Brawl Stars is a gaming app created by Supercell and downloadable for free on Apple or Android devices on the app store or play store. Overall, the game is great for teens to play, but it can also be entertaining for adults and smaller children as well. The game is based on using a “brawler” to attack other brawlers and bring their health down to defeat them. There are many brawlers that players can select from, each one having their distinctive attack, super, and health. A brawler’s super is a special attack that a player must charge up by dealing damage to their opponents, and once it is used, the charge meter resets. 

New brawlers are unlockable through the in-game shop, the trophy road, and brawl boxes. Players are granted rewards from the trophy road (new brawlers, coins, tokens, brawl boxes, etc.) as they gain more trophies by winning matches. Brawl boxes are the in-game loot chests that are available in the shop, or by brawl tokens, which are also obtainable by playing matches. Each brawler also has two star powers, which are special abilities that enhance a particular aspect of a brawler in a game. Star powers are also available in the shop or brawl boxes once a brawler has reached its max level. The shop is an excellent aspect of the game because it gives players the option to spend their gems on various things like skins, coins, token doublers, and new brawlers.

Brawl Stars also has many different game modes, such as Gem Grab, a 3v3 mode where both teams fight to collect ten gems, Bounty, where both teams try and collect the most stars by defeating opponents, Brawl Ball, where both teams fight to get two goals, Heist, where both teams fight to break open the enemy safe, Siege, where both teams fight to destroy the enemy IKE with the help of Siege bots, and Showdown, where ten players fight against each other to be the last one standing while the poison gas pushes them toward the center of the arena. There are also limited-time events like Hot Zone, Graveyard Shift, and Present Plunder, and there are ticketed events like Robo Rumble, Big Game, and Boss Fight. Finally, every month there is the Brawl Stars Championship mode where a player needs to get 15 wins in the 3v3 modes before they reach 4 losses, with rewards for each win. Having different modes is excellent for Brawl Stars because they ensure that players seldom get bored with playing because each mode offers its distinctive objective.

One great aspect of the game is skill-based matchmaking, where a player always plays with and against players who have the same number of trophies with the brawlers they are using as the player has with the brawler that they are using. This way, all matches are fair and balanced, so that everyone has the same chance of winning. Another thing that is great about the game is that Supercell releases new updates to the game twice a month that introduce new brawlers, new game modes, new skins (change appearance and animations of brawlers), and balance changes (fix bugs and improve or worsen brawlers). Because of these constant updates, players never get bored of the game and there is always new content for them to explore and traverse.

Brawl Stars is Supercell’s best game overall, and one of the best mobile games of all time. Presenting fantastic gameplay and a complex game structure different from those of other supercell games, Brawl Stars can attract new players while also providing new content and being constantly improved and updated by Supercell. This game is full of many surprises for even committed players who have been playing for a long time, and Supercell still has many more things to add to it.

Rating: ★★★★★