# Marginalia Hero — user reviews > 311 indexed App Store user reviews of Marginalia Hero by Crescent Moon Games, rated 4.50/5 from 1,763 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marginalia-hero/id1455043968/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marginalia-hero/id1455043968.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,315 · 4★ 268 · 3★ 63 · 2★ 38 · 1★ 79 ## What do users think of Marginalia Hero? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Charming art style - 👍 Entertaining gameplay - 👍 Unique medieval theme - 👍 Addictive and fun - 👍 Good progression system - 👍 Friendly ad model **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy features (coin generation, hidden targets) - 🐛 Difficulty spikes and unbalanced challenges - 🔋 Repetitive music and gameplay - 🔋 Lack of content variety - 🔋 Intrusive ads at times **Commonly reported bugs** - Coin generation issues - Invisible target bugs - Ads not working as expected - Compatibility issues on newer devices **Most requested features** - More character customization options - Offline coin generation - Difficulty balancing improvements - Additional game modes or mechanics ## Newest reviews (17 of 311) ### 3/5 — Charming But Buggy *2025-07-24* Charming art style and quite fun to play, but a lot of the items seem to either only work sporadically (the pet that generates coins) or just not do anything at all (anything that is meant to make hidden targets visible) which is a real shame. Getting the pets from watching ads also seems bugged as when I click to do so nothing happens. ### 3/5 — Fun but brutal *2024-11-23, version 0.204* I originally learned about this game from a school assignment, so I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy it. However, the difficulty spike starting at level 15, and the fact that the rating system won’t let you use any equipment above level one if you want the best rank are downsides for me. ### 3/5 — The book of the ….. *2023-02-04* This is a short critique of the Application’s Store, App. called “Marginal Hero”. I searched the applications store for Applications that might be associated to things “ Medieval” and the “Marginal Hero’s game;app.” Was a recommendation ! My review is: “ This is just the game I have always wanted” accept for one major detail, the entire app. Is one where , to proceed, you must kill creatures. Sure there are a plethora of the most fantastic beasts, and I want to see all the illustrations! But will I , be tempted enough to continue? So far I have stopped at the snails, since, I killed them all ,and next are the fantastic birds, which I am not so certain I wish to do battle. Maybe I will? Since, there is no other way to see the various illustrations or to earn points. If only this medieval game was one where the participants, gave Gifts, Traveled, Converted Beasts or Played Music, rather than one where the player must beat them with a club? But unfortunately it’s a knights fight against his own menagerie! ### 3/5 — Gets boring quickly *2022-07-29* I love the theme, the art is great, but the music gets repetitive quickly as does the game, a shame as I really wanted to like this ### 5/5 — Ugul *2022-07-28* Jogão ### 5/5 — Угар! *2022-07-05* На удивление очень приятная нажималка! 4 балла только за стилистику упоротого средневековья + 1 балл авторам, которые умело все это чудо реализовали! 5 из 5 конечно!) ### 5/5 — Odiei *2022-06-13* Henrique gosta desse jogo ### 5/5 — Fun Game! *2022-06-06, version 0.204* I really like the way this app is designed and also it is so entertaining. But there are some little issues that I’d like to share with the developer. I’ve been playing Marginalia Hero on iPhone 13 Pro Max and the problem is that the top of the game cannot be seen because of Face ID part of my iPhone. This may be solved by an update. After all, thanks for this nice app! ### 4/5 — really fun! however.. *2022-05-26, version 0.204* i enjoy this game a lot! its very unique and i love the art style. im mainly writing this review to note something they should fix though, and that's the coins showing at the top hidden by the camera and speaker on the phone. ### 3/5 — Plz add a 1x speed button *2022-05-20, version 0.204* The boss is hard so can plz add that ### 5/5 — i'm having the time of my life *2022-05-04, version 0.204* the visuals? amazing. the gameplay? lovely. it's beautiful. i love this game so much ### 5/5 — One of my favorite games *2022-04-30, version 0.204* I’m not someone who plays mobile games but the art, music, and concept of this game is hilariously charming and incredibly entertaining. It doesn’t feel mindless or brainless like so many other mobile games. Definitely a must have! ### 5/5 — Hie thee to this game! *2022-04-14* This game is excellent. Simple, beautiful visuals, lovely music. It’s a joy for medieval nerds like myself. ### 3/5 — Weird little gem *2022-02-10* It’s a weird time passer. I wouldn’t say this is great by any means but it is a good time passing game. There’s nothing really deep here but there is enough unlockables and enemies to keep things interesting. The gameplay falls under the rhythm category so your enjoyment of this game comes down to your enjoyment of rhythm games. I will say that this is miles ahead of many of the newer games on the app store right now. Also, the art is unique and very well done. I’d recommend this game for sure. Ps: It would be cool to see more game mechanics in the future. I’d love if more was added or if the devs release a sequel with deeper gameplay in the future. ### 5/5 — Good Game *2021-12-28, version 0.204* It’s a fun game what more could you want? ### 3/5 — Tolles Artwork, hard to master *2021-11-28* Ich liebe das Artwork, ein Mix zwischen historisch und weird, trifft genau meinen Geschmack. Leider geht es mir wie vielen meiner Vorgänger und das Spiel wird auch irgendwann zu schwer bzw. zu langatmig, sodass man sich echt konzentrieren muss. Bin bei lvl 36 und hoffe dass es vielleicht irgendwann gadgets gibt die die klickrate vielleicht wieder etwas minimieren. Dazu noch ein wenig Story und es ist ideal für zwischendurch ### 4/5 — Good *2021-10-13, version 0.204* Most of the time if you see ads only if you want more rewards. It’s good. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Potential but bugs make it unplayable for me *2023-05-18, version 0.204* I cannot play level 1 for either royal tournament or great journey I stand no chance as the snail has double my health and I hit as fast as a elderly turtle and I do barely any damage at all just fix it because I spent some cash to remove ads and I would hate for my cash to be wasted on a failure of a game so please fix this bug either that or idc just please fix this bug ### 1/5 — Душная игра *2022-07-04* В ней нечего делать. Развитие поверхностное, экшон да и сам геймплей слабый, непозволительно слабый. Подойдёт 5-ти летнему ребёнку, потому что рисовки реально классная. ### 1/5 — Too hard *2022-01-18, version 0.204* I don’t get why you made this game so hard. It doesn’t even fit the casual lovely theme of the game. ### 1/5 — Terrible combat *2021-10-01, version 0.204* Played this for 10 minutes, deleted. Buying weapons and armor seemingly has no effect. Zero strategy, it’s just a mindless reflex tapping game. I’m so focused on hitting th targets, I can’t even look at the animations. One mistake and you’re dead. This is just an empty soulless game, and it even has almost mandatory ads to boot. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — Abandonware *2021-09-29, version 0.204* What a shame. This game had such great potential, very unique, and it sits here just dead and abandoned. Either update it or remove IAP, that’s just a scam. ### 1/5 — Accidentally racist? *2021-07-13, version 0.204* I really like this game BUT the ‘monkey’ level is uncomfortable. The monkeys do not have tails. They are human-colored brown. They are not furry. It really really looks like your character goes from fighting whimsical animals/monsters to beating up Black guys. Like, even if it’s not historically accurate, could you please just add a tail? Not super fun to get to that point and then have to wonder if the game is being super racist! ### 1/5 — Saddened by this missed opportunity... *2021-07-11, version 0.204* I saw that the game had IAP and that was a red flag for me, but I had hope because I really very badly wanted a fun game based on the wonderful art drawn in the margins of medieval texts, unfortunately this is just a tap timing game with hooks designed to quickly push you to spending money on virtual coins mainly so that you can just see the new crazy creatures your paper doll avatar will stiffly fight next in a increasingly boring parade. A genuine disappointment for me as it feels like a real missed opportunity to do something better with a neat concept. ### 1/5 — Are you kidding? *2021-06-02, version 0.204* I love weird, and especially relishing the weirdness of medieval art, but there is nothing to this game! I played it for about 2 minutes and deleted it. At least I got my money’s worth. ### 1/5 — “Simple game” is right! *2021-01-18, version 0.204* I NEVER write reviews, but I thought I had to in this case to give an honest review of the game and its developers. First off, the ‘game’ is you sitting there clicking the screen at the right time as two 2D paper cutouts move into the other’s frame. ZERO stars. Now for the developers: several privileged ultra cheekies sitting around listening to The Strokes as they boost their egos with their unparalleled wit and whimsy. PUKE stars. ### 1/5 — Racist game...? 😡 *2020-10-17, version 0.204* On one of the further levels, there was a series of character that seemed to portray a humanoid monster that looks like naked Africans and mocked them in humiliating positions. I didn’t feel comfortable with the game’s portrayal of characters like this and decided to uninstall this game... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — MUST PLAY *2025-05-16, version 0.204* THE GAME IS SO WELL MADE BRU I SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON IT WITHOUT EVEN NOTICING ### 5/5 — This is what I’ve been searching for *2024-12-17, version 0.204* I love you ### 5/5 — Мое почтение господа *2023-08-14* Стилистика-классная , я думаю большинству людей понравится стиль упоротого средневековья , также сам геймплей достаточно интересный , в целом я могу порекомендовать эту игру к Скачиванию. ### 5/5 — ??? ??? ??? !!! !!!🏹🥊🏹🥊🏹🥊 *2023-07-20* Yes ### 5/5 — Very good! *2023-06-19, version 0.204* I really like the concept of the game and it’s very addictive! I worry if development has turn into a halt. ### 5/5 — Страдающе средневековье *2023-04-26* Огонь 👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Love *2022-11-23, version 0.204* Love this game. But there are resolution issues on later iPhone devices. Love to see another update or a sequel ### 5/5 — I love it! *2022-10-09, version 0.204* I’ve never written an AppStore review before, but just had to for this game. This app is hilarious, weird, and a great way to pass the time for a moment. Love the detail and care that went into the graphics and design—awesome job! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-09-22* Fun medieval art, entertaining yet simple gameplay, tons of items, great game. ### 5/5 — What in the world *2022-09-07, version 0.204* The only reason I’m playing this now is because I got an ad. I’d isn’t realize this game was made three years ago. It’s really fun. --- *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 2026-08-26.*