# Siralim 3 (Monster Taming RPG) — user reviews > 35 indexed App Store user reviews of Siralim 3 (Monster Taming RPG) by Thylacine Studios, rated 4.80/5 from 310 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/siralim-3-monster-taming-rpg/id1439013454/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/siralim-3-monster-taming-rpg/id1439013454.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 282 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Siralim 3 (Monster Taming RPG)? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Deep strategy and customization - 👍 Endless replayability and content - 👍 Addictive gameplay loop - 👍 Great for monster collecting fans - 👍 Responsive developer - 👍 Good value for money - 👍 Nostalgic DWM feel - 👍 Satisfying grind **Cons** - 🐛 Progress erasing bugs - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Tedious grind - 🐛 Clunky controls/interface - 🐛 Lack of creativity in level design - 🐛 Unintuitive mechanics - 🐛 Audio bugs **Commonly reported bugs** - Keeps erasing saved progress - Open app immediately crashes with Fatal error 1 - Audio bugs (music and sound stop working) - Save & quit doesn't work correctly - Persistent slow down after an hour of play **Most requested features** - Option to skip low-level battles - Auto-play feature - Touch screen tap and go controls - Transparency slider for controls - Save and quit functionality improvement - Option to use old controls - Presets for builds - Clarity on stat increases - Naming build saves ## Newest reviews (13 of 35) ### 5/5 — Very fun *2019-05-03* Very fun. Lots of strategy between mages, builds, mons. Not too far in, multiple characters at floor 12, but from looking over the character builds and the monsters I’ve seen I’m a bit overwhelmed on total builds. Full on attack, super spell power, crowd control, simple chaos, mix of everything, seems pretty limitless on how you can play and I feel that I still haven’t scratched the surface since I’ve only seen one death mon. Maybe a few things could be clearer in text, like when it says it increases my damage by 50%, is that only melee or does that count spells too. Also in the nature tree, there is skill that says it increases stat max by 3% I think and I have no idea what that is doing. I just it one point in and didn’t see anything lol. Oh and build saves, maybe attach a name or the class it’s attached too. I don’t know, I just forget things, I’m getting older lol. Overall, fantastic game. Keep doing what you do. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2019-04-23* I have purchased this game on all platforms and it does not disappoint. Endless replay-ability. ### 5/5 — True Creature Collector *2019-04-15* Ok, graphics and sound are a throw back to ZX Spectrum days but this doesn’t detract from the game play. Eventually, like all games, things can get a bit samey but there are always more creatures to find and different ways to set up your teams. I eventually arrived at a setup where I just defend resulting in a huge magical spam before the enemy usually get a chance to fight back. Finding a new ‘better’ item is always good and the devs will constant work on improving what goes on behind the scenes. I paid £5 for Siralim 2 and bought the 3rd instalment straight away for £5 even though I’d stopped playing in a show of support (I rarely buy games). Since downloading the new version I’m finding I have started to sink more hours into it again though improvements don’t immediately jump out. Against what else you can download for five quid on iPad I’d rate this game an easy 8/10. ### 5/5 — Stellar time-sink *2019-02-23* Updated review, more content, same awesomeness, can't recommand enough ! If you enjoy mix-maxing RPGs with variety and hecatons of content you can't miss out. ### 5/5 — Very deep *2019-01-02* Awesome game, very deep. Just can’t stop playing to discover more creatures and items. ### 5/5 — Excellence in mobile gaming *2018-12-21* A brilliant, deep, funny and well thought out game with a great and responsive development team. Fun in short bursts or for long sessions. Thoroughly recommend! ### 5/5 — Siralim is my favorite game of all time *2018-11-12* Spent hundreds of hours in the first two games. 10 hours in to this one and it's just as addicting as the first two. Dev is awesome and super responsive. Please keep making siralim games!! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2018-11-08* Monster hunting JRPG. Play for 5 minutes or 5 hours... no session too short to get something done... or too long to run out of things to do. The amount of content is immense and you can literally play infinitely with and endless post game. ### 5/5 — It's like DQM- Only it never ends. *2018-11-03* Alway's looking for a new game to scratch my monster tamer itch- especially when it's strategic. Or not, just level until you one hit everything. That works with (almost) any game. ### 5/5 — Re-review *2018-11-02* Dislike the button switch and the new analog is pretty bad. Can we get an option to use the old controls? I'll give it another go if these options are fixed. Right now I found it pretty frustrating to play and went back to 2. EDIT:Responsive devs rule. Thank you for the d pad fix ### 5/5 — Amazing game. *2018-10-30* A labor of love by an active developer. *** gamepad issue can be remedied adjust the locations of buttons and controller in the options menu Also, if the developer could add a couple of presets.. that might be helpful ### 5/5 — Great alternative to pokemon *2018-10-29* I have over 110 hours of gameplay of this game on steam and there is still content to experience ### 5/5 — Sehr gut *2018-10-25* Gestern gekauft und schon 3 Stunden gespielt. Es gibt sehr viele Menüpunkte, aber man wird schritt für schritt an alles herangeführt und trotzdem auch genug sich selbst überlassen, sodass sich der Anfang nicht wie ein ödes Tutorial anfühlt. Die Taktik ist bis jetzt noch nicht besonders wichtig und die Story etwas wirr, aber Ich bin gespannt wie es story- und gameplaytechnisch weitergeht. Also 5 Sterne und eine klare Kaufempfehlung von mir! Update: Die taktischen Anforderungen sind mittlerweile rasant angestiegen. Da jedes Monster seinen eigene passive Fähigkeit, min. 3 Slots für Spells und einen Slot für Ausrüstung hat, ist mit der Party von 5 Monstern extrem viel möglich. Echt Hammer! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Keeps erasing progress *2023-12-15* This would be super fun if the game didn’t keep erasing “saved” progress. I finish a realm and “save” only for all of my progress to disappear like I didn’t nothing in the game. Highly disappointed. Please fix. I feel like I wasted my money and I was so excited to play this. I really regret buying this and then also gifting it to a friend. ### 1/5 — Open app immediately crashes *2021-04-08* Seen the game has been updated 1 year ago on iPhone 12 Pro game opens then has error message Fatal error 1 and immediately crashes ### 1/5 — Why is this so well received? *2020-10-31, version 1.4.4* Lack of creativity with poor random level generation. Sure there’s lots of sprite monsters that slightly bounce up and down for animations, but they all use the same attacks just worded differently. Each level has slightly stronger mobs but no real challenge other than a single boss fight here and there that once you learn a tactic becomes just as bland as the other fights. You can summon mobs after you waste a turn in battle against them by collecting their orbs, which feels unintuitive. At least controller support is available, this is a solid 1 star game, literally nothing else about this game is good, from its filthy middle school humor to its level design. That’s the last time I listen to r/iosGaming for a recommendation. ### 1/5 — Finally review *2018-11-01* Gave it a 5 star but now since I’ve had problems with the siralim reddit cause how fake it is and all they wanna see is positive things about the game and it’s full of kids that kiss the devs butt so I’m giving it a one star. Shout out to naturemage and advicecoyote I think we’re their names and if I’m wrong or a bit off I’m sorry but these were the 2 people that actually would help even if the topic was about something being boring they would take time out of their day to try to help me find ways to work around them which was awesome. So to the dev you owe them a lot cause they actually act more professional than you just saying 👍🏼. ### 3/5 — Good but tedious *2019-03-09* Auto-play would fit this game sooo good. The grind gets too big ### 4/5 — Ähnlich wie Dragon quest Monster vom gbc *2019-08-15* Cooles Spiel erinnert stark an Dragon quest Monster für gba super wäre wenn das Spiel auf deutsch wäre dann gäbe es 5sterne ### 4/5 — Awesome game! *2018-11-20* This is truly an awesome game. It’s a rouge-like version of Pokémon. The game play is deep and tactful. You can play for hours or just a min or two and be entertained. My only gripe and the reason for giving 4 and not 5 stars is about the controls... think of a D pad with A and B buttons overlaid on the screen. It’s clumsy and tedious which is never a good combo. This game would benefit dramatically from touch screen tap and go control. Please make this happen. ### 4/5 — Amazing monster taming rpg! *2018-10-21* This game is fantastic, it builds upon the previous two by adding lots of new content and improvements. Really enjoying it so far. There are a few small issues I’ve experienced, but nothing game breaking. Save & quit doesn’t work, meaning you have to close the game and open again if you wish to save then upload your save to the cloud. Also you move around a lot faster compared to the previous games, but about an hour in I’ve experienced a persistent slow down. Again, not game breaking, but does become irritating after getting accustom to the faster pace. ### 4/5 — It’s a lot fun only problem is *2018-10-20* The interface. I don’t like the virtual analog stick or the A and B buttons. Would also like the options in the menus to be able to be picked by using the touch screen instead of scrolling. ### 5/5 — Worth It! (DWM Like Awesomeness) *2024-12-12* I don’t usually review games, but this deserves a good one. If you grew up playing DWM on gameboy color you’re going to enjoy passing the time playing this game. There’s a good amount of strategy in the battles and creature advancement’s making it an interesting yet casual game play. Great job to the developer of this game for making the 3rd edition and you can definitely tell they know how to make a solid RPG turn based battle game. It’s worth the small amount of cash and the developer should get the support and funds needed to continue making great games. Thanks for reading. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Grinding paradise *2024-07-13* This and siralim ultimate are what I want in a video game, something I can grind numbers and stats in that has no end until I’m satisfied. ### 5/5 — For 5 quid, I’m 5 hours in, and it’s what you’re looking for - buy this game. *2020-12-21* Trust me m8 ### 5/5 — Great game! *2020-03-16* If you like rpgs with tons of customization and light on story, this is for you. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2020-02-16* Simply one of the best Games I've played. The depth and creature/ trait combinations is endless and you can make so many powerful teams. Recommended to anyone who likes turn based/ monster collecting games. ### 5/5 — Love it *2019-11-08* I’ve had the game since siriliam 1 and it’s been better everytime. I love the newer game but I wish I had a option to skip the low level battles with my monsters. I’d like to catch more monsters without needing to go to the higher levels with my fresh new party I’m trying to level. Unless I’m dumb I wasn’t able to find it in options. That’s really my only critic. ### 5/5 — Audio Bugs *2019-09-22* This game is addictive — really, really addictive. iOS 13 doesn’t come without its bugs though. After a small while the music stopped working and after that, the sound stopped working. I hadn’t adjusted the volume or silencer, I didn’t plug in headphones or anything. They just stopped. I actually quit after 10 hours a while back because I wasn’t progressing. At 10 hours again, I’m further than I ever was. A small search for tips goes a long way. And holy cow, are there a ton of options too! As you unlock more stuff, you’re basically unlocking more ways to tweak your stats. I’m not going to whip out my excel sheet and min-max the hell out of my team but it’s fun to explore. It’s fun to explore breeding too, when that gets unlocked. And it’s also made easy how you breed and what you will make from your parents. I thought the graphics were meh but they’ve grown on me too. ### 5/5 — Pokemon+rpg+roguelike *2019-09-12* Muito bom, se você gosta de Pokemon e jornadas infinitas a procura de novos monstros então esse jogo é para você,falta tradução pra pt-br. ### 5/5 — Yes *2019-08-11* Much needed QOL improvements from the first game. Dialogue a little off, but still as kooky as the original. Didn’t play 2, but seeing how many of the upgrades and systems have been streamlined, I am happy. Playing for a few days but really gotta get a good team together cause I’m getting thrashed in the Tavern. Chaos Rules! All Hail Pandemonium! ### 5/5 — Endless meaningful gameplay *2019-06-17* There is so much to do even after completing the main objective. Collecting, strategizing, pvp, drafting challenges, “boss” challenges, and so on. Building and equipping a team is as strategically deep as building a magic deck. Then you can create a “macro” in game to program the team to follow a set of rules in battle unless you specify otherwise. It keeps the game from getting burdened down by the grind in end game. I have played for several months and will be playing for many more. Highly recommended! --- *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 2026-08-29.*