# Dark of Alchemist — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Dark of Alchemist by Ryogo Oka, rated 4.55/5 from 210 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-of-alchemist/id1352911723/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dark-of-alchemist/id1352911723.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 152 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (11 of 51) ### 4/5 — Fun & challenging game *2021-08-24, version 1.2.0* This is a tough game to tackle! It requires some planning & a bit of luck on the drops. Overall fun to play. A guide to explain game mechanics would be good & strategies on character points also would be a bonus. ### 4/5 — Game *2021-02-26, version 1.2.0* I do like the game. It is rare to find one where you don’t have to spend a bunch of money to move forward. But I do the the storage container needs to hold more. ### 5/5 — Great one-handed game! *2020-09-16, version 1.2.0* I love it. Very relaxing and fun. ### 5/5 — Great game *2020-07-11, version 1.2.0* Loved every minute of it so far ### 5/5 — Turn based dungeon crawler *2020-02-21, version 1.2.0* I sought out to find a game like this and was pleasantly surprised by it. This is an old school RPG. What it lacks in fancy graphics it makes up for in atmosphere, playability, and curve. It’s easy to progress, definitely not a grind 5/5 ### 4/5 — A decent dungeon crawler *2019-12-21, version 1.2.0* Aside from the ads hanging out at the bottom, and the occasional pop up, it’s a pretty good dungeon crawl. I’m about midway through the 2nd floor currently. With your ability points, you can go all in or evenly pad yourself out. The dungeon itself is replayable and resets itself like a rogue like. There’s other explorers you could talk with or ambush even for their precious loot! All in all, a pretty well done game I’d say. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2019-12-13, version 1.2.0* Very enjoyable dungeon crawler. No in app purchases and the advertising is minimal. Highly recommend. ### 4/5 — Quite good! *2019-12-04, version 1.2.0* Love the idea of this game. Hopefully there’s more like this to come! ### 4/5 — Great game minor glitches *2019-12-01, version 1.2.0* Ik the dev is japanese so may potentially not read any reviews here but rn Im having a lot of fun so far (just cleared the 2nd floor) and while items are scarce it helps that floors are re-playable and items respawn in diff areas. My only complaint however is how skewered some of the percentile values are, for example a 70% misses 3 times in a row despite a head attack for 40% worked the first time in battle. Also, the Book of Mega Storm, a transmutable item, is impossible to create as one of its key ingredients is the Perk Machine Ticket which only exists as a counter for the Perk Machine but it isn’t treated as an actual item in the inventory. So the game doesn’t treat it as such and therefore cannot transmute the item. ### 4/5 — Great *2019-10-12, version 1.2.0* Cons: took a bit of time to figure out in the beginning how to proceed sustainably, searching, and what the explorers meant by their trade. Buying perks costs skyrocket and are the only thing to purchase after things are maxed out So would like a higher lv cap on strengthening your character. Pros: fun simple game play to sink time into. The feeling of being able to craft a spell or weapon of increased damage is very rewarding. Straight forward in all aspects besides the ones mentioned in cons. ### 5/5 — A Rare Gem *2019-09-23, version 1.2.0* Trying to find a game that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, to either get the game itself or buy the stuff you need with in app purchases, is a daunting task. Well, for fans of of the turn based dungeon crawler genre, search no more! The story is a bit hockey, but that’s the only fault I can see. The game mechanics are easy to understand, the crafting doesn’t get in the way of progression, the ads that DO show up only do so while in the safe zone - never during gameplay, and sometimes only because you hit the “watch an ad” button - which has a LONG cool down btw, so no way to rely on it - and NO IN APP PURCHASES, meaning what you see is what you get, and what you get is a worthy addition to your game library. One last bit, the game didn’t ask for a review until I beat its first dungeon, not just its first level, so props for that as well! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Way too difficult = no fun *2020-04-22, version 1.2.0* You are dumped naked into the first level and told to use stealth to find items since the monsters are tougher than you. But this works nearly never and you are guaranteed to get killed within the first few minutes of play. Healing potions and stamina boosters are rare and once found they give little if any help to your character. Heaven forbid you are ever beat to the point of bleeding, you will lose health with every step and end up dying. And once you do die you come back without anything you have gathered so you are basically starting over every time. Also, if you are wounded you can go back to your “safe place” to heal, but you lose all progress you made in the dungeon. This could be a good game if it gave you a chance, but it doesn’t so don’t waist your time on it. ### 1/5 — Efforts erased in less the 1 second *2019-04-09, version 1.2.0* Seemed like a very fun game for awhile. Got my character to level 26. Then one enemy hits me with a single critical hit attack for a ton of hp and kills me sending me back level 1. If you don't want to see all your hard work disappear in the blink of an eye, don't bother with this game. ### 2/5 — Very weak. *2022-11-17, version 1.2.0* You can’t avoid fighting slime. Over and over. Basically you’re surrounded by slime. Yuck. Unimaginable and very repetitive and thus boring. Moving on. Grim Tides and Grim Quest are it for now. ### 2/5 — Cash Cow *2022-04-05, version 1.2.0* The point of this limited game seems to be to make playing as difficult as possible UNLESS the player watches lots of advertising videos. ### 2/5 — Good idea, but... *2020-03-17, version 1.2.0* I enjoyed the game for a little while. Ads are not too intrusive. Very frustrating when at higher levels you finally acquire some of the more rare components to make better weapons and armor, and then the game crashes and you lose those. I finally found some “dark matter” and was ready to forge some better armor. Died and chose to watch a video to keep my inventory but the video would never load and after an hour of never loading the video, I hit the button again and everything was gone. I’ll delete the game now and move on. ### 2/5 — Meh *2020-02-29, version 1.2.0* The stamina to go from room to room is not very good ... I don’t think I will be keeping the game. I want a dungeon crawler that is ... more and this is not the kind of game I think I am going to enjoy at all. ### 3/5 — Good Game *2020-11-29, version 1.2.0* Nice to spend some time with this good old game. Maybe because I liked them when I was a kid 👦. Thanks a lot developers. ### 3/5 — Step In the Right Direction *2019-07-26, version 1.2.0* I like the style of this game. I honestly think it could use more voice overs and some more unique sound effects. Another issue I find in this game is that the items and weapons ware down too fast. I also found that the purpose of the hiding spot and what it would do to your progression on the levels was hard to understand in the beginning and I ended up starting over multiple times on accident before I understood the system that needed to be established in order to sustainably progress. Otherwise I like where this game is going I just think it needs some more diversity. I'm extremely curious to see how it turns out against it's Dungeon Crawling competitors. There are not many ”good” dungeon crawlers games available so I expect this one to use my input to get ahead of the game and set some high standards standards for the commonly underdeveloped genre in app games. ### 4/5 — Good job *2023-02-16, version 1.2.0* I wasn’t too sure about this dungeon crawler however, the gameplay is fun. The levels progress appropriately, the loot is decent and the art work nice. I also appreciate how few ads there are. So thanks. ### 4/5 — Simplified D&D *2021-12-05, version 1.2.0* Simple dungeon crawler game. It gives you plenty of freebies and death isn’t to taxing on your character. Read the instructions/information before playing and thoroughly click everything for loot and info. Transmutating weapons, spells and such give you a huge advantage. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Surprisingly not that bad if you dont mind the typos *2023-04-13* Sure, it has typos Sure, you can only move forward Sure, at the start you have no clue how to use items However despite these it is actually a bit fun if you manage to get back to safe spot and forge weapons and magic. The stamina/hunger mechanic makes it super hard and I wonder if it is possible to win, but I made it to the Crazy Adventurer and it was fun I recommend investing points in composture, dexterity and luck, you will do a lot of hiding here lol ### 5/5 — Slow and Steady *2023-03-05, version 1.2.0* Not for the inpatient player. Had to reset a few times until I had enough items to transmute into Stamina food and magical spells. The transmuted weapons so far are not as good as the spells, at least at the point I am in the game. I always run if over 60% chance and try to hide and ambush when able. After every 5 levels, I stop and transmute items and use stamina to regain health if needed. Having fun so far and the game is free so all in all no complaints. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2023-02-15, version 1.2.0* Great game. Next rebook please make for the middle age and elderly….lots of people with time will love this game. Love the art. Only complaint after years of playing the same simple game is- give the ability to drag and grab… Do it where dealing with items isn’t such a chore…. ### 5/5 — Enjoying it *2023-01-05, version 1.2.0* Not overly complicated, nice easy relaxing game that you can pick up and put down easily. Played through the first floor so far. Also, no cost what so ever so far! And the ads are minimal. ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2022-05-30, version 1.2.0* This is an amazing game and I would recommend it to anyone who likes rpg games. ### 5/5 — Fun *2022-04-20, version 1.2.0* That really sums it up. Old school rpg fun. It doesn’t bog you down with ads or artificially slow your progress. In short it’s a good, fun game ### 5/5 — Great *2021-12-08, version 1.2.0* It is an awesome game very little ads good progressions no overly powerful monster no need to use money it is an awesome game ### 5/5 — Great old school dungeon crawler *2021-10-16, version 1.2.0* Just finished first level - entertaining game looking forward to other levels - ### 5/5 — So Much Fun *2021-07-04, version 1.2.0* A very fun game. Granted there are ads, but not at an annoying rate and easily dismissed or rewarded for viewing. I have not yet noticed any pay to win demands through the first complete level. Overall, simple in ways, but enjoyably so! ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-04-17, version 1.2.0* Love this game really keeps you entertained --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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