# Swords and Sandals 5 Redux — user reviews > 109 indexed App Store user reviews of Swords and Sandals 5 Redux by eGames.com LLC, rated 3.40/5 from 84 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swords-and-sandals-5-redux/id1299960961/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swords-and-sandals-5-redux/id1299960961.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 33 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of Swords and Sandals 5 Redux? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🤩 Nostalgic gameplay - 👍 Fun and entertaining - 💰 Worth the price (for some) - ⚔️ Great combat system - 🗺️ Immersive story - 💎 Good value for entertainment **Cons** - 🐛 Game-breaking bugs - 📉 Frequent crashes - 🧱 Unplayable progression - 💰 Pay to unlock full game - 😩 Frustrating controls - 🚫 Lack of content after story - 📈 Unbalanced difficulty - 💸 Money disappeared after purchase **Commonly reported bugs** - Dungeon doors unavailable or missing - Enemies too strong (e.g., chicken) - Game freezes during combat - Game stops working after 3rd boss - First champion cannot be hit by magic - Boss on top of lever in Hypogeum level 10 - Cannot buy upgrades on Ultarus - Game stops working after lumberjack boss - 85% hit chance missing 50% of shots - Glitches when trying to go down stairs - Easy difficulty is not easy - Cannot go deeper into dungeon - Playing ranged is impossible - Keeps crashing when exiting a shop - Gladiator Sprint game unbalanced, 10th round boss impossible - Cannot fight Big Moo at the colosseum due to quest bug - Cannot advance to pyramid level 5 due to bug - Cannot load gladiator on other device - Bug in Level 15 of Pyramids Dungeon with the lever - Game freezes after defeating a gladiator, progress lost - Gladiator doesn't show up, only cloud background - Lever spawns underneath the boss in sentinel rooms - Ads bug out the game, soft locking progress - Cannot load saved character - Black screen after defeating tree boss - Game black screens after 3rd boss - Save file unusable after defeating 'The Lumberjack' - Game crashes after an arena battle - Black screen when trying to load gladiator - Screen always black after defeating lumberjack - Game freezes and goes to black screen after wooden arena champion - Game says subscription not paid after update - Cannot fight champion in arena despite dialogue - Infinite fights due to health regeneration - Cannot access inventory while exploring dungeons - Cannot open inventory in dungeon - Dungeon doesn't progress to the next floor, freezes - Cannot click on some floor tiles in dungeon - Third Ward quest still bugged - Cannot enter/leave dungeon steps - Dungeon darkness makes it impossible to see - Game crashes when trying to leave dungeons - Character invisible when trying to go down in dungeon - Item bag not working in dungeons - Inventory icon not showing when in dungeons - Game glitches at a certain part of the story - Cannot get past level 16, black screens - Game crashes around tournament #10 - Paid for ultimate pack bundle, not loading - Cannot access items in dungeon - Cannot relight lantern or eat in dungeon - Gladiator keep not showing up - Cannot click on squares in dungeon - Cannot move past blue terrain in dungeon - Game crashes after defeating 3rd champion - Magic is broken, spells miss targets - 100% dodge chance vs magical abilities - Sentinels and dragon boss deal damage to health despite shield - Quest requires 40,000 gold but later says 10,000 gold **Most requested features** - Add Turkish language support - Improve compatibility with newer iPhones/iOS - Add roaming around the city and tavern - Make dungeon exploring optional - Add player vs player mode - Add online mode - Add more backstories - Remove dungeon darkness - Fix screen cut-off on newer phones - Add more quests after main story completion - Allow continuing game after final boss - Add x10, x100 purchase options - Improve house functionality - Make arena champions more unique gladiators ## Newest reviews (13 of 109) ### 2/5 — Dungeon crawl needs to be fixed *2025-09-22, version 1.4.1* Play dungeon crawl a lot and tired of getting into a new level and their is no switch to open the next door, also have come across times where there wasn’t a door at all, also the enemies are wayyy stronger then they should be, getting killed by a chicken that’s defending all my attacks also is a big no. Fix it. Come on now Oliver. ### 2/5 — Endless dangeon *2023-12-19, version 1.4.1* There are bugs with level progression as the lower door become unavailable or its not available in the level, please fix it ### 2/5 — 1st Champion *2023-03-28, version 1.4.1* The first champion can’t be hit by magic no matter what I try. ### 2/5 — Kann keine Upgrades kaufen auf ultarus *2023-02-22, version 1.4.1* Ich versuche die ganze Zeit mir die anderen Versionen zu kaufen doch ohne Erfolg da das voll Biggy mit meiner Tastatur ist traurig aber auch… ### 2/5 — ugh *2022-08-31, version 1.4.1* glitches out when i try to go down the stairs stopping my progress ### 2/5 — Easy is not easy *2022-07-23, version 1.4.1* I understand some games are meant to be hard But when you give me a difficulty setting and I pick the easiest one and can’t even get past a random hobo in the dungeon who has 2 levels less then me without feeling like I’m fated to lose then yeah I’m not gonna play this game. I know there some people who disagree and enjoy being spanked by games but I’m not them. Give me easy when I pick easy please. ### 2/5 — Bugged *2022-05-02, version 1.4.1* I can not go deeper into dungeon, game is bugged and unplayable unfortunetely ### 4/5 — Unbalanced and Buggy *2022-04-21, version 1.4.1* The Gladiator Sprint game is very unbalanced. The 10th round boss is nearly impossible to beat, the game overall is buggy. ### 3/5 — Türkçe olsun *2022-01-19, version 1.4.1* Türkçe olsun ### 2/5 — You ignored my message on Facebook *2022-01-11, version 1.4.1* I’ll just put the message here since you ignored it on facebook - Hi I’m playing Swords and Sandals 5 on the iphone 12 I have the full edition, however it won’t let me fight big moo at the colosseum, the woman there tells me I need finish the warriors at the battle pits, but when I go the lion tells me that I have fought everyone and that the doctore will get me ready for the fight with big moo? So I think I have this bug where it wont let me advance, I can’t even advance onto the pyramid level 5 because I need to defeat big moo, however I can’t because of this bug ### 4/5 — Other device *2022-01-02, version 1.4.1* I love this game but i want to load my gladiator on other device and it is not possible ### 4/5 — Good Game! *2021-12-08* Great game, I recommend you install it! I used to play swords and sandals when I was younger and this brings back memories. For me to be able to play swords and sandals wherever I am! Really fun just wish I didn’t have to pay to play the entire game! It’s worth it to play the entire game though! Great game overall! Definitely a 4 star if it didn’t have the purchase, also I do feel like there can be some more adjustments to it, to kind of make it a more fun experience such as making it a 1gb game for some other stuff added such as being able to roam around the city and tavern. If this was added though, it would be a huge game, and probably around call of duty’s size game like in gigs. Probably 4 or 5gb would make this easily possible. Doesn’t even need to be like that just like to be able to roam the stores like the menu thing to buy stuff, then to be able to click on it and be put into a 3D game like the dungeon! This would be absolutely insane and a game changer! ### 3/5 — I keep losing my progress and saved character *2021-08-21* It seems that every time the game freezes up after I defeat a gladiator. So when I go to restart the game it gives me the option to start a new game and does not have my previous gladiator. This has happened 3x’s on this game and once on SAS 2. Even after the upgraded purchase to continue playing... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game-Breaking Bug *2026-06-18* After you get to the Winter Caverns, and you’re at the Frozen Path of Tears or whatever it’s called. And you try to go downstairs at level 6, your character will go completely invisible and you will not progress downstairs. There’s no fix I can find online or in-game to progress further from this point and complete the quests needed. So the game is essentially over for me, This is disappointing as someone who paid money for the full-game after the demo, and now I don’t even get to play half of the full version I paid for..? Not only that but there’s a ton of other bugs that I had to workaround to get to this point, only to meet one you can’t workaround. Disappointing the developers won’t even update the game, but keep it on the appstore to scam unaware buyers. If it wasn’t for this bug I’d rate this game a 4 or 5 Star, but instead i’m leaving a 1 Star. I don’t recommend this game to any long time fans of swords and sandals like me or newbies. ### 1/5 — Bad *2025-11-16, version 1.4.1* Much better if the game is free to play not to buy to unlock all ### 1/5 — Oyunun dungeon crawl modu oynanamaz halde. *2024-10-31, version 1.4.1* Dungeon crawl modunda bazen olması gereken kapı kolu olmuyor, bazen kalan canından çok daha az yemene rağmen ölüyorsun, dungeon modunda etrafındaki düşmanlara vurmaya çalıştığın zaman oyunun donması ve tek çözümünün de dövüşten kaçıp (rakip sana saldırır) senin tekrar dövüşe girme gibi yaygın bir hata da var. Bu oyunu düzeltseniz çok güzel bir swords and sandals oyunu olacaktı ama oyunu düzeltmek yerine öylesine yayınlamayı seçmekle geliştirici yanlış bir şey yaptı. Oyunun Türkçe desteği olmasını ben de istiyorum. Oyunda cidden ağır bir İngilizce var. Bazı metinleri ana dili İngilizce olan insanlar bile anlayamıyor. Nostaljiden başka bir şey olmayan bu seri için bu kadar ağır İngilizce fazla. Oyunun hechaos bilmecesi bölümünü hiç sevmedim. Onun yerine geçmiş oyunlar ile alakalı sorular sorsaydın. Swords and sandals 3’te kaç arena champion var, swords and sandals 2’de antares’ten önceki arena champion niye vardı gibi sorular olabilirdi. Ya da illa zor soracaksanız oyunun lore’u ile alakalı sorular sormalıydı. ### 1/5 — Game stops working *2023-05-20, version 1.4.1* Game stops working after the 3rd boss ### 1/5 — I hate this *2023-05-13, version 1.4.1* You are giving this series a bad name ### 1/5 — Game Breaking Bug *2023-03-10, version 1.4.1* Can’t beat Hypogeum level 10 boss because it’s on top of the lever ### 1/5 — Too many bugs *2022-10-24, version 1.4.1* This game has waaaay too many bugs, it needs patching big time. Once you defeat the lumberjack it just goes black and nothing happens. Also, 85% hit chance and I’m missing at least 50% of my shots? 😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️ ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Extremely boring *2022-06-10, version 1.4.1* Spent over 30 minutes trying to find rats for the 2nd quest really boring don’t waste yo time ### 1/5 — Playing ranged is impossible *2022-04-26, version 1.4.1* All npcs in this game can Jump as many times as they want and stay in your face for literally the entire arena match without losing stamina while you can do nothing but jump around and walk backwards making no progress and slowly getting killed by lunges… this game is not good and I encourage anybody who thinks of buying it to spend their money on something else.. 10 months without an update so its blatantly obvious these Devs dont care about this game 1 bit ### 1/5 — No *2022-04-23, version 1.4.1* Keeps crashing everytime I exit a shop ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Peak Swords And Sandals game *2025-08-13, version 1.4.1* Really love it. I would recommend ultratus version if you especially gonna start in hard mode. Dungeon kits really helps. ### 5/5 — completed the game *2024-07-25, version 1.4.1* this series is so good, the amount to avail full access is just small in comparison to the entertainment and nostagia it gave me, but i hope you update this to be more compatible to newer iphones and ios. ### 5/5 — Very Fun Game *2023-01-20, version 1.4.1* This game is so nostalgic from when I was a little lad, and this the the only mobile game I can play for hours! ### 5/5 — Leider keine Deutsche Ausführung.! *2022-12-13, version 1.4.1* Ich muss echt sagen das Spiel macht süchtig. Hab auch den Vorgänger komplett durch gespielt in einer Nacht weil ich es einfach nicht mehr sein lassen konnte. Leider ist es nur auf englisch, das macht es schon Rest schwierig wenn man nicht ein bisschen englisch kann aber sonst ein top Spiel. ### 5/5 — Great *2022-02-05, version 1.4.1* No Bugs encountered. It gives me a Big challange ### 5/5 — Can you fix a bug in Level 15 of Pyramids Dungeon with the lever? I can’t play further *2022-01-02* Can you fix a bug in Level 15 of Pyramids Dungeon with the lever? I can’t play further ### 5/5 — Love it! But I’m poor *2021-12-12* The game is amazing! A walk through memory lane and is better than I remembered. tons of fun and worth it in the long run. I myself can’t afford to buy the whole thing so I’m stuck with the demo but to the rest of you reading this I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BUYING IT because the challenge is fun and makes you think your fights and dungeon crawls more as well as the many MANY things to buy and collect there’s never a dull moment in this game of chance! Maybe I can one day afford it but for now I’ll just replay the demo over and over ### 5/5 — Sentinal rooms *2021-06-26* Room 5,10,15 are boss rooms in the dungeons. 3 times now when i go into the room the lever spawns underneath the boss. So when i move there it only give me the option to switch the lever, which i cant do until i kill the boss. But it wont let me agro onto the boss because the switch is there. So im just stuck. Please fix this. I love this game played it when i was a kid so happy its on here, spent the money to play it more just nneed this fixed ### 5/5 — Why your game will black screen? *2021-03-02, version 1.4.0* I think it’s because we were only only to play up to that point of the game, if we wanted to continue ,I think we had to get the maximus( premium) to continue on the game ;( ### 5/5 — Black Screen *2021-02-17, version 1.4.0* Been playing it for a couple of days now, and right when i wanted to load my gladiator, it showed a black screen. tried everything, still the same thing. i really want to continue the game :( --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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