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Action game for Android

Hold the Line

Army Shooter

Grow your army through x2 gates and stop the cartoon horde. Offline. No ads.

Hold the Line in short
A cartoon army shooter for Android. Grow your squad through +N and x2 gates and stop the horde. 5 worlds and 100 levels, then endless. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases, plays offline. For all ages (9+). Android 7.0 or later.
Get it on Google Playcoming soon
Hold the Line feature graphic

About the game

Your army is small. The horde is huge. Hold the line!

Hold the Line is a cartoon army shooter for all ages. Drag your squad of tiny blue soldiers across the lanes, shoot through power gates to grow your crowd, and stop the red horde before it reaches you. Every second you choose: grow your army, or fight now?

Grow your army with gates

  • Shoot +1, +5, +10 and x2 gates to multiply your soldiers
  • Break gate after gate as the line slides toward you
  • Watch out for trap gates that shrink your squad

Stop the horde

  • Big crowds of cartoon baddies march down the lanes. Read them, dodge them and pop them into puffs of dust
  • Keep your combo going for big score bursts
  • Switch lanes fast when the horde changes direction

Beat the bosses

  • Mini-bosses and towering world bosses: the Brute King, the Wasp Queen and more
  • Dodge their slams and target circles, then hit their weak points

5 worlds, 100 levels, then endless

  • Green Meadows, Scorching Dunes, Frozen Peaks, Magma Core and Neon City
  • Up to 3 stars on every level
  • Endless mode: waves with twists and a boss every few waves

Upgrade and collect

  • Spend coins you earn in play on starting army, firepower, fire rate and more
  • Unlock weapons, open chests, collect cards and skins
  • Daily rewards, missions, achievements and stats

Play anywhere

  • No ads and no in-app purchases: everything is earned in play
  • Plays offline, no internet needed
  • No accounts and no chat. Your progress stays on your device
  • Optional online leaderboards (off by default)
  • Short levels, made for quick sessions

If you like crowd runner games and lane shooters, gather your soldiers, pick your lane and hold the line!

Screenshots

  • Title screen with the Play button and game menus
  • Shooting a multiply gate to grow the army
  • The blue army shooting through +10 gates in the desert world, 186 combo
  • Neon City: the blue army breaking a wall of gates

Questions and answers

Is Hold the Line free?
Yes. It's free to download and play, with no in-app purchases. Everything is earned by playing.
Does Hold the Line have ads?
No. There are no ads of any kind.
Is Hold the Line safe for kids?
It's made for ages 9 and up and follows Google Play's Families policy. There's no chat, no accounts and no purchases. Online leaderboards are optional and off by default. The privacy policy explains the small amount of technical data used for update checks.
Does Hold the Line work offline?
Yes. Everything except the optional online leaderboards (off by default) works without internet.
Is there a real game like the army gate ads?
Hold the Line is a game built around that idea: shoot +N and x2 gates to grow your army and hold off the horde. What you see in its screenshots is real gameplay. No ads, plays offline.
Is Hold the Line violent?
It's cartoon action: blue soldiers with blasters pop red cartoon baddies into puffs of dust. No blood.
Is there a crowd shooter game that works offline?
Yes. All 100 levels and Endless mode play without internet.
What data does Hold the Line collect?
Very little: update checks send a random install ID that we don't store, and nothing else is kept on our server unless you switch on the optional online leaderboards (off by default), which share only a generated name and your scores, as the privacy policy at https://karan.dev/games/hold-the-line/privacy/ explains.

At a glance

Genre
Action
Name on Google Play
Hold the Line: Army Shooter
Platform
Android 7.0 or later
Players
1
Package
com.holdtheline.game
Audience
Made for players of all ages, including children, and designed to follow Google Play's Families policy.
In-app purchases
None. Everything is earned by playing.
Ads
None. The game contains no ad SDK.
Online leaderboards
Optional and off by default. Names are generated, never typed.