The Impossible Game Downloads & RevenueThe Impossible Game · App Store
The Impossible Game is #3 in Games › Music Paid in Germany and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
The Impossible Game update history & changes
Last change · 32 events since 19 Apr 2010Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 31 events in the last 12 months
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryArgentina
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryThailand
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · SA · Top Paid · Games · SA
- 📈The Impossible Game new best rank in the overall chart: #31Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · DE
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · DE
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · MX
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryVietnam
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · AU
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · IT
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · IT
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · PL
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Casual · AE · Top Paid · Casual · CA
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · AE · Top Paid · Games · AE · Top Paid · Games · CO
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new country in 3 chartsColombia · Poland · Turkey
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · GB
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · ES
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · IT
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · GB
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · SE
- 📈The Impossible Game charting in a new countrySweden
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · BR
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10Top Paid · Casual · SA
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · AU · Top Paid · Casual · FR
- 📈The Impossible Game entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Grossing · Music · RU · Top Paid · Music · US
- 🆕The Impossible Game first spotted by AppInsider#61 in Top Grossing · Music · Saudi Arabia
- 🆕The Impossible Game released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
The Impossible Game at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-07. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
The Impossible Game is a high-difficulty, rhythm-synced platformer where players guide an orange square through lethal obstacles with a single tap control, targeting fans of challenging arcade games. It currently ranks in the top 15 paid music charts across major markets including the US, UK, and Germany, indicating strong cross-category visibility despite being a game.
Similar apps: Geometry Dash, Super Meat Boy, Flappy Bird
Hardcore Platformer Minimalist Abstract short sessions Premium
#difficulty #rhythm #one-touch #arcade #indie #music-synced
The Impossible Game on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
The Impossible Game’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
The Impossible Game downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where The Impossible Game's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How The Impossible Game makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Apps near The Impossible Game on the chart
Games › Music Paid, around #3.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about The Impossible Game
From the 52 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration over broken audio and performance issues on modern devices, alongside anger regarding additional paid content for levels that were previously free. While some long-time fans praise the game's nostalgic value and difficulty, the majority of recent reviews highlight technical failures and poor optimization.
Mixed (52% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content. The main complaints are about missing features or content, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Fun: “Otherwise, super fun game”
- Features & content: “Why are some levels Not free?”
- Updates: “Please update for Apple Vision Pro”
- Crashes & bugs: “The flash doesn’t work here if you know what I mean”
Common complaints
- Features & content: “YOU HAVE TO PAY JUST TO PLAY THE OTHER LEVELS????”
- Price & subscription: “Definitely going to try and get a refund”
- Crashes & bugs
- Fun: “Making a square jump is not fun enough to be this frustrated”
About The Impossible Game
#2 in the US!
#2 in Canada!
The best selling Xbox Live Indie Game comes to iPhone - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game!
With just one control, tapping the screen to jump, guide your orange square over spikes and jump onto blocks to get to the end of the level. Any mistake will result in instant death and a respawn at the beginning of the level. With an awesome soundtrack synced to the game you’ll quickly become addicted!
Also included is a Practice Mode, allowing you to lay checkpoints along the way. Try and unlock medals throughout the game, including beating the game with no flags. Check out the Stats page, where you can show off to your friends how far you got!
Praise for The Impossible Game on iPhone:
"The most original platform gaming I've ever experienced... A ton of fun"
- Touch Arcade
"Insanely addictive"
- Destructoid
"Lovely, clean graphics and addictive music"
- Gizmodo
"Words can't describe how 'right' this feels."
- DIYgamer
"An incredible ride. High-tempo, life-or-death, and completely seamless. 4/5"
- 148 Apps
"A great boredom buster. 9/10"
- NXT Gamer
"A minimalistic yet very stylish design that draws you in and keeps you coming back for more"
- App Advice
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