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Ice Scream 8: Final Chapter

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The friends' last escape from Rod's factory, and a final fight with Rod.

Platforms: iPhone, Android
Price: Free to play
Rated: 4.7 of 5 from 15,994 ratings on the App Store; 4.6 of 5 from 81.3K reviews on Google Play
Length: about 40 minutes
Players: 1
Controls: Touch controls: joystick to move, swipe to look, buttons to pick up, use and hide
Made by: Keplerians
Released: 2023

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What frightens Rod has followed Charlie to the factory's control room and locked the four friends in; you plan their escape through the factory's old and new areas while running and hiding from Rod, Evil Nun and other villains, until a final battle with the ice cream man.
Content: jumpscares, cartoon violence, rated teen on google play for violence, ads and in-app purchases.

Ice Scream 8: Final Chapter ends Keplerians' free mobile horror series. The four friends are reunited but locked in the control room of Rod's factory, and you guide their escape through its old and new areas, solving puzzles and hiding from Rod and Evil Nun before a final battle with the evil ice cream man.

About Ice Scream 8: Final Chapter

Ice Scream 8: Final Chapter came out in December 2023 for iPhone and Android, the end of Keplerians' Ice Scream series (on the App Store it is listed as Ice Scream 8: Horror Games). After Lis is rescued from the lab, the four friends finally meet in the control room, but Rod has followed Charlie there and locked them in. Now they have to get out and leave the factory for good.

Getting out means cutting the factory's security system. Mike works out that three generators power it, so the friends split up to shut each one down, and every area has its own villain waiting. Besides Rod and his helpers there's Evil Nun, Sister Madeline from Keplerians' other series, plus Franken-Boris and Mati. If one of them grabs you, you struggle to break free. There are no lives to count down any more, which is new for the series. The kids also talk to each other as you play, and that's where a lot of the story comes out.

The 2.0 update in June 2024 added the extraction room. Explore it and you reach the true ending, the story of how Rod became the evil ice cream man, and a last fight with him where you shoot back with a slingshot.

It keeps the series' gentler options: a step-by-step hint and quest system, checkpoints so you can stop and come back, and ghost mode to explore with no danger. A customisation store sells skins for characters and weapons, and the Android version shows ads.

The scares are cartoon ones, chases and sudden grabs rather than gore. Anyone who has followed Rod's story since the first game gets the ending here, and a newcomer can follow it too, since the store pitches it at both.

How to play Ice Scream 8: Final Chapter

Download Ice Scream 8 free from the App Store or Google Play.
Pick a difficulty, or ghost mode to explore without danger.
Find a way out of the control room, then follow each objective through the factory.
Hide from Rod, Evil Nun and the other villains, and run when you are seen.
Solve the puzzles and mini games, then face Rod in the final battle.

Screenshots

Ice Scream 8 screenshot: Boris, a clown-faced robot in a suit and tie, crawls through a dim factory hall past a small clown-faced figure in overalls, with touch controls on screen

Ice Scream 8 screenshot captioned Challenge Rod in a final battle: a boy aims a slingshot at Rod on a glowing machine in an icy factory chamber

Ice Scream 8 screenshot captioned Discover the events that gave birth to this nightmare: a dim attic with a telescope on a desk, an open wardrobe and a moonlit window

Ice Scream 8 store picture captioned Face multiple villains: a clown chef robot, Evil Nun with a hammer, Rod, the robot Boris and a crocodile in an ice cream parlour

Ice Scream 8 store picture captioned Play as J., Lis, Mike and Charlie: the four kids talk in a firelit living room

Ice Scream 8 store picture captioned Discover new areas of the factory: a pink-lit hall of glowing flasks with figures inside, beside a campfire in the factory yard at night

Ice Scream 8 store picture captioned New and challenging mini-games: an aiming view over a foggy factory yard with red chimneys and a danger sign

Tips

Use the quest list and hints: they tell you the next step whenever you are lost.
Play with headphones to hear the villains before they find you. Keplerians recommends it too.
Explore the extraction room to reach the true ending.
If a villain catches you, keep struggling to get free. There is no lives counter, but Sister Madeline does not give many second chances.

Questions

Is Ice Scream 8 the last Ice Scream game?

Yes. Keplerians calls it the finale of the Ice Scream saga.

Is Ice Scream 8 free?

Yes. It is free on iPhone and Android, with optional purchases such as skins. The Google Play version also has ads.

Is Evil Nun in Ice Scream 8?

Yes. Evil Nun, from Keplerians' other series, is one of the villains you hide from.

How long is Ice Scream 8?

Keplerians' own full playthrough video runs about 40 minutes. A first run with puzzles to work out takes longer, and the true ending from the 2.0 update adds the extraction room on top.

How do you get the true ending in Ice Scream 8?

Explore the extraction room, added in the 2.0 update. It reveals the factory's last secrets and leads to the final battle with Rod.