# Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage (Universal) — user reviews > 301 indexed App Store user reviews of Icebreaker by Nitrome, rated 4.30/5 from 199 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/icebreaker-a-viking-voyage-universal/id656637359/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/icebreaker-a-viking-voyage-universal/id656637359.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 134 · 4★ 30 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Icebreaker? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay - 👍 Clever puzzles and physics - 😄 Humorous story and characters - 🎨 Excellent pixel art and visuals **Cons** - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases - 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs - 🔍 Lack of full-screen support on some devices - 🕹️ Imprecise controls and touch issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on certain levels - Achievements not unlocking properly **Most requested features** - More level packs and content updates - Ability to create custom levels - Improved support for newer devices ## Newest reviews (13 of 301) ### 3/5 — Update pls!!! *2025-03-14* Este jogo precisa de uma atualização urgente para novas versõe, a tela é muito pequena no iphone!! ### 3/5 — Just too high a price *2025-02-23, version 1.3.1* Let me just start off by saying I do really like Icebreaker and I especially like Nitrome games. This game’s quality is not the thing in question here. (Though in saying that, one level, “steam powered”, is just broken with you being completely unable to get the chest of that level because of jank collisions. Also the ending is kinda unsatisfying.) What really hurts this game is the price for its content. Let me be clear, you are paying $8 for 130 levels. Granted, high quality levels and animations and all that, with levels having various challenges that you can sometimes do all at once and sometimes not. Now let’s compare to other games. Not just regular games, but other physics puzzle games that are on this same App Store. ‘Cut the Rope’ is very similar to Icebreaker in terms of gameplay. It’s not only FREE but has 3 ‘seasons’, each of which having *125* levels each. Almost thrice the content at an infinitely better price. If it were priced like this game, it’d be 16 to 24 dollars! ‘Where’s my Water?’ might be a more apt comparison as you do need to pay to play it… it costs $2 for a bit over 200 levels. AND if your willing to pay a bit more in that same price range, you get even more levels! Any way you cut this ice, this price is just extremely hard to justify unless your an absolute diehard icebreakers fan. But even if you are, you could literally be playing Nitrome’s free Icebreaker games instead. If your already a fan, you clearly don’t need all the fancy animations or cool challenges or whatnot, you just want Icebreaker. This game could have been something worth paying for if Nitrome did more level packs, which initially seems to have been the plan… it’s been 9 years since the last update. Guess that ship sunk. And with it, so does this review sink to a 3/5. Also those power up prices are absolutely exorbitant and extortionate and makes me want to put this down to a 2/5. ### 4/5 — Fun, but *2024-09-20, version 1.3.1* Very fun game with multiple types of challenges (coins, pars, achievements) that doesn't rely on the three star ranking system that hundreds of other mobile puzzle games use. It's also a friendly game - it could have forced you to achieve pars to continue to the next level, but it thankfully doesn't. It also doesn't force you to collect all coins in one run to 100% a level, so if you have trouble getting the coins and chest somewhere, you can just focus on one and get the other on a separate run. Something I dislike with mobile physics puzzle games is what I call the "random physics problem", where because of micro-movements that happen when you put down and lift your finger, the game thinks you tapped somewhere else, which makes it seem like the game is giving random results even though you're tapping at the same place each time. This can be frustrating with games like Angry Birds, but this game makes up for it by not having a lot of levels that needs you to be precise with your cuts. If it seems like I need to get lucky with the physics to achieve par, it's because I haven't found the right solution yet. With that said, there is one level that soured my mood a lot, one which genuinely relies on random physics to even beat, even when you have the solution. It's Steam Powered from Underdwell. In it, you need to activate thrusters to make a hammer launch your viking in the goal. The hammer is designed so that you can't change where or how fast it moves, so in theory you should always be able to hit the goal. However, when I played it, the hammer either misses the viking, launches it too short, or, in two rare cases, somehow launches the viking into the chain of rocks behind the goal so fast that the viking pushes the rocks backwards and lands in the water. What's more, there's a chest that also needs a thruster setup to get, which also can't be controlled, and it fails to work way more than the hammer setup does. I spent half an hour on it and still couldn't get the chest, and it feels like a oversight in an otherwise challenging but fair game. Still, one horrible level doesn't diminish all the great ideas and fun challenges in this game, and it deserves all the praise it gets. ### 4/5 — Why Ice Breakers Is SUPER fun: *2022-09-28, version 1.3.1* This game is SO fun!!!!!!! Ice breakers is kind of hard, but that makes it AWESOME!!!! Especially Isle Of The Goat. It was SO hard. I tried it like 3 times or something!! But that’s why its so fun!!!!!! But, I just don’t think it’s fair that you have to pay REAL MONEY for upgrades. (P.S. I wanted the give Ice Breakers a 4 and a half review but I couldn’t find out how.) ### 5/5 — Ice breaker *2020-07-05, version 1.3.1* It’s very nolstagic ### 5/5 — Amazing game! *2020-06-23, version 1.3.1* I bought this game years ago, maybe when I was 5 or 6. I had nothing to play on my phone recently and decided to re-download Icebreaker. This was such a good idea as I never truly realised how much I enjoyed playing this all those years ago. It is a fun puzzle-based game with a truly fantastic story, and I honestly couldn’t think of a bad thing to say about this game. Well done Nitrome for making such a great game! ### 3/5 — Atualizem! *2020-04-24* Por favor, atualizem o jogo para resolução dos iPhones mais recentes! ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2020-03-25, version 1.3.1* Humour, jeopardy, sensitive graphics and free! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2019-11-01* Fun, Challenging and Comedic With no forced ads, plenty of content and everything listed above I think this game is one of the best on the AppStore ### 5/5 — Can you make Icebreaker 2? *2019-01-05* Please please can you make icebreaker 2 cuz the game was so cool!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Amazing, Great Graphics, And Addicting! *2019-01-04, version 1.3.1* Great game! I used to play this when I was about 5 years old, and when later on, my dad deleted it, because he had finished it. When I got much older, I really wanted to play it again, because for some odd reason, something reminded me of it. I searched everything that would relate to the title, and it could never find it. Then years later, I was about to go on my moms ipad, and suddenly I saw the game, and it reminded me so much of my childhood. Now, I love playing it and it's probably one of my favorite games! Also, I would love an update with more levels! Amazing game keep up the great work! ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2018-11-01, version 1.3.1* This game is actually my favorite game on the App Store right now. It’s great if you really need to pass the time but after you finish all the levels you feel like you want to play it again because it was so much fun. They should honestly add more levels or add a feature where you could create levels. ### 5/5 — Great game and I have an idea. *2018-09-28, version 1.3.1* This game is great in all, but it would be nice to play bomb chicken on iPad. Make it happen, nitrome. Bomb chicken is an awesome game. But I still like this game. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Cool game ruined by impossible levels *2022-10-04, version 1.3.1* Yet another one of these games with levels specifically designed to get you to waste your money. Came back after a few years to see the game I paid money to play is still treated like a f2p game. Only upside is no ads. Not going to spend more money on a paid game to beat it. Just stick to the crappy f2p games. At least those don’t hide their desire to get you to spend more and more. ### 1/5 — Not full screen *2021-07-15, version 1.3.1* The game is to be so much fun but this version of it doesn’t fit the screen and looks pretty bad. It also makes it feel like you’re playing on a really old phone and you can’t be precise with your cut ### 1/5 — Under Dwell is absolute trash *2021-05-18, version 1.3.1* Here is an example of what I mean: Literally the very SECOND level of Under Dwell tricks you into thinking that you have to be precise with the cannon, while in reality, you have to cut some top ice, indicated by the tiniest outcropping of ice possible, don’t play this trash. ### 1/5 — Наличие рекламы в платном приложении? *2020-01-28* Господа разработчики, я заплатил деньги за игру. Почему в ней присутствует реклама? ### 1/5 — Screen support *2019-12-09, version 1.3.1* No support for the iPhone X screen ### 1/5 — Paid game or free to play. Choose *2019-03-07, version 1.3.1* I have a strict policy on games. Either you pay for the game, or there are in-app power ups that you can buy. I like paying for games because the in-app $ games are generally crap. I really hate paying for a game to find out its also the "make it hard so they buy stuff" type. Auto 1 star. You can't monetize both ways. ### 1/5 — I want a refund *2018-07-26, version 1.3.1* I had previously downloaded this app when it was free and played almost all of the levels that come with it, however when I went to re-download it today it said it would cost $6 and I thought “Oh, I guess they added more as a part of this. It was a fun game before and I want to see how it improved.” When I opened the app I was disappointed to find that not only was it the same in pretty much every way, it also requires me to pay not just to use the power ups but also to play any more of the story than I had access to as a free-to-play customer. ### 1/5 — Don't believe the fake ***** reviews! *2015-09-30, version 1.3.1* After offering their app for free on the AppStore, Nitrome pulled a fast one (in the form of a dodgy update) and saddled what was once a great game with more ads than anyone could possibly bear. They promised free daily God power-ups, but never came through. Because I was hell-bent on completing the missions, I disabled wifi, just so I could free myself from the constant barrage of interruptions. I downgraded my review, and deleted this dog. Greed never wins. ### 1/5 — Вата *2015-05-20* Не советую покупать полное УГ русского нет, графика отстой , еще и встроеные покупки ппц..... ### 1/5 — Adbreaker *2015-05-01, version 1.3.0* Ridiculous amount of ads. Enough said.... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My Favorite Mobile Game *2025-05-16, version 1.3.1* This is my absolute favorite mobile game I’ve ever played. I’m so hop to see it’s still available on the App Store even though it’s been a decade since I first downloaded it. Please do yourself a favor and try it! ### 5/5 — 5 Sterne + *2025-03-19* Since more than a decade I visit this games Viking goofballs in some very different durations to get more sometimes pretty difficult game with and strong pretty here ‘cuz it’s darn pretty to look at and is a delight to play Thanks nitrome!!!! You guys made me many fun hours please go on and be working on more fun games so I and my friends who recommend this too can enjoy your creativity more. Warm greetings and Much prosperity loveliness and livelyness!!! ### 5/5 — so nostalgic *2024-02-14, version 1.3.1* I remember the first game i would play on my ipad would be this and i remember how much fun i had playing it. i had been thinking about redownloading it recently and had been so bored and so decided i would. i couldnt have made a better choice. the many interesting levels to go through have saved me from so many hours of boredom. the only bad thing about this game is the price, obviously though as im sure everyone likes free stuff. it was 100% worth it though, amazing game. ### 5/5 — When We gonna have the sequel ? *2024-01-30* Hello nitrome im a big fan of ur Game Icebreaker a viking voyage, and as a fan of these game i finish him 100% and i ask you when We gonna have new packs ? Thank you. Danyal ### 5/5 — IceBreaker *2023-02-01* Супер пупер ### 5/5 — Great stuff *2022-11-02, version 1.3.1* A gem from the golden age of free online games and phone gaming :) So glad to see it’s still available! ### 5/5 — Обновите пожалуйста 😢 *2022-07-21* Играла в эту игру давным-давно, одна из немногих действительно интересных игр, но к сожалению не обновляют версию игры для последних устройств, вылетает игра ### 5/5 — If you put a French fry *2021-06-07, version 1.3.1* In some ice cream ### 5/5 — Fun *2021-01-09, version 1.3.1* Icebreaker is amazing it is and a bit hard but that’s the good bit ### 5/5 — I miss this game!! *2020-07-11, version 1.3.1* I finished this game back in the day and I miss it. Please please revisit it for new levels. It really is one of the most fun games I have ever played! --- *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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