Codenames User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience66.4% of reviews
Neutral14.5% of reviews
Negative experience19.0% of reviews

~ Based on 441 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Codenames Safe?

Codenames appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Codenames is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 1,129 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,129 App Store ratings for Codenames.

Is Codenames Legit?

Codenames appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Codenames is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Duet

So happy Duet is here!
While this doesn’t hurt the star rating I have to admit I didn’t realize was going to have to pay for it as I understood once bought the app got everything… but it’s not a micro transaction or anything and worth the price!

My main complaint is the achievements in Duet when playing with friends. I bought this game and especially duet to play with friends, not strangers. But because of that I can’t get most of the Duet Achievements… I realize this is probably because clues aren’t checked and you can chat so lots of ways to cheat … which once I wasn’t receiving achievements I got more liberal with! But I wish you could toggle that on and off each time you play … decide if want chat and more liberal clues but not achievement progress… or if you want that stuff like a stranger game and can work on achievements. That’s what I’m missing the most since I would much rather play with friends than strangers but it would be fun to be able to work towards achievements.
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Worth the money!

Developers are funny with updates, and have created a genuine and fun game. I very rarely get hooked to a game, and i can see my self playing this and improving my brain!

Not accessible with screen reader

I couldn't even get past the initial screen I see buttons on there with low vision but the screen reader rates absolutely nothing at all even on the initial screen great so disappointing because board games are otherwise easier with vision issues. And I have played this game on zoom with SIGHTD friends reading stuff so the gameplay is definitely accessible but yeah very very disappointing
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Great Game…But There Needs To Be Fixes

I just started playing this game a couple of days ago, and I love it! I really like the adaptation of the board game and the additions of side games and achievements. It makes for a captivating game that you can spend a long time on.

However, there is one issue that I have with this game which is the long wait times for a lot of the games. I mean some take hours to days to play. I know that the developers encourage to keep multiple games open so that you can play more, but I don’t that enjoy a whole lot. The reason why is that most of the games end up stalling near the last move and it clogs up the inbox. I would rather have games where I could complete all the way through with one play-through. So if there is a way to optimize the experience that would be great.

With all that I said, I do recommend this game if you are a fan of the board game since it is really fun to play! Just be aware of waiting for a while for some games.
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Fantastic!

Really enjoy this game! Lots of opportunities for different words and challenges.

My only real issue is the verdicts. So many non-words get approved simply because “ish” or “like” are added as suffixes to real words. Like cubed > cubedish and webbing > webbinglike. In most cases, the actual English words are a fine clue. Cubedish doesn’t add much to the word cubed and you could use webbed or webbing instead of webbinglike. It’s a cheap way to add a potential modifier to a word. For example you can’t say “not x” or “non x” as a false prefix for something it’s not.

Why do people have such a hard time just sticking to the rules and English in these games?
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Brilliant adaptation but read the reviews first!

It’s a great adaptation of the party game

BUT, I wish I had dug into the reviews before buying. There is some limited offline content but it is - as the devs say repeatedly in their responses here - primarily an asynchronous multiplayer game where your opponents will step away for apparently hours (days?) at a time

If you’re looking for a faithful adaptation to just fire it up and play a quick game this is not that
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Love this game

We often play the board game Codenames with our friends. This is a great alternative when you don’t have 4 people. We play games when we camp. The board game doesn’t work in wind, but the electronic version is a great alternative.

Good

App is good can we steer away from potentially racist/sexist clueing is there a way around it ? In the challenges I’ve noted some answers lean this way.

So much fun, but do wish there was like a computer automatic system that could play the opposing sid

I do love this app. I just wish there was a way you could like. Kind of play with a computer because having to wait for people to respond is kind of annoying but I do get it.

Fun but …

This is a fun game, but apparently it is not played in real time. After waiting over an hour for the other operative to play, I left the game to cook dinner. Then I got a message that if I left games I would be considered an “unreliable player “. How long am I expected to wait? I was going to ask friends to get this game so we could play together, but now I don’t think so.
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Needs more to do

It’s a great game. Very well designed. The issue is: too many times there’s nothing to do. I’m waiting for other players to make their move.

محد موجود اونلاين عشان يلعب!

اللعبه حلوه بس مشكلتها ما فيه لاعبين اون لاين، افتح القيم الحين له ٤ ايام مو قادرين نكمل لان ما فيه لاعبين! حسافة الفلوس فيها

Makes No Sense

I played the game and enjoyed it up until I had to start creating clues… the game makes no sense. There should be a better tutorial or something…. Also, there is no explanation as to why certain words are associated with clues. It’s just blind guessing at times.

Great game with lots of added interest

I love the board game and was made-up to discover the online version. It can be a bit frustrating wait for responses, but overall it’s so much fun.

Improvement upon the board game

I expected the regular board game but as online experience, what I received instead was a compelx system of progression, achievements, games and even some sort of decor.

the best mobile game

Soo good to killl. time and whatnot; just wish there was more stuff to do offline, like maybe downloading daily cases

also would like better image sharing functionality like being able to share hints you gave to previous games/rounds without it showing the answers to show off how cool of a hint u made
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日本語追加して欲しい

お願いします

Response from developer

こんにちは!Codenames Appをご利用いただきありがとうございます。何かお困りのことや、サポートが必要な点がございましたら、お気軽に appsupport@czechgames.com までメールでお問い合わせください。喜んでお手伝いさせていただきます!エージェントとしてのキャリア開発において、楽しい時間をたくさん過ごせることを願っております。CGEチーム

Saving me $$$$$

This has replaced gambling and other expensive go to’s. Plus it’s building my linguistic skills.

Can you please add the DUO Version as gameplay?

The game is so promising and well designed. A bit tough to get into but nice! Really waiting for the Duo Version where you can play 1:1

Over all a fun game

I had a fun time playing it with family and strangers the only downside about playing with strangers is that you have to wait a long time to actually play but a very fun game.