# Slay the Spire — user reviews > 529 indexed App Store user reviews of Slay the Spire by Balor Games, rated 4.20/5 from 3,192 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slay-the-spire/id1491530147/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slay-the-spire/id1491530147.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,196 · 4★ 347 · 3★ 204 · 2★ 137 · 1★ 308 ## What do users think of Slay the Spire? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great game - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 💎 Excellent value - 🎨 Beautiful art style - 🔥 Highly replayable **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and bugs - 🤔 Clunky controls - 📱 UI not optimized for mobile - 🔍 Small text and hard to read - 🔀 No cross-save between devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes during boss battles - Inability to end turn - Glitched card unlocks - Sync/loading issues - Audio problems **Most requested features** - Controller support - Larger text and UI elements - Improved card selection mechanics - Cloud save/sync across devices - 60fps mode for newer devices ## Newest reviews (12 of 529) ### 2/5 — Bad controls limit gameplay *2026-07-27, version 2.6.0* Unfortunately the controls for looking at what a card can do are broken and can accidentally make you play a card. Additionally, sometimes you cannot even see what a card does unless you drag it up. This makes gameplay frustrating. My opinion: do not buy in its current state. Wait until it gets fixed (if that does happen) ### 3/5 — This game is kind afun *2026-05-20, version 2.6.0* The ui is kinda weird and I wish it had some stuff from pc ### 5/5 — Controller support plz *2026-05-17, version 2.6.0* Would love to use my backbone for playing this game! ### 4/5 — UI a bit small *2026-05-17, version 2.6.0* Great game, same as original, but hard to see the UI on mobile ### 3/5 — Good game, bad port *2026-05-16, version 2.6.0* The game itself is as good as expected, but the frame rate is not unlocked/ can’t be raised to match high refresh rate devices. As it is, it looks kind of ugly in this port. ### 5/5 — Apple TV version needed *2026-05-06, version 2.6.0* I know it’s niche but be awesome switch in bathroom iPad in bedroom pc in mancave. Apple TV in living room 2027? And where’s 2lol ### 2/5 — Clunky controls *2026-05-05, version 2.6.0* It feels like they put no effort into porting this game to mobile. It was clearly designed for a mouse pointer and not a touch screen. It’s incredibly frustrating to try to read what your card says because tapping it makes half the card go past the bottom of your screen. ### 2/5 — Screen position issues *2026-04-28, version 2.6.0* I cannot see the writing on the cards. Only just purchased and feel it's a waste of my time and money. I have to press on a card and drag it to see the writing. This is tedious, not to mention my thumb then covers the writing instead. ### 5/5 — Bought it twice *2026-04-20, version 2.6.0* Bought it on steam 7 years ago, bought it again to play it on the go ### 5/5 — Super jeu! *2026-04-18, version 2.6.0* Je veux dire par contre que le mode ascension bug quand on n’a pas de connexion internet. D’ailleurs, pourquoi faut-il une connexion internet? J’ai complété l’ascension sans internet. Puis quand je l’ai eu de nouveau, ça affiche comme avant que je réussisse. C’est choquant. ### 2/5 — Amazing game, sluggish performance *2026-04-17, version 2.6.0* How does a game made this long ago only run at 30 fps on a $1200 iPhone? It runs way faster on my $400 Android tablet ### 5/5 — Loving it *2026-04-15, version 2.6.0* Looking forward to the 2nd release! The touch is a bit clunky when selecting the cards, but honestly it’s such a good game that I barely care. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — UI not compatible on IOS *2026-06-14, version 2.6.0* I would love to rate this 5 stars, but currently game is unplayable on IOS as the cards are unreadable and cutoff by UI. ### 1/5 — Unplayable on IPad *2026-06-04, version 2.6.0* I was looking forward to this.. but I cannot see the bottom of the cards on the screen... so i cannot see the details i need to play a card.. completely unplayable. Refund me please. ### 1/5 — Bad Experience *2026-05-25, version 2.6.0* Bad Experience ### 1/5 — experience not good *2026-05-23, version 2.6.0* very uncomfortable when playing with a refresh rate of only 30. ### 1/5 — One issue *2026-05-21, version 2.6.0* 3 sentries boss is BS. Most moronic set up out of everything in that game ### 1/5 — My review *2026-04-20, version 2.6.0* If you have bad luck, like me, this game will make you deeply depressed, this game is worse than the torture written about in “I have no mouth, but I must scream” ### 1/5 — Can’t see the whole deck of cards *2026-04-18, version 2.6.0* This game is broken. It doesn’t work with iPhone 14. ### 1/5 — Game locked at 30 FPS *2026-04-14, version 2.6.0* I actually really love this game and didn’t mind buying it for iOS after having many hours on PC; however, the game being locked to 30 FPS drastically reduces the enjoyment for me. I’ll be requesting a refund and stick to PC. ### 1/5 — 5 star gameplay, but 1 star UX on iPhone *2026-04-06, version 2.6.0* I love this game on my PlayStation but it’s really frustrating to play on my phone. Even using a 17 Pro Max, which has a larger screen, it’s just super finicky. It’s annoying that since you’re swiping cards up from the bottom which frequently causes the phone go into app switcher, but it’s infuriating that frequently you accidentally play the wrong card or use a potion on the wrong enemy, etc. The amount of runs I lost in only my first few tries because of discarding the wrong card or choosing the wrong card to return to my discard pile is outrageous. Besides all that, the UI isn’t scaled up, so all of the text is small and hard to read. Maybe it’s okay on an iPad, but it really needs to be rebuilt with a mobile focus for phones to justify a purchase. ### 1/5 — Good game ruined by ui *2026-04-01, version 2.6.0* Embarrassing ui implementation. There are many great examples of card games on the App Store and this is not one of them. Gameplay is fun but it just doesn’t matter if inputs are randomized ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Controls are good *2026-08-13, version 2.6.0* I was reluctant to buy this as many of the reviews complain that the controls make it very unpleasant to play. I haven't had any issue at all - I think the controls are completely fine. One thing to be aware of is that the font is quite small (if you have played Balatro, it's similar). I think this wouldn't really be an issue on an iPad though. I don't really think there's any fix for this though, as I'm basically playing a computer game on my phone, so it makes sense! ### 5/5 — Amazing Game *2026-07-26* this game is amazing and the depth and complexity of it, combined with the deck you build, and the intricate dynamics between them and the relics and so many different aspects of this game are amazing. I’ve probably spent hundreds of hours playing this game so probably best value of any game I’ve ever bought. My one issue is that lately for some reason unbeknownst to me. The leaderboard functionality has been completely broken. One of my favorite things about this game is that me and a few friends of mine were competitive about the various tract metrics like fastest completion and highest score and so on. For some reason as of a few weeks ago, that functionality is completely gone. The leaderboard just says that I need to slay the spire. I’ve slayed the spire many many times and I used to have my scores and I could see how I stood up against my buddies and for some reason, it’s just broken now. Game devs please fix it. As of now, I can’t even see my own top scorers or my own stats with regard to how well I have done in the past, and that is very frustrating. ### 5/5 — Just buy it *2026-06-25, version 2.6.0* It’s the greatest game ever made ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-06-21, version 2.6.0* Best game ever ### 5/5 — Plz add controller support? *2026-06-20, version 2.6.0* This is by far one of my favorite games to play ever while chilling or just spending some time. Controller to me definitely adds a lot. I know there is sts 2 but could we plz get some controller support for this classic so I can enjoy both games the same You guys are the best. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-06-15, version 2.6.0* It takes maybe an hour to get used to the touchy controls on the phone, unbelievably worth the price tag. I've spent dozens of hours playing this on my phone over the years. ### 5/5 — Great card game *2026-06-02, version 2.6.0* I love this game 1 of my top 5 card strategy game…but why part 2 is not out for the mobile!?…like whats the hold up!? ### 5/5 — バグだ、バランスが悪い、などと言われているが… *2026-05-25* ［バグと言われている件］ ネオーボーナスの3段目に位置する「無色カード2枚を選択する」表記ミスで実際は「レアの無色カードを1枚選択する」というものです ［スピードが遅いと言われている件］ 設定→ゲーム設定→高速化モードをオン で速くなりますよ ［バランスが悪いと言われている件］ まあやり込めばバランスの良さに気づけると思うよ、1000時間くらい打ち込んでみたらとりあえず勝率50%近くには伸びると思う (リセットして終了を使っているうちは無理『体験談』) ### 5/5 — ケータイとの相性抜群 *2026-05-24* ケータイでやったゲームの中で圧倒的に一番面白かったです。タイパ、コスパどちらも抜群。 ローグライクはやられたときの虚無感があまり好きではないのですが、1トライがそこまで長くないこと（2時間くらい？）、ケータイゲーなので隙間時間にやれて、やられても別にそこまで入れ込まずにやれることから、楽しくやれてます。 初心者でも説明抜きで初めて、最初から面白く、やり込めばどんどん新しい面白さに気づきます。ローグライクなので偶発的に新しい戦略のデッキができたりするのが、飽きないポイントですね。 操作キャラクターも4キャラいて、キャラによってカードも結構変わるので、これもまた飽きなくていいです。 ### 5/5 — 5 star *2026-05-19, version 2.6.0* Best game you can buy for your phone --- *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 2026-09-03.*