# ShooMachi — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of ShooMachi by Jungheon Kim, rated 4.80/5 from 82 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoomachi/id1218816583/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shoomachi/id1218816583.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 74 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (12 of 25) ### 5/5 — Surprising Gem *2019-10-22, version 1.0.60* No weird in-app purchases that are pay to win. Just a great game. Strongly recommended if you’re looking for good bullet hell type games ### 5/5 — It's great! *2019-04-27, version 1.0.60* I always look for bullet hell fames, and this is pretty good. Would recommend! ### 5/5 — A real retro experience *2019-03-18, version 1.0.60* This game is made in the vein of the old classics, very fun and simple! ### 5/5 — Funtastic *2019-03-06, version 1.0.60* What a cool game. I play it on my 8plus and it is amazing. ### 5/5 — Nice *2018-12-26, version 1.0.60* Interesting take on the genre. Old school final fantasy style characters with castlevania feeling music. ### 5/5 — What a good app should be *2018-12-08, version 1.0.60* It’s completely free and the ads are non-intrusive. It’s refreshing to see a game treating the player so politely by keeping the ads away from your face ### 5/5 — Great free shooter *2018-10-24, version 1.0.60* This game is awesome. Up there with bullet hell Monday for free shooter games go. 8 thumbs up! ### 5/5 — 10 out of 10 hidden gem *2018-07-17, version 1.0.60* Really fun game, more people should give it a try. Not sure how i found the game in the app store. 👍🏻👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Yes *2017-10-02, version 1.0.60* Just yes ### 5/5 — Fantastic schmup *2017-05-05, version 1.0.55* Definitely the most refreshing shoot em up (schmup) in a good while. There's a good RPG element and a variety of characters with excellent retro pixel graphics. Definitely worth and download and definitely worth getting an IAP to help the devs. Great game here 👍🏻👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Top 5 shump on iOS *2017-04-05, version 1.0.55* A killer shump, try it, it's free( in a good way) and really really good. ### 5/5 — Fun *2017-04-02, version 1.0.55* Excellent game with no forced iap ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I hate *2020-03-16, version 1.0.60* I hate ### 3/5 — Fun, for the price *2021-12-20, version 1.0.72* Cute little game with minimal features. Levels are short and simple, great for bite-sized danmaku on the go. Just wish there were more variety and less emphasis on grinding. Big caveat: the cutscene(?) at the end of each loop seems to softlock the app for me, no idea if it’s because of my device (iPad) or just the app being out of date. Closing and relaunching the app keeps your progress though, so it’s mostly just an annoyance. ### 4/5 — Outstanding SHMUP *2019-02-26, version 1.0.60* Amazing retro SHUMP, but I cannot get iCloud sync to work correctly. Any help appreciated. Thanks.. ### 5/5 — Great Shmup *2023-08-20* Great time killer ### 5/5 — Great *2023-06-20* Excellent game. Clearly underrated. ### 5/5 — Nice *2022-07-28, version 1.0.80* Nice game but I feel as though the loop stages are a bit repetitive, don't know if it's just me but I don't notice too much of a difference between loops ### 5/5 — Great shmup! *2022-06-23, version 1.0.80* This is a great game you can tell lot of effort went into. No pop ups every 2 seconds asking you to buy stuff, just solid shmup gameplay. Fantasy theme with few unlockable characters. You level up and get stronger as you beat levels. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Good *2021-08-30, version 1.0.70* Cool game lol I got a few records on the bosses ### 5/5 — Great! *2021-03-26, version 1.0.70* Very fun game! A classic shmup with grazing elements and tons of player feedback. Well made! ### 5/5 — Very Nice *2020-10-20, version 1.0.70* One of those rare apps that you can tell the creator put some love into instead of just being a cash grab. “Shotgun” play style for scoring makes for a risk-reward system that is challenging and fun. The visuals are quite nice too. ## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Welcome Surprise *2020-07-16, version 1.0.63* The only thing it needs is prettier particles, everything else is ‘chefs kiss’ fantastic ### 5/5 — A Gem. *2020-05-26, version 1.0.60* This game is a gem in the mist. That’s all I have to say. Try it for yourself :)! ### 5/5 — A hidden Gem! *2019-10-27, version 1.0.60* This is a hidden Gem on all accounts! So fun so far, challenging, but very fun --- *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 2026-06-10.*