# pixa — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of pixa by The Electric Toy Company, rated 4.60/5 from 37 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixa/id826977016/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixa/id826977016.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 30 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (15 of 57) ### 5/5 — The best game ever a update to adventure *2017-11-24, version 1.2* I love this game like the original adventure👾 It’s more fun than adventure longer than adventure and my favorite the COINS!!finally you can not just have 1 thing you can have up to 3 witch is a massive improvement and also increasing the speed and even the sword I love it the dragons look better finally!! You can have a map!! This is the real sequel to adventure!! ### 5/5 — Love it *2017-07-05, version 1.2* Honestly, this is one of my favorite games ever. In normal games, they start you off as a loved, respected person, part of the "illustrious player lineage". In Pixa, you must earn that respect. Also, I like how you grow more attached to the characters as the story goes on. You developers are very talented! I hope the source code makes it to GitHub. ### 5/5 — A brilliant retro homage *2017-03-09, version 1.1* Remember the classic Advenure game for the 2600? This is a great homage to it. Brilliant retro graphics to match the original. It's like it's an updated Adventure game for 2017. 5/5 ### 5/5 — The best sequel and homage to Adventure *2017-01-04, version 1.1* I loved Adventure. I tried most of the homebrew sequels and this is by far the best. Once I figured out the trick to fight the dragons. That's the only downside, it's not clear how the dragon gauge works. For me, near screen-wide horizontal swipes back-and-forth relatively fast did the trick. The levels are fun with twisted layouts that challenge you to find the "chalice". To the developers: thank you for capturing the spirit and making an awesome iOS game. ### 5/5 — Atari Adventure Again! *2016-09-25, version 1.1* Did you love playing Atari Adventure on the 2600 back in the early 80's? This game is for you. The sequel that never was. And those classic sounds. Love it! ### 5/5 — Truly Excellent *2016-06-08, version 1.1* For fans of Adventure for the VCS, as well as fans of sophisticated puzzle games like Lolo for the NES, rpgs like Ys for the TG16... I even get a little bit of Sierra and a bit of Myst vibes. The aesthetic combines the best of these different genres. Gameplay and mechanics are the best i've encountered in a retro-style game. A+ ### 5/5 — Excellent Sequel to Atari 2600 Adventure! *2015-08-23, version 1.1* So many levels! I'm hooked! Get this game! ### 5/5 — A beautiful love letter to retro gaming *2015-08-13, version 1.1* When I was a kid I played my Atari 2600 for countless hours. Simply put I had a blast with that machine and I still enjoy playing those old school Atari games today. Adventure was one of those Atari games I played a lot and I lamented the fact that it never received a proper follow up. Until now. Pixa is THE follow up to Adventure that fans like myself have been waiting for. Graphics and music are superb and the quests have that "complex simplicity" that good Atari games would deliver. While updates or follow ups to Pixa would be nice I'm glad that the game exists in the first place. Buy it!! ### 5/5 — Classic remake done right *2015-01-28, version 1.1* A modern look at the Atari 2600 Adventure. They kept the sound effects and look from the original but changed up the gameplay a bit. It’s still all about finding the color keys to the castles to get to the Trophy and exit the level. It’s very maze oriented and like the original the rooms warp you around so it isn’t a straightforward maze. There is usually a map somewhere on each level to help you out (and yes you can take it with you because these levels are complex!). Many of the stages are in the dark. There are a few new enemies, and a storyline. If you enjoy adventure don’t even hesitate to pick this up. Yes it’s a pain to swipe to everywhere (please add controller support) but if you can overlook that this is a brilliant effort by a 2 person team. Excellent. ### 5/5 — Epic! *2015-01-24, version 1.1* This game is a great remake of Adventure. You get a mid game surprise once you collect all the trophys. STUCK on world 27 because the yellow key isn't anywhere! Otherwise great game. Edit: I beat world 27 but right now the game will randomly stop letting me move or close the map. If i reset with the map on, the map is still there. All I can do @ that time is pick up and put down items. ### 5/5 — Party like its 1979 *2015-01-18, version 1.1* Many inside jokes or so I'm guessing. The main character is Warren. The name of the maker of the original Atari Adventure. The final treasure references an Easter egg from the original as well. Good stuff ### 5/5 — I'm 5 again! *2015-01-07, version 1.1* This game is a time portal, with the power to instill in you the nostalgic rush of childhood joy. So much love went into this, and so much love came out. I can't thank you enough. ### 5/5 — Very cool *2014-12-13, version 1.1* This game hits me in all my happy places somehow. Great music. Love the atmosphere. I have no idea how fights work, I just swipe like crazy and I seem to win but I bet I'll need to learn how to actually fight eventually. Also, I bought this game as a direct result of Doug Dug going free recently, so you can tie this sale right into that. ### 5/5 — Good old fashioned retro fun *2014-09-05, version 1.0* A charming emulation of Classic Atari gaming, as read about in READY PLAYER ONE. Guide your heroic square through infinite worlds, fighting pixel dragons, collecting keys and getting lost in the dark, in the hope of hooking up with your neighbour's daughter... A square that changes colour. Sheer joy throughout. ### 5/5 — 2600 Adventure Sequel I've wanted for 30 years! *2014-08-24, version 1.0* If you were a fan of the original 2600 adventure this is a great sequel. Captures key elements of the original game and adds new elements that fit in perfect. I hope the game designers keep keep up there great work with new releases. Hope they take a stab at sequels at other great games from the past. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken *2019-10-20, version 1.2* Doesn’t work at all. Can’t drop first item. Game is busted. ### 3/5 — Fun dies quickly *2021-02-13, version 1.2* It’s neat at first. Not really like Adventure aside from the look. No explanation about anything, but you get most things by dying a few times and learning how to do whatever, like sword fighting. Later levels are just you avoiding enemy after enemy after enemy with no sword. ### 3/5 — Very entertaining but buggy at the end *2018-11-16, version 1.2* I loved Atari’s Adventure and this game remains very faithful to the original. There are 24 worlds with various monsters and you collect coins to “level up”. You can hold onto more than one item, increase your speed and improve your sword skills. The storyline is interesting. I’m not a fan of the “wraparound effect “ especially in unlit screens. And you cannot see objects in the dark unless they are in the candlelit area (a la’ “Haunted House “ Atari game). I’m now up to level 60 and my biggest complaint is that there’s always two monsters on the screen. I wouldn’t really mind that IF I COULD FIND THE SWORD!! I’m not afraid of the monsters, but if I paid all that money for level 8 (max) sword ability, then for goodness sake give me a sword. The perk for paying for level 8 sword ability should be that I should be always outfitted with a sword at the beginning of the level, otherwise I feel cheated. I don’t mind fending off and fighting five, six, seven monsters on a screen at a time (it does get crazy at level 60), with monsters moving at super speed and continually bumping into gravestones, rocks, etc, and the sword slipping this way and that after every fight, but please change the program so at the very high levels where we’re fending off hordes of monsters. At level 8, it’s uncomfortable to play the coward and run from fights. Valor forever! ### 3/5 — Great remake *2018-04-04, version 1.2* I have always wanted a good remake of the classic Adventure and thus game delivers. My only problem is the lack of instruction. I don’t understand how the combat system works and usually end up running away from the because I cannot seem to defeat them. Give us some more instruction and i would give it a better rating ### 3/5 — Repetitive mechanics *2014-03-21, version 1.0* I like gaming nostalgia as much as anybody, but these dragons are irritating. ### 4/5 — WOW *2019-04-30, version 1.2* For .99 cents is amazing but I have a complaint,maybe I’m and idiot or something but I can’t manage to get past the 9th level ### 5/5 — A brilliant retro homage *2026-04-07, version 1.2* Remember the classic Advenure game for the 2600? This is a great homage to it. Brilliant retro graphics to match the original. It's like it's an updated Adventure game for 2017. 5/5 ### 5/5 — fantastic homage to fantastic game *2024-10-05, version 1.2* This is a more perfect love letter to Adventure than even Ready Player One. As someone who found the original wizard’s ring and the world’s first video game Easter egg via whispernet back before the internet was a thing, I’m absolutely delighted to find this gem and wholeheartedly recommend it. It won’t pull at the heart strings of younger gamers in quite the same way, but it’s fun enough and an awesome tribute to yesteryear that I suspect they could also really enjoy it. ### 5/5 — My favorite game as a kid *2022-07-20, version 1.2* This game captures the original perfectly. Only way better. The levels are infinite, and get harder each time. At this point I have purchased all of the upgrades: speed, sword power, storage. I have over 10,000 unspendable coins. And I’m on level 129. The hardest level I’ve gotten through took me over two weeks. I love it. ### 5/5 — chill *2021-12-02* I’m stuck on the couch due to a back injury and I’ve really enjoyed playing this game today. The atmosphere is great, and I didn’t even grow up with the Atari. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Worth a play through just for the cute story *2021-06-24, version 1.2* I loved every second of this game! It was easy to pickup and play, and I loved listening to the music and dialogue from my mom. Super interesting twist on a classic concept ### 5/5 — Thank you for making this game *2020-08-12, version 1.2* It’s very much worth the .99¢ price tag. ### 5/5 — Feels like a modern sequel to Adventure *2018-12-19, version 1.2* I have an affection for the Atari 2600. This game pays homage to one of the best games of the system. It adds complexity, problem solving, and infinite replayability. ### 5/5 — I love it!!! *2018-10-04, version 1.2* The game is a riff/homage of the classic Atari 2600 game ADVENTURE but it’s so much more!!! I love it! ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2018-05-21, version 1.2* I love this game so much! I still play Adventure and Pixa pays homage to this classic. Thank you so much for creating Pixa! ### 5/5 — Adventure has never been this fun *2018-02-26, version 1.2* I basically never review apps, but this game deserves it. Exceptionally well written, great gameplay, good music and just all around well done. Little details like the barrel distortion of the screen to harken back to the big CRT TV I played Adventure on my parents’ 2600 35 years ago. Fun, inexpensive, simple entertaining apps are exactly what this platform was designed for. I so prefer to just pay up front and own the game, just like the before time that this game is all about. Thank you devs, excellent work! --- *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 2026-08-01.*