# Gibbon: Beyond the Trees — An ecological adventure

> Ecological adventure game with dynamic gibbon movement and environmental themes. (iPhone/iPad app by Broken Rules.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gibbon-beyond-the-trees/id1482634476 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Broken Rules](https://appshunter.io/developer/394127428)
- Category: Games, Adventure
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 11,999 App Store ratings · 520 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 922 MB
- Languages: Korean, Dutch, German (Germany), Russian, European Spanish, Arabic, Australian English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 4 more
- Released: 2022-02-25
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gibbon-beyond-the-trees/id1482634476/reviews.md

## What is Gibbon?

Apple Design Award Winner 2022

A beautiful new adventure by multiple award winning developers of Old Man’s Journey and ELOH, in which a family of gibbons finds themselves lost in a dangerous world beyond their understanding.

- Experience free-flowing dynamic movement based on brachiation, the way real gibbons swing through the trees
- Master acrobatic moves, including launching from another gibbon’s hands in mid air
- A touching adventure of a family of gibbons trying to survive amid an encroaching human threat.
- Play through an hourlong adventure in story mode, or race to freedom through a procedurally generated jungle in liberation mode.
- Compete in the leaderboards and see how far you can swing, backflip and slide in Daily Run mode!
- Stunning 2D hand painted visuals that breathe life into a rapidly vanishing world.
- Explore varied environments, from the wild jungles of Southeast Asia to the hectic human world beyond.
- Collect all encyclopedia entries and find out more about gibbons and their habitat.
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees deals with challenging but acute environmental topics, including deforestation, poaching and climate change.

Accolades:
- BAFTA Games Awards:  Game Beyond Entertainment nominee 2023, UK
- D.I.C.E Awards: Mobile Game of the Year nominee, 2023, USA
- Apple Design Award: Social Impact winner 2022, USA
- Bitsummit: International Award winner 2022, Japan
- Sense of Wonder Night: Pocky Award winner 2022, Tokyo Game Show, Japan
- IndieCade: Visual Design nominee 2022, USA
- Japan Prize: Digital Media Division first runner-up, 2022, Japan
- D&AD Awards: Digital Design, Illustration, Shortlist, 2022, UK
- Pedagogic Media Award: Winner 2022, Germany

## Key features

- Dynamic brachiation movement
- Acrobatic moves
- Touching family survival story
- Story and liberation modes
- Daily Run leaderboards
- Stunning 2D hand-painted visuals
- Environmental education

## What do users think of Gibbon?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🤩 Gorgeous graphics and animation
- 🎮 Smooth and intuitive controls
- 🐒 Fun and immersive gibbon experience
- 🌳 Beautiful and serene environments
- 🎶 Captivating soundtrack
- 🤔 Thought-provoking story and message
- 🎓 Educational about gibbons and conservation

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🕰️ Short story mode
- 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spikes
- 🔍 Unclear game mechanics and objectives
- 🙈 Distressing scenes of animal harm

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes during specific cutscenes
- Controls become unresponsive
- Graphical glitches in certain areas

**Most requested features**

- More levels and chapters
- Endless/free-roam mode
- Ability to choose biomes
- Gibbon family/baby storyline
- Multiplayer/co-op mode

## Recent user reviews (10 of 520)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gibbon-beyond-the-trees/id1482634476/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Audio

*2026-08-18, version 1.10.2*

I like the game very fun to play and tells an interesting story, I just don’t like that I am unable to play background music from other apps as the app doesn’t allow sound to play unless it’s from the game itself frustrating when I want to swing while listening to music and ruins the game for me.

### 5/5 — Yesssss

*2026-08-17, version 1.10.2*

Soooooo good

### 5/5 — Get This Game ❤️

*2026-08-14, version 1.10.2*

When I first got this, I fell in love with the game and even gibbons! The graphics are really nice and the update where you added the sprint and endurance was really cool. The story makes sense and thank you so much for this game and I hope that me getting and playing this game almost everyday helps support everything. 🥰 I’ve also sent multiple reviews of how great this game is. I’m adding to this review saying that I was just playing today’s endurance run and all of a sudden everything turned to black and white. Idk why Mabye just glitch but it’s never happened before. Just thought I’d say that. Can’t wait for more updates in the future! 🥰

### 5/5 — Very good but sad 😞

*2026-08-12, version 1.10.2*

I love this game it’s beautiful but sad 😔 the way the yellow gibbin gets shot is so sad…but anyway I love the way you made this game and hope you can make more like this🥰…if there was a 10 star rating I would give this game a 10 star rating 😊

### 5/5 — A must play

*2026-08-11*

The game is very good and peaceful. Also the background music is really good! The storyline subtly moves ahead. Loved the story.

### 5/5 — People are mean

*2026-08-10, version 1.10.2*

I never knew how mean people were being to these animals I don’t really know about these animals so I’m really sad to find when I find out about them that people are destroying their environment and hurting them. I’m so glad this game let me know that happened so at some point when I can, I will help solve the problem.

### 5/5 — Gibbon run

*2026-08-06, version 1.10.2*

It was so good. It made me cry. Please make one for alligators.

### 5/5 — Great

*2026-08-04, version 1.10.2*

Teaches you what humans do to Gibbons and how they got endangered but still it’s a fun and awesome game. 😎

### 5/5 — Don’t know what to say!

*2026-08-04, version 1.10.2*

I love nature and this game is the best ever! You learn so much and I have been inspired to help wildlife even more. It’s so peaceful I feel like I’m actually going through the jungle myself when I play it. Thank you for creating this beautiful wild adventure!

### 5/5 — Few Suggestions:

*2026-08-01, version 1.10.2*

I love this game! I love to complete the story and have done so several times. It is so beautiful and it feels like a lot of heartfelt time was spent into making this game. The thing is, when you complete it, for me at least, it doesn’t really feel appealing to do the other stuff, and I don’t feel like people would love the game that much that even if they ‘beat the game’ they would keep playing the daily runs and stuff. Maybe they do maybe I’m just weird idk. But I have two suggestions about which ways you could go to make it more fun in my opinion.

1. Make the game multiplayer! I know it is hard, as I have a family member making games, but if you could play multiplayer and race around and interact with humans and be able to go left and have a nest that would be really cool! There could be quests that you need to go out and find food, and/or a whole new storyline about finding a beautiful jungle far away because your home gets destroyed.

2. Make the story longer. Make it an entire, full game that wouldn’t take just 2 hours or so to play the whole storyline! Make it so it would take 6 hours of full on playing to complete it, with a big finish at the end and it leaves you feeling happy and complete!

I had a good time playing this game and I really hope you will take my suggestions into consideration.

## Frequently asked questions about Gibbon

### What is Gibbon: Beyond the Trees about?

This is an ecological adventure game where players control a family of gibbons lost in a dangerous world. It features a touching story about their struggle for survival against human threats, set against stunning hand-painted visuals.

### What are the key gameplay mechanics?

The core mechanic is free-flowing dynamic movement based on brachiation, the way real gibbons swing through trees. Players can also master acrobatic moves, including launching from other gibbons mid-air.

### How much does Gibbon: Beyond the Trees cost?

The application is a paid game. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### What kind of environments can I explore?

You will explore varied environments, starting from the wild jungles of Southeast Asia and venturing into the hectic human world beyond. The visuals are described as stunning 2D hand-painted art.

### What are the different game modes available?

The game offers a story mode for an hourlong adventure, a procedurally generated jungle in liberation mode to race to freedom, and a Daily Run mode for competitive leaderboard play with acrobatic challenges.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.10.2 — 2026-02-24

We worked on another update to further push the quality of the new challenge modes:

- Fixed a bug which lead to 0:00:00 times being submitted to the Sprint Leaderboard
- Reduced the download size so you can swing into the action faster

### 1.10.1 — 2026-01-21

Two new game modes let you race your friends to see who has the best swinging skills in the jungle!

This update introduces Sprint and Endurance runs, taking advantage of the new Game Center Challenges to deliver an even more engaging way to compete with your friends.

Sprints - Compete in quick, intense races over 800m to see who can swing to the goal line the fastest.

Endurance - You'll need good stamina for this one. In this race over 7000m, concentration and consistency are key to success. Stay in the flow to keep your speed up and avoid any chasms, otherwise you'll receive time penalties.

### 1.9.7 — 2025-10-15

Now fully supporting the new Games App: challenge your friends to Daily Runs!
- Use Challenges to see who can swing through the treetops the fastest. 
- Unlock Liberation mode and Daily Runs before completing the story, so you can accept challenges right away.

### 1.9.1 — 2024-01-17

Final Polish Round!
We gathered the team and fine-tuned all the minor aspects we were itching to make better. It was a pleasure to dive back into Gibbon with our wonderful team. We hope you enjoy this update as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

- Coolest addition: Humans now react to gibbons passing by!
- Game Center Challenges are now up and running for certain achievements.
- Gibbons and other animals will now chill for a bit at the Family Tree, whenever you've freed the same animal type ten times in Liberation mode.
- We've boosted our performance and memory, making things smoother for you.
- The bounce animation is snappier and more visually appealing.
- You can now pull off a double backflip from the crane, and we've thrown in a few other minor level improvements.
- Cages now align with sloped roofs.
- We've added some cool water effects when Pink runs through shallow water.
- We've squashed various minor bugs and glitches.
- Lastly, we've made further improvements to various minor visual aspects of the game. Although, we're not sure if anyone other than us will ever notice them. ;)

### 1.8.1 — 2023-03-02

Escape the new hawk-eagle in our improved Liberation mode!

– Can you escape the new bird of prey that hunts Lilac?
– – Stay alert: The hawk-eagle now appears during Liberation mode and can kill our gibbons!
– Take a break in our gibbon's family tree to celebrate whenever you free 10 animals.
– – This improves the overall rhythm of longer runs in Liberation mode. 
– Added five new levels to Liberation and Daily Run mode.
– – Slide through more industrial areas in plantation!
– – Can you make it over a burning landfill in the town?
– Added a new achievement for escaping the hawk-eagle multiple times.
– Many visual improvements and bug fixes.

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