# Pac.io — user reviews > 89 indexed App Store user reviews of Pac.io by Nomadic Bear Games, rated 4.20/5 from 297 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pacio/id1274026778/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pacio/id1274026778.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 211 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 37 ## What do users think of Pac.io? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 😍 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay - 🎮 Fun Pac-Man inspired mechanics - 👥 Real multiplayer players (not just bots) - ⚡ Fast-paced and entertaining - 🏆 Leaderboard and competitive features - 📱 Good for mobile gaming on-the-go **Cons** - 📺 Excessive ads throughout gameplay - ⚠️ Ads interrupt and crash the game - 😤 Unfair difficulty and instant death - 🎮 Sliding controls instead of D-pad/joystick - 🤖 Questionable AI behavior and cheating - 🔄 Recent update made game worse - 🎯 No clear progression or completion goals - 🐛 Frequent game crashes and freezes - ⚙️ Cluttered UI after updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads crash game at end of video - Game freezes after ad completion - Pink screen ad that cannot be closed - Instant death upon spawning - Players getting stuck behind walls - Power pellet duration inconsistencies - Game glitching and crashing frequently **Most requested features** - Arrow buttons or D-pad controls instead of sliding - Ad-free premium version for purchase - Ability to disable ads with WiFi off - Friend list and private room creation - Real player names instead of randomized ones - Grace period or invincibility after spawn - Sound effects and audio - New items, levels, and game updates - Revert to original 2024 version ## Newest reviews (10 of 89) ### 4/5 — Fun but adds *2026-07-30, version 1.8* Good game get it now! ### 4/5 — Review *2026-07-16, version 1.8* To actually enjoy we must remove adds, but i think everyone knows that. ### 4/5 — Old version from 2024 was better *2026-02-14, version 1.8* So recently here in 2026 this game got an update and owner. If you’re hearing this right now, please go back to normal. Make the game go back to normal. The normal game is better before it got an update. The update is trash it added ads just stop. OK just stop. Give us no ads. ### 4/5 — Really hard *2025-11-09, version 1.8* People kill me for no reason ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2025-11-06, version 1.8* This game is fun but is infested with ads. You get an ad for every minute of game time. Not worth the trouble ### 2/5 — It’s okay I guess *2025-09-12, version 1.7* Well you have to play online which I think is dumb because you should get to choose there is too many adds and it’s not very similar to Pac-Man which it’s trying to be so that’s my reason it’s getting two stars ### 4/5 — Fun but annoying *2025-06-12, version 1.7* people just kill me for no reason and they would call me trash irl and they would think it’s funny ### 2/5 — Better than the other pacmans *2025-04-12, version 1.7* But that doesn’t say very much. Like the others this game too has ‘innovated’ when most people who would want to play Pac-Man want it to be like the original with tweaks to make it mobile friendly. This fails to do that. Original Pac Man had clear quick wins on the first levels warming you up for the more challenging ones. You could see how far you were away from completing. This has no completion, just pills regenerating to infinity, just your score to indicate progress. It doesn’t make you want to keep playing. ### 5/5 — I like it! *2025-02-07, version 1.7* It is great and like the original Pac-Man. ### 5/5 — THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER *2025-01-08, version 1.7* This the best game ever you get to get the highest points and be on leader bored but besides getting killed, this game is pretty cool. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads suck *2026-05-24, version 1.8* Too many adds now deleting this app ### 1/5 — Honest review *2026-03-01, version 1.8* The game looks fun at first, but when you actually play in it, it’s loaded with ads. I’m sure people would like a joystick or a d-pad, rather than sliding. ### 1/5 — I don’t like this *2026-02-08, version 1.8* I don’t like this it is too hard but I l think most of it is that I am to stupid for this game but it is not stupid people friendly and I tried it but could not even kill 1 person and it’s ether the game or me ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-01-05, version 1.8* Wow, an ad every 10 seconds? No thank you. ### 1/5 — Dislike *2025-12-14, version 1.8* I like the older version of this game. I literally dislike this updated version. Ads appear in the middle of me playing. My Pac-Man is the same speed. The chases aren’t excited anymore. I hate it ### 1/5 — Ad interrupted game *2025-11-24, version 1.8* I don’t mind an occasional ad but when it interrupts the game?? No. Deleting immediately. There are similar/better games with fewer ads out there ### 1/5 — Mid game ads *2025-10-17, version 1.8* This game used to be good. Now the UI is cluttered and ads take up the whole screen every few seconds during the gameplay. Deleted. ### 1/5 — DELETE THIS *2025-04-13, version 1.7* I HATE THIS GAME AND I HATE YOU ### 1/5 — Terribile *2025-01-10* Gioco bruttino con piu pubblicità che possibilità di giocare ### 1/5 — Suks dik *2024-12-23* Look you stupid communists. Your game needs fixing like your heads. Fix it dumb fuks ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Multiplayer Game! *2026-08-11, version 1.8* Best Multiplayer PAC-MAN Game Ever! 5 Stars! ### 5/5 — love Love LOVE!!! *2026-02-21, version 1.8* I love this game! It’s the best game ever! I play it every day! 😍😍😍 ### 5/5 — Fun game *2025-12-29, version 1.8* Pls add arrow buttons ### 5/5 — Loved this game 💜👾💜👾 *2025-12-11, version 1.8* First game I have played in years and I really enjoyed it but unfortunately I my sister made me delete it because I can’t have anything to myself so but best game ever I wish I would have gotten it play it longer 😢💜 ### 5/5 — Charly *2025-09-29, version 1.7* 1989 ### 5/5 — So fun *2025-09-24, version 1.7* This game is so fun. Like seriously so fun. ### 5/5 — Cute *2025-09-13, version 1.7* Sooooooooooooooooo cool ### 5/5 — YASSS *2025-08-03, version 1.7* This is a very addictive game and well made I love! Although a bit buggy sometimes it’s good! ### 5/5 — Good!! *2025-06-28, version 1.7* super good the best of iO games ### 5/5 — GOOD BUT..... *2025-06-02, version 1.7* It’s fun but with WiFi on said hi to a ads family but just put the WiFi off --- *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 2026-08-27.*