# Daisho・Survival of a Samurai — user reviews

> 155 indexed App Store user reviews of Daisho・Survival of a Samurai by Colossi Games Ltd, rated 4.70/5 from 2,056 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daishosurvival-of-a-samurai/id6447182493/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daishosurvival-of-a-samurai/id6447182493.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,723 · 4★ 200 · 3★ 64 · 2★ 22 · 1★ 47

## What do users think of Daisho・Survival of a Samurai?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Solid gameplay
- 👍 Beautiful graphics and music
- 💡 Interesting samurai theme
- 🔒 No pay-to-win mechanics

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- ⏱️ Slow loading times
- 💰 Excessive monetization and paywalls
- 🔄 Repetitive and grindy gameplay

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Unresponsive customer support
- Rewards not being awarded properly
- Dojo and Arena features not working as intended

**Most requested features**

- Character customization options
- Improved combat mechanics
- More content and variety
- Faster progression and less grinding

## Newest reviews (12 of 155)

### 2/5 — Fun but crashes

*2026-06-26, version 2.1.20*

I have played this a lot for the past month but lately it crashes and now won’t load. Too bad.

### 4/5 — Bon jeux

*2026-03-30*

J’ai bien aimer mais je pense que vous devez augmenter les ressources a chaque fois qu’on va en récupérer sinon sa deviens trop long

### 3/5 — Bug Dojo

*2026-02-09*

Je n’ai pas le classement sur le dojo donc je ne gagne aucun point 😲.
Discord encore utilisé ? Car 0 réponse

### 4/5 — Top 😉

*2025-11-08*

Le jeu est excellent le problème c’est que 
des fois quand on ne comprend pas ce qu’il faut faire il n’y pas d’aide 
Sinon je donne une note de 4 étoiles ☺️

### 4/5 — Please add choice for character gender

*2025-08-13, version 2.1.12*

Having played the first game and really enjoyed it! If you could add the choice to choose either a male or female character to both games it would make it perfect!

### 3/5 — Arbeitsames Abenteuer

*2025-07-14*

In diesem Spiel kann man 24/7 beschäftigt sein. Wahrscheinlich kann man alle Aspekte auch ohne Echtgeld erarbeiten, um das herauszufinden, fehlt mir noch einiges an Spielzeit.
Die Musik finde ich einfach nur toll, obwohl sie gefühlt nur aus 3 Akkorden besteht. Herrlich beruhigend :)
Ich nehme an, im weiteren Spielverlauf wird es mehr ums Kämpfen gehen. Im Augenblick koste ich die Sammelei aus.
Update wird folgen.

Leider wird eine ständige Internetverbindung benötigt :(

Update: Irgendwann kam die Arena hinzu. Bis dahin war es ein reines Einzelspieler-Spiel.
Aber diese Kämpfe haben mir den Spielspaß genommen.
Auch die Tagesqueste waren für mich zu anstrengend geworden. Ich möchte schließlich gerne spielen, weil es Spaß macht und nicht, weil mich das Spiel dazu zwingen will.

### 4/5 — где мне взять кузницу? (сижу, туплю)

*2025-05-22*

прикольная игра, жаль что приходится убивать много времени на фарм. 
а еще туплю, не пойму где мне взять набор кузнеца и саму кузницу?

### 4/5 — Good start

*2025-02-28, version 2.1.11*

Hard to gain resource's to build, combat is slow , unable to dodge attacks

### 4/5 — Pas mal

*2024-12-31*

Moi qui aime les jeux de samouraï, ça tombe bien. Après il a quelques petits défauts qu’il faudra régler car je trouve que les quêtes c’est un petit peu mal organisé et le problème c’est qu’il faut les activer avant de faire une tâche pour gagner la récompense. Bref quelques petits correctifs à faire.

### 2/5 — The good, the bad, the ugly…

*2024-11-27, version 2.1.8*

This is a stunningly beautiful game. It has a solid story line, and excellent gameplay. Very excited to see a samurai game in this genre.

Unfortunately, this game is lacking in content, and the developers need to hustle and add more events, quests, and locations.

It is very difficult to achieve the basic building quests, as storage is grossly inadequate and the exchange for earnings, too little.

For those willing to invest in the game, there is not a whole lot offered to purchase. A few deals pop up in the beginning only.

The Dojo and Arena features are great. But all players old and new are just thrown together. So it is impossible to earn equipment and hero fragments for anyone aside from the handful that have been playing from the beginning. Or willing to spend an insane amount of money and catch up. There needs to be power tiers.

It seems that customer support does not actually exist. There have been game bugs I’ve come across, including not receiving earned rewards. I wrote to CS including screenshots- and It’s been weeks without a response, nonetheless compensation.

Overall, this game is fun to play and has a lot of promise. The developers will need to fix the bugs and add more content, to keep players interested. I really hope to see this happen!

### 4/5 — Great game - except it keeps crashing during ads

*2024-10-12, version 2.1.8*

Great game, fun, engaging and keeps me interested - but this latest build keeps crashing during ads or freezes right after the ad so no reward is given.

### 3/5 — Нужна поддержка геймпада

*2024-08-03*

Сделайте нормальную поддержку геймпада. Почему то левый стик работает нормально, то есть бегать персонажем можно. Но кнопка атаки внезапно это кнопка старт, а на другие действия кнопки вообще не назначены.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work.

*2026-07-22, version 2.1.20*

The functions for placing/activating buildings don’t work. Which means you are dead-ended as soon as you begin.

### 1/5 — No gender choice.

*2026-03-04, version 2.1.19*

Just as the title suggests. I want to be a male samurai, not a kunoichi. 🤷‍♂️

### 1/5 — Not historically accurate

*2025-07-29, version 2.1.12*

It’s a woke DEI mess.

### 1/5 — Améliorer

*2025-07-01*

Pas rotation pas d’agrandissement de prêt j’aurais aimé voir mon personnage de près pas assez d’argent faibles armes y’a beaucoup de choses à améliorer si possible j’aime beaucoup ce jeu c’est pour cela que j’ai mis 5 étoile

### 1/5 — great but issues

*2025-05-18, version 2.1.12*

i am giving one star in hopes the devs see this comment. this is a great game, just what i’m looking for, however to HAVE to watch a video to trade, which is needed to obtain money is ridiculous WHEN THE ADS DONT WORK! i will watch three different ads and it still tell me i need to watch an ad. in other games, at least the ads do something. in this one, it doesn’t and it really wants you to buy money

### 1/5 — Lame

*2024-09-14, version 2.1.8*

I don’t want to play as a woman I wish we had a choice

### 1/5 — Adverts is far too long

*2024-08-02, version 2.1.8*

Normally the adverts in the game is about 15 to 30sec, the adverts in this game is 60sec each one, and there are a lots, also after you wait 1 min watching advert they logged you out, and when you log in again you have to re watching the adverts again. Really annoying, wasted time, deleted right away after 1 hour played it.

### 1/5 — Crash problems

*2024-06-03, version 2.1.6*

You have to watch a freaking ad to get something you earned and then it crashes over and over so you do not get the gold nor do you get your resources back.

### 1/5 — Not working

*2024-05-09, version 2.1.6*

So if it was i would give it a five based on the trailer but its not loading

### 1/5 — Won’t connect to server

*2024-02-28, version 2.0.0*

Everytime I open the game, it signs me in to game center and loads about 3/4 of the way and then gives me a failed to connect pop up box and everytime I retry it just keeps saying failed. Please fix

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — A nice game

*2026-03-02*

This game is very good for playing when you are bored but the grinding is too much but everything else is really good. Highly recommendable.

### 5/5 — Hi

*2025-10-16, version 2.1.15*

Very bad pvp fight

### 5/5 — Great Game

*2025-10-13*

Has no paywalls or advertisements, has active leaderboards and events. 
Only critique would be that there can be so much more added to this game. Also a beginner's guide or helpful wiki would go a long way.

### 5/5 — Please read editors!

*2025-06-03*

👏 Good job on this one guys! I love this game and find it interesting to play. The graphics are pretty good and the sound effect as well. Like others, I will say this game has great potential! Please work on improving the game and adding new things because I enjoy it and would want to see it improve. I have one suggestion. ☝️ (PLEASE add better fighting skills with the characters!) You could add a dodge or a somersault button to improve gameplay experience. Because it can be very disappointing to fight people without real-life reactions. Make the game captivating and give it more action, and you’ll have more people downloading it! 👏

### 5/5 — Interesting

*2025-02-27, version 2.1.11*

Game is interesting with a good storyline. I recommend you to play this game if you are a lover of samurai.

### 5/5 — Amei

*2025-01-12*

Bonito, ótima jogabilidade e cheio de missões. Adoreii

### 5/5 — 好

*2024-10-15, version 2.1.8*

好玩

### 5/5 — Incredible Sengoku game

*2024-06-18, version 2.1.7*

Hands down the best mobile game for the Sengoku period!  Can’t stop playing it!!

CJ Hightower

### 5/5 — Great game that does not require spending lots of $$$

*2024-06-06, version 2.1.6*

So far, I am really enjoying this game. It does not appear to be pay to play or pay to win, although I have purchased a few inexpensive packs to support the developers and to enhance gameplay.

I’m not sure how long this game is been around, I do hope to see, continued in expansion and enhancements.

Give it a try, I think you will enjoy.

### 5/5 — Amazing Game!

*2024-05-12, version 2.1.6*

It’s a great game and I really like it. The only thing I wish for is character customization. Thank you.

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