Knife Hit

Name: Knife Hit
Author: Ketchapp

1.8.34

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🎯 Test your aim in the ultimate knife throwing challenge!

Knife Hit: timed knife-throwing game for Android

By Priya Raghavan

Senior reviews editor

Spinning targets that you break by timing each throw
Apples hit during play unlock new knives
Game over when a knife hits another knife or a spike
A boss challenge every fifth stage
Exclusive knives awarded for beating bosses
Worlds unlock after every boss has been beaten

What the Knife Hit game is and who it suits

Knife Hit is a casual arcade game, rated PEGI 3, built around one skill: throwing a knife at the right moment. The developer, Ketchapp, describes it as a test of aim, timing and reflexes rather than a game with long sessions or heavy rules.

It suits anyone who likes short, one-button games where each attempt is decided by a single well-timed action. The rules are few, and the difficulty comes from the timing alone.

Throwing knives at spinning targets

Each stage has a target that spins, and you throw knives at it one at a time. A hit sticks to the target, and breaking the target through enough hits moves you on to the next challenge.

A knife that strikes another knife already stuck in the target, or a spike, ends the run. The listing says the challenges get harder the further you go, so timing errors become more costly as the stages progress.

Collecting apples to unlock and keep knives

Apples appear during play, and hitting them adds to your unlocks. Each apple is a way to earn a new knife, so the apples you hit shape which knives you get to use.

Over time you build a knife collection and can single out the ones you like best. The listing presents the collection as the reason to keep playing past the early stages.

Boss stages, exclusive knives and worlds

Every fifth stage is a boss challenge. Beating a boss unlocks exclusive knives that cannot be obtained from apples, and it lets you carry on to the next part of the game.

The game is organised into worlds. The listing says that beating every boss unlocks every world, so the boss stages are also the route to seeing the whole game.

What's new

Sep 8, 2026

Minor bug fixes

About this APK

The build we hold is Knife Hit 1.8.34 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.0 and up.

Version: 1.8.34; 67
Requires Android: 7.0+
Target Android: 16

Package ID: com.ketchapp.knifehit
Format: APKS split bundle
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Signed by: CN=Michel Morcos, O=Ketchapp
Certificate SHA-256: 9fe9ca4b85424196abd953377b88aaa2e89d86da817efd06ca7cce58feb045c1