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Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is not out globally. PlayStation Mobile and Oh Bibi have run it in soft launch since late 2025 — the Philippines and Indonesia first, then the Nordics, Canada and the UK — and opened worldwide pre-registration in July; the App Store lists October 5, 2026 as expected, unconfirmed by Sony. What is known: a free hero shooter with 12 Rangers, six modes, a Super Pass at $11.99 and Raritanium packs to $99.99 already listed.
The product is not in the mobile stores yet, so there is no store listing to take specifications from. Checked 2026-09-21.
The developer is Oh Bibi — the Paris studio behind Frag Pro Shooter — working with PlayStation Studios and Insomniac, and the CEO, Stanislas Dewavrin, set out the game on the PlayStation Blog on July 15, 2026: a free-to-play hero shooter with 12 Rangers at launch and more to come, six modes including team PvP, PvE waves, a battle-royale-style mode and a football showdown, wrapped in a story where Captain Qwark builds a combat simulation to find the next Galactic Rangers. The soft launch has been long and regional: the Philippines and Indonesia first, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark in December 2025, Canada in May 2026 and the UK in August, with an App Store review from January 15 as the earliest trace. Worldwide pre-registration opened in July with currency rewards and a Clank Suit skin for the hero Widget, and the App Store lists October 5, 2026 as expected. Sony has not confirmed it.
The listing describes the shape: real-time multiplayer with stunning 3D on iconic locations, over 11 heroes to recruit and upgrade, each with a weapon, a gadget and an ultimate — turn enemies into sheep, transform into a tank — and synergies to build as Rangers level. The cast is Lombaxes, robots and aliens. Version 1.10.2 on September 16 fixed a Rivet event, optimised memory for better frame rates and closed background crashes — evidence of a live build in the soft-launch countries, where Google Play's rating sits at 3.5 with no review text surfaced and the US App Store holds one five-star from January. The iOS build is 1.3 GB on iOS 17, the Android floor is 7.1, and the listing is in English only for now. Nothing here can be scored until the game is installable everywhere.
Because the soft launch is live, the pre-order page carries the whole economy. Apple flags Loot Boxes and In-App Purchases; Google Play adds an advertising badge and random items in purchases, pricing items from $0.99 to $99.99. The App Store's top ten are a Super Pass at $11.99, a Welcome Offer Pack and Starter Upgrade Kit at $4.99, and Raritanium — the upgrade currency — in a Handful at $1.99, a Pile at $4.99, a Sack at $9.99, a Crate at $19.99, a Freight at $49.99 and a Vault at $99.99. Apple's tracking list is long: Purchases, Location, User Content, Identifiers, Usage Data and Diagnostics linked to you; Google's card lists Location, Personal info and four other types collected. Rated 13+ and Everyone 10+. Prices on a pre-release listing are provisional and regional; the buttons, the review and the score arrive with the global launch.
Release information as announced by PlayStation Mobile / Oh Bibi. Checked 2026-09-21.
No. It is a real-time multiplayer hero shooter — team PvP, a battle-royale mode, PvE waves against other players' clocks — on PlayStation Mobile's servers, and the soft-launch build's September 2026 patch was about lag and background crashes. No offline or bot-only mode is described.
Free to download with a shop that already exists on the pre-order page: a Super Pass at $11.99, starter packs at $4.99, Raritanium from $1.99 to $99.99, loot boxes flagged by Apple and ads flagged by Google. Pre-registration rewards include Qredits, Reebos and Raritanium. Prices before launch are provisional and vary by region.
Only the soft-launch build, served by Google Play in the Philippines, Indonesia, the Nordics, Canada and the UK. APK files elsewhere are that regional build repackaged, tied to servers Sony can restrict at any update. The official route is pre-registration on Google Play and the App Store.
Yes — the listing's pitch is grabbing friends, going solo or teaming up online across six modes, including team PvP and a football showdown. Cross-play between iOS and Android is not spelled out, and there is no PlayStation console version; the Rangers you know from PS5 are the cast, not a link to your console account.
The App Store lists October 5, 2026 as expected; Sony and Oh Bibi have not confirmed a date. The timeline so far: soft launch in the Philippines and Indonesia in late 2025, the Nordics in December, Canada in May 2026, the UK in August, and worldwide pre-registration since July. The PlayStation Blog and the store pages are where a date would be confirmed.
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About this page. ScoredApps reviewed Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble independently. We don't own, develop, or distribute this app, and we're not affiliated with PlayStation Mobile Inc.. Official site: rangerrumble.com · Google Play listing · Developer support: ps-app@sony.com