# The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop — Make & play video games.

> A game creation kit for making and playing custom video games. (iPhone/iPad app by Tinybop Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-infinite-arcade-by-tinybop/id1095694895 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tinybop Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/682046582)
- Category: Education, Entertainment
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 96 App Store ratings · 135 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 117 MB
- Languages: American English, Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Basque, Bangla, Bulgarian, Khmer, Catalan, Croatian and 48 more
- Released: 2016-04-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-infinite-arcade-by-tinybop/id1095694895/reviews.md

## What is The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop?

Make & play your own games! Share them with friends!

Make adventure games, platformers, lander games, pinball games, ball and paddle games, text puzzlers, and mazes. Create your own characters! Make games with zombie mobs, hot lava, disco bricks, crystal geysers, trampoline tiles, oil slicks, wandering stars, and more.

"Infinite Arcade makes it dead simple to make your own video games." — WIRED

*** Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice ***

Infinite Arcade is a game construction kit. It’s the fourth app in Tinybop’s Digital Toys series which includes the iPad App of the Year, The Robot Factory. Digital Toys apps are designed to let kids create anything they can imagine.

MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES
Start quickly with a classic game to build on. Or invent your own! Create levels with terrain blocks, obstacles, hazards, enemies, and more. Make your game small or massive with lethal boundaries or magic passageways. Control gravity to make characters walk or float. You decide how many lives they get.

CREATE OR CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER
Create your own ninja or ball. Pick character colors or add a photo and special effects. Or choose one of six unique characters or balls: Chompers, Jellyclops, Inky Brains, and more! Each has their own skills, strengths, and weaknesses. Be wise with your choices.

TELL STORIES
Add words and thought bubbles to tell a story. Post signs, clues, and secret messages to help your character out. Add all kinds of sound effects: laughs, boos, cheers, and farts! Write your own messages for the end of the game: Super bummer if you lose. You are the champion if you win!

PLAY YOUR OWN GAMES
Let the gaming begin! Can you play as well as you make? Now’s the time to see. Run on a travelator, jump over hot lava, swim through water, and find the victory portal. Attack zombies, evil snails, and electromagnetic cats. Collect all the gold coins and glittery skulls. Is your game too easy? Go back and make it harder. Set the high score record! 

SHARE & SAVE ALL YOUR GAMES
You have your own video game showroom. Stockpile all your games, give them names, pass them over to a friend to play.

FEATURES:
     + FREE gamer guide with tips and hints. Download The Infinite Arcade Technical Manual in your app or at tinybop.com.
     + Original artwork by Roza Gazarian, Holly Graham, and Jeanelle Petrillo.
     + Original sound design.
     + Open-ended construction kit with no rules. Curiosity is rewarded.
     + Multi-user system: each child gets their own avatar and showroom to save their own creations.
     + Fun for all ages.

Privacy policy 
We take your and your child’s privacy seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child. We do not allow any third-party advertising. 

If the camera, microphone, and other services are used in an app, your information is not collected or distributed outside of the app.

Read our complete privacy policy on our website. 

About
Tinybop is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet.
Visit us: www.tinybop.com
Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop
Like us: facebook.com/tinybop
See us: instagram.com/tinybop

We love hearing your stories! Reach out: hi@tinybop.com.

Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop!

## Key features

- Create custom video games
- Design unique characters
- Build game levels with obstacles and hazards
- Add stories and sound effects
- Play and test your own games
- Share games with friends

## What do users think of The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Creative game-making capability for kids
- 🎨 Customizable characters and themes
- 👍 User-friendly interface for beginners
- 🧠 Educational and fun learning experience
- 🎯 Multiple game types (platformer, pinball, breakout)
- 🌟 Imaginative and engaging for children
- 🔄 Ability to share games with friends

**Cons**

- 💰 High price point ($3.99-$5.00)
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
- 😤 Unintuitive controls and interface
- 🎯 Block placement inaccuracy
- 📱 Poor performance on iPhone X
- 💾 Data loss after updates
- 🔌 Internet connection issues
- ⚠️ Limited editing and deletion features
- 🎮 Unresponsive character controls
- 📊 Limited game elements and options

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when opening or playing levels
- Black screen on startup
- Text bubbles don't work properly with character limits
- Blocks don't place where intended
- Character shrinking to invisible size
- Physics and collision detection issues
- Water launching characters into air
- Enemies not facing correct direction after saving
- Travelator settings resetting to default
- Hall of Games connection errors
- Progress not saving during level creation
- Game automatically goes to top of selection menu
- Borderline adjustment issues
- Character gliding instead of walking
- Photo character feature causing confusion

**Most requested features**

- Ability to play other users' levels online
- More character options and customization
- Pixel art character creator
- Additional themes (forest, grassland, ocean)
- Checkpoints in levels
- Boss fight modes
- Level linking and story elements
- More themed enemies for each environment
- Search feature for finding games
- Ability to upload and share levels to cloud
- More game templates and level types
- Invisible blocks and trap doors
- 3D remake version
- Multiplayer functionality
- Better documentation and tutorials
- Save button and auto-save improvements

## Recent user reviews (10 of 135)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-infinite-arcade-by-tinybop/id1095694895/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Inifinite Statue

*2025-06-18, version 2.2.0*

I used to like this, but now l cannot edit, and you can’t even delete stuff.

### 1/5 — Why does every Tinybop app cost money?

*2025-06-08, version 2.2.0*

I rate it a 1 star because i hate the cost of this app. But it’s still fun. This game is amazing please show this review to everyone. Everyone should see this DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! It’s amazing but you all might not like to spend your money.

Edit: Thank you so much for putting me in your “Most Helpful Reviews”! Seriously Thanks! Well not every Tinybop app costs money but most do! Btw why aren’t your apps popular? Anyways i suggest you to add some stuff to the game, AND other games! To Infinite Arcade you should add more stuff in it and maybe do 8 backgrounds and let us share our levels, if you can then make your own levels, next for Everything Machine that game is bad so i suggest you add more things to it, I dont know what though. And make a new game called Creature Garden 2, where you make your own creatures then you actually take care for them but add your own things to it, that would be cool. Pls keep me in your most helpful reviews and I’m really sorry if this review is too long, and pls reply to me, PLZ. Btw I’m 11 years old. I might edit this review again but who knows?

### 4/5 — Good! But…

*2025-04-22*

I love this game. It’s one of my favorites, but there’s some problems whenever I try to type something even if I just type the delete button, it doesn’t let me type anymore. and I wanna kill those poison dart frogs, and one time I was using the dark sea urchin I put a third one there and zoomed into the second one and then it looked like it was never there. Please fix this, but everything else is good and also there’s other bad things about it when the eyeball gets hurt that’s kind of violent same thing with the dinosaur

### 5/5 — Missing thing?

*2025-04-11, version 2.2.0*

I looked at the version history and for some reason it says that they added a character called psycho bunny but there is no such thing in game! Hope you add it! <3

### 5/5 — 好玩

*2025-02-03*

虽然好玩，但加些新元素吧

### 5/5 — Make a 3d Remake

*2024-12-05, version 2.2.0*

Make a 3d Remake like Robot Lab

### 4/5 — Good but one thing

*2024-09-13, version 2.2.0*

So when I saw the character creator I thought it was like you pixel draw you character like make it a dino or an octopus with spike something like that but when I saw you could on stick with faces and animal human mutations I got sad and the fact it’s 3:99 it should be free

### 4/5 — Good but.. there’s always a but in the review title lol

*2024-07-15*

So I love it but when I try to see the hall of games it says to check my enternet connection but even when it says I got enternet it still doesn’t let me see the hall of games but the game making spot still works but this app is still fun :)

### 5/5 — We need more characters!

*2024-01-18*

I love this app, but we REALLY need more characters! You could make versions of characters like Mario and Pac-Man! Mario could be a man named Martin, and Pac-Man could be a guy named Tack-Man! There are a lot of possibilities for characters that you can make! And also make more level types/templates! 
Thank you!

### 5/5 — 游戏真好玩

*2023-07-13*

太好玩了！

## Frequently asked questions about The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

### What is The Infinite Arcade?

The Infinite Arcade is a game construction kit that allows users to create and play their own video games. It provides tools to design levels, characters, and stories, offering an open-ended creative experience.

### What kind of games can I make?

You can make a wide variety of games, including adventure games, platformers, pinball games, ball and paddle games, text puzzlers, and mazes. The app offers tools to create custom characters, terrain, obstacles, hazards, and enemies.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. There are no in-app purchases or third-party advertising, ensuring a safe and uninterrupted creative experience.

### What devices is The Infinite Arcade compatible with?

The app is designed for mobile devices. Specific compatibility details regarding operating system versions can typically be found on the app store page where you download it.

### Can I share the games I create?

Absolutely. You can save all your created games in your personal showroom and share them with friends to play. This allows for collaborative fun and friendly competition.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.2.0 — 2022-11-29

Faster. Stronger. More fetching & updated for iOS 16.

### 2.1.0 — 2021-10-19

Updated for the new iPads and iOS15!

### 2.0.0 — 2020-12-16

New characters, new game types, and new enemies! Now you can build moon lander type games with Baby Edgar, parkour games with Alfalfa Trailmix, and scare your friends with Psycho Bunny. We've also added improved controls, iOS 14 support and keyboard control. Finally (and for no extra cost!) we've included a long list of new starter levels!  (•‿•)

### 1.1.7 — 2020-02-22

Optimizations for iOS 13!

### 1.1.6 — 2017-04-05

Squashed annoying bug that was causing crashes for some. No more!

If you <3 this app, we'd <3 to hear from you! It makes us so happy & helps others find fun apps!

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