Hole Rush
Hole Rush is a hole .io game set in a bright little city seen from above. You are a round hole in the ground. Glide along the streets and anything smaller than you tips over the edge and drops in: traffic cones, people, benches and lamp posts first, then trees, kiosks and cars, and once you are big enough buses, houses, apartment blocks and finally whole towers. Every thing you swallow is worth points and makes your hole grow a little wider, and the camera pulls back as you grow so you always see what you can eat next. A thing only falls in when its footprint fits through the opening, so a bus lying across a small hole just wobbles on the rim until you are big enough for it.
Classic mode is a two-minute race against seven computer holes on a fresh city map every time. Holes eat holes too: catch a rival that is clearly smaller than you and you swallow it along with half of its points, while it pops up somewhere else a few seconds later. Steer clear of anyone bigger. When the clock runs out the biggest hole wins. The bots come in easy, normal and hard. They hunt for the richest spots, run from bigger holes and chase smaller ones, so you have to plan your route through the city.
Online battle puts up to eight real players in one city, with bots filling any empty places, and the host can start as soon as two players are in. For a calmer challenge, Levels mode has 30 hand-tuned cities that you have to eat 100 percent clean before the timer runs out, starting with a small park and ending with crowded downtown blocks. Wins, high scores and cleared levels unlock 12 hole skins, from Lava and Galaxy to Rainbow and Royal, and your best classic score, highest level and online wins go on the TapNPlay leaderboards.
How to play
- Drag anywhere on the screen to steer your hole like a joystick, or move the mouse, or use WASD, the arrow keys or a gamepad.
- Roll over things that are smaller than your hole and they fall in. Start with cones, people and benches, then move up to cars, buses, houses and towers.
- Swallow rival holes that are clearly smaller than you, and keep away from holes that are bigger than you.
- In Classic and Online the biggest hole after two minutes wins. In Levels, eat 100 percent of the city before the time runs out.
Controls
| Touch | Drag anywhere to steer (a joystick appears under your finger) |
|---|---|
| Mouse | The hole moves toward the pointer |
| WASD / arrow keys | Steer |
| Gamepad | Left stick or d-pad to steer, A to choose, B or Start to pause |
| Esc / P | Pause or open the menu |
| M | Music on or off |
- Developer
- peakr.io
- Released
- Platforms
- Browser (desktop and mobile)
- Players
- Single player and online multiplayer