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Kalimba™ – Action Game Review
Kalimba™ is a Action/Casual game from Flashbulb ApS, first launched in 28th June 2017.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 49+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Kalimba™ Stand Out
BAFTA-nominated ‘Best New Property’ 2015
Jump, slide and fly your way through a beautiful, mind-bending world in this award-winning, puzzle-platforming adventure.
The island of Kalimba has been cast into darkness by an evil shaman. Your totems must journey from the underworld to the heavens in order to restore light to the land. Thankfully, Hoebear the vaguely bear-shaped Metabear will be your spirit guide in this quest. Rebuild the totem pole to bring back the positive vibes to Kalimba.
In Kalimba, you play two coloured totem pole pieces simultaneously – one on the top half, and one on the bottom half of the screen. Avoid dark pits, deadly spikes and roaming enemies, but remember the totems move together. One totem jumps over a hole, the other jumps into spikes; one soars into the sky while the other tumbles into the abyss.
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“Beautiful, wonderfully designed, thoughtful and thought-provoking…”
10/10 – Official Xbox Magazine
“With its smart design and mind-melting puzzles […] Kalimba is the new golden child of PC platformers.”
5/5 – Expert Reviews
“One of the biggest treats I have had all year…”
9/10 – God is a Geek
“Precise, taxing and faintly adorable, it's the [Xbox]One's secret platforming weapon. Got a sneering Nintendo fan coming over? Show them this thing and their happy, colourful brains will be blown into rainbow chunks."
Games Radar
“Kalimba is a beautiful, cheerful platformer that finds a neat middle ground between reflex-oriented running and taxing puzzle solving.”
81/100 – PC Gamer
“Kalimba not only has one of the best cooperative experiences around, but it also has a strong single-player element.”
8/10 Destructoid
“Kalimba is a delightful game. Bright colours, tight controls, platforming, animals with accessories…”
Rock Paper Shotgun
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CAMPAIGN
Play through an exciting single-player adventure where every new level will test your platforming and puzzle-solving skills.
CO-OP
Share a local co-op challenge on one device – a fiendishly challenging experience that will make or break any friendship. Co-op is only available on iPad.
CHALLENGES
Collect all the gold totems, find and beat the secret challenge rooms, and compete on the leaderboards.
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This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Kalimba™ is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 30th June 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Fixed the language bug!
Download & Availability
Kalimba™ 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:
A great twist on platforming lots of ways to die and lots of achievements but we noticed that there is a dlc for this game and that we cant buy it on mobile but we can on steam please add it to mobile it would be good.
Its a great game. Cant imagine a game could be this much fun. This is a must have game for couples. We highly recommend this game.
As of today it continues to crash and we cant get through the 3rd level of the totem pole, we get through the portal then it goes to our home screen after we talk to the bear and we have to restart the game, please update and fix this issue, re-downloading does nothing. Btw it is on Xbox one and has two player capability, very addictive game if you like a puzzling challenges Game on Gamers.
Intense, difficult, mind-blowing game with extraordinary puzzle design. As a person who works in the game industry, we can't recommend Kalimba enough! Also, 6 stars for the sound.
Fun spin on a platformer! Challenging but not too frustrating, with some unusual and imaginative features.
We finished the first level getting all 70 with no deaths and the second totem has not poped up on top of the other one like it should. We have completed the level multiple times now thinking it might be something we did, although nothing happened.
AWESOME GAME VERY INTERESTING : ).
At level 3 when you go into the triangle, the bear talks to you about the crystals then when you go past him the game crashes.but besides that we love this game it's challenging and fun we suggest you buy this game it's worth the money.
That was a joke we really enjoy playing your game. We're sorry if we caused you any trouble.
We've gotten mad at this game couple times but all around we have fun when we finally beat the level we felt accomplished but not like finally it's over accomplished.
Really fun game! Incredibly frustrating at times, but that just adds to the fun.
A delight through and through! Has all the features that you'd want from a great game plus more. And this coming from a huge platform game enthusiast. On top of that we don't think we've ever played a game in Co-op like this. Us and our friend were constantly either laughing or yelling instructions at each other. Fantastic experience. Highly recommended.
We hate platformers, but we love this game. Great visuals, audio, and controls. Very clever game! Update: Developers, there's a big crash in the third level inside that black triangle where the bear is hanging out (bouncy room). It's crashed the game every single time. Please fix this. We're on an iPhone 7 with the latest operating system. We wanted to contact you in another way, but it seems Facebook is the only way and we don't and won't have Facebook. We'll return to five stars once crash is fixed.
We like the game. This sounds ridiculous but after we complete level one we don't know how to get to level 2. After tapping the play button level 1 starts again. Thanks for helping:.
Great so far except the game crashes on the level 3 bouncy room area. Ive tried everything, but it crashes there every time.
We guess this game is abandonware now. Ever since the 1.2 update over a year ago, this game reliably crashes EVERY time we enter the portal in level 3. Happens on multiple devices, on iOS 10 and 11 (havent tried older), and judging by other reviews, Im not the only one affected. If they havent addressed a hard crash in what is basically still a tutorial level after a year, it seems pretty sure theyre never coming back. Sure, this portal area isnt crucial to completing the game, but if the devs dont care about the game, why should we.
A beautiful game that marries the best elements of the platforming genre with puzzle-solving elements. The difficulty curve is perfect for us and we think many of you might find the same — difficult… But not too difficult to make you want to throw down your device in despair. Worth every penny and then some.
Played through on Xbox One. One of our favorite puzzle games ever made. Style, graphics, music are all excellent. Happy to have it to go. Now if we can get it on the Switch- we'd be a happy camper.
Great platformer concept. Unfortunately their effort to simulate a gamepad using a touchscreen doesn't work well. It is difficult to switch between buttons on a touchscreen without looking at them when you can't feel where one button ends and another begins.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.2
- Size: 785.20 MB
- iOS: 10.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Flashbulb ApS
Last updated: 30th June 2017 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: Flashbulb ApS