# Star Jolt: Retro Space Arcade — user reviews > 100 indexed App Store user reviews of Star Jolt by Beardybird AB, rated 4.80/5 from 820 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-jolt-retro-space-arcade/id1453327957/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/star-jolt-retro-space-arcade/id1453327957.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 726 · 4★ 71 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Star Jolt? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Retro arcade style - 🎨 Stylish visuals - 🎯 Challenging gameplay - 🏆 Competitive leaderboards - 🎼 Great audio and sound effects - 🕹️ Smooth and responsive controls - 🔥 Addictive and fun **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes - 📺 Frequent and unskippable ads - 🔍 Sensitivity issues with controls - 🔋 Potential battery drain **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing during runs - Crashes on certain device models - Purchase restoration issues **Most requested features** - Sensitivity adjustment options - More ship/character customization - Expanded story or progression system - Ability to name/customize player profile ## Newest reviews (16 of 100) ### 3/5 — Game Breaking Bug. 5 stars when fixed. *2026-05-14, version 2.10.1* Game does not move past name entry screen. The Done button does not work. ### 4/5 — Love the game, there are some glitches or would be five star. *2026-02-11* I’ve been completely addicted to this game. Managed to hit #20 on the global leaderboard in three of the categories. However there are glitches that happen during runs sometimes that freeze the game and don’t record your score. I once lost a high score due to this and was frustrated. Other than that amazing game. The leaderboard and competitive nature of the game make it very fun. Also, definitely worth paying to remove the ads. **Developer response:** Wow that is impressive! 👏👏👏 And thank you for the review 🚀 Those problems shouldn’t be happening ofc! We haven’t seen those before. Bit late to the party here, but get in touch through the support mail in settings and we might be able to figure out what is going on ❤️ ### 4/5 — ADS!!! *2025-10-10* This game is really cool, but I do have one problem with it. You can only play a few rounds before getting an ad. This wouldn’t be too annoying, but some ads you aren’t allowed to skip until you’ve watched the entire thing. So you can play for like two minutes or less and then have to sit through an ad for 30 seconds. I understand a game has to have ads to make money, which I’m fine with, but at least make it so you don’t have to sit through the entire 30 seconds. ### 4/5 — spectacular *2025-04-05, version 2.9.0* just update the app icon its misleading ### 4/5 — Almost good *2025-04-01, version 2.9.0* Cool retro style, will definitely play agane) ### 4/5 — Star Jolt *2025-02-08, version 2.9.0* Great game. Reminds me of the early 2000’s. ✌️ ### 5/5 — Very cool *2025-01-02* The arcade style is so cool and the game is challenging and fun to play. Gameplay is very smooth. The retro aesthetic is what sets this game apart. They Should make more games with this same aesthetic. Very cool! ### 5/5 — Good game *2024-12-28, version 2.9.0* I’m addicted. ### 5/5 — Говрий т1ий *2024-12-04, version 2.9.0* Что за нереальная игра , не встречал таких спасибо за игру ### 5/5 — CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER *2024-11-29* This game completely changed my life entirely! I became a CEO of a multi-million dollar stock market business that I’ve been able to run successfully for the past 6 months. I am now a billionaire and this all happened when this game popped up on 2024, thanksgiving. I have never seen a game better than this on the App Store since 1945. This game makes me time travel into the future and grants unlimited abilities and gifts. This game deserves at least, at minimum of 5 stars. Not only that after GNX releases on the Friday beforehand making this the best month of 2024. This game predicted the creation of starry cranberry, generational music albums, and more! This game is the best thing I have on my phone. W game ### 5/5 — Retro fun *2024-11-22* Hooked. Game has some great sounds and visuals. It’s one of those games that you can pick up and put down at any moment and it’s gonna be fun. ### 5/5 — Style *2024-11-02* Its okay gameplay wise. What really shines is the style of the game. You must download it to see how it works. Lots to be done here! ### 5/5 — Blew my expectations away. *2024-10-01* This game literally blew my expectations out of the water. It’s strangely addicting to see how much higher you can get on the next run. Super extorted to see where this game goes in the future and i’m looking forward to more content! ### 4/5 — Cool game *2024-09-23, version 2.8.6* Pretty good distraction and time killer puts me in mind of an old-school cathode ray tube 1950s video game ### 5/5 — Fun Fr *2024-08-07, version 2.8.6* This game is hard but very fun when you get the hang of it and I just love the art style!!! ### 5/5 — yyes *2024-08-04, version 2.8.6* really good. gmae 🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Won’t start *2026-07-04, version 2.10.1* Won’t start ### 1/5 — Crashes on 18.7.1 *2026-01-02, version 2.9.0* Great game! Please fix and I’ll change to 5 stars! ### 1/5 — Non aggiornato *2025-12-15, version 2.9.0* L’hanno fatto e bom non gli interessa nulla ### 1/5 — Won’t play *2024-03-26, version 2.8.3* Once I passed the dialogue, the game just crashed ### 1/5 — where is controls options?! *2021-03-08, version 1.6.0* very nice looking game, i would really like to play it more then 10 minutes, but there is no control options and default one is extreme level of awful. sensitivity slider doesn’t fix the situation at all. honestly can’t even imagine what was the motivation to limit control to one and only option. ### 1/5 — awesome game design and mind *2020-03-03, version 1.1.2* bur the zoom sucks and the voice also its better if the whole game if from farness its impossible to play with zoom in ### 1/5 — Странный обман *2020-01-02, version 1.0.6* Увидела кнопку установить,написано,что бесплатно По итогу с Карты сняли 70 рублей Что делать не пойму...( ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing *2024-03-27, version 2.8.3* Just downloaded but it won’t even start. I click the dialogue box twice and it just shuts down and my phone reverts to the Home Screen. ### 2/5 — It was good until… *2023-11-19* It was a good fun game to pass time, I purchased the no ads though and after a maybe 3-4 hours the game randomly closed and reset itself completely. I lost all progress in the game and now have ads again. It also won’t let me restore my purchase. **Developer response:** Hi! I’m unsure of why your message hasn’t been visible to us until now, but very sorry for the late reply. We haven’t heard of this happening before, email us on peck@beardybird.com so we can help you out! ❤️ ### 3/5 — Kind of like star fox *2026-05-24, version 2.10.1* It’s like star fox but with ads (why) and you collect more! It’s a rip-off of star fox, defo! (Not insulting… well kinda) ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — What is this? WOW! *2026-04-28* First of all, how did this game transmogrify my iPhone screen into an old cathode tube (CRT) display? Seriously, the art direction here is sublime! WELL DONE, DEVELOPERS! The sound is "rad" too! But yeah, if you're on the hunt for a "just one more try before bed" game, look no further. This scratches that itch wonderfully! **Developer response:** Awesome to hear that you are enjoying it! Keep on chasing those hot scores 🚀 ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-01-30, version 2.10.1* Great game! ### 5/5 — Oddly / Terrifyingly Addictive *2026-01-22* The game gives FlappyBird. It also reminds of something that could be in a Black Mirror episode. I like it so far. ### 5/5 — Great job! *2026-01-09, version 2.9.0* 5-star game for sure! ### 5/5 — 😶‍🌫️🤯🫥🤫 *2025-09-19, version 2.9.0* 🤫🫥🤯😶‍🌫️ ### 5/5 — Great *2025-08-09, version 2.9.0* Nice, I love the leaderboard ### 5/5 — 🤬😤🤪 *2025-05-18, version 2.9.0* WHY CAN’T I STOP PLAYING? ### 5/5 — Very unique *2025-04-03* One of the most unique games I’ve played. Style is very cool and has a lot of personality ### 5/5 — 🤩 *2025-02-28, version 2.9.0* que jogo lindo! ### 5/5 — RAHHHHH *2025-01-28* I can’t stop shooting for the high score, it’s become a need, an addiction, I need to achieve that all time score. ODX count your days cuz Ace is coming for that top spot. --- *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 2026-09-06.*