Tactile, hands-on gameplay tied to a classic Hasbro experience.
Strong educational focus on fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Engaging rhyming read-along narrative to boost literacy.
Immersive feedback with buzzer and device vibration enhances play.
Lacks breadth of content typical of some competitors, such as broader game puzzles or phonics-focused activities.
Limited to a single IP/theme, with fewer diverse educational activities beyond the twelve ailments.
No explicit emphasis on additional learning areas (e.g., nursery rhymes or broad educational curricula) found in some rivals.
About Operation
Operation was an education app developed by PlayDate Digital Inc.. It was removed from Google Play Jan 3, 2026 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Operation had been downloaded 4.3 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Operation was rated 3.05 out of 5 stars, based on 29 ratings.
App Information
Operation cost $2.99 to download. The APK download size was 60.74 MB. The last available version was 1.3. The last update was on October 19, 2025.
Technical Requirements
Operation required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play November 2019.
Description
Hey Doc, Cavity Sam needs your help! Make him better or get the buzzer!
If you grew up with Hasbro’s classic OPERATION board game or have kids who are working the tweezers as we speak, this engrossing app brings a childhood favorite to life! Just like the board game, the app tests kids’ hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills but also unveils twelve entertaining short tales!
Transformed into an exciting tactile app experience, the OPERATION App delivers everything you remember and more including the classic ailments and the nail biting ‘tweezer’ tension! Remember carefully trying to remove Sam’s ailments? Now you can try with a set of virtual tweezers! If you touch the side, Sam’s nose lights up. You hear the familiar buzzer and feel your device vibrate in this beautiful tactile experience.
Kids learn what each ailment means as Cavity Sam gets personal and ‘spills his guts’ on all twelve of the classic ailments. A fun rhyming narrative introduces the user to Cavity Sam’s peculiar situation and how he ended up in each mess. ‘Read along’ medical files give you and your emerging reader the story behind Cavity Sam’s every ache and pain and a fun way to practice those fine motor skills. Fix him quick!! He will be so glad.
Return to the operating table after every successful operation to pick the ailment you want to tackle next! There are twelve different ways to make Cavity Sam feel better and a relatable story behind each one! Plus, every successful operation includes an easy to read ‘lesson learned’ that kids can use to stay healthy and strong in their own lives.
The new OPERATION app delivers all the classic ‘buzz’ you can handle with ‘virtual’ tweezers, but so much more!
Features include: • All twelve classic funny ailments, including Charlie Horse, Adam’s Apple, Spare Ribs, Wrenched Ankle, Butterflies in the Stomach, Water on the Knee, Writer’s Cramp, Pulled Muscle, Broken Heart, Wish Bone, Bread Basket and Funny Bone! • Maze: Navigate Cavity Sam’s insides to find and remove his ‘ouchies’ • Surgical camera: Focus the surgical camera to find what’s gone wrong (and make it right)! • Deliver medicines: Tilt your device to move the treatment to the right spot! • Eliminate germs: Swipe away the pesky bugs that are keeping Cavity Sam down! • Cavity Sam, brought to ‘achy breaky’ life! • Twelve different ways to fix up Cavity Sam and make him feel better! • Classic ‘tweezer’ play for every ailment • Fun rhyming narrative • Learn the story behind every ‘owie’ – how did Sam end up this way? • Sam shares ‘lessons learned’ that kids can use to stay healthy and strong. • Beautiful animations • The ‘buzzer!’
ABOUT PLAYDATE DIGITAL PlayDate Digital Inc. is a publisher of high-quality, interactive, mobile educational software for children. PlayDate Digital's products nurture children's emerging literacy and creativity skills by turning digital screens into engaging experiences. PlayDate Digital content is built in partnership with some of the world's most trusted global brands for kids.
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★★★★★
Surprisingly this game retains key elements of the board game. I like how it tries to educate the young children that are the target audience. Having said that, this game should have an advanced mode that disables the prompts telling you what to do before you navigate the tweezers, removes the camera mini-game, and makes you restart if you buzz.
★★★★★
I was a bit dubious about this game, I loved the game as a kid. And I was thinking maybe it wouldn't be good as a phone game, but the devs have done a fantastic job 👏 👌
★★★★★
Chuck E Cheese's version; I could play all day/night. I'm hopin thisll be just as much fun!!..... We'll see; I'll be back woth my thoughts......
★★☆☆☆
I can't believe I paid for this. There's no penalty for getting the buzzer and no vs :-(
★★☆☆☆
Honestly, the game that come to my cereal box was better. It didn't move well enough with my finger and the cereal box game was more interesting and less annoying with the dialog. I wish I had the old pc game. Wish I hadn't spent money.
★★☆☆☆
Edit: I should have read reviews before installing, but I assumed it works because it's a Hasbro product. Is this a scam? Chose the "spare ribs" option of the game. Touched but could not move the spare ribs image in the maze. It's nonresponsive. Touched on the "back" arrow to go back. That worked. It's matter of principle that game owner should issue refund for game that did not work.
★★☆☆☆
🐼🌹 Although I've paid £2.79 GBP for this game 🤔 It really isn't that good 🤔 Why you may ask 🤔 Well there's only twelve single elements to remove taking just minutes. There's NO online multiplayer games, NO bot to play against, NO high score memory, NOT even a timer to play against, there's NOTHING! So once one has completed the game in around five to ten minutes approximately that's it! In my opinion I would recommend that you don't purchase this game however that's just my own opinion😀🌹🐼
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