# Card Dungeon — user reviews > 117 indexed App Store user reviews of Card Dungeon by Playtap Games, LLC, rated 3.70/5 from 64 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-dungeon/id663601812/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-dungeon/id663601812.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 26 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Card Dungeon? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Unique card-based dungeon crawler mechanics - 🎨 Excellent visual style and board game aesthetics - 🎵 Great soundtrack and audio design - 🔄 High replayability with randomly generated levels - 😄 Humorous and quirky game theme - 💰 No ads or in-app purchases - 🧠 Strategic and tactical gameplay - ⏱️ Quick sessions, easy to pick up and play - 🎯 Fair difficulty balance once mastered - 🃏 Diverse card selection and combat options **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 📱 Text and UI elements too small on iPhone - 🎮 Limited to 3 cards at a time restricts strategy - ⚠️ Cards degrade too quickly after use - 🔄 Must restart entire game when dying - 🎯 Poor camera controls and zoom limitations - ⏳ Slow movement and turn-based pacing - 🗺️ Difficult to navigate and see full board - 💾 No save system mid-dungeon - ⚙️ Lack of game updates and developer support - 🎲 Unfair card distribution and RNG frustration - 🔧 Game-breaking bugs prevent progression **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes randomly during gameplay - Crashes when equipping new items - Portal spawns in inaccessible locations - Game crashes on level transitions - Empty levels with no way to progress - Lava destroys entire dungeon leaving no exit - Enemies stuck on screen with 0 health - Music toggle doesn't function properly - Sound toggle visually toggles but doesn't work - Cards don't correspond to their described effects - Demon summon attacks player instead of enemies - Game freezes when accessing help button - Memory leaks causing lag on older devices - Camera locks to character making pan useless - Card magnification doesn't minimize properly - Game doesn't save progress when suspended - Everyplay recording library shutdown not addressed **Most requested features** - Save game progress mid-dungeon or checkpoint system - Ability to carry extra cards and swap them out - Better camera controls and zoom functionality - Character customization options - Tutorial or better in-game instructions - Merchant shop that appears more reliably - Multiple lives system instead of instant restart - Endless dungeon mode - Co-op or versus multiplayer modes - Difficulty settings or adjustable challenge - Card deck management system - Health and mana display improvements - Ability to drop items and pick them up later - Fast travel through cleared rooms - Game sequel or expansions ## Newest reviews (17 of 117) ### 3/5 — Needs more to inprove *2021-12-01* Needs a better way of moving around and seeing the complete board of the game, also add more information into the game ### 2/5 — Glitchy *2021-08-12* I found the game a bit boring to begin with. Just tried to continue my play through and was dropped into 2-1 with no monsters and no way to continue. Choosing restart trashed my game and put me back at 1-1. ### 3/5 — Not Enough Cards *2021-01-14, version 1.4.1* Can only take or discard cards should be able to keep some of the cards you find as in some games you get a lot of monsters and get no weapon cards. Can not save game or re-spawn just start again a bit crap. The game could be a really good game if it was more balanced and give you a better chance to progress in the game instead of making it boring having to keep re-starting every time you get killed off maybe introduce a three lives and you are out system to make it more interesting, needs more work. ### 3/5 — Not maintained? *2019-01-10* I really enjoyed this game for a few days. Beautiful style and humorous theme. However, I encountered a bug where the level complete portal would spawn in an inaccessible place. This happened multiple times. Very frustrating because you then have to restart your entire game. Additionally, the integrated game recording library they use, Everyplay has been shutdown for over three months. Looking at the version history form this game, it does not appear to have been updated in a couple of years. I think this game may be a zombie itself. ### 4/5 — Fun well balanced game *2019-01-06, version 1.4.1* Pros: This game is fun and visually cool if you like a table top style dungeon crawler. Every level is randomly generated so it keeps it from getting boring in that way. Lots of cool cards to choose from. Different styles of game play and cards allow you to create your own strategy. New creatures and bosses on each level keep it exciting and interesting. It also has a unique sense of humor. Overall I definitely recommend this game. 4 STARS! Cons: The AI of the enemy’s is pretty weak, so in this way it’s easy to let enemy’s fall into obvious traps. Also not much complexity in the way that a lava monster can also be killed by a lava based attack. The game is challenging to start but quickly becomes too easy once you master the right card choices. It would have been a more rewarding game if there was some rewards systems in place, like getting medals or badges for clearing all the rooms of enemy’s, or killing multiple enemies in a single attack etc. Overall it needs to be more challenging. ### 4/5 — Fun turn based RPG *2018-12-16, version 1.4.1* Needs updated content, DLC or maybe characters to choose from. Fun game though ### 3/5 — Fun, clever, lags *2017-03-23, version 1.4.1* Pretty, clever, simple graphics. Good GUI. Some strategy required. Turns can lag as you wait for monsters to move. ### 4/5 — How to lose *2017-03-07, version 1.4.1* Why cant you have a number count on cards to know how long till used up. Also why when you look at loot you have to swap or discard and lose it forever. Why cant you just drop it and return later to pick up. Almost 5 stars a great game awsome sound effects just needs a little more polish. Sort out drop rather than discard and already it's on to a winner. Or even have a card deck up to 10 cards you can swap around or even just 5 would be enough. Still worth buying has the game makes you smile when one hit kills all lol ### 4/5 — Very good, but some issues *2017-02-12* This is a great game. Very fun, and a cool mechanic all around. Upgrading/leveling is pretty buggy, though: you're supposed to unlock new traits with special gems. I've found two, they tell me I've unlocked a new trait, but nope. Then the rules say that you visit a "shop" every three levels, but I've never seen it show up: lots of gold and nowhere to spend it! Maybe I'm not understanding, but if so that needs to be more clear in the rules. But this is really fun! I hope these bugs get fixed, and then I'll be the first to change my review to 5 stars. ### 4/5 — Good game. *2017-02-04, version 1.4.1* Enjoyable easy-going game. Not always easy to beat a level and to get to the end, but difficulty balance is good. It would be a nice addition to be able to start from the last level that was completed instead of starting over when you die. ### 2/5 — Good but not good. *2016-12-07* Looks great and accomplishes its goal of being a simple dungeon crawl. It's flaws are the cards don't last long. They break and you wind up just running around 1 turn at a time waiting for any monster to die on their own so you can see if they have a card. Why do cards need to break? This makes no sense. Also you can't zoom out enough to even see your next move and when you swipe to try to see as soon as you lift your finger it autos back to your last position. You have to use both hands to navigate sometimes and that should not happen. Anyhoo, if cards were stable I can see how this would be fun but right now it's just frustrating. I'm guessing all those glowing reviews are friends. ### 4/5 — Fun *2016-11-25, version 1.4.1* Fun time waster. ### 2/5 — very bad compared to other games in genre *2016-08-18, version 1.4.1* Dream Quest and Loot & Legends are good card-based dungeon crawls, but this is just trash. Monsters move too slowly. Your health stat gets covered up by walls. It's much too easy to wear out your cards and end up with no way to attack. ### 5/5 — Rouge like table top dungeon *2016-08-07, version 1.4.1* I love rouge like games. I love board games. I love adventure games. I love this game. If your like me with the above then you should have no worries with this purchase. As a bonus it feels very clean and tidy due to the no ads and no iap ### 5/5 — One of the best rogue-likes for the iPhone *2016-06-08* It's an enjoyable dungeon crawler with lots of replay value. The rooms and maps are randomly generated, as well as the treasure drops. The unique aspect of the game is that your "attacks" break after you use them 5-8 times, which forces you to use drops from enemies. This can be frustrating the first few times, but you can have your cards restored at the red fountains. It can also be hard to notice "status" conditions on your character unless look at your enemies past attacks. The game encourages dying by randomly giving knowledge gems on enemies. Theses allow you to unlock new perks/flaws which make future runs much easier. Some cards seem much more useful than others (I used lava tile for most of the game). If you want a adventure game with lots of replay, this is the game for you! ### 4/5 — Too Easy *2016-06-05* Beat it on the 2nd time playing it. Perhaps they should add an endless dungeon. Very cool concept but once you beat it, you have little incentive to do it again ### 3/5 — Almost great *2016-06-04, version 1.4.1* I do like this game but can only play for fifteen minutes or so at a time. The big problem is the slow pace. Having to wait for non-threatening monsters to each take a turn really makes the game boring. Exploring the levels becomes a chore. It should be so easy to include a fast move through previously explored rooms where the actual enemy monsters have already been killed. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Last update three years ago. *2019-02-10, version 1.4.1* Devs stopped working on the iOS version (Pc) has always been better, but it is very pay to win. And not very fun. ### 1/5 — Limited opportunity for strategic thinking. *2018-06-12* The game has a very nice look, but after playing with it for a couple of hours I became quite frustrated with how limited my choices really were. I'm a big fan of difficult games, and was hoping that this would test my wits the way Darkest Dungeon and Card Hunters does, but hard games are only fun when winning or losing is the result of a player's decisions. The lack of choices hits you the moment you start your first game, when you have one type of hero to choose from, one choice of positive traits, and one choice of negative traits. You don't even get to name your generic knight. Anything you find in your adventure has to be used immediately, or lost forever. Since any given card can only be used about a dozen times before running out of charges, it's very easy to find yourself with access only to defensive/buff cards, and without a fresh attack card you are effectively unarmed. New cards are obtained almost exclusively by killing monsters, so if your last offensive card is out of charges you are utterly screwed. If you could trade in all of your defensive cards for one offensive card, you could keep playing. Alternatively, if dying gave you an additional trait to choose from on your next attempt, there would be some reason to try again. As it is I'm moving on. I'll likely check back in a year, but for now I'm taking this off my tablet. ### 1/5 — Too quick *2017-04-29, version 1.4.1* Gets old reallllly quick ### 1/5 — Look good.... *2015-09-03, version 1.4.1* Infuriating, frustrating, not a lot of fun. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2015-08-11, version 1.4.1* Waste of time and money. Don't bother with this garbage! ### 1/5 — Crashes crashes crashes *2015-07-09, version 1.3* Just bought. I can move 1-2 tiles, opened a chest. Then crash out of game. Reload. Move 1. Crash out. Reload. Move 1. Crash out. Reload. Tap inventory. Crash out. Get the point? I buy few games for IOS, this is why. ### 1/5 — Dumb *2015-04-30, version 1.3* No real strategy involved ### 1/5 — Potential *2015-03-23, version 1.3* It has potential. If only the game would play for more than 3 seconds before crashing. If it's not fixed soon I'll be wanting to a refund. ### 1/5 — Immediate crash *2015-03-10, version 1.3* Just payed for this app and It has crashed twice, both times after selecting level. Fix it or refund my money, please and thanks. ### 1/5 — Save your money *2015-02-15, version 1.2* Love the game when it works. Sadly, the game crashes all the time and I do mean all the time on my iPad 4. Save your money. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game 👍 *2025-03-19, version 1.4.1* Fun to play tactical ### 5/5 — One of my favorite games! *2018-06-03* This has been one of my “go-to” games for years. I love everything about it. Now that my wife has taken interest; I would be very happy to see expansions for co-op and vs. modes...and I would gladly pay $$$ for it! Maybe a sequel?! ### 5/5 — Love it *2017-04-30, version 1.4.1* Steep-ish curve to master the attrition-based gameplay but very satisfying once you understand. RNG sucks sometimes. All is forgiven since there's no ads or microtransactions! F*** yeah! ### 5/5 — Best of the Best Rogue Style *2017-04-25, version 1.4.1* Loved it. Finally completed it. Highly recommend it. ### 5/5 — Buy it! It is worth it. *2017-02-14* I don't have the crashing problem,they must have fixed that bug, overall one of the best games I have seen in a while. There are not allot of dungeon games period. Much less ones that allow you to play them, walk away and continue where you left off. Worth playing 😊 ### 5/5 — A Worthy Challenge *2017-01-07* A fun and quick hack-n-slash adventure that gets more challenging mentally as you go along. Single action turns and degenerative cards makes it as much about strategy and tactics as it does about plowing into enemies and collecting loot. The cards are diverse and simple, which makes for interesting combos that can really pack a punch. The learning curve is intense (you will die many, many times) and having to start from the beginning is motivation to take your time and consider your next move. The story is somewhat lacking and there is room for cutscenes between chapters that would really help players understand why the Crusader is here. All in all it gets an 9/10 for mechanics, 4/10 for story, and 8/10 for overall gameplay. (I gave it 5 stars because I can't help but love it) ### 5/5 — Satisfying Rogue! *2016-11-30* Your wife is going to be extremely displeased that you found this game and the honey do list is forgotten for 3 days. Challenging but fair and glitch free! Can't wait for more content. ### 5/5 — Great game *2016-10-15* This game is a blast if you just have a few minutes here and there. My only complaint is it is fairly short and has a limited set of cards. Even with that though, the replayability is terrific. ### 5/5 — Great dungeon crawling card / board game *2016-10-14* This is a fantastic dungeon crawling rogue like set up with great board game aesthetics. Many different ways to play it and strategies one could take. ### 5/5 — Can only get better. *2016-08-19, version 1.4.1* Deck builder board game. Definitely worth it. --- *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.*