PenguRescue is a casual game from ToKa, a small indie development team out of Poland. The premise is simple: penguins run along multiple paths of ice floating atop an ocean. However, each path contains one or more breaks that will plunge the flightless birds into the water. Players control a small ice floe with horizontal or vertical swipes and use it to plug the breaks, providing the penguins a safe passage.



On startup, the game presents a splash screen with four options at the bottom. The gamepad icon links to a browser-based game from ToKa. The gear icon brings up settings to turn on/off vibration, music and sound. A question mark icon launches a short game play tutorial. And the tap to play button is fairly self-explanatory.

PenguRescue has two game modes: campaign and survival. Both modes use the same levels with player score determined by how many penguins safely make it across. But there are some differences in game play. Campaign mode presents players with a set number of penguins to be saved before each level ends denoted by a counter in the upper right corner. Survival mode replaces this counter with a timer, charging players with surviving for 60 seconds. Campaign mode starts players with 12 ‘lives’ denoted by hearts in the upper left corner, essentially showing how many penguins can be lost before the game will end. Survival mode decreases the number of lives to 3.

The first level has players starting with a relatively simple single ice path that zigs and zags with a couple of breaks that must be covered by the player-controlled ice floe. Game play mechanics are pretty simple, just swipe vertically or horizontally. But it quickly gets more complicated when penguins start racing in from both ends of the path. It becomes a matter of judging which ones will reach the breaks first. Higher levels further complicate things by adding more paths, more breaks and different places with faster penguins.

There’s a lot to like about PengueRescue. It’s simple but challenging and it can be addictive when you’re trying to beat your last high score. There’s really one downside to the game, and that is in survival mode, if players reach a certain level and lose all their ‘lives’ they can start over again from the same level. However, in campaign mode if you made it all the way to level 5 then lost all your ‘lives’, you have to start back at level 1. This ramps up the difficulty for players trying to reach higher levels.

PenguRescue comes in both free and paid versions on Android. The free version features banner ads at the bottom of the screen but they are mostly unobtrusive and don’t detract from game play. The free version also features access to only the first 15 levels. In-game purchases are available to unlock more levels and get rid of ads. The paid version however unlocks everything, giving you the full functionality at start with absolutely zero ads.

PenguRescue is easy to get into with its simple game play. It’s a great little time-killer that I highly recommend trying out. PenguRescue is available on the Play Store for free or $1.90 for the paid version. Check out the Play Store download links below.

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APP / GAME - REVIEW & RATING Author Rating User Rating no rating based on 0 votes Name PenguRescue Operating System(s) Android Software Category Arcade Game Price USD 1.90 Play Store Download Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ionicframework.walkerz140728&hl=en