A Basket Case - Mars or bust
A game that takes you to Mars
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
From ground to Mars in a hot air balloon! Design your own balloon and rocket in the Workshop, climb the leaderboards and challenge your friends on Game Center. Fly high!
A Basket Case — Pilot your hot air balloon, fly higher and higher, reach Mars… and challenge your friends.
Dodge cliffs, birds, storms and meteors across a procedurally generated sky. Reach Mars, climb the leaderboards and challenge your friends.
5 GAME MODES
Adventure: start from the ground and reach Mars, at 30,000 m
60s Speedrun: fly as high as possible in 60 seconds
Survival: one life, go as high as you can
Weekly Challenge: the same world for everyone, refreshed every week, with its own weekly leaderboard
Weekly Speedrun: that same shared world in 60s mode, weekly leaderboard
Each mode has its own leaderboard.
PERSONALISE & CREATE
Earn balloons after every run and spend them in the shop
Unlock dozens of hot air balloons, passengers and rockets
ARTIST'S WORKSHOP: design your own balloons and rockets — colours, patterns, inscriptions and light effects — then equip them and find them in-flight and on your home screen
GAME CENTER & FRIEND CHALLENGES
Game Center leaderboards for every mode
Invite your friends and face them on the same world
Your Apple friends, your scores, your challenges — all in one place
SHARE YOUR SCORE
Generate a card from your run: your balloon, your altitude, your score
A built-in QR code so your friends can join you in one scan
GAMEPLAY
Intuitive controls: burner, ballast, vent valve
Procedurally generated sky every run
6 biomes: plains, highlands, mountains, stratosphere, mesosphere, space
JOURNEY THROUGH THE SKY
Northern lights, shooting stars, space station
Ice cliffs, paragliders, other hot air balloons
Parachute pickups to grab: gas, shield, ballast
Easter eggs to discover in space: famous objects and hidden nods
LEADERBOARDS
Built-in global leaderboard + Game Center leaderboards per mode
Filter by country
Your rank is always shown, even outside the top 100
PERSONAL DATA
Anonymous account by default, or sign in via Apple/Google
One-tap GDPR data export
Sign out and account deletion built in
PREMIUM PASS — €2.99 (one-time purchase, yours for life)
Remove ads permanently
Save the Run: restart with your hearts restored on your first death each run
One-time purchase, no subscription
Restore from any iPhone linked to your Apple ID
A Basket Case is free and includes an optional ad after your first death each run. The Premium Pass (one-time purchase, €2.99) removes ads permanently.
Terms of Use: https://abasketcase.app/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://abasketcase.app/privacy.html
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
1.2 puts the brush in your hands.
ARTIST'S WORKSHOP
Create your own balloons AND rockets: colours, patterns, inscriptions and light effects. Compose multiple creations, equip them, and find them in-flight and on your home screen.
SHOP & BALLOONS
Earn balloons after every run and unlock dozens of hot air balloons, passengers and rockets.
POLISH
Stronger privacy between accounts, clearer purchase feedback, and many fixes.
Fly high!
The developer, Kevin Beguerie, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Kevin Beguerie
- Size
- 35.1 MB
- Category
- Action
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and French
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Infrequent
Contests
Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Pass $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Kévin Béguerie

