# Ships Squared — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of Ships Squared by Universalis Publishing, rated 5.00/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ships-squared/id288362680/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ships-squared/id288362680.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (6 of 25) ### 5/5 — Ingenious! *2010-08-16* I've downloaded many, many games for the iPad, but this is one of my favorites. I love the multiple ways you can change the challenge of the game-- my personal favorite way to play is with three boards, making single shots. On the complexity scale this game offers, that's close to the easier side, but it makes for a very satisfying logical puzzle. Straightforward, pleasing graphics, good tutorials, and a very original expansion of the Battleship game I grew up with. ### 5/5 — Challenging Puzzle Game *2010-06-19* Can't believe this is free.... Unlike any other "battleship" puzzle out there. VERY challenging. The instructions are thorough and well written, but it will take several read throughs to absorb all the info found there. This game is only for those who like to think, and think hard. PS for the dev: why do some squares stay yellow and others don't? That's the only thing I couldn't locate in the manual.... ### 5/5 — Ignore the star ratings.. *2010-06-17* The reviews are heavily polarized because this really is a new type of logic puzzle, and it's quite a difficult one at that. Don't expect to pick it up and be able to understand what to do or how to do it without reading the guide. If that last sentence throws you off, you simply won't enjoy this game. Otherwise, A+ for effort. This is exactly the type of game I want to see more of on the app store - Clean, bugfree and ridiculously difficult for reasons other than accelerometer control. ### 5/5 — Beautiful thinking puzzle! *2009-06-08* The first reviews are very well-written and say it all, I just want you to know this is a very satisfying mental exercise. There are a full range of difficulty senerios, and if you take the tutorial, you will be well rewarded! To the developer, please add a scoring feature: I know I'm thinking better than before, so I'd like to keep track of my progress. Players might find this an additional dimension of interest. Probably the best scoring method is simply to add a history of timings for each level (maybe the last 10 or 20). Can do? Thank you for an excellent puzzle app!!! ### 5/5 — I really like this game *2009-01-17* This is -not- the battleship game you played as a kid. It's a thinking person's puzzle game that requires careful analysis and planning to play properly and enjoy. I saw this game pop up a while ago and after reading about it and seeing a review, I was intrigued. I played the Viewer app and thought it was good fun, so I bought this one. The graphics are adequate given what you're trying to accomplish, though it does take some getting use to because at the medium and higher levels, the game is quite complex. Don't buy it if you just want to play battleship -- you'll be disappointed, but it you want to solve complex puzzles without the frustrations that come with many puzzle games, then this may be a great choice for you. Try the Viewer app first to see if you like it and spend the time going through the tutorials or you won't have a clue how to play. ### 5/5 — Just what I needed! *2008-11-07* I've grown tired of sudoku, and a French connect the dots game I've been playing has grown thin. This game is perfect! The logic needed in the upper levels of the game is intense! The instructions are pretty straight foward and the display simple and does not distract one's thoughts. This is battleship's older and smarter brother. You're not playing the captain who's sinking ships. You're playing the intelligence recon who's locating their exact locations with as few turns as possible. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Good idea *2015-03-08* Update: Does not work anymore and seemingly unmaintained. Lowering review. Time to open source? Original review: A couple of issues. The developer site lacks an easy-to-find feedback area, so I'm leaving my bug list here. This is an impressive logic puzzle with the caveat that it can generate non-unique solutions to puzzles. Specifically, I've run into several boards where a single-masted ship can be legally in either of two positions. (This happened on level 2, which doesn't bode well for higher levels.) It isn't always clear when the game is over. Fix the ui controls relating to game completed successfully, clearing the board of ships to start over with the current guesses, etc. Without these bugs, I'd give the game 4 stars. My experience on the store is that lower ratings provide incentive to fix bugs. ### 1/5 — It crash ! *2014-10-27, version 1.26* No good ! ### 1/5 — It blows *2012-07-18* Does not indicate when or if game is completed. Good concept but finish the software. ### 1/5 — Bad game *2011-10-29* This is super hard!I mean like when I complete a level it never let's me to the next level!also when I make my level I always have to follow the rules!oh and they also say that level three is level four.that is also weird.still I have not been playing much but it still is bad.DO NOT GET THIS GAME!NEVER! ### 1/5 — Ach du Schreck *2011-04-15* Zum Lesen der Spielanleitung muss man sich Zeit nehmen. Ob man es dann auch kapiert steht auf einem anderen Stern. Mich hat es genervt und auch ein Probespiel hat mir nichts gebracht. Ich find's doof! ### 4/5 — Well done! *2012-12-04, version 1.26* A well-done logic puzzle based on the old battleship game idea. The way levels increase is well conceived as well. From children-level to very challenging ones. Furthermore, one of the best tutorials ever seen! ### 4/5 — Great puzzle game *2012-06-09* Great logical inference game. The UI is pretty awkward, and that's initially off-putting, but once you find out where everything is it's very usable. This is a good choice for people who like games like sudoku, as it's largely about calculating which layouts are possible (given the visible information) and which are not. ### 4/5 — 계정도용인듯 *2011-12-07* 제가구매한적이없는데구입목록에있네요.. 만약결제가되었다면환불요청드리구요.. 이런경우계정도용관련해서어디에얘기해야하는건지도알려주시면감사하겠습니다..황당하네요.. ### 4/5 — Better than reviews *2008-09-25* But don't know yet if I can say great. Don't expect the traditional battleship game with cool graphics. This is a logic-puzzle game with good instructions, multiple levels, and significant challenge. Haven't played enough yet to comment on it's lasting value, but give the developer a break and don't judge this by comparing it to the other battleship game. ### 5/5 — Genial *2016-01-04* Ich finde die Idee sehr gut! ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love the challenges *2013-10-15* Great puzzles, simple rules, and endless possibilities for a good game from seconds to hours. ### 5/5 — Ships2 auf iPad1/FW 5.0.1 *2012-07-06* Das Spiel hat wenig mit Schiffe-Versenken zu tun, sondern ist vielmehr eine Art graphisches SUDOKU. Die Spielidee scheint solide und verspricht Langzeitspaß für Menschen, die gerne puzzeln. Das Spiel läuft stabil ohne Abstürze. ### 5/5 — Really challenging *2011-10-30* A very well thought out puzzle game for those with strong powers of deduction ### 5/5 — Gutes Knobelspiel *2011-09-11* gutes denkspiel und oft nicht ganz leicht. Man muss sich die Anleitungen durchlesen, aber das ist schnell gemacht. Alle die hier 1*-Rezesionen abgeben sind anscheinend zu dumm für dieses Spiel ### 5/5 — Very nice game *2011-06-06* Excellent game to get you thinking logically. The different levels mean there's always one of the difficulty you fancy, from the easy to the impossible. The help is also very good and clear. I recommend to any logic fans! (played on iPad) ### 5/5 — geiles Spiel *2011-01-16* Wer sich ein paar Knoten in sein Gehirn denken will, der sollte das Spiel mal ausprobieren. ### 5/5 — Geniale e gratis *2010-12-19, version 1.22* Per gli amanti di giochi logici, notevole. ### 5/5 — AWESOME... after the 20min or so tutorial !!! *2010-10-07* The best puzzle game EVER ! Bad ratings are because of the required learning curve... But tutorials are perfect to understand step by step the whole concept and it gives you tips on how you should play to deduce things. If you like mines-like games and don't fear the 20min required learning tuto : just go for it !!!! ### 5/5 — awesome *2010-08-23, version 0* it is so challenging that u cannot stop. i tried to show how to do to all my family and now we are playing together fighting do decide where to click. i think better they buy their own ipad and play :-) --- *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 2026-08-16.*