# Immortal Rogue — user reviews > 97 indexed App Store user reviews of Immortal Rogue by Kyle Barrett, rated 4.20/5 from 192 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/immortal-rogue/id1448086604/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/immortal-rogue/id1448086604.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 123 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of Immortal Rogue? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging roguelike gameplay with fluid combat mechanics - 📱 Perfect one-handed mobile controls and portrait mode - 🔄 High replayability with randomized levels and story choices - ⚔️ Diverse weapon variety and upgrade system - 💰 Fair progression system without pay-to-win mechanics - 🎨 Impressive pixel art and visual style - ⏱️ Flexible playtime - works for quick sessions or extended play - 🧛 Unique vampire theme with creative narrative elements - 🏆 Challenging but rewarding difficulty curve - 👤 Solo developer achievement - impressive quality for one creator **Cons** - 🔊 Audio issues - intrusive music and weak sound design - 🐛 Frequent game-breaking bugs and glitches - ⚖️ Weapon balance problems - maul and certain weapons overpowered - 🗺️ Map generation issues blocking paths and trapping players - 📖 Shallow character development and narrative depth - 🎯 Repetitive gameplay loop becomes stale late-game - 💸 Pricing concerns - $5-7 considered expensive for content - 🎮 Control precision issues with swipe-based movement - 🏁 Lack of true endgame content after beating Dracula - 📚 Poor tutorial and unclear upgrade descriptions **Commonly reported bugs** - Fatal error crashes after certain progression points - Player gets stuck in level geometry and scenery - Blood currency system breaks when all upgrades purchased - cannot progress - Fighter thralls don't appear despite being unlocked - Game crashes during heavy attack tutorial on older iOS versions - Weapon shop offers only high-level expensive items early game - Dash at walls causes player to become permanently stuck - Red orb one-shot kills during Dracula dialogue sequence - Invincible enemies that don't take damage initially - Camera pan to boss allows nearby enemies to damage player immediately - Movement controls unresponsive or random on iPad - Game crashes when destroying barrels through trees with heavy attack - Friendly fire from faction mission allies causing unexpected deaths **Most requested features** - Separate volume controls for music and sound effects - Controller/gamepad support for mobile devices - Game restart/reset function without deleting app - Thrall management menu to equip/unequip followers - iCloud save sync across devices - Tutorial levels for new players - More diverse enemy types and scenarios - Historical settings (Roman era, Ancient Egypt, etc.) - Companion thralls that join in combat - Ability to reroll/customize house members - Better weapon upgrade shop system with more control - Official soundtrack release - Multiplayer options - More narrative outcomes and story variety ## Newest reviews (16 of 97) ### 4/5 — Game is great but *2024-07-22, version 1.6.0* Why is there no sound? ### 3/5 — So far good but.. *2022-09-02* Please add an option to turn off the music. I don’t want to hear it all the time and sound-effects are important to know whats going on and immerse into gameplay. ### 3/5 — Need some bug fix and clear description *2022-07-21* I love the game. But the map need a lot of fixes, a lot of decorative items in map are horribly generated, most of the time it block the only path connect to other side of the map or blocking mobs outside of the map where player can’t reach which cause be to kill myself by the trap because I can’t progress. The 2 weapons upgrade that need to update the description to make it moar clear or fitting are “increase damage to closer monster” and “increase damage to farther monster”, from the look of it, it sound like as long as monster is in a certain range around player of the 2 will activate because both upgrade can be apply to melee or range weapon…. Well no, “closer” here mean melee weapons and “farther” mean ranger weapons…. Please fix ### 4/5 — Great game but combat thralls aren’t working. *2022-05-22* The game is awesome and I play it a lot however the thralls that can fight alongside me in battle don’t show up after I unlock them. Can you please fix this issue? Otherwise the game is great. ### 2/5 — No controller support *2022-05-21, version 1.6.0* Only touch screen smh ### 4/5 — Overall not bad at all. *2021-12-23* As another reviewer has already stated, the maul is technically always the way to go and this unbalance can make the game feel somewhat one-sided. But it’s not impossible to progress with the other light weapons. That aside I’ve been having a blast with this game. I’ll come back to it every couple of months and play for about a week until I’ve had my bloodsucking fix. I have yet to take the throne so the experience is far from over. Very enjoyable overall. ### 2/5 — Decent execution *2021-08-11, version 1.6.0* Fun gameplay but weapons are unbalanced (maul is always the best) Other problems: Allies make enemies more unpredictable, rerolling for better weapons is annoying, and BUGGY. Many times I’ve gotten stuck in an object or the stage end portal was out of reach. ### 2/5 — Would be nice to disable music and keep sfx *2021-07-16, version 1.6.0* This is an essential feature for me. Otherwise I actually really like the game. ### 4/5 — Mobile Bloodborne with a side of rouge-lite goodness *2021-03-28* This game is pretty darn great, I don’t usually compare mobile games to triple AAA games but I feel this deserves it. Definitely worth every single penny in my book. Although if I’m being honest it is a tiny bit dated and could use a tutorial level or two. As well as maybe a couple updates to make things more fluid and fun. I don’t think this deserves to be so low on the App Store ratings it is 100% top 20 best action games of all time in the App Store. It just needs a little polish and more depth. It’s quite challenging sure. But trust me on this, you won’t regret this download! ### 4/5 — Spaßiges Offline Backup Game *2021-03-06* Kann mich nicht daran erinnern 5€ dafür hin gelegt zu haben, aber gut gemachtes Spiel. Wie wäre ein separater Regler für Gamesounds und Musik? ### 2/5 — An acquired taste *2020-12-17* While the functionality of this game on a phone works really well, and the story of how the world is developing around you is immersive, it does have its flaws. One you can see on the screen shots that the graphics are basic and because you’re a vampire it’s all at night meaning it’s all dark Grays and purples. This lack of variety drags after a while. But the thing that is most annoying and something you can’t get from screen shots is the 8 bit music. It is intrusive and irritating. It makes the game almost unplayable. Add to that the very basic sound effects and this is no dead cells. ### 4/5 — High potential *2020-09-04* With a little more polish this could be one of the best mobile titles ever. ### 3/5 — Great addicting game but buggy *2020-08-10* I absolutely love this game, I have put countless hours and have gotten all the upgrades possible. The combat is wonderful and it really comes down to timing! Living blades are absolutely overpowered, going melee only is much more difficult. I enjoyed the randomly generated levels and how choices affect which enemies you encounter. But man this game really has some game-breaking bugs / UI issues. You need to collect “blood” during each play through. You use the blood you collect to purchase upgrades after each death. You need to spend all of the blood you collected in order to start a new play through. An issue arises when you have nothing left to upgrade, but you still have all this blood you collected and nothing to spend it on! There is absolutely nothing you can do because the game won’t let you move on to the next play through; you’re stuck and the only way to continue is to restart the app and lose all of the progress you made on that play through. For a paid app this is completely unacceptable. In terms of UI, the purchasing system is completely bogus. At the end of each level you have the option to purchase a new weapon, or an upgraded version of one. After several iterations I was able to get highly upgraded versions of each weapon, except now they are ridiculously expensive and you only have the option to purchase that level weapon (lvl. 5 instead of lvl. 1). This is frustrating when you just begin a new play through and every purchase you are offered is end-game level value. All in all, I absolutely love this game but the more you play it the more problems arise and make it unplayable. There are plenty more issues that I can mention. ### 4/5 — Fighter thralls *2020-07-20, version 1.5.3* The game is awesome and I Hecking love it. However I’ve unlocked three fighter thralls and none of them show up. I don’t know if it’s because of we’re I am in the game, or because it’s a glitch. I think in order to fix this issue there should be a menu that lets you equip and unequip your thralls. Other than this little error I love this game! 👍🏼 ### 4/5 — Lots of fun, but end game is buggy *2020-06-30* Loving this mobile title. Definitely worth the purchase. However, the end fame is a little buggy. Once you unlock everything, there is nothing left to spend your blood on. The issue is that you cannot “rise again” without first spending all your blood. So now, I have to force close the game after each round and restart. Everything else is great though! ### 4/5 — Amazing gameplay, minor nitpicks *2020-05-02* So, i have some nitpicks with this game, the narrative choices feel less significant then they probably should, the characters are a little shallow, and although the sprites are amazing, they really only use 2 chat sprites and the bars look like they’re from a low effort mobile game But the gameplay MORE then makes up for it The gameplay is absolutely amazing, it feels great, it’s challenging but it never feels impossible, the variety of weapons, upgrades, and abilities allow for many fun playstyles, and having many sets of enemies and eras allows so much replayablity and makes every experience feel so different, i would definitely recommend it to anybody into fast paced action roguelites ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Passez votre chemin pour ce prix *2026-08-13* Une belle arnaque de faire payer pour un travail aussi mauvais ### 1/5 — Fatal error *2021-07-18, version 1.6.0* Love the game but after a certain point it gets this fatal error and it wont load making it completely unplayable. All I can do is delete the app redownload and start from the begining all over again ### 1/5 — Very little to offer *2020-06-18, version 1.5.3* Health regen opportunities for a vampire are lack luster. Becomes a mess at a certain point of dragging your character around. ### 1/5 — Could be so much better! *2020-05-02, version 1.5.3* The game is great at start but after you get deeper in and start to unlock a lot of people it brings issues. After you get around 4-5 people you cant get anymore. You can still “buy” them but you will not get to use them so it’s just a waste. Otherwise the game was pretty good. ### 1/5 — Not worth the money. *2020-04-27, version 1.5.3* No combat tips. Throws you into combat like good luck. When you die, you lose your gear and money and it’s nearly impossible to get it back. No story like it suggests it has. Over all crap game. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-03-01, version 1.5.3* Reminds me the choose your own adventures on a TI-83 calculator meets some repeating scenario slashing game against zombies w guns. Gets boring fast ### 1/5 — Boring and to high price *2020-01-13* Boring ### 1/5 — Swipe to move *2020-01-08, version 1.4.6* The worst idea in gameplay ever. ### 1/5 — fun for first hour *2019-10-15, version 1.4.6* then there are environmental bugs that you get stuck in, but exiting the game loses your hard-earned blood drops, and the gameplay is too repetitive, especially for anybody paying full price $4.99 for it. ### 1/5 — Bad *2019-08-23* Thanks god, I bought this game for sale, one of the most boring games I have ever played. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — this game gets it *2024-02-11* portrait mode, one thumb controls, fluid movement, fluid attacks, replayability. i have been looking for this. it is the perfect mobile game. five stars. ### 5/5 — Great rogue-lite *2022-11-20* Played for tens of hours, highly recommend ### 5/5 — That’s One Fine Game! *2022-02-26, version 1.6.0* Made by one game maker! Kyle Barret is a genius. I am excited for Blast Waves! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2021-04-10* My go to game, always installed, easy to start, hard to master. Very good reasons ti grinds. Its that one more run, and i am “invested” in the story and scenarios. Would like to see more “story” in the future. A lot of interesting weapons and builds. I am not sure why is this game under 4.0 rating ### 5/5 — Amazing *2021-01-31* Best game I’ve ever played on my phone, gameplay goes crazy hard. Totally worth it ### 5/5 — I love this game *2020-10-01* I love game like this but this are better than the auther i played it a very good buy so don’t miss it ### 5/5 — Freaking simple yet dope *2020-09-23* I’ve had this for a bit and I played it beat it and gotten really far eventually I got a bit bored and stopped playing this game but later I found out there was some interesting updates and I’m loving it, it gives the game more variety and more of a reason to come back. 👍🏻All I can say is keep up the work and hopefully we will all be looking forward in this game ! ### 5/5 — A good buy. 4.5 *2020-09-23* It’s in my top five rouge likes because unlike most in this genre it doesn’t try to wear out your resources. Some problems I’ve noticed is it’s very difficult to control your character with the precision needed to avoid the traps and mobs of enemies that appear, some of the weapon upgrades are too situational to actually bother with, some of the characters you can give you a one run buff it would be nice to be able to toss them out without buying it (perhaps by placing a special marking next to the thralls that offer permanent upgrades) and after beating the boss I got a faction mission and the guys on my side friendly fired me to death. Also the only armor that has is any good is the cannibal set. ### 5/5 — Awesome Game! *2020-07-30, version 1.5.3* One of the best games in the app store, I’ve bought every game made by this developer. Keep up the great work Kyle, can’t wait to see what games you come up with in the future! ### 5/5 — Very Replayable *2020-07-25* Great game to kill a few minutes, 20, or more. I get the same enjoyment as the first time, and I’ve been playing a bunch, all pandemic. I wish there were a few options though- like to reset the level. Sometimes the randomized building show up in a way that blocks the path to the enemies... --- *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 2026-08-31.*