# Lunar Rescue Mission Lite — user reviews > 75 indexed App Store user reviews of Lunar Rescue Mission Lite by Top Secret Developments, rated 3.80/5 from 115 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lunar-rescue-mission-lite/id1473904765/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lunar-rescue-mission-lite/id1473904765.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 59 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of Lunar Rescue Mission Lite? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Realistic physics - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Challenging missions - 👍 Good graphics - 👍 No ads - 👍 Affordable price - 👍 Variety of vehicles - 👍 Fun sandbox mode - 👍 Realistic controls (for some) - 👍 Good for physics enthusiasts **Cons** - 😞 Difficult controls - 😞 Steep learning curve - 😞 Frustrating difficulty - 😞 Paywall for content - 😞 Fragile components - 😞 Tedious dialogue - 😞 Lack of instructions - 😞 Inconsistent star system **Commonly reported bugs** - Stuck controls (thruster not stopping) - Strange landing mechanic (controls removed) - Game restarts at checkpoint after 3 stars - Controls disappear during landing - Lander legs break on transporter - Transport platform closing doors - Dialogue box disables controls before landing - Mystery astronauts run away - Game restarts level on exit/re-entry - No stars awarded after finishing levels **Most requested features** - Add skip dialogue option - Add more sandbox levels - Improve instructions/tutorial - Option to mute game sound - Add refueling stations - Make full game free - Add atmospheric drag/re-entry - More varied space vehicles - Allow skipping waiting for astronauts - Show Jupiter instead of blue haze - Make sandbox mode free - Add more available space for sandbox - Option to mute sound effects - Make controls customizable - Add more content to purchase ## Newest reviews (16 of 75) ### 4/5 — It’s a nice game *2024-02-18* I love the game the controlls for the lander are inverted that makes it hard to control is ur new but the only thing in my opinion is hard is finding the stranded astronauts but other than that it’s a great game ### 2/5 — 🫤 *2024-01-02, version 1.00* The game is mediocre at best and the controls should be changeable and easier to use ### 4/5 — Fun but buggy *2023-09-13* I liked it a lot but the free level has a few bugs that made it stressful to play. I love the mechanics though. Bugs: 1. stuck controls. For example, you fire a thruster and it doesn't stop no matter what, causing you to spin off into the wall 2. Strange landing mechanic. Sometimes during landing it will skip ahead into the story and take away your controls. Basically it's congratulating you for making it safely, your controls are removed, and you crash because of it. So you lose 🤦🏻‍♂️ ### 4/5 — Awesome but bad glitch *2023-08-19, version 1.00* Love games like this and this one’s awesome but unfortunately sometimes when I get all 3 stars on a hard level it shows me the 3 objectives complete and 3 stars, then next it restarts me at the checkpoint and I lose it all. Bummer! ### 3/5 — Норм *2023-08-12* Игра норм интересная но разработчики исправьте баг. Управление у модуля отключается ещё до его посадки в большой корабль сильно бесит. Потому что из-за этого ты разбиваешься……. ### 4/5 — Fun game *2023-07-15, version 1.00* The game is a very fun game. I just wish 2/3 of the game wasn’t behind a pay wall. ### 4/5 — potential *2023-07-13, version 1.00* good game just a few bugs here and there but this game could be 100x better in the future and add some more available space for the sandbox stuff ### 4/5 — Fun but… *2023-01-05, version 1.00* It’s a fun game but there’s no way to mute the game sound?? You can mute music but not sound? Why ### 4/5 — Туториал *2022-12-09* Пожалуйста добавьте туториал. А игра топовая ### 2/5 — Love it buuuut… *2022-11-21, version 1.00* I hate that you have to pay for a lot of the game ### 4/5 — Good 👍 *2022-10-31, version 1.00* I like this game but I agree with other reviews of more instructions need, I would love to see this company make a game of transporting cargo throughout space like when using the large transport ship and you would be able to purchase different sizes ships according to speed or size and manoeuvrability etc (just a thought) Good game 👍 ### 4/5 — Russian *2022-10-13* Take me Russian language ### 3/5 — More instructions needed *2022-09-13, version 1.00* The game is ok and is good in that it lets you use different vehicles, like moon rovers and buggies to reach areas where the flying ships cannot. However... at the end of each mission are three icons and three seemingly related stars, but I can’t find anything that tells me what the icons mean. If two of the icons light up at the end of the mission, you get awarded two stars, but this could be a xo-incidence. I guess one is “mission competed in one go” another might mean “no damage sustained” the other seems to be something about a man with a question mark above his head but without instructions about these icons, why they related to in the game, and whether they relate to the stars awarded .... then its going to get very frustrating fairly quickly Has anyone worked out what the end of mission icons refer to ? Also there’s a bug! Sometimes the game decides that you’ve landed, and shuts down all the thruster controls... when your ship is still in mid-air just above the landing pad. The result is that the ship crashes, breaks into pieces, and you lose. Needs a fix to the “landed” detection. Also…. In IO mission 6 - why does the lunar module legs keep breaking even when you’re on the cargo lifter- it’s seems fragile legs have been programmed into the game to stop people from ever completing this level ### 3/5 — Hard controls *2022-08-30* I have a hard time trying to even complete a mission. Also can you make the sandbox mode free. ### 3/5 — Meh *2022-06-11, version 1.00* I liked this game but it was SO hard to control. ### 4/5 — Great Game - Too Hard! (Lol) *2022-03-15* Beautiful looking game. I’m pretty good at these kind of games, but honestly can’t get past the first level after the initial landing. Dial down the difficulty a little. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Control are bad. *2024-11-08, version 1.00* Once you let off full throttle it is very hard just to bump the throttle without it turning the space craft first. ### 1/5 — N *2023-07-31, version 1.00* Stupidly difficult! ### 1/5 — Game *2023-05-03, version 1.00* This game is fun but the controls Are to difficult I can never do a thing because the ship won’t let me 1 star ### 1/5 — Hard *2023-04-10, version 1.00* Waaaay to hard ### 1/5 — DO NOT GET THIS GAME *2022-12-04, version 1.00* Not worth it ### 1/5 — Spoiler! Buy full game to use additional features *2022-06-02* It is a nice game! I didn’t like how it calculated the star rating for each mission. I completed the mission with a side quest! Still, I got 2 stars for that mission because it is ultimately asking money to use full features. ### 1/5 — THIS IS NOT ROCKETSCIENCE *2022-02-03, version 1.00* One part it break NON ROCKETSCIENCE ### 1/5 — STUPIDLY HARD *2021-05-28, version 1.00* Not fun whatsoever ### 1/5 — Trash *2020-12-24, version 1.00* It is super hard ### 1/5 — Decent app, but too bad.... *2020-04-16* Too bad the bug on level 6 will not you land without crashing. In that case you must pay for the sandbox to use it. The only way to get the sandbox for free is to beat all 6 levels. Seems like this is done purposely. I paid for the sandbox but I will not pay for anything else after this apparent trickery. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun app to learn to navigate in space *2023-07-24* This is a great app with realistic controls. Levels get progressively harder as you would expect. Some of the game play is tedious waiting for the space men to enter the lander; needs a skip. Bug: occasionally when entering a landing zone, the green controls disappear and then my lander crashes. Affects both mother ship and lander. Please fix. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Is very good *2023-05-05, version 1.00* This game is very good the level is cool the sandbox is very very cool.😄 you can put places to refuel the vehicles in sandbox mode ### 5/5 — Perfecto *2022-09-10* This is beautiful. Physics. Atmosphere. I love it. Even apparently unfinished, with this plain “ms paintbrush” graphic, small bugs and no description on some buttons. It’s good. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Excellent game! Tons of fun! *2022-07-28* Can’t believe more people haven’t played this game. It is a ton of fun, solid controls, great graphics, and free. Reminds me of one of my favorite NES games, Solar Jetman, just this is much better. Check it out! ### 5/5 — Very addictive and a challenge to complete fully *2022-07-25, version 1.00* Just completed the Lite version and unlocked sandbox mode without paying. This is a very addictive game with simple but accurate physics. If like myself you liked thrust on the spectrum, this has a similar feel to it. For those not understanding how to get 3 stars, you must complete each mission without restarting at any of the checkpoints and also pick up the various people scattered about the map (quantity shown by the amount of ?? People shown at the top of the screen). You must pick these up as well as completing the standard people from the various buildings. This will give you 3 stars for each. ### 5/5 — GREAT GAME 🚀🛸 *2022-07-21* Ignore the review about the “terrible” controls. This is how the actual REAL LIFE physics of LEMs work. I am a big nerd for physics simulators (KSP, Simple Rockets, Space Simulator, etc.) and immediately downloaded this game (glad that there is a test run in the form of the ‘lite’ version). I quickly became familiar with the concept, and I LOVE the challenge of the realistic physics, and having to balance main descent thrust to fight gravity, and also use the RCS to counteract the rotation to land safely. The only criticism I can offer is that, I too, feel that the dialogue can be slow moving, and it would be nice to have the option to skip it on retries. I also like the idea of re-fueling stations, on the surface (perhaps 1 station per level, and maybe a trade off between refueling, and stars achieved, for more of a challenge?). I hope that the dev will make a larger sequel that incorporates more vehicles, and also the concept of atmospheric exit and re-entry, so that the player will have the varied experience of atmospheric drag vs. the vacuum of a typical lunar body, that is the main concept, in this game. To the dev - keep up the great work, and I will certainly buy more of your apps! This game is an 11 on a scale of 1-10, as far as I am concerned. Thanks for giving me something to do during pandemic isolation! ❤️ ### 5/5 — Good Game But A Few Problems *2022-05-12, version 1.00* Pro fun game Con If thees are Galilean moons why is there a blue gaze instead of Jupiter? You shud add that. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-04-11, version 1.00* Really enjoyable game ### 5/5 — Great Game *2022-02-06* While I agree with others that say the game needs instructions and that it is difficult, these drawbacks do not detract from the basic fact that this is an awesome game. It’s not about flashing lights and noise, but is simple, ad-free fun as you learn how to control your ships, rescue people, and return safely. ### 5/5 — Fun but nearly impossible *2022-01-04* PRO: Fun little game, realistic physics using lunar gravity and space vacuum, dialogue adds a nice taste, no ads, affordable if you purchase the additional levels, able to drive different vehicles, hours of fun. CONS (mostly suggestions, still a fun game): Dialogues and controls should appear near sides of the screen for easy thumb use...rather than the middle of the screen, makes it harder on an ipad horizontal screen. Missions are near impossible to get 3 stars with multiple secret people to find and no fuel fill-ups. Radar range is too short and still doesn’t project all the solid areas until you’re near...annoying, especially when it makes you believe there is an opening. --- *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 2026-08-27.*