# AQ: First Contact — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of AQ by Seven Point Red Ltd, rated 4.60/5 from 174 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aq-first-contact/id1321816752/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aq-first-contact/id1321816752.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 135 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (11 of 46) ### 4/5 — Good but needs more *2024-02-05, version 1.6.690* It’s missing the cruiser class but other than that it’s cool ### 4/5 — Suggestions. (Mine and on behalf of a friend.) *2024-01-12, version 1.6.690* Greetings! I am Adm. a new but enthusiastic player of AQ, I have some suggestions to improve the game, one or two complaints, and a *lot* of praise. (Warning: this may get long.) First off, good stuff: separate in-game currencies, the ability for a player to go from complete beginner to near Titan-level in a month, and especially the sheer level of customizability available with ships. Next up, bad stuff (sorry): I actually have few problems with AQ, and most of those I do have will be addressed in “suggestions”, that said, it’s still far from perfect. And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Suggestions! Here are some things that we players would like to see, in no particular order: a way for players to directly exchange resources and/or chips (and in-game currency); a translator for the chat; an actual “help” section in the guide; making it so that a fleet can use more small ships like corvettes, or fewer large ships like battleships or titans; a retreat function so that a weak player won’t be annihilated by a fleet of titans; maybe give the “trader stuck” drone mission a small chance to give credits. I’m definitely forgetting at least two or three others, but this is a good start. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that I love AQ, and am looking forward to seeing it become even better in the future. And if you’ve read this far: thank you. Thank you for wading through this review, thank you for giving me your time and attention, I hope it was worth it. Farewell, I will see you in the Stars. o7 ### 4/5 — 4 Sterne *2021-07-19, version 1.6.564* Ich gebe 4 Sterne weil das Spiel nur englisch ist. Ansonsten gutes Spiel ### 5/5 — Fun game *2020-12-25, version 1.5.507* You do not have to do a lot of grinding and it’s very open world. Me and my friends have had a lot of fun times playing this game. There is almost no glitches in the game. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2020-12-01, version 1.5.504* It is a fun game with challenging missions and fun multiplayer battles. Could use some new even bigger ships but otherwise is pretty cool. ### 5/5 — Not what I expected *2020-08-07, version 1.5.369* Honestly, I didn’t expect much from the game. I expected one of those games that had timers out the whazoo and a combat system that lacked strategy or finesse. I was throughly wrong. Don’t let the lack of ratings or reviews fool you, this is a quality game to have on the mobile device. The mini world maps where you can salvage, mine, combat NPCs, or attack corporate territory is a very nice touch that gives you a lot of opportunity to play around in. Building your ships to use plasma, rail guns, or even nukes is very important to plan accordingly, especially when including the fittings, shields, and armor you have for your ships. The battles have a lot of little things to take into account as well. Different weapons have different ranges which means movement of your ships to keep out of the enemy’s range while hitting them with your own salvos can work. Have rail guns? Well, time it correctly and you can hit two ships with your charged attack if you position correctly. A lot of little things to take into account. And the different tiers of weapons and equipment and ships allows for a lot of progression for players to grind for. I will say however, at a certain point you will see a certain meta when it comes to endgame fleets. The floating fortress ship with missiles, point defense, and repair drones will be very prevalent when looking at the endgame players. The repair drones can be especially powerful and annoying. Throw enough missiles at someone and they can’t compete, you very rarely see other weapons like plasma or gauss in those endgame player fights. I haven’t attempted it yet, but it also seems like a “carrier” type ship with fighters won’t do much either. Fighters are not effective in the fights I have seen and encountered with them being more of a distraction than any form of damage dealer. But perhaps I need to do more testing to see if I’m wrong. Oh and be sure you have good connection when playing this game, everything depends on good ping and bad ping can really screw you in a battle or traveling through the maps. I would personally love to see bombers bays as well as fighter bays, have those be a bigger influence in the fight. Maybe a proper carrier class ship that specializes in that. Also, I think a cell or a fitting that shoots off an emp to disable the enemy ships from attacking for a brief second or disable their shields may be interesting, although that may become a bit cheesy. Maybe we can have missions where we can take bounties, escort traders to certain locations, or even a simple delivery mission would be nice. Add a bit more lore to the universe? Maybe NPCs that can provide you with dialogue or benefits? Perhaps even planets you could trade resources or even fight over? Just random ideas that pop in my head Either way, the dev(s) have done an overall amazing job on this game. I would absolutely recommend it to any interested in a sci-fi space game. The dev(s) are always looking to improve and even have a roadmap to announce feature fixes or updates. To which, I am every much looking forward to. Stay safe out there in the void of space and be sure to keep your eyes open, space can be dangerous to those unprepared. ### 5/5 — Love this *2020-07-12* This is a great game to get into . I really enjoy playing this . ### 5/5 — An Amazing Game *2020-06-27, version 1.5.386* I've been playing AQ for a little over a year now and what I can tell you is; This game is amazing, it's like a non-greedy Original Alternative to Vega Conflict. So many Ship, Weapon, Armor, Shield, Boost, Add-on(Cells) & Rig Combo's that it'll keep you busy for many many Happy Hours. -There is one downside(be advised this is only my opinion, many don't have a problem with it)-- This downside being Skill Points that I feel unbalances the Game, End Game players get extra Armour, Shields, Speed, Repair Range, etc than smaller players... However this doesn't unbalance the main game at all, Just PvP, but higher level players wont bother you about PvP until you have similiar Bonuses. Also a better Pilot will beat superior ships anyday. As well, This game is farm(Grind) Heavy, meaning lots of time played to gather certain tech and resources. However, most newer players can find a Corp(Clan/Guild) rather quickly and they will help defend you and get you tech. All-in-All, a Beatiful Game(Hint, TGN+RG= win). I cannot be more specific, it's damned cryptic, but I may have helped balanced things for newer player :). Happy Hunting!! ### 5/5 — Best free game ever made!!! *2020-05-05, version 1.5.374* At has to be the best free game I’ve ever played! It’s nice, it’s fun, it’s addicting, and the graphics are incredible. The only things I would change are the ship repair speed and the max amount of ships in one fleet. Other than that, 5.0!!! ### 5/5 — Awesome, great VEGA alternative! *2020-04-23, version 1.5.371* Leveling and advancing is slow. But I can see where it all leads. I like joining other battles as it helps get tech from enemies I could otherwise defeat. Initial upgrades take way too long for new players. You can actually control combat, craft items and upgrade ships. Very very good game, without a giant money grab like VEGA conflict. ### 5/5 — Great game! *2020-02-28, version 1.3.325* Simply a great game. The ship battle format is really fun ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Market Place Notifications *2026-04-22, version 1.7.751* Every 5 mins, whether there is a new deal or not, the in-game $$ shop will have a notification marker. Sometimes there isn’t even a deal, and it will still keep notifying you, and the little symbol will just stay there. As someone who likes to keep their notifications clear, this is soooooo annoying. Yes, I have probably spent like $8 in my month of playing. No, I won’t spend anymore until this is fixed. ### 1/5 — Cant log in *2025-12-16, version 1.7.751* Are the servers down? Cause I cant log in ### 1/5 — Gay *2025-07-14, version 1.7.745* Gay ### 1/5 — Impossible to play without speeding money *2025-07-10, version 1.7.745* When you start the game the ships you are given are so bad u can’t even fight lowest level enemy’s they will give u some materials to build weapons but its no where near enough u can’t even grind because of the level difference to have fun with this game u have to spend money to progress ### 1/5 — Accused of being an alt *2023-03-23, version 1.6.659* It’s pretty bad when a new player starts and get into an alliance and is accused of being someone else’s alt! This game is filled with paranoid players that thinks everyone is out to get them and your an alt! ### 1/5 — Very misleading *2023-03-02* I decided to try this game from the description. I’m more interested in coop and pve play, not pvp. Since the game advertises multiple game play options I thought I’d give it a try. I saw on the galactic map there was an area for pvp. Great. I assumed that meant pvp only happens there. I asked questions while in game when I ran into things I couldn’t figure out. I was trying to figure out salvaging and mining and had asked a question. A player replied he would help me, but only if I joined his corporation. I remained silent and proceeded to figure it out on my own. Shortly after, that same player had somehow tracked me down and attacked my fleet. Of course he is a much higher level player than me. I’m just getting started. Suddenly three other player fleets jumped in and helped me. Which I did not understand. Only one of my ships survived the battle, which was more than I expected. After the battle was over I was trying to figure out what had just happened and what I was doing when one of the fleets that had just helped me attacked me and finished my lone ship off. I then asked in chat why would you attack me when I’m a new player asking for help. His reply was he wanted to get my attention. I closed the game out and deleted it from my phone immediately. I don’t play games to get griefed by higher players right from the start. I play them to relax. The fact that other players can arbitrarily attack anyone at any time is a huge turn off. I wasn’t able to even get my feet under me in the game and I’m being attacked by higher level players. I know most people prefer pvp style games. Good for them. I’m not one of those. I prefer coop and pve. Which was why I liked what I saw in the game description. But that’s not what I got. ### 1/5 — Worst game ever! *2020-05-02, version 1.5.374* This has to be the worst game ever made! The progress in the game is the slowest I’ve ever seen! There’s only two type of missions available from the start, they get hard quick with very little in means of upgrading your three ships that you’re assigned with no other option, upgrades for the ships are far, few and in between, not to mention the money to upgrade them, no storyline, very basic and very boring tutorial, you’ll find yourself confused, lost and frustrated, waiting for boring dialogue only to have to wait more to finish upgrades! Don’t waste your time nor your effort, and especially do not support devs that can come up with such a headache of a game because supporting them only leads to more worthless games, heartbreakers that point towards a glim of light and hope excitement but fail hard to deliver on such a note! They tug at your heart strings to lure you into a cash money grab! You have been warned! Buyer beware! ### 1/5 — Decent *2019-03-25, version 1.1.202* Pros: A nice style space MMO Highly customizable space ships Corporation system Weapons have special abilities you can choose when to activate Something not as greedy as VEGA CONFLICT Cons: Boring 2d space station that has no affect on gameplay whatsoever Controlling spaceships in combat is very bland and slow, dragging a straight line to move in that direction ANYONE can join a battle you’re in, AKA other players can gank your kills and leave you empty handed ### 3/5 — Could be better. *2025-01-23* Game needs a update and bug fixes ### 3/5 — Good game but.. *2020-07-04, version 1.5.386* Its a great game love the idea but it seems when i go to equip different weapons in ships the guns that are on the ship just disappear? I made 2 missiles and put them on a ship but then wanted them on another ship went to take them off and when i went to the other ship they just wernt there .... Is that a glitch or how you made it ? Either way it has to be fixed ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So far so good *2025-06-28, version 1.7.745* I’ve been playing this game for a little while now and so far I’m thoroughly enjoying it, I love the fleet building and ship customization, on top of that there doesn’t seem to be any paywalls, and whatever ships are destroyed you don’t lose, you just have to wait for them to be repaired, which I like a lot, especially after playing games like nova empire where you can spend months building a strong fleet then lose it all in an instant Very well done, 5 stars ### 5/5 — So much fun once you understand *2025-03-09, version 1.7.715* Took me a while to realize how everything worked but I’ve been playing for a long time now and it’s my favorite game ### 5/5 — Add Russian language *2024-03-19, version 1.6.690* Please. Cool game! ### 5/5 — Russian language *2023-12-02, version 1.6.690* Добавить русский и не много разнообразить контент ### 5/5 — genuinely good *2023-06-13, version 1.6.659* of all the games that follow this structure this is the first ive found without time gates on (energy) or paywalls. you are free to play continuously unhindered buy intergrated action limiteds. Dispite there being micro transactions none offer significant p2win !!! mt biggest criticism is mearly the notifications system for store offers seems to persistently leave an anoying (1) over the store/market icon. content wise the progression is simple to understand and achievable with work, albeit the research is rng based there are systems to circumvent it to some extent. as for improvements perhaps dedicated mining ships or ships with a bounous to mining even if its resource specific with research requirements manny complements to devs ### 5/5 — Developers please help me *2022-04-22, version 1.6.585* So when I got this game I had a blast I was very addicted to it and would play for hours I would always look for fights and try and make the galaxy a better place but one day when I deleted the game by accident I lost all my progress and all my hard work that I worked months for and when I tried to get in contact with one of the admins I got no response back!!!!, all I want is to have my old account back and to be able to enjoy time with my friends I’m leaving a five star rev due to how fun this game is. But what I’m trying to say is can I please get my account back that I’ve worked months for. Severely Your biggest fan ### 5/5 — Great game *2022-04-17, version 1.6.585* This is a very great game, love to see ship progression over time, however I do belive there could be improved graphics, and animations , ### 5/5 — This game is so fun!!! (And some ideas) *2022-03-27, version 1.6.585* The whole concept of this game is very cool and a lot of fun! This game is different from other spaceship games and the details of it definitely contribute the five star ratings. I like how you can upgrade ships, go to different galaxies, get loot and I like the designs of the ships. The only thing that I would do to make this game even better would be to add more to it. (Specifically adding more ships, more diversity to the game like maybe a campaign, better amination and DEFINITELY making it so that you can have more ships in one fleet. It would really help) But overall this game is fun and I really hope that you could take my ideas above as advice. ### 5/5 — Wonderful Game *2021-03-27, version 1.5.527* This game is set up perfectly for fun it has REAL Player vs Player Combat you can play as long as you want you don’t need some kind of token, when you have big fleets if they get destroyed you do have to wait for repairs but you can make many fleets so just take another and you can make small fleets that repair instantly you can join in other people’s battles and choose which side you want to join your resources are not ever taken you get resources in all battles even if you lose they have small to large mining fleets you can attack at any level to get resources they have coins you can spend to speed up repairs and upgrades you can get them through game play and pay for them and they are cheap to buy the missions when you first start do get difficult real quick but that doesn’t matter you just need to level up your fleet and you do that by attacking mining fleets and others to get resources including other players and people also can not destroy your base and this game is not pay to play if you spend money you can level up things faster and get some better parts for your ship that’s about it and you don’t have to spend much some people complain about paying to play games like these and in some you get a huge advantage for paying but not this one and I don’t understand that if you want to play that new Xbox or play station game you go and spend hundreds to play, so if your going to play these games that took hard work and dedication to create just like those why do you feel you shouldn’t pay anything to play, and if you don’t pay anything why do you get angry at the advantage that people who have paid have that you don’t they PAID FOR IT! I don’t understand this way of thinking but anyway this game is not pay to play it is fantastic try it for yourself ### 5/5 — Epic *2021-01-28, version 1.5.512* Played game for ages love it. If u like Star Wars or Star Trek you will LOVE this --- *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 2026-07-17.*