameplay, the ads are okay but sometimes it can get annoying if you die in the first 30 seconds or so and each time an ad comes on. Also, over 240 megabytes for this small game? It’s expanding and all, but for only 3 game modes, 1 map, okay graphics, and that goes over even 100 megabytes? Also, THE BATTERY. I played this game for about, eh, 30 minutes or so, testing the new update. Was at around 90, after the testing, around 30-40. TOO MUCH. How can such a small game that’s just kinda less than mediocre be over 200 megabytes and eats battery like FaceTime does? I’m sorry, but this is just too much. The AI as well, they get too good very early, and mostly it’s based on luck. Also, all of your games want 3 bucks for no ads. Seriously??? Yeah, we know that you need to make a profit, but that’s more than really good games that cost 1 or 2 dollars for, and you already get a ton of money from the loads of ads on your other games. Voodoo, you’re getting very sketchy, even though your games are getting top ranks, you need to work on a LOT of this stuff. Honestly, it’s not that much of a pain with the storage, but the battery. If you change that for the better that would be AMAZING. And maybe have difficulties for AI so newcomers are more welcome to starting the game easy and slow. I hope you consider this review, and change this game for the better.

by Bellasmartgirl

Ok so let me get this straight, so umm yeah so first of all great game but I would like more worlds like candy world, a field a barn anything like that and more. Ok second of all there are crashes for me. Like when I'm 1st place or not it randomly crashes. Last reason… *drumroll🥁🥁🥁🥁* how much time we get. Ok so I’m so sorry I’m saying this because there are a lot of suggestions that there’s so such small time to be In first place but the last LAST reason is…… *drumroll🥁🥁🥁🥁* how stressful it is so I think there’s no suggestions about this but when you die AKA get eaten by a bigger hole there’s actually nothing to chill you down. So I think some or a lot of people has anger issues with losing in a game. People with anger issues may agree with me but at least make something like music to calm the person down like some beats I think that will work for people with anger issues and that is why I think this deserves 5 stars but kinda also deserves 2 stars. It doest matter if people have different opinions but this is mines. And some ideas for this game is like more things to eat like ice cream shops and maybe the you know that tower in Paris I forgot the name ;-; I will write another review if I have more ideas for this game. And have a amazing almost Fourth of July - Layne Moore

by READ THIS 👍👎👍👎

So.. I won’t be completely merciless and give it one star, but this wasn’t really the best game. I was looking for a quick, easy and addictive game to ease my boredom, this wasn’t really the right thing for that.
First of all, while the graphics are perfectly fine, the quality of the game is not the best. The game is suuuuuper laggy, and it’s near impossible to be first in any round because you’re too busy trying to get over the lag to swallow all these things to get points.
Second of all, 2 minutes really isn’t enough time to develop enough points to be first, especially with the lag. I suggest bringing the time up to 3 minutes, which, while it’s still short enough to be a a challenge, it allows more breathing room to get yourself together.
All in all, if you’re ok with lags and advertisement-galore, the game can actually be enjoyable, but if you have a super tiny screen I would not recommend, because of the way the controls are set up. The smaller the screen is, the more difficult it will be for you to easily maneuver in the game and fully enjoy your experience. For a free game, Holeio is not bad, but as a Voodoo (.io) game user, I will admit this game was disappointing. I hope to see better updates in the future!

by Daniellagraves

I’ve already maxed out at the highest level and I’ve only downloaded this game yesterday.... it’s super fun, and I really enjoy it. Especially because I don’t like a whole lot of games.... BUT Holeio needs a major upgrade... 1) it would be better if there was an option to just have like a free for all by your self, where you can kind of practice and have fun without the 2 minute limit. Also an option to pick a map would be great. 2) this game really needs to be live. We need to be playing against real people and not the bots. I’ve found this game way to easy playing against the same old bots... 3) this game also needs some new maps... turning the map in a different direction doesn’t make it any harder for me. again, I’ve only been playing this since yesterday and I’ve already figured out all the tricks to winning. It’s way to easy 🤷🏼‍♀️ 4) lastly this game has some major glitches. For instance, in the battle royale, if you and the last person are as big as you can get, there is no beating the other person. I literally have to exit out of the whole game and start all over again. On top of that the game has many glitches which I WOULD HOPE the developer knows about.... INVEST some time and money into Holeio and it can very well be one of the top ones. It takes a lot for me to like a game, and I really enjoy this one and another one by this developer.... fix the game and I’ll fix my rating to a 5 star.

by Aaron Melloy

Game is overall amazing, but unfortunately it is only played by A.I.. If there is actual players I just don’t see it. The movements of these so called “real” players do not appear like free-thinking people. In today’s society, I also know there would be names that literally stand out and not once have I seen it (you know...vulgar/outlandish). I have gotten to max rank and I wish there were stats but I know I’m at a 90%+ 1st place finish (with the exception of a few I finished in top 3 or quit cause I had slow start). If I was versing against real players I know I would fair okay but never that good. A.I. becomes predictable and easily defeated so long as you keep playing very aggressive. This is what keeps my review from becoming 5 star. I have unlocked everything in 2-3 days and that’s literally like 3-5 hours of play due to work and home life. 2 maps with random creator is good and all but needs more. Definitely more to unlock needs to be available (especially if you only play A.I. cause way to easy).

For those of you who hate ads...here’s my advice. Finish the game, when it shows scores/leaderboard, hit “Continue” and then close app immediately and then reopen. You can literally jump right back into a game in 5 seconds, skip the ad, and keep your score. I’m all about farming and this grind was laughable at best... Great concept, poor follow-thru.

by Scott E M

I played this game a lot when it first came out and I loved it. I won some I lost some but either way it was still a competition. I love how you added all new stuff since I stopped play. But there are some problems.
I can’t see behind most buildings like before and sometimes even get eaten. Battle mode is the worst, only one o tried to far, hopefully other are better. It just seems so one sided. Yea I haven’t played in about a month or more but I didn’t forget how to play. Like 80% of the games I get eaten up by someone who’s already max before I even level up once. It’s kind of annoying. T wasn’t this way before. I accidentally won the first game I played, the rest of the games, I was lucky if I lasted a min. And I’m not against ads but if I’m only playing 30 seconds games I don’t want to be bombarded with ads. I wish this game could be a little more like the original .IO game (I think Argio) where the smaller ones had a slight advantage cuz the went faster, though not by much. Are there new power ups in the game I’m not aware of yet? Like some that make them bigger or faster? I wouldn’t mind this but can you try to match people who are at the same level give or take a few.
AGAIN 5 star game when it first started and still has spite too. To have 5stars, but needs some bugs fix, and make the game fair for people to actually play.

by 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!!!!

by SeaLex111

It’s addictive for awhile. You really want to get all the skins and get the most amount of points as possible. But, after awhile it gets pretty boring. The pig skin is not possible to unlock without money because I have reached the maximum size numerous times in the game (I literally could grow anymore) and it still says that if I want it I have to pay for it. This makes it impossible to unlock the frog skin without paying because (SPOILER ALERT) it unlocks once you get every other skin. This might be deliberate, but I’m not sure. In Battle mode, the maximum level you can reach is 19. So, if the final two players manage to hit nineteen, then the game will go on forever until you close Holeio . Lastly, I don’t think you even play with real people. The names sound just like a name generator and it becomes pretty clear once you realise you’re the only person getting more than 200 points every game. Like I said, it’s addicting and a fun waste of time if you’re waiting for an appointment or something, which is why it gets three stars. But, all of the reasons I’ve listed take away the competitive aspect, which is why people play .io games in the first place. It just feels like a waste of time if there’s no competition.

by Tlk711115

I want to start this by saying I wholeheartedly enjoy this game the way it is, these are just my thoughts about improvement. There’s absolutely no way to eat the volcano on the island map. I have definitely maxed out my size wayyy more than 3 times and haven’t gotten the skin, let alone a single count towards the three needed. After playing for a few weeks, 2 new maps were added to the previous 3, and while I appreciate the different scenes, I feel like they were rushed. I say this because the new farm map is too large and too easy to max out size before 2 minutes. I’ve been wasting the last 30 seconds or so trying to find the last bits and there have been other players as large as me. The only objective so far is to eat 10 vehicles. While that seems easy, and it is due to the aforementioned, it’s also confusing because only the moving trucks count even though parked vehicles are present and they don’t count. The office scene is ok but the walls start falling down too fast and then you can’t eat the smaller stuff on the floor. Also, that map only has an objective to eat vehicles, which there are none. I’m not sure why I’ve been recently updated as to how I’m performing against “other players” as a percentage and how the extra points are helpful considering I’ve maxed out, but I guess I’ll take it since I paid to get rid of the ads that made it unplayable.

by Emma.Smith

This game is super addicting and fun. Eating the city and everything in it is super satisfying. However, I think Holeio is missing something. I read some of the other reviews and many of them suggested adding more maps. I like this idea because you could eat things in different places. But along with some terrain changes I think I'd be cool if the year wasn't always the same. Eating things during a famous war would be cool. And eating in a futuristic era would be too. Also, I think there should be a larger reward when you win a round. It's hard to win this game sometimes and I'd appreciate being rewarded when I do. I like the idea of getting a certain amount of stars based in how you place, but we can only use them to make your rank higher. I think it would be more fun if we could use the stars for more things. Like unlocking new maps or getting more colors. If these small changes are added to the game then there would be a reason to try and win. If I have a goal to reach then I will probably play the game more often. Don't get me wrong Holeio is really good. It's a quick thing to do when I'm bored and it helps relieve some of my stress. I will continue playing Holeio no matter what, but I would play it even more if these changes were made.

by *A-Train 64*

I would say that this is an excellent game on its own, but there are a couple issues with it that makes it harder to fully enjoy. For starters, there is a ginormous amount of lag, which makes the game almost unplayable. I have found a way to work around this, however: go into settings, and turn off Wi-Fi. Throughout the game, ads are displayed and are being prepared offscreen, causing lag. With the Wi-Fi turned off, the ads don’t load, and the game runs smoothly. Now, you’d think turning off Wi-Fi would be an issue since you’re playing against other people. Well, this is where the next issue comes in: you aren’t playing against other players. They’re all computer players with identical movements and names. This makes the “.io” in the game’s title a bit misleading. The computer players, of course, have a bit of an advantage because they will automatically lock onto objects, and they will sometimes move faster than you. If it were set up as I was expecting, where there are human players playing against you, it would make for a more fair playing field. Other than these setbacks, it’s a decent game with high replay value.

by DRAGON 8000

So this game is really fun in the beginning and it still is a little but after like a week it gets REALLY boring. One of the big bugs is that it seems like every time you hit the button to go to the next round an ad pops up. Like EVERY SINGLE TIME THIS HAPPENS. One of the other bugs is that when you first start the game and try to swallow some things, there is like nothing that will fit in your mouth, making it very hard to size up and be able to swallow more things. One of the last major issues is that when you try to swallow something that is to big for your mouth and you don’t know it, it will get stuck there and you are on a timer and it takes like a long time to fit through. Those are just the issues I find most annoying. There are other miny issues too. But otherwise this game is really a fun and amazing game and I highly recommend this to anybody. It is very addicting (for awhile) and a great game. There are all sorts of skins, all sorts of game backgrounds, and a three different versions of game mode. This game is like pure AWESOME. (Awesome with a couple of bugs)


Awesome issue game 😊

by Beast In The Da

Enjoyable I can ignore the glitches but little things like what’s the difference between the coins with stars and the coins without? What is the point of the coon that go up on a spin and the coins that tally in the box until you touch them? What is the point why should we want to devour all of the chests if no matter the size they are still all the same value. Each chest should either have its own coins increasing in value depending on the size of the chest or worth more spins depending on the size of the chest. Also growing to 19 and that’s all ? What is the incentive to continue the games? 2mins not long enough especially since everything is gone to rejuvenate it self? When you are playing in kill mode and you down to that last two players and you are both at size 19 there has to be something that determines a winner just playing indefinite or having to shut down the game to end it is pointless , dose the game still record your progress? Is that game deleted from your tally what happens ? The whales are upside down the fortress is in the sand and building are flying across the board which is cool but then you can no longer swallow them ? Just very confused about all of the above. Other that these things I LOVE the GAME!!

by JPLMJ

I have been playing this game for a few days and I’m getting really good. I would love there to be more ranks because I have already reached max, and I have seen people in game who have also reached max. Maybe you can include an emerald tier, a ruby tier, or just up to 5 stars(instead of three) for each new kind of rank the player reaches. If you can make this happen I will be so happy. Also I have been scrolling through the reviews and I have seen the ideas of different maps. That would be a really cool addition and I think you would get a lot of new players if you include some new maps. One last thing, I see a pig skin(for the hole) in the ad I saw that persuaded me to download the game. If you could include other skins other than the colored holes(not just the pig, but maybe other animals too) that would be so cool. If you even include one of these ideas I will be so thrilled. Thank you for making this awesome game and to everybody reading this have a nice day.
(P.S if you see a player named #1 No Doubt that’s me so try your hardest because if you don’t I will eat you)
(P.S.S yes that’s a challenge)

by CurlyG7

Everyone please read this entire thing it’s worth it! I started playing this game awhile ago and immediately got hooked. I have no idea why it’s so satisfying to be a black hole and eat everything in sight, but trust me it IS. I liked the game before the update, but was a little laggy and visual quality not fantastic. However, the new update IS SO GOOD. You get new “skins” so you aren’t just a colored hole, you can unlock like a mouse with huge mouth or shark with huge mouth or a pit of toxic waste and so much more. So many options and the best part is that Holeio didn’t get sucked into the pay-for-every-little-additional-thing-you-want business that apps do now. You can simply unlock things by playing the game! Please don’t ever change that! You can now play two other games besides classic also which is a nice variety. I also love the new crisp visuals and seems less laggy than before. The next update I think needs to happen is maybe some new areas to eat around. But really fantastic game!! Only negative to the game is that it really wipes my iPhone battery lol and I do sometimes get lag but not as much as before.

by Ldpn

I’ve been obsessively playing this game for months now and even though I know I’m not playing against real people, I truly enjoy it. I say the latter because it so happens that every time I play the game I’m playing against the same usernames- no matter what time I play this at. I can exit Holeio during a game, come back hours later, pick up where I left off and still win. Anyway, to my point, my suggestion is you add a feature to add other players as friends, that way you can be a little more competitive and play with real people. There is a multiplayer option, but the person has to be in close proximity so you can link through Bluetooth. That’s great but not ideal. And it’s not as fun to play with the one other person you convince to download the game and link with you. It’d be great if you could just add people and enter a game with other random players or computers. You should at least let you know you’re playing against computers, or let the game start without having seven players ready to go. I think the feature of letting all players vote for which arena they’d like to play in would be awesome as well. Other than that, beware- this game is HIGHLY addictive.

by Skater Caleb

I honestly don’t know why I’ve spent so much time playing this arcade type game when I usually wouldn’t, I think one thing that really motivates me is the fact that they added a skins, it really gave me a reason and a goal when I played the game, I almost have every skin and I have a couple pretty rare to see skins. I really do feel accomplished, and I mostly win every round but when I don’t I just wanna hop back on and eat up that world some more, I’m glad that they randomly generated layout so that people don’t always know where to go first, so while everybody follows each other thinking there is good stuff to engulf I go the opposite way and find myself a park and some cars, but it can also backfire and I go the opposite direction and end up next the ocean wishing I followed them for once. I love the ranking system and I’m like a diamond teir 3, 200 points is the perfect amount to have to work up to, and I don’t feel like I’m wasting my time leveling up because I really want that next skin that’s waiting for me to roll out with, I really love the game and I would recommend it to everyone and I’m weirdly proud of my rare skins and I hope you download this game and get eaten by me 😉! 👍

by Wolf School

I love this game so much it is fun but it’s is impossible to eat everything in the city because there is time 😭.my favorite one is all of them but battle mode is the one that I do not like because it’s the one that you have to battle with the person that you are battling. in order to win it you have to make the person die but not in real life because it is stupid because the person is going to die in real life and people do not want to die in real life 👎🏻. I’m the one who is the one that is in first place and my carter is aggresuko it's my favorite carter in the show aggresuko but her real name is resko you can watch this amazing show on Netflix it’s called aggresuko I like her death metal songs and her dance. you will want to watch the show it’s a amazing show you have to watch it please . I will appreciate it if you would watch the show I love the show! They’re language is Japanese the state they live in is Tokyo so you would want to have the language on the language we speak so you understand what they are saying so you are not confused what they are saying. Resko is so cute they all are animals resko is a red panda she is so cute same as fenako she is a white fox.

by Msteright

I also love this game and play it wayyyyy too much. Now that I have almost all of the holes, and I have the highest rank possible, I feel like I should be able to do something with my “wins”. They should count for something. Also, like the worms game, the map should randomly generate so it’s different every time. Too many people have the map so memorized that they always know where everything is before the match starts and they just bolt to the parks and get huge. Playing in different places is also a good idea, but the location of everything is still in the same place and you just changed the compass direction. It should be more randomized to make it more fair. A free mode would be amazing, because it is satisfying to eat everything on the map, and maybe time you to see how long it takes. It should keep more stats, like how many people you eat, so you know how close to 100 you are. So many ways to make this amazing idea of a game more fun. OH, AND LANDSCAPE MODE FOR PHONES. Good luck. I look forward to any updates to the game that you make. Thanks for not making the ads so intrusive.