# Holy Mackerel: Arcade Shooter — Shoot fish. Save kittens.

> Shoot fish. Save kittens. (iPhone/iPad app by Andrew Parsons.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/holy-mackerel-arcade-shooter/id6818689539 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Andrew Parsons](https://appshunter.io/developer/6812943878)
- Category: Games, Action
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Holy Mackerel?

A cat has built a flying machine. The sky is full of fish. Somebody has to do something.

Holy Mackerel is an arcade shooter in the old style: waves of enemies in formation, power-ups falling out of the sky, a boss at the end of every world, and a score that's never quite high enough. Drag anywhere to fly. Your machine fires on its own. Tap with a second finger when the cat's meter is full, and the cat deals with it personally.

EIGHT WORLDS, EIGHT BOSSES
From Light Fishfall to Fish in Space, every world brings new fish with new ideas: pufferfish that burst into spikes, jellyfish that drift and zap, electric eels with beams, octopuses that ink the sky, seahorses that shield their friends, anglerfish with a homing lure. Then something much bigger turns up.

THREE TIERS AND 72 STARS
Every world has three stars on every tier: clear it, rescue all five kittens, take no hits. Any two open the Hard tier, with tougher fish, new attacks and twice the score. Two on Hard open Holy!, which is exactly as unreasonable as it sounds. Every boss builds to a last stand, and Holy! saves the worst of it for last: you'll want your machine upgraded for that, and the map tells you how much power each world is built for.

SEVEN WEAPONS, TWELVE CATS
Blaster, Spread, Laser, Missiles, Harpoon, Rubber Duck and Zapper, each with five power levels. Every world starts you on the Blaster and you power up as you go; each world you clear adds a new weapon to the drops. The laser burns through a whole line and runs white hot; the harpoon skewers fish three at a time into a fish kebab; the ducks ricochet off one fish into the next; the Zapper's crackling arc locks on and forks through a whole row. And every world brings a new pilot, each with their own special: Mittens' squadron of rocket kittens, Biscuit's bouncing hairball, Goldie turning every fish to gold, Patches' broadside, Frosty's deep freeze, Luna's black hole, Midnight's cat nap, and more.

EVERY WORLD ITS OWN
A harbour, a coral lagoon, a festival in the sky, a pirate cove, the city at night, a lighthouse in a storm, the polar sea and outer space, each with its own music, its own trick and its own big moment: a net bursting with goldfish, schools that fall apart without their leader, a rainbow that turns fish to gold, a galleon's broadside, fireworks over the city, a gale, fish frozen in ice, and sardine tins drifting through a meteor field.

MORE WAYS TO PLAY
• The Daily Catch: the same twelve waves for everyone, with a new twist every day.
• FISHAGEDDON: endless waves, with a perk to choose every three.
• Boss Rush: all eight bosses, back to back, against the clock.

THINGS TO COLLECT
Forty entries in the Fish Collection, including a golden version of every species (and one that isn't on the list). Sixty missions and fifteen ranks. Forty Game Center achievements. Seventeen hats, seventeen paint jobs and fourteen ships to fly, from a submarine and a teapot to one in every boss's likeness for beating it on Holy!, common to legendary, all earned, none for sale.

FAIR TO PLAY, FAIR TO BUY
• Worlds 1 to 3 and the Daily Catch are free, for as long as you like.
• One purchase unlocks everything else. No ads, no subscriptions, no energy, nothing else to buy.
• Seven upgrade tracks bought with coins you earn, the best of them opened with stars, refunded and re-spent any time you like.
• Easy Fins mode, Reduce Motion, high-contrast bullets and adjustable touch speed.
• Game controller support, iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, and Game Center leaderboards.

No fish were harmed. They all pop into bubbles and coins, and frankly they had it coming.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Game | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Holy Mackerel safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Holy Mackerel.

## Is Holy Mackerel legit?

Holy Mackerel: Arcade Shooter has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Holy Mackerel is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-26

1.0.1: Worlds 1 to 3 are now free to play, a whole world more to try before you buy. The full game brings Worlds 4 to 8, the Hard and Holy! tiers of every world, FISHAGEDDON and the Boss Rush. If you'd already cleared Hard or Holy! on Worlds 1 or 2, they stay yours.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-14

No release notes.

## More apps by Andrew Parsons

- [DBL Mando](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dbl-mando/id6812943876)

All apps by Andrew Parsons: https://appshunter.io/developer/6812943878

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