# Nucleus™ — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Nucleus™ by Pangea Software, Inc., rated 4.20/5 from 9 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nucleus/id491784891/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nucleus/id491784891.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (10 of 42) ### 4/5 — Fun game *2013-04-25* The airplay works well. Looks great on the big screen. Sort of a update of Asteroids. ### 3/5 — Great potential *2012-04-18* This really could be a great game, but as many have said, the controls are pretty difficult. I personally find the game also very very hard, and I can barely, if ever, make it past lithium. Some difficulty options would be nice! ### 4/5 — Fun *2012-03-17* Great game to play for fun and not hard-core. ### 3/5 — Great game Awful controls *2012-02-29* Very fun. Bet it's great on iPad. But control are terrible. No ability to customize them. Fix that and 5 stars easy ### 4/5 — Asteroids with a twist *2012-02-29* A great shoot 'em up but be warned, it's very hard. Controlling the ship is very hard and the screen is stuffed with debris that kills you. iPhone is probably too small to play it on. ### 3/5 — Stupid hard *2012-02-29* Or is it "Nintendo Hard"? It looks pretty, fun and simple concept, but the controls are infuriating!!! I hit an asteroid because it was hidden behind the HUD until right before I hit it!!! The controls require you to move slightly in the direction you want to shoot, meaning you can easily slam into you're target if un careful. Why are the controls more threatening than the asteroids? This should really be either "dual stick" or more like the original asteroids, and have you rotate with keys. Very frustrating as it is now. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2012-02-28* Can't put it down ### 5/5 — Woo! *2012-02-27, version 1.0* LOVE the explosions. ### 4/5 — Bon jeux *2012-02-27* Bon jeux mais dure à prendre en main. ### 5/5 — すべる *2012-02-02* 自機がかなりすべり扱いづらい。慣れればある程度思い通りに動く。 難易度が上昇していくので思った通り にスコアが取れず、爽快感は無い。 まあでも無料ならそれなりに楽しく遊べる。難しいがなかなかはまる。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — ): *2013-09-03, version 1.2* Good graphics, good controls, bad gameplay 4/10 stars. Has good potential. Should be a bit more, shoot phase..add phase so on. ### 1/5 — Das Spiel ist ein einziger Krampf! *2012-03-01* Die Steuerung ist viel zu ungenau und den Fire-Button sollte man mit einmaliger Betätigung halten können... ### 1/5 — Ungenügend *2012-02-29* Zu hoher Schwierigkeitsgrad bei zu schlechter Steuerung. Keine gute Kombo. Es ist fast unmöglich ab dem zweiten Atom den Meteoriten auszuweichen geschweige denn sie an zu visieren und zu zerstören. Hat man es geschafft ein Elektron zu ergattern muss man es in einen Zielbereich bringen. Dabei muss man darauf achten dass man weder selbst noch das hinter dem Raumschiff her pendelnde Elektron mit Meteoriten in Kontakt gerät. Eine nahezu unlösbare Aufgabe die schnell frustrierend wird womit der Spielspass auch schon kurz nach der Installation aufhört. Fazit: Selbst kostenlos ist dieses Spiel nur für frustresistente Spieler geeignet. Alle anderen können sich meiner Meinung nach die Installation sparen. S. W. ### 1/5 — Entspricht nicht der Beschreibung *2012-02-18* Die beworbene Airplay Funktionalität ist nicht vorhanden. Trotz Beschwerde keine Reaktion von Apple oder Pangea Finger weg! ### 1/5 — AirPlay doesn't work *2012-02-12* Shame this little game could be fun, be the airplay just puts sound on the tv nothing else! ### 2/5 — Frustrating ruins the fun *2018-01-19* I put about 4 hours in your game. Many things I do like about it... good soundtrack, nice visuals and the explosions look out of this world but... the way the control is set up ( I am using a steelsires game pad ) and its way way to hard. So hard in fact that it kills the fun and I want to delete the game. There is no way I’m alone in my opinion. If there’s a change in difficulty or power ups to shoot faster perhaps... your score will be higher by a large margin. This game needs to be more polished. Most of the 6 reviews are complaining of same issues... control and difficulty. BRADBRO. ### 2/5 — Terrible controls *2012-03-13* I have played this on the mac and it's a great game, so I was delighted to see it available on iOS. I was disappointed, as the controls are too sensitive, making the game impossible to play. I think it really needs a separate thrust button. ### 2/5 — Eh. *2012-02-29* Decent. Controls are crappy and the fire button decides not to work sometimes which is just awesome... ### 3/5 — Falta configuração *2026-02-06* Coloquem opção de inverter a posição dos controles. Separem a aceleração da direção (igual o Asteroid original). Daí vai ficar 5⭐️ ### 3/5 — Why, WiFi?! *2012-06-19* This is an awesome game! You really should get it...IF you can get it! I can't download the app! I mean, I know it's an awesome game, because I've played it on a PC before. But I just want the app on my iPod! Still, it might be the issue with WiFi I'm having. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — classic arcade game *2015-11-04* I love this one in HD on the new Apple TV! ### 5/5 — Great asteroids clone *2015-10-11* Really well done asteroids type game. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2014-09-15, version 2.0* Not too hot not too cold but just right ### 5/5 — Fun retake on Asteroids! *2014-07-17* Really fun game! Interesting take on Asteroids. Great graphics and sound effects, and the music is epic and atmospheric for such a simple game. Controls work well, but there is a learning curve with steering the ship. If you are a fan of Asteroids, try this game! ### 5/5 — Great fun *2014-07-12* Especially fun with my Stratus controller. Great sound effects, nice graphics, excellent pace. ### 5/5 — Great game *2013-04-28* Controls aren't bad. The ship is supposed to float. You can't stop on a dime in space. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2012-11-04* Can it get better? Only thing needed is online multiplayer, PvP and Co-Op ### 5/5 — A Great Twist on a Classic Game *2012-08-13, version 1.0.1* Nucleus, it's Asteroids meets the Periodic Table of Elements, and it's a whole lot of fun. ### 5/5 — surprisingly addictive *2012-03-07* really good game, if a little too hard at times because of thruster controls. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2012-02-29* And AirPlay does work ... It's not explained anywhere but you have to turn mirroring on, not just AirPlay. Then the iPad just shows the control sticks, whilst the action appears over appletv. It's also a great game. Hard, but in a good way, and excellent particle and sound effects. --- *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 2026-08-13.*