By Orion Voss

Drone Attack Games for iPhone

Search for a drone attack game and you will find three very different things: flight simulators where you pilot the drone, 3D shooters where you watch a battlefield, and AR games where the drones attack you, in your room. Here is what each one is like.

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Down The Drone · Free AR shooter for iPhone

Down The Drone: an AR drone shooter that plays offline

Hostile drone swarms fly in over your sofa, down your hallway, across your backyard. Aim, fire and hold the line, right where you’re standing.

Down The Drone: aiming at a hovering drone inside an industrial warehouse
Down The Drone: a drone explodes in a real living room as the player fires
Down The Drone: drones swarm a desert canyon while the player aims down the sights
Plays offline No ads, no trackers Full game: US$5.99 in-app purchase AR in your own room

Free to download · No ads · Plays offline · Full game: US$5.99 in-app purchase

Three kinds of drone attack game

KindYou are…Feels like
FPV / flight simThe dronePiloting a racing or strike drone
3D war shooterWatching a battlefield on screenA classic mobile shooter
AR shooterThe targetDrones flying into your room at you

Drone war game styles

A drone war game usually means the 3D kind: missions over maps, targets and airstrikes. They are often free with ads and upgrades. If you want the flying itself, an FPV simulator is the better choice. If you want the attack to feel close, AR is the one.

Why AR changes a drone attack, and every drone defense game

In a 3D game, the drones are on a screen. In AR, they are above your sofa and behind you in the hallway. You cannot fight them by tapping; you have to turn, look up, and track them through your space. It is a small change in technology and a big change in how it feels.

Down The Drone: AR target shooting that shoots back

Down The Drone is our first-person AR shooter for iPhone: hostile drone swarms are anchored into your real room, and you turn, aim and fire to hold them off. It is free to download with no ads, plays fully offline, and runs on iPhone XS or later with iOS 17+; the full game is a US$5.99 in-app purchase. Rated 12+.

Enemy quadcopters and strike-spheres are tracked into your actual environment, so the level is wherever you stand. Your hallway becomes cover; your garden becomes an open field with nowhere to hide.

Playing safely

You will be turning and stepping while looking at a screen. Clear the space, avoid stairs, and keep away from glass and pets.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a drone attack game?

A game about drone strikes or drone swarms. It can mean piloting a drone (FPV), a 3D war shooter, or an AR game where drones attack you in your room.

Is there a free drone attack game with no ads?

Down The Drone is a free-to-download AR drone shooter with no ads; the full game is a US$5.99 in-app purchase.

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