Black Paradox
Step into the gaming world with Black Paradox, one of the top $3.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Tiny Games srl, this captivating Casual game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 4+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 14th November 2018, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 25th February 2021.
Whether you have a liking for Casual, Action, or Entertainment games, Black Paradox is sure to keep you hooked!
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Dive into Black Paradox
Play as Black Paradox, a bounty hunter capable of traveling through time by manipulating energy produced by black holes.
Help him defeat the Hellraisers and its 7 leaders, the most ruthless criminal organization in the galaxy.
Use hordes of different weapons, upgrades and drones to succeed in your quest!
Key Features:
- 15+ weapons!
- 30+ powerups!
- 10+ deadly drones, little helpers that pack a lot of punch!
- A space bending ultimate move, the “Black Paradox”, so powerful that the main character is named after it
- 50+ different enemies, each with different attack patterns!
- 7 deadly bosses with unique attacks
- A growth system to give the player more powers while upgrading his stats
- Integrated control support for all kinds of controllers!
- Amazing pixel art
- Awesome Synth-Wave soundtrack
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Black Paradox on 25th February 2021:
Bug fixes.
Hear from the Players – Black Paradox Reviews
Find out what gamers are saying about Black Paradox:
Thanks for the bug fix very much appreciated Great game!
Many thanks for fixing the game !
Grafx / 5-5 , Music 5/5 , nuff said .
We think the game needs Skins for the car, a Battle pass, and also an Item shop for a slight improvement! Overall a wonderful game!!
Why does the animation and scrolling feel so choppy even on an iPhone 13 Pro? Is it still running in 30 FPS? This is 2022, please at least update it to 60 FPS if not 120. When compared to older games like Sky Force, Black Paradox just feels too laggy to enjoy. Fluid movement and smooth control are crucial to a hardcore shoot em up. Other than that, the artwork and music are amazing. Just a shame that the frame rate is too jarring for us to play it past the first stage.
Game crashes at least 3 out of 10 times we play.
Upgraded to an IPhone 13 pro max and game has repeatedly crashed. We use to love it but cant play it anymore.
We have to apologize for our past review. These developers are awesome. Very awesome. To start-they originally released a FANTASTIC take on the roguelike/shmup genre. It was a full premium experience from the get-go, and they’ve released a few updates that have just made it better and better, even though they could have just released the 1.0 version and moved on to another game and been just fine. This latest update with the addition of Darkness Mode and a pretty unexpected new boss is FANTASTIC! We would have loved to have gotten the storage in the garage included, but there’s so much else that was included here that it’s impossible to be even a little bit disappointed. THANK YOU DEVS!!!! If you’re looking for a Steredenn-like/roguelike shmup that holds its own alongside the best in the genre, you should DEFINITELY check Black Paradox out.
No micro transactions … Worth the money. Great gameplay and upgrading your ship is a fair grind. Procedurally generated environments keep things fresh.
Is it possible to recover progress from another phone.
We used to play this game all the time. About 6 months ago, we played it very often until we won almost every time. Great game, definitely worth the 4 dollars. However, now whenever we open the game, it immediately crashes. Like right away, 100% of the time. We even redownloaded to make sure it wasnt our phone. So devs, can you help us out? We love this game and want to play it again. Im on an iPhone 8 btw. Thanks!
Thank for a premium game without in app purchases and thank you for the great updates that make the game so much better. Great job developers !!
Awesome 80s synth wave retro style space shooter! We liked it before the update, but now we LOVE it! The devs added a cool intro and much better menu interface, plus the style and gameplay is really awesome! If you like solid polished space shooters and 80s synth wave style, this is for you!
Awesome shooter. Some upgrading which is simple but allows you to customize your style of play. Amazing sound design and catchy graphics that are retro in just the right way. Give. Us. More.
Tried to open the app, watch the logo, and all of a sudden, it crashed. Sorry for the inconvenience as Ill never play it anymore because of another bug.
It needs two straightforward things to be five stars. First, iCloud save support needs to be implemented. We have no interest in grinding and getting better chips on our iPad and iPhone both. One unified save file would be ideal. Second, controller support!! That being said, we love this game and have put hours into it on our phone. You wont be disappointed, but in our opinion, it needs these few tweaks.
We enjoy the game a lot, but currently it crashes on startup every time. Even deleted the app and reinstalled.
Most of the times when we try to run the app it boots us out when you start seeing the star.
Keeps crashing. We have a iPhone 11. Downloaded twice other than that awesome game when we could play.
We have an iPhone 11, and we remember we used to play this game all the time, then we got busy with moving. Now when we wanted to play it again, we cant because it immediately crashes.
Erratic difficulty, inconsistent hitbox detection, overall flawed design. Theres multiple other shmups on iOS that do this genre far more justice. The 80s aesthetic is cool, but shallow.
Game worked great on our iPad about a year ago. Started playing again on iPhone and it crashes. Any update on a fix we tried to use a contact support form but the game is not listed.
We will not load the game . It trys to load and goes back to the icon tap from the Home Screen.
App barely begins to start and then crashes every time. Previously had worked well on iPhone 11 Pro. Multiple deletes and reinstalls have failed to fix the issue. Also rebooted the phone for good measure, to no avail.
We update our iPhone yesterday to 14.0 for some reason the game is not compatible every time we open it a crash we uninstall it and install it back we erased our data we dont think its fairI did pay for the license of this game and is not playable. We think will be fair enough for the developers of the game to return the money because its not longer playable so please update the game so we can be playable or return the money.
We bought this app and as soon as we opened the app it kicked us out right away we even powered our phone off, delete the app and got it again and it keeps happening fix this ASAP this game is not good.
We’ve had this game for awhile and generally enjoy it. Just went to try and play it for the first time in awhile and it crashes pretty much right away.
Devs plz read we just spent 5 bucks out of our 10 dollar gift card and now it doesnt work it keeps crashing we redownloaded it still doesn’t work we just wasted money we want a refund unless yall fix this.
Just downloaded this game and it crashes every time before we can even get in just waisted our money on a game we cant even play fix the game or give us back our money.
It would be great if we could play the game :D.
Went to go open the app and the game wouldnt boot up.
Wont start on our phone was wondering if itll work with our razer kishi controller but thats moot since it wont open past 3 seconds.
The game keeps crashing on us and we dont know what to do with the game. Waste of money. GAME CRASHES for no reason. The developer has to respond to us cause you have to fix this issue. Give us our money back, game keeps on crashing each time.
Loved this game from when it first launched. We recently purchased the iPhone 12 pro Max and this game never works anymore. As soon as it launches it force-closes. We’ve deleted it and re-installed several times. Its s*cks because we can no longer play this game at all!!! Help us ??
IOS 14.0, iPhone 6s+, crashes on startup. Please fix. We’ve heard good things about the game but cant rate over 1 star if we cant play it.
We think its the new update. :/
Amazing presentation. From the VHS intro to the retro synth-rock soundtrack, the vibrant neon color palette, and the butter smooth controls; this shooter is both a throw back to some of the very best side scroller shooters from the past to the present. Some weapons seem useless at first, but that just means theres a steeper learning curve to using them which adds depth to the tried and true weapons variants most shooters use. When we first got the Music Notes gun, we were giddy as hell. So much creativity got poured into this. We mean, its a flying car in space for gods sake. We would have liked to see more animated and parallaxed backgrounds, but that is literally not even a gripe, just a wishful observation as theres so much that can be happening on screen at once, thered hardly be a moment to appreciate adding more movement. Then theres the upgrade system. While not original to its execution, we’ve never played a rogue-like space shooter, so this to us is innovative in its own right. We love that every time we die, we start over with a chance to add permanent upgrades in exchange for the cash we’ve earned. Is it grindy? Yes, but in the most positive way possible. We’ve started over about a hundred times and have never been frustrated or bored. With the incremental upgrades, it forces you to make choices to either empty your wallet on something that might be useful or have enough levels to it to make a real difference, or to forego and just keep grinding for more cash. Because the enemy patterns are procedural, it never bores us to have to keep restarting. We saved up enough to purchase our two extra chip slots right away! Yeah we sacrificed powering up, but it forced us to rely solely on skill and reaction time in the process, in turn making us a more skilled player even with weaker stats. Just like Dead Cells. But in space. As an old school gamer, this game refreshes the hell out of the genre. Funny how its a Paradox to have so many modern elements while being a throwback both in theme and gameplay. We cant recommend this game enough! We could write a whole new paragraph on the soundtrack, but in one word we can sum it up… Amazing. The negative reviews on here seem to come from gamers who didnt put in enough time to understand its mechanics, or just arent fans of this type of game at all. The asking price is not much for what you get here, so if youre a fan of shooters OR rogue-likes… Get Black Paradox… You wont be disappointed!
We pre-ordered this game with the intentions that it would update and include new bosses. We remembered when reviewing this game before we purchased it, that it promised updates and their hasnt been any. We regret buying and we want our money back.
Update please!!! More levels. Awesome game.
Love it. It is a thrill! Can be played in very short bursts. Doesnt require internet access, perfect for playing in airplane mode. And the touch screen controls are impeccable! Very, very responsive. Works great even on the tiny iPhone SE screen. Smooth 60 frames per second framerate never drops! Bullet Hell SHMUP Roguelite with randomized levels. ¡FUN!
Fast paced, fun to look at and play. Love the throwback vibe. Happy to spend what we did to get it. Great fun!
This game compared to super hydorah is more fun, more action, the movement is more precise and responsive. It also delivers much better pixel art graphic detail along with the amazing retro music soundtracks which makes this game superb. Lets not forget to mention that you have health bars in this game which we love also compared to super hydorah which you only 2 hits against you and youll die instantly which got frustrating a little (still good game though). 5 stars to this game, a must buy for the price!!!
If you like bullet hell games and roguelites, you should stop reading this and go play Black Paradox! Oh our god this game is great. Controller support has us giddy. Thanks for your incredible work, devs!!!
Beautiful 80s neon lights and particle bursts make this game look incredibly impressive on our Xs. Black Paradox is fun, quick, and perfect for any fan of shoot em ups. Im not sure if there are any additional characters or vehicles in the works, but Id definitely appreciate some other fun color schemes and starting weapons! Thanks for a great game!
On the App Store there are only a few existing bullet hell games (which we love) and these games are our favorite genre of games. We wish we could play a good bullet hell anywhere and Black Paradox lets us do that.
We heard this game was fun so we downloaded it and played and then we figured out that you get killed so dam much and the pint is that you keep dying and dying like kill loot and repeat we dont like that and theres no new ship you can get so im deepley upset that we may wasted our money.
Is this a bug?? We keep on repeating the game every time we close the app. We had to start over again with the first boss.
Great game, we love the VHS-style design, the music, the gameplay, and the boss fights are challenging enough. Some issues: When you beat the game and then play again right after, it takes you back to the final level. No power ups or anything, you start the game over but in the last level. If you beat the final boss again, you get the same cycle. This must be a bug in the game. If you DIE on the last level during this, you go to the play again screen but it wont let you press the button, and youre just stuck in that screen and have to completely close out the game and reopen to play again. Also, during the ending credits, there is some text that says press start to skip, meaning skip the credits. There is no start button tho, and we’ve pressed all over the screen and nothing. You have to watch the credits every time. The game also, rarely, stops firing your guns for no reason and you have to tap all over the screen like an insane person to get it to start up again. Playing on iPhoneX Otherwise a great game. Will give 5 stars when the bugs are ironed out. UPDATE: They have fixed the issue with repeating the last level after beating the game. The other bugs are still present.