# Interloper — user reviews > 239 indexed App Store user reviews of Interloper by Mathew Purchase, rated 4.50/5 from 533 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/interloper/id1447337759/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/interloper/id1447337759.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 412 · 4★ 49 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 35 ## What do users think of Interloper? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent gameplay and controls - 🚀 Immersive space combat experience - 🚀 Satisfying weapon feedback - 👍 Unique and appealing visual style - 👍 Good value for the price **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🐛 Progression and save issues - 🔋 Overheating and battery drain on some devices - 🔒 Unresponsive or confusing UI controls - 🔒 Difficulty balancing and progression **Commonly reported bugs** - Tutorial not functioning properly - Weapons not firing correctly - Missions getting stuck or not completing - Inconsistent save and progression tracking - UI elements overlapping or disappearing **Most requested features** - Multiplayer mode - Expanded mission and level variety - Pilot and ship customization options - Clearer progression and reward systems - Performance optimizations for older devices ## Newest reviews (14 of 239) ### 2/5 — Update 2025 *2025-08-08, version 1.701* I want to love this game. I’m leaving my original review below but I don’t feel this way anymore. The game is very fun but it crashes constantly. It. Will. Crash. And when it does, you will lose all your progress. Not just mission progress either, items are lost on death and the game crashing counts as a player death. In case that wasn’t enough, your character gains permanent negative modifiers with each death. Not only will you lose hours of grinding since gear and perks are both random drops, it will become more difficult with every crash unless you hard reset and start over. If the dev ever returns to this game I hope to restore my original review. Excellent controls, nice aesthetic, great haptic feedback, perfect mission duration for playing on the go, and no micro transactions! The flight controls are the most intuitive I’ve come across regardless of platform and are the highlight of the game for me. ### 3/5 — An Abandoned Gem *2025-05-01, version 1.701* This game is a super replayable arcade space combat simulator that has unfortunately not been given the upkeep and attention that it deserves. The gameplay is fast paced and addictive and there is really no other game like it currently on the iOS store, witch is a shame when I say that this game has been overrun by glitches and other bugs due to a lack of updates. For anyone reading, I urge you to try the devs other projects or try and contact them but for now, I do not recommend spending money on this game in its current state. ### 3/5 — Good but unbalanced. *2025-04-26* It takes some time to learn, but it’s great once you do. I recommend you try this game. The gameplay is very fun and exciting most of the time, plus you get to watch the enemy blow up. The main problem is that it can be very, very hard at first. The starter weapons are terrible and most of the time you’ll be aborting missions. However, if you do this correctly, you soon end up with insanely overpowered weapons and don’t need to do anything. Some of the reinforcements you can get will obliterate the enemy before you get a chance to fire. It would make the game a lot better if the “easy” missions were easier and the “hard” missions were harder to reflect this. ### 2/5 — How is this fun? *2025-02-08, version 1.701* I start playing the first mission, which is an easy mission involving five waves culminating in a battle with a cruiser. The first four waves, I do almost nothing: the ship kills everything itself. The last wave, everything I throw at the Cruiser does absolutely nothing. It always kills me. I can’t even take down at shields with the weapons. I have at the start of the game. There is literally no hope against it. How is this fun? The Support link on the app page is dead, so I can’t ask anyone either. Oh well. I’ll give it two stars for a nice concept. ### 2/5 — not working on my mac :( *2025-02-03, version 1.701* workson my ipad but not on my imac i was looking forword to it ### 3/5 — Regular game *2024-10-17, version 1.701* 3 of 5 because have no Ukrainian language and soundtrack - just drums.. ### 2/5 — Freezes on startup *2024-04-08, version 1.701* I'm running an M2 Mac mini on macOS Sonoma 14.4.1. I have 16 GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. This game immediately locks up on startup, showing the "spinning beach ball of death". After about a minute, the game is still in a frozen state. The only way I can close the game is by switching back to my desktop and Force Quitting the game. According to the Developer's website, he is not working on this game in favor of another one of his projects. I will be requesting a refund from Apple, for my purchase price. ### 5/5 — Great Game with Difficulty *2024-04-06, version 1.701* This game is great in both the late and early game, simply because it is up to the player how hard of a mission they pick. It runs well, albeit with low graphics, on my fairly old iPhone X. My only real issue is that some of the ship cosmetics for completing special challenges, such as the bayonet, don’t seem to reward you even if you complete the challenge. However, this is a very minor issue that may be exclusive to me, and I’m sure will be resolved based on the dev’s track record. ### 5/5 — Great Game with Difficulty *2024-04-05* This game is great in both the late and early game, simply because it is up to the player how hard of a mission they pick. It runs well, albeit with low graphics, on my fairly old iPhone X. My only real issue is that some of the ship cosmetics for completing special challenges, such as the bayonet, don’t seem to reward you even if you complete the challenge. However, this is a very minor issue that may be exclusive to me, and I’m sure will be resolved based on the dev’s track record. ### 4/5 — Great work(need language) *2024-02-02, version 1.701* Everything is great, I'm waiting for new ships and events. 4 star only because there is no Ukrainian language, there is only one to choose from, I would like more. ### 3/5 — Music Volume *2023-11-25* Please make sure the volume control for the music works or add a mute button straight away. ### 3/5 — Без русского языка ничего не понятно. *2023-11-12* Вдаваться в подробности не буду, переводя всё на русский язык, платёж возвращать тоже не буду, в надежде, что автор всё же русский язык добавит в каком-нибудь обновлении. А пока удаляю. ### 5/5 — Incroyable *2023-10-26* Il vaut 20 euro Graphisme 20/20 Combats20/20 Loot20/20 Contenu200/20 Donc je recommande fortement le jeux ### 3/5 — Not working for me :( *2023-10-15* Hopefully i'll work out why, but currently can't get the game to launch, just sticcks on the "GET PSYCHED" loading screen :( ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Will Not Open *2025-09-28, version 1.701* This Game Will not open on my M2 Mac mini. ### 1/5 — Don’t purchase this game *2024-10-03, version 1.701* You will spend hours on the easier stuff thinking it is cool. Then you’ll rip your hair out because the work will be lost to some odd death or your perk for respawn won’t work. This game is cool but the poor mechanics will irritate you. ### 1/5 — Totally broken *2024-10-02* The app no longer functions. Full of bugs. Avoid avoid avoid. ### 1/5 — не запускается игра *2024-01-10* сижу в меню загрузки уже более 10 минут и никакие действия в плане авторизации не проходят лишь заходит в аккаунт game center разработчики что делать в данной ситуации ### 1/5 — Im stuck in the tutorial *2023-11-21, version 1.701* The “exit run” button does nothing, just an animation, i cant continue ### 1/5 — Literal proof that garbage game developers exist *2023-10-28, version 1.701* Delete my data for no reason and make me start over because I was good and had earned all my items and perks. Just a joke of a game. Don’t pay for garbage that the developer can just erase the data because you have a great setup ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2023-09-18, version 1.701* Boring gameplay + bad controls ### 1/5 — Ship is uncrontrollable,bugged? *2023-08-30* I realy dont know whats wrong with this game but on the first mission i could not controll my ship at all,all it done was went in a straight line,i think its bugged? ### 1/5 — Cant Recommend *2023-07-25, version 1.701* Not what I expected. ### 1/5 — Enttäuschende Controller-Unterstützung und Unbefriedigendes Gameplay *2023-07-07* Ich habe mir das Spiel "Interloper" mit großen Erwartungen gekauft, da es damit angepriesen wurde, Controller-Unterstützung zu bieten. Doch leider hat es meine Erwartungen nicht erfüllt und mich stattdessen enttäuscht. Es ist wirklich ärgerlich, dass es keine voreingestellte Unterstützung für meinen Elite 2 Controller gibt. Dadurch musste ich sämtliche Funktionen selbst belegen, was zeitaufwendig und frustrierend war. Da ich zu Beginn des Spiels keine Ahnung hatte, welche Funktion welche ist, musste ich mir diese erst mühsam erschließen. Im Spiel selbst musste ich dann noch weitere Anpassungen vornehmen, um es überhaupt spielbar zu machen. Ein weiterer negativer Punkt ist das sich ständig wiederholende Lied im Hintergrund. Es wird schnell nervtötend und trägt nicht zur Atmosphäre bei. Die Benutzung der Waffen fühlt sich ebenfalls unbefriedigend an, da die Sounds unfertig klingen. Es fehlt an Klangdetails und Wucht, um dem Spieler ein befriedigendes Feedback zu geben. Zudem ist die Verfolgung von Gegnern frustrierend, da diese einfach linear geradeaus fliegen und dann zufällig ihre Richtung ändern, um eine Salve abzufeuern. Es gibt keine taktische Komponente oder spannende Manöver seitens der Gegner. Stattdessen fliegen sie stumpf geradeaus, bis man sie zerstört hat. Alles in allem bin ich sehr enttäuscht von "Interloper". Die fehlende voreingestellte Controller-Unterstützung und die damit verbundene Zeitverschwendung beim Belegen der Funktionen sind ärgerlich. Die repetitiven Sounds und das uninspirierte Gegnerverhalten tragen nicht zu einem unterhaltsamen Spielerlebnis bei. Für den Preis von 2€ im App Store hätte ich definitiv mehr erwartet. Es gibt deutlich bessere Spiele auf dem Markt, die nichts kosten. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Brill game *2026-01-23* For someone who just loves star wars and wants to have a quick game here and there. Thank you ### 5/5 — The joy of space dogfighting *2025-11-13* Quite possibly one of the best games I’ve played on iOS, the feedback with vibration and visuals feels so visceral. The game is pretty intricate with some fun systems that work well together. Can see myself getting stuck into it for a good while! ### 5/5 — Genuinely one of the greatest games *2025-09-24, version 1.701* It’s so rare to see offline mobile games in this day in age and this one is perfect!!! I hope the devs try their hand at a offline FPS game in the future sticking to keeping things simple and fun and exciting. This game is like Borderlands meets Returnal but in space. Must play for sure ### 5/5 — KRS FOREVER *2025-07-02* F THE COMMONWEALTH ### 5/5 — Dont leave This project *2025-05-14, version 1.701* If You put online on This, you are gonna finish a real good game and make more money and options, Its cool ### 5/5 — nice game bro *2025-02-03, version 1.701* nice game bro ### 5/5 — Love It *2025-01-05* Thanks great game ### 5/5 — First time i’ve ever bothered to write a review but in short BUY THE GAME *2024-10-02, version 1.701* First of all, this game is something else. The way that they portray simple but effective graphics with the most blood pumping music only scratch the surface with the visual and sound design. The way that simple radar markers can turn into huge capital ships as they warp into the battlefield hammers the space fighter feeling home. As you dodge and weave between the masses of enemy interceptors and hulking behemoths that are sent at you, as you hear the sounds of your breathing as the ship’s weapons release a serenade of fire towards the ship nestled between the holographic crosshair, you realize just how much fun this game really is. I’ve never felt more excited to sit in my bed, put in my airpods, and start playing. The gameplay is addictive but punishing, forcing you to think twice before going into a high-risk mission for extra loot as your pilot and ship are on the line, while it gives you some leeway on the roguelike aspects, it gives enough challenge that you still feel the stakes at all times, the weapon designs are simple but amazing and seeing them fire in the corner of your screen gives you a sense of power that really gets your blood pumping. The design of the ships is also perfect as they incorporate every ship’s unique ability and trade-offs into the design itself. The music acts as an adamantium backbone onto the game’s already solid foundation, the songs are hand-picked to match the chaos and difficulty of said mission, making you dial in like a sleeper agent. The price for this perfection is a steal, I suggest this game a thousand times over to anyone who sees this. ### 5/5 — Großartiger Spaß für Zwischendurch *2024-06-21* Es wäre nur cool wenn alles etwas besser erklärt werden würde ### 5/5 — Sunk many hours into this game *2024-04-24, version 1.701* I was thinking about this game as I recently downloaded Everspace and this game is a great mobile analogue of that game. I remember spending hours in the car grinding this game. At that point it was pretty buggy, but that’s because it was in beta, and with recent updates I’ve heard it’s gotten better. I’m going to re-download it and see how it’s improved, I expect to spend many more hours in this game. --- *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 2026-09-05.*