# Demon Survival: Roguelite RPG — user reviews > 73 indexed App Store user reviews of Demon Survival by Ruben Pecellin, rated 4.70/5 from 1,396 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/demon-survival-roguelite-rpg/id1608055003/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/demon-survival-roguelite-rpg/id1608055003.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,133 · 4★ 199 · 3★ 38 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Demon Survival? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Minimalist style - 🚀 Casual gameplay - 🚀 Perfect for listening to podcasts - 👍 Challenging and bright - 👍 Fun and quick runs - 👍 Smooth gameplay - 👍 Rewarding combat - 👍 Sleek pixel art style - 👍 Killer soundtrack - 👍 Addictive and fun **Cons** - 🐛 Dash not working consistently - 🐛 Attacking up and down issues - 🐛 Game crashes on death - 🐛 Ads not loading - 🐛 Stages too short - 🐛 Lack of weapon evolutions - 🐛 Unresponsive controls **Commonly reported bugs** - Survival 4 level boss damage issue - Dash not working consistently - Attacking up and down issues - Game crashes on death - Ads not loading **Most requested features** - More levels - Endless mode - Weapon upgrades and skins - Boss health bars - Dedicated dash button - Spell/skill description improvements - More spells/skills - Difficulty options - Progression between levels ## Newest reviews (14 of 73) ### 4/5 — Good rogue-like *2026-05-11* Update: figured out why the dash doesn't always work for me - it requires too long of a swipe. When you have fractions of a second to make a move, a long swipe takes too much time. REALLY needs either a separate control for swipe or make the swipe motion shorter. And I did discover the blue hair as the stamina indicator (I think I'd skipped the tutorial originally). (End update) Simple but effective and engaging. Like the art style. The one thing that really bugs me is the dash - the gesture for that just doesn't work half the time (and not because I'm out of stamina), and doing it interrupts the flow of movement/play. I rarely even try because of that. Really needs a button as an option to allow the user to decide which method to use. Also could use some kind of indicator showing when dash is ready. ### 4/5 — Good rogue-like *2026-05-01, version 1.07* Simple but effective and engaging. Like the art style. The one thing that really bugs me is the dash - the gesture for that just doesn't work half the time (and not because I'm out of stamina), and doing it interrupts the flow of movement/play. I rarely even try because of that. Really needs a button as an option to allow the user to decide which method to use. Also could use some kind of indicator showing when dash is ready. ### 4/5 — Good game *2025-05-03, version 1.06* Please fix some of the English errors and add more spells. Overall a good game. ### 5/5 — Something’s wrong *2024-04-11* Something is wrong with this game can’t even get past the first level the attack is way too sensitive literally knocks them back too far too attack but they can still attack and do way too much damage for first level enemies and don’t even give any gold or exp ### 5/5 — I love it. *2024-02-19, version 1.06* The bit art is great. The dash movement has also improved since the update. Perfect game for casual players. I only wished, you could spend the gold earned with more than just upgrading skills. Like new skins, weapons and such. ### 5/5 — PLAY THIS GAME *2024-01-25, version 1.06* This one is a diamond in the rough boys minimal ads and a super fun gameplay loop if you enjoy the horde survival genre. Big ups to the dev. Keep it up! ### 5/5 — Very cool *2024-01-04, version 1.05* Very good survivors game. Feels like a real game and has charm. Dash is unreliable, which isn’t ideal given it’s one of the things that sets the game apart in a crowded genre. ### 4/5 — Simple fun *2023-10-24* Pretty good action survival game. I'm just very annoyed with the dash. It doesn't work every time. You should add a dash sensitivity bar in the options menu or something. Anything to make the dash easier to activate. I'll try to time the dash just right so I can dodge boss attacks but the dash won't work every time. I'll be swiping over and over. If it's a miss it's usually the third swipe that finally makes him dash. So yeah. The rest of the game is great. But the dash is not responsive. Also adding an end attack to the dash would be an awesome addition to fixing the dash mechanic. Maybe even add an upgrade for dash attack in the upgrade options. ### 5/5 — Best “survivor” game I’ve played! *2023-08-23* I’ve tried a lot of the “survivor” type games after playing vampire survivors and this is definitely the best one I’ve played. Love the dash! And it feels very well balanced where it gets challenging but does not feel impossible without a ton of grinding to upgrade. Great work making this game stand out! ### 5/5 — I used to be a mayo enjoyer. Now I want the mustard. *2023-07-29, version 1.05* Title says it all. Give me the yellow goodness. ### 4/5 — Simple entertaining game *2023-07-13, version 1.04* Only have issues with attacking up and down, other than those, it’s pretty fun ### 4/5 — Chillin game *2023-07-11, version 1.04* Chill game but could use more cool visual effects ### 3/5 — Slow *2023-05-29, version 1.04* Wanted to like this but the mission structure is boring. ### 3/5 — No More UPDATE?!?!?!! *2023-05-23, version 1.04* Game itself is pretty good, but are we gonna get more updates in the future? I see there was only 1 content update since the game released, and no update for many months now. After spend several hours and clear everything the game has offer, there is nothing to do. Hope to see more updates like daily dungeons, infinity dungeons, etc. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Polished? *2024-07-07, version 1.06* I keep seeing polished and great. The auto attack is horrible. Getting in an enemy face to attack? Then it’s almost guaranteed you get hit. Nowhere near as good as some of the others. It feels cheap to me vs 10 minutes til dawn, even vampire survivors is better. Has potential but the main attack and the basic look, tho pixelated is not very interesting. I was thinking something samurai style when downloading….sadly it’s this. ### 1/5 — No *2023-04-13, version 1.04* Game is trash. Just download Vampire Survivor instead ### 1/5 — Dash is annoying *2023-04-03* Very short and the endgame isn’t very exciting, there’s no weapon evolutions like vampire survivor there’s only the main character so the replayability isn’t there. Most weapon are maxed out at lv 4. Started yesterday pretty much done already. Which make the mtx questionable why would you need to spend in this game? I did pay for the ad removal but it was a mistake there’s wasn’t any need really. Enjoy the coffee! ### 1/5 — The dash is terrible *2023-03-16* The dash is terrible as are the touschscreen controls. ### 1/5 — Has potential *2022-12-02, version 1.01* Could be a decent game, but the dash mechanic appears to be intentionally poorly designed in order to encourage more ad watching. Pretty scummy! ### 2/5 — doo doo gamae *2025-09-13, version 1.06* dash is not dashing upgrades not upgrading visuals are cool anyways ### 2/5 — Needs lots of improvements *2024-09-11, version 1.06* The game is ok but, the stages are way too short, not enough exp. and when trying to revive watching the ad, the game just start while the ad is playing, so you die right after the ad finishes ### 2/5 — Game crashes *2024-01-20, version 1.06* Game crashes every time on death. Ads are also never loading ### 2/5 — What is this dash?! *2023-01-21* 95 percent of your deaths will come from DESPERATELY FRANTICALLY SWIPING while your character stands in place because the dash is an embarrassment that is executed by performing a swipe that never registers. No actually. If you are dashing on an empty screen you'll do it every time. It's only when there's enemies right on you . That's when you'll just stop and get killed like a stupid bltch. The developers should feel bad about allowing the game to exist in this state and I hope they feel bad. ### 3/5 — Good start *2023-10-17, version 1.05* Needs a gem based store to buy weapons and stuff ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 🙏🏾 *2026-01-27, version 1.07* More Upgrades Please ### 5/5 — Anything by Ruben = Instant download! *2025-12-10* Can't get enough of the minimalist style & casual gameplay - have countless hours in Golf Odyssey 1+2 & Basketball Odyssey - & now will in this one! Perfect games to play while listening to podcasts & audiobooks. Instant 5/5! EDIT: MORE LEVELS PLEASE!! **Developer response:** Woww! Thank you so much Irie Kartel for the support and your amazing words. I’m so glad you enjoy my games. Regards. ### 5/5 — Anything by Ruben = Instant download! *2025-11-23* Can't get enough of the minimalist style & casual gameplay - have countless hours in Golf Odyssey 1+2 & Basketball Odyssey - & now will in this one! Perfect games to play while listening to podcasts & audiobooks. Instant 5/5! **Developer response:** Woww! Thank you so much Irie Kartel for the support and your amazing words. I’m so glad you enjoy my games. Regards. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2025-10-03, version 1.06* I love the simplicity of the game just keep adding more to it though like more magic and evolutions and it would be even better! ### 5/5 — 5star fr *2025-09-05, version 1.06* It’s an awesome game in my opinion, perfect for anyone…whether you’re a seasoned gamer or someone who just wants to have a game to play, it’s easy to learn fun and gets challenging. It’s your classic good vs evil kinda game ### 5/5 — Very fun! *2025-07-18, version 1.06* Fast paced, cool skills, engaging combat, and more! Great game. ### 5/5 — This game is challenging and bright *2025-05-23, version 1.06* I’m loving this game so much, the vibe is perfect and the challenge quenches my thirst, 🦚 ### 5/5 — Great great game *2024-11-05, version 1.06* Please update I have beat all levels and have been waiting for more to play ### 5/5 — Good *2024-08-31, version 1.06* Fun survival rouge like ### 5/5 — Fun, but a little short… *2024-07-14* Was looking around for a Roguelike RPG and this gem came across my attention. Definitely worth the play through and I eagerly await an expansion in content. (hopefully it accounts for being maxed out with all stats ) Great game. Keep up the good work devs! 🫡 --- *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 2026-09-09.*