# Partia

> Fantasy SRPG inspired by Fire Emblem and Tear Ring Saga. (iPhone/iPad app by Imago Software.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/partia/id572432485 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Imago Software](https://appshunter.io/developer/572432488)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Role Playing, Strategy
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 134 App Store ratings · 123 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 13.5 · 56 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-11-20
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/partia/id572432485/reviews.md

## What is Partia?

Partia is a SRPG (Strategy Role-playing) video game inspired by Fire Emblem and Tear Ring Saga series. In a high fantasy setting, the game will take players through an adventure where magic and sword collide and friendship and betrayal intertwine.

Thank you guys for your reviews and suggestions. Good ones encourage us and bad ones humble us.

I am constantly fixing bugs that are brought up to me and trying to change things that bother people. It takes time since I am just one guy (Imago Software is only two guys) dealing with many issues. Still things will improve in future updates that I'm working on.

Meanwhile, obviously this is a paid game and I don't want to disappoint or cheat people out of their money.

Here's a gameplay video from TouchArcade's Sanuku (Thank you!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3O9tw2L5Wg&feature=plcp

This may help with your purchase decision! Also our own video that include game tutorials are at

http://www.youtube.com/user/Playimago

@Matthew Haralson
Yes, the minor character development was very weak. More dialogs will be written in part of effort to more complete game experience!

@Tony Peniyoung
I was going to answer your concern but didn't really get the message!

@Grievlocke
Wow, having big battle animations will be really cool. Number 1 in my wish list too. Simply there was no budget and it looks like there will be no budget in the future, either- looking at the sales.

@Many who wanted more stages
I had random map generation for more guild quests, but I couldn't get the quality right yet. Random really never worked with the element of strategy, and became just a brute fighting.
Partia 2 was planned for 25 stages that wraps up the story, but at 600 games sold, well, I wonder if I could ever get enough budget.

@ErnieBernie876
I know it is not as convenient as having a restart button, but you could suspend the game and load the last save data to restart the stage from the beginning.

@frozencracker
It would be a bug if you have an attack option without having a valid target, but I can't seem to reproduce it. To cancel the attack while targeting, you could press 'B' button (that's the inside button) or you could choose a target then select No.

I will try my best to answer any question! You could also email me to:

admin@playimago.com

## Key features

- Strategy Role-playing gameplay
- High fantasy setting
- Magic and sword combat
- Story-driven adventure
- Character development
- Tactical battles

## Chart rankings

- #196 in Top Paid · Role Playing (US App Store)

## What do users think of Partia?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ❤️ Labor of love - clearly made with passion and dedication
- 🎮 Excellent SRPG gameplay - engaging and strategic combat
- 🎨 Retro aesthetic - nostalgic graphics that feel authentic
- 📖 Good story and characters - compelling narrative with personality
- 💰 Affordable price - great value for the content
- 🏆 Fire Emblem alternative - best tactical RPG on iOS
- 🎯 Simple but engaging mechanics - easy to learn, hard to master
- ⚔️ Weapon durability system - adds strategic depth to grinding
- 🏛️ Town exploration - entertaining hub between chapters
- 👥 Unique character abilities - diverse unit types and support bonuses
- 🎪 Arena training system - allows meaningful character progression
- 🎭 Customizable protagonist - ability to name main character
- 🌍 Interesting world building - races and unique weapons

**Cons**

- 🎮 Clunky controls - touch screen implementation feels awkward
- 📱 Poor screen optimization - doesn't utilize full device screen
- 🐛 UI issues - camp menu feels disorganized
- ⏱️ Slow gameplay - movement and combat animations are tedious
- 📚 No tutorial - game mechanics unexplained
- 🎨 Limited animation - no battle animations or character expressions
- ⚖️ Unbalanced difficulty - steep spikes between chapters
- 💪 Weak main character - avatar lacks combat ability
- 🔧 Insufficient information - weapon/item stats not visible
- 📏 Small UI elements - text and buttons too tiny
- 🎯 Punishing EXP system - excessive grinding required
- ⚔️ Limited weapon stock - restricted item quantities cause problems
- 🔑 Key management issues - can get stuck without proper planning
- 🎬 Rushed story - character development feels incomplete
- 🎵 Repetitive soundtrack - same music throughout
- 🎯 Short game length - only 8-9 chapters

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Sound not working on some devices
- Screen display issues on iPhone X and newer models (top notch overlap)
- Game not full 16:9 fullscreen on newer iPhones
- Xbox One controller not supported despite controller attempts
- Save file deletion (Chapter 8 save disappeared)
- Aspect ratio not adjustable on older devices
- Control key sometimes moved automatically
- Saving can be choppy at times

**Most requested features**

- Controller support (d-pad and buttons option)
- Full screen optimization for newer devices
- In-game tutorial or guidebook
- Battle animations
- Character expression changes during dialogue
- More chapters and longer story
- Healer class promotion options
- AOE spells for mages
- Character interaction scenes at camp
- Weapon stat visibility
- Potion healing information display
- Class upgrade system clarity
- Multiple save files
- Ability to skip cutscenes
- Better dialogue and story pacing
- More diverse soundtrack

## Recent user reviews (10 of 123)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/partia/id572432485/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great game

*2026-07-21, version 2.1.0*

Fun game, just make sure your healer doesn’t die

### 5/5 — Obviously a labor of love

*2025-06-06*

Partia is an excellent SRPG that was very obviously made with a lot of love, passion, and dedication. 

I don’t understand people nitpicking the game’s features.

Having to grind your characters for a little bit is nothing new. Frankly for some majorly successful game franchises like Disgaea, grinding is the vast vast vast majority of the game; in fact they basically advertise grinding as an attractive feature of the Disgaea franchise, so “I shouldn’t have to grind” isn’t a reason to dislike Partia. 

Basically it’s built like an old school SRPG, the graphics are retro and nostalgic depending on how old you are, I’m in my 30’s and for me the graphics feel like home. 

The combat is simple to understand but engaging, and features like weapon durability and the fact that you can’t just heal at the inn an infinite number of times makes grinding feel real and consequential, not just a task where I have to press buttons over and over until I get a high enough level. You actually need to put some thought into how to efficiently and successfully grind your characters, because you can’t just use the inn like a poke-center. If you don’t like that you have to play strategically, then you shouldn’t be playing an SRPG.

Overall it’s an excellent game. If I have to find a flaw, I’m not the biggest fan of the UI for the camp, it feels a little bit all over the place to me. Otherwise it’s one of the best mobile games I’ve ever played. 

If you like classic SRPGs, you will love Partia. Buy it.

**Developer response:** Oh my goodness! You might be my kindred spirit lol!

Really I thank you very much. Much, much appreciated. It's the comment like yours and people like you that I get the courage to sit down and continue work on the game series, where I feel stuck in a long dark tunnel with the next one.

### 5/5 — Great homage to retro SRPG’s

*2023-10-03*

Nice and simple, retro feeling SRPG without it being overwhelming or overloaded with confusing menus. Great for people who liked the feeling of the older Shining Force/Fire Emblem games. My only real gripe is that the game doesn’t seem to be full 16:9 fullscreen for newer iPhones (there is a gap at bottom where home slider is as well as showing clock and battery on left size of screen)

**Developer response:** I was finally able to fix this smaller size screen issue while working on TOP with newer SDL. I guess retro fitting the game with newer engine is something I can do during my vacation!

### 5/5 — One of my favorite game series of all time.

*2023-01-17*

Cannot express enough how much I love these games(all 3). The only thing I hate is the excessive amount of precise tapping on these big phones it hurts my hands honestly. I wish there was a d-pad and buttons option to avoid all the stretching but hey if that's the worst part I will gladly deal.

Edit- I tried using a Xbox One controller and it did not work. Thanks for responding you seem to be a nice developer and I am glad I supported by buying all three. Would Apple allow you to instead of updating the game for all sell the virtual d-pad and the ones who want it could buy it for say 2 bucks? Just wondering if there was a workaround or loophole we could use.

Edit- Deleted my save after starting Chapter 8. Only that file have no idea why.

**Developer response:** Oh thank you very much as usual! Your encouragement really does matter to me and actually gives me courage to continue on! The games do have portrait and virtual d-pad mode but Apple is not allowing me to have vastly black UI for some reason and I couldn't fight its policy. But I think bluetooth dpad will work if anyone is trying.

### 4/5 — Fun Game

*2022-11-27, version 2.0.0*

Overall experience is good. Story and gameplay are good.

There is lacking explanation on how the interactions work with characters, items, etc 

Overall, very worth the price.

### 3/5 — Controller support

*2022-07-23, version 2.0.0*

Please add controller support! This game would be much more enjoyable for me and others if it had it! Thanks!

### 5/5 — Bonne alternative à Fire Emblem

*2022-05-07, version 2.0.0*

Bonne histoire (pour une fois sur ios !!) et bon gameplay juste un peu court.Bien mieux que Fire emblem ios. Le jeu a été fait par deux passionnés ça donne envie de récompenser leur travail !

### 4/5 — Very Good, Very Interesting, Very Short

*2022-04-29, version 2.0.0*

Hi, don’t get me wrong with my title for the game. I felt/believe it was very good and somewhat went along with what I was looking for as a “Fire Emblem” experience while not being FE. I rated this as “8/10” on a solely personal opinion.

For the price of the game, it’s certainly worth getting. Very cool and very refreshing to me. Just a bit short and repetitive. But that makes sense, as it feels like a chapter going into a chapter. A game going into a sequel. And a beginning game at that.

Spoilers Ahead for anyone reading this:

First, leveling up units is easy in the arena. Pair your fighter with an archer and let the archer fire away at you. Each miss still counts as EXP, which is super valuable. 

Also, don’t worry about potion healing at the inn. Just have your healer step into arena fights with your weak partner, heal then and then “abort”. Make sure the bet/crowns are low during those aborts, as they cost you.

As for the game, for me, I played FE for the stories compared to gameplay. Most of the time anyway. Path of Radiance did both for me. And FE7 - Lyndis, Eliwood and Hector - was a tremendous experience too. Story really gripped me with the older FE series, which is what I was looking for here.

Sadly, I feel like there was a story here but… it felt rushed? It jumped places? Especially the south rebellion? It would have been nice to see the characters interact. Even see chats between them at camp. Instead, it felt like you just moved on from chapter to chapter with some light connection between your character and the romantic interest.

And then there were politics behind closed doors; involving the north and south at each other’s throats. But there was no real side intrigue or anything. No one wondering why “this” was happening or “that”. Who was acting “suspicious” lately. No reports on the “unexpected”.

I do give points for being able to name the main character! That was very nice and helped me feel connected to the world/fantasy. And the class promotions were still encouraging, as usual. I did find it interesting to see armor units limited to one class, although there was “sword” missing.

Also, dwarf and elf weapons. Those were surprising! I wondered about what races there could be in this FE look alike. The world builds were interesting too, alongside the character sprites! I do wish that the character icons changed expressions for emotion like happy, sad, surprised and so on, to set the mood even more. But it was all still good.

Overall, I very much enjoyed this game and feel like it was a start project of some kind. I’m going to look into the sequel, which the “trailer” showed me. I had a spectacular time with Partia, although feeling a bit lost. Reminded me a bit of Dungeons and Dragons, a prologue leading into the bigger story later. A start to everything, ha ha.

### 5/5 — Regarding my last review

*2022-02-27, version 2.0.0*

Don’t worry about remasters, the game is incredible by its own and it holds itself pretty good, the thing that I wanted to point out was that the game on iPhone X has the top information of the phone, (hour, battery, and connection) and It didn’t happened before.

### 2/5 — Too Rough and uninformed

*2020-08-09, version 1.0.9*

It’s not horrible. It’s okay the problems however make me just throw my hands up on the second Map. 

Yes. Second. Still here?

The game sells itself as a Fire Emblem like even if that’s not what the devs wanted. But Fire Emblem at least TOLD you how it works. Is there weapon advantage? Maybe but I can’t tell. Is there Perma-death? They don’t tell you, they want to seem to have you waste time figuring it out. How the bleeding heck does Magic work with its damage and resistance? Nope get out what is this some spoon fed hold your hand sim?

It’s far to rough and seems to take sadistic glee and not telling you anything. Maybe the sequels don’t waste your time as much.

## Frequently asked questions about Partia

### What kind of game is Partia?

Partia is a Strategy Role-playing Game (SRPG) set in a high fantasy world. It draws inspiration from classic SRPG series like Fire Emblem and Tear Ring Saga, offering players a deep tactical combat experience within an engaging narrative.

### What are the key features of Partia?

The game features strategic turn-based combat, a rich high fantasy setting, and a story that explores themes of friendship and betrayal. Players will engage in tactical battles, manage characters, and progress through an adventure where magic and swords collide.

### How much does Partia cost?

Partia is a paid game. The developers have stated they do not want to disappoint or cheat players out of their money, indicating a one-time purchase model for the full game.

### What platforms is Partia available on?

Based on the description, Partia is available on mobile platforms. Specific operating system compatibility (iOS or Android) is not explicitly mentioned but implied by the context of mobile app analysis.

### Can I restart a stage if I make a mistake?

While there isn't a direct 'restart button,' you can restart a stage by suspending the game and loading your last save data. This allows you to begin the stage again from the start without losing significant progress.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.0 — 2025-11-19

2.1.0 is a major update, which finally added three more stages to make the game's story complete.
The game is retrofit to use the latest Partia engine used for TOP and WS, enabling full screen.
Also sadly I could not reconcile the game's updated engine to work with older save files: So you may need to delete the game and reinstall to start it from the beginning.

### 2.0.0 — 2022-01-23

Game engine updated to SDL

### 1.0.9 — 2020-04-03

Full screen including the homebar in the game screen area

### 1.0.8 — 2020-03-17

iOS 13 small screen launch fixed.

### 1.0.7 — 2018-06-24

- Fixed crash issues in 'Horse rule' mode.

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