Last updated on December 13th, 2025 at 02:06 pm
Vodobanka – Strategy Game Review
Vodobanka is a Strategy game from Ivan Yakovliev, first launched in 5th June 2020.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 407+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Vodobanka Stand Out
Vodobanka is a simple tactical game where you have to control a swat team. It has no ads or microtransactions.
Features:
- Easy to learn
- Campaign with a lot of levels
- Simple UI
- Smooth animations
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Vodobanka is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
- New user levels
- Small changes
- Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Vodobanka 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:
Tuff in india (this is a pretty good game).
Wish there were more games like this out there.
The game is super, it's free, the author is great, we just want to ask for two things: add background walking sounds, different sounds besides shooting, and music, please, and it will be super.
Game is hands down the best cqb game ever made.
Man thank you for making games that dont have any paid aspects that are still this fun. All of these games just have such a nice feel to them and you can see the effort put into them. Thank you again, keep this up please.
This game is quite straightforward. Your agents are special operatives; they need to accomplish their objective, which is likely getting info from a VIP, neutralizing an enemy, defusing a bomb, or identifying a specific enemy. While this game is free, if you want a better experience like a level-designer or many special operatives (more than 4), you can choose to support the developer, who by the way does not put ads in the game. You can set up a quick game that isnt a level, and you can adjust a few settings to customize it to your liking. We personally use that feature a lot, especially if we are waiting for something and only have maybe 5 minutes or a bit more. The developer makes some pretty fun games, and this game is no exception. This game is probably tied with the developers other game Antiyoy. In the future, we think it would be cool to see a 2-player addition to this game, where you and a friend could play together on separate devices or the same device (we dont have a specific image in mind) or maybe the players would compete somehow. Either way, this game is very sophisticated for what it is.
Idk were to start but we love your game!!!! We like how simple and easy is to play, its a strategy game but we love we dont burn our brain thinking so hard of how to win hahah. Also we wish we could change how the game looks, its looks good even tho its hand drawn which is impressive also!! Have you thought of asking AI if it could help with the design process? Im down to help!! But we love this game style.
Simple strategy game that is definitely worth getting.
Amazing and in our opinion underrated when referring to a tactical cqb on mobile our suggestions would be a remake on the graphic probably more stockman realistic if thatd make sense? But keep the controls if not add more Sandbox mode would be nice for the new game we just feel like the concept of this would be a form of disrespect to the Close Quarters Combat community if it wasnt remodeled and mainstreamed.
The game is truly amazing and a project of passion that can hold your attentions for hours to come but it clearly has some things that hold us back to putting 5 stars, specially in the playability. Maybe its us, but we think it would be amazing if there were any options to for example peak trough a door or things like that, maybe improve the ai a little to shoot faster because sometimes our swat members just stand there or we just open a door and get blasted because theres no way to go in without a flashbang for example. In general a good game but this would be amazing as an update.
This game is really fun and better than the others like it but because of the simple gameplay it gets a bit boring after playing a couple levels all around really fun and a good play.
We have never seen a game like this on the App Store. A Free-to-Play game that has no ads, no pay-to-win elements, no paywall, and gameplay that is easy to learn, hard to master? We guess pigs fly now.
We love the simplicity of the game, not that advanced to get confused by. We dont have much to write, but we love the game. Thank you for making this masterpiece.
As the amount of creative and original games are dwindling, we were incredibly lucky to find this gem of a game. In future updates we would like to see new game modes and maybe types of units.
This game is perfect in almost every way with fun gameplay and a visually appealing art style its very easy for people to pick up and have fun playing and we would recommend it if your looking for mobile games to kill time there is also no ads or micro transactions. You can also play user made levels and make your own if you buy the pro version. We would like to see a free version of the level editor that has less features to test it out and see if you like it but apart from that this game is almost flawless.
Ivan did an amazing job making one of the top strategy mobile games on the market, and was kind enough to make a pro version for a very fair price, as well as a free version that has no ads and still a ton of content. We played the entire free version and am most likely going to buy the pro version to get more amazing content.
Very very great game what does the pro version do tho.
We love the game and it is awesome fun but we just had a idea that could make the game better. Stairs, if you added stairs to go to a secondary level you could make more levels and suspects could come up and down the stairs. If you are still working on the game please add this improvement.
Ive always had a certain tactical game in our head that Ive wanted to play since we were little and this is the closest to it that Ive found even over one called Overwatch RTS which a flash game on the web. To the developer, thank you for making it come to life :).
First, we want to thank the developer for how kind and open to feedback they are (: The game is also great and you can spend a lot of time having fun with all the campaign levels and the user made levels. Great game overall.
It has many good things with it and it is a fantastic way to kill time and a nice game and even adds things near the end to shake things up and also some small mini games funny death ragdolls and the large amount of languages just for free and nice sound no adds and one thing to buy the full game which adds way more and we dont have it but we love what you have made and this game is really under appreciated.
We like how it has no ads and the gameplay is good but in level 16 there is a walking chair. Why.
We enjoy this game but what happened to shmatoosto.
Movement? Fire , guns? Fire , respect of the user? Fire, the game? Fire One of the best mobile games we have ever played the developer should add a donations feature so more people can show their support all across the games he already has made.
This is a very good game, very tactical, but. Prop people? We know we sound crazy, but we saw a box with legs running across the map and turning into a toilet, lol. GAMES AMAZING.
This game is amazing we love it.
This is a perfect mobile game. Perfect pacing and the controls are intuitive! Keep up the great work.
Ive had this game for a long while now and it has remained our favorite strategy game. We absolutely LOVE the investigation ones. Theyre such a blast! Thank you for making this game, not least of all because there are no ads. We appreciated it so much we bought the pro version to help support your continued good efforts.
We never really got into tactical stuff but this game changed that plus we like the little flappy bird mini game.
Hey man really love the game just wanted to know if you could add an Extreme mode where everything is x2 more people or even just two giant rooms full of people so we could hit the door and watch them battle massive scales and the likes you know? Love the game man :) we WAS PLAYING AND JUST FOUND A CREATURE THAT MORPHED INTO OBJECTS TO HIDE EXPLAIN.
Hope you can make even better games Ivan.
We are honestly shocked that this game is free, to be honest it should be 1.99$ or just 0.99, the sounds fit perfectly with the game, and the simplistic style is just beautiful. Great work.
You are a saint among bishops. An Alpaca amongst its protected sheep. We reach for you when we fall, and you wrap us in your warm creativity. You lead us to the land we once thought impossible. Aspiration, Memories, Happiness. You are our shepard and we are your flock. Thank you for making this game.
We cant wait for you guys (or you) to add more to this game because it is wonderful we found this game.
So we really like the game very enjoyable BUT how do we make our own levels.
This game is Soo fun, One of our favorite! We have a recommendation to maybe add a traitor so they seem like there on your team but later attack you maybe when you enter a boss room.
Ive played this game for a few weeks now and we love it. Its seriously one of the best tactical games out there. Im very excited for up coming updates. Keep up the great work.
Please add something like editor, we love this game so much plz.
We love this game. Simple but nice graphics, great gameplay, and good controls. Zero ads, as advertised. Generally great.
We havent even played it yet, but automatic 5 stars for no ads or micro transactions. Edit: we played it. Really fun and addicting game. No complaints at all.
We completed the 5th level with the blockers. The level complete never triggered. We didnt want to redo the whole level so we just deleted the app. Might have enjoyed it if we could play past the 5th level.
You cant even schedule moves like other games. The swat members move randomly: even if you separate them the other one randomly walks up to the one you took away. Cant even make them move accordingly, they always walk too far ahead.
From the outside this tactical game may seem simple but it really is an amazing game. There is a lot of depth to this game with mission variety, grenade types and more! There are flaws but the fact that there are no in-game ads (at time of review) more than makes up for it.
We need more people like you who make reasonable prices over expensive ones love the game keep it up.
This is one of the few games on the app store to have a dedicated developer who actually seems to care. Its simple, and fun. No ads or micro transactions, no in game monetary systems, no limits on playtime. We have absolutely no issues with this game.
Never got the time to review it before. Or just didnt care…. Either way its an amazing game. Good job.
So many mobile games spam adds on there game and we just have to give you mad respect to make less money but give the player a more enjoyable experience while playing the game(which by the way is great).
This game is really fun! We love how you can do all sorts of commands, and there is many levels. We would 100 percent recommend this game. We dont really have any problems with the game, but new stuff could definitely be added :) overall good game.
We were expecting a really simple game, but this has a surprising amount of depth and strategy! Just having the option to choose the commands in order when storming is awesome! Stick to it, dev! The no ads or micro transactions just make this better, but we would spend money on this if we could! In the end, youve made a hidden gem on the App Store.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.251107.1
- Size: 54.85 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: [Ivan Yakovliev]()
Last updated: 8th November 2025 | Genre: Strategy | Developer: Ivan Yakovliev