Apple and Australian developer Hipster Whale announced Crossy Road Rush on October 6, 2026. The new spinoff is scheduled to arrive exclusively on Apple Arcade on November 5, bringing the series’ colorful style to an island-focused platforming runner.
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What to expect from Crossy Road Rush
Apple describes a course of quick-fire challenges and hazards where players swerve, jump, and smash their way across an island. The game keeps the colorful voxel-style look associated with Crossy Road and Crossy Road Castle, while shifting toward an adventure structure.
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Players can go solo or team up in multiplayer for up to four people, either around one device or online. MobileGamer.biz also reports a 50-stage single-player adventure and a survival mode.
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The available reports confirm the island-runner premise, but do not provide enough detail to verify every story or gameplay element circulating in descriptions of the game. The Octoboss mission, in particular, is not established by the sources cited here.
Release date and Apple Arcade access
The announced release date is Thursday, November 5, 2026. NQ Brief reports that the game is expected at 4 p.m. Pacific and that pre-orders are open to Apple Arcade subscribers; that timing and pre-order detail are not corroborated in the other launch coverage cited here.
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Apple lists Apple Arcade at $6.99 per month in the U.S. with a one-month free trial, and says the service is also included in Apple One plans.
18 That is distinct from the separate claim that Apple Arcade and Apple TV became part of every paid iCloud+ plan; the cited sources here do not confirm that claim.
A follow-up to Crossy Road Castle
Crossy Road Rush follows Hipster Whale’s existing Apple Arcade game Crossy Road Castle. In May 2026, Crossy Road Castle took part in a limited-time Bluey crossover, adding Bluey-themed content that included an obstacle course set at Bluey and Bingo’s home.
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That crossover shows the studio revisiting its established obstacle-course format. Rush appears to carry that fast, accessible action into a larger island-adventure setup, while retaining the familiar visual identity of the series.
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