# Lifeline... — user reviews > 1,964 indexed App Store user reviews of Lifeline... by 3 Minute Games, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 4,510 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifeline/id982354972/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lifeline/id982354972.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,760 · 4★ 380 · 3★ 116 · 2★ 85 · 1★ 169 ## What do users think of Lifeline...? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Unique and immersive gameplay - 👍 Engaging story and characters - ⏱️ Real-time gameplay adds to the experience - 🎨 Atmospheric music and sound design **Cons** - ⏳ Slow pacing and long wait times between responses - 🤔 Limited choices and lack of meaningful impact on the story - 🙄 Protagonist can be annoying or unrealistic at times - 🔍 Lack of visual elements or graphics **Commonly reported bugs** - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions or devices - Notifications not working as expected **Most requested features** - Ability to skip or speed up wait times - More branching storylines and meaningful choices - Option to change the protagonist's personality or background - Integration with Apple Watch or other wearable devices ## Newest reviews (17 of 1,964) ### 3/5 — Ok *2026-05-27, version 2.2* Sometimes it’s entertaining and sometimes it’s not. Sometimes the game drags. It seems like when Taylor describes the alien creatures with their features and the grotesqueness of what he sees, seems sometimes to descriptive, and I wish the game would actually proceed faster with less description. ### 3/5 — 要等泰勒太久了 *2026-04-30* 刚开始泰勒繁忙之后等太久了，真的有点劝退 ### 3/5 — Good *2026-03-06, version 2.2* Its very very good idea it is perfect. But character writing to fast and he dont speak like how a person speak in that kind of station. That two things just left me behind to felt inside the game. ### 2/5 — Taylor es poco creíble. *2025-11-28, version 2.2* La idea me pareció genial. Pero mal ejecutada. La ambientación y los diálogos son muy pobres, Taylor es terriblemente inconsciente y sus chascarrillos impropios de alguien en su situación. Me esperaba otra cosa. ### 5/5 — Taylor is in danger! *2025-09-23, version 2.2* This “game” is awesome. It has plenty of possibilities, but be careful… a wrong decision could cost Taylor his life. I am sure you will enjoy it so give it a try.. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-09-16, version 2.2* Buy nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ### 5/5 — Lifeline *2025-09-15, version 2.2* I recently rediscovered this game after so many years that I had forgotten the story and I am thoroughly engrossed again with the character and his predicament and my growing relationship with him. It sounds odd to say that but I care about what happens to him and the way the game is designed pulls you into the story and evokes feelings and makes you want to help the character find a way to survive. I love how you have to leave the game periodically as the character Taylor needs to do something or sleep or asks me to look something up for him. It’s utterly absorbing and evokes emotions and makes you really care about what happens to Taylor, we’re his only hope! ### 5/5 — ブーム終了後にプレイしましたが… *2025-09-12* かなり面白かったです。選択肢が多いですが、一個の選択ミスでゲームオーバーになるより、プレイヤー自身の性格による選択の傾向がグッドエンドになるか否かになる気がします。気軽に楽しめるので是非プレイしてみて下さい！ ### 5/5 — Got too attached… *2025-09-06, version 2.2* I downloaded this game when it was first released. The character was like a legit person that I was talking with. Got attached. Like a long-distance friend yk? At the end of the story, I think I got the character killed. And I couldn’t handle it and ended up deleting the game. But anyway, 5 stars!!! 🤣 gonna download it again 🤷🏻‍♀️😅 ### 3/5 — Nice idea, terrible script *2025-08-27, version 2.2* The game is good at getting you hooked to find out what’s happening next; but the writing is not great. Lots of unnecessary replies to choices; making funny quips literally seconds after finding crew members dead; it doesn’t read like the messages of someone who’s just crashed on a planet! Spoiled the whole feeling for me. ### 3/5 — Standard concept, poor execution *2025-06-30, version 2.2* The concept is just what I expected when I found the game- Taylor is a student "scientist", working on some "experiment" with rats on the "Vario", a multi-million (billion?) dollar extra-solar system ship. The ship crashes, Taylor manages to be shoved on board a now destroyed escape pod and needs to find water, food, warmth and possibly the rest of the crew along with .... well, I think the less obvious needs of Taylor change with the choices the earth bound assistant makes for Taylor, within very limited strictures. Those are some of the basics of the scenario but moving on in gameplay I'm able get more of an impression of who Taylor is, and it begins to seem that this is someone with the emotional and intellectual maturity of a middle school student. A huge contributor to this is the attitude he (Taylor was originally female but I didn't want a stereotype of a confused, lost woman so I changed her gender) displays toward the metric system. Anyone in the sciences has a working familiarity with the metric system, beginning with, at a minimum, grams and milliliters. In fact, I don't know a single individual who shows the level of ignorance Taylor does. I'm not sure what purpose this demonstrated ignorance serves; it doesn't advance the plot or give the player the feeling of helping a peer. Overall, I don't see this game as thrilling way of expanding game expectations and boundaries. Instead, it strikes me a standard look at what can happen when we make one of two choices, with an unfortunately unintelligent character carrying out our suggestions. ### 5/5 — A Masterpiece of Interactive Storytelling *2025-06-28, version 2.2* If you’re into story-driven games or just want something fresh and original, Lifeline is a must-play. I’ve played it multiple times and it still hits hard every time. More games like this, please! 👏 ### 5/5 — Amazing game!!! *2025-05-27, version 2.2* . ### 5/5 — Taylor *2025-05-21* どうでもいいことなのかも知れないけど、主人公の名前は絶対”テイラー”だと思う。おもしろかった。 ### 5/5 — Goooooooood game *2025-05-15, version 2.2* I LIKE IT ### 2/5 — Waiting hours just to see consequence *2025-05-06, version 2.2* I’m a fan of choice-based story games, but this one has an added feature of being “real time”. Meaning, you have to wait hours to see the consequences of your decision. And sometimes, you wait hours only to find out your character died, so all those hours waiting turned out for nothing. ### 2/5 — Badly written and lacks depth *2025-05-02, version 2.2* Too many stops and starts. Wait forever to get moving. Used Fast Mode, which helps. But, the story and forced choice of only 2 responses doesn’t make it worth the time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Novel concept, that’s all *2026-05-02, version 2.2* I really like the premise, the use of notifications, real time, etc. but the writing is just horrendous. Just about every exchange had me cringing, so it was an absolute slog to get to the end. ### 1/5 — Hated it *2026-04-29, version 2.2* It’s like waiting for someone to respond and the story is just boring. ### 1/5 — Slow and boring *2025-06-16, version 2.2* This is such a slow paced game, and the quippy commentary makes no sense. Who would make quips in Taylor’s situation? ### 1/5 — SO MANY UNEEDED NOTIFICATIONS! *2024-12-21, version 2.2* The game maybe good. However, instead of a single notification saying something like “Taylor has messaged you”, you get… So many Stupid Notifications Like this Each notification Being of few words And spamming you All At once. It gets REALLY annoying, REALLY fast. I don’t need 10 notifications hitting me all at once! ### 1/5 — no vale la pena *2024-06-18, version 2.2* Me arrepiento mucho de haber gastado dinero en este juego tenía muchas expectativas que no se han cumplido ### 1/5 — BORING!!! Takes too long to move story along *2024-02-25, version 2.2* Text is hard for me to read. It’s not the size, it’s the font with the light blue words on the black background. Not a good combo. Should be able to change background and font color and style. Not easy on the eyes at all. Very corny jokes and annoying commentary. Too much snark and not enough realism. I wanted Taylor to die because he/she was the most annoying character I have ever come across in a game and I play A LOT! Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out how to kill him, so I killed the whole app. This game must have been written by a child. That would explain all the positive comments, because this is a horrible “game”/joke. The 4.6 rating must be friends and family rating it high, because I can’t see how anyone can find this fun. The extremely annoying piecemeal texts are intolerable! ### 1/5 — Впустую потраченные деньги *2023-06-14* 5 минут игры и ожидание час.... мда. Удалил сразу же ### 1/5 — bugs *2023-06-12, version 2.2* There’s some display problems with Chinese translation text ### 1/5 — Completely text based *2022-07-17, version 2.2* This is a completely text based game. It’s pretty lame and I feel like I’ve been conned out of money. ### 1/5 — Broken *2022-02-27, version 2.1* I wrote a review yesterday but I guess it got taken down. The game won’t launch at all and crashes instantly. I bought this game years ago and i still haven’t got it to work. Thanks for taking my money, hopefully one day I can actually play this game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thought I’d already reviewed this! *2026-09-14, version 2.2* This is, by far, one of my favorite games. I own every one of the Lifeline games and have played them all multiple times. They’re fun and really well written! I hope there are more on the horizon :) ### 5/5 — Worth playing and replaying! *2026-08-30, version 2.2* I’ve played this at least twice before, and now that I’m learning another language, it’s fun to play in the new language as well! The main character is easy to get attached to, the story and its sequels are fun, and it turns out it has several language options! Can’t wait to play it again! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2026-07-29, version 2.2* I really enjoy this game. I especially like how the game is 100% accessible for VoiceOver. Also, Also, when I'm playing this game, I feel like I'm actually talking to a person on a moon far away which is really cool. I also like the music and sound effects. ### 5/5 — Genial *2026-04-17, version 2.2* Excelente juego ### 5/5 — Lots of fun. A nice character *2026-04-15, version 2.2* Fun retro story. Nice sound affects that match the mood. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-04-13, version 2.2* Great game ### 5/5 — Still stand-out after all these years *2026-02-25, version 2.2* Amazing game. You really feel for this snarky yet determined little goober even though you know they’re just prewritten lines of code. Response times are enough to keep you in suspense, but not so long as to be annoying. Here’s to future adventures! ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-02-20, version 2.2* It is good game for busy everyday life. You can play at any time and make it look it were in realtime. ### 5/5 — Love the texting to each other *2025-10-26, version 2.2* I love that. I’m getting prompted by text from the game. Feels like I’m communicating someone from out of space through a text message. ### 5/5 — Скрытый гем *2025-09-30, version 2.2* Неплохая история,чтобы попроходить ее в течение нескольких дней!Фишка в том,что ты будто помогаешь реальному человеку,который потерялся на далекой безжизненной(или нет) луне.Тейлор будет делать паузы в общении при перерывах на сон,ходьбу и так далее,что дает + к атмосфере.Единственный более менее значительный минус это сегмент с крысами в вершине,очень надоедливая графомания для растягивания сюжета,а в остальном-топ! --- *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 2026-09-21.*