Dabanggu: Tag & Rescue Game
Chase, Dodge & Free Friends
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
All caught? Rock-paper-scissors picks the new taggers and play goes on until the bell. Rescue as a runner, chase as a tagger. 3 yards, 12 stages.
The moment you touch the pole, every caught friend breaks free. "Dabanggu!"
Dabanggu is the tag-and-rescue game played in Korean alleys until sunset, rebuilt for one hand on a portrait screen.
Rock-paper-scissors picks the taggers, and when every runner is caught, the caught players play again. You will be a runner one moment and a tagger the next.
[How to play]
* Everyone plays rock-paper-scissors at the start. The two or three who lose tie on a red headband and become the taggers.
* While the taggers count to five, the runners scatter.
* Get tagged and you join the hand-in-hand line at the pole. When any free runner touches the pole or a caught friend, everyone in the line goes free.
* Everyone caught is not the end. The caught players play rock-paper-scissors, and the losers become the new taggers.
* As a tagger, you pounce just by moving toward a nearby runner. Catch them all and you are back on the runners' side.
* A round lasts about 2 minutes and ends with the bell. Points for rescues, dodges, and catches decide your stars (0 to 3).
* Tap the screen while caught to shout "Help!" and call a friend.
[Features]
* Taggers that trade roles as the round unfolds: one guards the pole while another hunts you down and pounces, and a tagger who means it gets faster for a while.
* Friends with their own tempers: the timid ones, the rascals who tease the guard, and the loyal ones who go in first.
* 3 yards (the Empty Lot, Sunset Alley, the Schoolyard) and 12 stages, with up to 11 players and 3 taggers as you climb. Finish a stage, then spend your stars to open the next one.
* Choose 1 of 3 control styles: floating joystick / swipe to steer / tap to go
* Hand-drawn picture-book art with a school-notebook feel
* Korean, English, and Japanese
* No sign-up and no login. Playable offline (internet is used only for ads).
[Free to play, with ads]
* Free, with no cap on how many rounds you can play and no in-app purchases.
* A full-screen ad may appear between rounds, and an ad may also appear when you open the app. Ads never appear during a round.
* A banner ad sits at the bottom of the stage select screen. There is none on the game screen.
* An ad may appear in the confirmation dialog when you close the app.
* If you are a little short of the next star when the bell rings, you can watch an ad to play 30 seconds more (once per round).
[Please note]
* Stars and settings are stored on your device only. If you delete the app, progress cannot be recovered.
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* Cinematic camera: the view pulls in and out at the big moments. You can turn it off in Settings.
* Caught friends now hold hands and stretch toward you, calling "Over here!" as you run in.
* Now you can be the tagger too! Rock-paper-scissors picks the taggers, and when every runner is caught, the caught kids play again to pick new taggers - so the round keeps going.
* As a tagger, just move toward a nearby runner and you pounce.
* Caught? Tap the screen to shout "Help!".
* A little short of the next star at the bell? Watch an ad for 30 extra seconds (once per round).
* The rock-paper-scissors call, the countdown and the cheers are voiced in Korean, English and Japanese.
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Information
- Seller
- Hasegi Inc.
- Size
- 54.9 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Japanese, Korean
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- Copyright
- © 2026 Hasegi Inc.