# Super Hydorah — user reviews > 111 indexed App Store user reviews of Super Hydorah by Abylight S.L., rated 4.80/5 from 668 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/super-hydorah/id1348224049/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/super-hydorah/id1348224049.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 578 · 4★ 61 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Super Hydorah? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent gameplay - 👍 Great controls - 🎨 Fantastic retro graphics - 🎵 Superb chiptune soundtrack - 🕹️ Authentic old-school shooter experience - 💯 High quality and polish - 🕹️ Challenging but fair difficulty **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional control issues on touch screens - 🕹️ Very challenging, may be too difficult for some - ⏱️ Game is relatively short **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound issues on some devices - Compatibility problems on certain devices **Most requested features** - More levels and content - Customizable controls - Support for newer iPhone/iPad displays ## Newest reviews (19 of 111) ### 4/5 — Fantastic little shooter em up *2026-05-17* It’s been on the App Store for a while and finally picked up this great little game on sale. Love the retro pixel art, the music, gameplay. Plays well with touch controls or controller. It does support the newer screen resolutions albeit with coloured borders which is fine in my opinion (it’s 16:9 essentially). There’s one thing missing, I have read there is a 2 player option. I just hooked up 2 game pads to the iPad but still can only play single player. @dev, any ideas? ### 4/5 — Problème connexion *2023-03-27* Ma partie n’est jamais enregistré il faut à chaque fois refaire nouvelle partie !!!! ### 4/5 — Great port that needs a few adjustments *2022-05-06* Love the port, everything looks and sounds great. However, the controls are tough. It would be good if we could change the sensitivity, or even use the gyro controls. As it is, the ship moves extremely fast, and it’s almost impossible to make small maneuvers. It’s especially bad in the second stage, where the vertical scrolling appears to be buggy, causing you to move even faster and crash into a floating landmass when you shouldn’t. EDIT 1: In response to the developer, I played with the touch control settings, but still couldn’t find anything that allowed me to navigate difficult sections reliably. There are three problems with the current two control schemes: 1. When using the mode with speed ups, it feels very awkward, and having to use precious shield/ammo containers for a speed up makes an already difficult game much harder, especially since this option doesn’t work any better than the default. 2. The “drag” option is arbitrary. By that, I mean you are simply applying some arbitrary multiplier to the number of pixels you drag across to get each sensitivity level. The problem with this is that none of the sensitivity levels are a simple 1:1 with the screen. The ship ALWAYS moves just a little bit extra or a little less than you move your finger, and least on an XS. Because of this you have to constantly reposition your finger, and it often results in an unfair death. 3. It gets very confused when you use a second finger. Charge shot is an obvious offender, but it is also a problem with the “drag” option - sometimes your finger runs to the edge of the device. To try to keep moving smoothly, you “pass off” to your opposite finger on the other side of the screen. Maybe you can fix this by having the game detect if your current control point is in a “dead zone”, and if a second drag point is found elsewhere on the screen, it takes priority. 4. Many control options could be alleviated by adding controller/keyboard support. Maybe a quick update? **Developer response:** Thank you for the suggestions and feedback! :) You can adjust the controls in the settings, there are 2 modes: one is a joystick simulator where you also get a speed bonus, and the other one is where you "drag" the spaceship around the screen without speed limits. And you can always attach a controller! ### 5/5 — Just right *2021-02-13* Games nowadays tend to try to keep the player for hours instead of delivering a great experience. Many Shmups I’ve been playing follow this path and I just can’t see the end of the game becase it gets boring. This game manages to deliver just enough so you feel acomplishment and, with the small bits here and there, tempted to play it again, and again. Not long, not short, the right number of stages and well balanced experience. Worth the money! And the joystick support is something great to have! I just loved the experience! Good Job guys :D ### 5/5 — Excellent Retro R-Type-like Shooter! *2021-02-01* Initially had issues due to a bad download. Once I started playing, I have been thoroughly enraptured—excellent game! If you like side-scrolling shooters—similar to Defender and R-Type—then this is the game for you! Works great on my ATV4 and with my PS4 controller. And best of all, no subscription, no ads and no in-app purchases! ### 5/5 — Retro greatness! *2020-10-25* This a great game, graphics and sound! Playing with controller is fun! ### 5/5 — Muy buen juego *2020-09-23, version 1.2.1* 😍🥰 ### 5/5 — I love this game. *2020-09-14, version 1.2.1* Very good. Feel like playing Gradius. ### 5/5 — The best iPad game ever! *2020-09-10* I’m really enjoyed,it’s amazing game ,I hope to make a second part for this game or something similar **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the kind words! While a 2nd part isn't on the agenda, check out Cursed Castilla and The Curse of Issyos for more nostalgic, retro experiences! :) ### 5/5 — für Star Fox Liebhaber *2020-07-02* Ein sehr schönes Spiel what's in den Grundzügen dem Nintendo Klassiker Star Fox ähnelt. Der Preis könnte noch etwas günstiger sein, aber ich hatte viel Spaß bei dem Spiel. Daumen hoch! **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! Glad you've enjoyed! :) And we love Star Fox too! ^_^ ### 5/5 — Fantastic Old School Shoot-em-up! *2020-06-03* This is a fantastic game. If you enjoyed old school shoot-em-ups, like R-Type you’ll surely love this. The difficulty level, for me, is judged perfectly. You *almost* make it to the next level so many times. It’s difficult in places but not frustratingly so. Perfectly judged to make you press the continue button for one more go. And you learn the attack waves and patterns with each effort. This is the reward from playing again and again. It’s the part that so many games do not succeed at getting just right. One negative is, like many touch screen games, the controls can be a little unresponsive at times, but it’s the limitation of the device, not the game. I soon got used to it, though. One of the best games I’ve played on my iPad Pro. Highly recommended. **Developer response:** Thanks for the kind review! We're happy you've enjoyed the challenge! iPad Pro? On this device, Super Hydorah would be even more awesome with a controller of your choice (PS4, Xbox or MFi) - like a very portable console! :) ### 5/5 — Delightful! *2020-05-10* Like a beautiful love child between R-Type and Metroid. 🥰 **Developer response:** Thank you so much! :) ### 5/5 — Matamarcianos de la vieja escuela *2020-03-19, version 1.2.0* Gran juego dé naves estilo arcade viejuno y ahora a un gran precio ### 5/5 — Simplesmente maravilhoso! *2020-02-22* Para quem gosta de Gradius, Darius e R-type. Chorei quando vi que chegou para a Apple TV! 👏🙌🙏 ### 5/5 — This game is everything! *2020-02-16* I’ve finally found a game that takes me back to my childhood! Well done ### 5/5 — Juegazo *2020-02-07, version 1.2.0* Me encanta. Muy divertido y desafiante. ### 5/5 — Excellent SHMUP! *2020-01-29* I love this game it’s so much fun and it has lots of great features too haha 😂 was my time to finish it lol haha was the best game I’ve ever played ### 5/5 — Modern day Gradius *2020-01-27, version 1.2.0* Quality shooter. Use a controller tho. ### 5/5 — Excellent ... *2019-12-17* Ça serait bien d’avoir la possibilité de continuer le jeu avec toutes les armes mais en difficulté plus élevée. Un peu comme Gradius. Sinon le jeu est vraiment parfait. Merci à votre équipe. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No sound *2018-10-18* No sound plays iPhone 6s ### 1/5 — Annoying and a waste of money *2018-10-17* So I bought this after I saw it as a promotet game of the day or something. I thought it would be fun. I find it too hard to play and too annoying to get through even the second level - can’t remember how many times did I have to do the annoying first scene. Then you get through, die, and you’re aaaaal the way to the beginning. Aargh. Waste of time, waste of money. Focus your attention to other games. ### 1/5 — Wow *2018-06-08, version 1.1* They got my interest I thought it was good it’s has wrk graphic ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2018-05-25, version 1.1* Waste of $7 ### 1/5 — スマホゲーとしては最低 *2018-05-20* グラディウスの丸パク具合は良く出来てるが、スマホでの操作を全く考えてない。 指で画面が隠れる上に敵の配置、このグラディウスみたいな当たり判定では到底やってられない。ドブに捨てた。 **Developer response:** こんにちはハングルマン - あなたは指を変えようとしましたか？ 画面のどこでも指を使って宇宙船をコントロールすることができます。 ### 1/5 — iPhone X *2018-05-19, version 1.1* Para cuando una actualización para la pantalla de iPhone X? Lo he comprado hoy !! Y me parece penoso que un juegazo tan añorado por muchos no esté actualizado.. 8€ !?? Nos toman el pelo, ### 2/5 — 無法使用joy-con遊玩 *2022-10-16* 如題，改善後再給你⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 2/5 — Kein iphone x support *2018-10-25* Tolles spiel allerdings keine Unterstützung für das Display der neueren iPhone Generationen ( ab iphone x ) für mich ein no go für ein ernsthaftes spiel ### 2/5 — Déçu *2018-10-23* Étant données les critiques, je m’attendais à beaucoup mieux : les niveaux sont beaucoup trop courts, les graphismes sont trop simples et le scénario très faible. Et comme le souligne la plupart des commentaires, il n’y a pas assez de niveaux ### 2/5 — Great game, awful controls *2018-08-04* There’s no place to place my figure that would not obscure something important on the screen. That, combined with the unforgivable 8-bit difficulty makes for an unpleasant experience. There is a reason why game companies got away with super hard games in the late 80s: there were few alternatives and they wanted the content to last. Nowadays, it’s not that the gamer is a wimp, there’s just myriad games to play and other virtual stuff to do. So, at a certain point the game is just not worth it. I want my money back. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 面白い *2025-06-19* グラディウスによく似たシューティングゲームです。 敵機や障害物に対する当たり判定が甘いのでどなたにも楽しめると思います。 ### 5/5 — Pure class *2025-01-15* Oozes quality. Proper gamepad implementation. Using an Xbox controller it’s a blast. ### 5/5 — One of the best shmup games 🤑🤑🤑 *2024-01-31* Broski I played this back when I was 9 or 10 and replaying it now (14) and this game is an absolute BANGER🔥🔥🔥🔥this is a need to play game if you’re into shooter up games 💯💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ ### 5/5 — Illusive Gaming Perfection *2022-09-14* This is the The House of the Devil for shmups. I’m not even into shmups (or horror) but both of these attempts at not only just throwing it back to the 80’s but literally perfecting the experience is so rare and truly unique that I felt like that’s the only real logical comparison for me that comes to mind. Both of them have this dichotomy where they perfectly evoke and nail the era yet are super subtle about it due to the insane passion, attention to detail and humility that they are crafted with. ### 5/5 — Sensacional ! *2022-08-17* Parabéns ### 5/5 — Great old skool shooter *2022-01-07* Title says it all! Nice retro shooter!! Controller support too!! ### 5/5 — A Masterpiece *2021-08-09* Feels like the dev and designer loved super r-type, super strike gunner and star wing as mich as I did. It‘s a fresh new and really well polished experience and a blast from the past, with many hints and revivals of good old level designs, enemy types and so on. ### 5/5 — Best game I have ever played *2021-05-09* I own this game in three games platforms it’s just that great. The soundtrack is amazing and the fine details that were put into this game put it over the top. I wish I could review it higher than 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Oldschool like R-Type *2021-05-07* Great old-school game.Graphics,story & sound superb. Please make a Turrican clone with this fantastic engine. It‘s possible for you to make an update for fullscreen support e.g for📱 IPhone 11 Pro Max ? Keep up the great work. ### 5/5 — シューティングゲームはやっぱりおもしろい *2021-04-14* 夢中になってしまう やはりゲームはこうでなくてはいけない 横スクロールのこんなゲームが もっと、沢山でてほしい ただ、画面でのコントロールはむずかしい ジョイスティックを買おうかと思ったが 意外と高いし、実際に使えるかわからないから 買うのを躊躇してしまう それだけが悩みどころ それでも面白いと思います --- *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 2026-08-29.*