# RogueJack: Roguelike BlackJack — user reviews > 173 indexed App Store user reviews of RogueJack by Ponywolf, LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 2,593 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roguejack-roguelike-blackjack/id1476885623/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roguejack-roguelike-blackjack/id1476885623.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,107 · 4★ 321 · 3★ 86 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 45 ## What do users think of RogueJack? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Amazing game overall - 👍 Great concept executed well - 👍 Fun, simple, and addictive - 🚀 Innovative and creative - 👍 Great for short bursts of play - 👍 Fair monetization with optional ads **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional freezing/crashing issues - 👎 Repetitive gameplay after a while - 👎 Enemies often get 20/21 making it frustrating - 👎 Lack of variety in weapons/items - 👎 Losing all progress on death can be demotivating **Commonly reported bugs** - Cards overlapping and blocking view - Incorrect item descriptions - Freezing during combat - Losing progress when exiting the app **Most requested features** - Allow player to choose character class - Add more enemy/level variety - Implement a save/progress system - Add more strategic depth to combat - Increase rewards for winning hands ## Newest reviews (16 of 173) ### 3/5 — Forces you to open App Store reviews constantly *2026-08-07, version 1.7.1* It’s very annoying. The game is kinda fun. Needs more variety. It’s ok. I paid $2 for it. ### 3/5 — Ok game *2026-07-25, version 1.7.1* It’s an ok game 👀 ### 4/5 — Chad *2026-07-15, version 1.7.1* Such ### 3/5 — It’s fun before the slog starts *2026-06-15, version 1.5.0* The premise is fine, but eventually it gets very repetitive. Leveling up being a slog when a kill is worth 2 points and advancement is 1500 at level 8. No new weapons or items are introduced. Graphics are bad even by 8 bit standards. Worth a few hours of play. ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2026-04-10, version 1.4.1* It is pretty good for a free to play, also all ads (so far) are optional ### 2/5 — Below Average *2026-03-23, version 1.4.1* Usually the description is a teaser, but in this case it’s entire game. Very simple mechanics which is fine if that’s what you are into, but progression is extremely limited and linear which can get boring. There’s a bug where if you return back to the starting room and exit the game you lose all the xp collected. Honestly I don’t expect this kind of game to even have bugs still. ### 2/5 — Game broken *2026-03-09, version 1.4.1* It might have been good once but don’t trust the reviews. The base of a potentially good game. That said it has many, many bugs and game balancing issues. The worst is that no weapon abilities work except the base damage. ### 3/5 — It’s a good concept… too much luck *2026-01-29, version 1.4.1* It’s a cool game, simple and easy to understand. But it’s way too tied to luck, I just get stuck and after each respawn. I’ll just die again because there’s far few options per floor so if one monster is too strong I can’t explore and find another way or find a potion etc etc. it’s just block me and follow me and then I have to go through it and then me winning it or not is decided basically straight away because of 2 cards…. Try and try again and it all comes down to the luck of those cards on if I beat that creature, I can’t do anything to give me an edge or work around a problem. It’s a shame because it could be a cool game ### 3/5 — Redundant Weapons and No Pockets *2026-01-01, version 1.4.1* I like the idea of the game, but I think it’s execution kind of fell flat. The weapons that add status effects are pretty much useless on early floors because you can’t add a status effect to a creature that dies in one hit. The enemies on later floors take more hits to kill so it works for them, but the easier enemies aren’t affected at all. Another missed opportunity I noticed is the inability to carry potions or food to other floors. When the enemies get tougher it would be nice to have leftover health potions from previous floors but the player character seems to lack a belt for potions, or even pockets. For a difficult game like BlackJack it would be nicer to have balanced weapons and a way to heal when the going gets tough. Other than that, the game’s hard but I keep coming back to it. ### 3/5 — Many bugs *2025-12-30, version 1.4.1* There are a lot of unfinished things in the game, like adds not being watchable, they just load and not work, the smart sword and the librarian’s shield(items aren’t memorable enough) have their description swapped. Enemies don’t really have a difficulty curve, and don’t gain the same abilities as you, they just do more damage and one shot you or leave you on enough hp to be one shotted, shields are just too rare and the fighting system is to repetitive, however, the game is fun to play. Also, the gold dragon is just the ice dragon but drops more gold, it even freezes you. ### 3/5 — Why can’t I choose a character? *2025-12-11, version 1.4.1* I want to choose my character not get a new one randomly. Also is there an objective? ### 5/5 — W *2025-10-22, version 1.4.1* Amazing game overall and has a nice twist to the average rouge like game ### 2/5 — Cards are too small to see *2025-10-16, version 1.4.1* I would love to play this, but the cards are tiny, way too small to easily read. ### 5/5 — Good, but no replay value. *2025-09-23, version 1.4.1* The game is good and original, but there's no reason to replay it once you beat a run after an hour or two. ### 5/5 — A truly free and fun game *2025-08-17, version 1.4.1* Could use some more mechanics to incentivize not full-searching the room (given that visibility is a mechanic), like hunger or something. ### 5/5 — 엄청재밌어요 *2025-07-16* 무조건하셈 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Review won't stop popping up *2026-07-30, version 1.7.1* Like the game but it's really annoying that the review option keeps popping up constantly ### 1/5 — Cool game but bad for free *2026-02-10, version 1.4.1* It’s fun but unless you pay good luck leveling up ### 1/5 — Please add landscape mode *2024-12-21, version 1.4.1* It is 2024, after all… ### 1/5 — Beautiful game but *2024-11-02* 2021: we will looking for italian. 2024: Where is the italian? 😩 **Developer response:** So sorry, we have no plans to add Italian. ### 1/5 — Needs more instructions *2024-07-22, version 1.2.1* Lack of instructions made this game very unenjoyable ### 1/5 — Horrible. Had potential *2022-08-03, version 1.2.1* This game was enjoyable until about floor 20/21 when all of a sudden statistics made no sense. Just strictly looking at the win and loss ratio, it’s nothing like it would be within normal deck of cards. When you add in how it’s supposed to be 60 to 80% chance of cards being dealt face up, those also go against statistics with it mainly showing face down. and if those struggles aren’t enough, you will constantly be poisoned, burned, and surrounded by monsters. ### 1/5 — Cool concept *2022-08-01, version 1.2.1* Loved the idea but just like a casino it cheats like crazy. Fighting goblins is always a toss up if you’ll actually win. Doesn’t matter how many times I pull a 20, goblin always ends up killing me. ### 1/5 — Demasiado difícil *2020-03-09* Es imposible llegar lejos cuando apenas si te puedes curar y los enemigos increíblemente consiguen solo 20 y 21 a partir del piso 8, sin mencionar que no se puede subir casi de nivel por esta misma dificultad. ### 2/5 — Why can’t I choose a character? *2026-08-13, version 1.8* It’s a good game in theory but in practice it’s like 15mins max of content ### 2/5 — Stopped working *2026-08-08, version 1.7.1* Arrows stopped working all of a sudden ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game! Try it out *2026-08-30, version 1.8* It’s a pretty simple game, kind of like 1 bit adventure but with blackjack mechanics. There isn’t a huge item pool or bosses (unless I missed something!) but the mechanics are fun, got about 3 hours of solid gameplay to finish the game. I’ll definitely keep an eye on what this developer makes next. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-07-31, version 1.7.1* Play ### 5/5 — 랄랄랄 *2026-07-26* 간단하게 재미씀 ### 5/5 — Yes *2026-07-03, version 1.5.1* I like games like Texas Hold’em and blackjack so yes I love the exploration part the only part I don’t like is how much water I get ### 5/5 — Amazing concept and execution *2026-04-20, version 1.4.1* Aside from a like 2 UI issues it’s Awesome ### 5/5 — Delightful *2026-04-06, version 1.4.1* Often systems get overcluttered. These systems are fun and non fidgety. A master class in clean fun design. Great game. Great Roguelike. ### 5/5 — Simple, clever battle mechanics *2026-04-06, version 1.4.1* The kind of game that asks for little effort and minimal attention, yet is deceptively deep and rewarding. Feels like some brilliant game from 1985. ### 5/5 — Great Addiction *2026-01-30, version 1.4.1* This is a great game. Simple, light, and easy to pass the time. I’d love to see a stat screen though. Somewhere to track all these runs. ### 5/5 — Rogue likes and black jack! *2025-12-30, version 1.4.1* My two favorite things. It’s a great way to pas time on my breaks at work. ### 5/5 — Great Game worth the $2! *2025-12-29, version 1.4.1* this is such a simple but fun game, has a lot of replayability and is addicting af. --- *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 2026-09-13.*