# Swarm Simulator: Evolution — user reviews > 175 indexed App Store user reviews of Swarm Simulator by Iron Horse Games LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 2,719 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swarm-simulator-evolution/id1320056680/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swarm-simulator-evolution/id1320056680.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,181 · 4★ 356 · 3★ 82 · 2★ 33 · 1★ 67 ## What do users think of Swarm Simulator? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay - 🚀 Smooth and responsive - 💡 Unique incremental mechanics - 🔒 Minimal ads, not intrusive **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches in recent updates - 🔋 High battery consumption - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on launch - Stuck on loading screen - Incorrect display of resources and upgrades - Issues with cloud save functionality **Most requested features** - More content and updates - Offline mode - Customization options - Improved progression and endgame ## Newest reviews (15 of 175) ### 4/5 — Just CapitalistIO with Starcraft 2 naming *2026-01-22, version 1.7.18* It’s good, it’s a clean user interface with the same gaming principles as Capitalist the mobile game with Starcraft 2 naming. ### 4/5 — Weird *2025-08-17, version 1.7.18* So apparently this game is kinda gross but fun no 5 star but I’ll give 4 stars ### 2/5 — Latest update broken *2024-03-17, version 1.7.18* Most recent update turned the game into a stuttery mess ### 4/5 — More updates please this game is great and has potential *2023-10-26, version 1.7.16* Please release more updates for this game ### 4/5 — Battery drain *2023-10-17, version 1.7.16* I truly love this game. Been playing for awhile now and wondering if there’s any options outside of the basic settings to alleviate battery drain. For a fairly simple click and numbers app game it’s mad draining ### 3/5 — Myeh *2023-09-04, version 1.7.16* Enjoyable, but not over-purchasing Twin requirement units is an absolute crapshoot, even with the @ function. There must be a way to purchase the right amount without guesswork, surely? Frustratingly average, as is. ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-02-07, version 1.7.16* My favorite time killer ### 4/5 — This game is good *2022-08-07, version 1.7.12* Almost no ads at all and has dS, the best trait in a idle game. ### 5/5 — A gem of an idle game *2022-01-26, version 1.7.12* It's unfortunate that this game hasn't received updates for a couple years as of this writing, but it's still a solid idle game. I enjoy the carapace shards mechanic and invasions, compared to the web version. Overall just a well-rounded game. Would be nice if it had some updates to add more content though. ### 4/5 — Almost 5 star *2021-10-30, version 1.7.12* One of the best idle games but needs wifi or data. ### 5/5 — UPDATE THE GAME *2021-09-23, version 1.7.12* UPDATE THE GAME ### 2/5 — It’s kinda boring *2021-08-30, version 1.7.12* Boooorrrrrriiiing ### 5/5 — 100% GET THIS GAME!!!!!!! *2021-08-15, version 1.7.12* This is not a bot. This is a fantastic game and I like it very much. ### 5/5 — This is one of the best mobile games out there!!!! *2021-08-15, version 1.7.12* Here are some reasons why: 1. No ads everywhere unless you want a reward you have the option to watch an ad. 2. The game is surprisingly addictive, and entertaining. 3. YOU WILL WANT TO UNLOCK THE SWARM LORD CHALLENGES THEY ARE FUN 4. Once you restart, don’t think it’ll take a while to regain your bugs. 5. It’s free 6. Just give it a try :) ### 3/5 — 5 stars *2021-07-12, version 1.7.12* would be 5 stars but it takes wifi soooooo ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Boring just another tapping game *2026-06-10, version 1.7.18* Nothing feels meaningful. You just tap the next shiny item. ### 1/5 — Well? Like wtf! *2026-02-12, version 1.7.18* Ok idk how the game is, I’m giving it a 1 star because I can’t view the stuff I need to accept to play it’s telling me to update everything, everything’s updated! And it also keeps loading webpages in the background without my knowledge( I found out when I closed the game to restart it to try to play, my web security settings were saying that I’m trying to ask permissions too fast on unknown websites. Um like wtf! That’s not cool! I would do no stars but I can’t. Be careful ppl! ### 1/5 — Poor performance *2025-12-26, version 1.7.18* Game is constantly stuttering on new iPad Air, even with all the graphics options turned off. ### 1/5 — Play it on PC *2023-06-20, version 1.7.16* This mobile version has a bad UI, p2w inserted in, and alot of features butchered. Just play it on kongregate ### 1/5 — Meh *2021-09-26, version 1.7.12* Game randomly decided to delete my whole army. ### 1/5 — Broken *2019-11-19, version 1.7.12* I cant even open the game. Everything else works on my phone. I even tried using WiFi no wifi a VPN and every time I open the game it freezes and doesn’t open. It is a broken game. ### 1/5 — Se hace pesado *2019-09-30, version 1.7.12* Original pero sin ideas empieza aburrir no tiene ni pvp ni nada nuevo ### 1/5 — Non si puó giocare *2019-03-11, version 1.7.10* Tutto buggato i numeri indicano semplicemente cose a caso e non si cambiano le animazioni...correggete oppure è ingiocabile ### 1/5 — Everything about it is broken *2019-03-07, version 1.7.9* The game is completely broken. I’ve played a few minutes of the Steam version, so I know how the game is supposed to function when working correctly. Every creature and upgrade in the game, no matter what it is, is displayed as costing 5611 larvae and one drone. The upgrade button still works, but it’s kinda hard to play when you don’t know what anything costs. The game says I should be gaining one larvae per second, when I’m actually gaining hundreds, but only when I have larvae selected. Otherwise, the larvae count remains frozen. I’m pretty sure this isn’t right. Attempting to select the territory, energy, or any tab I haven’t unlocked yet will display a full-screen message telling you what you need to unlock it. The problem is, I can’t seem to close this screen, effectively locking me out of the game until I restart the app. None of the visual creatures are displayed, I’m stuck looking at meat the whole time. Achievements seem to be non-functional I don’t know if a recent update broke everything or something, but the game is completely unplayable for me. ### 1/5 — Just downloaded and next to nothing seems to work *2019-03-07, version 1.7.9* This seems like an interesting game but the UI dosent respond to anything. I reinstalled and still nothing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2026-07-26, version 1.7.18* I liked this game always and kept it a lot just keeping it short and simple ### 5/5 — Amazing, but just 1 thing I want changed. 4.95 stars. *2026-02-08, version 1.7.18* This game is a masterpiece. Each tab builds upon the ones before it, and every resource helps production of all other resources. The one thing I don’t like is the fact that when in an ad, things can still happen. This isn’t a problem really for gold bugs but so annoying for War Cry without Swarm Supporter and the double offline earnings when you have an ongoing invasion. But still no new content? After all 10 mutations are unlocked, it’s kinda just like swarmwarp- invasion- hatcheries- expansions- meat units- repeat. One way to do this is to add more gold bug upgrades. And I still don’t know the objective of the game ### 5/5 — Amazing, but just 1 thing I want changed. 4.95 stars. *2025-12-24, version 1.7.18* This game is a masterpiece. Each tab builds upon the ones before it, and every resource helps production of all other resources. The one thing I don’t like is the fact that when in an ad, things can still happen. This isn’t a problem really for gold bugs but so annoying for War Cry without Swarm Supporter and the double offline earnings when you have an ongoing invasion. ### 5/5 — So Skibidi *2025-07-24, version 1.7.18* SKIBIDI MEANS COOL ### 5/5 — a weird bug *2024-10-13, version 1.7.18* soo uhh… you probably won’t be reading this, but i’m experiencing a weird bug where if i watch a ad for to activate war cry, the game still continues even if the ad is currently playing, could you fix it ? ### 5/5 — Over all really great *2024-09-20, version 1.7.18* My only complaint is when activating the war call after watching an ad the game plays in the background and makes it counter intuitive due to the things spawning and not being able to get to them ### 5/5 — Swarm lords War cry *2024-05-12, version 1.7.18* After watching the Ad to start the war cry you will be unable to close the ads fast enough before your entire war cry is wasted. Needs a timer after the ad or allow the player to start the attack. ### 5/5 — BEST APP *2024-04-05, version 1.7.18* Great app, its free! Barely any unasked ads! One problem. How do you cucoon the Larvea? It says I can in the thing-a-pedia (forgot what it’s called), I didn’t skip the tutorial…if someone can explain…please do ;<; ### 5/5 — Nice, but needs a terrarium *2024-03-26, version 1.7.18* I would love an update where we have our own little terrarium of little bug units and interact with them by feeding them and caring them. ### 5/5 — Una droga *2023-04-17, version 1.7.16* Meraviglioso per davvero --- *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 2026-08-24.*