# Bike Unchained 2 — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Bike Unchained 2 by Red Bull Media House GmbH, rated 4.60/5 from 23,707 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bike-unchained-2/id1305849584/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bike-unchained-2/id1305849584.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17,988 · 4★ 3,264 · 3★ 1,288 · 2★ 425 · 1★ 742 ## What do users think of Bike Unchained 2? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Realistic graphics and gameplay - 👍 Fun and addictive game - 🚲 Enjoyable for mountain biking fans **Cons** - 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics - 🤖 Questionable multiplayer experience - 🕰️ Slow progression and upgrade system - 🤯 Frustrating difficulty spike at higher levels - 🐛 Bugs and glitches **Commonly reported bugs** - Sponsor boxes not opening - Freezing and crashing issues - Inconsistent race results and performance **Most requested features** - More diverse game modes and content - Better bike customization options - Improved ranking/matchmaking system - Ability to sell/discard old bike parts ## Newest reviews (18 of 50) ### 4/5 — Ok game *2022-06-08, version 5.2* This game is Very Very fun but has a few bugs. First the game kicked me out a few times before letting me play, I stil like it though. Second it freezes a little. And last there’s always some glitches when playing. Anyway still love this game hope it works better for others! ### 4/5 — Great game *2021-01-01, version 3.26* Love this game! There’s only one problem, the game has many features that are not explained by the AI. Like the ranked leagues and crates. Otherwise amazing physics and graphics, along with the awesome ways you can make a costume bike. A few things are pay to win or behind a pay wall. I love mouthing biking and this game portrays is stunningly! I hope there’s a 3rd installment, it would be amazing to have more beautiful biking games in the store. ### 3/5 — Tedious *2020-11-05, version 3.24* I love everything that RedBull does for mountain biking but apparently they should stay out of computer games. This game looks great (I’ll give you a star for that) but the actual gameplay is extremely limited and repetitive. The only control you have is to hold the screen on downhills and tap it on the uphills. That’s it! Any tricks are done for you. There’s no steering, no braking, no gears, no anything else. In fact, the aim of the game seems to be not to ride your bike but to upgrade it by constantly collecting new parts and this seems to be the only way to improve your ability to win races as well. It’s really frustrating when you’re holding your finger down to go as fast as possible on a downhill and still watching other players (actually bots) simply going faster. It’s fairly easy to collect new parts, at least early on when you can win a few races, but as you progress you find yourself finishing 3rd or last over and over and get few rewards. Also they don’t bombard you with ads (hence 3 stars) but it does seem to be an endless process of tiny incremental improvements and there’s no way I can maintain interest when the gameplay is so limited. ### 4/5 — Love the game except one big thing *2020-10-07, version 3.20* I really love this game because I am a mountain biker and it’s cool that there is a good mobile game for mountain biking. I love the graphics and how you get to build your own bike from parts. The only problem I have with this game is that it puts me up against people that have way better parts than I do and it seems I can’t win. That is basically the only problem I have with this game but I still have fun with it because you get to build your bike with parts and also level up your mentors and stuff. Thanks ### 4/5 — Great game *2020-09-12, version 3.18* Great game with tons of potential. I played other games for so long because they made it where you could communicate and have clans. Having bike teams and challenges, making clan style challenges. And building a community on this game would take it to the next level. I also wish I knew how some people changed their profile picture to pictures of their choice, I am only giving the option of stock photos. I wish there was a discord channel too for tips and advice. A lot of questions such as bike builds and ranked events rewards like the difference between the black box with question mark and the purple, I seem to get better rewards from the black which takes less points. This is a game that could build a community and an empire like other games such as raid, hope they take advantage of this. I’m hooked either way but the potential is there for so much more. ### 4/5 — Needs New Content *2020-09-01, version 3.18* The game was great 2 years ago, since then they have made a few changes based on feedback. There is only 3 tracks on slope style even though there are 5 in total. There are more time trial/championship tracks that are more enduro/cross country based tracks than downhill. Yet the game is fun, although it definitely needs a facelift in content. The upgrade bike items system is ok. ### 2/5 — “Multiplayer” *2020-04-04, version 3.10.2* I highly doubt we are racing real people because I can wait as long as I want to start a race but somehow when you get to the last race everyones scores are instantly available. So how did all the other racers in my match get finish the race before I even started or are they waiting for my score to continue? Ive never had to wait on someone to finish so I dont think thats the case. What i think is happening is the game is constantly winning against you with bots to encourage you to pay real money to get a better bike so you can win. They say its “multiplayer” so you get more competitive and angry more when “real people” win against you. ### 3/5 — Eh *2020-03-20, version 3.10.2* I play this game everyday , and I can say with confidence that this is genuinely one of the most impossible games I’ve ever played. It’s very fun to start out with , but once you progress in the game it gets very hard. If you don’t plan on spending lots of money on this game , good luck , because this is the most pay to win game I’ve ever played. There’s almost 0 game modes , ranked being one of the only free game modes you can play. Later on in the game bike parts and the biker cards are very hard and expensive to get unless you rank very high in every event. Winning 1st place in event is a diffrent story. I swear to god the AI’s in this game are the GOAT of mountain biking and literally impossible to beat. I should not be loosing to a 540 bike while I’m 1100 ### 2/5 — Fun Game but Not Consistent *2020-03-05, version 3.10* Season 15 I was winning races and setting my own personal bests on tracks. Season 16 and I am consistently over second behind my normal times either with no changes to the bike and even with big upgrades. The game will not allow me to do better. My best guess is that they slow you down until you spend money. Losing is fine if the other racers are better but not when the game is cutting back on your normal performance. ### 2/5 — Update changed things *2020-03-02, version 3.10* Before this most recent update I would have given it 4 stars. It wasn’t impossible to upgrade your bike and compete but the game was definitely geared towards getting you to buy upgrades. The game isn’t hard but it is a lot of fun to pass the time. However, after this most recent update, it’s near impossible to place, let alone win, in any races. With no changes to my bike setup, my times are almost always over a second slower than my best times. No idea what they did but they definitely nerfed the power ups and made so you really have to pay now to compete. Before this update I didn’t mind paying a dollar here or there to compete, but now, no thanks. **Developer response:** Thanks for your note. We have fixed this issue with the latest update 3.10.2. Please update the game on your device. We are sorry for any inconveniences. See you on the tracks! // Red Bull Gaming team ### 3/5 — Good Time Killer *2020-01-11, version 3.8.2* This game is fun, I had to set a screen timer just for it cause I’ll play it all day. Enough tracks to keep it pretty diverse, and each track will benefit from different bike setups so makes you pick parts carefully, and when you clear a line it feels great. There are also other game modes like slope style and weekly challenges to keep you busy. My biggest issue is the ranking system. I’ve been stuck between diamond and master for awhile, I can place top 3 final in diamond with no issues and win all races, as soon as I get to master I’m dead last, like setting PRs on runs but still 1-3 seconds behind the pack, which makes no sense at all. All I can think is that they are probably trying to get you to buy upgrade packs 👎🏼 can’t say fer sure that’s the case, but it’s a common strategy in a lot of other mobile games to put you up against stacked players to entice you to buy packs to keep up. Either way that’s 2 stars off from me, because when I get to Master I am not incentivized to race cause I get nothing, then once I downgrade back to diamond i can actually compete. ### 3/5 — Overall good game, lacks content *2019-11-07, version 3.6.1* For the most part this is a good game, it just needs some tweaking. The cost of upgrading parts, etc gets to be extremely unbalanced when compared to the rate at which you earn gold, even if you pay for the season pass. The largest disappointment to me though is the lack of fresh content. A daily event that you can play for free 3 times, after that you have to use tickets (which cost money), then a couple events that last for days, but you still only get 3 chances to play them without using tickets. There is only one racing series you can enter as many times as you want, and that gets repetitive. All that being said, I do enjoy the game. It just needs more diverse content that is refreshed more often than once or twice a week. The season pass should at least give you unlimited race tickets since you have to spend real money for it, and still have to earn the rewards through racing, which cost tickets, which cost more money... The wait timer to open earned rewards is also excessive. ### 4/5 — Fun and addictive game! *2019-11-01, version 3.6.0* The game has to do with building up your bike to be competitive with other players. Game play consists of tapping for uphill and holding for downhill. You choose your tricks and if your bike is good enough and your tapping and releasing is right, you’ll pull off the trick. Wins get you more tokens and bike parts- not necessarily the parts you need. However new update allows you to push a wrench button that sets up the bike the best way possible. Doesn’t require $$ just makes you wanna buy Red Bull. fun to play- great air time! ### 4/5 — Good but could be better! *2019-10-21, version 3.4.0* I love this game, there’s nothing like it. I wish that getting coins was a little easier so I can do the really expensive upgrades, and it’d be cool if they’re was just a free ride mode that you could play on to practice tricks without worrying about sacrificing league points. Other than that great job I will definitely keep playing! ### 4/5 — A mostly good game. *2019-07-08, version 2.6.0* I love this game for the most part. It’s one of the few games that doesn’t make it absolutely impossible to upgrade your items/abilities, and it’s also one of the few racing games that doesn’t make it impossible to win. When it comes to experiencing the good parts of this game, I would recommend just playing it yourself as most of it is good. Here are the problems I have. 1. When crashing in a race, it takes a ridiculous amount of time to get up. I know that in real life it isn’t quick to recover, but I mean this is an app. You also can’t just tap a button in real life to upgrade a bike. I crashed on a race and it took 5 seconds for it to put me back on the track, which obviously gave me no chance of at least still getting 3rd. I tried tapping the screen to see if that’s what I had to do, but nothing happened. 2. I wish the male mentors could give out female clothing as well. I mean, with the basic clothing you’re given, the purple shirts are available for both genders, so why can’t the clothing that the mentors give you be able to do that aswell? 3. This one is most likely just user error, but I personally am having issues finding where I can practice/use my tricks that I’ve unlocked. Again, that’s most likely user error. Overall this is a good game. I am very picky about the apps I keep on my phone vs the ones I just delete after a few minutes of playtime. ### 3/5 — Upgrade boxes are worthless *2019-04-27, version 2.2.2* Fun to start. You can earn a lot of upgrade boxes but they just keep adding low end components and parts, which are of no help. You can never seem to upgrade your best components either. Even buying more gold and crap is no help. It is a mystery to me to understand how you can upgrade your bike once you get to a certain point. I have been in the same 3 Star Frame for the last two weeks. ### 3/5 — Fun until it becomes impossible *2019-04-19, version 2.2.2* Early on it’s great: You win, you upgrade, you advance. Once you hit the Grand Master league, the point and part gap between you and the others in that league is so great you have literally zero chance of placing above third, and you’re generally going to be dead last. Moreover, it’s the only racing game where you can place third each round and somehow place fourth overall. You’ll reach grand masters, lose a bunch of points trying to compete, then get bumped back down to masters where you’re likely going to come in the top 5 without really even trying (it’s based on overall career point accumulation, not in any way related to race performance in the current iteration). Repeat for a few decades and you might get enough to buy parts which allow you to compete in GM. There needs to be another league level (or several), otherwise I’m basically earning better rewards by NOT playing so that I don’t risk coming in anything but first as it causes a loss of points. Kind of a joke, but it’s a mobile game, so that’s typically the paradigm. ### 4/5 — Very realistic *2019-01-20, version 1.8.8* Do you only thing I’d say, is that it can get a little bit confusing. If you’re looking for a nice simple game just to ride a bike. I definitely wouldn’t be choosing this one. But if you were trying to find a very realistic game that involves training and events then I would go for this one!! If you can’t get a hold of a real bike, definitely check out this game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Non-existent app support *2022-10-24, version 5.4* I don’t play a lot of games but as an avid mtb’er and Red Bull athlete fan, I figured that I would give it a try. I found the game to be fun and addictive. I even decided to spend money on the game and pay for the season. After playing for a few weeks I got tired of playing the game on a small screen and wanted to begin playing on my iPad. To do this (play across multiple devices) you must connect the game to either a FB or Red Bull account. When I did this, it erased all of my data, starting the game from the beginning. I’ve tried restoring purchases, with no effect and I’ve also reached out to Red Bull support numerous times with zero response. ### 1/5 — Don’t download this app, its scam *2022-08-31, version 5.4* Bike Unchained 2 is the worst app ever. Its the worst game ever because its just stickers for iMessage than the actual game. Don't ever download it. Its worst app ever. They better get raided by Indian scammers for there headquarters. Bike Unchained 2 please fix your layout before people get excited. I became a victim to this unfortunately. I want to seek justice out for this horrific layout. I want you to fix your layout or else you will see another essay from me. This is ridiculous. You better fix your stickers and show its sticker app than just the game. You got me very excited but then I became upset customer. I used my 10 minutes of important time to wait. This is worst 10 minutes of my life. Im unsatisfied like the others that fell in your trap. I know what your doing is wrong. You are trying to lure people to download your app. You got to be sickening company. I want to see you will fix your app layout. Overall, I want to see an apology letter to me. I will come after you with bunch of essays. This is not fair and for the customers. Dont ever do this against or you will see. Im still unhappy. **Developer response:** Hi, if you have any concerns with the app feel free to contact https://www.redbull.com/int-en/projects/games-contact-us // Your Red Bull Gaming Team ### 1/5 — Fun until you hit the paywall *2020-12-29, version 3.26* This game is a lot of fun when you first start out. You don’t have to worry about the small mechanics in the game. Every setup you create is fast and you can win by doing just about anything. Then you start getting up in to the higher leagues and you start to realize that even though you’re actually going faster than you’ve gone on some of the tracks, you’re constantly getting beat. This starts a loop where you can’t earn any rewards to get upgrades to beat other, and you’re stuck. Your only option when you’re stuck is to pay up and get the upgrades, which is not a fun feeling. Also, when you start to have to worry about the smaller mechanics, like knowing when to tap or hold when going over rollers or rocks, it gets extremely confusing. I found myself staring at my rear tire to see whether tapping or holding was the correct thing in certain spots, and when it’s not correct you immediately drop to 4th and can’t catch up. ### 1/5 — Fun...for a second *2020-07-01, version 3.16* This game truly becomes trash after a couple times playing. All race results are solely based off of bike upgrades - the “real time” opponents are just CPU’s with much better bikes. The ranking / point system is skewed and varies drastically day by day - one day your ranking class will be too easy then the next day it becomes impossible to place higher than 3rd (all due to opponents’ bikes being upgraded). All race modes are essentially the same and repetitive and will require a purchase 90% of the time. Terrible lack of explanations throughout the gameplay (slope style point system unclear and inconsistent, and never explained). The UX & UI is average at best, ton of boxes and buttons with little to no function. App becomes incredibly limited once you realize you can’t progress any further and / or don’t want to spend money. ### 1/5 — A great buildup to a giant disappointment. *2019-04-22, version 2.2.2* This game was very fun to begin with. The simple controls make it an easy game to pass the time a little bit. However, in the last couple weeks the game has been slowing me down so that I literally cannot win. I upgrade my bike and I not only run the exact same tracks over two seconds slower than I have from a LOWER LEVEL bike, but I lose by more than three seconds sometimes to people who are over 250 points below me. What is the point of upgrading a bike if the game literally won’t let me win? For how much fun this game was at the start, it’s disappointing to see how much the developers clearly give preference to people who pay real money to play the game versus those of us who play for fun but still want to succeed in it. Although, it is a mobile game and it’s difficult to make a mobile game based purely on skill, but still. It’s a bit disappointing how it has turned out **Developer response:** Hello, Thank you for your feedback! We are constantly working on improving the game. I will pass on your feedback to the development team. Kindly contact our support team at: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/projects/games-contact-us if you need help with anything. Best Regards, Your Red Bull Gaming Team ### 1/5 — Large game size with not much to do *2019-02-12, version 1.8.11* This game takes up 1.55 GB of space. I have no idea how this is even possible. On any given day you can race about 5 different “courses” with about 2 different backgrounds, and these are in rotation every few days or so. It is very easy to get “burnt out” playing the same few tracks all day. This also makes it a pain to progress. Progression in the game is painfully slow. The concept is great - Real riders, real bikes and parts, etc... but the game itself is slow, progression is slow, and I have no idea why the devs can’t keep a simple game like this (which of course requires a constant internet connection) under 1GB. I’ve seen much higher quality and more complex games that fall right around the 1.3 GB mark. I downloaded this game when it first came out and held on to it thinking “maybe it’ll get better....” But it’s just the same game with a different few tracks once in a while. ### 1/5 — Don’t even bother! *2018-12-30, version 1.8.6* It’s just another pay to play and with the added bonus of pay to win. Would love the game if it were not like this but sadly Red Bull has joined the corporate evil and decided it does not care for the the people who actually support their brand on skis, bikes, in the water, on the mountain, in the air, or the average business orientated person. They have alienated me and by the way they have designed this game shown you their true intent as well. They make. You buy it. I’m not going to spend 100’s on a game. I’ve never spent more than 60$ on a video game. Put aside the game mechanics and the fact that it’s a great game, it’s a corporate money grab that’s disgusting and the company should be ashamed of but I don’t work there I just drink their drinks, or at least I used to. ### 1/5 — Pay To Win *2018-11-10, version 1.8.3* Pay To Win and almost pay to play. When seasons are over the you cannot connect to the app ( says unsupported please update app ) when you want to play. Guess they are taking a day or two to decide to raise the price of the season again. Season 1 was 400 gems and they raised Season 2 to 1000. Raise it again, I’ll just delete the app. They raised the price for a season again. That makes it $12 if you just buy enough gems to join. Like a shop keeper trying to stay in business, they keep raising prices till their isn’t any business left. ### 2/5 — Could be better, do not recommend it, DO NOT GET *2023-01-01, version 5.4* This game is a far way from okay. It is only fun for a very short time. I thought it was going to just be about mountain biking and getting better but it is many about upgrading your bike. Also there is very limited maps. Also you have to pay for a lot of stuff. So it is a pay to win game. An annoying thing about it is in speed and style the players you are racing against don’t do any tricks, while I would have to do tricks which would slow me down. Also in speed and style it is judged on if you are first, second or so on. I KNOW in real life it is judge on speed AND style, if it is only based on speed there is no point on doing tricks. Another thing I don’t like about it is how to controls work. You just tap and hold your screen (on mobile). A annoying thing in this game is the Slopestyle competition is based on luck. Sometimes when I know when I am going to land the trick it wipeout my mountain biker. Also I think the “players” are really computer generated. So in conclusion DO NOT BUY/GET. **Developer response:** Thanks for the rating! We'll keep your feedback in mind as we make tweaks with the game in upcoming updates. You can also reach us at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/projects/games-contact-us if you have concerns or feedback you'd like to share with us. // Your Red Bull Gaming Team ### 2/5 — Stupid ranking system *2020-09-28, version 3.18* The ranking system in this game is quite literally rigged. If you move up to the next league you are immediately pitted against people with faster bikes, better parts and who are at a higher level in general. And if you move down you are against people who are just too easy to beat and then you move back up and the process starts all over again. This is fun for a while until you get to silver or gold league, but after that, I’d say it’s pay-to-win. You’d have to buy all the coins in order to pay for good bikes. So if you’re looking for a little bike game to enjoy yourself for a while, get this (that’s the only reason this isn’t one star) but once you get to the point where you can only get third place, stop playing. By the way, if you haven’t noticed, all of the other players are just ghosts. Just a little tip, in case you thought anyone actually played the game with you. And one more thing, the season pass stuff for is garbage, don’t waste your money on this, it’s a huge sham. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesomely awesome *2022-04-28, version 5.0* It is fun and I love the ranks believe me it’s super hard when you get in gold rank I’m never ever deleting this amazing game I wish there was a six star option also try adding different vehicles maybe like a four wheeler for like an special event that is my Opinion also doveloper ur amazing ### 5/5 — Great game! *2021-01-01, version 3.26* This is one of my favorite games, and red bull did a great job with the game. Maybe an improvement on the portions of the characters and graphics? This would be great. And, more bike customization. I own a custom trek fuel ex 7. Just a heads up though, you don’t get far in this game without buying stuff. Some with real money, some without... ### 5/5 — Bike Unchaind *2019-04-27, version 2.2.2* A lot of fun!! Still challenging, not to a frustrating point! Some technique and timing on rides and jumps are necessary to learn in order to get better scores! Get enough runs in Ranked Race and the free prices will help get good enough upgrades!! Get your 4 boxes slots full and the clock started on 1 box ( 1 at a time, game rules ) as often as posible to get your prices! Save your coins and upgrade only what is necessary! Take advantage of the 3 free daily tickets on the Slopestyle and Championship races! In this 2 events prices are some what worth it and free, even if you end 3rd! 4th place does not get you any point to get the prices! ### 5/5 — MAKE IT BETTER *2019-04-10, version 2.0.1* This game is cancer and rigged you can’t win any (races?) with out putting money in to the game and not everyone has really good parents that give away money or actually have job make the game better I want to do good in the game with out having to put real money in to this game other than that it’s a good game just make it better ### 5/5 — First day was 🤘 *2019-01-13, version 1.8.8* Loved this game the first day I played! Moved up to Gold level and was spending way too much time playing!!! Day 2, I’m back to silver level, but no big deal. Thought I would just win more races and build up my bikes and be right back to gold level. For some reason I can’t even get to race mode anymore. It just stays in the loading mode till I give up and move on to more important things in life. I bummed cuz my chick is away and I just wanna dork out and play some games🥴 ### 5/5 — Great game *2018-12-12, version 1.8.5* Great game minimal adds and the always trade for your time. One thing I would change is when competing in time trial or championship the reflects your time on that course through the lifetime of gameplay. I would like to see if I am improving within individual races not courses. But other wise 👍. ### 5/5 — Prediction *2018-10-29, version 1.8.1* I precieted to play with concern to earn my caning weekly early like notice our earn wish can going player different continue using our or us services overdrawn out up charged to personal account representative released our realesionship everything work just arriving Christmas early and vacation half time or time half hour also charged houndred dollar purchased by see will great time reclusion time to me thank you ### 5/5 — This game is great and Ethan Nell shreds hard *2018-10-28, version 1.8.1* This game is very fun to play and the fact that you could win a bike just of playing this game is amazing and if I did win the bike that would be amazing I only have a very old downhill bike which is very difficult for my situation because I live near green lake in Seattle and there is really no where near by that is very good for riding a downhill bike so if I were able to get a trail bike or anything on that level it would be amazing super glad Ethan Nell got third I love him ### 5/5 — ❗️PLEASE READ❗️ *2018-10-28, version 1.8.1* This game is awesome. The graphics are great and there are no bugs or glitches and I enjoy playing it. In the future, could you add something to let me customize my character, change the color of my bike, and let me choose my course. Overall, this is a well thought out game. I recommend this to everyone. It is sooooo fun. ### 5/5 — The best games if you like riding bikes *2018-10-27, version 1.8.1* This game is the best game because you could do tricks flips and also to stuff and I say love is sitting around playing with it it’s just a game for you so come down to your Apple store and get a iPhone and download the game and have fun with your family and friends and brothers and sisters you could have fun with this game and whatever!! --- *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 2026-06-10.*