# Baldur's Gate — user reviews > 405 indexed App Store user reviews of Baldur's Gate by Overhaul Games, rated 3.90/5 from 664 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baldurs-gate/id515114051/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/baldurs-gate/id515114051.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 392 · 4★ 70 · 3★ 43 · 2★ 40 · 1★ 119 ## What do users think of Baldur's Gate? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent port of a classic game - 🎮 Great gameplay and story - 👍 Nostalgic experience - 💡 New features and characters added **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and control on small screens - 🔋 Performance issues with spells and effects - 📏 UI not optimized for mobile devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Sidebar menu issues - Crashes and freezes - Inability to restore purchased content - Compatibility problems with newer devices **Most requested features** - Controller support - Improved UI and controls for mobile - Cross-save functionality between platforms - Ability to remove experience cap ## Newest reviews (12 of 405) ### 2/5 — Broken mechanics- not in a good way *2026-02-07, version 2.5.17* 2nd half of story (Cloakwoods) wont open due to storyline logic breakdown. Unable to finish story. Unable to carry characters forward to next game. Last developer update 7 yrs ago. ### 4/5 — Экспорт сохранений с ПК *2026-01-29* Добрый день! Большое спасибо за возможность экспорта сохранений с iOS на ПК, а можно ли в обратном порядке? Если ли возможность перенести файл сохранения с ПК (игра куплена в Steam) на iPad? **Developer response:** Добрый день! Теперь это возможно! https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/90724/2-7-baldurs-gate-icewind-dale-ees-update-new-languages-improved-cloud-support-mobile-modding#latest ### 3/5 — Lots of glitches *2026-01-19, version 2.5.17* Great game but lots of player glitches with spells disabled for example. Removed all dress and reset, rested and rejoined and still all disabled. Sad for a game I loved on pc. iPad interface also doesn’t allow selection of a lot of in-game items. So much potential. ### 2/5 — Tiny on phone *2025-10-04, version 2.5.17* The resolution is too small on a phone. On an iPad it is ok. ### 4/5 — Controller support *2025-09-21, version 2.5.17* Controller support please ### 3/5 — Patch it *2025-07-06* It baffles me how this game being re released everywhere is the worst on iPad. It is not full screen on modern devices, it has performance problems at random. The character movement was re-done on switch and ps4, but here they still move ugly. Just make it full screen. ### 4/5 — Not bad, here’s a hack to help! *2025-04-26, version 2.5.17* Game is exactly as the old one, really. But the controls and the icons are so small! Well, there’s a workaround: go to setting, accessibility, and zoom. Turn it on, turn on follow focus, and zoom controller. Tap the directional pad when you want to bring up the options, and change to window zoom when playing the game. You get a little window that you can control the size, location, and magnification of. Put this over your pause button when not using it. When you need it, change the size and zoom accordingly and move it around the screen for those hard to click icons, the inventory menus, or to interact with the environment. This thing is the only way I can play this game, and it’s proven worth it, even if it is a bit of a hassle until you get used to it. ### 4/5 — Muito bom *2025-02-26* O jogo é muito bom, porém o black pits está bugado, a função de zoom para de funcionar e o jogo fecha durante as batalhas. ### 4/5 — Great game that need updating *2024-12-27, version 2.5.17* As good as this game is, it really needs an update for newer devices to make the resolution correct. And this probably applies to the rest of the games in this series as well ### 1/5 — Game is unfortunately broken *2024-12-15, version 2.5.17* Chapter 4, cloakwood, half the map doesn’t appear rendering game unplayable (cannot proceed) unfortunately a well know glitch see google. Developers have no contact via AppStore. ### 2/5 — Terrible fighting mechanics *2024-11-21, version 2.5.17* Thought this game was going to be amazing, then I get into my first battle with a basic level 1 wolf. My character did 15 slashes and missed every single strike, and if it wasn’t for imoen, I would have died. Second wolf same story. I chose a fighter class and can’t fight apparently. If the fights are going to be this boring and take this long to kill even a basic level 1 enemy, the rest of the game seems like it’s going to be a slow slog. I’m sorry I don’t think it should take 110 strikes to defeat an enemy. Who has the time and patience for that? ### 2/5 — Не покупай *2024-10-15* Сильно пожалел что не прочитал описание и отзывы Хотел в самолёте залипнуть, а игра оптимизирована только под планшеты, на телефоне разрешение на 2/3 экрана и нечитаемый шрифт, деньги на ветер. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Needs controller support *2026-05-04, version 2.5.17* Buttons too smol, pretty please. ### 1/5 — Horrible game play *2026-04-25, version 2.5.17* Controls are not clear. The tutorial was frustrating enough to delete the game. ### 1/5 — Stuck in tutorial *2025-11-27, version 2.5.17* Would love to play the game in the tutorial and learn how to play it, but all of my characters are stuck in the tutorial and can’t make the move ### 1/5 — Poor development *2025-08-28, version 2.5.17* No tutorial or manual for iPad version… very poor development!!! ### 1/5 — No backbone one support *2025-06-28, version 2.5.17* Bought this thinking it had controller support. It doesn’t. ### 1/5 — text too small *2025-06-26, version 2.5.17* I tried the text scale up and that made some text bigger. Unfortunately the text in the buttons stayed small! The game is unplayable on my iPhone 😢 ### 1/5 — Cannot restore purchased content *2025-04-24, version 2.5.17* Purchased this game and all additional content. After purchasing a new device, there is no way to restore the purchased content - you must pay for it twice. Pass on this one. ### 1/5 — Does not support game controllers. *2025-04-20, version 2.5.17* I’m interested in learning how to play these games, but the app doesn’t support controllers. A waste, as touching the screen is too awkward for me. ### 1/5 — Barely playable *2025-03-05, version 2.5.17* Hasn’t been update by the developers in years and scales extremely poorly on modern phone screens making the text incredibly difficult to read. ### 1/5 — Aspect ratio doesn’t work on iPad mini *2025-02-23, version 2.5.17* I played the ordinals on PC many years ago and the enhanced editions are great except for the aspect ratio not going full screen on iPad mini. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — this game is sick *2026-09-04, version 2.7.3* Loved this game as a kid and stoked to have it on my phone - tactical pausing for the win on iPhone as the small screen makes it a bit difficult to target / cast spells / loot but overall 5/5 worth the money for the nostalgia! ### 5/5 — A dev team that cares. *2026-07-02, version 2.7.3* It can’t be that profitable to patch this game 13y later, but regardless the devs pushed through an impactful update last week. And as a long-term player, it’s exactly the change I wanted to see. You guys are amazing - thank you! ### 5/5 — Игра супер *2025-09-26* Но никак не пойму как перенести сохранение с компа в игру на ipad. Zip файлы не передаются в игру никак. Все разобрался. Надо сделать zip архив с файлами из папки save, которая в документах компа из одного сохранения. Потом изменить расширение zip на .bg1save переслать на ipad и открыть с помощью игры. Квест еще тот)) Но за возможность импорта спасибо конечно. Игра отличная. **Developer response:** Добрый день! Смотрите теперь здесь - https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/90724/2-7-baldurs-gate-icewind-dale-ees-update-new-languages-improved-cloud-support-mobile-modding#latest ### 5/5 — 최고의 RPG게임 *2025-07-16* 꼭한번사서 해보시길바랍니다. 진심으로추천합니다 ### 5/5 — Takes me back to high school *2025-03-25, version 2.5.17* Wow, I remember getting the original bauldurs gate on pc with 8 cd roms to run(bg1 seems so small now!) Now the thing fits on my iPad. Admittedly the touchscreen is a compromise, but once I got the hang of it, I was off. There is a tremendous wiki for the games and still boasts an active community at the time of this writing. I really wanted planescape to be a better game (how do you wind up with a linear adventure on the great ring?) but that’s no fault of the folks who ported this stuff. I’ve had immense enjoyment from this entire bundle, with a replay I’m doing for the third time now. Taking characters from the core 3 games is very easy and extremely satisfying to the power player who understands the game mechanics. Thanks for the blast from the past from the superior in every way, ADnD 2e. (Sorry you 5e wimps, this is challenging on even core rules, and spoon feeds nothing to you. Also there are no half dragon/tiefling/goliath bard-paladin-sorcerer-artificer-there’s play tested balance for a reason.) ### 5/5 — Welcome to the real D&D *2025-02-18, version 2.5.17* People complaining about hit percentages and fighting mechanics have never played D&D and they’re telling on themselves. This game requires lots of saves and planning. Get prepared. ### 5/5 — Absolutes Gold! *2025-01-03* Ich habe das Spiel als Teenager nicht gespielt, mein Mann hat es mir aber empfohlen und was soll ich sagen… ich hab gleich 5 Stunden durchgezockt 😂 ich spiele es auf dem iPad, die Bedienung ist an manchen Stellen etwas schwergängig, wenn man zB eine Tür öffnen will oder so, aber das macht das Spielerlebnis mehr als wett! Für 10 Euro super Preis, danke an die Entwickler.🧡 Unvergleichbar zu dem Schund was man sonst so an Spielen fürs iPad kaufen kann… ### 5/5 — Please add controller support *2024-11-29, version 2.5.17* Have always loved these games, but would be even better if you coukd use a controller ### 5/5 — Controller support *2024-09-25, version 2.5.17* Controller support ### 5/5 — Still an amazing game meant to be played on a tablet. *2024-09-01, version 2.5.17* I play on a iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, this as been an amazing experience. I’m almost finished with this and then onto part 2. --- *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 2026-09-07.*