# Monster Train — user reviews > 353 indexed App Store user reviews of Monster Train by Good Shepherd Entertainment, rated 4.90/5 from 1,812 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monster-train/id1577392165/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monster-train/id1577392165.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,731 · 4★ 50 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Monster Train? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Outstanding soundtrack - 🚀 Lots of discovery and relatability - 👍 Great deck builder with deep mechanics - 👍 Excellent value for money - 👍 Addictive and replayable gameplay - 👍 Smooth and full of depth - 👍 Perfectly balanced between casual and complex - 👍 Fantastic port to mobile **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional issues with cloud saves and device switching - 🐛 Difficulty targeting off-screen bosses on mobile - 🐛 Finicky card selection and play controls - 🔋 Can drain phone battery quickly **Commonly reported bugs** - Cloud save issues causing lost progress - Inability to target off-screen bosses - Occasional crashes and performance issues **Most requested features** - Ability to view deck during card selection - Customizable UI and graphics options - Swipe gestures for floor switching - 60fps support ## Newest reviews (17 of 353) ### 5/5 — best mobile game *2026-06-13, version 2.3.1* i love deck builders and this game does that perfectly with a insanely creative story and good art i say this is easily my favorite mobile game there is a bug where if you close the app during the animation where the pyre is destroyed you can restart the battle with 0 pyre hp and if pyre damage is applied to you or the boss makes it to the pyre the game is just stuck ### 5/5 — GOAT *2026-05-17, version 2.3.1* I LOVE this game. No pay to win or gotcha mechanics. Just a great deck builder with many items to unlock. ### 5/5 — Better than Slay the Spire *2026-05-11, version 2.3.1* Fact! ### 5/5 — 我需要怪物火车2ios版！ *2026-05-07, version 2.3.1* 希望你们又在开发 ### 5/5 — This game is great *2026-05-06, version 2.3.1* Definitely one of the classic roguelikes by now. It's got nice variety between clans, which means many ways to form your deck. The voice acting is also top notch. ### 5/5 — Addictive!!! *2026-05-06, version 2.3.1* Amazing game, lots of replay value and tons of fun! ### 5/5 — Worth it. *2026-04-02* I’ve gotten so many hours out of this game. The replayability is insane. ### 5/5 — Absolute masterpiece *2026-03-20, version 2.3.1* This is the most I have ever had playing a mobile game. The strategy and skill are so comprehensive and detailed and every card and enemy and relic and everything else serves a most unique purpose so as to contain within the zenith of all card games. This game was worth the playtime to be costed at 8 dollars, or for 800 dollars for that matter. This is the meridian of all mobile games ### 5/5 — Incredible time sink *2026-03-14, version 2.3.1* I found myself reaching for it time and again whenever I feel like having something to while away time. The complexity and balance in the game is not something to be scoffed at. ### 5/5 — Great game to play *2026-02-25, version 2.3.1* More games like this should appear on the appstore. All I see is a bunch of pay to win games that try to devour your wallet. This game isn’t. It is fun and addicting. Not forcing you to pay extra. ### 5/5 — Brilliant Game! *2026-02-17, version 2.3.1* I played it on Apple Arcade and loved it so much I had to buy it ### 5/5 — 喜歡 *2026-02-05, version 2.3.1* 機制、音樂跟美術都很讚，玩到停不下來，太晚發現這款遊戲 ### 5/5 — Super fun for a parent *2026-01-18, version 2.3.1* Great iPad game while hanging with the kiddos. Nice to be able to take time and can be picked up if anything needs your attention. ### 5/5 — Super fun *2026-01-15, version 2.3.1* Great game, time consuming ### 5/5 — 絕對是超好玩的遊戲 但希望可以改進 *2026-01-14, version 2.3.1* pc手機都有買 真的非常好玩 不過手機版的缺點就像其他人評論的一樣 選牌的時候無法查看自己的牌組 還有少了一個看地圖功能 雖然用滑的就可以 但是在進入對戰之前就看不了地圖了 也會影響一些決策 雖然我覺得不大可能更新UI啦 但還是希望能夠處理一下會更完美 2026年更新 新希望 二代也可以上手機版 然後有雲端儲存！ 我一定秒買 ### 5/5 — Awesome Fun!! *2026-01-13, version 2.3.1* This is a fun and great game! Tons of different runs and fun ways to make your characters strong and work as a team. Each run is not always straight forward, you have to think. Hours and hours of fun here! ### 5/5 — Great deck builder *2026-01-07, version 2.3.1* It’s engaging and satisfying. Slay the spire level good if not better. The incremental wins feel great but the game provides a good challenge. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Known bug fixes not being addressed *2026-06-28, version 2.3.1* Great game but there are known issues that aren’t being fixed. There are issues around the cavern events saving in iOS causing items to disappear ### 1/5 — I hate this game *2026-05-07, version 2.3.1* It’s amazing how horrible I am at this game or maybe I just don’t know how to play. Every run ends the same getting over run by too many unit where I am not able to do enough damage. ### 1/5 — 안할글.... *2026-03-09* 하지마세용 ### 1/5 — Help *2025-06-27, version 2.3.1* I don’t know how to solve it. Suddenly, I can‘t open a game. ### 1/5 — R.N.Geez Louise *2025-06-18, version 2.3.1* The crazy RNG in this game meant to make each run unique and interesting actually just makes it extremely unlikely that you’ll be able to finish a run. ### 1/5 — Fun Game - Terrible Bug *2025-03-10, version 2.3.1* While I really enjoyed playing the different factions, combining different deck strategies, and the game design; on MULTIPLE OCCASIONS within 2 days the game would completely lose my save file. This makes the game unplayable since you cannot unlock other factions, new cards, and other game features since the game makes you start from the beginning. I am sure anyone could understand losing several days of play time, and until they address the bug I will not recommend this game. To reinforce my point, any google search on IOS game file and Monater Train will bring up many many times this is happening to the community over the past year! ### 1/5 — Evil *2025-03-06, version 2.3.1* I knew this was a monster game says in its name, but didn’t realize you are fighting angels and heaven . If you love the devil you keep playing ### 1/5 — Good but… *2024-09-06, version 2.3.1* Can’t view deck/map when selecting cards/artefacts like you can on PC. ### 1/5 — iCloud Save Still Broken *2023-08-26, version 2.3.1* Despite release notes to the contrary, Monster Train *still* will wipe your progress if you dare to do something like install the game on another device. The “choice” on the dialog box is only a single “OK” button that wipes out the current progress. Given how crucial progression is to this game, and how you’re locked out of large swathes of functionality without it, this is utterly game breaking and completely unacceptable that such a bug would still exist 10 months after release. Why is this even on by default? ### 1/5 — iCloud Saves Still Broken *2023-08-26* It *does not* ask you about conflicting data. I was *in the middle of a run* when I installed Monster Train on my iPhone to continue there. Instead of picking up the cloud save, it nuked it and started me on the tutorial level. I immediately quit on my iPhone and went back to the iPad only to be greeted with a screen saying "The game is currently running on another device. Tap 'OK' to continue playing on this device and be redirected to the main menu with your current progress." At which point it wiped out all of my progress and reset all my XP. How is this acceptable for a roguelite game that's all about progression from game to game? There are 10 month posts about this bug, and it's even referenced in a 5 month old patch note, but the dialog box that came up gave me *no choice* what so ever. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dueling Dates *2026-08-14, version 2.3.1* Challenges is so much fun to play with my boyfriend. We literally sit next to each other and spend hours dueling. It’s so romantic! lol ### 5/5 — Yes yes yes *2026-08-08, version 2.3.1* Not sure why I held off on MT and glad I finally pulled the trigger. If you’re into slay the spire and deck builders , you will LOVE MT! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2026-07-16, version 2.3.1* Have it here, and on my PlayStation 😎 ### 5/5 — Excellent Game *2026-07-16, version 2.3.1* This game checks all the boxes. It’s fun, engaging, highly replay able, and you can feel yourself get better as the challenges grow. There’s no inane and predatory in app purchases. All kinds of small quality of life touches throughout. My only complaint is I worry I’ll be addicted when I run out of challenges to beat! Give me a couple cosmetic ways to “tip” the developer here, or just more dlcs, y’all deserve success. Well done!! ### 5/5 — Incredibly replayable *2026-07-12, version 2.3.1* So many different combinations of clans and cards makes it almost infinitely replayable. That said, I would love a sequel or a new clan ### 5/5 — Fantastic Game!! *2026-07-04, version 2.3.1* I love this game ### 5/5 — Awesome gameplay *2026-06-28, version 2.3.1* Great game one of the best tech builders animations and graphics are great ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-06-21, version 2.3.1* Very fun, you can put it down anytime without worry of losing progress. Also increasing difficulty allows for a growing challenge ### 5/5 — Great spin on rogue based run game *2026-06-20, version 2.3.1* Extremely interesting and fun deck builder. Has some of the best themes from Slay the Spire, with lots of replay-ability. Great game design and love the ability to forge/upgrade the cards. ### 5/5 — Loved it *2026-06-16, version 2.3.1* Bought it on steam initially and played it a lot. Was pumped when they brought it to mobile and it’s a fantastic game, runs well and doesn’t require a lot of time dedication if you get busy. --- *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 2026-09-09.*