# Blackout Age RPG Survival Game — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Blackout Age RPG Survival Game by Datastrophic Games Sp. z o.o., rated 4.70/5 from 611 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackout-age-rpg-survival-game/id1461082618/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackout-age-rpg-survival-game/id1461082618.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 483 · 4★ 83 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of Blackout Age RPG Survival Game? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Unique and interesting gameplay - 🚀 Innovative use of GPS technology - 💡 Potential for expansion and improvements - 👍 Engaging survival elements - 👍 Balanced progression without pay-to-win **Cons** - 🐛 Repetitive scavenging and combat - 🔋 Expensive in-app purchases for resources - 🐛 Inconsistent character/team name selection - 🐛 Issues with portal stones and empty worlds - 🐛 Unreliable survey rewards for batteries **Commonly reported bugs** - GPS tracking option not functioning properly - Shelter placement issues (e.g., in the middle of rivers) - Inconsistent survey rewards for batteries **Most requested features** - Ability to highlight needed resources for easier scavenging - Idle/passive resource generation when away from the game - Expanded shelter customization and defense options - Addition of outposts to generate more resources - More varied scavenging locations and layouts - Improved tutorial and in-game explanations of mechanics - Accessibility improvements for visually impaired players - Deeper character progression and interaction systems ## Newest reviews (13 of 52) ### 5/5 — Excellence *2022-07-12, version 1.41.0* This is unlike ANY game out there. It is fresh, clever, interesting. It is balanced and not easy. It is continuously improved with active, involved, and cool people. I don’t know who you all are, but I wish I did! ### 5/5 — Really interesting! *2022-06-27, version 1.40.1* I love how unique the game is. Actually really fun. Keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — Fun *2022-06-15, version 1.39.4* A very fantastic and fun game can be challenging sometimes but that’s what a survival game should be. ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2022-03-26, version 1.37.2* Awesome survival game! ### 5/5 — Great but needs improvement *2022-02-27, version 1.35.0* The overall gameplay is great but please tweak with the scavenging a little because it would be great if they would search until they find a certain object!😌 ### 5/5 — Good time. *2021-12-20, version 1.33.0* Really fun. Props to the makers. Well done ### 4/5 — More objects *2021-08-23, version 1.31.2* I would like to see another location indicator for trees so we can escape some types of beasts, thank you for looking at this. ### 5/5 — Awesome survival game that’s not pay 2 win *2021-08-21, version 1.31.2* Blackout age is an awesome survival game with great character art and great story and gameplay Plus you can advance through the game without paying for micro transactions It really is free Highly recommended ### 4/5 — Great *2021-08-11, version 1.31.2* The game is good, great potential, but the batteries and payed content ratio isn’t balanced, I understand that you need to make money but if things stay like this then someone else will make the same game but more approachable, but overall great game. ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-07-25, version 1.31.2* Fun and Innovative game play. Can’t wait to see where the game goes. ### 3/5 — Entertaining and fun *2021-07-20, version 1.31.2* The game is fun, scavenging and finding materials can be rewarding. The only issue I have is when I used a portal stone I was transported to an empty world, there was nothing to scavenge. It wasted my stone and I still encountered creatures but had no reward. Some more issues: Surveys to get batteries don’t work at all, big waste of time there. ### 5/5 — Good idea is brilliant *2021-07-07, version 1.31.1* 1 ### 5/5 — I … *2021-06-27, version 1.30.2* ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE GAME A BIT DIFFICULT BUT I LOVE IT ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — GPS *2022-10-09, version 1.43.0* GPS tracking option doesn’t actually work it just gives you the same option of big cities as the other option ### 1/5 — All fake review *2022-06-24, version 1.40.1* This is a pay to win game, the only way you play this game with out paying is watch 1year ads to begins this game. ### 1/5 — Meh *2021-08-08, version 1.31.2* I feel sad about the time I wasted playing this game… was basically grinding the same thing for 1 month… worst game theory ever… how to get the good stuff when you must FIRST have the good stuff… ### 1/5 — Misleading. Not fun *2021-07-19, version 1.31.2* I did the survey twice for batteries and both times I was told I did it too “fast” which is a LIE. ### 1/5 — Terrible shelters *2021-07-18, version 1.31.2* It’s put my shelter in the middle of rivers multiple times. ### 1/5 — Full of fake reviews *2021-07-02, version 1.31.1* After reading several 5 star reviews about how amazing this game is, I decided to play it only to discover that it’s uneventful and incredibly pay to win. It seems as though it either takes months of waiting around or hundreds of dollars to get anywhere and most of the resources you need can not be found anywhere except big cities so of you live in a suburb you’re already done for. All in all it seems like it’s another crappy cash grab and I would not recommend downloading it ### 1/5 — Deleted after months of hope *2021-02-14, version 1.28.4* This game was intriguing enough that I spent months on it, but the devs ignored my feedback for improvement, and I have to conclude they ignored every useful suggestion from every other player, since they have made only cosmetic improvements after months of waiting for something meaningful to emerge. The game is dead. New players, don’t download this. It will break your heart if you trust these devs to improve the game. It won’t happen. I seriously spent months on this game waiting for the “something big” they promised they were working on. But take it from me, this game really is the sad crap it looks like when you first start playing it. It won’t get any better. One star and I hope this game gets taken off the App Store soon so that no one else wastes time on it. ### 1/5 — Horrible support. *2020-10-19, version 1.24.4* The game play isn’t awful, but I spent money on an in game item that I never received. Contacted support but never had any attempt at communication from them. Do not spend money on this game! ### 2/5 — Has potential too many issues *2021-04-28, version 1.29.0* Confusing, no real guide, poor interface, and the game warns you about your location being potentially unfruitful if you live in a small town, offers you the ability to virtually relocate elsewhere. Well, being in a city of 150,000, 1 mile from a city of 750,000, and in a metro area of 5.6M+ and surrounded by stores of all kinds I figured I’d be GTG. Wrong. Almost NOTHING is present on the map. ### 3/5 — Not the choices I made *2022-02-25, version 1.35.0* For some reason when I pick something for myself like my character and my teams name it doesn’t pick what I pick. I picked a female character because I’m female. I got a dude. And the team name is completely different. What’s up with that? **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for the review! Changing chosen survivor and a team name to a different one is a bug - we're fixing it. We are sorry that you experience this problem with our app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Ideas for updates. *2023-09-29* 1. Being able to highlight resources that you need to upgrade your shelter, so that when you go exploring/scavenging you’ll have a easier time finding place that have that exact resource in it. 2. Implementing an idol function so when you’re away from the game, your characters have a chance of bringing in extra resources. 3. Expanding the shelter feature, maybe by adding in a barracks, or a watchtower so that your characters can defend the base so to speak. Or just being able to rearrange the shelter freely. 4. Having outpost, so you can generate more resources. 5. More resource gathering/crafting. ### 5/5 — Awesome survival game that’s not pay 2 win *2023-04-20* Blackout age is an awesome survival game with great character art and great story and gameplay Plus you can advance through the game without paying for micro transactions It really is free Highly recommended ### 5/5 — Great game! *2023-01-21, version 1.45.1* Great old school type game, like the theme and the idea that you can travel thru real world areas. ### 5/5 — Excellent Game *2023-01-18, version 1.45.1* While I haven’t played for a super long time I will say the game is amazing worth five stars ### 5/5 — Great game *2022-12-06, version 1.45.1* Beautiful craftsmanship an brilliant idea for the storyline the store could probably get updated so you can interact with the store more an it’ll definitely attract more people to purchase more it would definitely help out in the game as well I would so spend money on the store if it was updated more ### 5/5 — Great, unique game *2022-12-04, version 1.45.1* Quite a unique game, challenging and keeps your interest. ### 5/5 — Great *2022-11-08, version 1.44.0* Great survival game. I like how the combat is most of the time optional or at least you can decide when to do it. The city to explore is awesome, the sad thing is when playing in local,m: there is NOTHING in my town. But is not a problem since I stick to the big city. Suggestion: at the beginning you have no idea what objects are, what they are for, or what do you need them for. The skills of the character are sometimes self-explanatory, but some are not obvious in what they are for. Like “initiative”.. what is it or how does it work? Does it work the same than in other combat turned-based games? Who knows. TLDR: a more detailed description of the game mechanics or object could help newer players like me. Or maybe the point is to play not understanding? If that is the case, never mind. I LOVE THE BATTERY mechanics. Is not a pay to win game but is awesome how you can support the game if you want. Great game overall! **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your review! We are currently working on a tutorial to make it easier for new players to get to know the game. ### 5/5 — Different, but interesting. *2022-10-08, version 1.43.0* A little bit more of a tutorial could help, but could figure out things through trial and error pretty quickly. ### 5/5 — Join the Discord *2022-09-18, version 1.42.2* Most helpful devs i've dealt with. Lost an account from a year ago but was able to get reconnected within a short time thanks to them. Definitely had to make some in-app P's after that. Game has definitely improved since i've last played. ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-09-07, version 1.42.2* So far… 5 hrs in. seems great. I hope it lasts --- *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.*