Angry Birds Friends

Slingshot puzzles with a competitive edge

Angry Birds Friends is an arcade game built around aiming birds from a slingshot, breaking structures and defeating green pigs. It suits players who enjoy short physics-based levels but also want scores, rivalries and regular events rather than a purely solo campaign.

How the game plays

Each level asks you to judge angles, manage limited shots and use the birds’ abilities to cause as much damage as possible. Higher scores can earn more stars, giving careful players a reason to replay stages and refine their aim. Power-ups, special slingshots and level effects add extra variables to some matches.

• Play more than 30 new levels each week in rotating tournaments.
• Compete in leagues, challenge individual opponents in Star Cup matches and work towards higher positions.
• Take part in themed tournaments and daily challenges, including events centred on building the tallest tower.
• Collect feathers to improve birds’ scoring potential during the relevant competitive events.

Who it suits

This is a good fit for fans of classic Angry Birds-style destruction who like a changing schedule of challenges. The competitive systems make accuracy and repeat attempts matter: a strong first shot can decide a match, while a small improvement can move a score up a leaderboard. Players looking for a quiet, entirely offline-style puzzle experience may find the tournament focus less appealing.

At a glance

Grade: A — its 4.4254165 rating from 1,334,359 reviews places it in the top letter band below A+ under a grade-based reading of the score. With 100,000,000+ installs, it has a broad Android audience. The game is published by Rovio Entertainment Oy.