# Neolysium — Strategy Card Game

> Strategy card game for building a thriving environment and generating energy. (iPhone/iPad app by Samuel Anderson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/neolysium/id6471679998 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Samuel Anderson](https://appshunter.io/developer/1416995492)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Card, Strategy
- Price: Free (on sale, was $2.99)
- Rating: 4.23/5 from 13 App Store ratings · 13 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 73 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2023-11-21
- Data updated: 2026-07-08
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/neolysium/id6471679998/reviews.md

## What is Neolysium?

Welcome to Neolysium the strategy card game for building a better world. Each hand is a new challenge to create a thriving environment that generates abundant energy. The game will test your decision making skills and strategic creativity while promoting a positive non-violent gameplay suitable for all ages. The game has no ads, does not collect any personal information, and is built solely for your enjoyment.

How to play

You start the game with 4 cards in hand and 10 spaces to play cards. Each turn you will draw a card from the deck and choose to either play a card to build your environment or discard.

The objective is to maximize the amount of energy your environment produces.

The game is over when you have used all of your playable spaces or your deck has run out of cards.

Cards have attributes that can produce energy, create play spaces, add more cards to your deck, and other abilities to be discovered. Certain cards require other cards to be played first so having an understanding of your deck is important for developing an effective strategy. Every turn is a critical decision in managing spaces, card count, and energy output.

## Key features

- Strategic card play
- Environment building
- Energy generation
- Decision making
- Non-violent gameplay
- No ads
- No personal data collection

## Recent user reviews (10 of 13)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/neolysium/id6471679998/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Decent

*2025-10-19, version 3.0.0*

Cool little game. Great for a fast play.

### 3/5 — Intriguing but buggy & limited

*2025-07-09*

I really like the concept of this game, but it needs quite a bit of balancing, tuning, and debugging. There are a number of cards that are strictly bad plays, and others which seem to be intended to synergize with cards that don't exist. Cards sometimes vanish from my deck during a game, or duplicate themselves in my discard pile. Would love to try the game again after it receives some polish!

### 5/5 — Hidden Gem!

*2025-04-11*

A product of a bygone era. Anyone who was around when the iPhone first came out is probably familiar with the boom of fun little $0.99 or free games that came out with nearly no ads and the only goal being creating a fun game. This is just like that. A game that asks nothing from you but to enjoy it. Open it up and play around with it whenever you want — no annoying notifications or micro transactions. No daily rewards creating artificial FOMO so you feel obligated to open the app up all the time. This is what games as art should be, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

### 4/5 — Good game

*2025-03-12*

Interesting game, stunning artwork, great price. Easy game to pick up and play.

### 5/5 — Great game, bugs fixed

*2025-01-09*

I’m updating my prior review to now be 5 stars. Bugs are fixed, you can easily zoom in on cards, everything is smoother and very refined now. This is a great strategy game at a great price, with no data collection or IAP. Relaxing and enjoyable, yet challenging. Interesting choices to make. Thank you developer! Highly recommended.

### 2/5 — screen goes white, freezes, crashes

*2024-10-15*

I like the idea of this game, and it looks nice, but there’s a problem: I was on a really good run, beating my high score, when the screen turned white and the game froze/crashed. I had to quit the app. When I loaded it back up, it hadn’t saved progress, so that game was lost. I see another reviewer also mentioned this. 

Also, you should be able to save mid-game so you can continue later, like if you have to go back to work after a break. I’m afraid to start a game not knowing if I’ll have time to finish it. 

The crashing bug ruins an otherwise nice game. I appreciate that it’s a super fair price with no ads, no IAP and no data collection, but still, it should work properly. If it ever gets fixed, I may try again.

The card text is very small on a phone, I wish you could enlarge cards to read them, but it is playable, I can live with it as is. May be better on an iPad for some folks though. 

It is a good game. Just beware that you’ll get frustrated when it crashes on a good run.

### 4/5 — Good game

*2024-10-03*

Interesting game, great artwork, great price. Easy game to pick up and play.

### 5/5 — Fun, but needs some work

*2024-05-18*

I really enjoy the game a lot! I recommend the game at the price point! The main reason for the review is because I don’t see any other way to let the developer know about the bugs. 
Bug 1. When playing the special sapling card the should put new cards in the deck it does not add them. 
Bug 2. When playing the last card in your hand that is supposed to add cards to the deck, it adds the cards but does not give you one in your hand. The game just sits there without ending the game either. 
Bug 3. Sometimes the game blanks part or all the screen and freezes, and most often causes the game to restart. 

Would like a way to send bug reports directly! So it does not effect the reviews! Thanks for a great game! Excited for new improvements and add ons!

### 4/5 — Simple and fun

*2024-05-11, version 1.1.2*

I got this not quite knowing what to expect. 
It’s a fun game of hoping by for the next cards to make a better world. There’s a set deck with a bunch of cards that add more copies of already in your deck cards. But there’s a sequence that would give you the ultimate results. 
If there was some way to add variety to your deck, or some sense of rougelike play to get other things it could be better. 
Also a UI to actually open the leaderboard or restart would be a nice tough too. 
Enjoyable game overall for a buck though.

### 3/5 — Buggy…

*2024-03-29*

I love this game but I often am very frustrated because of a bug.  Cards from the standard deck disappear and never make it into my hand.  For example, the standard deck contains 3 batteries. In my latest play through, only ONE battery showed up in the ENTIRE GAME. Other times, the LOVE card won’t show up either.

**Developer response:** Thank you for reporting this bug it should be fixed now as of version 1.0.3. Glad you are enjoying the game, lots of updates coming soon!

## Frequently asked questions about Neolysium

### What is the objective of Neolysium?

The main objective in Neolysium is to maximize the amount of energy your environment produces by strategically playing cards. The game ends when you run out of playable spaces or the deck is depleted.

### How does gameplay work in Neolysium?

You start with four cards and ten spaces to play. Each turn, you draw a card and decide whether to play it to build your environment or discard it. Managing spaces, card count, and energy output are critical decisions.

### Does Neolysium have ads?

No, Neolysium is completely ad-free. The game is built solely for player enjoyment without any advertisements.

### Is Neolysium suitable for children?

Yes, Neolysium has an age rating of 4+ and features positive, non-violent gameplay, making it suitable for all ages.

### What platforms is Neolysium available on?

Neolysium is currently supported on iPhone and iPod devices.

### How often is Neolysium updated?

The latest version, 3.0.0, was released on 2025-08-07, indicating active development and updates.

### Does Neolysium collect personal information?

No, Neolysium does not collect any personal information from its players, ensuring a private gaming experience.

### What is the user rating for Neolysium?

Neolysium has a positive rating of 4.2 stars based on 13 user ratings.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.0 — 2025-08-07

- New game layout
- UI improvements
- Bug fixes

### 2.1.1 — 2025-03-31

- bug fixes

### 2.1.0 — 2025-03-23

- major bug fixes

### 2.0.1 — 2024-11-14

- Card updates
- Bug fixes

### 2.0.0 — 2024-11-05

- New cards
- Deck building
- UI improvements
- New sound effects
- Bug fixes

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*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 2026-07-08.*