Scrap Divers
Sci-fi endless runner is a freefall into mediocrity.
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this app.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Scrap Divers is a free-to-play endless runner (or faller, in this case) game available for download on Android and iOS based mobile devices. Players choose from a selection of robots and then steer the bot as they fall through an endless junk chute. The game's extremely simple to pick up and play, with little violence outside of damage done to the robot as it falls. While there are lots of in-game ads throughout, players can pay a small one-time fee to remove them from the game.
What’s It About?
In SCRAP DIVERS, it's all about how low you can go … literally. Choose your robot and toss it into the great abyss of an infinite garbage chute, directing its freefall for as long as possible. Your 'bot will be risking life and limb, or at least an arm and leg, to dodge hazards like sawblades, flame jets, rusted fencing, and other scattered rubble. You'll collect valuable resources and special power-ups on your way down to unlock even more robots to drop to their inevitable doom.
Is It Any Good?
What happens when you take the endless runner formula and make it vertical? You get the cheesy robot-themed endless faller, Scrap Divers. The game makes for a decent diversion or way to waste some spare time, but there's not any actual substance to it. Outside of a short intro sequence that simply states, "The future … sucks," there's no story. The only purpose of the game is to try and fall deeper into the abyss than you did before. Meanwhile, though they technically have unique styles and abilities, the roster of unlockable robots aren't all that different once gravity gets a hold of them. The free-to-play app is packed substantially with in-game ads that can get overly intrusive from time to time. Players can pay a one-time fee to remove these, but the game is such a bland and generic experience, it's difficult to think you'll be playing it long enough in one session for the ads to become too much of a nuisance.
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App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: September 13, 2022
- Category: Arcade Games
- Topics: Robots, Science and Nature
- Publisher: Gearhead Games ApS
- Version: 1.0.10
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 9.0 or higher; Android 5.0 and up
- Last updated: December 7, 2022
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