Last updated on December 1st, 2025 at 03:54 pm
Hoppenhelm – Action Game Review
Hoppenhelm is a Action/Casual game from BUN GUN AB, first launched in 28th November 2017.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 705+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Hoppenhelm Stand Out
Jump over pitfalls, razor-sharp spikes and crumbling blocks. Deflect flying fireballs, enemy attacks and axe swings. Bust open doors to secret rooms full of lava and gather shiny coins.
Sir Hoppenhelm is lost down in the dungeon of his castle Dunkelburg and must jump, block and slash his way back to safety before the rising lava gets him. Collect coins to unlock allies with unique abilities or expand your armory with new neat weapons.
Hoppenhelm is:
• Arcade platform action
• One handed controls
• Randomly generated levels with progression
• Challenging gameplay
• Unlockable characters and weapons
• Leaderboards
• Fancy sprites and juicy animations
• Bouncy chiptune soundtrack
• In-app purchase to remove ads
• Made with love :D
Thank you for playing <3
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Hoppenhelm is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 12th March 2020
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes
- Sometimes locked weapons would cost 0 coins, that is now fixed
- Watching ads for money on the weapon selection screen is now fixed
- Improved the jump button for a more smooth jumping experience
- TNT block fix
Download & Availability
Hoppenhelm 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:
This game has very little down falls like the slowing down we started to notice a dramatic slow down when we got 1000. Maybe it gets really laggy because it starts to become chaotic near there. Plus why when you fall you can jump and then your character splits in two. Plus the sea fork actually does 4 damage instead of 3. Other than that the game is awesome it is so addictive. If we have not mentioned this the song is so freaking good like more songs should be like this awesome song. We would like some more skins though like a knight that has like a different type of armor or like a ability like can double jump or something like that. Plus maybe you could add different types of weapons like a knife or a magic weapon that could like somoun the dead. Plus more enemies like instead of like bats and stuff you could do dragons and evil knights or minatars. On the knights page and on the weapons page you could add a randomizer for the game to pick what character you have. Some things like we would like the the blood sword instead of being 20 be like 10 because 20 when we did 20 we got the heart at like 283. But if anyone puts this less than a four will destroy them.
We enjoyed this game. Although we do wish the developer was able to add more things.
We love this game we found it and remembered how us and our cousins years ago would play this we finally finished the game so fun.
We spent a lot of time in this and was one of the first people to get it, although it is frustrating from time to time, it still is a great, offline side scroller.
We love this game simple but addictive we love just smashing our enemies but Maybe add more worlds more knights and more weapons love this game awesome.
What is the use of the bulls ability? It says enemies explode when they die, But what does that do? They just splatter around and dont affect anything.
This is an extraordinary game and we have an idea for the developers maybe you could add a new weapon thats a ball and chain and it has the ability to knock back enemies one space we would also like to ask if you could put a new map like a cave that has stalegtight that falls and there is bears as enemys But just an idea.
This is a great game buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut there is a glitch. Its not that bad but if you fall into one of those fall trap things right when you are about to move your character it glitches and the character slowly falls and a blurry copy of the character appears next to it. Other then that we havent found any other glitches and the game is great.
We remember playing this game when we were like 5yrs old and we played on our moms phone she eventually deleted it and we forgot the name so we researched for a whole day and it brought us to the game we know and love.
This Game Is Awesome we had played it at our grandmas house a long while back and now since we have parental controls off we were looking for it for a while and then we realized that the first part did not start with dungeon, castle, or knight but we had found it in a section in the AppStore which was amazing it still is as we remembered it a simple plaid out game with awesome music.
A pretty good game Noice music Good controls 5 stars.
This game is really good and free..wanna know a trick to make a ton of gold? Save your gold and unlock Spiked Mace first before any other weapon (this attracts nearby gold so you dont have to even go near the gold coins) and then unlock the LockHelm character (this character will make more gold appear when you open chests)…do this and you will have all items unlocked in no time at all..your welcome.
We found this game after searching for the artist who created the music for Cat Quest, zminusone. Fantastic music! After playing for over an hour, we found this to be well worth the fee to remove ads. Its addictive and fun, and we intend to keep it in our game library on our phone for some time.
The second character, pantzerpants, has an extra heart (four) the sixth character, shieldmaiden, has basically five, meaning theres 0 reason to play the second character. Maybe change the maiden to something like after you get hit, a barrier is around you for 5 seconds and you cant get hit. Amazing game tho :).
We remember playing this game a lot around 2018-2019 and it still holds up today. The game is pretty simplistic only having three controls but is very fun, has an addictive gameplay loop, and a killer soundtrack. This game is a hidden gem under all the AppStore slop and we hope this game and the developer team behind it receives more recognition in the future. :) P.S. The ad revive is broken.
We would like shield to be in the middle, slash on the left, and jump on the right. We have acrylic nails and having the jump and lash right next to each other can make things difficult. We should be able to put the actions anywhere and change the size of the buttons so theyre equal. Also the ads dont work. They wont play.
We love this game Ive had it for a couple years now we think, but recently theyve added ads that take you out of the action. We understand the monetary needs to have the ads but Ive already completed with out ads and as there is no furthering characters weapons or worlds to go to, im not sure this was a wise choice. Every time an ad pops up we just turn the game off.
We liked this game a lot. Its fun a addicting to play but it needs a quality of life update. For one there are a few visual glitchs that need fixing. 1. The sea fork say it does +2 damage but it actually can do 4 damage by its self 2. The blade of The Blood and Twig of Tree need to have there names fixed 3. When you jump at the same time youre falling off the platform you almost stop entirely and two character models show up on the screen There are also a lot of weapons in the game that feel redundant. For example lets take the sickle. Its ability is useless because its outclassed by the shield. The blade of blood is a good concept but it takes so long to actually use its ability. You good go whole runs without it doing its ability. Please make it only about 10 kills to heal you. The electric steal cost the same amount as the double trouble witch makes the double trouble axe irrelevant almost immediately. The twig of tree is pointless because the sea fork can kill everything already. Anyway those are just some things that you should fix to make the game better.
We find it cheap and annoying that on the chance we want to continue our run by watching an ad, it will not let us, but it plays an ad IMMEDIATELY after we tap to give up. Thats garbage.
All of them. Fun, entertaining. You make em, Ill get em.
Unlike most games in this genre, it doesnt spam you with adds every time you die, and it keeps in -app-purchases to a minimum.
If you want to pass time, definitely get this game. Who knew hopping block to block could be fun, however thats not all. From blocking fireballs with a shield, to killing enemies with a sword, this game doesnt get boring fast. As you go on a you find more enemies, which usually have more health and cooler mechanics. Overall, its not the best game in the world, but its the best mobile game. (Not that many mobile games that are Like this).
The in-app purchase for removing adds didnt work?? Otherwise, this game is incredible! Keep it up! Update: we had to click Remove Ads again and purchase for free and it worked! Great gameI highly recommend it.
Dear Players, Hoppenhelm is a beautiful game in every way, from the art, the enemies, the currency, and music; all of this games content is amazing and worth at least trying.
Finally they made an old-school arcade game.
Great game to throw a few minutes or a half hour into. The graphics are great and the scale at which theyre presented makes it pop. The ads are non-intrusive which is fantastic and you can play with never seeing an ad if you wish. For the record, this type of business model is what encourages consumers like us to want to pay for and support the app… So great job! Please add more content for us to sink our teeth into and keep making games! Love what Ive seen so far. :).
This is one of our favorite games to play on our phone!!! The update was great. It was hard to get 5000 coins, but we did it, and let us tell you, the snowy rooftop added soooooo much. Good job on this game.
Are you a person who reads reviews of games before they play them? Well, dont! Because you might be missing out on very FUN games! Dont go off someone elses opinion and make your own.
We love this game! Looks great, sounds great, and plays great! We instantly paid the $2 to turn off ads and show our appreciation. The only problem that we have, is that in the weapons shop theres a button to watch ads for coins. We dont have an issue with this, but theres no limit to how many ads you can watch. One ad gives you 50 coins, so you can unlock everything in the shops without even playing the game. We feel that this should be switched with a button that every 1000 steps you get a prize and people that havent paid the $2 need to watch an ad first.
Simple and great game Overall. The only thing we wish changed is when you die, and respond, that a solid platform would appear under you again, instead of the missing False platform that already disappeared because you fell through it. Other than that, great game and soundtrack! L.
Thank god the reduced the price of world 2 it took forever to get 10000 gold, but overall its a very nice game like flabby bird.
2 seconds into the game and the weird jump/move combo button lead us to die before we could even get a feel for things, to continue we have to watch an ad or pay money? Despicable.
OK so we used to play this game all the time because it was fun, clever, and an easy way to pass the time. But all of the sudden the game slowed down, like literally the character moves at half speed and its insanely frustrating. Its not glitching/lagging, we cant find any settings that enabled this, and we just updated the app, so what is up?? Im really disappointed and we dont enjoy playing the game anymore, please fix this if possible.
If you dont use the coins you earn from watching free ads right away, the coins disappear.
AMAZING not even 10 secconds and we love it.
If unlocking ads also unlocks the 2nd dungeon Ill pay up.
Fun music, fast paced gameplay thats only as productive as you are at the game, which encourages you to play more and more. We play this every day, and we dont even play games on our phone.
Love this game! Reminds us of Rogue Legacy but on mobile! We have spoken with the developer and made suggestions that we believe would improve interest in the game but even without the changes we have suggested it is still an awesome game! Tons of replayability and definitely worth the $2 to remove the adds so you can keep on hoppin.
We downloaded this game with little to no interest in it, we were just testing out games on the App Store and we just cant stop playing this!! We love it so much, just one thing.. We need more worlds.
Sometimes when we play the game start lagging and becomes really slow, even when we restart the game it still happens. Other than that this game is great and we love it.
Its a great game but there is no sound for us even though we have it turned on.
You will run into the occasional bug however the gave is so so so worth it. The music is charming and addicting! We think this developer deserves all the support.
We love this game. We think the characters and weapons need to be retooled or reorganized (as far as price goes) to make unlocking things more rewarding. Also, it seems to crash every time we pause the game, switch to another app, and unpause it. Very frustrating.
Ive really been enjoying this game. Its quite addictive and fun. Only 4 stars at this time because Ive noticed the game lagging and force quitting on us quite a lot. Luckily it hadnt made the game totally unplayable, just a bit frustrating at times. We emailed the developer with more specifics (hes added a reporting email that you can find in the option menu).
Nice game, really love the artwork and the gameplay is pretty addictive. But we are a little confused about just one thing: what is the use of the shieldmaiden? She costs more than pantzerpants, but shes less powerful: they can both take four hits before death, but pantzerpants can get all those hits back in theory, and shieldmaiden can only revive to three. Whats the benefit? Same thing with bull: exploding enemies do what? And the slugger weapon… We only notice it destroys the floor spikes? So what are the razors? Other than these questions, its a great game.
This game seems to be crashing after the latest iOS update. Its such a great game that when it does it, we just get frustrated. Was trying to watch an ad and it crashed. Lost our progress. Dang it.
We love this game, and play it when we have nothing else to do. It only has 1 massive problem. We feel that 10000 coins is too much. Ive been playing this game since it came out, and after unlocking every character and weapon we only have 2000 coins. If anything gets changed, this should be it. Otherwise its an amazing game.
The first day we downloaded the game it was a lot of fun and we had no troubles with the app. However since we have returned to it we get very poor frame rates. We are on iPhone 7, and we have attempted restarting our phone multiple times. The frame rate slows to a crawl making a jump take multiple seconds between steps. It makes it difficult for a game that is action based to play it. Though the game would be very fun, it is barely playable.
This game is a great game. It is very addicting and has awesome music. Our one suggestion is to add levels. Instead of a game just about high score, we suggest creating levels for each world and having free run and an option. Thanks.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9.2
- Size: 28.96 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: BUN GUN AB
Last updated: 12th March 2020 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: BUN GUN AB