# Daring Dungeoneer — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of Daring Dungeoneer by David Scott, rated 3.80/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daring-dungeoneer/id1499715637/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daring-dungeoneer/id1499715637.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (12 of 53) ### 4/5 — Beastiary not working :( *2021-10-10, version 4.6* I love this game but the beastiary won’t open when I click on it. **Developer response:** I had no idea this was an issue for players! If it's still an issue feel free to reach out to me at david.wafflegames@gmail.com and I can look into it for you! ### 3/5 — Good game, some suggestions *2021-08-31, version 4.6* I am overall enjoying the game. The randomization for some reason really likes to put healing cards at the top of the shuffle. It has not been uncommon to pull 3 heal cards right away, which is not good since you can’t overheal. Perhaps add some sort of algorithm that blocks heal cards from being in the first 2-3 cards flipped. Also, speed. Would love for the game to move slightly faster. If I am fighting a monster, I can quickly see it I’d going to take me 2-3 hits to kill it. The animation per hit just slogs it down. And lastly, if I die, why must I sit there and watch all I lost slowly, slowly drain away and get forced back to town. How about giving me the chance to retry without having to go back to town. Also, yes I lost, at my 3rd run through the dungeon, no need for me to have to sit and watch a whole levels worth of do slightly drain. ### 3/5 — Fun game but eh..could be better EDITED *2021-04-27, version 3.8* Don’t get me wrong, this game is pretty fun and addicting but I feel the system is way off on things. Coins take forever to acquire and leveling up coin % and exp % rates are terrible. At higher coin % it takes well over 200k coins when you barely get 1k to 2k per run if you’re lucky. This game definitely needs a massive overhaul as it has the potential to be great. Until that happens, it can only pass as sub-par. Edit: This was originally supposed to be a 3 star review. Don’t know why it only shows up as a 1 star. Hopefully this edit changes it back to a 3. ### 4/5 — Game breaking bug? *2021-04-19, version 3.8* The game for me at least has an odd bug where I can’t get into the first stage, whenever the tutorial tells me to click the portal again it does nothing then the words “replay” appears on the portal. I’ve tried a few things like backing out and in again even reinstalling the app a few times but it always glitches at the same place. I don’t know if it’s something on my end or an uncommon bug? After a bit I reopened the app was explained shops and other things then I let me into the level. ### 3/5 — Promising, but... *2021-04-15, version 3.7* I’ve invested several hours into the game before deciding to uninstall it. (Made it to level 31.) Just not enough here to stick with it. Pros: Cute art style. Interesting premise. Ads not terribly intrusive. I like the different monster concepts from dungeon to dungeon. Cons: At the end of the day, it is about counting. And you end up counting on your fingers, since there is no counter for how many cards are left in the current deck. Also, the fact that player level does absolutely nothing in game is a major turn off...there is no sense of development. Even a minimal +1 to health or attack for each level would be better than nothing. Weapons can add very rare minimal attack effects, Armor does nothing but add to your health total and is very boring for that reason. Relics are an interesting idea, but there is no way to get them without spending gems, and no clear way to get gems without signing up for a monthly subscription. Conclusion: the game seems half baked at this point. I may check back in a few months. ### 3/5 — Good game but definitely could be better *2021-04-14, version 3.7* I’ve been playing for a while now and it’s fun. I enjoy the sort of grind aspect to it and getting new gear is normally rewarding. However, the game feels like it’s designed to make it hard for the player instead of being random. Half of the time the health cards are at the very beginning or end of each level when they’re not necessary. If it were actually random this would happen much less but overall a not bad game ### 4/5 — Miss Mechanic *2021-04-13, version 3.7* Fun, simple game with a refreshingly consistent progression system that involves minimal grinding (effectively no paywall)! My main critique: I think the random miss mechanic needs to be either taken out or made measurable. As it is, my and my opponents’ accuracy/dodge chances are complete mysteries to me and I have little recourse to affect them (trinkets are the only means I can see, and I don’t want to waste the trinket slot with an accuracy trinket). The game contains enough randomness to be interesting without mysterious and inconsistent misses. ### 5/5 — Great Simple Game *2021-04-07, version 3.7* I got this game about a week ago and have almost reached the end of it’s of dungeons. I haven’t spent any real world money in game and have had zero issues progressing. Although, I see some comments claiming a difficult learning curve, I quite disagree. Neither my autistic husband nor myself had any issues adjusting to the style of the game. It is very simple and user friendly, as well as, family friendly. This is a great game to pass the time, I can play for 15 minutes or 3 hours and still enjoy what I’m doing. I look forward to an expanded version with more dungeons, loot and monsters. :) Thanks for the hard work and keep it up :) ### 5/5 — Worth a shot! *2021-04-01, version 3.7* Great game. I downloaded it after dinner tonight and now it’s 10:30 pm and I’ve just finished the entire campaign. There were some definite struggles that make you reconsider your strategy. I can’t wait for some new content. That was fun! Even though the last level says you need to be 40 to unlock (you can unlock with 5k gold as you progress) I finished the last boss at level 34. Definitely worth downloading and killing some time with! Gonna go do endless for something to do! ### 4/5 — Good game *2021-03-16, version 3.5* I started playing a bit ago and have made some progress it’s a nice little game that isn’t all consuming and helps pass the time. Not too many ads even if you don’t purchase the no ads option or subscribe, the subscription which I do have also removes ads while subbed and it gives nice rewards and isn’t overpriced. The only complaint I have so far is how much my phone, and iPhone X, heats up when I play, I’m not sure if this is an issue with my phone but it doesn’t do that with other things so if that could be looked into that would be awesome, because it keeps me from playing for a longer time. Other than that though great game. ### 5/5 — Great Dungeon Game! *2021-03-14, version 3.4* Solid dungeon experience, with some really great updates recently! The endless dungeon is difficult, but adds a unique bit of challenging fun not in the normal dungeons. I was wanting a few things, like an ability to have a one other weapon I could swap out before entering a dungeon, and sometimes you ‘miss’ but you don’t know why (you don’t see hit/miss stats for you or enemies) so that can be frustrating when it shows up, but it’s not frequent and overall a very cohesive experience. The ‘quips’ from all the mimics is great fun! ### 5/5 — Yokai *2021-03-12, version 3.3* I have played this since day one and even subscribed to the monthly but have yet to been able to run yokai even tho I payed to unlock it and I can’t see to find a support or help anywhere to get answers I tried updating and uninstalling and reinstalling will change rating if it’s ever fixed. Edit: the developer has been extremely helpful and reply’s are sometimes instant while the issue has not been resolved yet I’m confident it will be so I have changed to a 5star since the game is fun and support is great ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sad *2024-01-16* iPhone 13 Pro Max. Game literally never loaded. **Developer response:** Thanks for the review. Sadly the servers are coming down due to a lack of funds. But I appreciate the support regardless. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-08-27, version 4.5* Wouldn’t let me play the first mission **Developer response:** Could you send me an email at David.wafflegames@gmail.com? I believe if you kill the app and restart it, it should fix it. It’s something I need take a look at it ### 1/5 — Fix this please. *2021-04-20, version 3.8* There is really something wrong with the portal, it won’t let me into a zone, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but even if I do reinstall I still can’t go into a zone. I can’t even play this game. I think it’s caused by clicking the portal multiple times before it loads, or a buggy ad, but please fix this as fast as possible because this really does look like a fun game. I’ve already written a review, and the devs told me to go to a websites, I don’t really know how that works so just try to fix it with out me having to do all that confusing stuff, because I’m really not that smart when it comes to tech. Good game, but please fix this. ### 1/5 — Almost a decent game *2021-02-03, version 2.3* This game looked beautiful and has so much potential. However, like an earlier review stated, there are some issues that hamstring this game. 1. Health showing up first in a deal when you have taken no damage thus being a waste and require a restart. 2. The enemies always swing first, you don’t get a chance to ever swing first unless you spend gems to buy potions to let you swing first for an enemy or two, not the entire encounter. 3. Similar to #2, enemies never miss, you have a chance to miss. There are elemental weapons that could cause them to miss but the damage you sacrifice for a tiny chance to make them miss isn’t worth it at all. I loved the game initially but after getting further on and seeing by enemies damage and health ramp up twice as fast as yours is demoralizing to say the least. If the developers can do better to implement ways to combat the never-miss enemies and the ability to dodge attacks or strike first this game would be top tier. There is so much this game could be, and so much more I want to say about it but I don’t have the space or time to do so. I just hope they fix the broken aspects of this game. ### 2/5 — Charming, but hacked. *2023-02-08, version 5.0* Second place on the leader board is 24,000ish points; first place is *one trillion* points. My fault for playing a game that had its last update a year ago. But there’s not much to do, it seems, besides the leaderboard and gathering tickets to buy animated backgrounds for your appearance on the leaderboard. The leaderboard has been hacked, so… the devs must have grown bored of this game, as well. **Developer response:** Oh wow sorry to see this so late! I believe it was fixed at some point last year. If not I’ll go fix it now. The main story mode is the core focus while endless was added post launch. But it’s an easy fix and thanks for bringing it to our attention! ### 2/5 — Massive squandered potential *2022-09-01, version 5.0* It is evident this game is a massive slog of RNG and grinding. A horrific combination. Too bad too, as it has a lot of potential. Horribly executed unfortunately. ### 2/5 — Crashes *2022-01-25, version 4.8* Game is fun, when I can sometimes play it, but mostly it almost always crashes or freezes I’m on iPhone 7+ ### 2/5 — Nice but flaky *2021-04-22, version 3.8* Nice simple game but unfortunately with a few bugs. First thing I noticed was it takes 1 minute 20 seconds to load. I started timing it after the first couple of annoying times waiting for it. My iPad is 6th generation, not that old, so I don’t expected a game to take that long. It also crashes frequently... the screen freezes and after a couple of seconds the program terminates. This always happens when I am in a dungeon, never in the town (so far) =========== * UPDATE * ========…=== The developer responded very quickly. He stated he was made aware of the problem and it will be fixed in the upcoming update. ============. * ‘nother update ========== I downloaded the update. Unfortunately, while it fixed the long load time, it still crashes frequently … so much so, for me, it is not worth the effort to try play. I am removing the game from my iPad ### 2/5 — It’s an entertaining game *2021-04-01, version 3.7* However there is absolutely no hiding that this is for money. Want to upgrade your base stats? Money. Can you technically earn this at a pace even a snail would laugh at? Yes. Card backs are ridiculously priced. One of the “legendary” card backs is $12 usd. That’s just ludicrous for what it is. It serves no function in the game other than to look at it. Money you earn in game is almost immediately pointless since upgrading your gear more than twice costs premium currency. It’s just very cash grabby and it’s sad because the game itself can actually be fun. I’ve only hit level 7 of the starting area, so I haven’t hit a paywall yet, but at the rate I’m going I can guess I’ll hit it very soon. ### 2/5 — Somethings not right *2021-02-01, version 2.2* Game is visually pleasing and its simplistic gameplay is very appealing at first look but its burdened by its excessive greedy mechanics urging you to buy its in game currency for boosts to let you progress easier, one may even say to “win” the levels you are struggling on. There is a farming loop but it is tedious and annoying. The reasons for the bad review besides these things is that 1. There are some scaling issues. Its ridiculously hard to progress from the first area going into the next based on your gears stats. Often found myself having to overfarm and upgrade pieces in addition to having to get the more or less perfect card draws of combat > healing else i would die based on said stats and the amount of healing cards available, sometimes appearing at the start when youve taken no damage and thus being wasted, meaning you have to restart. 2. I kept dying to the same level twice in a row, to the same enemy because i would “miss” it. There are no stats, aside from attack and health, unless theyre hidden so im not sure why im “missing” at the perfect moments to make me have to reset my level. Seems scummery to me. 3. There are “levels” to your character but as i said with no other stats it doesnt seem to add to your progression in any way aside from unlocking new areas which seems pointless since you have to pay gems or coin to unlock them anyways. Too much bad design getting in the way of what could be a really enjoyable game. What a shame. **Developer response:** Thanks for your review. We are doing our best to balance a game that’s hard to balance. We have players who beat the game in 3 hours and some stuck in the first dungeon. It’s really hard to scale and balance a game of luck and chance but we are doing our best. As for paywalls and being greedy, we are trying to pull that back. I literally just cut the cost of upgrading with gems down 70% in an upcoming patch. I appreciate you taking your time to make this review it really does help me solidify that I need to make the game more accessible for new players ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Give the game a chance *2024-01-01* This game is fun not too many ads, I think 1 every 20-30 min of play time. You can grind and get everything you need and more for coins you grind rather than pay and there is not too many games like that anymore that don’t try to force you to pay. Hope update could happen in the future it was awesome gameplay. Thanks to the creators! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for this kind review! And giving our game a chance, it truly means the world to me. We are hard at work on the sequel and hope to have it in your hands as soon as summer 2024! ### 5/5 — Really enjoying this game. *2023-07-11* Great artwork. Relaxing while having the right amount of challenge. I hope that we see continued content and updates! ### 5/5 — Great game but items… *2022-03-09, version 5.0* This is a great game but the armors need a little more pizazz to them. You have the “legendary items” but they don’t have any perks to them. They are honestly just another armor until a higher one pops up next level. You’ve given the weapons perks such as “bleed” and “poison” so why not give the armors resistance. Or at least like a buff in some fashion. Give us a reason to want to keep the legendary items. **Developer response:** I love the feedback thank you for taking your time to express it! We did have resistances on the armors but it just got overly complex. Our original intention for the game was to try and keep it simple enough for all types of gamers. Trust me we totally understand your want for Legendaries to be Legendary, we played with a lot of different things and just making legendaries and mythics stronger overall was the simplest move we could make. But we really appreciate the kind words and feedback! ### 5/5 — So happy with this game and great Devs. *2021-11-19, version 4.6* I love this game, the artwork is cool and the gameplay is fun so far. I love the leveling, equipment upgrading and potions to help along the way, I am loving it. I had an issue and sent a google forms bug report and was totally surprised to see a reply a few hours later to my email from David who was super helpful, friendly and fixed my issue immediately. It would have been faster had I replied sooner. He definitely loves his game and it shows, with a team of 2 they have done an amazing job. I am looking forward to what Waffle Games makes in the future and will be happy to support such great Devs. Well done guys keep up the great work! **Developer response:** Thanks for your support! ### 5/5 — You owe me $1200 Dave *2021-09-08, version 4.6* I got tired of this game crashing on my iPhone 7 so after a gazillion years of having an outdated phone I liked this game so much I splurged on the iPhone 12 Pro Max 😂 **Developer response:** Oh my goodness I don't know how I didn't see this review LOL! Glad our game was enough for you to get an iPhone 12 Pro Max hahaha. ### 5/5 — 5 Star Developer Support *2021-09-01, version 4.6* David is one of if not the only developer to get back to emails (multiple) on the same day. Helped troubleshoot tons of options for me for crashes and other game issues I was having. Really nice guy. Game is also awesome. Graphics are great, the whole concept of the game is fun -lots of aspects (leveling up gear/ weapons, dungeons, potions etc.) easily one of the top 3-5 games I’ve had the pleasure of playing on an iPhone (also love Void Tyrant and Oregon Trail 😂) **Developer response:** Hey glad I could help! Sorry for the late reply to the review, but appreciate the kind words! :) ### 5/5 — Unable to open beastiary after update *2021-08-31, version 4.6* Great game! Finished the ancient labrynth and looking forward to more zones! Have not been able to open the bestiary since the update adding golden enemies. **Developer response:** I had no idea this was an issue for players! If it's still an issue feel free to reach out to me at david.wafflegames@gmail.com and I can look into it for you! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-07-10, version 4.3* no I’m not a bot or the creator but DANG is this a good game, it has some really nice art in it and seems like a project that someone poured there heart out into the only thing that’s missing is a story line or a trading system for limited edition weapons. I think that this game is really good if your bored, oh and when your in a dungeon and your trying to equip a new weapon could you make it so that it sells your old one and refunds like maybe 1/2 of the currency? But yeah thanks for the amazing game and am definitely spending money on this. Byeeeee ### 5/5 — A fun game to pass a couple minutes *2021-05-02, version 4.0* In my opinion this isn't the kind of game you sit down and play for 1-2 hours. It's more like a when you have 10-15 spare minutes you do a couple runs and maybe get a piece or two of new gear. I really enjoyed the campaign or whatever you to call it and I beat it to it's current point. The idea that you need iaps is a little absurd. You get plenty enough gems from just leveling up and doing whatever. Gems really don't give THAT much ( I sat that a little tentatively bc of the trinkets).The only thing I bought was no adds because it's 5 times more enjoyable without them and I feel I got my moneys worth. I would definitely recommend this as like a lunch break or bathroom break sorta game. The only thing that I would like to see added is maybe like an actual story. I think a mimic world backstory and stuff would be pretty sick but I understand if it won't be added. TLDR: Sick game that dosent require a lot of time and can be played in short intervals. Really fun. **Developer response:** Thanks for the amazing review! And maybe we can get more story in another game with the mimics! ### 5/5 — Fun game *2021-04-18, version 3.8* Hi, I really enjoy this game a lot, it’s a lot of fun. After scrolling through my recommended games I saw this and thought it looked interesting, so I went and read through the reviews, and I didn’t decide to get the game until I saw that you reply to every single review. I’m impressed as I’ve never seen anyone do this before and it really made me wanna get the game. Also, I’m still new at the game, does the enemy always get the first attack? I could’ve missed this answer somewhere but was just wondering.. Thank you👍🏼 --- *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.*