Hopeless: The Dark Caves

Name: Hopeless: The Dark Caves
Rating: 4.1 (842 reviews)
Author: Upopa Entertainment Ltd

By: Upopa Entertainment Ltd

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Features & Capabilities

Hopeless: The Dark Caves is a fast-paced action shooter where a lone blob must survive waves of blob-eating monsters in a dark cavern. Trust your reflexes, aim true, and remember: don't shoot your fellow blobs as you fight to rescue the stranded.

Arm yourself with guns, lasers, and fairy dust, and unleash everything in your arsenal to overcome the onslaught. Survive, save the Hopeless blobs, and guide them from the darkness to the light.

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By:

Upopa Entertainment Ltd

Rating:

4.10

(842) 1 ratings

Version:

4.2.0 Last updated: 2026-04-30

Version code:

885125998

Creation date:

2018-08-18

Compatible devices:

Size:

170.61MB

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-08

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Ranking

# 66,425 ▼ 112

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Developed by:

Upopa Entertainment Ltd

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hopeless-the-dark-caves/id1150872818

User Reviews

Reviewers largely condemn the latest Hopeless: The Dark Caves update, calling it a far cry from the original. Key criticisms focus on drastic changes to mechanics and art, heavy ad/microtransaction pressure, and loss of the original free-aim, challenging gameplay. Fans long for the old version and its personality, and some note difficulty accessing legacy builds. Overall sentiment is strongly negative, with a clear call to revert to the original experience.

Pros

Nostalgia for the original gameplay and its personality.
Original mechanics offered free aiming and more challenging, skill-based play.
Some reviewers note the pre-update version did not require internet and had no ads (a positive attribute)

Cons

The update drastically changed the game, diverging from the beloved original in mechanics, art, and feel.
Ad-heavy monetization and microtransactions are widely criticized, with many mentioning ads that interrupt or don’t reward progress.
Loss of core mechanics like free aiming and the resulting decrease in challenge and skill-based play (auto-aim, fixed crosshair, etc.).
Perceived decline in quality and art, with cheaper visuals and less engaging design compared to the original.
Difficulty accessing the legacy version (removal from the store; need to rely on purchase history) and reports of crashes/bugs with the new version

Recent reviews

I think the reason behind the drastic change in the game was probably some of the children who grew very uncomfortable with the games setting, creepy and pretty dark, blobs being taken away, accidental friendly fire, depressing, and committing self sleep permanently. So I assumed parents took action to this and reached out to the developers, or maybe apple was just very strict with the self sleep.

by ni*****, 2025-12-09

I think this new update stuff is getting to the games we know and love.

by Si*****, 2025-09-14

I don’t understand how the game turned into an ad riddled rip-off of itself, with cheaper art, less mechanics, and everything of just a lower quality. And now the newest game in the series is a poorly made idle fantasy game? What? This is literally not the same game, I just found an old trailer and it’s a fully different game that looks and plays completely differently. I feel like the only thing that makes sense is if somebody else is running the company now or something, or you’re just really desperate for money? Why ruin a game everybody loved and turn it into one of those unplayable slop games that feels like it’s mining bitcoin and installing viruses. This was actually my childhood and I spent days trying to find it on the AppStore only to find this, which is definitely not the same game at all. 👎😢