# Spectromancer HD — user reviews > 93 indexed App Store user reviews of Spectromancer HD by KELLY DORNHAUS GAMES LLC, rated 4.57/5 from 53 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectromancer-hd/id551349421/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spectromancer-hd/id551349421.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 42 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Spectromancer HD? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay mechanics - 💰 Fair pricing model without pay-to-win mechanics - 🧠 Excellent AI that provides genuine challenge - 🎨 Polished presentation and artwork - 📚 High replayability with multiple characters and strategies - ⚡ Quick matches suitable for mobile gaming - 🎭 Diverse character archetypes with unique playstyles - 📖 Compelling campaign mode with varied scenarios - 🤝 Faithful port from PC version - 🎯 Easy to learn but strategically deep **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes across multiple iOS versions - 📱 Poor compatibility with newer iOS updates - ⏸️ Main menu buttons frequently unresponsive - 🔄 Screen rotation issues on newer devices - ⌨️ Keyboard input problems and crashes - 📊 Suboptimal UI layout with wasted screen space - 🔤 Character name entry causes crashes - ⏱️ Lack of regular updates and maintenance - 🎮 Limited deck customization in multiplayer - 🎵 Repetitive background music **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes when casting Sonic Boom as Sorcerer - Crashes when using Power Chain ability - Crashes when using Time Zoom feature - Main menu buttons unresponsive on startup - Game hangs on splash screen - Screen stuck in portrait mode on iPadOS 16 - Crashes during character name entry - Frequent crashes mid-game during League of Heroes - Keyboard input not optimized causing crashes - Crashes on iOS 9 and later versions - Game won't open or launch properly - Freezing issues requiring app restart **Most requested features** - French language translation - Additional card archetypes and characters - Deck building and customization options - More expansion content - Spectromancer 2 sequel - Retina graphics optimization - iPhone version revival - Additional background music tracks - Customizable character names without crashes - Astral Masters revival ## Newest reviews (11 of 93) ### 3/5 — Updates *2024-08-10, version 1.35* This game would receive 5 stars if the developer updated the app more frequently. It always gets to the point where it starts crashing before an update is applied. ### 4/5 — Best app if bug fixed *2024-06-30, version 1.35* I have played the game for nearly 16 years discontinuously, from ipad mini first gen to now the ipad pro. Always a great game to play. Happy to be able to play now, but could be more delightful if the broken bug fixed when using power chain or time zoom. It should be surely 5 stars app without this annoying bug. ### 4/5 — You are stucked with the name “Player” *2022-05-31, version 1.14* Is there anybody gonna mention here that you cannot change your character name in Single or Campaign mode for that matter as it automatically crashes when you start typing. I love the game as it reminded me of Astral Tournament and Astral Masters card battle strategy style that is similar to Magic the Gathering. I don’t have any issues with the entire game but ATTENTION to the Developers, please fix this crashing issue even if its just a little deal. ### 2/5 — Dead load screen *2021-06-17, version 1.14* Absolute no response to any clicks iOS 14.5 iPad Pro 12.9” 2nd gen After a half dozen tries, no success, today buttons are live on first try. Will try to play and adjust rating. As another reviewer commented, rotating the screen fixes frozen start for me. Nothing fancy—just turn 180 degrees (I have screen lock OFF) ### 5/5 — Main screen freeze fix. Love this game! *2020-03-08, version 1.14* I never write reviews and this will be my first ever. But I absolutely love this game. I wish more people would check it out and wish they still had the iPhone version. To fix the issue with it hanging on the home screen. Make sure auto rotation lock is turned off on your iPad. Make sure to flip the iPad 180 degrees and the screen will turn rotation, then do it again the other way and then it works. The keyboard is wonky but once you log in once you’ll never have to deal with it again. I’ve been looking for games like this for so long. I hate building decks and just want a fun card playing game with pre built decks and this is exactly it. I hope someday they come out with Spectromancer 2. This is the only game I ever play on iPad and it’s worth every cent. ### 5/5 — Superb *2019-10-12, version 1.14* If you have any interest at all in MTG, Hearthstone or their ilk then just get Spectromancer. Really fun campaign mode, loads of replayability, expansion is well worth the money too. ### 5/5 — Love this game, have for years *2019-04-19, version 1.14* But since the last update, the game keeps hanging and becomes unplayable, especially when certain cards are played. Mostly chaos wave. I hope this gets fixed soon, and that we get more customization options! ### 3/5 — Amazing game, strange visual decision *2019-01-02, version 1.14* A really fun game with lots of replayability. I loved ‘KardKombat’, which was identical in general card game gameplay, but Spectromancer has a lot of extra features that add to it - especially the campaign mode. Unfortunately the visual design makes it really tough to enjoy. So much of the screen is taken up by low-value reference tools (especially your avatar icon, an area that can have mission details if you click on the right button but is generally just empty space, and a message-board style record of moves made), that less than a third of the screen is for the actual gameplay area - maybe less than a quarter. Especially strange because KardKombat, which I must assume is it’s predecessor, used the full screen well. There are also issues with data entry, such as with character name entry, in that you can’t see what you are typing, etc. Still enjoyable but between squinting and simply not being sucked into the visual world fully, it ends up feeling a bit mediocre. ### 5/5 — Quality card battling campaign *2017-02-13, version 1.14* One of the best! Please continue updating it for newer IOS releases. ### 5/5 — Fun card battle game *2016-11-13, version 1.14* Simple to pick up, with fun mechanics and lots of replayability. ### 5/5 — Best Game ever that no longer works! *2015-10-29, version 1.12* Spectrometer very quickly became my favorite iPad game. And then IOS 9 came along and now the game no longer works. PLEASE design a fix ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Please fix rotation issue on iPadOS 16 PLZ. *2022-12-08, version 1.14* This is one of my favorite game! I recommended it to my many friends. Since I updated iPadOS 16 the application has rotation issue. it is still working, but stays in portrait mode instead of in landscape mode. I’m hopping you’ll fix this issue. Thank you in advance. Also “Astral Masters” is my another favorite game, which is not in the AppStore anymore, nether in my purchased list. As I know you create this game too, If so, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Bring it back to alive (I love Astral Masters more then Spectromancer, but they both are my besties). 🙏 ### 1/5 — Game no longer works *2022-10-31, version 1.14* I used to really like this game, but it’s been completely forgotten by its developers. Even up to recently you could bypass some of the Bugginess by opening, then minimising and then going back to it, but it would crash after about 10 minutes. After the latest IOS release, it won’t even open right to be able to play - don’t buy until they fix this ### 1/5 — Was good but now unplayable *2020-01-26, version 1.14* The game hangs on the main screen. None of the buttons work and it hasn’t been updated in years. Precisely why I don’t buy games on the iPad anymore. No regulation and games eventually become unplayable. ### 1/5 — The buttons won’t work. *2019-10-20, version 1.14* I’ve played Spectromancer on the pc for years and just tried to load it on my iPad and it plays the background music but none of the buttons work. I updated my iPad and it’s supposedly compatible but nothing works in this game. Please help! ### 1/5 — Mr *2015-10-29, version 1.12* Crashes on boot with iOS 9.1 as well. Will update review if it gets fixed. Used to be 5 star before new is broke it. ### 1/5 — broken in iOS 9? *2015-10-17, version 1.12* Spectromancer now crashes right after launch on iOS 9 ### 1/5 — No longer works under iOS 9 *2015-10-04, version 1.12* No longer works under iOS9. ### 1/5 — Why not update you game *2015-10-03, version 1.12* Well had this game for years and it appears the game has not been updated for a while. Shame.... It was a very good game, but can't even play as it crashes upon start every time with the most recent update as of Oct 2015 ### 1/5 — Please update to retina graphics for iPad *2013-11-13, version 1.12* Great game, but the developers are just terrible about updating their games for new devices. Please update the graphics for the retina display iPad & iPhone 5, cause right now the graphics look so blurry on my iPad I barely want to play anymore. On my iPhone 5 it still has black bars from only being optimized for the smaller screen. ### 2/5 — Used to be great, but not updated in years *2022-01-13, version 1.14* This used to be one of my favorite games for the iPad. I mean, it was developed by Richard Garfield (of Magic: The Gathering fame) and was just so much fun to play. After years of not playing, I reinstalled it and was having a blast. But then it got very buggy. Main menu screen buttons wouldn’t work (switching to Home Screen and then back or rotating 180 degrees fixes this) and it crashed rather frequently. Now, in the middle of a League of Heroes tournament, I can’t go one turn without the game crashing. Force quitting, restarting iPad, and reinstalling the game doesn’t work. This is a 5 star game with so many catastrophic bugs that I can’t give it more than 2 stars. Looks like 1 star if I can’t get it to play for more than 5 seconds. Such a shame. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun game but reporting small bug *2024-10-01, version 1.35* Super fun and straightforward game. Reporting a small bug though…. I bought the expansions. When playing as Sorcerer in League of Heroes, it crashes out of the game each time I cast Sonic Boom. That’s not fun. Please fix! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-01-01, version 1.35* This game is a true gem. Partly made by the mind behind magic the gathering, it has some similarities to magic, but appreciable differences. The game is FUN to play, and addictive in my case. It is not a money grabber either. You pay the up front price, then you can unlock a few decks for a few bucks extra if you choose. That’s it…. It’s exactly what I needed… something that’s not magic, but plays like magic. The game has a very nostalgic feel to it as well…. Love it. ### 5/5 — Incredible AI *2023-09-23, version 1.35* A superb card game which does t confuse breadth for depth, and combines this with an AI that really seems to get the game and is completely capable of challenging you without seemingly cheating. Campaign is just a good fun excuse to play with the mechanics in various scenarios. As good today as it was on release. ### 5/5 — Great Great Great *2023-02-16, version 1.35* I’ve played Spectro since the beginning, way back in my PC days with this game. I still love this game. I am so thankful for the developers putting up a patch here at IOS 16. Thank you! If you ever decide to add more expansions, I’m in. Honestly everybody, where Magic the Gathering is a great game, albeit rather bloated, from the fun days up until Urza’s Saga/Mercadia’s masks, this game remains fun in a similar but different way WITHOUT being a money hog. This satisfies my fantasy ‘card-like’ game desires in so many ways. I would still love to see a few more archtypes someday! ### 5/5 — Still here *2023-02-15, version 1.35* I thought this was no longer available on IOS, or that it didn’t work anymore but after a recent upgrade Spectromancer on the IPad and iPhone seems to work just fine. I’m back to enjoying the crap out of this. It’s one of my top solo favorites. I’ve not played recently online so don’t have any notes there though I seem to recall it working in async mode (my favorite way to play most games). ### 5/5 — Great card game *2022-04-07, version 1.14* Excellent and addictive card game ### 5/5 — Rotate your iPad to get it working *2021-09-12, version 1.14* The game hasn’t been updated in a very long time, so you have to rotate your iPad to get it to work. But once it is working, it’s great! ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-07-14, version 1.14* Best game. Been playing it for years. ### 5/5 — One of the best card battlers. *2020-09-22, version 1.14* I’d had this back when it was still available for iPhone. I’d forgotten just how good this game is. There is a lot of gameplay for not much money, with solo games, leagues, and a campaign. And for a few bucks more you can unlock sets of additional characters and their card sets for even more variety. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Super jeu..mais crash quand je veux changer le nom du personnage:( *2020-06-12, version 1.14* Je jouais déjà sur pc.Ce jeu es super. Une traduction FRANÇAISE serait génial car plusieurs de mes amis achèteraient si il était en français. J’ai acheté toutes les extensions et ne regrette vraiment pas. Cependant, dès que je veux changer le nom du personnage le clavier n’est pas optimisé et le jeu crash et se ferme :( svp serait génial de régler ça car ça ne vient pas de mon appareil (IPAD 6 2018 128gb) Merci beaucoup aux développeurs j’adore ce jeu qui me rappelle Astral tournament sur pc . Un bijoux à posséder absolument. 😀👍🏻 --- *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.*