# Phoenix HD — user reviews > 404 indexed App Store user reviews of Phoenix HD by Firi Games, rated 4.60/5 from 1,018 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phoenix-hd/id445791750/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phoenix-hd/id445791750.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 785 · 4★ 139 · 3★ 52 · 2★ 23 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of Phoenix HD? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 🎨 Stunning visuals - 🕹️ Responsive controls - 🕹️ Diverse ship selection - 🕹️ Challenging but fair difficulty - 💰 Fair pricing model - 🕹️ Addictive gameplay loop - 🕹️ Leaderboards add competitive element **Cons** - 💰 Paid ships limit progression - 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs - 🕹️ Limited enemy and level variety - 💰 Paid features like leaderboards **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes after recent update - Leaderboard issues with scores not saving properly **Most requested features** - More free ships to unlock - Ability to purchase ships with in-game currency - Additional game modes or levels - More enemy variety - Ability to save and track personal high scores ## Newest reviews (20 of 404) ### 3/5 — Annoying Bug *2025-08-22, version 2.6.3* 整体不错，但蜃景号有个很讨厌的bug：使用道具时容易莫名其妙被打断，导致几秒钟无任何攻击，只能挨打。 ### 5/5 — Still as good as I remember it being *2025-04-21, version 2.6.3* This game holds a special place in my heart. I remember when I was 8 years old playing this game 10 years ago during long road trips for hours on end. This game has managed to stand the test of time and still be entertaining enough for me to download it again and have me hooked and addicted playing it. Incredible job developers, hope you all are doing well. ### 5/5 — Impressive *2024-12-05, version 2.6.3* It’s a smooth, calming and incredible game. Very replayable with very different ships to keep it interesting ### 4/5 — Love it *2024-11-18, version 2.6.3* Pure joy love it tho it’s a bit old and hasn’t been updated since 2019 but still fun and simple with 0 lag although I with you could buy ships for in game coins instead of real money ### 5/5 — Fun game but play Phoenix 2 now *2024-11-07, version 2.6.3* There’s a new version of this game to play, if you are looking at reviews rn, go play phoenix 2 asap! ### 5/5 — Best mobile game of all time *2024-10-19, version 2.6.3* Despite the fact that it will never move to other platforms, this game was the most fun I ever had playing a mobile game or any bullet hell for that matter. The soundtrack is perfect and so are the rest of the ships which I will never regret spending my money on. ### 4/5 — HD以前の無印購入機体が *2024-10-19* 無かったことになってたのが悲しい それ以外は 温いおじいにも手軽に楽しめて良い 熱いおじいには向いてません 大往生でもしてください ### 5/5 — Best mobile game EVER *2024-10-09, version 2.6.3* Ive been playing Phoenix HD for a long time and its replayability is through the roof. I love this game a ridiculous amount. ### 5/5 — Phoenix HD *2024-10-05, version 2.6.3* I grew playing this type of game so of course I loved it! ### 4/5 — Занятная игра *2024-08-26* Если учесть, что у неё есть великолепное продолжение с обновлённой графикой и большим количеством кораблей, то это очень достойная база для перехода разработчика в сферу такого рода игр. Корабли интересные (хотя в некоторые моменты и непродуманные будто), механики понятные, хотя вот геймплей поначалу не радует, так как не совсем понятно что происходит на экране из-за контрастов и цветовой гаммы ### 5/5 — Must have game!! *2024-08-21, version 2.6.3* Fantastic mobile game even in 2024. Fun and simple to play with surprisingly good graphics and fluid gameplay. Highly recommended. Classic. ### 4/5 — Geiles Game, aber *2024-05-24* Das Game ist Mega. Uralt, und Abzug für die ganzen In-Game-Käufe ### 5/5 — Excellent endless runner *2024-05-20, version 2.6.3* One of the best endless runner games I have ever found. Yes I know it is technically a wave based combat, but it’s pretty much an endless runner (metaphorically speaking). It is brutally fair and if you fail, it is your fault. My only gripe is that you have to pay for the ships, but that is forgivable because of the test flights you get once a day. ### 5/5 — Great game *2024-05-11, version 2.6.3* I purchased this game roughly 6 years ago and it’s still going strong imo 💯👍🏽 great work ### 5/5 — Great *2023-12-10, version 2.6.3* This game will never die 🫡🫡🫡 ### 5/5 — 2nd favorite game EVER *2023-12-05, version 2.6.3* This game is totally amazing. I think you could add more ships and be able to collect them if you get a high enough score. And many you could add harder enemies , I get tired of the same enemies every time. ### 4/5 — ？？ *2023-12-04, version 2.6.3* How do you launch a bomb with an iPhone? ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2023-11-18, version 2.6.3* This used to be my favorite game as a 4 year old, just remembering how my dad bought me all the ships. I totally recommend!!! ### 5/5 — Good *2023-11-14* Good ### 4/5 — Decent Bullet hell fun. *2023-10-25, version 2.6.3* Ive played lots of schmup games and this fits the bill. Interesting and experimental jets and simple scoring system, a blast to play to waste time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Слабо *2021-09-20* Не для iPad Слишком крупный масштаб. Количество объектов на экране запредельное, геймплей от этого сильно страдает, 5-6 атак и неизбежно зажимают в тиски. Отбивает желание пробовать дальше. ### 1/5 — Rigged like a carnival game *2019-11-20, version 2.6.3* This game is rigged. It lets you get pretty far on the first run without boosts and then each run after that get increasingly more difficult, even with boosts, until it’s impossible to play without spending money. It’s fun for about 5 minutes. Uninstalling now. ### 1/5 — Location Services, really? *2019-02-05, version 2.6.2* This isn’t google maps, it does not need location services. Into the trash it goes ### 1/5 — すみませんが *2017-12-02* 何が面白いのかがわかりません。つまらないです。 ### 1/5 — кто ??? *2017-05-05* чо за хуйню сделали разраб уебок ### 1/5 — 구입목록 삭제 부탁 드립니다. *2017-02-17* 구입목록 삭제 부탁 드립니다. ### 1/5 — Last update was disapointed 😒😒 *2016-10-12, version 2.6.1* Enemy bullets remains after they are destroyed 😓😓😓unfotunetly it is a bad update ### 1/5 — Dumb *2016-02-14, version 2.6.0* Only one life?? Too many weapon/energy balls flying around toward you from enemy; some are good, some are bad but it's hard to tell which are which. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Boring game! *2015-12-22, version 2.5.1* Boring game... Played after play still the same enemy ship. Nothing new to fight against and no new weapons upgrade after reached high level. ### 1/5 — Никакая *2015-12-16* Сложная, однообразная игра лишенная хотя бы какого то смысла. Наворотили всякой туфты, а толку ноль. Не советую тратить свое время и тем более платить деньги ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 很经典 *2026-08-14, version 2.6.3* 最早接触是在iPhone4上面 后面不用苹果了现在又找回来了 还是那个感觉 现在26年了 画面和感觉还是那么惊艳 不输现在大部分同类型的游戏 哪怕是后来的2代也是如此 只是如果一代还能出如此有创意的新飞机 那就真的很好了 不过现在这家飞机也非常经典 总是能在别的游戏里看到一点影子 作为休闲游戏真的很好玩 ### 5/5 — 훌륭함 *2026-07-26* 제목 그대로 ### 5/5 — Best Game ever *2026-03-09, version 2.6.3* I always played this game as a kid for hours and I just got this game a few days ago, it’s so nostalgic and fun, it’s simple yet difficult, but not impossible, definitely 5 stars! ### 5/5 — Even After all These Years… *2025-12-09, version 2.6.3* Even with the release of the sequel, Phoenix II, Phoenix HD continues to stand as a staple for bullet hells for the past, present, and future. Phoenix HD is a classic bullet hell that keeps things simple and does everything right. ### 5/5 — Epic all time top game. *2025-09-19, version 2.6.3* ONE REQUEST!!!! Can the game developer create a leaderboard that is for raw dog runs without boosts please? See explanation below. So I used to play this game all the time in college back in 2012-2014 and was absolutely obsessed. I just love the game mechanics and the rush of just the simplicity of doing a run. I will say that when I logged back onto the updated version of this OG I didn’t love that you could buy all these boosts and stuff. Inevitably people with high scores are for sure buying lots of boot to get those scores whereas in the old days if it was just raw dog. I used to be like top 10 in my city and knew I was truly going head to head raw dog. Totally fine to keep the boost score board but do it for the OGsssss ### 5/5 — Sdiybt *2025-09-01, version 2.6.3* Sdiybt ### 5/5 — Frick YEAR *2025-08-11, version 2.6.3* It so good. You fight different bosses and you gain power ups such as upgrading it and instant heal! You can also get different ships and they do different things. My personal favorite is there on where you can hold your screen and it attack the enemy ship weapon. You can gain coin after you destroy the enemy ships and you can use it to buy a new power up like 40% more power up. ### 5/5 — One of the best mobile games I’ve played *2025-08-11, version 2.6.3* I’ve been playing this game for as long as I can remember playing mobile games at all. The gameplay loop is simple but still amazingly fun. The graphics are beautiful and the soundtrack is even better (did you know the sfx for your ship’s cannons are all made to sync with the music). Like all bullet hell games it could deliver quite a challenge, especially when you’re piloting the more unconventional ships. It may cost 99p to unlock one out of 7 of them, but the game has got you covered by allowing you to test fly one of ships every day, so if you get bored with the main ship, (still very fun to use) you can still use the others for free. It can’t be considered P2W because all of the ships have completely separate leaderboards (which are all currently free to place yourselves on). And even if you start to get a bit bored anyways, there’s a whole number of interesting achievements you can accomplish. I really recommend this game to anyone who just wants a classic, fun, bullet hell with great visuals and great soundtrack. ### 5/5 — Rave!!!! *2025-07-11, version 2.6.3* Awesome!! 😎 ### 5/5 — Good *2025-05-19, version 2.6.3* Good --- *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 2026-09-04.*