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Curveball – Casual Game Review
Curveball is a Casual/Sports game from Jamal Hashim, first launched in 19th January 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 66+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Curveball Stand Out
Curveball is like a 3D version of pong. The player controls their paddle to curve and direct the ball to try and get it past their opponent. The faster the paddle is moving when you hit the ball, the more curve will be put on it
Features:
- 10 single player levels to try and beat
- Hard mode
- Full online multiplayer
- Collect gems through single player or by winning multiplayer matches
- Use gems to buy up to 5 additional paddles, all with different designs
- Ad Free
Images by Addison Jones
Music by Shan Chagani
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Curveball is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th August 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- New Hard Mode
- New company name
- Please rate if you enjoy the game. Thanks for downloading!
Download & Availability
Curveball is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We found a game like this on our school computer and LOVED it! So when we get home we decided to find it on our phone and we find this beauty of a game. This game is competitive, easy to learn, and takes a really long time to get boring! 10 outta 10 game.
This game havent been updated in 6 years but its still a great game.
Very fun and the multiplayer works great.
In our 70;s enjoy a lot,this an helicopter are banes we games we enjoy.
Never gonna hate this game, never gonna let it down, never gonna quit the app and desert it! Never gonna make it cry, never gonna wave goodbye, always gonna curve our ball, not hurt it.
We love this game but there is no way to play multiplayer now that apple ruined game center. It needs an imessage app, or just a typical online match set up. All we get is question marks when searching for a match.
We have broken the highest score 4 times and when we finish it gives us a score of 0.
We used to play this game all the time in college on the desktop, and we really love it. Great challenge, and when you get in the zone it's unlike many other games Couple improvements are needed, though, for us to take this seriously: 1) option for offset control (move the paddle by moving your finger in a different location). We've seen other people comment in reviews that their fingers get in the way, and ours definitely do as well. 2) when you release from the screen and place your finger back on, the paddle should move to that location (might want to give it a lag speed to prevent cheating the system).
This game would be five star if a joy stick simulator in the bottom corner allowed you to not block your vision with your finger.
Finger blocks view during play- do yourself a favor & skip the mobile version.
Would be so much better if it had offset controls. Finger gets in the way and it keeps us from seeing the ball.
Used to be fun until they made the computer always serve first and did away with bonuses like accuracy and super curve. And still didnt fix the finger in the way problem huh? $$$$$$$ < all you care about now.
We loved playing this game on our desktop and now it is available on iOS! Would love to see more levels added. Thanks for creating this.
Is this really a five star game for 2016? No but the developer brought an old school pc game to iOS so thanks man.
The music and sounds are annoying. We want to be able to listen to music without hearing those horrible sounds in our ear. Remove them or add an option to disable them.
This game's lit, literally the only game we have on our phone. 10/10.
We downloaded this game with no expectations, but we've spent hours and hours on end trying to beat levels, get more gems, and unlock new paddles. Can't wait for the updates and what's to come :) Really great game.
This game may look simple, but it is AMAZING. We got the game after reading the reviews (and saw that one bad review) but it was free so we downloaded it. Whoever wrote that bad review did not play the game, or does not like a good game. We recommend this to anyone that loves a great game.
This game is awesome it saved our life.
This game is so good. It has taken over our life, our grades have dropped, we've stopped eating and everything else to focus on one thing, to get the best paddle. We haven't slept in 3 days but we're almost there. Totally would recommend.
We found this game via stumbleupon while on our laptop. With a mouse, this game is MUCH easier to play. We've been playing the computer version for days. We decided to try and see if there was an app, which brings us to here! Still very fun, but we can't see the ball half of the time because our finger is in the way. Also, we don't start with the serve?! That's the best part about the computer game. Update please :).
It's an amazing game!!! Loved it!! We love you Jamal you should keep making more new games.
We really like this game. It's great because it is difficult so you won't get bored with it, but not unbeatable. We also love how simple it is to play and understand. It also is great because it's FREE and has NO ADS. It doesn't have all the extra details and unnecessary graphics, but that doesn't make it any less fun. Download it. It's a lot of fun.
Gr8 game m8 we r8 8/8 no h8 we always stay up L8 we played it on our d8 with k8 we 8 this game right off the pl8 we can't w8 for the next upd8. Don't underestim8 this game. This game is in our f8 we r8 this 9/9.
Before we got this game, we were just a shy 17-year-old outcast girl under the control of her religious domineering mother. However, this game helped us unlock our own telekinetic powers so we could get revenge on our classmates after they humiliated us for the last time at senior prom! Thanks, curveball.
We got this the other day to calm our kids in the car. Little Timmy loves it! He and Johnny fought over who got to play on the whole road trip! We had to spank them both! So we gave it to the baby, Kate, and she played and fell right asleep. On the other hand, we haven't slept in three days because we have to beat Timmy's score!! Then he'll know what a cool gamer mom we are! 11/10 stars.
Right when we saw curveball on the App Store, we were immediately interested. It seemed like it had a very unique and creative premise with good graphics and features. However, due to the plethora of bad games and let downs on the App Store, we were obviously a bit reserved. However, curveball not only smashed those reservations, it went far and beyond our wildest hopes. No bugs, no glitches, wonderful smooth gameplay, good graphics, etc. Curveball is a game where you are a player in the first person and you control a paddle. The goal is to somehow send the ball past the opponents paddle. It is kind of like 3D pong but revolutionized with brand new better features. Either way, you'll know when you go and play yourself. Curveball is also a game that can be played by people of all ages and at any location. It's good for casual gaming; but it also has incentives for the more committed players. Players can unlock further paddles by gaining points via wins. Players can increase their high scores and climb up the leaderboards on single player mode, or be the best of their friends through online multiplayer. Overall, we rate this game higher than the App Store lets us. We strongly recommend it to anyone and everyone. Spread the word.
Just a gr9 app. YAY! Woohoo! Go.
Good game on the computer, but it was poorly copied. And really who is gonna unlock the 3000 point paddle. It just makes us mad when we play we don't even feel like trying to unlock it.
The game is buggy, stupid interface, it looks terrible, it's clunky… We believe the developer paid people to put in good reviews because this… This is trash.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.3
- Size: 17.63 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Jamal Hashim]()
Last updated: 26th August 2016 | Genre: Casual, Sports | Developer: Jamal Hashim