# Heaven Burns Red — user reviews > 146 indexed App Store user reviews of Heaven Burns Red by YOSTAR LIMITED, rated 4.80/5 from 257 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heaven-burns-red/id6630372362/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heaven-burns-red/id6630372362.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 237 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of Heaven Burns Red? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Surprisingly amazing - 👍 Good writing and music - 👍 Fantastic storytelling - 👍 Hilarious and fun - 👍 Gorgeous anime art - 👍 Emotional and immersive - 👍 Excellent character development **Cons** - 🐛 Optimization issues and large file size - 🐛 Gacha rates could be improved - 🔒 Lack of Google login support **Commonly reported bugs** - Login issues - Lag during combat **Most requested features** - More updates and content - Voice acting dubbing ## Newest reviews (19 of 146) ### 3/5 — Good visual novel but broken game balance *2025-08-26* I enjoyed the story but I can not progress anymore, my account starts to be stuck in limbo since chapter 4, if you don’t have very good meta supports your team do barely any damage even with gear and units maxed. So I looked at the tier list and I now I know that most banners are trash and I have to wait months for the broken units that make the battles less horrible. ### 4/5 — Code เชิญ, too much lagging *2025-08-16, version 2.0.4* agim94k5rjnfbmwt - too much lagging pls fix ### 4/5 — Hmmm *2025-07-24* Awesome game I think. Ch 1 is a grind I just finished it and you have to beat that to unlock events. It’s a good game it’s just long, and on iOS if you’re in low power mode screen will shut off even if you’re mid battle on auto it’s so weird and annoying you can’t leave your phone on low power mode and walk away my phone sleeps. 4* rating only Bc this is the only gacha I’ve ever played that shuts off screen mid battle ### 5/5 — Do not expect a gacha game *2025-07-10* This is a visual novel at its core. Although there are combat and gacha features, it is by no means combat- or gacha-centric. If you play for anything but the characters, art, or story, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. The character interactions (JP) are hilarious, the art is beautiful and uniquely styled, and the story is… well, so far it’s just alright, but I’ve heard Chapter 2 is really really good so I’m looking forward to it. Don’t expect a gacha game! Play it like a VN!! ### 3/5 — Very mixed *2025-06-12* I’m not sure how long this game is or how much it’ll cost me to complete it (so far I have spent over $200; I’m thinking it’ll cost me around $2k to actually complete the game. {Now, to completely 100% it, that is maximize all characters’ powers/potential would probably cost 10x what I can afford}. Hopefully not more than that). Enjoyable story; tearjerking moments have indeed wrung me out like a wet washcloth; the comedic moments are more cringey than anything, but I have genuinely laughed a couple of times; that being said comedic moments, good or bad, are a must in stories that deal with more serious and heartfelt moments, they allow juxtaposition and breathing space or reprieve for the reader. I’m impressed on how many characters actually have background stories. I enjoy the slice of life moments and interactions Not a fan of the level grinding, gacha pulling, resource managing, etc basically anything that takes me away from the visual novel aspects of the game and turns it into a costly slog just to get further along in the story portion of the game. I’m hoping this game will take a long time to complete in the way Clannad took a long time and not because of repetitive dungeon crawling gameplay. ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-06-08, version 2.0.2* Story is the best of the best gacha game of all time. ### 5/5 — Absolute peak *2025-05-27, version 2.0.1* This game is so freaking good. The characters have really cool designs and are so well written. I’ve played it since release and this game is honestly so good the story is amazing and it is such peak Yuri ### 3/5 — Please fix random crashes on iPad 9th Generation *2025-05-24, version 2.0.1* Random crashes makes game unplayable. ### 5/5 — Salah satu Key Masterpiece *2025-05-16, version 2.0.1* Jika kamu menyukai visual novel, terutama yang sejenis dengan angel beats, clannad , wajib main sih ### 5/5 — funny and sweet *2025-05-16* the story is both hilarious and heart wrenching, the gameplay is fun and makes you think of strategies. your choices in dialogue also actually matter too- characters will reference your choices in later dialogues. everything is fully voiced with talented vas. overall, highly recommend. ### 5/5 — 10/10 experience *2025-05-16, version 2.0.1* A beautiful story that will take you from keeling over laughing to bauling your eyes out. No one does it quite like Jun Maeda. ### 5/5 — Peak fiction *2025-05-15* ts peak asf haters pmo ### 4/5 — 💀 *2025-05-07, version 1.1.9* aku suka yuri❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2025-04-23* Best story ever very funny and yeah ### 5/5 — I LOVE KAREN *2025-04-15, version 1.1.9* this game is so fun and I really really love Karen ### 5/5 — Such a beautiful game *2025-04-13* Many thanks to the developers and the people involved in creating this game. I really like it a lot. For me it’s a truly new game play and I love the graphics. But the best part is the main plot and all those little side stories. Beautiful storytelling and so much positive vibes. A lot of love to details. Awesome music too. Thanks so much!! Good to know there are still cool games out there. 🙏😊 ### 5/5 — YURI WINS *2025-04-09, version 1.1.9* i absolutely love this game SOSOSOSOSO MUCHHHHHHJ i def recommend!!! though the gameplay is sometimes.. but i ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE STORY, THE CHARACTERS, AMD THE INTERACTIONS!!! This game is so gay and i love it. 10/10 ### 5/5 — Quality Visual Novel before gacha *2025-04-06, version 1.1.9* I really like this game: the writing, the characters, the humor, the music. It doesn’t feel as predatory as other gacha games and I think it’s a must for fans of Angel Beats, Charlotte or other works by Jun Maeda and Key. ### 5/5 — Ruka *2025-04-03, version 1.1.9* My istri ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Returning player *2025-05-30* Played this game and launch then dropped up and picked up again for the Angel Beats collaboration. Pros: The game has good visuals, voice acting is great, and this game is the closest people will get to turn based gameplay in a visual novel. Cons: Character progression is painstakingly slow. Too many character banners with extremely low drop rates. Too many copies required for character development. Game freezes when trying to claim rewards on start up. Game freezes after completing standby missions for character exp/materials and attempting to interact with other menus. Will have multiple events active at a time with varying duration. With all the events requiring a life points(farming resource with a limit of 5 and take hours to regenerate). There is not enough time to farm all the event rewards for single event if you wait for your points to regenerate naturally. Farming more than one is impossibility. ### 1/5 — slow download *2025-02-07, version 1.1.9* bagal mag download ng patch kahit okay naman net. ### 1/5 — Would have been great *2025-01-10, version 1.1.9* Great game, but the way they accelerated all the banners makes it impossible for anyone but whales to keep up. Slow down or else this game won’t last much longer. ### 1/5 — Wow *2024-12-11, version 1.1.7* After 2 solid hours of incessant chatter, I have still not actually fought anything. How can anyone give this 5 stars. It is not a game. It is nothing but a girls drama. ### 1/5 — Can’t login to Google account *2024-12-06, version 1.1.7* If/when this is ever changed, I’ll change the review. But for now, one star, because they only allow Apple as an alternative sign-in option. I signed in with Google on my PC and thus I can’t get into that same account on my phone. Very disappointing as I love this game. ### 1/5 — Bad optimization *2024-11-28, version 1.1.6* Game freezes a lot when you claim all in missions, fps drops a lot too during combat.. Gacha system is very stingy too like another eden Update: After a week and it’s still have bugs everywhere, lazy devs ### 1/5 — Poor pacing and boring game play *2024-11-19* The pacing of the game is extremely poor, constantly flinging through dialogues and day night cycle without accomplishing much. Instead of simplifying tedious mechanics, they have decided to bore you with shallow systems. Just pick another game to play. ### 1/5 — DON’T PLAY THIS GAME!!! *2024-11-18* this game is so bad it literally made me cry and want to uninstall after I got hit with the feels from reading the 10/10 story. Would not recommend for the weak. ### 1/5 — Can’t log in! *2024-11-16, version 1.1.6* If you started playing on their PC client with Google sign-in you’ll be locked out of iOS app. They only support log in with Yostar account or Apple sign-in. Poorly thought out, can’t believe they don’t support all their sign in methods. ### 1/5 — Bad rates *2024-11-16, version 1.1.6* Until they improve rates I'd avoid this game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Un vrai bijou *2026-03-06* Ce jeu est tout simplement une merveille d’écriture, jouez y et laissez vous porter par l’histoire et ses personnages, vous ne le regretterez pas. ### 5/5 — The MJ of Fiction *2026-02-03, version 2.1.1* Some of the greatest writing of all time in fiction ### 5/5 — High Quality Gacha JRPG with Beautiful Art *2026-01-28* I actually came across the Heaven Burns Red pop-up shop in one of the anime stores in Akihabara, Tokyo in Japan. At the time, only the JP version was available and I wish I was able to play it then. A year later, I was surprised the English version was released! I couldn't wait to download and play it. I love all of the references to other anime like Angel Beats, which is one of my favorites. This is a high quality gacha JRPG with a fantastic story, battle system and artwork. Don't miss out!! ### 5/5 — Extremely Underrated *2026-01-20* I really REALLY wish this game becomes more mainstream. In my opinion the music is very good and that's kinda what got me into the game, if you do ads you should focus more on the music to get more people invested. ### 5/5 — Peak game *2026-01-09, version 2.1.1* Y’all gotta play this ### 5/5 — Best gacha out there *2025-11-14* Super cute gacha. Worth playing! ### 5/5 — real *2025-10-21* the characters feel alive. the world feels so lived-in. it’s refreshing. all the dialogue is beautifully voiced. i adore the work put into this ### 5/5 — Giocando stupendo *2025-10-17, version 2.0.4* Heaven Burns Red è il gioco gdr più bello in assoluto, musica e combattimento e trama che ti lascia una lacrimuccia ed eventi molto belli ### 5/5 — Best protag in history *2025-09-06, version 2.0.4* Ruka is such an unhinged, unapologetically lesbian protag and I love her for that. The goofy out-of-pocket nonsense you see in the prologue (which you can try before downloading the rest of the game) is maintained throughout. Very much so a breath of fresh air compared to most other gacha. And it looks like there's even a main ship going on, with the other characters spurring them on and even having shippy moments of their own. The dialogue in general of this game is absolutely top tier, and you can tell how much care was put into the writing just from how you're given actually different dialogue options (looking at you Hoyo, constantly putting two options that are just two segments of the same sentence), and lengthy unique followup dialogue for each option. Still haven't gotten enough of those "connections" moments where the music playing makes it sound like you're going to make some profound discovery by connecting the points, when in reality it's just Ruka's two brain cells firing off at once. My favorite so far was "The cancer [monster]..." 1a) "has grown to a point where it..." 1b) "like how we used to, it..." 1c) "at incredible speeds, it..." 2a) "...needs to take a dump." 2b) "...wants to go home to see its parents." 2c) "...has gone on a diet." And for all 9 potential combinations, you get unique dialogue for each. 1b and 2a earns you a side eye from Yuki as she congratulates Ruka for being able to surpass the need to take a dump, while 1c and 2a has Yuki getting concerned at the implications of how much energy it's gathering to be able to move so swiftly and require dumps so often. And every single piece of dialogue is fully and enthusiastically voiced. On top of the brilliant dialogue and banter, the story and worldbuilding itself is amazing. Expect the same level of writing, if not even better, from the two masterpieces of Charlotte and Angel Beats. Humanity is at the brink in this game, and despite being a gacha, the story does not shy away from this reality and the inevitable deaths that come with it. It's a slice of life at home base and real stakes and tension out on the battlefield, which I'd say is the perfect balance for an engaging story. While I do enjoy the combat (and the banger music that plays along with it) even as someone that doesn't usually like turn-based combat, I'd pay money even if this was just a standalone visual novel. ### 5/5 — Very good *2025-08-11* Haven’t encountered any issues or bugs, also very funny --- *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 2026-08-26.*