# Campus Dynasty — user reviews > 181 indexed App Store user reviews of Campus Dynasty by Scott Johnson, rated 4.60/5 from 1,565 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/campus-dynasty/id1463300145/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/campus-dynasty/id1463300145.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,270 · 4★ 147 · 3★ 47 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 80 ## What do users think of Campus Dynasty? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay - 🕹️ Simple yet detailed simulation - 🏆 Ability to build a dynasty - 📊 Comprehensive stats and records tracking **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs after extended playtime - 🤔 Unrealistic team rankings and upsets - 🔑 Difficulty recruiting top prospects - 🧑‍🏫 Lack of control over in-game strategy **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes after 3-5 seasons - Recruiting percentages not accurately reflected - Player positions not updating correctly **Most requested features** - Transfer portal system - Ability to redshirt players - Option to convince players to stay in school - More customization options (conferences, teams, etc.) - Difficulty settings for varying challenge levels ## Newest reviews (17 of 181) ### 3/5 — Good game *2026-04-10, version 0.8.33* Needs a transfer portal for midway through season and also something that might be able to stop freshmen from entering the draft after one season ### 4/5 — Review *2026-04-08, version 0.8.33* Game is great, simple and can entertain me for a while, one thing I think would make the game better one is transfer portal making it feel more realistic and a nit form of tournament to make you feel more involved. ### 5/5 — PEAK would add some things though if it ever gets updated again *2026-03-28, version 0.8.33* PEAK COLLEGE BASKETBALL TO RELIEVE ME OF MY PAIN OF NO LICENSED COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME although I would love if you could actually play the games also I’ve noticed there’s a home court advantage and also scheduling tough opponents actually matters because if you schedule cupcakes you do worse at the start of conference play. I know this game isn’t being updated anymore but here are some things I would add, playing games or at least having some input to the games (like making substitutions, calling plays, changing schemes or other stuff) recruiting mid season, adding other tournaments (like the Maui invitational and the nit and other ones) a transfer portal, add more teams and also make the conference limit and teams in the conferences higher to like 18-20 teams per conference and add the 350 teams and all the conferences, add like a practice where you can train players, make a bigger rotation (instead of 10 players maybe like 12-13 players if you have a team with a lot of depth) and actually reward you for winning a national championship or like make a graphic instead of just saying (your team) won the national championship. Would be cool if this game still updated and if you guys could make other sports too but it’s still a great game. ### 4/5 — Solid *2026-03-15, version 0.8.33* It’s pretty good! ### 5/5 — PEAK *2026-03-10, version 0.8.33* PEAK COLLEGE BASKETBALL TO RELIEVE ME OF MY PAIN OF NO LICENSED COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME although I would love if you could actually play the games ### 5/5 — Goated game *2026-02-12, version 0.8.33* I’m like 8 coaches in! gooooooooooooooo ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-02-12, version 0.8.33* This game is awesome, I have no issues at all it’s pretty much perfect. However it would be cool to have the option to be just a school as well. Be able to make coaching decisions and still be able to recruit. You guys should make a baseball version of this game. Have 10 starting pitchers then 10 relief pitchers with 3 spots for each of the 9 positions in the field. You can use basically the same format as this basketball game and make a really cool baseball game as well. Anyways thanks for the game it’s awesome. ### 5/5 — I love the game *2026-02-12, version 0.8.33* The “huge bug that makes the game unplayable” is actually an easy fix; it occurs if you don’t have two players from every position. If you dint recruit enough the game provides you with walk-ons, but if you then try to change positions it crashes. The solution is just to be careful with your position changes. However: my problem is that, once you get good at the game, it becomes extremely easy. My solution is to restrict myself to only recruiting out of the pipeline, but even that gets trivial after a short adjustment period. Honestly idk how to fix that problem, but it’s still a good game that I’ve burned a lot of hours on lol. ### 4/5 — Fire game hoping for more updates *2026-02-01, version 0.8.33* Overall time killer some additions and tweaks needed to roster improvement and overall talent of teams and players for realness like experience HOWEVER game is still overall very fun and impressive for a mobile game I love the pipeline recruiting and I love having the ability to pick what attributes I want to upgrade just needs more! ### 5/5 — Fun game! Could use some more features. *2026-01-04, version 0.8.33* The game is amazing and really fun. It has all you can want from a game like this. However there are couple things that I wish were different like for example it would be nice if your coach had to answer questions like a press conference that could influence how much people like him or effects the recruiting process. Also I think it would be more realistic if you could get fired more often like if I’m a small school coach then take a job at Duke for example if I have 2 or 3 bad seasons I should be fired and it should be harder for me to find a job that is even close to Duke level. I think it would be cool if you could choose your practice level which affects your players energy and morale. That also kinda leans into injuries which would require you to recruit for depth and not just the best players. That’s all I love the game and it’s really fun. ### 5/5 — Cinema *2025-12-31, version 0.8.33* Great game although it is annoying when you win like 8 games in a row, become top 25 and lose to a very good team and then drop to 42. A thing I would recommend adding is a NIT type tournament for teams who almost made the tournament. ### 5/5 — TRANSFER PORTAL *2025-12-27, version 0.8.33* Please make a transfer portal!!!! ### 4/5 — Amazing game, but I have one problem *2025-11-21, version 0.8.33* I have actually no control over the depth chart, I’m the head coach not just a GM. That’s something I should have control over and especially the fact that changing someone’s position doesn’t move them to that position, it just keeps them at there previous spot. Ex. I have an 88 PF starting and an 86 PF on the bench, but I also have a 63 SF starting, so it would be nice to be able to change the 88 or 86’s position to SF so they can both start rather than the 63. ### 5/5 — Addicting *2025-10-27, version 0.8.33* I love everything about this pretty much. I’ve always loved sports, so it’s great to see a sports game like this. That being said I’ve been searching for a CBB game that includes the portal. I know that development of a game is a long process, but maybe in the future could we see the transfer portal in this game? ### 5/5 — 🙏 *2025-08-19, version 0.8.33* Best simulation game on the market. Been playing for years on years. Hope my GOAT Scott Johnson comes back to make more games ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2025-07-19, version 0.8.33* This game is really good. I have been playing for 3 years now and I still enjoy it! ### 5/5 — Best game I’ve ever played *2025-07-12, version 0.8.33* Best game on the App Store ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Constantly crashing *2025-12-10, version 0.8.33* I truly enjoy playing this game and have spent tons of time playing it. My issue is recently it crashes out on a career and is making me completely restart after only 2 or 3 seasons in. When the game works it’s a 5 out of 5 but it’s unplayable currently. ### 1/5 — Terrible and impossible to get better *2025-09-14, version 0.8.33* Such a bad game ### 1/5 — Horrible *2025-05-04, version 0.8.33* Rankings are bad and unrealistic, and is unfair. It doesn’t matter how good you are, you’re still going to lose. This absolutely horrible game made me want to strangle someone. DONT MAKE A GAME THAT IS POINTLESS ### 1/5 — Unfair *2024-06-24, version 0.8.33* The game was fun until i realized it is unfair in some areas. There is no way to win against teams that are better than you and the recruiting process is broken. I enjoy the idea of the game but it needs some tweaking. Other teams have unfair advantages sometimes even when you choose a good team. This isn’t strategy its random chance and thats not fun in a game that surrounds strategy ### 1/5 — Needs a lot of improvements *2024-04-06, version 0.8.33* Game is good in concept but is executed terribly. Can’t get recruits at all consistently and have little to no chance to develop and scheme for my next games in order to win. I highly recommend not to try it ### 1/5 — Great but many Issues *2021-04-29, version 0.8.33* This is a great game and I love to play it. But every time I start a new game eventually it gets interrupted by some issue and the screen fills with red text. The past 2 are that I got a job with Loyola Chicago but the coach never switched teams, he just disappeared and I became the user of the previous coach. I cant simulate a game or else i get the red text. Then, I was adjusting my players minutes and 2 of my bench guys have 0 minutes playing. I cannot change this and every time I try to simulate a game the red text appears and then the game crashes. I would really appreciate and like the game if these issues were fixed and the game was actually playable. I hope you see this review, Thank you. ### 1/5 — Significant flaws in update *2019-08-27, version 0.8.3* In the new update, the recruiting is totally screwed up. I loved the old version, but now there is a pretty bad glitch. In the second round of recruiting, adding more recruiting points can sometimes lead you to fall further behind other schools. What’s weird is staying at the point value keeps you ahead, but adding more points puts you behind. Additionally, I started getting this new glitch where at the second round of recruiting, I’ll go straight to a 1% chance of getting the recruit. You might want to revise the new update. It makes the game pretty much unplayable. That being said, I love this game and app, but the recruiting has to be fixed in the newly released update. ### 2/5 — Game Potential *2025-10-21, version 0.8.33* No ads but this sim is wack. Good potential but every season my teams loses to unranked teams and there’s no perk to keep playing. Game is old so developers don’t care but don’t waste your time. It’s boring ### 2/5 — I’m split *2024-11-28, version 0.8.33* Super fun but annoying. I went from 15th to 25th because I lost against the 8th team in the nation. Also unrealistic. You can be a 80 overall team (really good) and lose to a 70 overall team (not so good). Also no transfers.(please fix!) Overall decent but because of those reasons, 2 ⭐️⭐️ ### 2/5 — Idk *2024-04-13, version 0.8.33* Games unrealistic I play according to the opponents offense and defense and never win the conference tournament, I win like 25 games every season too ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best College Basketball Game Out There *2026-08-22, version 0.8.33* If you’re looking for a good college basketball game where you are in control just download this game and there you go, you have fulfilled your needs. ### 5/5 — Nice *2026-07-24, version 0.8.33* Nice can we get NIL CONTRACTS UPDATE ### 5/5 — Masterpiece *2026-07-16, version 0.8.33* Amazing offline game to zone out or listen to music to! ### 5/5 — GOAT game *2026-07-07, version 0.8.33* Need more of these games for every sport ### 5/5 — Fire game just needs more updates *2026-06-14, version 0.8.33* Fire game just drop more content ### 5/5 — Truly a Great Game *2026-05-31, version 0.8.33* If you want a quick and easy way to pass some time while immersing yourself in the college basketball world, this is the game for you. I’ve spent hours on this game and have played it for years. ### 5/5 — Best In Class *2026-04-15, version 0.8.33* Campus Dynasty has not been updated in over 6 years. But it remains the absolute best college basketball sim out there. Simplistic controls, design and interface. Feels clean, smooth and has yet to feel outdated. Recruiting, player development is simple but rewarding. It’s easy to advance through seasons but fun to watch the each matchup. Only negative is slight lack of history (although many stats are kept) as well as no further updates from the creator. Transfer portal, Redshirts only things I truly with were implemented. Aside from that this is truly the perfect game. ### 5/5 — TRANSFER PORTAL *2026-04-14, version 0.8.33* If this game could get a portal it would be peak ### 5/5 — Satisfied my march madness itch *2026-04-11, version 0.8.33* There’s no college basketball video games out there to play right now so i went on the app store and found this. There’s no ads thankfully and it’s very well thought out. I added all the teams via help from ChatGPT. it took me a while but i genuinely feel i am playing a college hoops sim now. Only recommendation i’d add is more customization to the professional team names to enhance the realism. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-03-31, version 0.8.33* Simple and easy. No ads or over complications. Everything about this app is amazing --- *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 2026-08-30.*