# Phoenix 2 — user reviews > 1,550 indexed App Store user reviews of Phoenix 2 by Firi Games, rated 4.70/5 from 25,755 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phoenix-2/id1134895689/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phoenix-2/id1134895689.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21,197 · 4★ 2,942 · 3★ 907 · 2★ 220 · 1★ 489 ## What do users think of Phoenix 2? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fantastic mobile game - 🚀 Incredibly fun and addictive - 🚀 Best bullet hell game on the phone - 🚀 Easily the best bullet hell I've played - 🚀 Amazing game for on the go fun - 🚀 Best shoot'em up - 🚀 Great gameplay **Cons** - 🐛 Great Gameplay Ruined by Frustrating Ad Experience - 💰 Supers aren't well implemented - 💰 Micro-transactions too much - 💰 Progression limited, hard to earn credits - 🐛 Terrible, uninspiring compared to original Phoenix HD - 🐛 Addictive... in a bad way - 🐛 Long time fan, disappointed with the new update - 🐛 A Step Back for Devoted Players **Commonly reported bugs** - Warp gate charge time bug - Occasional crashes - Incompatible with older devices **Most requested features** - Add haptic feedback - Implement an endless mode - Allow players to customize ships - Add a level creator - Provide an offline mode - Improve ship ability descriptions - Add a replay feature ## Newest reviews (17 of 1,550) ### 4/5 — Awesome *2026-07-17, version 8.2.1* Its a rly cool and fun game. Streamlining the end screen, like just having the credits and whatever else, then the leaderboards, rather than having to tap 4-5x would be nice, and being able to organize ships in menu ### 3/5 — Обновление *2026-07-17, version 8.2.1* После последнего обновления игра не подключается. Может добавите автономность с последующей синхронизацией? А то и не поиграть. ### 5/5 — Best space shooter evar *2026-07-06, version 8.2.1* 6 years later and still play it every day! Perfect game progression, sound design, and game mechanics! ### 5/5 — Great *2026-06-28, version 8.2.1* Best game ### 5/5 — Hi i love this game, but can you change a few things? *2026-06-20, version 8.2* This is my favourite mobile game ever! There is nothing better. But do you mind adding these things? 1. Trading ships with people in your community 2. Add more to the campaign and lastly, please bring back the mod you get when you fully upgrade an aspect of a ship? But anyway, this game is so good. Fast paced combat, stressful but not to stressful, and perfect art with awesome upgrades. Thank you for reading this, and have a great day! ### 5/5 — Great Bullet Hell *2026-06-11, version 8.2* Probably one of the best designed bullet hell type games on mobile, a little bit of a grind, but plenty of content and fun daily loop. Support is very responsive and the game is regularly updated. Mechanics are deeper than they may initially appear on the surface, with bullet grazing etc. ### 5/5 — Best Game on the IPhone 💎 *2026-06-09, version 8.2* Honestly the only game I play!!! ### 5/5 — The Best Space Shooter. *2026-06-07, version 8.2* Ever since Space Invaders hit arcades in 1978 human advancement has been leading up to Phoenix 2. Phoenix HD paved the road with a memorable and unique arsenal of ships in their landmark endless bullet hell. All so Phoenix 2 could run with one hundred unique and lovingly crafted ships for a challenging but fair experience suitable for any skill level. It was fantastic before but since they added the mods system it has come to a whole new level with extreme flexibility and customization ensuring that your favorite ships will always be viable. All that being said, I wish we could earn Nova Cores. Maybe one or two from the final stages of community missions would be fair. ### 4/5 — Good game! *2026-06-06, version 8.2* Excellent shoot em up game with a very good upgrade and passable bonus system (hence the four star rating). One suggestion for improvement: Most ad options for bonuses will smash my attention span which is still arguably well above average. ADS WHICH RUN MORE THAN FIVE SECONDS ARE TOO TIME-CONSUMING FOR TODAYS HECTIC PACE. ### 3/5 — Bugs!!! *2026-06-03, version 8.2* I love this game but getting help when something is wrong is impossible. One of the features (reflex emp) isn’t working on all relevant ships and I can’t get a response!! Spoils the game ### 5/5 — Bonjour *2026-06-01* Le jeu Nécessite vraiment un mode hors-ligne. Il reste simpa et bien adapté par rapport au « Phœnix » originel. ### 5/5 — Revive Exchange *2026-05-30, version 8.1* First and foremost, I love this game and great work keeping it updated and interesting! Phoenix 2 is one of my “original” games and continues to be my “go-to” almost every day. I wanted to know if your team thought about giving players the ability to exchange “Revives” for power-ups or game credits. I never use mine and have accumulated almost 3500 of these. Just a thought. Thanks guys and keep being awesome! ### 5/5 — Play everyday best top down shooter *2026-05-27, version 8.1* Great sounds multiple different ships to earn and upgrade,Different enemy waves every day .Can be played for free with quick adds for extra lives if you need them ### 5/5 — もっとstory modeやりたい *2026-05-23* デイリーミッションも楽しいし、他にもカッコいいMODや、story modeなども続編待っています。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 できれば今後のupdateで続編出たらいいなと思います。　　 これからもずっと使いますし楽しく使います これからもよろしくお願いします。 ### 3/5 — Was a Great Game *2026-05-18, version 8.1* The game play has been and still is fun. They still have the game grind-able so you can get most of the powers up if you really try. They however implemented bundles that offer deals but you have to “act fast” I dont like when mobile games exploit FOMO. So I unfortunately had to uninstall. ### 5/5 — J’adore *2026-05-17* Chaque vaisseaux est unique, boutique de 3 vaisseaux qui se rafraîchit assez rapidement et mods qui permet de rendre n’importe quel vaisseau très fort ### 2/5 — MOD実装！新しいアップグレード！ *2026-05-11* バランスを取ったアップデートといっても効果音変えて新しい通貨の消費を誘導するだけで、根本的な「粗悪な操作性」は一向に改善されない。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Used to be better *2026-07-06, version 8.2.1* After the last update I have lost interest. The ship upgrades have been divided further to create monetary gain. I see upgrades available but the only way to obtain them is to pay money. It’s whatever, the whole world is like this. I was just looking for a break from the world, I guess I’ll have to keep looking ### 1/5 — Unacceptable Engram system *2026-06-20, version 8.2* I am really disappointed on the recent update. I have all 100 ships and fly 10 of them frequently. Which means, now when I complete missions every day for maybe five days to pull a red Engram, you only have 10% of chance to hit the right ships.Then, there are maybe only 2(1 if you all ready have the another, yes, you can get a duplicate) out of 7 Engrams are useful. In conclusion, a five day hard-working equals to 3% chance of hit, the other 97% is totally useful, because you can only get 10% points back if you vaporize it. I don’t know what’s the point, just force people to pay? ### 1/5 — Ruined by greed *2026-06-18, version 8.2* After making it available to other platforms, this is now even more a money-grabbing gimmick with “offers” that are meant to blow you away, I think the developer’s mom has more chance to blow me, than his stupid petty offer of 10000 in game credits for £4.99, hey cunt, money don’t grow in trees, in case you didn’t know that!!!!!! ### 1/5 — UX needs work *2026-04-16, version 8.0.5* User experience needs work, sounds are good, Ui makes sense. Tell me why I just got a modification chip for A SHIP I DO NOT OWN YET. Just give me the ship? This references the free daily loot box, and it can just give a secondary trash currency. Boring feature, I remember actually wanting to use this. ### 1/5 — Unnerf the teleportation emp! *2026-04-03, version 8.0.5* The range was needed so hard forcing the player to p2w! ### 1/5 — 广告过于惊悚 *2026-03-27, version 8.0.5* 你们最近内置的投放广告是不是过于惊悚了？画面定格血腥猎奇，完全令人不适，在这样我要举报了。 ### 1/5 — Sad *2026-03-07, version 8.0.5* It was a good game until the developper became greedy ### 1/5 — 良ゲーがゴミゲーに *2026-03-05* 昔は上位20位以内は当たり前のプレイヤーでした。またやろうと復帰すると、MODとかいうゴミが追加された。以前はAXだけが課金要素でまだPSでタイムアタックができたが、MODというゴミが追加されてからは課金ゲー、しかも今までのグレードアップは無駄に。 どのゲームもアップデートごとにゴミゲーに近づくが、Phoenixだけは信じてたのに今はこの様。 MODが追加される前のバージョンに戻してくれよゴミ運営 ### 1/5 — Ship Movement *2026-02-14, version 8.0.5* The movement of the ships is really unpredictable. I think I’m making a slight dodge only to get launched into bullets I was fully clear of. Then there are also the ghost bullets that are invisible on screen but appear out of empty space. It can be when the screen is packed or on a completely empty screen. The ship movement is the bigger issue. The game seems to keep reading the direction and velocity wrong. Additionally the tracking of ship movement is significantly worse and the ship movement speed has been reduced something like 40%. Why is everything so laggy? This app should be running faster and cleaner than ever but its worse. ### 1/5 — The biggest update *2026-02-03, version 8.0.5* Is a failure in some ways, but likely a huge success for the revenue department. The people behind the decision are gleefully filling their pockets with cash while the gameplay and legacy of the game die. I liked Phoenix 2, it's a shame that this isn't that game any longer. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Arcade shooter done right! *2026-09-01, version 8.2.2* Well-designed arcade shooter, paired with modern design and graphics. Campaigns and missions are fun to play! ### 5/5 — Literally the best mobile game period *2026-08-30, version 8.2.2* This game is absolutely amazing. Everything about it. I play so much I get blisters on my thumbs when I play. And btw Baqlor with Apex mode is just easy mode. ### 5/5 — It’s like the best game ever *2026-08-24, version 8.2.2* nuff said ### 5/5 — A genuinely top tier mobile game. *2026-08-12, version 8.2.2* I have never written a review for any game, let alone a mobile one, but this one deserves it. The lack of ads, buttery smooth gameplay, and a fun yet not overly complicated game make this top tier. For the devs, please don’t stop working on this, you’ve made something great. ### 5/5 — Longest ever *2026-08-04, version 8.2.2* I must admit this has been the longest game ever I’ve ever had in my life. I love it and will not stop playing had it for many years and it has evolved so much. ### 5/5 — Best Arcade shooter I’ve seen *2026-07-30, version 8.2.2* While the whole market is oversaturated with games like this, just search Galaxy attack and you will see why, this one is genuine. Genuinely so many classes out there and so many good ships that are viable no matter where you are. You do only start with 3 basic ships, having to buy the rest with credits. Any pay to win is completely optional, same with watching ads for credits. No need to worry about energy either, even if some sections of the story are rank-gated, and you do have to increase rank to access, meaning clearing so many daily quests each day to unlock, but that’s my biggest critique, the rest is perfect. This is one that, though it may seem identical, is just so different that you really do need to try it if you want to see what makes it good. ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2026-07-27, version 8.2.2* My only complaint is that there are no new levels to play after completing the campaign, daily, and community missions. I created a new account to have the experience of working my way up through the ranks again and I can’t complete the campaign missions without increasing my rank. I’ve been playing the same four levels all day ### 5/5 — WD’s PHOENIX 2 REVIEW *2026-07-15, version 8.2.1* I love the music. It’s very uplifting and the game is very easy to play, but sometimes it can be a little anti-climatic for the prices. ### 5/5 — Thanks to is the best *2026-07-13, version 8.2.1* My kids loved it ### 5/5 — Amazing game!!! *2026-07-12, version 8.2.1* I have been playing this game for 24hrs and I absolutely love it!! The soundtracks are great,.. the graphics are absolutely stunning and gorgeous. 5* plus rating from a longtime gamer. --- *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 2026-09-06.*