# Skulls of the Shogun — user reviews > 163 indexed App Store user reviews of Skulls of the Shogun by GameClub, rated 3.40/5 from 424 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skulls-of-the-shogun/id710354958/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skulls-of-the-shogun/id710354958.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 216 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 142 ## What do users think of Skulls of the Shogun? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ Instant classic - ⭐ One of most great turn based games - ⭐ Very good game - ⭐ Fantastic game - ⭐ Excellent strategy title - ⭐ Great game **Cons** - 🔒 Locked out of the game - 🔒 Need to pay to play - 🔒 Can't restore previous purchases - 🔒 Hidden cost to play - 🔒 Pay to play - 🔒 Impossible to restore previous purchases - 🔒 Can't play a game I purchased??! - 🔒 Just let us pay once and own it **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on startup - Doesn't work on iOS 9 - Laggy performance - Buggy save function - Screen movement issues - No sound **Most requested features** - Make the campaign free - One time purchase option - Skirmish mode, VS player or CPU - Real time skulls anywhere - Tap to move option - Cloud save support ## Newest reviews (17 of 163) ### 3/5 — It’s ok but a subscription is to far *2023-12-02, version 1.2.8* Love the game although I could only play the first level for free and I’m not going to pay for a subscription for a bunch of games when I only want to play the one ### 2/5 — Ridiculously disappointing *2023-01-27, version 1.2.8* I find it extremely stupid that I have to pay to play multiplayer on this game whenever I used to play this game for free on the Xbox 360 back in the day it like every now is to earn a quick pay check like I loved this game as a kid but it stupid that I have to pay $5 a month just to play this game ### 1/5 — Hidden cost to play *2021-12-02, version 1.2.8* After you download the app, install it on your phone, and finally open the game - then the price tag appears. Wasted my data downloading the app lol ### 1/5 — Can’t play a game I purchased??! *2021-11-20, version 1.2.8* Brought this back in 2014. Redos loaded to show my son and now can’t play it as it’s a subscription model. As far as I’m concerned this is stealing. ### 1/5 — Disappointed Skulls was pulled from the app store *2021-09-22* I bought and enjoyed Skulls of the Shogun on my iphone 4 (which still runs) and was disappointed when the developer pulled it from the app store and i can’t even download it from prior purchases. Now they bring it back and want me to pay for it again via a subscription. Not happy with this business practice. ### 1/5 — Awesome *2021-09-03, version 1.2.8* To not be able to play a game I purchased and paid money for. I’m not signing in to anything. You have literally made it so I will never purchase a game you even look at. This is such garbage. ### 1/5 — What a scam *2021-08-18, version 1.2.8* I paid for this game in 2013 and I’m now being told I have to rebut using a subscription. Go to hell. ### 1/5 — Just let us pay once and own it *2021-07-24, version 1.2.8* Downloaded the game, opened it up, and was greeted with a subscription service. Just let us pay once and enjoy the game, I’m not interested in a “hand picked library” of *phone games* at $5 a month. What I am interested in however, is playing this singular game for a one time price. It’s a shame considering how fun the game is. ### 3/5 — Should be free. *2021-07-16, version 1.2.8* Like the title says it should be free because I don’t want all the other games from your subscription i just want this full game and I don’t care if the ads instead i prefer ads over the subscription of which half the features I’m not going to use. So in conclusion make anther version which is free with ads and in app purchases or something because I’m not going to spend money on a subscription that i forget to unsubscribe from because i will be done with the campaign of the game within or under the free month. ### 2/5 — The game is good but *2021-07-05, version 1.2.8* The game is good but you have to go on a subscription so you could just play multiplayer like why just why that’s why PlayStation 4 in and playing on planes on PlayStation 4 and other devices is much better because you there’s no subscription I need to sign up to . ### 1/5 — Need to pay to play *2021-06-19* What happened? The game was originally able to be purchased forever, now you need to subscribe to some service to actually play. Total waste of time, I would absolutely be willing to just BUY the game normally. I don’t care about playing your other games from said service, I just want to play this one only. Edit: I’ve scrolled through the other negative comments, and I am seriously unimpressed. Instead of responding to them, whoever owns the game now just sends an automatic response pleading you to join their “service.” Overall, extremely shady business that will not have my money, and they shouldn’t have yours either. Doing business with people who value their customers so little is a liability. ### 1/5 — One time purchase? *2021-04-26, version 1.2.8* Great game but I’ve never been a fan of membership especially on mobile where I don’t play many games so I was wondering if this game is ever going to be released with a price so I can get the full game without paying for a membership and then losing the game once I stop paying. ### 4/5 — Very good game *2021-03-06, version 1.2.8* I find this game extremel addicting, the plot and gameplay are excellent but paying after the first level seems a bit absurd to me. Overall I would highly recommend this game to people. ### 4/5 — Good game! *2020-12-30* I had this game in 2013, and now it has been restored and completely unlocked by the game club. Thank you, but it seems that the fever of the game is a little big, and my mobile phone will get hot. I hope it can be further optimized. Thank you again for bringing such a wonderful game ### 4/5 — Update: *2020-08-31, version 1.2.3* Game came back but now multiplayer is a subscription ?!? I already paid once for the full price ! ————————— Update: as promised the developers have allowed full access back to the game, for those who have already paid Would love if there were more characters ### 1/5 — No sound *2020-08-31, version 1.2.3* Got the game unlocked since I bought it before gameclub, thx for that... but unfortunately game has no sound ### 4/5 — IOS update failure *2020-08-12, version 1.2.3* Don't get until they update. But that's not likely considering they haven't updated since 2013 Edit update since 2013: Game has been updated and purchase has been restored. Pretty fun. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Locked out of the game *2024-11-19, version 1.2.8* I bought this game years ago- just redownloaded it and surprise! now I need a subscription to play. ### 1/5 — Read this *2024-06-01, version 1.2.8* I do not want to pay money to play the campaign. make the campaign free. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t want to restore my purchase *2024-03-11* I bought this game in November 2013 and sent multiple emails to this company thru 2 different emails and no response with screen shot of my purchase for skulls of shogun and it was never restored or responded why it hasn’t been restored instead I’m using the free trial to play a game I already bought. This is illegal due to the terms in the agreement. I’m calling apple today to file a formal complaint about the situation with this developer or company that bought the rights to the game after I paid for it before they existed. ### 1/5 — Can’t restore purchase *2023-08-13, version 1.2.8* Purchased this game years ago. I’ve contacted developers twice with proof of purchase and it’s been weeks and have yet to hear back ### 1/5 — Impossible to restore previous purchases *2023-07-27, version 1.2.8* If you choose “I’ve already bought this game “ option there is a banner appearing. It asks if your internet connection active. And, surprise, there is no option to confirm it. Only “I’ll check “ option. So you have internet but you can’t restore your purchase. Well done. ### 1/5 — Nope *2023-07-13, version 1.2.8* Bought the game a long time ago and couldn’t restore the purchase… ### 1/5 — Great game but.. *2022-09-11, version 1.2.8* Why should I have to pay for a subscription to play a mobile game. Let me buy the game like I did for android ### 1/5 — I feel cheated *2022-07-05, version 1.2.8* I paid full price to buy this game years ago. Now it is asking me to pay for a subscription to play it. Surely that isn’t allowed? ### 1/5 — Free no more? *2022-05-22, version 1.2.8* This game used to be free. What happened? ### 1/5 — Pay to play *2022-02-17* Purchased this game many years ago and now they want a subscription to play the game. I understand that the game was brought back from the grave as there were many iOS versions that this game wasn’t working for but to charge a subscription for it seems a bit greedy. Would have rather they release a newer, updated version that costs the same as the original price rather than a subscription. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Instant classic *2024-10-13, version 1.2.8* I love this game! Wish that they would continue to add more. ### 5/5 — One of most great turn based games *2021-01-14, version 1.2.8* A great turn based strategy game, loved it ### 5/5 — Yay *2020-11-07, version 1.2.7* It’s back, I’ve been waiting for 3 years now. Too bad you have to pay to play past the first level. ### 5/5 — Subscription *2020-08-10* I had previously paid for this game years back for around $5 (4.99, I think) and now it’s asking I pay for a subscription for the features again? I had thoroughly enjoyed this game back then and I refuse to pay more for it. Update: Got my premium back and ads removed. Service was quick and effective. So very pleased! **Developer response:** Thanks so much for your lovely reply, glad to help! Let us know if we can do anything else for you. ### 5/5 — Update *2020-07-30, version 1.2.2* New owners honored previous purchase! Excellent game. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — iOS 9 crash *2020-07-24* UPDATE: Yaaaaaaaaaassssss queen!!!! 🙌🏼 Finally got an update. Great game. This is a great game that I've loved for some time. But.... It crashes on iOS 9 on both my iPhone and iPad Air. After deleting it and redownloading the game multiple times it has continued to crash. It was a waste of $5. Updates needed. **Developer response:** We’re pleased to announce Skulls of the Shogun has joined GameClub and has been updated to support all modern iOS devices. GameClub offers a curated catalog of iconic games, with new titles released every week. Subscribers get access to unlimited gameplay, no ads, and no additional purchases — just pure fun. If you previously purchased this game, you will receive a free update and be able to continue playing the fully unlocked experience (no subscription needed). If you have any issues, please contact support@gameclub.io. ### 5/5 — Arise, chicken. Chicken, arise! *2020-07-24* Edit: wow! Skulls of the Shogun has risen from the ashes! My old review is below, but the developers came through! Way to go! Awesome game, great gameplay, good replay, or at least it was when it actually worked. Skulls has been broken since iOS 9. The devs said they are working on a patch, but it's been months. It's been so long that iOS 9 has been patched twice before they got a fix out. 17bit's tech support forums are a wasteland of unanswered pleads for help to fix the title since iOS 9, and their Twitter has one vague post about a fix being in the works someday... Really sad way for a great game to go. **Developer response:** We’re pleased to announce Skulls of the Shogun has joined GameClub and has been updated to support all modern iOS devices. GameClub offers a curated catalog of iconic games, with new titles released every week. Subscribers get access to unlimited gameplay, no ads, and no additional purchases — just pure fun. If you previously purchased this game, you will receive a free update and be able to continue playing the fully unlocked experience (no subscription needed). If you have any issues, please contact support@gameclub.io. ### 5/5 — Crash in iOS 9.2.1 *2016-02-23, version 1.0.2* Help! ### 5/5 — Not working at all *2016-01-06, version 1.0.2* Does not work, support says been " working on a patch" since September last year. They should not allow download without a disclaimer saying does not work for iOS 9, how do I get my money back? ### 5/5 — Great game *2016-01-03, version 1.0.2* Plz fix it for iphone 6s --- *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.*