# Egyptian Senet — user reviews > 153 indexed App Store user reviews of Egyptian Senet by Mohamed Ezzat, rated 4.50/5 from 133 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/egyptian-senet/id598710611/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/egyptian-senet/id598710611.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 106 · 4★ 12 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of Egyptian Senet? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy to learn and pick up quickly - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visual design - 🎵 Atmospheric Egyptian music and sound effects - 📚 Great educational value about ancient history - 🧠 Engaging strategic gameplay - ⚡ Smooth gameplay and performance - 🎮 Good replay value and addictive - 🔧 Customizable options (music/hints toggle) - 👥 Two-player mode available - 💰 Worth the cost **Cons** - 🎲 Biased random number generator favoring AI - ⏱️ Slow gameplay with unnecessary delays - 😤 Unfair difficulty scaling based on rolls - 🎬 Annoying pop-up screens and animations - 🎯 Difficult to select pieces in back rows - 📏 Board perspective makes gameplay awkward - 🔄 Forced rolls when no moves available - ⚠️ Inconsistent developer responses to feedback - 🎪 Lengthy animations between turns - 😠 Immediate 'loser' message on defeat **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and blank white screen on restart - Pieces unresponsive when blocked by other pieces - Game locks up with no way to exit - Long pauses with unresponsive touch screen - Occasional piece movement failures **Most requested features** - Online multiplayer/asynchronous play - Win/loss statistics tracking - Adjustable board perspective/tilt - Undo move option - Faster roll animations - Skip turn when no moves available - Alternative rule sets as options - Game history/statistics counter - Removal of arbitrary micro-pauses - More detailed rules explanation ## Newest reviews (16 of 153) ### 3/5 — Excelente, mas apela demais! *2025-10-30* O jogo é o melhor que tem, mas o adversário (computador) quando jogamos no modo faraó, apela demais! O computador tira o 5, 4 ou 1 várias vezes seguidas e repetidamente. Poderiam equilibrar mais a partida. ### 3/5 — Zufallsgenerator mit Macke im 2 Personen Spiel *2023-11-17* Spiel ist klasse und würde 5 Sterne bekommen. Leider läuft der Zufallsgenerator im 2 Personen Spiel nicht gut. Der zweite Spieler bekommt aktuell nur viele Würfe mit der Zahl 2. Haben es schon ist Neustart probiert, leider immer noch 2en. ### 4/5 — Good Game *2022-11-12, version 1.1.0* Really well done. Only complaint is the wait to roll your sticks. It’s brief, but it adds up over the course of a game, and there’s no need for it. An undo option would be welcome too, for when you touch/move the wrong piece. edit: the longer I play this game, the more I’m hating the roll delay (and the “half-time show”). There are a lot of arbitrary micro-pauses that are ok at first, but get annoying quickly. I like the game, but may end up looking for a more stream lined version - or just stop playing it altogether. ### 5/5 — Ein tolles Spiel *2022-05-21* Ich finde es klasse, dass ich jetzt Senet auch ohne Spielpartner spielen kann. Ich habe ein Senetspiel zu Hause, aber wenn man niemanden dafür findet, ist die digitale Version ein guter Ausgleich. Und bitte keine Erweiterungen oder andere Sachen machen mit dem Spiel, es sollte so bleiben wie es ist, so originalgetreu wie es eben geht mit rekonstruierten Regeln. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. ### 5/5 — The Patience of Another Time *2021-11-30* In today’s world of now - this is an excellent game to relax and challenge your wits. Great gameplay and enjoyable. In the next update would love to have a games win/games lost counter. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. ### 3/5 — Egyptian Senet *2021-11-02, version 1.1.0* I was really enjoying this game. However, with 1 player it seems that every game starts with a 2, then the opposition gets 1, 5, 1, and multiple plays with multiple throws. I feel like I know what the moves are now. ### 5/5 — Living History *2021-10-16, version 1.1.0* A great game from way back. Easy to learn and play. If you play on the toughest mode though the AI rolls more fives than seems likely. ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2021-10-09* Can’t really comment on the rules since NOBODY really knows how it was played. My only wish is that it would be faster. I hate waiting for my turn 😛 **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. You can disable turn switching animation by tapping on scarab button, after tapping on the moving scarab that indicates the current player, a menu will appear with optional settings. ### 5/5 — Senet *2021-10-06* Excellent jeu. J’adore quand je perds. Cet animal à quatre pattes qui me bouffe le foi sur un son moqueur... à chaque fois je suis mort de rire. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. Really liked your review :D ### 4/5 — Interesting Game *2021-10-06, version 1.1.0* This game is great for passing some time while having a bit of fun. Like the Egyptian theme. ### 4/5 — Très très bien *2021-10-01* Il pourrait y avoir un historique des parties gagnées ou perdues **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your review. Your feedback is highly appreciated. ### 4/5 — Great game but AI is easy to beat. *2021-09-28, version 1.1.0* Is it possible to give this game an online option? Specifically online asynchronous. This would be a superior game with that option. ### 5/5 — Strategic Fun *2021-09-28, version 1.1.0* It really gets fun when you make more difficult to play. ### 5/5 — Love it - historical & fun *2021-09-27, version 1.1.0* I'm a history teacher so I use this in class after the Egyptian unit. Students love it. ### 5/5 — Senet é Sensacional! *2021-04-22* Já vale por sua história e tradição. Bonito, divertido, mistura estratégia com sorte. No app dá para jogar sozinho ou em dupla, com boa jogabilidade. As regras do jogo, baseadas nos estudos do arqueólogo e egiptólogo Timothy Kendall, são explicadas claramente, e é possível até regular o tamanho da fonte ao lê-las. Música calma e enigmática, atmosfera bem elaborada. O tom âmbar inspirado em uma tumba egípcia não agride os olhos. Gostei :) **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. We're glad that you liked it :) ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2021-03-06* We recently learned of the existence of Senet thru another app. Researched and then found this app. First, I love this game...has to rank as one of my favorite board games now. And this app is perfect. Good visuals, good options (for turning off the music and the hints if you wish.). I do feel like the AI “cheats” a little bit as he always seems to get the toss he needs right when he needs it, particularly in the final stretch of the game... but you can’t have everything. :-). Great job on the app... thank you. Well worth the cost. I could do without the scary sounding voice greeting upon start up. The only thing I would change is to tilt the view so you looking a little more from the top down, I occasionally hit the wrong piece by accident when they are behind another. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. We're glad that you liked it :) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Really fun, but... *2023-09-30* This is a totally awesome game...until it isn't. I've played it for several months, but finally got so frustrated I have given up on it. My biggest problem is with the app's random number generator. It isn't so random. The, "opponent" will get multiple rolls within a turn, but, "Player 1" rarely does. Many times I've removed all but one piece when the app has removed only one or two and, because of the, "luck" of the rolls, I end up losing. Another thing that's upsetting is that, having lost a game, the app IMMEDIATELY tells me I'm a, "LOSER". But, on the rare occasions I've won, it takes its own sweet time telling me I've won. I would love to see these issues addressed, but I doubt I ever will, because I removed this app from ALL my devices. Also, take not of the developers' responses to reviews: they're always the same, and NEVER to a less than stellar review. What an arrogant attitude. Good luck. ### 1/5 — 出目が *2023-03-05* cpu有利な操作感が凄い ¥0セールで落としたけど有料アプリでこれは無い ### 1/5 — NICHT laden- lässt sich nicht mehr entfernen! *2023-01-01* Nach Installation lässt sich diese App nicht mehr löschen. Gruselig. Werde jetzt recherchieren, wie dieses Wunderwerk an fieser Programmierung in den Müll gesteckt werden kann, bevor es noch mehr Schaden anrichtet. Müsste verboten werden sowas! UPDATE: ließ sich nur nach einem erzwungenen Neustart (Home+Ein/Aus halten) löschen. Also Finger weg von solchen „Geschenken“. ### 1/5 — fun at first… *2022-11-13, version 1.1.0* then it’s way out of whack with the computer getting an obvious advantage with more than double the 5s, 4s, and 1s - there is no randomness so where’s the fun? none! gone! don’t waste your time as the rolls are stacked! ### 1/5 — Loaded throws *2021-02-12, version 1.0.8* Good game if the game was random. However, this is not so much skill but having a loaded dice throw that favours the AI. It gets tedious and predictable that detracts from a truly good game if it wasn’t rigged. ### 1/5 — Cheats *2019-11-06, version 1.0.8* BULL***T GAME ....COMPUTER/PROGRAM CHEATS TOWARDS THE END GETS MANY MORE CONSISTENT ROLLS. NOT A COINCIDENCE ### 1/5 — The odds are against you *2019-03-02, version 1.0.8* After the initial playing phase of the game, the Algorithm of the game will not allow you a fair chance of winning. The AI is frequently able to come back from impossible odds of winning to unbelievable victories that just confound and form of logic. You have better odds of winning the lottery five straight times then to believe that you have a fair chance of winning a game. The fun of the game is definitely gone. ### 1/5 — This game cheats!!😡🤬 *2018-03-24* Whoever it was that wrote a review saying this game’s AI cheats is right! It gives itself the best rolls (which the computer version doesn’t do) and gives you all the worst ones!! Whoever wrote this game programmed it to cheat, and that’s something I WILL NOT put up with!! I want my money back, NOW! I should’ve listened to those reviewers who accused the AI of cheating before buying it. Take this game off the App Store until this very serious cheating problem is fixed! ### 1/5 — It cheats. *2017-08-31* The graphics are good. The game is well designed. Playing against the computer is frustrating since the computer consistently gets better rolls. More multiple turns. More 5's. The computer gets the roll it needs most of the time. And if the computer is losing towards the end of the game it really pours on the good rolls for itself. I suspect the game designer decided to take the easy way out and give nonrandom rolls to himself instead of actually coming up with true expert logic. ### 1/5 — 😒 *2017-03-05, version 1.0.8* Was a good game when could actually play it now just opens to blank screen. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Senet what a great game *2025-06-10* If you want to learn how to play Senet, game of the pharaohs, this is the best way. This is perfectly scripted so even beginners who don’t know how to play will pick it up quickly. Massive thanks to the developers who worked on this app. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. ### 5/5 — Fun and challenging *2025-04-12, version 1.1.0* I discovered Senet playing Tomb Raider Remastered and wanted to play some more. This is great. I think the balance between offense and defense to win the race is very interesting. Nice implementation here. ### 5/5 — Genau wie Am Brett! *2023-10-21* Wir haben selbst auch ein Senetbrett und haben hier sogar noch zwei Spielsteine mehr, anstelle der fünf Spielsteine. Auch ich möchte hiermit konkret sagen: Lasst diese Regeln im Spiel mit 7 Spielsteinen. So ist es noch eine ganze Ecke spannender;-) Vielleicht könnt ihr ja noch das königliche Spiel von Ur, sowie Hunde und Schakale hinzufügen. Ebenfalls sehr schöne Brettspiele aus der Antike! ☺️ **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your awesome review. ### 5/5 — Good game *2023-06-16* In Kemet (ancient Egypt) this game was played daily and the individual who won was favored by the gods and were given good luck as a sign of it but if the gods were unhappy with an individual and they had something in life to work on for that day they’d lose the game. I play this game daily and when I lose I make changes to benefit my heart (I.e. clean my room, wash dishes, reach out to a friend, etc..) ### 5/5 — Fun! *2023-06-01, version 1.1.0* Egyptian Senet is a fun game! Best to read the directions first and then try your first game to get the hang of it, once you understand the basic rules it’s pretty easy to catch on. Try it out! ### 5/5 — A Gem 💎💎💎 *2023-05-03, version 1.1.0* If you're looking for a game that combines history, strategy, and fun, look no further than Senet! The game is easy to learn, but difficult to master, making it perfect for players of all skill levels. This adaptation of Senet is fantastic, very addictive , a true Gem that will provide hours of entertainment. Whether you're a history buff or a strategy game enthusiast, you won't be disappointed with Senet! ### 5/5 — A new game to me *2023-04-09, version 1.1.0* Excellent new game to learn. A lot of fun. Somewhat (ish) like backgammon. ### 5/5 — Excelente!!! *2023-03-27* Adorei o jogo. Muito gostoso. Não dá vontade de parar!!! É viciante!!! No início as regras parecem difíceis de entender, mas depois, fica muito tranquilo!!! Parabéns pelo jogo!!! ### 5/5 — Good Game *2023-03-09, version 1.1.0* Great piece of history in a fun little game, always a challenge ### 5/5 — Enjoy playing *2022-08-11, version 1.1.0* Would like to have an option to play against live opponents. --- *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.*