Gbaka Go!, the Abidjan gbaka game
“Hop in, hop in, hop in! You know how it is.”
Take the wheel of a real gbaka and become the hottest driver in Abidjan. Pick up passengers in Adjamé, race to Yopougon, cross the bridges over the lagoon — and chain your runs without ever stalling.
Six screens, the whole road
Screenshots taken from the version published on the App Store.
One thumb, one gbaka route
Pick up the passengers
Leaving Adjamé, the apprentice shouts the destination: scoop up passengers on the fly — every ride fills your cash box.
Weave through the traffic
Avoid the traffic jams, dodge the potholes, grab the turbo and chain the combos.
Trigger the Wôyô
Squeeze in, squeeze in, we're all in this together! Wôyô mode is pure euphoria — and the cash box filling up before nightfall.
An arcade game 100% Ivorian vibe
Abidjan's most famous minibus, with its painted bodywork, its slogan on the side and its apprentice hanging from the door.
Adjamé, Yopougon, Cocody, the lagoon and its bridges: every area has its own road, its own colors and its own traps.
Customize your gbaka so nobody mistakes it for anyone else's.
Titles to earn run after run, all the way to “Monarch of the Road.” Respect has to be earned.
Every crash can be replayed in slow motion — often more funny than frustrating.
One hand, one thumb: a run can be played standing in a woro-woro or relaxing at home.
Before you take the wheel
Is Gbaka Go! free?
Yes. The game is free to download; it is funded by advertising.
Which devices can I play on?
On iPhone and iPad (iOS 15 or later), via theApp Store.
Is the game available on Android?
Not yet: the Android version is in the works. Leave your email address at the bottom of the page to hear when it comes out on Google Play.
What is a gbaka?
The gbaka is Abidjan's public-transport minibus. A driver and an apprentice — who calls out the destination and brings the passengers on board — run it from neighborhood to neighborhood. The game borrows all its codes: the colors, the painted slogans, the apprentice's calls.
From what age?
The game is rated 9+ on the App Store.
Who publishes the game?
Gbaka Go! is created by Ultimes Griots, a publishing house founded in Abidjan, which also publishes African folktale books and comics, the folktale app KUMA and the word game Défi Kilimandjaro.
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