# Evolution Board Game — user reviews > 284 indexed App Store user reviews of Evolution Board Game by North Star Digital Games, rated 4.70/5 from 4,788 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/evolution-board-game/id1112610493/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/evolution-board-game/id1112610493.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,936 · 4★ 570 · 3★ 138 · 2★ 48 · 1★ 96 ## What do users think of Evolution Board Game? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Excellent digital implementation of the board game - 🎨 Beautiful artwork and animations - 🤖 Challenging and well-designed AI opponents - 🕹️ Smooth and intuitive gameplay - 📚 Helpful tutorial and campaign mode - 🕹️ Variety of gameplay strategies and options **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - 🔌 Battery-draining performance - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for full game access - 🤖 Overpowered AI opponents in some cases - 🤝 Limited multiplayer options and matchmaking **Commonly reported bugs** - Campaign progress not saving properly - Inability to create new accounts - Multiplayer games freezing or crashing - UI elements overlapping or not scaling correctly **Most requested features** - Add local pass-and-play multiplayer - Implement more customization options for creatures - Introduce new gameplay modes and expansions - Improve online matchmaking and stability - Optimize performance for older devices ## Newest reviews (14 of 284) ### 2/5 — Deutsche Übersetzung mangelhaft *2026-01-01* Die Übersetzung in die deutsche Sprache ist missverständlich und mangelhaft. Leider gibt es keine Möglichkeit die Glasmalerei-Karten wieder abzustellen. Ich finde diese nicht so gut gelungen und unübersichtlich. Bitte ändern. ### 4/5 — Good game but… *2025-10-09, version 3.0.55* This is a good game but in my opinion, there should be a couple of more features to the free side or just in general, like maybe you could add an upgrade feature for cards and stuff and more bot types but they're just suggestions, great game anyways! ### 3/5 — Good game but targeting isn’t random/equal *2025-09-20, version 3.0.55* It’s a good game, very enjoyable but a lot of the games have 4 CPU players and it seems like they don’t target equally, it feels like they target you more than each other. It feels like a 1 vs 3 team up. ### 4/5 — O jogo muito gostoso porém… *2025-08-14, version 3.0.55* O jogo muito gostoso sempre tive vontade de comprar a versão completa mesmo sem uma comunidade ativa online é muito legal é desafiador… ótima temática porém muito caro uma pena… poderia ser mais em conta se fosse 30 reais eu comprava ### 2/5 — Very irritating to use *2025-06-17, version 3.0.55* The game looks very nice, but your cards are hidden. To read them you have to tap each individual card to read it, then its immediately tucked back out of sight. So if you’re trying to decide between a card, the screen is constantly flickering. It’s like a graphic designer who has never played a game designed the app. Please make it so you can actually see your cards and read them…all at the same time. On the positive side, they actually made the text side readable unlike a lot of apps that make it light grey and italicized. ### 4/5 — Good 👍🏻 👍🏻 *2025-03-31, version 3.0.52* It’s a really good game that really represents genetic selection and these species by the watering hole trying to adapt to their surroundings and it’s pretty simple and I really like it. It’s a really good recreation of the North Star game Evolution ### 3/5 — Extremely disappointed *2025-01-19, version 3.0.50* This should be an awesome app. The game is great; the app is gorgeous; there was a lot of effort and detail put into it. I wanted to give it 5 stars. However, this app is constantly crashing when on airplane mode or not connected to the internet. I tried to play on an airplane and the app crashed nearly every round. Moreover, I got logged out, so I couldn’t continue my campaign or use any of the features I paid for. Also, the app goes out of its way to say that they promise not to spam you with notifications, but I get one every night. ### 4/5 — Could be better *2024-12-26, version 3.0.50* I was playing a boss fight and it was so HARD it was not me it was the game and I am disappointed because my mom wasted her money on a in app purchase and it didn’t work 😡🥺😭 ### 4/5 — Best game ever *2024-12-21, version 3.0.50* A good strategy and thinking game but multiplayer cost 6.99$ ❤️🧡💛❤️🧡💛 ### 4/5 — Thai translation *2024-09-29, version 3.0.36* The game is fun, but the Thai translation is not very good ### 4/5 — Macht Spaß *2024-09-18* Wirklich ein tolles Spiel. Man kann es schön testen und der Preis ist auch nicht überzogen. 1 Stern Abzug für die extrem schlechte Deutschübersetzung. ### 4/5 — please give us the option to turn off tutorial *2024-07-31, version 3.0.36* i’ve played this game a few times and i normally just run through the campaign. it’s a fun game, i just wish we were able to turn off the tutorial ### 5/5 — Bricked *2024-03-01, version 3.0.26* This game fails at the Create Account screen, can't create an account so I can't play the game. There is a workaround by going through the tutorial but if you skip the tutorial you can't play. Update: Thanks for fixing the bug! Fun game! ### 3/5 — This game went from having booming potential to falling flat *2024-02-29, version 3.0.25* This game was so good before the update. Multiplayer was gaining momentum and a community of competitors was forming - one with an array of players employing their own strategies. That all went away since the latest update. A BIG reason is the change from the minimum 3 players to start a game to only 2 players + AI. this just made games a more glamorous version of playing by yourself. I was way into this game and now I’m out. I’ve seen this same behavior with a lot of other seasoned players. Please change that back ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — So many bugs *2025-11-02, version 3.0.55* Great game. Just wish the bugs can get worked out. ### 1/5 — Пропала купленная версия. После обновления *2025-07-06, version 3.0.55* После обновления пропала уже купленная версия игры с климатом. Хотя приложение пишет что всё приобретено ### 1/5 — Added unstoppable ads after being paid for so *2025-04-23, version 3.0.52* They added in unstoppable video ads to this game. Will never use again, wish I could get a refund. Terrible business practice, absolutely unacceptable. ### 1/5 — way overpriced, rigged ai, boring, repetitive *2025-01-24, version 3.0.51* Base game has almost no content, full game is $10 when it should be $1. Ai will sandbag to let other ai win over you. ### 1/5 — Read this 🙏 *2024-02-27, version 3.0.23* I gave this game a star already because even if you can do a move if you have a carnival, they won’t let you which is so weird. I’m so mad. Why don’t they let you cause I was seeing horrible and it wasn’t letting me eat it with my carnivore, so weird I really wanted to eat that and after that I got so mad that I hit my bed and I said I hate this game right now in real life it’s fun I don’t recommend if you get the five dollar one but I haven’t tried it so maybe you should but probably not I tried the classic ones are terrible like you can’t attack every thing. It’s so annoying I’m so mad the people who made this please respond to me. I am so mad it’s so annoying. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — Can’t get into game. *2024-02-23, version 3.0.22* When I open the game is wants me to create an account or skip, but neither work. Hitting “skip” does nothing. Entering my email and password works, but hitting “create account” does nothing. The “login button” works and takes me to a new window, but that doesn’t help because I don’t have an account (and out of curiosity I entered the user and pass I previously typed and it said the account didn’t exist). The “create account” button works in the sense that if I don’t enter an email or password it says I need them, but once I have them and hit “create account” nothing happens that I can see. ### 1/5 — terrible *2023-10-06* closed the app and lost all progress????? ### 1/5 — Game breaking bug *2023-09-16* Can’t play, when I try to create an account it says to verify my internet connection (which is working) and if I skip the login, at the enter a name step it says the same thing ### 1/5 — Full of bugs *2023-05-19, version 2.3.31* Going through tutorial, asked for my name, but taping button it will not let me advance. No errors, no way to back up or go forward, just stuck. Swiped up and started over. Had to swipe up and start over. Going through tutorial again, got to carnivore level on tutorial again…this time I get 4 cards, play 1 for food, 1 for new species, 1 for trait, 1 to increase size to 2, but opponent is size 2 and the game will not let me go forward saying my opponent is size 2 and my carnivore must be larger than 2. How? I’m stuck again. It will not let me go forward or explain how I’m supposed to get to size 3 with only 4 cards. Had to swipe up and start over, again. Got through tutorial! Playing campaign, and the second round first watering hole it my turn, it won’t let me play my herbivore, my carnivore cannot attack more, I ate 2 and the 3 opponents remaining are my size, so I should loose one population…but the game will not let me advance or go forward…it won’t accept me ending turn, it only lets me attack but I cannot, so I’m stuck, again… Deleted the game! ### 1/5 — เข้าเกมไม่ได้ *2023-02-07, version 2.2.12* เข้าเกมไม่ได้ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2026-06-13, version 3.0.59* I play board games every so often and have been getting into mobile board games. This one caught my eye with it being free and it’s an awesome game. They give you the base game that you can play easy and medium ai but if you want any other expansions or features like a campaign you pay for that but getting to play this game for free is an awesome deal! I’ll more than likely buy the full game though. ### 5/5 — Terrific game *2025-06-24, version 3.0.55* Congratulations to the developer! ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2025-01-21, version 3.0.50* My favorite game!!! ### 5/5 — In app purchases will not restore. *2024-11-28* Great game, love the board game. Love that it’s from Nova Scotia. However; the app will not allow me to restore my in app purchases and now I have wasted $20 plus tax. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME unless you want to lose your money. I have tried 3 times to contact the developer with no response. Very disappointed on what truly would be an amazing game. **Developer response:** Hi Mochamon, Not sure what happened here but we'll get this fixed for you. Did you email us at digital@northstargames.com? Somehow your emails aren't coming through, I just searched through our emails and couldn't find one on this topic. Would you be willing to email us again with your in-game username and we'll get your purchases restored (or share your username here)? ### 5/5 — 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 *2024-11-02* This is a really cool game ### 5/5 — If You Like Board Games, Get This *2024-08-05, version 3.0.36* I’ve been a fan of the physical evolution game series, and this game is just as fun, and has the benefit of being usable anywhere and having exclusive features. I love this game! ### 5/5 — I love this game it’s so cool and fun *2024-06-26, version 3.0.35* I love the game but I wish you could see the creatures as they evolve and change not just when you have carnivore or flight or blah blah I wish you could really see your whole creature like when it has antlers you see them ### 5/5 — Good, but the game a bit complicated *2024-04-09, version 3.0.27* I think they should add better tutorials but that’s just me voice acting too ### 5/5 — Why make us pay for the full game? *2024-03-16, version 3.0.27* This game was fun,but I don’t get making us pay for the full game ### 5/5 — so good it basically ruins the real game *2024-03-13, version 3.0.27* i love this board game but it has the same flaw that many boardgames have which is a tedious scoring system – the app does all the work for you and it’s so fast and clean that I don’t really want to play the physical board game anymore – plus you get to customize your game and always play with your house rules so another bonus of the app --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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