# PAC-MAN 256+ — user reviews > 374 indexed App Store user reviews of PAC by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 12,621 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pac-man-256-plus/id6504184756/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pac-man-256-plus/id6504184756.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10,001 · 4★ 1,506 · 3★ 553 · 2★ 240 · 1★ 321 ## What do users think of PAC? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Unique take on Pac-Man - 🎮 Fun with power-ups and upgrades - 🎉 Improved over original Pac-Man 256 **Cons** - 🐛 Broken/non-functioning goals - 🐛 Unresponsive/buggy controls - 🐛 Daily quests not resetting - 🐛 Achievements in wrong language **Commonly reported bugs** - Objectives not progressing - Bomb radius upgrade not working - Pac-Man movement issues - Pricing/purchase bugs **Most requested features** - Add arrow key controls - Allow disabling of power-ups - Implement local multiplayer - Add more worlds/levels ## Newest reviews (18 of 374) ### 2/5 — The first week *2026-07-19, version 1.1.0* Hard ### 3/5 — Collect the dots *2026-06-17, version 1.1.0* Three stars ### 5/5 — Exceptional *2026-06-15, version 1.1.0* you want this game! easy to get into, hard to solve ### 5/5 — Love ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ *2026-06-14, version 1.1.0* Better than the og Pac-Man ### 5/5 — Agora entendi a diferença de jogos plus *2026-06-10* O jogo é muito bom mas acho que tem que ser em versão paga não arcade porque o jogo com certeza ia ser melhor por uns 1,99 conto porque o arcade é uns 14,00 conto, eeeeeeeeee o jogo original é da hipster whale e da bandai e hoje fui procurar esse jogo e não encontrei porque entrei na hipster não na bandai e no começo quando ta carregando diz que é da HIPSTER WHALE CARAMBA ### 5/5 — Good *2026-05-24* It’s a good game because it has lots of types of places to play like crossy road and pacmainia (I don’t know why Im writing this like Im 6 I promise Im older) ### 5/5 — Pac-Man *2026-05-19, version 1.1.0* Thank you for a cool game. - Bejar ### 5/5 — It’s a good pac man game *2026-05-16, version 1.1.0* Nice ### 4/5 — Good but one bug is STILL here *2026-05-13, version 1.1.0* I love 256+ but one bug that I saw that if you have a power pellet and a bomb power up or other the ghosts will turn into four but it is harmless just a little funny ### 5/5 — Pac-Man *2026-05-09, version 1.1.0* Thank you for making this game. It is one of the most fun games I have played today. ### 5/5 — AriMONKEYS *2026-04-28, version 1.1.0* AriMONKEYS ### 2/5 — Great but Obvious Bugs *2026-04-28, version 1.1.0* Many of the goals don’t correspond to leveling up in the game, ex: - Laser beam damage level 4 - Mine count level 2 - Get tornado time to level 6 So without these, you can’t get power-up’s necessary to complete other goals. These are difficult goals…they don’t match gameplay. It’s an obvious bug that should be fixed. Other than that, love the game! ### 3/5 — Ganz nett aber die Steuerung ist mies *2026-04-10* Ist eine ganz nette Neuinterpretation von Pacman, aber die Steuerung hat echt das Zeug dazu einen in den Wahnsinn zu treiben! Bitte verbessern! ### 5/5 — Love this game *2026-04-08, version 1.1.0* I love it because wherever I go I can just pull out my phone and play this classic Pac-Man game ### 5/5 — I love all of these pac-man games *2026-04-05, version 1.1.0* PAC man games are the best thing ever. They have been in the game since the beginning. I love them, don’t you? Have fun!!! ### 5/5 — For making this game, it’s super fun *2026-04-04* Woo hoo ### 3/5 — Not PAC-MAN *2026-04-04* This is an ok game, but it’s PAC-MAN in name only not in spirit. If you’re looking for the classic experience, this is not it. ### 5/5 — This is the best *2026-03-23* The best game ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Good game just some fixes need to be done *2026-07-18, version 1.1.0* I was playing today and I swiped up and it didn’t go up this happened TWICE and also the worlds cost too much so can you improve the world cost to be 250-300 coins pls, also some powers are too rare like the lama sooo can you improve it to were the rare powers appear more? that’s all for the stuff that needs to be fixed so if I see more I’ll write about it soo Tysm for making this game and making it available on arcade ### 1/5 — PAC MAN 256+ *2026-07-11* This was so fun! ### 1/5 — Goal not achievable and app support not available for iPad *2026-02-21* I have been playing this lovely game for weeks and steadily completing goals ( and powering up ) but have hit a wall. The Laser Lifestyle goal ( to upgrade laser to level 4 ) is unachievable , due to laser not being available at all !! This means I can’t unlock the piñata . I didn’t want to leave a poor review , because it’s the only bug I’ve found so far , but there is also a crummy issue on the Bandai Namco app support page. You’re required to add the platform you’re playing on , and guess what ?? iPad / iPhone is not available as an option, so i can’t even submit a support request to Bandai/ Namco ( pc, switch , PlayStation are the only options ) . I like my Apple Arcade subscription but this has really cheesed me off today , having spent weeks playing the game . I want the piñata !! please can you advise whether I’m mistaken about the laser option ( or, if as google indicates, it was a time limited in app purchase , and is therefore not available at all , given Apple Arcade doesn’t have in app purchases ). Whatever I’m disappointed and putting this up as a review so hopefully the programmers can fix it . Thanks . ### 1/5 — Erases progress every day *2026-01-17, version 1.1.0* It’s a fun game, but more and more often I find all my unlockables disappeared and I lose several ranks. It happens every day lately. ### 1/5 — Basic user controls are terrible *2026-01-06, version 1.1.0* Because the game world is slightly titled it makes the simple swipe movement they were going for a massive headache. You want to move up, how about going left or right instead? Oh you want to go left how about down? I’m tired of constantly having my input either not register which can happen multiple times in a row or it just gets it wrong. As a game developer myself it’s not that hard to implement a fun and simple movement mechanic that actually works. I’ve even tried tilting the device slightly sideways to have a straight forward approach just to continue having the same issues. This game easily could be amazing but falls short due a lack of polish on the main thing you need to do. ### 1/5 — This is weird *2025-11-14, version 1.1.0* I feel like this is just a remake but they add “better” stuff 🤨😞😫 ### 1/5 — It seems it doesn’t work properly *2025-11-02, version 1.1.0* Im trying to play this but the screen gets full of numbers and I can’t see the screen anymore and die. Not able to play. ### 1/5 — great game hobbled by terrible controls *2025-10-01* inaccurate controls ruin good ruins, only playable using dpad on controller. frustrating cos swiping is so fun, especially at higher speeds late game ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2025-08-28, version 1.1.0* I downloaded this game in hopes of playing PAC-Man. The 256 game is so very annoying to play and not like the original. The frustration is the view at an angle, the lack of control through touch screen, the pauses every few seconds to “power up” and scrolling numbers. Bring back the original game. This is too annoying to play. ### 1/5 — Too addictive *2025-08-06, version 1.1.0* Ruin my normal life ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wreck it Ralph tests ar back thanks to our locoroco and patapon games a foundation game *2026-08-04* Aron the unique explore ### 5/5 — AWESOME *2026-07-25, version 1.1.0* I killed two pink ghosts at the same time and it was crazy, also I created an I like trains meme in this game because of the train in the Crossy Road world, also you forgot the other maps from the original game while creating this. ### 5/5 — Did you know *2026-07-22, version 1.1.0* Did you know there was a glitch that can make the power pellet last forever idk how to do it it happened randomly. Did you know the sonar doesn’t just scare away the ghost but makes you immune to them or that just a glitch. ### 5/5 — Emmett *2026-07-17, version 1.1.0* I love ❤️ it🫪❤️❤️❤️❤️💚✅😙😛🤪😝🤨🙂🙃😊☺️ ### 5/5 — Why this is the best game. *2026-07-16, version 1.1.0* This game is so better than the normal,and I’m happy you made it free. And cedx was my fav. And the prices of the worlds are lower! I’m genuinely happy rn. If that app wasn’t on the App Store,I would’ve never played the original.i’m also a big pac-man fan,also a sonic fan. Thank you. This app means a lot to me. ### 5/5 — Good but a little too easy *2026-07-07* It would be better if there was a hard mode where the ghosts were kinda faster ### 5/5 — I like this game *2026-07-02, version 1.1.0* I love you. I love this game. ### 5/5 — This game is the best *2026-06-29, version 1.1.0* There should be more Pac-Man games ### 5/5 — You should add more worlds *2026-06-18, version 1.1.0* You could add a sneaky Sasquatch world with rangers instead of ghosts ### 5/5 — I like *2026-06-16, version 1.1.0* Hey I was just wondering if you got your photos printed? Bongos binted? What --- *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 2026-08-28.*