# Shotgun King — user reviews > 117 indexed App Store user reviews of Shotgun King by Plug In Digital, rated 4.80/5 from 709 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shotgun-king/id6744170498/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shotgun-king/id6744170498.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 642 · 4★ 33 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 14 ## Newest reviews (11 of 117) ### 3/5 — A concept as good as the best in the genre, with snags I can’t stop catching. *2026-07-27, version 1.0.10* Gameplay idea is simple but augmented with the progression and randomization of the roguelike genre. It works really well and feels very satisfying to successfully clear a board or pull off a narrow escape from a tight place. When it “works”. This game will flip-flop about behaviors that it allows. Being diagonal from a pawn is nothing. Being diagonal from a pawn while you have one directly in front of you? It’s safer to just disengage since firing at the active threat, even while being careful to aim your blast so that it clear the pawn in front of you, has a fifty-fifty chance of still having some of the pellets hitting the pawn in front of you, allowing the threatening pawn to kill you immediately. There are shields that protect you from inputting bad moves that will kill you. If you’re in the path of a rook, and shoot a non-threatening knight, it will consume a shield and flash a little heads up about the bad move, encouraging you to instead get out of the path of the rook. If you instead shoot the rook, even if the shot would kill the rook and eliminate the threat in the first place, it will still flash that warning, leading you to believe half the time that certain perfectly fine game actions are bad. It does not do this for the (enemy) king however, if you can land a death blow on the king, it won’t prevent you from doing so, even while in mortal peril, because the game ends immediately upon killing the king. You cannot hop on and claim pieces like in actual chess. That feels like a shortcoming. However, there is something called “blade” that is entirely unexplained. Having blade 3 will allow you to melee units adjacent to you with 3 or fewer hit points. Same for every other level of blade. Blade however, does not move you into that piece’s space like you might think, if you have the idea of claiming pieces like in normal chess in your head. Also be careful not to become too powerful! If a stray bit of buckshot hits the wrong unit and kills it, the queen/bishop/rook behind it that wasn’t a threat previously will instantly kill you. I guess like in chess. I just wonder why the shields wouldn’t pop up a warning for this particular circumstance. It does if you have the sawed-off shotgun upgrade and the blast back would kick you into a threat space. Basically, it’s really good, and you’re going to really enjoy it, and you’re going to do run, after run, after run, until at some point the amount of inconsistencies and small irritations pile up and you’re more annoyed than when you picked up the game for that session. ### 4/5 — Noice *2026-07-05, version 1.0.10* Good fun. Dropped 1 star bcz no support for cloud save ### 2/5 — Play if you like the difficulty *2026-06-19, version 1.0.10* I'm writing this because I found the game too difficult, so I'm leaving this review because I found the game too difficult for me. But again, if you don't mind the difficulty but this game. I know this review won't apply to everyone, but this is just my opinion, it's too difficult for me. ### 2/5 — No sound at all, buttons unresponsive. *2026-06-16, version 1.0.10* Too bad. Really looked forward to playing this. No sound is a game killer. Buttons unresponsive. ### 4/5 — Awesome Game *2026-06-07, version 1.0.10* Love the game. Super addictive and fun. A few issues that prevent a five star review: 1) incoming calls turn off volume of the game 2) impossible to swipe game away to get to Home Screen while playing 3) noticed certain cards like Shovel do not appear in the Codex which is frustrating for completionists who want the Attila gun. Unless they are hidden and secret? Not sure. I own the game on Switch as well and have noticed the same issue as well. Is this because each platform has a different version. Please fix this issues as the game is fantastic! ### 4/5 — Noice *2026-06-07, version 1.0.10* Good fun ### 3/5 — 金額には見合ってない *2026-05-30* まぁまぁ面白いけどすぐクリアしてあとはcpuが強くなっていくだけ。千円の価値はない。100円でもっとボリュームのあるゲームがたくさんある。 ### 3/5 — 진정한 로그라이크? *2026-05-28* 저장이 안됨 열심히 깼는데 다음날 켜니 튜토리얼부터 다시 시작함. ### 4/5 — No save feature *2026-05-27* I did the tutorial and rank 1 twice, and when I closed the app, all of my progress got reset. Mainly rating this 5 stars so it can get seen. I googled it, and if you want to keep your progress, you have to keep the app loaded, which is bull. Please developers, add a save and quit button so I can close the game ### 4/5 — bugs and update complaints *2026-05-26, version 1.0.9* every time i close the app i lose all progress. no unlocks or achievements are saved. i have to skip the tutorial every time. bummer because its a great game ### 5/5 — Save game feature is not working *2026-05-26, version 1.0.9* Not worth paying for this game if you can’t save your progress at all and have to start with the tutorial everytime the game restarts. I would give this 5 stars if only the save feature is working. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Still no save function *2026-07-25, version 1.0.10* There’s not even an option for continue in the menu. If I get a call I can lose all my progress. Last patch supposedly added this feature but it’s not true. Switched to 1 star until this is rectified. ### 1/5 — Discovered checks are unfun, progress save bug *2026-05-29, version 1.0.10* It just feels bad. No warning. No lives. Nothing. Just 15min wasted. And then another 6 hours wasted progressing and it didn’t save. Fantastic. ### 1/5 — 버그 *2026-05-29* 게임 껏다킬때마다 계속 초기화가 되어서 튜토리얼부터 다시시작함 ### 1/5 — 为什么我关了游戏之后再打开就重新开始了？没有保存？ *2026-05-28, version 1.0.9* 玩了几个小时之后关了再打开又重头开始了？解锁的东西都没了？？什么垃圾？ ### 1/5 — 세이브 안됨 *2026-05-28* 고칠 생각도 없음 ### 1/5 — No save during play !!! *2026-05-28* The game doesn’t save the play when you change app. It’s a major problem for a mobile game and not acceptable in 2026. ### 1/5 — Game does not save at all *2026-05-26, version 1.0.9* I love rogue likes and this game seems right up my alley and it was very fun. But it has a major issue where it completely resets any time I close and reopen the game. I’ve beaten the throne game mode and unlocked some of the codex, but it doesn’t matter as everything resets the next time I open the game, back to doing the tutorial again… I really would like to continue playing the game and unlock all the cards and shotguns, but until this major issue is fixed, I cannot. ### 1/5 — Help!!! *2026-05-26, version 1.0.9* An incredible game with great gameplay. I love chess and this story is epic. But my progress gets deleted when I close the game, achievements and everything! Help! ### 1/5 — Saves are broken *2026-05-26, version 1.0.9* Right now, you will lose all of your data whenever you close the game. I got to rank 2 then came back after work to find that I had to restart from the beginning. This has happened 3 times now and I really want to unlock the other weapons :(. Big fan of this game on PC but it’s unplayable on mobile until this is fixed ### 1/5 — Downgraded from 5 to 1 *2026-05-25* Broken. Does not save progress at all. Game is useless until this is fixed ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best Game Everrrrr! *2026-07-30, version 1.0.10* Originally introduced to this game on my bro’s switch, I bought it on PS5 and now on my phone, this game is truly addictive and has so many possible paths, to the point I had to be able to play this wherever I go. I highly recommend this game to everyone! ### 5/5 — I don’t have to play it and rate it *2026-07-14, version 1.0.10* It deserves every penny ### 5/5 — Worth the purchase *2026-07-13, version 1.0.10* I bought this game not expecting much but excited because of the trailer-and boy am I glad! It is so addictive, and time killing. Whenever I’m on a road trip I bust out this game to ply until I get there. If you need something fun and time killing. This is THE game to play! Thank you devs for this game and my time! ### 5/5 — Fun but one thing… *2026-06-17, version 1.0.10* So I love the game and the concept but the thing I hate is how many times I get trapped. It’s probably just a skill issue though. ### 5/5 — Controller support *2026-06-09, version 1.0.10* I use my mobile controller to my phone all the time, but this is one of the few games that I genuinely love to play, but it does not support my controller ### 5/5 — Good game, saving bug (fixed) *2026-06-06, version 1.0.10* The only problem was the progress saving bug and now it’s patched ### 5/5 — Saving is back! *2026-06-02, version 1.0.10* The game is great now, since I can go to sleep without worrying about my progress. Just one more issue, whenever I get patience or bold plan, I can’t actually pick from the entire deck. It shows a lot of cards, but never all of them, and it ruins a lot of runs that I have. Otherwise 11/10 game, hope you devs have a wonderful day! ### 5/5 — Pretty good for the most part, plus update. *2026-05-29, version 1.0.10* I reinstalled and now works fine. 5 stars I like the game a lot and it’s easy to play and easy to pick up and learn and try new strategies. However, there does seem to be some glitching with the music and also it’s hard to get out of the app without accidentally moving your character. Furthermore, the game resets constantly, and I have to do the tutorial over and over again. ### 5/5 — Great game, but one big problem *2026-05-28, version 1.0.10* I recently got the game, and have been experiencing a pretty big bug. Whenever I close the app all the way, it resets all the progress I have made. All shotguns other shotguns are locked, and all achievements are wiped. I really do enjoy the gameplay, but it is really discouraging know one wrong swipe and all my progress is gone. If this is fixed, I will up the review to 5 stars. Problem was fixed:) ### 5/5 — ゲーム自体は上等、しかしプレイ内容保存されず *2026-05-26* discordサーバー内でも同様の報告が多数あります 改善のアップデートがされるまではこの評価で --- *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 2026-09-01.*