# Terra Mystica — user reviews

> 223 indexed App Store user reviews of Terra Mystica by DIGIDICED, rated 3.40/5 from 75 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/terra-mystica/id1162168455/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/terra-mystica/id1162168455.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 26 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 15

## What do users think of Terra Mystica?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Faithful adaptation of complex board game mechanics
- 🎨 Well-designed UI for managing extensive information
- 🤖 Functional AI opponents for solo play
- 🌍 Multilingual support (German, French, Italian, Chinese, Russian, etc.)
- 📱 Works reasonably well on both iPhone and iPad
- 🔄 Regular updates and developer responsiveness to bug reports
- ♻️ Asynchronous multiplayer for flexible scheduling
- 📊 Accurate calculation of game mechanics and scoring

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing during gameplay
- 🔌 Severe battery drain during play sessions
- ⏱️ Extremely slow AI turn times (5-15 minutes or more)
- 🌐 Unreliable online multiplayer connectivity issues
- 📖 Poor tutorial that assumes prior board game knowledge
- 🎯 Unintuitive UI with excessive menu navigation required
- 💾 No save/resume functionality for local games
- 📱 Poor iPhone X notch compatibility and small UI elements
- 🔐 Game Center authentication and login errors
- ⚠️ Game-breaking bugs affecting core mechanics

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Tutorial freezes at specific steps
- AI becomes unresponsive mid-game
- Faction abilities not working correctly (Dragonlords, Chaos Magicians, Mermaids, etc.)
- Power tokens disappearing or not calculating correctly
- Terrain transformation bugs
- City bonus tiles not offered when due
- Multiplayer turn order changing unexpectedly
- Game Center login errors preventing online play
- Notifications not working or sending unwanted ads
- Game freezes when switching apps and returning
- Unable to complete actions despite having resources
- Favor tile selection not working
- Priest placement bugs in cult tracks
- Shipping/navigation bonuses calculating incorrectly
- Mac M1 compatibility issues
- Game hangs on race/landscape selection screens
- Free shovel cannot be used when out of resources
- Undo button not functioning properly
- Text overlays blocking tutorial information
- Spelling and grammar errors throughout interface

**Most requested features**

- Difficulty levels for AI beyond easy
- Fire & Ice and Merchants of the Sea expansions
- Ability to choose factions for both players and AI in local games
- Random faction selection option
- Save and resume functionality for games
- Adjustable AI turn time delays
- Game statistics and achievement tracking for offline play
- Colorblind mode for accessibility
- Ability to turn off animations to improve battery life
- Better tutorial with comprehensive rule explanations
- In-game rules reference
- Faster AI opponents
- Timeout customization for multiplayer games
- Game replay feature for multiplayer
- Player names for local pass-and-play games

## Newest reviews (14 of 223)

### 2/5 — Constantly encountering bugs

*2025-02-22, version 2.3*

The fast forward action goes away some times. The game chooses to stop working all together. Really unreliable app.

### 2/5 — Bad App, Fun Game

*2024-12-11, version 2.3*

I loved the board game version of this and was excited to be able to play on my iPad. Even with knowing all of the game mechanics from the board game, this app has to be one of the least intuitive things I’ve ever used. Yes, it’s a complicated game with a lot going on, and that’s why I love it. But the layout and design of this app make it so hard to understand what is going on or what your next move could be.

### 2/5 — si blocca

*2024-02-16, version 2.3*

gioco con un macbook air M1, su tre partite due vanno in blocco e non mi da la possibilita di continuare se non chiudere la applicazione.

### 3/5 — Not compatible with new iphone cam island

*2024-02-03, version 2.3*

The cam island covers a very important part of the game, please fix this, since i cannot play with it like this. (Iphone 15). It worked well on the old school full screen iphones.

### 2/5 — Please fix support for Mac

*2023-09-02, version 2.1*

In a previous version the iPad version of this app ran perfectly fine on an M1 Mac. After the recent update the app now crashes on launch. Please reinstitute support as this is my preferred way to play offline.

### 2/5 — Tutorial Städtemarker Texte nicht lesbar

*2023-07-02, version 1.64*

Im Tutorial beim Schritt „Städtemarker auswählen“ soll man sich die Texte der Marker durchlesen. Blöd ist nur, dass dies nicht möglich ist, da das Overlay vom Tutorialtext darüber liegt!

### 4/5 — Terra Mystica

*2023-01-12*

I really like this board game, and enjoy having the app when I don’t have people to play the actual game. One improvement that would make this app more enjoyable to play, is if the AI’s had their turns quickly, rather than the built in 5, 10 or 15 seconds. This is putting me off purchasing Gaia Project, because they may have built in the same mechanism.

### 4/5 — Sehr gute Umsetzung mit Verbesserungspotential

*2022-12-15*

Die volle Punktzahl gibt es, wenn
- lästige Bugs behoben werden (z.B. bei den Drachenmeistern, die können für eine Macht nicht ihre eigene Startlandschaft umwandeln wenn sie nur noch eine Macht übrig haben, da ist wohl die Überprüfung fehlerhaft)
- die Erweiterung „Sonderlandschaften“ dabei ist (die bringen eine zusätzliche Balance zwischen die Völker)
- die Händler-Erweiterung dabei ist, oder zumindest deren Spielplan

### 4/5 — Good

*2022-11-06, version 1.64*

Yup its good, wish they put the Merchants of the Sea expansion on here

### 4/5 — Edited: Notifications suddenly stopped

*2022-08-10, version 1.64*

I've played dozens of games with friends and then one day all notifications stopped. Devs won't respond to in-game bug reporting. I can't find a fix for this. The game is basically unplayable without notifications. Hopefully the devs see this and respond. I'd love to keep playing, but need notifications back. So frustrating spending money on a game and the most basic functionality fails.

Edit: Notifications suddenly working again, still no response from devs

### 2/5 — Playing with friend

*2022-03-19, version 1.64*

So, no doubt, the game is hard!    However, when the majority of your games with friends get hung because AI players are unresponsive, it just makes it worse.   I also have to quit the game and come back when it says I have moves, but when I choose the move, it says none are valid, and the undo button doesn’t work.   I am enticed by the game, but there’s work to be done on this app.

### 4/5 — リバーウォーカーのバグ報告

*2021-12-17*

リバーウォーカーにて、パワーアクションで、司祭コマを取ると、パワーは消費されるもののストックに残らず、どこかにいってしまいます。改修をお願い致します。

### 2/5 — Notifications Not Working

*2021-07-01, version 1.64*

Game has been fine until recently. I no longer receive notifications when it is my turn, which means I have to constantly check the app instead of being notified. Will there be a fix for this?

### 3/5 — It’s okay, but it has plenty of problems

*2021-04-14, version 1.64*

I love Terra Mystica, but this app does has its problems. The AIs take like five minutes to move sometimes. It’s frustrating because it shouldn’t take that long. Also, I keep having to restart the game because it keeps bugging out. I really do love this game but it needs to work out its bugs so the game runs smoother. I would do a five stars for the game itself but three stars because of the app. 
Please fix it developers :(

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Different characters to board game, buggy app:(

*2025-03-17, version 2.3*

I’ve played the board game which my brother has a few times and liked it so got this to improve my game play when I get the chance to play. However the player characters/abilities are  completely different so it was pointless for me. Also the app is very buggy, and the tutorials don’t work so couldn’t even work out how to pass on my turn once actions completed. Really disappointing all in all, unplayable:(

### 1/5 — 不能轉換地形

*2024-02-19, version 2.3*

有bug不能轉換地形

### 1/5 — Il gioco rimane bloccato

*2023-11-25, version 2.2*

Amo terra mystica, è forse il mio gioco preferito. Non potendo giocare dal vivo ultimamente ho comprato questa versione digitale. 
Praticamente non sono mai riuscito a finire una partita perché il gioco si blocca ogni volta. (Ios 17 iohone 12 pro max)

Se potessi chiederei indietro i 10 euro pagato per un prodotto scadente. Potessi dare 0 stelle le darei tranquillamente.

Oltretutto è assurdo che anche se faccio un game contro AI io non possa chiudere il gioco e riprendere la partita in un secondo momento perché non c’è possibilità di salvare.

Sconsigliassimo. Avete rovinato il mio gioco preferito. 
Grazie.

### 1/5 — Akku-Vernichter, UI zu klein, Multiplayer buggy

*2023-08-08, version 2.0*

Eine Runde dieses Spiels benutzt etwa 35% meines Akkus. Läuft da ein Bitcoin-Miner im Hintergrund? Oder doch nur schlecht/ineffizient programmiert?

Außerdem ist seit dem August-2023-Update die ohnehin schon viel zu kleine UI unbrauchbar geworden. Schade.

Was das Spiel dann unspielbar macht ist, dass es sich im Multiplayer selbst regelmäßig nicht klar ist, wer dran ist. Zum Beispiel bekommen beide Spieler angezeigt, der andere sein dran. Dann hilft nur App abschießen.

Bitte nachbessern!

### 1/5 — Stuck on LOADING screen

*2023-03-22, version 1.64*

What gives? I paid $4.99 for this and I can’t even play the game.

### 1/5 — ai bug

*2023-01-07, version 1.64*

手機跳回桌面在回去
ai都變得要自己操作

### 1/5 — Still a big disappointment

*2022-07-29, version 1.64*

It stucks and cannot be finished, town bonuses are not offered when due. Been a crap for 5 years, beware, waste of money.

### 1/5 — Die AI s brauchen ewig

*2021-06-01, version 1.64*

Beim online Spiel wartet man auf einen Zug der Computer Spieler teilweise bis zu 10 Minuten....trotz stabiler Internetverbindung

### 1/5 — DRAGONLORDS BUG. DEVS PLEASE FIX

*2021-02-23, version 1.64*

For some reason this game will not let dragonlords have zero power tokens and therefore dragonlords can never use there last power token. The class is completely unusable until this bug is fixed.

### 1/5 — Difficile

*2020-11-30, version 1.64*

Si può giocare solo online con altri giocatori

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Super Spiel

*2023-12-30*

Das Spiel ist wie in echt und somit sehr authentisch digital nachzuspielen. Jedoch habe ich eine Frage, kann ich auch verändern, dass nicht immer ich beginnen muss ?

**Developer response:** Hallo! Danke für deine positive Bewertung. Du kannst bevor du das Spiel startest beim erstellen unter Einstellungen "Spieler mischen" auswählen. Damit wird eine zufällige Reihenfolge festgelegt. Viele Grüße, Team Digidiced

### 5/5 — I've been playing for 5 years minimum

*2023-06-06*

I love this game and so happy you have created it online as it simplifies the calculations for us. Although sometimes there are bugs in the game I still enjoy playing it and I hope those bugs will get addressed soon. Are you going to release the new explanation "Merchants of the Sea"? If so when should we expect it? If you need help, I'm an iOS engineer. Look me up on LinkedIn 😉

**Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for your positive review. Currently we work on the migration of Terra Mystica to our new server. It will receive a new main menu and Desktop UI. We hope to fix some known bugs with this too. New expansions are not planned yet. Best regards, Team Digidiced

### 5/5 — Top

*2023-02-22*

Sehr gute Umsetzung zu Original, weiter so.

### 5/5 — Tolle Umsetzung des Brettspiels

*2022-01-03*

Das Brettspiel ist super umgesetzt. Auch habe ich mich sehr über die Erweiterung Feuer und Eis gefreut.

Ist eigentlich auch geplant, die zweite Erweiterung „Die Händler“ umzusetzen? Das wäre echt super…

### 5/5 — Good job!

*2021-05-22, version 1.64*

The AI has improved greatly. Fun to try new strategies.

### 5/5 — Excelente adaptação

*2020-12-12*

O app é ágil (nos jogos contra AI) e o uso é intuitivo e rápido. Pra quem conhece o boardgame, é uma alternativa excelente pra jogar sozinho ou online (com amigos ou random). Fiquei surpreso com a qualidade e vim deixar esta avaliação.

### 5/5 — Excelent implementation

*2020-09-13*

I love this game, any chance for a Gaia Project App in the future? 😁

### 5/5 — 300回遊びました!

*2020-08-15*

インタラクション盛モリでガチガチなゲームは苦手ですがアプリ版のお陰でここまでやり込めたと思います!今後の拡張アップデートに期待!!

Akkiy_bodoge

### 5/5 — One of the Best

*2020-07-30, version 1.64*

Terra Mystica is one of the best Euro style boardgames out there. It really rewards repeat plays to try and get a better result while offering multiple factions to master. I’ve owned this game for ages and I often go back to it for a quick run. What sets this game apart is the engine building aspect which rewards you later with more income if you build wisely at the start - gamers refer to this as the snowball effect. There are randomised elements which will change how you approach each game but there is zero luck and zero secret information. There is also a risk reward element in building near other players as being close helps you generate more power while risking losing potential spaces to expand on. There is no combat or take that element in the game, it is all about building, expanding and upgrading your buildings. There is a fascinating terraforming mechanism which rewards you for planning ahead in knowing the easiest terrain types your faction can expand to. There is also a series of rivers which can enable you to spread around the board more easily by investing in boat levels. This is one of those deep games you can sink your teeth into while still offering enough simple choices to make for a fun beginners game. Highly recommended for gamers who like things like Catan but want more choice, depth and strategy.

### 5/5 — I’ve played a few hundred times

*2020-05-25, version 1.56*

It takes a while to learn how to play. It takes longer to get good at it. It’s a challenge every time. If that’s what you like in a game, your money will be well spent.

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