# Minescape — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Minescape by Umbrella Games LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 27 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minescape/id1084930110/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minescape/id1084930110.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 2/5 — Timer ruins it *2016-06-27* I was expecting a cool modern update on the minesweeper concept. And this game nailed it except for the fact that you have a bout 5 seconds on the hard levels. I don't understand the point in the timer. It's hard enough as it is. Would have been a fun casual game. ### 3/5 — Okay but... *2016-06-25* Nice game, but the timer is annoying. Provide an option to remove it. ### 2/5 — Fun at first ... *2016-06-25* ... but as you go farther and levels get more complex, time to complete a level decreases making it hard to build knowledge and patterns to help you accelerate. When you lose, you start from level 1 again. It gets old fast unless you're an adrenaline-driven "I gotta win" junkie. ### 2/5 — Remove Time Limit *2016-06-25, version 1.0.0* Please remove the time limit or add an option to remove the time limit, it ruins the game and it would be a lot more addictive without this. ### 2/5 — Fun but boring.... *2016-06-25* Fun but boring repetition and not many variety of levels ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — SAVE YOUR MONEY *2016-08-01, version 1.0.1* This game is frustrating. Slow moving and comes with no instructions; save your money. ### 1/5 — Could be great...if only... *2016-07-09* Get rid of timer. Horrible. Allow level continue option so you don't have to start over. Run ads to continue a level. Or, we can pay to remove ads. Then you get a 5 star rating. Without these features, there's no reason to play. ### 1/5 — Yawn. *2016-06-29* It was fun for about three minutes. Then it just gets incredibly repetitious and dull. ### 1/5 — Timer Kills It *2016-06-29* You don't have time to think when you come across harder puzzles so you end up just quickly tapping. This kills what might have been a good game for me and I won't touching this one again. ### 1/5 — Addictive? *2016-06-27, version 1.0.0* I suppose the warning sign is when the app developer tells you in the description that it's 'addictive'. Well, sorry, it's not. Tried it for about 5 minutes, got fed up and deleted it. It seems to be one of those apps which don't have much purpose and only seem to have been developed as a way of showing adverts. There really is nothing much to the 'game'. Oh well, at least these things are easy to delete. ### 2/5 — Multiple Solutions *2016-08-14* This would be a great casual game, if there weren't so many levels with multiple answers. Some of them are because you can solve the level with either 3 or 4 spots, but they don't tell you how many mines there are. But some are because the level is so poorly designed there are 2 different answers with the same number of mines. ### 2/5 — Could be good, but... *2016-07-04* Game could be good, but it should have a no-timer option. As it is, it's impossible to learn how the game works, and how to interpret the numbers, once you get beyond level 10 or 11. Unless that's the point, that the player really isn't supposed to advance beyond those few levels. In which case this game is really unfulfilling. ### 2/5 — Novel. For 2 mins. Then delete. *2016-07-03, version 1.0.0* Once the adverts pop up, it's really not worth hanging around for another round. Simple and dull. ### 2/5 — Almost... *2016-07-01, version 1.0.0* Really want to like this, but the time limit makes it hard to, as it doesn't even give you a chance to learn from your mistakes. First few levels are easy enough but the time limit doesn't give you time to even think about later levels, which is a shame as despite the ads its a well presented game. ### 2/5 — Several gameplay issues *2016-06-29* •Timer makes it more frustrating than fun, making you start all the way the beginning after any mistake •Numbers indicate multiple possible solutions but only one is recognized by the game as being correct making much of one's success is dependent upon luck Minesweeper is a fun game, this is not. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game *2016-07-06, version 1.0.0* Very nice puzzle game ### 5/5 — AWESOME!! *2016-06-28* It is very fun and very challenging!! Good job! ### 5/5 — Cool Puzzle Game!! *2016-06-25* Very good puzzle game! It's similar to Hashi, requiring the same kind of thinking, but with a twist and with a timer. Enjoying it a lot! Another winner from Umbrella. ### 4/5 — Good game *2016-07-09, version 1.0.1* Would like to see an option for no timer ### 4/5 — OK game *2016-07-07* Please allow the game to be untimed as an option, and let players go back to the last successful level when they lose the game so they don't have to start from the beginning. ### 4/5 — Enjoyable *2016-06-27, version 1.0.0* This game is really fun and addictive keep up the good work! ### 4/5 — Fun game similar to minesweeper *2016-06-26* Fun game and concept but I don't like the timed mode. I would prefer the same game without a timer. ### 3/5 — It's ok for a while... *2016-08-31* Not a bad game, it's a good logic puzzler. Too repetitive and so becomes boring really fast. Maybe a large minesweeper style field, but with this cool updated design and no time limit could be an alternative game mode and would help make the game more entertaining. ### 3/5 — Should have optional timer *2016-06-29* The game is wonderful. However, as others have said, timer should be optional. Otherwise fantastic. ### 3/5 — It's really good! *2016-06-28* I like it, but I don't really like the timer on it. I can't keep up at times. Haha. I wish there could be an option to play with or without the timer. --- *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.*