# Overlive: Gamebook and RPG — user reviews > 108 indexed App Store user reviews of Overlive by FireRabbit Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 53 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/overlive-gamebook-and-rpg/id779829033/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/overlive-gamebook-and-rpg/id779829033.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0 ## What do users think of Overlive? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging choose-your-own-adventure gameplay - 📖 Well-written story with depth and mystery - 🔄 High replay value with multiple endings - 💰 Excellent value for price ($2.99) - 🧠 Strategic decision-making with consequences - 🎨 Quality artwork and atmospheric design - 🎵 Great music and sound design - ⏰ Time management and resource planning elements - 🚫 No in-app purchases or ads - 📱 Simple, intuitive touch controls - 🧩 Unique blend of RPG and survival mechanics - 🎯 Balanced difficulty with multiple modes - 📚 Immersive storytelling and world-building **Cons** - 🐛 Engineering skill training is broken/inaccessible - ⚔️ Combat system feels clunky and difficult - ⏱️ Time limit feels restrictive and frustrating - 🗺️ Map resets when leaving locations - 🎮 Limited combat mechanics and animations - 📱 Melee swipe controls unreliable on newer iPhones - 🔄 Repetitive gameplay across playthroughs - 💾 No cross-platform save synchronization - 🎨 Outdated Google Maps icon doesn't fit theme - 📵 Cannot play background music while gaming - 🎯 Difficulty spike in late game **Commonly reported bugs** - Engineering skill cannot be trained despite finding repair kit - Melee combat not working correctly at police station - Melee swipes don't work on iPhone X and newer models - App name truncated on home screen - Training path locked out due to engineering bug - Some events require inaccessible engineering skill **Most requested features** - Sequel or expansion pack - Skip tutorial option - Novice/easier difficulty mode - More story content and endings - Character customization (clothes, appearance) - Sandbox mode with unlimited supplies - Screen rotation support - More weapons and skill variety - Character classes (soldier, scavenger, medic) - Turn-based combat system - Rest anywhere feature - Gun silencers - Companion/survivor recruitment system - Computer/desktop version - Chinese language translation - Map location color coding for events - On-screen status and dice roll information - More graphical designs for events - Extended map boundaries - Longer gameplay duration ## Newest reviews (19 of 108) ### 4/5 — Good game *2025-04-17, version 65.0* Shame it’s hidden behind a pay wall, but it’s a good game. A bit difficult (especially late game) but manageable. For the non-unlimited runs, I’d make it a bit easier to get stuff done so you can actually escape/shut down the nuclear plant. Just a few suggestions Only reason it is 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the difficulty. ### 4/5 — Cool *2024-02-02, version 65.0* Cool game ### 4/5 — Love it٫ a few issues though *2021-09-26, version 65.0* The game is great. I've never heard of a choice making zombie game. Love the original idea٫ and the story is great to. So your all alone and someone stuffed you in a random apartment. You leave the safety of the apartment only to realise a bomb is gonna go off. You have to leave the city with danger on your side. However that is only possible if you choose the longest mode due to how much attempts you have to take. Its also really hard to get all the endings because it dosent show you the possible locations to get an ending. I also would like a "skip tutorial" and a noob mode because it's annoying repeating the tutorial after you start a new game. And noob mode would be a mode were you have a higher chance of succeeding at tasks٫ zombies have less health٫ and weapons are easier to find and do more damage. Also more days. I would also like more stories in the game because playing the same story over and over is getting boring. I love the game though! ### 4/5 — Decent *2019-12-29, version 65.0* For an impulse buy I am not disappointed. It’s a great game to go to, to give something g else a break. Is give it five stars except you can’t play background music. It was made simple to mute, but I can’t play tunein radio or Spotify while playing the game ### 5/5 — Amazing hidden gem! Bugs found on new iPhone however *2019-04-22, version 4.4* This has always been a wonderful novel / survival rpg. One of my favorite classic app store games. I wish they'd get a lot of money for a sequel. Some bugs: on iPhone x the melee swipes do not work at all. So generally all your combat will be using ammo. That's a big problem. Also, I asked years ago for them to shorten the app name to "Overlive" so it's not truncated on the home screen. Devs said they'd do it but they never did... ### 5/5 — Loves this game! *2019-01-04, version 4.4* Wish there were more games like it, or the developer would create a sequel! Really fun :) ### 5/5 — Great Game *2018-07-01, version 3.8* This is one of my favorite games on the App Store. Definitely worth the money. ### 4/5 — Excellent Buy *2018-05-22, version 3.8* The game has incredible role playing features and it’s combat is well for a role playing game, however I would absolutely love a sandbox version where you have unlimited supplies and named events instead of having them anonymous. I warn you action hooked gamers, this will be a bit boring in terms of combat and other action related components. Overall the game will be great for role players, grinders, you tubers, and people who need a game to play on your commutes. ### 5/5 — Bloody amazing *2018-04-09, version 3.8* That’s all I have to say ### 5/5 — Very creative *2017-12-27, version 3.8* Played the demo version and became very drawn in. A must buy especially for the low price. ### 4/5 — Pretty awesome... but *2017-10-15, version 3.8* Very awesome game worth the price, but be sure to decide quickly if you want the full version. Now I have to start over on full version. Good thing I didn’t get very far before buying! ### 5/5 — Wish there were more games like this... *2017-07-11, version 3.8* With it's multiple endings and great story I can't get enough of this game!!! ### 4/5 — Great Game! *2017-05-01, version 3.8* Loving the game! The only thing I wish was that the game would rotate the screen. ### 5/5 — Loved it *2017-02-22, version 3.8* Great Game all round ### 5/5 — Stella!! *2017-01-26, version 3.8* I love this app!!!! I don't write reviews often, I don't play online games often. This game had me hooked!! Payed for the full version sooooo worth it! Thanks guys for a rewarding game experience ### 5/5 — I love this *2017-01-14, version 3.8* This game is amazing the only thing I would like is the map to stop changing every time I leave and come back. ### 5/5 — Fantastic job *2016-12-28, version 3.8* Brilliant job guys, great writing and enjoyable gameplay, love the artwork too! Worth every penny. ### 5/5 — 5 stars *2016-10-31, version 3.8* I'm so glad I bought this game, def worth the money, very addicting, I've played this all day and it never gets boring, there's a lot you can do in the game so it keeps it interesting! 5 star rating, thnks for sharing this game to us! ### 5/5 — Impressive *2016-08-13, version 3.8* One of the most well thought out survival game I've played in years thanks to the designers :) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — not very good *2016-07-17, version 2.0* pretty boring, feels random and disjointed, not worth the money imo ### 1/5 — entire training path locked out due to bugs *2015-10-04, version 2.0* This really was a neat game, but the engineering training path--required to unlock at least one ending--is unaccessible due to bugs. Since the game was released in 2013, and still has this issue in 2015, well, a patch does not look promising. ### 2/5 — Decent enough *2023-01-02, version 65.0* Decent game but the issues with the melee not working correctly (police station) is getting me killed too much. ### 2/5 — Waste of Money *2016-03-22, version 2.0* It's not worth it. Possibly a $1. Gameplay and graphics are horrible. The story line is ok , if you like to read a lot. I would not recommend this to anyone. Wish I could get my money back. ### 2/5 — Not Bad *2015-10-26, version 2.0* My only problem with this game is that there isn't enough updates to improve the gameplay. No updates for weapons, skills, game endings, etc. I wish they'd invest some more in the game, after all I did pay for it..... ### 3/5 — fun game but essential training broken *2016-01-17, version 2.0* this would be a 4 star game if the train engineering was working. there is an event which unlocks it via a repair kit discovery, but it never shows up as an option. a number of events require this skill and you will constantly fail them without adequate training which is really frustrating. good storyline, fun gameplay, a little repetitive, but keeps you interested. ### 3/5 — Interesting, but... *2015-06-25, version 2.0* The engineering skill is untrainable. I found a repair kit that should open up a training option, but doesn't. This means engineering challenges are unbeatable. It's a neat game otherwise. All the interconnected events are nice, but there's not much plot. ### 3/5 — Differen't *2014-08-13, version 1.9* It's okay. Different but was hoping for something else: ### 3/5 — Repair broken *2014-07-24, version 1.9* This is a gem, it definitely has the potential to be an amazing game. However, one of the skills is broken. Engineering can't be trained, every time you unlock it for your character it won't show up in the training menu so your skill can't grow and lots of things require that skill. ### 3/5 — Interesting *2014-01-11, version 1.5* Not bad for the price, not my sort of game though. The zombies need to be more animated. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A genuine good time *2025-04-15, version 65.0* I just played this game for 8 hours straight, and truly it is a well built game. I have no complaints, that being said, expect 8 hours of a good time, much better value than a movie. ### 5/5 — Good game with a soul *2024-02-10, version 65.0* I love this game it really felt like I went through a journey in this game, thank you devs ### 5/5 — Highly recommend *2021-05-01, version 65.0* Affordable, fun with lots of replay value. Very impressed, even the free version of this game is extremely well done. ### 5/5 — Absoulety awsome *2020-09-25, version 65.0* Love this game truly amazing ### 5/5 — Really fun and atmospheric game! *2020-02-09, version 65.0* This game is different to the usual dross and very engaging! Well-written and interesting storyline and lots to do! Took me a week to get to one of the endings. I really hope the developer does more games in the same style! ### 5/5 — Love this awesome game!!!! *2020-02-08, version 65.0* I bought the premium version, and play it on my IPad. Do I need to buy another separate version to play on my droid phone? Or can I sync the phone and IPad together? ### 5/5 — In-game producers? *2019-12-15, version 65.0* I absolutely love this game!!!! The different aspects of the story are amazing!! Without giving any spoilers, I especially loved the engineering ending and the mystery ending you get after following all of the clues!!!! I also liked how each time you come across the corpse of a person who has “given up” on their own terms, that they are referred to as a “programmer for a zombie survival RPG game.” I’m assuming that was supposed to be a joke and each one of those characters was based on the actual programmers right? ### 5/5 — Amazing Game *2019-09-13, version 65.0* This is one of the hidden gems of the AppStore. Amazing shooting game with strong RPG/game book elements. ### 5/5 — awesome *2019-08-27, version 65.0* pretty good game but Chinese translate please？ ### 5/5 — Love it *2019-08-27, version 65.0* One of my most favorite games on my phone! Hopefully others will see this game one day and try it out, they won’t regret it! --- *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 2026-08-24.*