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Hole.io

Android, iOS • 2018

Should you play it?

What works

  • Simple, accessible gameplay
  • Short, engaging multiplayer matches
  • Satisfying growth and consumption mechanics
  • Customization options with skins and maps
  • Good replay value for casual play

Things to keep in mind

  • Ai opponents instead of real players in many modes
  • Limited map variety and tactical depth
  • Some physics and control issues reported
  • Lack of narrative or story content
  • Minimal social or cooperative features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Snake.io

  • BUMP! Superbrawl

  • Exoblast

  • Fly O'Clock

  • Backpack Battles

  • ATOMEGA

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Hole.io but with less of an idle filler feel

  • PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+

  • Subway Surfers

  • TWINKLE STAR SPRITES

  • Slither.io

  • Tomb Rumble

  • Talking Tom Gold Run

Less dominating

Games that feels like Hole.io but with less domination over others

  • Google Snake

  • Coco Nutshake

  • Shooty Skies

  • Nova Drift

  • Super Mega Neo Pug

  • Crossy Road

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Hole.io: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Story.

Last update: 05/08/2026