Subterfuge Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience87.0% of reviews
Neutral3.3% of reviews
Negative experience9.7% of reviews

~ Based on 300 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Subterfuge

Is Subterfuge Safe?

Subterfuge appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Subterfuge is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 585 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 585 App Store ratings for Subterfuge.

Is Subterfuge Legit?

Subterfuge appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Subterfuge is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

App revamp brings bugs

Coming back to play after a recent email. 2016 player. The updated version is bugged, it gained new bugs. I guess the dev team leaned into vibe coding or smth. Played 3 games so far, in each observed bugs. Gifts not adding up to new balance is the latest most annoying bug.
Still the best game on the whole AppStore. Hence 5 stars.
“irl friends” playing and wiping you off 1v4 rly pissing me off.
Getting matched is hard, simply not enough ppl playing.

P.S. for the love of god change app icon.
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Nothing quite like it

This game runs in real time over the course of a week or so. You can check in a couple time a day, or you can obsess over the multitude of possibilities. It moves very slowly, so you absolutely can ignore it while it runs in the background, but it also rewards long study, if you are interested in playing against more skilled players. It’s a social game, so this means that your games are only as good as your opponents. Sometimes this is brilliant, and sometimes it’s a letdown. Bring thick skin, because eventually someone will betray your trust- it’s part of the game, and not something you should take personally.
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Fantastic

Have to played this game with friends for over 10 years, thank you guys for the great memories

New Updates!

Me and my friends loved this game and were really sad to see it fall into disrepair over the past few years. However it now seems like the new owner is pumping out update after update. Amazing work!

Resist slop, embrace subs

This is just a really solid strategy game and doesn’t feed into a dopamine hole just to push ads on you. Enjoy and embrace this game and its community.

Played this game for years

Truly one of the best games of all time

Amazing game!

Some of the most intense fun you can have over 10 days

Great game

It's an awesome strategy game. Definitely recommend a download its comparable to War* the board game but more indepth. the only but* is that its a slow game, its Not clash royal where its a 360sec quickie. 1 match takes place over 5 days. I'll play a game every month er so. Awesome game, give it a try.
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Great forum

Service Unavailable

PHP did not respond properly to the request. As a result, Apache considers the PHP-FPM service to be unavailable.

Detailed information about this error is available in the app's Apache error log at:

/srv/users/SYSUSER/log/APPNAME/APPNAME_apache.error.log
The root cause of this error is often slow PHP code. You should disable any plugins the app is using and check the app's PHP error log and PHP slow request log located at:

/srv/users/SYSUSER/log/APPNAME/APPNAME_phpX.Y.error.log
/srv/users/SYSUSER/log/APPNAME/APPNAME_phpX.Y.slow.log
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5/5

This is literally the best mobile game so underrated

Not worth 15$

Came in expecting a strategy board game, and left after realizing its just a bunch of chatrooms with glorified idle-clicker gameplay.

The technical side of the game is simple, and most of the impactful gameplay is interacting with other players.

The game is slow, so most players play multiple lobbies at once. The result is that people resign very early if their start isn’t optimal, and move onto the next lobby.

I had about 7 players disconnect in my first four rated matches for no apparent reason. Three of those games went to players who ate up the dc’ed ones, while the rest turtled up and play for 2nd or 3rd place.

Also apparently the leaderboard is full of players on multiple accounts and the dev doesn’t really care because they’re making another game.

Tldr:
-Quality of games is poor without any matchmaking
-Optimal strategy is to fight other players as little as possible
-Game doesn’t receive any notable updates (you can check the update history yourself)

The 15$ (used to be $5) to unlock the full game is obviously not going towards developing this game.
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One of a Kind Game

An awesome game with updates still happening 10+ years after release. Even though it’s old it’s still unparalleled in its niche genre. Nothing scratches my need for strategy and diplomacy quite like Subterfuge.

Best hidden gem in the App Store!

By far the best game on the store. Been playing since 2015, and I recently re-downloaded it after the updates. Still as gritty, and thought provoking as I remember it!

Ipad version is now very bad

To the new developpers : the new ipad version is terrible ! You can’t zoom out like before to see the entire map , we’re always stuck in a close-up view which makes it unplayable. We can see now maybe less than one third of what we could see before when zooming out.

This game still rules

5/5. Never played anything else like it.

Top worst

One of the worst games. It looks like military recruitment IQ exam but just bizarre what’s going on here. Very boring. Pass on this one

Love the Game but issues with recent updates

Recent Updates have made it impossible to delete subs on IOS. Please fix.

Great Game otherwise.

Best. Game. Ever.

It’s the best game on iOS bar none, and it has been for years.

A deep commitment

Subterfuge goes beyond strategic co-ordination, as good as that is, and indeed there are some real haymakers there. Its novelty is in its social dynamic: to do well one should negotiate with everybody on the board. This typically means relations with 4-7 opponents, some for short-term gain, some for the longer game, and perhaps reneging on arrangements prior. Not for everybody, given the real risk of being betrayed.

A Subterfuge player is able to adequately automate unit instructions, but the game still favours constant maintenance throughout the entire length of the 7-10 day campaign. Casual players beware! The devs had to take a break, but for their fans they’ve come back to support this corner of the strategy game hobby. Some communities are too precious to disperse.
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Super

Echt geniales Spiel! Wurde wieder zu neuen Leben erweckt und macht immer noch Spaß.
Hatte jetzt zum ersten Mal Kontakt zum App-Support wegen eines Bugs. Guter, wahnsinnig schneller Support. Top.