Astro Boy Dash zooms up free-to-play charts

Animoca, the Honk Kong based developer behind Robo5 and Star Girl, launched Astro Boy Dash this week, and in a matter of days, the game has already skyrocketed to #6 on Google Play’s Top New Free Apps and #42 on Google Play’s Top Free overall.

And while the game might just seem like the latest in a long line of endless runners, the key to the title’s success is the iconic robot fans are making sprint, slide, and jump around the 3-D universe in hopes of rescuing Astro Boy’s robotic sister, Uran (Astro Girl).

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