Parents' Guide to Knife Hit

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Arcade Games
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Chris Morris By Chris Morris , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 8+

Light, addictive game tests reflexes, has privacy concerns.

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Why Age 8+?

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Privacy Rating Warning

  • Personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for personalised advertisements.
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What's It About?

In KNIFE HIT, players throw knives at a rotating circle of wood, attempting to exhaust their supply of knives (thus shattering the wood and moving to the next stage). If a knife hits another knife, the game is over. Splitting apples that happen to be sitting on that sphere earn bonus points and can be used to buy different types of knives.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 1 ):
Kids say ( 1 ):

For an arcade game that has a very basic concept, this title sure has some addictive qualities. Knife Hit's play is purely based around your reflexes to shatter wooden targets, but when you fail (and you will fail), you instantly want to try again. It's a perfect title for killing a few minutes and, if it hooks you, it's hard to resist the urge to pay for the upgrade that bypasses its advertising, because having to watch commercials to get back into the game gets old fast. But it's worrisome that the developer has no privacy policy on its website, which means parents can't be sure what data is being harvested from their devices and what's being done with it. While Knife Hit is fun to play, you may want to put it on a device that you've cleared your personal info from, just so your blade-tossing sessions doesn't toss your data over too.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about character strengths like perseverance. Can you see how practicing something hard, like working on speeding up your reflexes or improving your aim in a game like Knife Hit, makes that activity easier to accomplish?

  • Talk about privacy concerns. Should you be concerned when developers don't state whether a game could possibly harvest your personal data for other companies to use?

  • Discuss how things that look safe on a screen can be dangerous in the real world. Can you see why it would be a bad idea to try the actions in Knife Hit in the real world?

App Details

  • Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
  • Pricing structure : Free
  • Release date : March 24, 2018
  • Genre : Arcade Games
  • Publisher : Ketchapp
  • Version : 1.6
  • Minimum software requirements : Requires iOS 8.0 or later
  • Last updated : June 19, 2019

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