# Sunburn! — user reviews

> 198 indexed App Store user reviews of Sunburn! by Secret Crush, rated 4.70/5 from 293 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunburn/id932468632/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sunburn/id932468632.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 234 · 4★ 43 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 3

## What do users think of Sunburn!?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Charming retro aesthetics
- 🤖 Clever and dark humor
- 💎 Unique and innovative concept

**Cons**

- 🐛 Control issues and responsiveness problems
- 🔥 Difficulty spike in later levels
- 🤯 Frustratingly challenging at times

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Levels not saving progress
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

**Most requested features**

- Level editor and custom level sharing
- More levels and content updates
- Improved zoom and camera controls

## Newest reviews (16 of 198)

### 3/5 — Please Update for iOS 11

*2018-09-19, version 1.1.1*

It would be fab if this worked on my new iPad.

### 4/5 — GREAT GAME NOT WORKING ON IOS 11

*2018-03-18, version 1.1.1*

Great game. Needs to be updated ti work with IOS 11.

### 5/5 — Cool

*2017-06-18, version 1.1.1*

Хорошая игра, жалко сжигать человечков

### 3/5 — Fun, but also frustrating

*2017-06-17*

There is definitely fun to be had in this game, but for me, it eventually became more frustrating than fun.  Controlling your character and his attached colleageus can be very difficult.  This could be thought of as being part of the challenge of the game, I suppose, but at some point after Level 40 I started having a problem where some of my tethered colleagues would become untethered and die.  It's difficult enough to control the main character and the attached characters without having to worry about the tethered characters flying loose.  I also think it would improve the game if the zoom level could be controlled better so that you could leave the zoom level where you want it.  Currently, you can pinch to zoom out, but you only stay zoomed out as long as you're pinching, and as soon as you stop pinching, the game zooms back in to its default perspective.

### 5/5 — まだしていたい！

*2017-04-19, version 1.1.1*

アップデートして次期OSに対応してください！！ お願いします！！

### 5/5 — BEST GAME EVER!!!!

*2017-04-15, version 1.1.1*

So FRIKING GOOD!!! just beutifull

### 5/5 — 구매내역 삭제 부탁드립니다

*2017-02-01, version 1.1.1*

구매내역 삭제 부탁드립니다

### 5/5 — Great fun, delightfully dark

*2016-12-07, version 1.1.1*

I love this game. The premise is hilariously twisted, and it is the rare very hard game that remains really fun even when you repeatedly fail a level. Good replay value too. And I love the art. One of my all time iOS favorites.

### 5/5 — Super !

*2016-08-04, version 1.1.1*

Super, mais avec beaucoup de challenge ! Un conseil: réfléchissez bien à vos priorités, surtout dans les derniers niveaux.
Après je ne suis pas fan de la manière dont les membres de l'équipe suivent, c'est un peu aléatoire, ils se bloquent dans les obstacles... Et depuis quand les planètes "déplaçables" on une inertie ? On est dans l'espace ! Autant réduire leurs mouvements sans les faire ralentir. Ah et un dernier truc qui manquent pour que ce jeu soit parfait: un meilleur système pour la vision globale du niveau, elle est juste horrible.
Bref je critique mais ça reste un super jeu, hésitez-pas, acheter le ! Et  un petit DLC moi je veux bien ;)

### 4/5 — Good but......

*2016-07-08, version 1.1.1*

There is no way ppl are beating sector 55 , it's impossible I've been trying to figure it out of hrs , I doubt anybody has completed this game 100% , if so please tell me Coz I don't believe it

### 5/5 — This could be a movie

*2016-05-14*

Please make a movie about this!

Update: really frustrating levels at the very end of this game. Difficulty spikes up from level 50 on. You'd better have steel nerves to get into this. 
I managed to beat the game and, in the end, it was a very satisfying experience. And I still think this could very well turn into a super deep and cool movie. Please, devs, Make it happen!

### 5/5 — Doideira das melhores

*2016-05-06, version 1.1.1*

A música, os sons!
Dão o clima perfeito para combinar com os seus sentimentos de sucesso ao conseguir jogar sua tripulação inteira no sol, o que logo descobrimos que não é tão fácil assim, enquanto lemos suas reflexões pós-vida.

Realmente, um jogo verdadeiramente diferente e um tanto quanto moralmente desafiador que consegue ser bem divertido (e irritante).

### 5/5 — This game is fantastic

*2016-04-30, version 1.1.1*

Level 58 was challenging, which made completing it very rewarding.

I finished all the achievements except the 2 below. If you have tips on them, please let me know.

- Stop Hitting Yourself
- Unbelievable Orbit

### 4/5 — Great time waster

*2016-03-10, version 1.1.1*

Awkward control system but enjoyable nonetheless.

I'm now really hacked-off. Can not get past level 55, the game has now become less than enjoyable. Has anyone completed it?

### 5/5 — Funny, bleak, bloody brilliant. This game has character.

*2016-02-14, version 1.1.1*

Didn't quite know what to expect here but am really enjoying this. There aren't enough games about suicide pacts.

### 4/5 — Surreal and Enjoyable

*2016-02-08*

The concept and mood of this game shouldn't work, but they do. The physics puzzles aren't head scratchers, but you do benefit from some thought and planning. Frustrating at times, but never so much that you'll give up.

I really like this game and will finish it. It is strangely compelling.

Yolo!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Update to iOS 13

*2020-03-25, version 1.1.1*

When will be available for iOS 13 ?

### 1/5 — 👎ios11🙏

*2018-01-11, version 1.1.1*

Pas de mise à jour... impossible de jouer

### 1/5 — Iphone6s plus

*2017-03-29, version 1.1.1*

Please update the app soon cause it won't work on iOS 11

### 1/5 — Miese Bedienung

*2016-01-15, version 1.1.1*

Das Spiel mag zwar ganz nett sein, von der Bedienung her ist es aber absoluter Schrott und es gibt auch keine ordentliche Hilfe dazu.

### 1/5 — ?

*2016-01-12, version 1.1.1*

Mi spiace, forse sono troppo stupido ma non riesco a capire come funziona

### 2/5 — Décevant

*2016-01-18, version 1.1.1*

Jeu proposant au départ un concept agréable et donne envie de jouer, très vite rebutant du fait d'un niveau de difficulté mal ajusté qui oblige parfois à recommencer un niveau 130 fois (oui j'ai compté, le 55ème en l'occurrence) finit par manquer son sujet et transforme un bon moment en séquences répétitives et relevant plus du coup de chance que d'une véritable logique de niveau qui cache son manque d'imagination derrière un niveau de difficulté pas du tout adapté pour ce type de gameplay. 
Dommage le leveldesign est pourtant présent mal trop mal exploité pour en faire un jeu remarquable...

### 2/5 — Not sure about this

*2016-01-11, version 1.1.1*

Nice retro feel, pixel art, sound etc, good controls.  But having a suicide pact as the point of the game destroys some of the fun.  Come on developers, can't you rejig it so instead of aiming for a sun, you are aiming for the rescue ship?  It would be a bit more cheerful.

### 2/5 — Meh

*2015-01-17, version 1.1.1*

Not bad, but not worth $3.49.

### 2/5 — Очень огорчила

*2014-12-10, version 1.0.1*

Еле прошел 49 уровень, сидел на 50, вдруг игра вылетела, захожу, смотрю сектора, а 50 нет, на него можно перейти перепройдя 49 а желания уже нет, а так игра очень хорошая, разрабы огорчили.

### 3/5 — I loved this game!

*2022-06-05*

I remember playing this game back in 2014 on my iPhone 5c and loved it for its art style and chill gameplay. I recall multiple times trying to redownload it, but it haddn't been updated and had been abandoned. And now it is back! I wish more people could see this game. Sadly, on this mac version, it is flipped upside down and there is no way to turn it the other way, so it is unplayable.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Still my favorite iPhone game

*2024-04-11*

After 10 years this is still my go-to game on my iPhone.  The developer nailed the early 1980s gameplay and aesthetics of classic space based arcade games. 

You can play for a minute or for an hour. So satisfying!

### 5/5 — FINALLY IT’S BACK

*2024-01-10, version 1.1.3*

After years of not being playable on newer iOS devs have finally updated the game. One of my favourite games rescued from the depths of incompatibility. Great game, highly recommend.

### 5/5 — PLEAAE UPDATE

*2020-07-09*

I absolutely loved this game for the years, yes YEARS.  I really badly wish that I could still play this on my phone.  This is one of the most brilliant games I’ve ever played on mobile and I feel it’s a shame that it can’t be played nowadays unless you have a much older tablet/phone.

### 5/5 — Please keep update with iOS please please please

*2020-06-17, version 1.1.1*

Please

### 5/5 — Шедевр.

*2018-09-24, version 1.1.1*

Игра,которая уже как 2 года на моём устройстве. Невероятно красивая и увлекательная. Обновите шедевр для iOS 12, плакать хочется

### 5/5 — Empfehlung!

*2018-01-15, version 1.1.1*

Leider viel zu selten findet man inzwischen solche Perlen wie Sunburn. Klasse Spielidee in tollem Retrolook mit knackigen kurzen Leveln für das schnelle Spiel zwischendurch. Hat man die Spielphysik erst einmal verinnerlicht macht Sunburn süchtig. Toll.

### 5/5 — Software update

*2017-12-13, version 1.1.1*

Awesome game, not updated to the latest iOS. Please!!!!!!!!!!!

### 5/5 — Update

*2017-10-16, version 1.1.1*

Update for the ios 11 please i beg you please i want to play this game

### 5/5 — Fantastic definitely worth it

*2017-09-23, version 1.1.1*

Great game lots of levels worth the money

### 5/5 — Great.

*2017-09-14, version 1.1.1*

I've had this for almost two years and never played it. It's great. Audio's great, humour's great, gameplay's great. Great great great.

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