Vulture Island
Step into the gaming world with Vulture Island, one of the top $2.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Donut Games, this captivating Casual game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 12+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 20th September 2016, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 7th May 2017.
Whether you have a liking for Casual, Adventure, games, Vulture Island is sure to keep you hooked!
User Ratings
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- Pocket Gamer GOLD AWARD
- "New Games We Love", Apple
- "Best New Apps for October", Vodafone UK
- #1 Hot Game, TouchArcade, Sep 2016
- "The 30 Best iPad Games of 2016", Stromstock
Vulture Island is a platform adventure with a distinct focus on exploration to tickle your curiosity.
Rather than stacking up high scores and running towards the end of each level, you get to roam freely in an open world and explore caves, swamps, temples, pirate ships and more.
You collect objects along your way, solve puzzles and talk to NPCs, all while being wrapped inside the platform gameplay mechanism we all have to come to love since the golden era of 8-bit computers and consoles.
THE PLOT
Benjamin has built a spectacular flying machine to take him and his friends around the world.
During one of the first flight sessions something goes wrong. The youngsters have no choice but to parachute themselves to safety.
After an exhausting swim Alex, Paul and Stella end up on a distant island. Barehanded and with no trace of Benjamin.
GAME FEATURES
- Non-linear gameplay: Explore the island freely
- Non-destructive gameplay: When failing, you’re simply thrown back to the overview map instead of losing all progress
- Interact with characters, trade tools and help each other
- Collect items to your inventory
- Solve puzzles
- Battle enemies & bosses
Supports MFi Controllers and ION Arcade Controllers.
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Vulture Island on 7th May 2017:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Collectors icon added by popular request (#41)
- Fixed a bug where the player could get stuck under a block inside the Mines of Shamus
- Optimized assets: Saves valuable space on your device
As always, thanks to all fans for your support. We hope you’ll enjoy this update!
Hear from the Players – Vulture Island Reviews
Find out what gamers are saying about Vulture Island:
At first we were reluctant to buy the game but we were drawn to the graphics because of the similar super Mario world art direction. But What we really like about the game is the hunt for items which Require a little bit of strategy but all together its fun, not too long and enjoyable.
We think that three dollars is too much to pay for a game that might last you one afternoon. The instructions arent clear at all, and the layout is kind of funky. We have loved nearly all of the other donut games, but this one has disappointed us.
It was very puzzling at first, but once we got the hang of it, we real enjoyed the game. The only negative thing was that it didnt need to be 2.99.
We enjoyed Traps n Gemstones but this one is too hard and unforgiving for us. Its classic Mario-like platformer including the tedious go back to start when you die. Its just too tedious to be fun. We wish there was an easy mode.
This game could sure use some instructions and a way to get hints when stuck, which is often. We really like donut games usually but this one has too many inconsistencies and its harder if youve played traps and gem stones because thet game has much better usability. We’ve persevered because we like solving problems but we are now completely stuck. Its very frustrating to know there must be something the game makers consider obvious to do but you cant figure what it is. Sigh.
We play a lot of iOS games, and this one definitely stands out. Such a clever game that takes a little bit of thinking to progress. Which based on some of these reviews, having to actually use half your brain to play a game is asking too much from some people. Great job donut games! Please keep doing what you do.
This is an excellent little adventure game. The items used usually make sense although the game could really use a bit of clarity near the beginning that each characters quest is basically self contained. That through us off for a bit at the start. Highly recommended. Love it.
Amazing game! Donut Games has a huge variety of games, and we really liked the path they took starting with Traps n’ Gemstones. This is like a RPG but at the same time, it isn’t. You can explore any level at any time, but you’ll find yourself going back and forth nonstop until you find the right item. There are a few frustrating areas, and they don’t make it clear that collectibles aren’t transferred over between characters – almost all of the game until the end is three separate adventures, one for each character. We also found myself finishing the game too early and the ending was a little bit anticlimactic. However, it’s not enough to take away any stars, it’s really rewarding to solve a puzzle or get past a tricky area! Bosses aren’t plentiful, but the 2-3 that do exist are lots of fun. While we wouldn’t say that this tops Traps ‘n Gemstones, we do highly recommend this game if you liked that one. Very unique! Make more like this!
A great game. Cute graphics, difficult but fair puzzles, and decent length (about 2-4 hours). A bit challenging for casuals but perfect for those who love meteoidvanias/trading items to get other items.
This is a good game, marred occasionally by pointlessly cruel level design. We’re not referring to the regular level difficulty, which is enjoyable. Even the "invisible" death-traps (platforms that look perfectly normal but collapse when you step on them) would be fine – tiresome, but fine. The problem is that often, good play cannot save you from them. If you jump on a new platform that turns out to collapse under you, and quickly jump back to safety, well… Tough. The collapsing platform was necessary to proceed, and will never come back, so you’ll need to jump into the pit and die so you can start the level over. The levels are short, but when there are several of these situations in close proximity, it becomes a tedious exercise of trial and error rather than a fun challenge. All that said, the game is mostly quite fun until you hit one of these patches, and it resumes being fun after them.
Fun puzzle game but expected more content for 2.99.
This game is somewhat short, it is a platformer, but feels a little like a point and click. Go to a room find an item go back to an old room and get a new item repeat. Grinding for gold really drug things down a bit. It just made a 2 hour game a 2.5 hour game. Still worth it for 2.99 if your taking a couple hour trip and need to kill some time.
We want to love this game, but too oftenyou’ll run into inconsistencies that can frustrate the player. For instance, jumping on most enemies will cause you to bounce upward, a mechanic you’ll learn to utilize to solve platforming puzzles. But the alligators do not carry this mechanic, causing the player to react incorrectly to the scenario. Sometimes, when you have the correct item for an NPC, you’ll get a dialogue option to react with said item. Other times, like the shell dialogue, you’ll have to go through dialogue that would be seem otherwise irrelevant to the situation. One of the lizard people had the flu, but the item he needed would’ve been more suitable for someone with a cold. There’s also a part where you have a half-coconut which acts as a mechanic for a particular puzzle. The problem with this one was that it’s difficult notice a change in your character’s sprite. We only notice by accident. Perhaps if the girl switched roles with the main character, it’d be much easier to see the changes. Other issues with gameplay involve floatiness of characters But the biggestabsolutely biggest issue we had was the lack of humor. We’re stuck in a surrealist, romanticized, desert island. With all of the weird creatures and character choices, you’d think there’d be some cheeky dialogue and third-wall breaking punchlines.
The concept and the retro feel is so lovable but it’s frustrating. The instructions aren’t very clear. It’s definitely not worth $3.
We’ve been an avid fan of DG for years, but this game is boring and not worth the high price tag.
Played this game for 30 min. Too annoying… Wish we could refund. Man they got us good…
Awful awful game. This game is the worst. It looks cool but it’s not. We got bored after five minutes of playing. We expected more of this game considering it was like $3.99. PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT IS BAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!
You can skip all the levels and only about 10 levels. Really disappointing.
Annoying Controls and wish it was linear.
Initially we did not know how to get passed the first level but then we learned you have to explore all the other levels as well, we look forward to playing this!
If you’re tired of "one touch controls" games, this is for you. This game reminds us of playing as Luigi in old Mario games with slightly slippery physics (I personally like that). Apart from older Mario Platformers, the game starts with 7 open levels to explore with no flags poles at the end. You simply explore each one, find secrets and power ups, and find another level to use said power up just right. Warning: the game has a high difficulty if you’re up for the challenge.
This game is great! It’s probably a little different that what you imagine though. It has that classic Mario platforming feel, however the game isn’t about finishing levels and going on to the next one. The map is completely open from the outset. Each "level" is a short yet unique area to explore. There are three people you can play and each one has his/her own levels to visit. You pick a few items and then you have to figure out how to use them. Talking to people and interacting with objects reveals how to use said items. As we’re writing this, we’re realizing that it sounds like plat-forming meets point and click adventure, except without the actual pointing and clicking. Just try it. It’s really great. Very unique. It’ll take a good 30 minutes to really appreciate it though. Good work dev-team!
Cool graphics and music! This game is neat! It features several playable characters all with their own little "story" where each of them is on a different part of the island and you have to reunite them! Easy controls, challenging gameplay and many secrets! Great game, keep it up!
The game is fun and interesting, but boy do the controls need a ton of work. This is an adventure game, but there is a lot of platforming involved. Tight controls are a must.
Everything seems to be unlocked but don’t like that nothing is said about how to play. Nothing is said about shooting or what’s the goal/purpose.