Last updated on November 28th, 2025 at 10:05 pm
Joan Mad Run – Action Game Review
Joan Mad Run is a Action/Casual game from Happymagenta UAB, first launched in 3rd May 2016.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 206+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Joan Mad Run Stand Out
Joan Mad Run is a gory endless run’n’gun, that takes your enemies straight into the underworld. Run through the infinite chords of well-armed guards and eerie bosses. Train your dexterity to avoid dangerous traps and deadly shots. Unlock unique weapons and cut, explode, burn, freeze, melt, incinerate, squeeze and send your enemies' souls right into the blazing inferno. Collect lives and ammo to always be ready and show them who's boss!
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"Surprisingly fun and awesome" – TouchTapPlay
"Killer pixel art and super interesting weapons" – TouchArcade
"Joan Mad Run is the type of game that the national newspapers write headlines about" – Pocket Gamer
"It’s a gorgeous pixel art platformer with a gory heart and a level of challenge that would make even some of the twitchiest players grin" – Gamezebo
"Joan Mad Run is a new iOS runner game by Happymagenta that steps away from the traditional runner game formula" – Indie Game Magazine
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FEATURES
- dozens of exquisite and powerful weapons & upgrades
- brutal boss battles
- spectacular death effects
- mighty powerups
- various locations
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More from Happymagenta:
· Spyglass – outdoor GPS with augmented reality
· Scany – WiFi scanner and network utility
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Joan Mad Run is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 13th July 2022
Recent improvements include:
Bugfixes and performance improvements
Download & Availability
Joan Mad Run 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:
Love this game def top run and gun and we wont say great but !!!! Could use this or that no just a great game.
Still playing in 2025! Amazing as ever! One of the smoothest games Ive ever played.
This is a great game! Ive played for a long time and thought maybe you guys could add a minigun? To the game.
We played this game when we were in middle school and now that we have our own iphone we can play it.
Awesome game! But when we enter a boss every time its says Joan Junior, we thought it was just the name of the first boss but it was for every boss and we were like what the heck is that? We thought it would change after beating all the bosses and it still hasnt changed! Just because im confused, we have to give this game 1 star. Its fun, but "Joan Junior" ruined everything. We hope you guys are ashamed of yourselves. Goodbye.
Keeps crashing please fix we miss this game.
You guys really fixed a lot of bugs on this one. This game is really something special, so thank you for keeping it up to date and running.
Amazing game!! We wish they supported it still :(.
As a hardcore mobile player we can guarantee that you will LOVE this game because of its replay ability, bosses, and variety of guns which is all you need in a game especially to pass the time.
Saludos desde Bolivia, buen juego muy entretenido.
Very addicting and entertaining game, just wish it were optimized for our iPhone X.
Its a difficult game with a lot of cool weapons. Has the nostalgic side-scroller feel. Good for when you need to kill time. Still havent beaten it yet and Ive had it a year or so.
The game is very fun and addicting The only thing we want is some skins for the girl or some other players.
So much fun!!! Getting coins isnt some excruciating and tedious task like in some games. Good pace, bosses occasionally, and cool weapons. So. Much. Fun.
This game is da please make better more fun updates with new weapons and costumes.
This game's got our number. Tons of weapons with smooth controls while making upgrades perfectly paced. With some consistent updates, this could be the one.
First of all, we love this game for many reasons. It runs smooth, is easy to control, the weapons are awesome, and is all around a fun game. One thing that we think could add a little pizzazz to the game is skins. Similar to Jetpack Joyride, we think it would be cool if you added a couple of skins that would be purely cosmetic, and not affect the games mechanics. Also we think you should be able to buy some sort of shield power up before you play your next run. Thats all we have to say. Thanks for reading.
Great game, in our opinion. We recently got the plasma sword and we must say, we are not disappointed.
Hey so we love the game but you guys should make another game Ill buy it if you guys did and have our friends buy it.
Its a good game to just pass the time. Great graphics and fun weapons you can potentially play it for a while but after you defeat the final boss it just repeats again no change in difficulty. We would have given it 5 stars if the game was longer.
- muting sound effects in the settings doesnt actually mute them – music will randomly turn back on even though reflected in settings as off – random deaths in a run when collisions arent made.
When we play the game it crashes on us durning the middle of us playing! We really love this game but not the crashing.
This game is the best of all! It is violent and bloody and makes the game interesting! There are a ton of weapons and they each do something different!! We would definitely recommend this it can be difficult though.
Our experience with the game is pretty smooth. We became addicted after several minutes of playing.
We have a problem we used a lot of coins so we deleted the game but now we don't have anything plz help us p.s. U guys should have we cloud saving.
Plays so nicely, so satisfying to shoot and kill people, SOOOOOO PLEASING TO GO ON A RAMPAGE WITH BLOODLUST, we've seen this before in ads and didn't think it was that good.
500 free coins: After you die, click "earn 500 coins". Immediately after doing so, press your home button. Video stops and coins are added without watching full video.
Imagine you put together Metal Slug, Contra and the game mechanics of Jetpack Joyride all together. It is one of the best games we've ever played on our iPhone. Simply awesome, 5 stars all the way.
This game has a great pace and feel to it. The controls are solid and responsive. Each of the level ramps up in difficulty at a nice pace. The weapons you can unlock are great as well, with the very strong ones having limited ammo so the stages don't become way too easy. We've played this for a good while now and can say the best run we've had is going through to the final boss twice in one go. Perfect game to have while you have a few minutes to burn. Doesn't need online and loads up smooth.
The game is fast and fluid and every addicting and has a great balance of power ups. The only thing that blows about the game is its very bizarre crashing. Maybe cause it's not on part yet with the new update apple put out. All we know is that it's an inconvenience for a game as amazing as this.
Randomly crushes on heavy reading we guess.
The game crashes a lot for us and also overheats our phone we were on our longest run and our game crashed :(.
The app crashes suddenly after just opening, often multiple times. We often have items we have used and we're on a killer run and it just shuts down. This game is awesome, we just would like the unexpected crashing to stop.
Good game great time killer. Fun animation and all. Only issue is it crashes randomly at the worst possible times. Please fix. Had an amazing run (highest score) and it crashed. So it was all for nothing. Such disappoint bruh.
This game is so fast paced and addicting… We can see why it has 4.5 stars.
The game is broken screw the light saber and get the electric gun and max out the stats trust us our longest runt time was a hour and 30 mins just use that weapon!! And refill with the ammo boxes it destroys everything in sight nothing is safe it's the demonic gun on steroids plus buy the flamethrower as back up that also destroys everything!! Also make the game longer we hate fighting the same bosses 8 times in one run it gets boring.
This game has such a cool feel and we love the setting and cool enemies and weapons! There are so many and most have unique animations for when they hit an enemy (like the buzz saws, OUCH!). The health meter being Joan's face is really cool and immersive (like in original DooM) and the sprites have a lot of character and personality.
Amazing game! Love the 8bit theme and graphics, the concept, all! But pls more weeeeapons and powers.
Pretty sweet game moves fast just got to get use to…..very FUN.
This reminds us of the classics like Super Mario, Metroid, Contra, well we just showed our age… Again! Anyway not only this app these guys have a ton of extremely unique and helpful apps. Check these dudes out they on some other stuff for real.
We would really like this game if it had buttons for the controls but its really difficult right now.
Excellent gameplay, more weapons. Still plays well on iPad mini 1st gen.
Freaking amazing.we love this game.
This is such a great game with a nostalgic look and mix of new age gameplay that just feels right. Keep making games like these.
Highly addictive, great story, simple and fantastic.
This game is really cool, well thought out, and overall amazing! We love the development in the game, as well as the cool references. Also it's fun to try and beat your high score and defeat the bosses ahead in the game. We also find it cool that each weapon has its on unique ability(s).
Great kinda hard to get coins other than that it's great.
Good game to pass the time. It has decent graphics, upgrades, and weapons. Also it's pretty simple.
And it's like that but on a rail system so we love this game but we've also only been playing for 2days…time will tell but we really enjoy this for now.
Here's a few hints for the players. You can hit the video money thing to play the video and then exit the app it cancels the video and still gives u a ton of money. Then u can start games and quite to make the video icon reaper. This is an awesome fast way to get infinite money. Also the lightsaber is basically invincible if u spam the Melee attack because it cuts down enemy's and reflects bullets. We love this game well done.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.9
- Size: 80.34 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Happymagenta UAB
Last updated: 13th July 2022 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: Happymagenta UAB