PBA® Bowling Challenge
June 23, 2024
More About PBA® Bowling Challenge
• Multiplayer, Quickplay, and Career modes!
• Dozens of PBA Tournaments!
• Best 3D bowling graphics.
• Bowl against 24 of the best PBA bowlers!
• 100's of different bowling balls available, each with unique stats!
• Leaderboards and Achievements
• Bonus challenges in every tournament!
• Split Balls, Bomb Balls, and more!
Online Multiplayer Action!
Bowl against your friends in real-time, one-on-one multiplayer matches! Powered by Google Play game services, multiplayer mode lets you invite your Google+ friends or get matched against a random opponent!
Start a career or bowl a quick game!
Career mode is at the heart of PBA Bowling Challenge, but if you’d rather just lace up and take to the lanes, we’ve got you covered. Choose from a wide variety of opponents and locations and unlock even more content in Career Mode!
Bowl against the best!
How do you think you’d fare against the cool confidence and pin-point accuracy of Walter Ray Williams, Jr. or the brash power stroke of Pete Weber? How would your scores stand up against the high spin and smooth release of Norm Duke or the high cranking backswing of Parker Bohn III. Based on actual statistics that track their power, hook, and control, PBA Bowling Challenge strives to accurately recreate the skill and style of the top bowlers in the sport today.
Split Ball, Bomb Ball, and more!
They may not be tournament legal in the real world, but these special balls can really help you out in a tough tournament.
If the lane seems too big and your ball seems too small, the Lightning Ball’s swirling storm of electricity is sure to hit something!
Want to clear a 7-10 split without breaking a sweat? Try the Split ball! It splits into two balls when you tap it!
And when you absolutely, positively have to knock down every pin on the lane, the bomb ball is what you need. Just hit a single pin, any pin, for an explosive strike.
Latest Version
3.8.63
June 23, 2024
Concrete Software, Inc.
Sports
Android
25,475,031
Free
com.concretesoftware.pbachallenge_androidmarket
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User Reviews
Danny Smith
3 years ago
I really want to taste this high because I like the game. I'm only giving it a 3 because I'm having an issue with the ads in this game where there are 2 stages per ad. The initial ad which can be skipped after a few seconds. Then there is the second stage where the ad CAN NOT be closed. I have to choose out the whole game and reload to move forward. It's so frustrating.
Jeff Stephens
1 year ago
The graphics and physics of gameplay are really good, the sounds are good. The rewards, ie, watching a video to get a bonus spin, etc. is very frustrating. The rewards for watching an ad often simply do not pay out. On the other hand, there are no ads constantly interrupting gameplay, which is nice for a change. If they'll fix the glitchy rewards, I'll be glad to spend some money here. But not until these glitches are fixed.
Nate M.
4 years ago
Countless balls with soecial bonuses, lots of variety in locations, some special novelty lanes, plenty of other specialties to unlock, good graphics. It's a sometimes whimsical arcade style bowling game to have fun with and not take too seriously. It's definitely not a simulation. There seems to be some inconsistency in the physics. I get a lot of nines but other times a lot of strikes. But I don't know about that. The only trouble was there was no way to sync it up so when I got a new device it didn't carry over. But I messaged the developers and they took care of me.
A Google user
5 years ago
Don't know what happened. I was about lvl 173, updated and tried logging in, says deserialization error and starts me off at level 1. Open up Play Games and all of my achievements are there, but when I log into the game it starts me off at level one. Uninstalling because this was the biggest waste of time I've ever experienced playing phone game. Literally years of playing and it's gone....on Christmas morning. EDIT - Fixed! Great customer service for a great game!
Cody Hall - GrindStone
3 years ago
This has the best bowling physics out there. True to life reactions on oil patterns and pin reactions. The graphics are great. When you need to relax a little or just love bowling then you have to get this game. The customer support is also very speedy and helpful. They take the time to actually listen to what issue you're having so they can adequately solve the problem rather than just having an automated system "assist" you to a dead end of aggravation. All around great developer and game!
Robert B
2 years ago
It's a fun and somewhat realistic bowling simulation. It has lots of challenges and requires skill and After time you hon those skills. It has a lot venue and bowling accessory Variety. I wish they would incorporate a moving 30 event average in addition to your lifetime average as it is awfully hard to change upward after you have been playing the game for a couple of years. It is not like throwing a ball, but the geometry of ball and pin action is instructive.
John and Chantel Keyt
10 months ago
Edit, After a month of solid play ,I'm out. Energy cost too great, progression doesn't exist, can no longer throw consistently, can't buy anything worth buying. Waste. Great physics, playability, graphics and fun progression. Problems: 1) too many ads they're too long. 2) Energy feature is terrible. I can only play 3 games before I have to wait to play. I only have pockets of free time, if I want to play, I should be able to. Losing interest. Give a purchase option without the nonsense.
Leander Jones Jr.
3 years ago
I've enjoyed this game for years, reaching level 75 on my first phone back in 5th or 6th grade. I got back up to level 74 a week and a half ago after a couple years of not playing it and just a couple of months ago finding out about cloud saving to save my progress. I got further then i ever had before and watched an ad to get a higher score in the tropical circuit then got reset to level 60. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game multiple times, even moving on, only to be reset again plzhelp
Ross Ferraro (General Firebat)
1 year ago
Started playing this game in 2015. Played for over a year and stopped due to numerous errors in saving and loading profile and games. Lost exp and balls. Never got fixed. Came back 2023 just to see if any changes. Nope. Multiplayer is still a mess. No lobby yet? Ball physics in multiplayer versus against CPU opponents is still not the same. All this time, no changes. Wow.
A Google user
3 years ago
I wish you guys had a gauge on the side that I can swipe bowl like a bar that controls how much power instead of just bowling 🎳 by swiping your finger up or flicking the phone forward. It's just easier if the setting was set so that you choose where you want the ball to be and then slide your finger on the power bar to bowl. It almost all the time moves the ball from where I was aiming after slide my finger to bowl. Overall this is a fantastic realistic bowling game thank you!
Matt Rowland
2 years ago
Always had fun with this until a few years ago when I grinded with the Golden egg ball for a ton of gold pins, and bought some new balls, only to have my progress reset back about 30 levels. That's when I just gave up as support didn't have record of anything, despite everything saying it was saved in the cloud. Kept me entertained in airports back in 2017 when I used to travel. Wish I had my old progress back. Down to 2 stars. Ads are insane. I would buy the game, but not microtransactions.
Dave Washabaugh
1 year ago
It was great when I started playing in 2013. It has been ruined by the ads and other stupid changes made to it. What a shame! This was the best bowling app at one time. Way to flush it down the toilet, Concrete Software. And no, temporarily removing ads is no help. There should be an option to purchase a version which is ad free, period. I've done that with other apps and it's worth the price. I don't understand your reason for not offering that. 😡
Susan Choquette
4 years ago
What's happened? Spin and win freezes up after 1st spin, I have had to start over numerous times. Have now built back up to 32 even though I have been playing for at least a year. If I Uninstall and reinstall I will lose 2900+gold pins purchased and earned plus my tickets, that's not right. Please advise. 8/5/2020 This issue has been resolved, thank you. I Have been playing your game for several years and never tire of it. I keep my brain up to speed by figuring out the score before it shows on the game. In addition you can figure out what you need to beat your opponent. The sounds and graphics are amazing, since I can no longer actually bowl this is absolutely the next best thing. If your a bowler you will love it as well, don't forget your daily spin.. I have never had issues with ads or pop ups. If you spin everyday you get great freebies and don't have to spend anything, just patience.
skysand storms
7 months ago
Had to give this game a 2 star simply because the game is getting free ad revenue from the player by not holding up to the watch ad for a retry option when your doing good. 6 times I never got the retry or the game would restart after watching the ad. It's honestly the best bowling game in the play store because I was raised in bowling alleys and know the physics of the oil on the lanes and bowling balls and pins but I don't like being bamboozled for not getting the rewards for it. Deleted.
Larry Robins
4 months ago
Really like playing the game, but it removes event's before time is up. Also have all league and bonus tournaments finished and that's it. No new levels or anything else. Just daily events, and there is two lanes that are not allowing me to play or down load. It says you have to play the bonus tournaments to open them. Guess what there is no bonus tournaments for them. Was at level 185 and game wanted to do a update. Now I am all the way back to the beginning. Lost all my tickets and gold pins.
Eric Flapjack Ashley
4 months ago
Really like the game overall, but the cloud save option hasn't worked in quite a long time. There's not even an option for it in any of the menus, and logging into my Google Play account just brings up an error about being unable to access them, nor do any cloud saves going forward. Really discouraging and less inclined to play now after upgrading phones and losing all my stats and built up tickets and XP points.
James Carrick
4 months ago
This is the best bowling game out there hands down. It's fun, easy to learn but challenging to master, has a wide variety of bowling balls, real pro bowlers or at least their portraits, a variety of lanes and oil patterns. Some minor issues with the physics from time to time. Specifically with the 7 and 10 pins not wanting to go down despite being hit by a pin. That does not detract from the fun, though. As it is uncommon. Great bowling game, wish they would make a sequel to it with more options
JonathanBaylor22 Baylor
4 months ago
The way to make it better put a percentage bar on the experience level. Also, tell us how many strikes we need to level up because I have spent many hours trying to level up because the bar was at the end, and I wanted double the levels. Turn off the energy balls when you are at full energy. If they have other powers, keep them on and increase the other abilities. On the NY King Pins, you have got to do something different. You can't see the arrows to throw the ball.
marty Baucom
4 months ago
Really fun game. Played this a while back and wanted to play it again. Only issue is I can't get passed the fact you have to watch an ad after every game. It makes it 10x worse that it's always an ad you have to hit close 3-4 times before it ever actually closes and if you're not right on the button it just opens up the play store. Makes it very difficult to play what should be a fun game. Update: You have to pay to remove ads. It's also not permanent and you have to keep making purchases.
David B
3 months ago
I've been playing this game forever. My only complaint is somehow all my trophies are still on my account but none of my game progress carried over. I need to unlock everything all over again, none of my stats saved (I had so many 300 rings 😭) and on top of that, now there are just too many ads. There's gotta be a "purchase to get rid of ads" button somewhere right??
