# Nocturnals — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of Nocturnals by Cowboy Toad Games LTD, rated 3.40/5 from 83 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nocturnals/id6740011391/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nocturnals/id6740011391.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of Nocturnals? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💎 Beautiful story-line - 👍 Immersive gameplay - 🎨 Unique art style **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy - 🔍 Optimization issues on larger screens - 🕹️ Insignificant choices **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes and freezes on startup - Audio issues and screen blackouts - Compatibility problems on newer devices **Most requested features** - More content and endings - Optimization for iPad and larger devices ## Newest reviews (17 of 82) ### 3/5 — looping *2026-04-06, version 1.6* im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. im stuck in a endless loop. ### 4/5 — few bugs here and there *2026-03-13, version 1.6* sometimes i have to re load the game and interact with things in a certain order so it doesn’t break the game. like i wanted to go through the shutter in the start but i need to interact with the door first or else i can’t do anything and i have to restart. ### 4/5 — Fairly good gameplay with a bit laggy *2026-03-05* Generally l love this game, character setting is ok, but the gameplay surely is a bit laggy, and could turn iOS device to a hot brick after a few minutes playing(16pm latest iOS). But hell yeah I just love this game style and can I ask you to port the Cacti Coast to iOS as well? Thank you. ### 3/5 — Ruined by one scene *2026-02-20* Great story, was looking forward to playing all the variants but that last crawling scene is just not worth it. I got through once after twenty or so tries, but on the next play-through I tried dozens and dozens of times to get through and it was pointless so I just gave up. ### 2/5 — Tons of bugs *2026-02-07, version 1.6* Too many bugs. You’d be lucky if the game ran without crashing. ### 3/5 — One scene is extremely frustrating and ruins the game for me *2026-02-01* Maybe this is a skill issue and maybe it is more do-able on PC rather than mobile, but the scene where you have to crawl to the vent to avoid being seen or heard is extremely frustrating. I've been stuck on it for days and I'm starting to think the controls don't let you move fast enough. I'm very frustrated and will probably uninstall the game and watch a playthrough instead. Great story, I just don't think the controls were adapted to mobile well enough to make the game enjoyable. ### 3/5 — Please fix *2026-01-21, version 1.6* This game needs optimization its way to choppy and the voices sometimes do not match the characters mouths lol ### 3/5 — It’s Okay *2026-01-16* It’s not a bad game, poorly optimized and crashes or freezes a lot also the controls aren’t very responsive. The way the characters react to your choices isn’t very realistic and kinda dumb most of the time. For example if someone put a gun in your face and you responded kindly and then threatened them after they will later respond saying you threatened them even though they actively had a gun shoved in your face and constantly threatened to kill you. Game is somewhat enjoyable but for the amount of times it crashes or freezes I don’t think 3 dollars is a fair price I would say 1 dollar at most until the issues are fixed I’m playing on an iPhone 16 Pro and the description says the game is optimized for 14 and up. Well that was a blatant lie. I hope the developers fix the issues because their is issues that should be easy to fix but if you’re okay with spending 3 dollars on a game that lags, crashes and freezes along with no real consequences for your choices then buy the game and I hope you enjoy it! ### 2/5 — Keeps bringing me back to the menu *2026-01-08* It kept bringing me back to the menu, but I was still able to play a little. Now, I’ve reached a point, where they have to get into the tunnel, where keeps sending me back to the same cut scene after bringing me to the menu. I loved the game when I watched a play through but the app just isn’t working for me. I can’t even play the game, even though I paid money for it. ### 2/5 — Too many bugs *2026-01-07, version 1.6* The game regularly freezes for five seconds or so, the story looks cool but it runs terribly on mobile. Usually it plays the audio for the voice lines, but occasionally it fails and just skips entire sections. ### 4/5 — this game is super fun but has bugs *2025-12-26* i think the cutscene quality is kinda bad and sometimes it would get frozen in place and i have to open the menu screen for it to play again, sometimes the screen just goes black. i think yall could do a bit better with the mobile game because why does the pc version have better quality and graphics.. but i watched over 7 people play this game and i think its really fun i love yaoi ### 3/5 — Bug *2025-12-17, version 1.6* No puedo jugar, se sale a la pantalla de inicio, juego en IPhone 12 ### 3/5 — Good story bad gameplay *2025-12-14, version 1.6* It lags in cinematics and has low quality but out of that pretty good history and characters ### 2/5 — I car even play the game *2025-12-09* I can tell the game is probably good based off of the one time I got to play for like 2 minutes other then that I can’t really tell. My game is bugged or glitched or I’m cursed whenever I try to play I can’t even continue barley load ip like 10 seconds of the very first cut scene and then my screen flashes white then goes black and I’m back to the title screen like I’m barley loading into the game. There was only one time I was able to play for a bit and when it happened I couldn’t even start from were I left off forcing me to watch the cutscene it turning black then I’m back at the main menu making it a infinite loop making the game practically unplayable for me. ### 2/5 — Click on “why can’t we go together” *2025-11-22, version 1.5* As title, just hangs and doesn’t progress, looks fun so shame. ### 2/5 — I cant play *2025-11-22, version 1.5* I cant play this game at all and I even have a I pad pro and I can’t click the screen to play the game ### 3/5 — lag *2025-11-19, version 1.5* TIENE DEMASIADO LAG y cuando digo demasiado ES DEMASIADO…. arreglen esa papa… ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game doesn’t work *2026-06-15, version 1.6* The game doesn’t work at all just a blank white screen. Want a refund ### 1/5 — It isn’t working *2026-03-03, version 1.6* I will make it through the tutorial fully and then it just crashes and restarts from the beginning over and over again ### 1/5 — Okay, but not what I was expecting *2026-01-12, version 1.6* Would be a great story based game, but this is a 3d game with on screen controllers. I Hate games with virtual controllers. It is awkward holding a iPad and trying to use it as a controller. The product description made me expect something like the Wolf Among Us, that is, touch and move. Or maybe just a narrative with video and options. The 3d gameplay aspect is boring. ### 1/5 — Can’t play. *2026-01-04, version 1.6* I just payed money for a game that won’t let me play it. It won’t continue scenes after the first clip. ### 1/5 — not work *2026-01-01, version 1.6* i can’t play ### 1/5 — Parece echo con una papa *2025-11-07, version 1.5* Va bugeadisimo ### 1/5 — Forced to main menu *2025-10-30, version 1.5* Unfortunate. Really looked forward to playing this game when I found out it was on iOS. Each time I start I don’t even get through the cutscene with a bright white flash sending me back to the menu. ### 1/5 — Лагает *2025-10-28, version 1.5* Когда идёт катсцена ужасно всё лагает из-за этого невозможно играть!!! ### 1/5 — It’s okay the game itself is fun but….. *2025-10-05* I love this game till I get to the ladder breaking every time I try to run back on my iPhone I have to start all over the nocturnal get me every single time. Tried to reset and delete and redo the whole game and still can beat that lvl need an upgrade. Or make it to where you ca. skin that lvl tried for a few days and got upset and had to stop playing so I paid fora game that I can’t play no refund so stuck in this lvl ### 1/5 — can’t play *2025-09-28, version 1.5* i have an i pad pro and i’ve been tapping a lot and i’m still on the black screen and it’s quite annoying that i’ve payed money for it to not work ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love this game! But.. *2026-05-31* I saw this game played by my favorite YouTuber, Kenji, and then saw it was on the AppStore! Yay, right?? Wrong 😛 I didn’t read hard enough and see that it wasn’t compatible with iPhone 13 or iPad 7.. but I have an iPhone 13 and iPad mini FIVE!! Gosh that’s my fault 😭🔫 but when I saw it played by that YouTuber, I loved the game anyways! So 5 stars because I got a cool watching experience and you deserve the money. Good work! ### 5/5 — Absolutely amazing! *2026-03-23* I’ve got the iPhone 16, and it gets extremely hot when playing this game, but I just play it in front of a fan. Also, for some reason, on my second playthrough only, it takes way longer to load and when I click Ted’s 03 shirt in the train car it freezes the game. ### 5/5 — Love the game *2026-01-30, version 1.6* LOVE that game. Still wishing there was an option for Diego an Ted to both live and be together. The game works on my iPad, but on my phone it doesn’t. I’m not the only one with this problem, so if this could get fixed that would be awesome. ### 5/5 — I FOUND A GAME BREAKING BUG! *2026-01-17* During the scene where you are chased by Maggie and you have to crawl through the gate to escape. Every time I get to the hole in the gate the game won’t stop loading even though the scene is still running. I can’t do anything because it’s stuck on the loading screen and Ted gets killed because of that please fix this only then I will rate the game 5 stars. Update they fixed it I’m changing my rating to five stars! **Developer response:** Thank you for your patience! This will be fixed in the next update coming today/tomorrow! ### 5/5 — Schlechte Optimierung *2025-12-26* Das Game ist leider nicht gut optimiert, auch nicht für neuere Smartphones. Mein iPhone 17 Pro wird, obwohl ich das Spiel nur gestartet habe schon warm und die Grafik ist, für die Leistung die scheinbar verbraucht wird, echt nicht gut. Ich persönlich liebe das Spiel sehr wegen der Story und Emotionen, halte es aber für echt schade, dass man trotz der leider offensichtlichen Probleme, die das Game auf Handy‘s hat, weiterhin Geld dafür verlangt. Klar ist es jetzt echt kein großer Verlust. Für das was man dann aber bekommt an Optimierung ist halt trotzdem…naja, schade halt.😭 ### 5/5 — Please continue the story!! *2025-11-30* The game is so good optional game with multiple endings please continue with the story if they meetup sometime in the future please I’m begging you this is my top number one game continue it please🫂 ### 5/5 — Recomendado *2025-11-15, version 1.5* El juego me va bien y es muy bueno le doy 197 estrellas es una belleza desde que lo vi no lo pude aguantar y me lo compré ### 5/5 — JOE. *2025-10-19, version 1.5* Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart Joe bart . ### 5/5 — Cool *2025-09-06, version 1.5* It’s amazing! ### 5/5 — Seems great but can’t play *2025-09-04, version 1.5* I seen this watching a daz games video, downloaded it on my phone (iPhone 13) however the game just keeps clicking me back to the start screen and not saving progress. The furthest I have got was when you go into the vent of the shop at the start. Frustrating as I really want to know more about the story 😩 --- *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 2026-09-05.*