Happy Dead Designs
Independent studio · Android apps & games

Useful apps. Wild games. Zero ads.

Not your run-of-the-mill game and app studio. We chase the unique ideas most studios won't touch: out-of-the-box thinking, one-of-a-kind creations. Twenty Android apps and a 39-game collection, each with its own idea: talk to an AI pet that lives on your phone, try a tattoo on your own arm, name every star over your head, scan the truth out of a food label or blast a spam caller with an air horn. Not one ad in any of them, most work offline, and your data stays on your phone. And our games come with a mission: take on the big studios and bring game prices back down, so everyone can afford to play again.

No ads, everNot in a single app. Pay once or use it free.
Your data stays yoursOffline where possible, nothing sold, nothing tracked.
Fact-checkedSafety content checked against trusted sources.
Built to lastTested on real devices before every release.
Apps

Making life interesting and fun

20 Android apps, and not one ad in any of them. Most are in testing on Google Play now, and testing is free, even for the paid apps. Join our testers group, then tap "Become a tester" on any app below.

The Play Store will still show a price; that's normal. Tap it and checkout says "Test card, always approves - you will not be charged". If it asks for a real card, stop and email us: it means your Play Store is on a different Google account than the one in our testers group.

Pocket Pals

In testing$9.99 once13+

A pet that talks back, and never needs feeding. Pick Bolt the robot or one of 17 plush pets and chat by voice or text. It keeps your reminders and to-dos, translates English and Spanish offline, tells jokes and trivia, teaches ABCs and 123, and has Draw & Color with 49 pages, glitter and stamps, plus Relax & Sleep sounds for bedtime. The AI runs on the phone itself, so your chats stay with you.

Rexy's Dino World

In testing$9.99 onceFor kids

A dinosaur best friend who only tells the truth. Kids ask Rexy about 33 real dinosaurs and hear the facts read aloud, then play five games, hatch baby-dino eggs, throw a dance party and paint their own dino world with glitter and dino stamps. Bedtime stories close the day. No internet at all and nothing is ever recorded: built for little hands.

Pocket Companion

In testing$9.99 once18+

An AI you simply talk to. The whole screen is its face. Hands-free conversation with its own offline speech recognizer, so it listens without the cloud. It keeps your reminders and to-dos, mixes sleep sounds and guides breathing and meditation. Make it yours with its eyes, colour and voice, even the new Demon face.

Tattoo Me

In testing250+ designsFull sleeves

See it on your skin before it's on your skin. Try any of 250+ designs on your own arm, including 20 full sleeves, or your own words in tattoo lettering. The ink wraps around your arm and shows fresh, healed or faded. Drag, pinch to size and twist to rotate. Works offline.

Frame This

In testingHundreds of frames

Your photos, framed the way they deserve. Hundreds of themed frames (weddings, babies, dogs, flags, skulls and more) and print-ready sizes from 4x6 to 11x14 at 300 dpi. Swap the background and it cuts you out right on the phone. Your photos never leave it.

Safe Food

NewFree, no ads

Scan the label. Get the truth. Point at any food barcode for a green, amber or red verdict with every reason in plain words: artificial colours and sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, added sugar, seed oils, hormones and pesticides, allergens and fake “natural” claims. Free, no ads, no account. Not medical advice.

Zodiac Daily

In testingNo ads

Your stars, every single day. Readings for love, work, money and mood, all twelve signs in depth, compatibility for any two signs and your Chinese zodiac animal, plus an opt-in, adults-only place to meet people the stars say you'll click with.

Star Finder

In testingWorks offline

Hold up your phone and the sky has names. It identifies the stars, planets and constellations in front of you: 9,028 stars, all 88 constellations, the Moon's real phase, the planets and 110 Messier objects. Search for Mars or Orion and an arrow walks you there. Works offline, even in the middle of nowhere.

Spam Revenge

In testing$4.99 once

Spammers called. Now it's your turn. It screens calls by your rules (silence, reject or REVENGE), and when you feel like it you answer and hit a 27-sound soundboard: air horns, police sirens, farts, burps, an angry goose and an evil laugh. No internet access at all; nothing leaves your phone.

SOS Beacon

In testingFreeSafety

One tap and help knows where you are. Alert people nearby, your family and your emergency contacts at once with what's happening and where, even with no signal, over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Not a replacement for 911: always call emergency services first.

Find Them

In testingFreeCommunity

Neighbours bringing lost pets and loved ones home. Post a missing pet or person with a photo in under a minute, get private “I saw them” sightings, share a ready-made MISSING poster, and take the post down with one tap when they're home safe.

Friends

In testingFree18+

New friends who actually like what you like. Meet adults nearby who share your interests and join group hangouts in public places, with group chats, Cloak mode and photo checks. Safety and moderation are built in from the start.

MingleMoon

In testingFree18+

Love exists. We'll help you find it. Dating with people nearby who share your interests. You only chat once you've both said yes, and your exact location is never shown.

Nature & Survival Guide

Coming soonWorks offlinePhoto ID

Everything you need to know when there's no signal. A pocket survival library: 740+ step-by-step guides and 800+ diagrams on first aid, safe water, poisonous plants and snakes, about 130 wild foods, beginner mushrooms, herbal remedies and off-grid projects, with on-phone photo ID and an SOS light.

Myths & Legends

In testing$2.99 onceWorks offline

Every story the gods ever told. 172 myths from 11 pantheons and world folklore, read aloud to you or on your own, with 241 gods, heroes and monsters, a bestiary, family trees, a hand-drawn myth map and quizzes. Works offline.

Happy Health

In testing$4.99 onceWorks offline

Your whole wellness routine in one calm app. Yoga and meditation, home workouts, back and posture care, and natural remedies and nutrition, with a photo and step-by-step cues for every pose and exercise. No ads, no account, works offline.

Tarot Reader

Coming soon$2.99 onceWorks offline

Draw a card. Hear what it means. A card for every day and real spreads up to the Celtic Cross, with all 78 cards in five painted decks. Every card and every reading is explained, and a mystical narrator can read it to you. Your readings go in a private journal.

Crystal Ball

Coming soonFreeOn-device AI

Ask out loud. The orb answers. Type or speak your question and a living orb of light and mist answers in a wizard's or an oracle's voice. Four orb looks; it flickers when people talk and pulses to music nearby. Your questions stay on your phone.

Bayou Voodoo

Coming soon$2.99 once18+

Somebody's been asking for it. Stitch your own creepy cloth doll, then drag in pins, singe it, tickle it and hex it with ridiculous curses, and mend it when you've had your fun. Spooky, silly and strictly for laughs.

Portable DJ

Coming soon$4.99 onceNo ads

Two decks in your pocket. BPM detect, sync, cues, loops, scratching and FX on two decks, plus a beat maker and a sampler with MC drops. Record your set, turn it into a video with neon visuals and share it.

Screenshots

See them up close

Real screens from each app. More videos on our YouTube channel.

All apps screenshots Pocket Pals screenshots Rexy's Dino World screenshots Pocket Companion screenshots Frame This screenshots Tattoo Me screenshots Zodiac Daily screenshots Safe Food screenshots Happy Health screenshots Tarot Reader screenshots Crystal Ball screenshots Bayou Voodoo screenshots Portable DJ screenshots Star Finder screenshots Spam Revenge screenshots SOS Beacon screenshots Find Them screenshots Friends screenshots MingleMoon screenshots Nature and Survival Guide screenshots Myths and Legends screenshots
HappyDead3D Modular Kit: dozens of game-ready props in many styles
Games

Worlds in the making

Our games are in development, built in Unreal Engine 5 and Unity with our own tools and our own art. We're building them to compete with the big corporations and bring game prices back down, so everyone can afford to play again.

Happy's Arcade CollectionBright, friendly games: Cats vs Mice, Ocean Feast, Real Tyke, Mind Maze, Splatter Squads and more.
Happy Dead GamesAction for older players: Castle Siege, Iron Front 1944, Ninja, City Cab and more.
HappyDead RacingCity Heist, Dirt Bike Apex and Metal Crush Derby, with a 10-game racing series on the way.
The Dead WorldOur open-world apocalypse: survive the dead, armour up your war car and take back Detroit. More below.
Carnival TownFour teams, one haunted fairground: a fast team shooter for mobile.
HappyDead3DOur desktop 3D creation tool. Its modular kit built the pieces in this picture.
Flagship game

The Dead World

In developmentOpen worldMultiplayer plannedPCPlanned price: $9.99, sold on its own
The Dead World: a giant spiked skeleton titan rises out of the flames in front of a burning city
A titan rises over the burning city (intro cinematic)
The Dead World: an armoured tank and soldiers charge down a street of glowing green skyscrapers
The push into the infected downtown (intro cinematic)
The Dead World: a Detroit street at sunset in the new Unreal Engine 5 build
Detroit at sunset, new Unreal Engine 5 build

The world has ended and the dead own the streets. Build your survivor, gear up and fight your way across a ruined America, from the smoking towers of the city to the streets of Detroit, first on your own, with friends planned.

  • War cars you build yourself. Bolt armour plates onto any side, mount a roof gun, and watch enemy fire shoot the plates back off.
  • Hordes, not handfuls. Zombies roam the intersections and move as a pack, from shambling kids to soldiers.
  • A world you can change. Buildings take damage and the ground can be dug and built on.
  • Pick your hero. A full roster of survivors, each with their own look and gear.

In development. The game was first built in Unity and is now moving to Unreal Engine 5 for better looks and driving; the pictures are work in progress. No release date or price yet, and no ads, ever.

Our games

39 games in one hub, all in development

One lobby, 39 games, built in Unreal Engine 5, in three collections: Happy's Arcade Collection, Happy Dead Games and HappyDead Racing. Each collection groups its games by age guide (our own estimate until the stores rate each game). Every game plays solo today, two have local co-op on one screen, and online multiplayer is planned. The screenshots are work in progress, straight from the builds.

In development: not on sale yet Online multiplayer: planned, not playable yet Planned price: $4.99 per game, 5% off each extra game from the same collection, or $24.99 for a whole collection No ads, ever
The game hub lobby, work in progress
Happy's Arcade Collection

21 bright, friendly games

Bright, friendly games: cats and mice, fish and fairgrounds, puzzles, paintball and big adventures. No blood.

For everyone

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Midway Mania

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Step right up. Fairground shooting galleries where every shot counts: earn stars and tickets and fight your way to Grand Champion.

Gameplay video coming later
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Cats vs Dogs

In developmentFor everyoneSoloAI cat allies

The yards belong to the cats. Lead your feline crew, capture the neighbourhood back from the dogs and take down the Top Dog.

Gameplay video coming later
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Cats vs Mice

In developmentFor everyoneSolovs AI cats

Tiny mouse. Giant house. Hungry cats. Sneak room to room, dodge the cats and claim the Great Cheese Wheel.

Gameplay video coming later
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Runway Glamour

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Dress to win. Hunt down outfits all over a fashion city, then own the runway in front of the judges.

Gameplay video coming later
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Apex Freefall

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Two hundred and forty metres of falling with style. Fight your way down a sky course of floating islands, ruins, wind and canyon drops.

Gameplay video coming later
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Tightrope & Topple

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Don't look down. Balance across six circus courses of beams, seesaws and swings and make it to the Big Top.

Gameplay video coming later
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Ocean Feast

In developmentFor everyoneSolovs AI fish

Who's the biggest fish in the sea? Eat or be eaten: gobble the smaller fish, dodge the bigger ones and grow from a tiny minnow into the Leviathan.

Gameplay video coming later
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Bullseye Archery

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Draw. Breathe. Loose. Take a longbow across seven countryside courses, then win the royal tournament.

Gameplay video coming later
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Mind Maze & Puzzles

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

The temple has been waiting for you. Explore a lost jungle temple, crack eight puzzles and open the Final Vault.

Gameplay video coming later
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Open Ocean Angler

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Thirty-seven fish. One legendary derby. Fish around a harbour town, take on quests and race the clock in the timed derby.

Gameplay video coming later
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Courier Chaos

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

The parcel must get through. Deliver across six districts against the clock, the traffic and some very determined dogs.

Gameplay video coming later
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Real Tyke Simulator

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Think you can handle a toddler? One busy day of food, naps, play and bath time. Good luck.

Gameplay video coming later
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Urban Shred & Downhill

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

Summit to skate park, no brakes. Bomb one long downhill run from the mountain top to the city skate park.

Gameplay video coming later
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Rooftop Run

In developmentFor everyoneSolo

The city is your playground. Wall-run, vault, slide and zip-line across the rooftops chasing gold times.

Gameplay video coming later

Ages 10 and up

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Tank Battles

In developmentAges 10 and upSolovs AI tanks

One tank. Six war zones. One Behemoth. Roll through the front lines to the enemy HQ and the giant waiting there.

Gameplay video coming later
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Beast Slayer Co-Op

In developmentAges 10 and upSoloLocal co-op (2)

Five legends. One hunter, or two. Track and bring down five legendary beasts in a wild land, solo or with a friend on the same screen.

Gameplay video coming later
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Splatter Squads

In developmentAges 10 and upSoloAI teams

Paint everything. A paintball tournament with four modes, five arenas and a four-team free-for-all.

Gameplay video coming later
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Steel Titan Mechs

In developmentAges 10 and upSolovs AI mechs

Pilot something enormous. Stomp a walking battle mech through five war zones and take down the boss titans.

Gameplay video coming later
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Colossus World Raid

In developmentAges 10 and upSolo

One giant against many. Scale five living stone colossi and smash their glowing weak points, and soon team up with friends to bring them down together (co-op planned).

Gameplay video coming later
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Drone Wars

In developmentAges 10 and upSoloLocal co-op (1-4)

Hold the base. Own the sky. Fly combat drones with up to three friends on one screen against enemy swarms.

Gameplay video coming later

Teens and up

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Spooky Neighborhood

In developmentTeens and upSolo

Halloween night has gone very wrong. Calm the ghosts and zombies, find six keys and face the Pumpkin King.

Gameplay video coming later
Happy Dead Games

15 action games for older players

Shooters, sword fights and war. Made for teens and adults.

Ages 10 and up

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Exo-Survivor

In developmentAges 10 and upSolo

Stranded. Hunted. Not done yet. Salvage uplink parts on an alien world, destroy the hives that spawn the swarm and call for rescue.

Gameplay video coming later
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Dragon Realm

In developmentAges 10 and upSolo

Your dragon. Your sky. Fly over floating islands, race ring courses and battle rival riders and a dragon lord.

Gameplay video coming later
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Arcane Duels & Mastery

In developmentAges 10 and upSolovs AI mages

Climb the wizard ladder. Duel through ten ranks, unlock four spells and face the Archmage.

Gameplay video coming later

Teens and up

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Arena Shooter

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI bots

Jetpacks on. Medals up for grabs. Blast across seven zones, win every medal, then take the Championship.

Gameplay video coming later
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Castle Siege

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI defenders

Bring the walls down. A catapult campaign: smash five castle keeps, breach the walls and beat the King's Champion.

Gameplay video coming later
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Hack & Slash

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI waves

Ten waves. Four gates. One champion. A brutal melee arena where only the last one standing goes through.

Gameplay video coming later
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Shooter Range

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI bots

Prove your aim. Target lanes, a kill house, a shoot-off rival and 2v2 bot matches on one range.

Gameplay video coming later
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Deep Blue Abyss

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI sea monsters

The deeper you go, the worse it gets. Dive from reef to trench, watch your oxygen and hull depth, and face the Leviathan.

Gameplay video coming later
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City Cab & Combat

In developmentTeens and upSolo

Your fare is in danger. Drive. Race a taxi across eight districts, beat the clock and get VIPs past the hit cars.

Gameplay video coming later
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Longshot Ops

In developmentTeens and upSolo

One kilometre. One shot. Long-range sniper missions across a valley, with real bullet drop, wind and extraction.

Gameplay video coming later
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Cyber Blade Clash

In developmentTeens and upSolo

Blade or hack: pick your way up. Fight or hack through a neon tower to the Architect at the data core.

Gameplay video coming later
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Iron Front 1944

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI soldiers

The beach. The village. The bridge. A 1944 campaign that ends at the chateau.

Gameplay video coming later
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Ninja Shuriken & Katana

In developmentTeens and upSolovs AI guards

Unseen. Unheard. Unstoppable. Sneak, climb and fight up a feudal fortress with throwing stars, a grapple and smoke.

Gameplay video coming later
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Apex Hunter Wilderness

In developmentTeens and upSolo

You're not the only hunter out here. Track trophy animals across a huge wild range as a ranger, and beware the predators.

Gameplay video coming later
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Freak Wars

In developmentTeens and upSoloAI bots fill every team

Build a monster. Start a war. Pick a freaky creature or build a battle bot, then brawl in teams from 2v2 up to 8v8.

Gameplay video coming later
HappyDead Racing

Racing and heist games

Motocross, demolition derby and city heists, with a full racing series on the way: open-wheel, endurance, GT, stock car, touring, rally, drag, drifting, off-road and karting. City Heist is for players 18 and over.

For everyone

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Dirt Bike Apex

In developmentFor everyoneSolovs AI rivals

Thirteen events. Zero clean jerseys. Off-road races, time trials, stunts and a Grand Prix final.

Gameplay video coming later
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Metal Crush Derby

In developmentFor everyoneSolovs AI rivals

Last car running wins. Smash rivals in demolition derby heats and races, then survive the stadium final.

Gameplay video coming later

18 and up

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City Heist & Syndicate

In development18 and upSolo

Five heists. The whole city after you. Pull the jobs, outrun the cops and fight street gangs, on foot or behind the wheel.

Gameplay video coming later
Studio

How we work

One founder, a crew of AI tools, and a simple rule: quality first. Every app is designed end to end in-house, from the first idea to the store listing.

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Ads, ever

Our apps are free or a one-time unlock. No ad networks, no data brokers.

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Checked guides

Safety and nature content is fact-checked against government, university and medical sources.

39

Games in one hub

A growing collection built on our own engine tools and asset pipeline.

AI

Powered pipeline

Modern AI helps us write, draw, test and ship, with a human deciding what's good enough.

Contact

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