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Five In a Row – Gomoku – Puzzle Game Review
Five In a Row – Gomoku is a Puzzle/Board/Entertainment game from OutOfTheBit Ltd, first launched in 4th March 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 726+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Five In a Row – Gomoku Stand Out
Connect 5 pieces of your colour in a line before your opponent. The popular game is now in your hands every time you can spare a moment for a challenge or a bit of relax. Excellent for testing your skills or teaching strategy to kids. Have hours of fun with the 2 players mode, on the same device, or play online against friends or other players from all over the world.
Or try to beat our virtual player! He can play at 3 levels of difficulty and you can see your improvements game by game on the Global High-Score, the Worldwide ranking with all the Gomoku players in the world.
A classic! Start playing for free! :)
What you get:
- Play against real people! Online multiplayer or on the same device (2 players mode)
- 3 Virtual opponents, very well trained at 3 difficulty levels (for your single player games)
- Easy to get: just tap and play
- Game Center achievements
- Colourful themes
- Superb for all ages
- Kids will love it!
- An expanded tic-tac-toe, but vastly superior!
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This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Five In a Row – Gomoku is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th November 2024
Recent improvements include:
Bug-fixes.
Download & Availability
Five In a Row – Gomoku is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Five In a Row – Gomoku on App Store
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:
Why does the game lock up so much.
Never seen that many adds which cant even stop.
The hardest level is laughably easy.
Ive always played the board game Pente. This 5-in-a-row game- is, as similar to.. The Pente Board Game that we have been really able to enjoy -sort of-, its not Pente by far, but, its great.. Simply because its NOT as irritating to play as other similar games out there.
Great for those who enjoy playing gomoku.
Pretty well put together. The computer is fun to play. We wish more would participate online, however.
New version of tic tac toe. Very fun.
We would totally recommend this game.
Enjoy 5 In a row. Used to play a similar game as a child called Hollywood Go. Am hoping we can get the online setting to work for us soon. Thanks go to the developers! Marcia Loftin.
It will take a while to develop strategy and response, be not pulled in by the speedy response from the AI, take your time and contemplate.
Not sure if that was a glitch or not. Great app.
Its simple and has the option to disable ads.
This app design and interface is one of the best. What is missing? Either an undo button or enforce hold to place token in the settings. We played several games and we miss-clicked a lot. It was frustrating.
Its understandable to have the easy ai placing chips randomly, but when in hard it does the same thing. Its super frustrating, Im expecting a good thinking game, but no.. Way too easy.
Been trying for almost an hour to play with a friend. Wont work.
The game was so easy to win while playing with the computer.
Its way to easy and the online mode doesnt work.
This game doesnt understand the fundamentals of Gomoku. It cant even perform a basic and automatic block when you get three in a row…disappointed.
We pick a square but it hit the ones next to it but wont allow us to change.
Just started playing reminds us of GO A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE GAMES we LOSE ARE BECAUSE OF MISPLACED MARKERS SOME TIMES MY PHONE DOESNT RESPOND OR we ACCIDENTLY PUT A MARKER ON THE BOARD BY TOUCHING THE PHONE we THE WRONG PLACE – LIKE THE EDGE LOVE THE GAME FAST AND EASY THANKS.
We love the game very much. Great job. Keep doing your best.
We like the game before the update. You can Keep your adds.
Nice game. Ok AI .. It will keep you on your toes but not too hard.
There are 3 AI players, dumb, dumber and dumbest. It's not even fun playing them.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 7.30
- Size: 47.00 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: OutOfTheBit Ltd
Last updated: 19th November 2024 | Genre: Puzzle, Board | Developer: OutOfTheBit Ltd