Wrestling Revolution

What the app does

Wrestling Revolution is a 2D wrestling game built around matches, wrestler creation and a longer career mode. You can make your own character, compete through an ongoing schedule and deal with decisions outside the ring as well as the fights themselves. It suits players who want more than a single-match sports game and enjoy shaping a wrestler’s progress over time.

Ways to play

Career mode gives you a calendar of events, training choices and backstage situations to manage. For a quicker or more flexible session, Exhibition mode lets you choose the participants and adjust the match rules. You can also change the arena and add weapons when setting up a match, making it suitable for players who prefer experimenting with unusual bouts rather than following a fixed campaign.

Controls and style

The game supports touch controls as well as on-screen button controls. Tapping an opponent targets attacks, swiping can trigger movement and actions, and pinching is used for grabbing or picking things up. The presentation has a deliberately old-school, 16-bit-inspired feel, while its animation system allows crowded, unpredictable matches. A tutorial is available to explain the control scheme.

At a glance

• Developer: MDickie
• Category: Sports
• Rating: 4.04 out of 5 from 388,629 ratings
• Installs: 10,000,000+

Those figures point to a widely used game with a large body of player feedback. The main appeal is its combination of wrestling action and management-style choices, while the number of systems and controls may take some time to learn.