Sonar Patrol

Eugen X

About this game

The idea behind this interpretation of Black Box is that you are a sonar operator tasked to locate and destroy a group of five enemy subs that have entered your patrol sector (which is imagined as a 8x8 grid).

You will have the ability to launch depth charges to sink the enemy subs, but first you have to locate them.
To do so, you fire sonar pings into the grid from the perimeter.
Depending on where the pings enter and then exit the grid, you have to determine where the subs are located, but remember to use your pings carefully, because you will have only ten available.

Read the in-game help section for the rules of the game, tips and strategies.

Sonar Patrol does not need of any permissions.

Compatibility note: the game requires a display with an WVGA resolution or larger

Ratings and reviews

Fantastic, totally-free strategy game. I had never played Black Box before. After playing this I tried some Black Box emulators online, and I like this version better! One complaint: I wish the guessing phase wasn't optional. Sometimes I forget to use it, or tap the border by accident.

Amazing mentally stimulating game! Not only is this a great game to play for a few minutes or hours at a time, but the developer is a great person. I found a bug that crashed the game and emailed the dev. Not only did they respond within a day, they fixed the bug and pushed the update out the next day!(v1.8.1) Wow!

Simple and fun. It seems confusing at first but you'll get it within minutes. It's not hard to win once you understand it, but if the subs are close together it can be downright impossible, so it's always a challenge

What's new

v1.9
Updated:
- dropped support for Android 8.1
- improved support for Android 12 and 13