Squad Busters

Squad Busters is an online mobile action game developed and published by the Finnish video game company Supercell. The game was released globally on 29 May 2024 for the Android and iOS platforms.

The game is a crossover of other video games by Supercell, featuring characters from Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, Hay Day, and Boom Beach.

Gameplay
It is a casual strategy you to purchase chests with which you can get new characters to join your squad. Gems allow you to rank in the game, since the player with the most gems when time ends wins.

In the video game there are a total of 44 monsters, 26 modifiers and 16 different spells; the modifiers are chosen randomly at the start of the game, while the spells can be unlocked as you progress through the game. A match consists of collecting as many gems as possible in a 10-player online match which can be obtained by defeating monsters, cutting down trees, searching bushes, destroying crates, obtaining coins and defeating enemies if you have more.

At the start of the game you are asked to choose between 3 random characters in your possession and to obtain other characters during the course of the match it is necessary to collect coins which can be found in the same way as gems. When the necessary coins have been obtained the player can approach one chest that requires a specific number of coins, which increases based on how many characters you have at the time, to again choose 1 of 3 random characters. Although very rarely, it is possible to find "mega" characters in chests, that is, much more powerful than normal characters. However, they are consumables, so using them will result in the use of mega units. You can get more mega units from the pass or in-app purchases.

In the game the characters in your possession are in a group that is moved by the player all together, around the group there is an "attack area" in which if the group is stationary and in the area there is an object, a monster or an enemy, will be attacked by the party. If three identical characters are chosen, they merge into one larger character.

Development and release
The video game was announced on January 31, 2023, and then had a limited release in beta version on February 6 of the same year only for Canada and then ended on February 16. Subsequently, in May 2023 another limited beta (Android only) was announced which lasted from May 22 until May 29 available only in Canada, Mexico and Spain.

Almost a year after the last beta, on April 1, 2024, "many exciting new features" were announced for the future of the game. Subsequently, on April 8 of the same year it was announced that the game will be available in soft launch from April 23 in Canada, Mexico, Spain, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Singapore.

On April 25, 2024, it was revealed that the video game will be released globally on May 29 of the same year.

In the video game there are 27 characters from other Supercell products, 10 from Clash Royale/Clash of Clans, 11 from Brawl Stars, 2 from Hay Day, 3 from Boom Beach and 1 from Hay Day Pop.

Reception
Pocket Gamer's Iwan Morris rated the game 4.5 out of 5. He described Squad Busters as a "good mobile game", praising its simplicity and graphics. He noted "if you don’t like Supercell’s style then this likely won’t sway you".