Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 09:13 am
Hop Swap – Action Game Review
Hop Swap is a Action/Casual game from Nitrome, first launched in 24th November 2016.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 139+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Hop Swap Stand Out
Is the sky blue and the ground yellow? Or is the ground blue and the sky yellow?
Hop and then swap – to jump through the ground which now becomes the sky! Journey through two worlds at the same time and swap between them to solve puzzles.
• Addictive platform puzzling!
• A unique world bending twist!
• Swipe left, right, up, & down is all you need to move around
• Cutting edge retro pixel graphics!
• Can you find all the gems?
-Important information-
This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Hop Swap is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th December 2024
Recent improvements include:
Increased screen width for modern phones.
Buttons for more Nitrome games now show a confirmation pop-up.
Swipe dead-zones added.
Minimum iOS version is now 12+
Download & Availability
Hop Swap 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 love this game the story and plot line is amazing and we really like the music but we need to point some things out like the NO ADS thingie it just is not working and we beat the game so we said to ourselves what now, so we proceeded to delete it but we do recommend it like it is a good platformer game on devices like computers and tablets so yeah play this game.
If you are, theres events going to make us so proud cause Im a big fan of Stranger Things so please Stranger Things event.
It was fun while it lasted, because we beat the game in a couple weeks it didnt last too long so if youre hoping for a long term relationship with this game good luck.
This game is amazing, the mechanics are unique, the art is great, and the gameplay is awesome. The swap mechanic isnt just a useless one. You need to use it to finish most puzzles. You should give this game a try.
We love this game and we love the story but we dont like how 1. You cant change the character. 2. Some of the gems are impossible to get. 3. Some checkpoints are impossible to get without adds. The last level is the hardest yet funnest and we will recommend this to anybody because we are a big fan of nitrome.
Ive beaten this game twice, yet we still come back and download it again. This game is a blast and the creators should be proud of this game. Five stars.
Small fps preference to be higher.
We play this game every day and we FINALLY beat it!! This is strategic, adventurous, and overall 11/10. There are 40 fun-filled levels. And there is an option to pay for no ads, but you really don't need to because there are so little advertisements. We would definitely recommend this for whoever is looking for their next favorite game in the AppStore right now, like we were when we found this treasure.
We beat the game and now we're sad.
This game was so cute and it was nice that there was a small plot to it. The levels get progressively harder so it gives you a challenge. Thank you so much for making this game.
Hop Swap is probably the most fun platformer on IOS, with an awesome, yet small plot. The style is great, the game is great, the idea is great! However, once the game is finished, which doesn't take that long to be honest, the only thing left to do is say, "What now?" and proceed to delete the game.
This is a really good game, but there could be more levels. Or a way you can make your own levels and such.
For some reason, it will not allow us to pay to remove ads. We find this extremely annoying. It also seems purposeful, since there is a button in the game for that function. Ive been playing for a while, but we just cant take the ads anymore. So, see…Nitrome, you could have made some more money from us, but now Im just going to delete the game.
We dont mind paying for Nitrome games but the $4 remove ads IAP doesnt actually remove the ads.
So much fun but we want more levels! 40 isn't enough, it's too addicting.
So fun and entertaining. We had not played a game this fun for a while.
Amazing game, but 40 levels isn't enough. We want more levels! Please.
The colors, the music, the gameplay, this is amazing.
Played this developers games from leap day to Redungeon this game is a blast.
Great game. Super cute, sounds and music are great, and the colors!! However, we got stuck on level 17 and deleted it bc we are nothing if not lazy. Great game tho we would highly recommend.
So much fun! Thanks Nitrome, you've done it again.
This game is amazing and is addictive, recommend anyone to try it.
It's totally worth five stars and we love the music. We would like to point out that the shop button and the "pay for no ads" button aren't working. We would really like to get rid of the ads and support the developers.
This is the best game we've have ever played, the only thing we would recommend is to implement some new levels.
The game is fun but add different characters like a ninja.
This game is very fun and intriguing, we would like to add that it needs more levels and less advertisements.
Beat the game but the gem tracking is off. Got the achievement but level gem count isn't correct. Runner and swap achievements aren't work either.
This is an absolutely wonderful game and we are very happy with it, except that we're kind of terrible in some of the levels and die a lot which is frustrating. Still it's the good kind of frustrating. The motivating kind of frustrating even. What isn't motivating though is when we lose and all of a sudden there's an ad that we can't get away from. It keeps happening all of the time and it frustrates us to the point of quitting the game all together for a few hours. It's a great game and we wouldn't mind paying for an ad-less version at all.
Seems fun but is stuck on loading screen.
Amazing graphic! But the gameplay is so boring, just like every other mobile games.
Please read this and please when you do go please make an update That will get rid of this annoying glitch because when we go into it keeps kicking us back out again and if you don't Fix the glitch we'll give you zero stars in the review right now we're giving you onethis is your last chance to make a good game.
Any time we click on the app it crashes.
We tried to open the game but it crashed as soon as we tapped on the game.
We downloaded the app and it looked cool and all on the App Store but when we tried to open it, it crashed we tried and tried just keeps crashing can't even open it without it crashing.
Too many adds can't even play the game for 2minutes without a add.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 52
- Size: 217.07 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Nitrome
Last updated: 18th December 2024 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: Nitrome