Knockabout

Ten friends. One big bull. A great many pegs.

See how it plays

Coming soon to iPhone and iPad

How to play

  • Hit all the red pegs!
  • Slide to aim!
  • Tap to shoot!

Bounce the ball through the pegs and knock out every red one before your balls run out. Green pegs set off your friend's power.

A court on iPad: Squelch the pig above the cannon, aiming at rings and clusters of smiling red and white pegs, with a washtub at the bottom by the barn

Two ways to play: 61 hand-built courts across eleven worlds, then a ladder of fresh boards that never runs out.

Story

The first world, the Hog Wallow: Squelch the pig waits at the first stop on a dirt trail winding past a mud wallow and a crate of turnips

Each friend has a world of their own, from the pig's mud wallow to the owl's moonlit hayloft. Follow the trail one court at a time, earn up to three stars on each, and meet the next friend waiting at the gate.

Endless

Inside a barn at night: ladders and a wooden walkway climb past hay bales and a lantern toward a moonlit loft door

Finish the story and the ladder opens. Every level is a fresh board, test-fired before you see it so every red peg can be reached. New pieces join as you climb: portals, planks, spinning wheels, pendulums and more.

Meet the friends

Every friend brings a power. Hit a green peg to set it off.

  • Squelch the pig

    Squelch

    Pig

    Snout Scout

    Sniffs out where your ball bounces next, for your next three shots.

  • Bessie the cow

    Bessie

    Cow

    Round-Up

    On your next shot, the first peg you hit calls its herd: every peg its colour in the same bunch comes too.

  • Barnaby the barn owl

    Barnaby

    Barn owl

    Owl Eyes

    Shows where the ball will really go. Hold still while you aim and he shows you further.

  • Tilly the hen

    Tilly

    Hen

    Egg Drop

    Drops three eggs straight down from the green peg. Splat! Hit another green for five.

  • Clover the rabbit

    Clover

    Rabbit

    Litter Drop

    Splits into three little bouncing rabbits that fit through gaps your ball never could.

  • Pip the magpie

    Pip

    Magpie

    Flap Happy

    Lends you his wings, low on each wall. Hold a side to flap and knock the ball back up into the pegs.

  • Nip the border collie

    Nip

    Border collie

    Zoomies

    Runs from the first peg you hit to the bucket, knocking out pegs and grabbing a red one.

  • Digby the mole

    Digby

    Mole

    Pop Up

    Pops up out of the ground with your ball. Aim and fire again from right there, even up!

  • Dawdle the tortoise

    Dawdle

    Tortoise

    Shell Bounce

    A shell saves the ball twice and bounces it back into the pegs.

  • Topsy the scarecrow

    Topsy

    Scarecrow

    Crow Storm

    Five crows swoop in and snatch pegs, red ones first.

Squelch the pigversusD'Artagnan the bull

One big bull

D'Artagnan has won the Cup nine years running. The last world is his Show Ring, where you choose which friend walks in to face him. Beat him and he joins you.

Thunderhoof

The ball becomes a red comet that charges straight through the pegs.

For grown-ups

What's in the game and what costs money.

Price
Free to play. Every court can be won without paying.
Ads
No ads.
Purchases
Coins are earned by winning and can also be bought in packs. There's a piggy bank that fills as you win, a one-time starter pack, and No More Waiting, which means lives never run out. Every purchase sits behind a question only a grown-up can answer, and Apple's Ask to Buy works with it.
Lives
Starting a court uses a life and winning gives it back, so only a loss costs one. A life comes back every 30 minutes, up to five.
Other players
There's no chat, no multiplayer and no way to reach other players. The only link out of the game is to the privacy policy, behind the same grown-up question.
Privacy
The privacy policy sets out what Knockabout collects and why. Read the privacy policy
Devices
iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later.

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