# Eldrum: Red Tide - Text RPG — user reviews > 93 indexed App Store user reviews of Eldrum by Act None, rated 4.90/5 from 431 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eldrum-red-tide-text-rpg/id1630815537/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eldrum-red-tide-text-rpg/id1630815537.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 397 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Eldrum? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great story - 👍 Immersive and engaging - 🎨 Excellent visuals and atmosphere - 📚 Detailed and well-written lore - 🎮 Compelling gameplay with meaningful choices - ♿ Accessible for visually impaired players - 🔁 High replayability **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional combat balance issues - 🕹️ Challenging combat system for some players - 📱 Not optimized for larger screens (iPad) **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent enemy shield/evasion chances - Difficulty spikes in certain encounters **Most requested features** - Sound effects for combat - More content and story expansions ## Newest reviews (17 of 93) ### 5/5 — Amazing game. Broken percentages *2025-09-05* I love this game. My only problem is that when enemies get shields their chance to block is at least double what the shield chance displays, whereas when the player has those same shields, it’s just the displayed value. And all enemies have absurd evade chances. Just reloading a save works fine but gets old after the 30th retry of a fight against an enemy that just keeps getting lucky. Awesome game though and much more to find than the first game with much better replay ability. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-08-31, version 1.17.6* I’v always liked reading plus using my device but this game adds the two, this is the first game that i’v played that makes me read in a game, i would like it if I didn’t have to play… ### 5/5 — My absolute favourite game series! *2025-08-02* I have lost count of how many times I have played this! I absolutely love this game and it keeps me entertained for weeks! I love every game in this series, by far my favourite! So many choices and so many possible endings… ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2025-07-21* Such good design, absolutely a pleasure to play ### 5/5 — So good *2025-07-11* I hate reading. It has never been something I enjoy. But this game (and the other Eldrum games) changes all that. The interactive story is gripping. It’s challenging, but not overly so. Reminds me of old text RPGs from when I was a kid. Highly recommend. I can’t wait to play Black Dust after. Then play through all the games again with different choices to see alternate events and endings. Worth the money and the time! ### 5/5 — Compelling & Engaging *2025-02-02, version 1.15.7* recently got a kick for story based games and this one has sucked me in the most. The story is very compelling and makes you want to continue on your adventure. I don’t want to spoil anything so I won’t get into details but it is 100% worth your time and attention ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2025-01-10, version 1.15.5* This is one of if not the best game on the App Store ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-01-05, version 1.15.5* The story is good ### 5/5 — Can’t Stop Playing *2024-12-06, version 1.15.4* I bought the full game. It’s worth every penny. I can’t stop playing. Thank you. ### 5/5 — A Great Balance *2024-11-19, version 1.15.4* Compared to other games like this, this game strikes a great balance of story and systems. Other games feel either too invested in numerous gameplay systems, or so invested in story that you are practically reading a book. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-10-20, version 1.15.3* I love this game! It’s so much fun and I am totally blind and this is such a great accessible game! Reminds me of the old-school choose your own adventure, but it has different attributes to it that I love. The first game is really great as well and I’m looking forward to the third game. Thanks so much! ### 5/5 — This game is amazing *2024-09-27, version 1.15.1* When I first downloaded this game, I was a bit skeptical, as I remember having problems with untold, the first game in the series. It’s been a long time, but from what I can remember, untold was too linear for my taste and also had annoying glitches when it came to saving. Once I started playing this though, I was hooked. First of all, this installment in the series is not linear at all. It’s almost open world, with a map that allows you to freely explore all kinds of different areas.combat is very interesting, with a turn based system mostly focused on gear. It’s really fun to try out different weapon, armor, and shield combinations to test out the different battle strategies. As for story, the world is very intricate and well developed, with so much lore to get lost in. The amazing writing and suspenseful background music really helps me get into the mind of my character, making me feel that I’m actually there. It’s not too overly complicated though, and the quest tab provides summaries of the most important information in case you forget. There’s also full on books in the game which you can read from your inventory screen. They had this in the first game too, but these seem to be even more detailed and realistic. I can tell the developers put a lot of time and effort into this, and I’m especially thankful to them for making it accessible to the blind. It’s quite difficult to find good games to play as a screen reader user, and this one meets all the requirements for being completely accessible. While combat in the first game was a bit difficult, trying to tap the buttons in time using voiceover, this one is turn based, so that stress has entirely gone away. Thanks for adding another amazing RPG to the roster of games blind people like me can play. ### 5/5 — Good job *2024-08-11* Legitimately the best phone game I’ve ever played **Developer response:** Thank you! We've just released the third game in the series, Eldrum: Black Dust - hope you'll enjoy that one too! Best, Adam ### 5/5 — A fantastic RPG *2024-08-04* Engaging and entertaining. Plenty of choices to make, multiple viable playstyles, secrets to find (I have missed lots I’m sure) I have already replayed this and it’s prequel at least once through each. **Developer response:** Thank you! We've just released the third game in the series, Eldrum: Black Dust - hope you'll enjoy that one too! Best, Adam ### 5/5 — Great RPG game! *2024-08-03* Great story with an amazing and immersive interface! ### 5/5 — Might be better than the first… *2024-06-29* Still playing in the beginning of the game. Similar to Untold (first one) in that you make various choices, fight enemies, equip gear, level up, and pick stats to level. Also, NO IAP. NO Gacha !!! Just a free demo and then purchase the whole game. Some major differences compared to the first. First of all, it is more turn based so you don’t just mash the button the whole time. Speed still matters for turn order though. Also, you’ll face multiple enemies at once this time around and they appear as an image on screen. Story wise, it picks up right where Untold leaves off but with a totally different character. There’s a matter of reputation with different factions now so you’ll have to take that into account when making choices. I’m really happy with it so far. And I can’t thank the developers enough for keeping it in portrait mode. It is a must for me. Oh, and I think it’s awesome that they provide a free demo to play through the first part of the game. It’s a great way to try it out to make sure you like it. I plan on playing this one like I did the first installment. I’m going to play it all the way through without any help and then play it a second time following the guide. Hopefully they have a great guide like they did with Untold. Go enjoy this game! It’s a free demo so you have nothing to lose. ### 5/5 — Rich Money *2024-05-10, version 1.14.0* Very accessible for blind people a great interactive story.Love the combat ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 👎 *2025-09-29* Bitte, bitte, bitte, deutsch Machen wäre cool ### 1/5 — Great Idea, Terrible Execution *2025-01-21, version 1.15.7* The story is good and the games are always interesting, but it always seems like the Eldrum series makes combat impossible if you try to heavily invest in charisma or perception. 75% of the time you are forced into combat no matter how high your charisma, and then you’re stuck in a loop of replaying fights over and over and over HOPING AGAINST HOPE to get the lucky time where the enemy misses all of their attacks. Incredibly frustrating. I want a DnD-esque game, not Dark Souls on crack. ### 1/5 — Exciting, but it doesn’t work with iPad *2023-06-08, version 1.11.4* It sticks to the phone format. I can’t even play it. ### 1/5 — Need balance *2022-11-25, version 1.5.3* game balance is extremely broken. Like, extremely broken ### 3/5 — Seemed Promising…..Yet *2022-10-22* So at first this seemed very promising. It was a good story and your choices actually mattered. Then it comes time where the free story ends and you have to pay. Okay….I ended up buying the full game and I wish I hadn’t. I was severely disappointed at how it ended. Sitting here spending all this time making choices and planning, only to find that all the good and materials you collect at the end literally mean nothing. When it comes time for the final fight and choices, it legit was one of the worst endings there was. I had finally collected enough coin and such to actually make a difference, and then it goes into the final battle where you don’t have any warning or any hints about it being the last one. Then it comes and goes and you have all this script and writing. Instead of writing that all out, I would have actually enjoyed playing through it instead of reading about it. I would not recommend that you but the full game. It seriously isn’t worth it and will leave you disappointed. ### 4/5 — Missing Translation *2026-04-03* Eine Übersetzung auf Deutsch wäre prima. ### 4/5 — Great games *2022-11-08* Enthralling game but I’m too poor to buy the full game ### 4/5 — Good game, short *2022-10-21* The immersion of this mostly text based adventure is great. It is short for my taste, but there are many secrets to work out. There are multiple solutions to problems. For a minor spoiler: to get past the 1st part you need a team of 4 people to guard a caravan. You can hire mercenaries, get the militia to help, get knights to help, or find 4 on your own. I have been able to find 3 of the 4. I’m guessing the 4th was someone who didn’t want to go because my Charisma wasn’t high enough to convince. It doesn’t change much, just adds a footnote to the end stories. Based off my experience, if you want to wear most equipment, a strength of 5 is sufficient. Perception should be around 5 to hit really annoying enemies. Ranged weapons are a godsend. Especially when the strong enemy is behind a wall of 3 weaker ones. Just fire at back row. Front will do negligible damage, if any. After they are dealt with, swap to melee and enjoy. Also, the most valuable item you can find is the lock pick. It will open many doors (and chests) for you. I’m currently trying to figure out how to placate a demon. I’m sure it will take multiple tries to see what he wants. I had fish, forgot to bring dog meat. Looking forward to trying and failing before I hit the “help I’m stuck” button. **Developer response:** Hi! Thank you for an exhaustive review. Glad to see you're enjoying our game :) ### 5/5 — Amazing thought out and designed *2026-08-07* I wasn’t expecting much but the game hooked me and kept me engaged. Worth buying the full game. ### 5/5 — INCREDIBLE *2026-07-16* Such a great game, love it to bits! ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Total Cinema *2026-03-28* This game strays away from all games of its type. It has no ai slop. and a great story. Need you anymore reason? The artwork is all beautiful and well made. and the story includes unique characters, a variety of options, and great dialogue. The combat system is somewhat basic but definitely fits the type of game. Some more reasons it stands leagues above other similar games is, your stats, items, and choice of words, can all change what you can do in the game, making it feel super immersive. Additionally, theres great options for what you can do/say, but not so much it becomes overwhelming. Also, I Personaly love that old areas you visited gain new options after doing some parts of the story. As it makes the story feel much more real and gives more reason to keep exploring the world. Only thing you could hate is the games simplicity, and the large amounts of reading. But if you chose to play this style of game, then a large sum of reading is to be expected. Overall, id give this a 9/10. For a mobile game, it is one of the best on the market. ### 5/5 — Fesselndes Spiel *2026-03-17* Wenn man sich auf denText einlässt und sich Zeit nimmt, ist es ein schöner Zeitvertreib. Die Weiterentwicklung des Kampfsystems gegenüber dem ersten Teil halte ich für gelungen. ### 5/5 — A truly amazing game, the story is captivating, the combat is fun, and so many paths to choose *2026-03-16, version 1.19.4* A truly amazing game, the story is captivating, the combat is fun, and so many paths to choose ### 5/5 — Accessible and I have fun *2026-02-13* I would like to play with german language, but I like it very much! I can play on my own, in my speed and there are several endings. :-) ### 5/5 — Great story *2026-01-31, version 1.19.4* Like choice of games but different good story, dark and foreboding full of darkness and mid evil danger. ### 5/5 — Must not miss for visually impaired video game RPG lovers *2026-01-17, version 1.19.4* Love this game love the series if you’re visually impaired and used to play video games before especially our PG‘s text or otherwise if you’re like me, you’ll find this game and the series is a whole will really help scratch that itch if you’ve been missing video games ### 5/5 — Can’t Stop Playing *2025-12-31, version 1.19.4* I bought the full game. It’s worth every penny. I can’t stop playing. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Great!! *2025-11-16, version 1.18.1* No complaints, simply a great story rich game --- *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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