# 1-Bit Rogue: A dungeon crawler RPG! — user reviews > 202 indexed App Store user reviews of 1 by Kan Kikuchi, rated 4.50/5 from 469 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1-bit-rogue-a-dungeon-crawler-rpg/id1128070374/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/1-bit-rogue-a-dungeon-crawler-rpg/id1128070374.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 346 · 4★ 69 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of 1? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and fun gameplay - 🎨 Charming retro art style - 🕹️ Easy to pick up and play - 💰 Free to play with optional paid upgrade **Cons** - 🔍 Lack of content variety - 🕹️ Sensitive controls can be frustrating - 💰 Aggressive advertising model - 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs **Commonly reported bugs** - Weapon decay stat not working as described - Certain curses not applying as intended - Inconsistent performance on older devices **Most requested features** - More character classes and progression options - Ability to disable ads with a one-time purchase - Expanded dungeon layouts and enemy variety - Cloud save functionality to sync progress across devices ## Newest reviews (15 of 202) ### 2/5 — うーん *2025-06-22, version 1.3* いかに武器の消耗を抑えつつ進めるかのゲームで、露骨に消耗を狙った敵が出てきた辺りで察して辞めました。 装備強化などローグライクの醍醐味すらないシルプルさなので何を楽しめば良いのか分からず途中で飽きました。 ### 3/5 — こじんまりとした白黒ドットが印象的。 *2025-01-20, version 1.3* ▒ 作業ゲーに慣れてる人はサクッとクリアできるまとまり。ほぼ頭を空にしたい移動中などにおすすめ。 ▒ 育成要素もわりと多岐、難度は低め。 ▒ Appleゲームによるコインでのスコアアタックも記録されるのでハマる人は飽きない。 ▒ ボリュームとしてはちいさめ。個人的に物足りなさは感じた、人によりけりなところ。 ▒ 課金することでカラーリングを変えられる。ドット絵自体も破綻しておらず、デザインの参考には優良めかと。 誰かの参考になれば幸い。 ### 3/5 — Ad removal purchase option *2021-09-03, version 1.3* This is not showing up. Just downloaded the game. Digging it though, just the ads are driving me nuts. ### 3/5 — Typo/bug *2020-11-05, version 1.3* One of the curses says “increase ATK by 1, set DCY to 1.” This curse increases ATK by 5. ### 4/5 — 一年ぐらいやった感想。 *2020-09-12, version 1.3* たった今クリアできたので適当に感想を。 ▽このゲームの良いところ▽(個人の意見です) ・空き時間にできる(通勤、通学、暇な時など) ・BGMがいい(レトロな感じが好きなので) ・誰でも簡単にできる(初めてでも結構できます) ・レベル上げが簡単にできる(敵を倒すだけ・確定) ・いろんなキャラクターとそれぞれに特別な効果 ▽問題点▽(個人の意見です) ・操作性が良すぎて通り過ぎてしまう(イラつくかも) ▽最後に▽ 以下から4です。やってない時もあるので、 毎日やってれば数週間でクリアできると思います。 本当は4.8ぐらいです。ちなみに課金はしてません。 長文失礼しました。 ### 5/5 — Adorable DQ-inspired Roguelike *2020-03-01, version 1.3* Charming, clearly inspired by Dragon Quest aesthetically, gameplay is straightforward but strategic. Your weapon only lasts a few swings here so after the first few floors are cleared, you better start counting your steps carefully! You will have to gamble at times to get the best out of your weapon before switching, or decide which enemies are worth taking out if you can avoid them. The music is simple but very listenable with a classic sound, reminding me distinctly of picking up my GameBoy Color after school. ### 4/5 — New update *2020-01-28, version 1.3* The game is very cool and easy to play but we need a new update !!! ### 3/5 — Nice but not balanced. :( *2020-01-04, version 1.3* Weapons are rare and break way too easier (usually after 3 hits). As result you keep going unharmed, finding only medicines, dying at the first serious enemy. Please, remove the weapon breaking, it takes the fun away. ### 5/5 — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *2019-12-18, version 1.3* Fun game, simple but solid design, and I like the IAP model 🍺 ### 2/5 — 無聊 *2019-12-10, version 1.3* 恨無聊。如果喜歡8bit就下載 Vatnik ### 5/5 — Really good game ! *2019-12-07, version 1.3* Really good game I wish the dev will update! I would like to know if their is a way to launch spell distantly? ### 5/5 — IPad Pro version has troubles.. *2019-11-29, version 1.3* The game isn’t properly spanning the screen on the iPad Pro version. I’m trying to contact the developer, but I’m not so sure they’re reachable about this. ### 2/5 — Boring *2019-11-18, version 1.3* This game is boring, even for a rogue dungeon crawler. ### 5/5 — Just a few things *2019-11-07, version 1.3* First off: Great app! It's a small single focus app, that keeps me coming back. Not many apps can do that. If it were made by anyone else, I would play like 3 times & delete it. I do have some suggestions, from least to most important, here they are: The exits: I would appreciate it if the staircase rotated so that it would make sense, and not be a staircase facing a wall. The staircase would always be facing the way of the hallways. It's small, but I feel like it would make the game feel more polished. Variation: As much as I love playing the game, I can only do it a few times a day, and then I come back the next day. Some more variation other than floor layout would be interesting. Maybe secret hidden rooms behind non solid walls? What about legendary varieties of common enemies, that have more health. The ability to add 1 custom weapon that gets added to the pool ofexisting weapons would be neat, and it would always be cool to encounter it. What about a class of character that can walk two frames without causing enemies to have a turn? Lastly, either a melee weapon that can hit two spaces ahead of you rather than one would be awesome. ### 5/5 — 電車で片手で遊べる *2019-10-15, version 1.3* これが広告見るだけで無料で遊べるのはとても嬉しいですね しかも腕が上がる程ゲームオーバーになりにくくなり広告を見る頻度が下がって気にならなくなるという ゲームとしてのクオリティも非常に高く、長く楽しめます ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — いきなり勝手にアプリが落ちる *2025-10-11, version 1.3* そしてセーブとかされてないから最初から ### 1/5 — Been a while *2021-01-31, version 1.3* It’s been a long time since I last played this. The gameplay is great, it’s simple puzzles disguised as a retro dungeon crawler. However, this app deserves a one-star review, I would rate zero stars, but that doesn’t seem like an option. Why does it get a low score? Because of the aggressive advertising on it. Ads that pop-up after every death that cannot be skipped until an “x” appears a few moments later, or an ad that pops up every now and then that doesn’t even let you leave it, instead the only way to get past it is to click on the ad. Opening the game sometimes causes these ads to pop up. When you die, you have an option of giving up a portion of your gold to continue *or* you can PLAY ANOTHER AD. Furthermore, it looks like they’ve since added a banner ad that’s always on the bottom of the page since I last played a couple years ago. And then, get this, despite raking in cash from the sheer amount of ad revenue this downloadable billboard makes, the developer has the audacity to make a separate page on the Home Screen to ask for donations. Like mate, your game is almost bloody unplayable because of the ads you’ve rented out across the blasted thing. Do you think I’m going to pay you $3 to watch even more ads (but this time the game has a whopping three colors added to it!!!!!!). Bugger off. ### 1/5 — 如下 *2020-03-15, version 1.3* 有中文會想課彩色付費版，沒中文就關網路玩就好。 ### 1/5 — I was overcharged *2020-02-12, version 1.3* It says that it was $2.99, but instead I was charged $10.57. I enjoy the game, but I’d rather not be burdened by the fact that I was lied to when I purchased the color mode. ### 1/5 — Hide your kids. *2019-11-16, version 1.3* Pop up advertisements were “Adult.” Great tripe to have on the front page. Controls were unresponsive, and the game just isn’t fun. ### 1/5 — Burned into my screen *2019-08-13, version 1.3* Yeah, the top menu burned into my iphone 6S screen after like an hour of playing... great game otherwise! Sad i cant continue playing actually, i just unlocked the ninja and got to floor 35 before getting screwed by the way the game handles items. Simply put: you get item, and enemies move after the item notification disappears... this screwed me over, i think they should move first ### 1/5 — Unable to redownload progress using iCloud on another device *2019-05-29, version 1.3* Please add this feature ### 1/5 — Too many adverts *2019-05-29, version 1.3* Every time you die there’s 3-4 adverts to sit through before you can play again. ### 1/5 — Can’t remove adds *2019-04-17, version 1.3* Adds are intrusive and you can’t get rid of them... if you could this would be a 5 star game. ### 1/5 — Absolute rubbish compared to Repton it copies. *2019-04-16, version 1.3* Deleted it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great rogue-lite *2024-05-16, version 1.3* Great little rogue-lite to play. The difficulty is OK for new players, not insanely hard and manageable. ### 5/5 — Sencillo y entretenido *2021-11-14, version 1.3* Muy buen juego para pasar un rato. ### 5/5 — Pepinaco *2021-05-26, version 1.3* Entretenidísimo, buena música y buena jugabilidad. ### 5/5 — センス良いゲーム *2021-02-21, version 1.3* デザインが最高でした！！ シンプルかつ美麗なドット絵で、その技術の高さに感嘆しました♡ ゲーム性の方も、難易度が程よくてとても楽しかったです！ ルールとコツをしっかり理解して、レベルを上げたら2日でクリアできました♪ ### 5/5 — 免氪金的好遊戲 *2020-12-06, version 1.3* 免氪金的好遊戲，有復古的風格，讓我想起古早以前的電腦遊戲創世紀。 ### 5/5 — One of my favorite games *2020-10-19, version 1.3* The retro vibe is exactly what I was looking for! This game is so much fun and I always find myself coming back to it and playing it! Being able to close out of it and come right back to where I was makes it a perfect mobile game! I really enjoy playing this game and had to support the creator for the extra color pallet option! ### 5/5 — Very nice! *2020-07-19, version 1.3* It’s the best dungeon rpg rouge like game ever!!! ### 5/5 — iyi oyun *2020-06-15, version 1.3* ABİ OYUN BU TÜR RPG SEVENLER BU OYUNUDA SEVERLER DÜŞÜNMEDEN İNDİRİN BEN İPHONE 4 KULLANIYORUM OYUN BAYA İYİ YANİ İYİ BÖYLE KÜÇÜK ÇAPLI OYUN YAPAN KİŞİLERE DE İYİ DESTEK VERİLMELİ BU ALTIN OYUNLARIN DEĞERİ BİLİNMELİ BİRAZ ABARTTIM AMA PERFECT GAME GOOD GAME ### 5/5 — Brilliant little Roguelite *2020-05-13, version 1.3* Loved this - managed to play through to the end with the Witch! ### 5/5 — Fun game, I’d love to see an update *2020-03-02, version 1.3* Really fun game and I’m loving it so much but I really hope to see an update, even if it’s unlikely. I had this game a few years back and I’ve redownloaded it for fun and it’s just a great game to pull out while waiting for a bus or bored in a meeting! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-03.*