# Hopeless: The Dark Caves — user reviews

> 160 indexed App Store user reviews of Hopeless by Upopa Entertainment Ltd, rated 4.10/5 from 843 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hopeless-the-dark-caves/id1150872818/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hopeless-the-dark-caves/id1150872818.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 589 · 4★ 71 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 132

## What do users think of Hopeless?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast-paced gameplay
- 👍 Addictive and fun
- 🎨 Vibrant graphics

**Cons**

- 🔄 Repetitive gameplay
- 🔒 Lack of control/customization
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 💰 Aggressive monetization

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Ads not working properly
- Game freezing and crashing
- Vibration issues

**Most requested features**

- Bring back the original gameplay mechanics
- Add more weapon/character variety
- Implement an endless mode
- Allow for manual aiming

## Newest reviews (17 of 160)

### 2/5 — Regresen El OG

*2025-07-28, version 3.3.1*

Please give us back the first game with those mechanics, what did you do to it? I have the old game and I bought the pack:(

### 2/5 — Old times

*2025-02-19, version 3.2.3*

Old version is better where you can tap the monsters and your character suicides if he accidentally kills other blobs

### 3/5 — Reward don't work

*2024-08-29, version 3.2.3*

Even if you watch a video we do not get the intended reward 😓. Its just stupid to watch the ads. But good game otherwise 
-2 stars for tricking me into watching an ad.

### 3/5 — I wish you all had the original

*2024-04-29, version 3.2.0*

The original was so amazing! The monsters were scarier.The whole layout is just…different.Will you guys please consider bringing it back to how it used to be.It was a hidden gem and I miss it so much.I would pay money to have ths game back like the way it used to be! I will say that Im glad it doesnt require internet and there are no ads.I really miss the old game though.

### 2/5 — Estaba mas chido antes

*2024-04-23, version 3.2.0*

Estaba as chido antes

### 1/5 — Why?

*2024-02-22, version 3.2.0*

Go back to the old version. Nobody likes this version. It’s just straight up garbage.

### 1/5 — They made the game worse on purpose

*2024-01-29, version 3.2.0*

Lol

### 4/5 — Review

*2024-01-24, version 3.2.0*

The game is great! There is a bug where your character points in one direction and shows no facial expressions. Other than that, I like it!

### 1/5 — Shameless Cashgrab

*2024-01-12, version 3.2.0*

I recalled playing this game years ago and enjoying it greatly and recently found it again, only to find the gameplay and art style has been butchered and it’s been turned into a scheme to milk micro transactions from players. Don’t download it, don’t play it until they fix it.

### 4/5 — Continue

*2023-11-25, version 3.2.0*

Only issue I’ve come across is everytime I watch a video to continue after I’ve gone down , the ad takes too long and I end up dying . Even if the ad is short , I still end up dying instead of continuing. I used to play this years ago ….

### 1/5 — Верните как было

*2023-11-13, version 3.2.0*

Раньше было лучше

### 1/5 — Bring the original back

*2023-11-03, version 3.2.0*

This game used to be fun and intense I wanted to play again I tried it and deleted it bring back the old version

### 1/5 — Original was better

*2023-10-26, version 3.2.0*

The original was better it was similar to how hopeless in space looked what happened?

### 1/5 — Regresen la jugabilidad original

*2023-09-30, version 3.2.0*

Jugué este juego desde que salió y era una maravilla, pero en esta ocasión veo que hicieron cambios en la jugabilidad que realmente no es como lo era antes. Era mejor al apuntar manualmente y conseguir salvar a tus amigos para que ellos te ayudaran a iluminar más la zona y matar mas monstruos. Es molesto no poder escoger el objetivo.

### 1/5 — Plz go back

*2023-07-11, version 3.2.0*

Plz go back

### 3/5 — Store failing

*2023-07-01, version 3.1.0*

Never can buy coins in the stores. Why don’t you fix it?

### 1/5 — It’s ruined

*2023-06-02, version 3.0.0*

Used to play this back in 2015, and came back now because I missed it.. I have to check it several times to make sure this is the same game because it’s different from what I remember.. ugh, why would you ruined a perfectly fine game :(

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Entirety of the game

*2025-12-09, version 4.0.7*

I think the reason behind the drastic change in the game was probably some of the children who grew very uncomfortable with the games setting, creepy and pretty dark, blobs being taken away, accidental friendly fire, depressing, and committing self sleep permanently. So I assumed parents took action to this and reached out to the developers, or maybe apple was just very strict with the self sleep.

### 1/5 — Dang

*2025-09-14, version 4.0.1*

I think this new update stuff is getting to the games we know and love.

### 1/5 — Did you get hacked?

*2025-07-21, version 3.3.1*

I don’t understand how the game turned into an ad riddled rip-off of itself, with cheaper art, less mechanics, and everything of just a lower quality. And now the newest game in the series is a poorly made idle fantasy game? What? This is literally not the same game, I just found an old trailer and it’s a fully different game that looks and plays completely differently. I feel like the only thing that makes sense is if somebody else is running the company now or something, or you’re just really desperate for money? Why ruin a game everybody loved and turn it into one of those unplayable slop games that feels like it’s mining bitcoin and installing viruses. This was actually my childhood and I spent days trying to find it on the AppStore only to find this, which is definitely not the same game at all. 👎😢

### 1/5 — You ruined this.

*2025-06-18, version 3.3.0*

Devs destroyed this game.  & im on iphone so i cant even download the old apk.

### 1/5 — Can we get a hopeless classic??

*2025-02-23, version 3.2.3*

I’ve over this game from I was ten I’m 20 now and been having flashbacks of this game some funny reactions from the blobs so I decided to search for the game. What happened???? The game had so much personality. The blobs reactions and being able to aim and shoot by tapping where you wanted made the game feel more challenging. Dying after shooting a blob is such a bummer and a huge downgrade from the blobs committing suicide those little reactions are what made majority of us more connected to the game. Idk what happened but we would love to have our original experience back 😕

### 1/5 — WHY DID THEY RUIN IT?!

*2025-02-15, version 3.2.3*

This game was amazing growing up and now it’s just completely ruined, switch it back to the original!!

### 1/5 — Adds rewards don’t work

*2025-01-09, version 3.2.3*

You dont get any rewards for watching ads, when click watch add to continue or to get coin or a gun, the add ends and nothing happens

### 1/5 — Disappointment

*2024-11-23, version 3.2.3*

Not the OG hopeless that i remember

### 1/5 — nice job, you ruined it.

*2024-05-29, version 3.2.1*

you had a great idea and then you mangled it because you’re a bunch of sellouts, enjoy making garbage content farm mobile games that will be played for a week at most by ipad babies, phony’s.

### 1/5 — ???????

*2024-04-02, version 3.2.0*

what happened

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — More Gun pleaseee

*2025-06-25, version 3.3.0*

More gun so that will continue playing!

### 5/5 — vietnamese

*2023-09-14, version 3.2.0*

hay

### 5/5 — nice

*2023-05-20, version 3.0.0*

Nice

### 5/5 — El juego mas bueno

*2021-09-02, version 2.0.54*

Es té tonto dice que no se puede ganar el primer nivel yo gano asta el nivel del jefe tonto

### 5/5 — Great

*2021-07-19, version 2.0.51*

It’s a great game totally worth getting keep up the good work

### 5/5 — Just a thought

*2020-06-30, version 2.0.21*

I miss the version where when you saved your friends they would join in fighting the monsters instead of just disappearing

### 5/5 — Eres de lo mejor MEJOR MEJOOOOOOOOOOOOOR

*2020-03-06, version 2.0.16*

..

### 5/5 — Harika

*2020-01-22, version 2.0.13*

Zaman öldürmek için güzel bir oyun

### 5/5 — Love the game

*2019-12-28*

I love the game but can you please bring back the original animation and where you could get multiple blobs. I liked the old version better and was hoping y’all could bring the old version back.

### 5/5 — It,s ncisq richbwdfiypherfiup buieofncijebroibwefiobr

*2019-08-27, version 2.0.09*

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