# The Castles of Burgundy — user reviews > 178 indexed App Store user reviews of The Castles of Burgundy by DIGIDICED, rated 3.60/5 from 143 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-castles-of-burgundy/id1410742242/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-castles-of-burgundy/id1410742242.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 61 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 28 ## What do users think of The Castles of Burgundy? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 👍 Great digital adaptation of the board game - 🎨 Visually appealing - 💪 Challenging AI opponents **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🕰️ Slow animations and transitions - 📚 Unclear tutorial and lack of in-game guidance - 🔢 Limited board/map options **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes and crashes, especially in multi-player modes - Inability to continue games after crashes - Issues with GameCenter integration and login - Dice rolls and AI actions not working as expected **Most requested features** - Option to disable animations and speed up gameplay - More board/map options and customization - Improved online matchmaking and multiplayer features - Better scoring and end-game summary ## Newest reviews (14 of 178) ### 3/5 — Slow. *2026-08-09, version 2.3* I generally like the game but the speed is so slow - even watching the bots. Also, despite having paid for the upgrade I am constantly stopped from playing the upgraded boards. ### 2/5 — Messy *2026-07-05, version 2.3* Truly a masterclass in awful UI ### 3/5 — Dice throws questionable *2026-01-02, version 2.2* Really enjoy this game on iOS. Do like how they’ve translated the board game to an app. BUT Playing the AI i feel some of the dice throws are very questionable. AI gets the decent numbers. I keep getting double 2’s and double 6’s. Something fishy going on in the castle! ### 3/5 — Decent implementation of a modern classic. Gross business practices. *2025-12-20, version 2.2* Truly a classic board game design. Looks nice enough and is decently stable (for me), but wow the implementation of the new map pack dlc is gross. At the start of the game they give a pool of 4 maps to choose from, except 2 of those choices are always unavailable to play with unless you pay for them separately. What an underhanded, predatory thing to do in a game that already has an upfront cost. If I don’t own them, don’t give me the option to pick them. Give me more options from what I DO own. Insane that this even needs explaining. Frankly. Shysters. ### 4/5 — Good game *2025-09-09* I got this app so I could learn how to play. I just use it for solo play against the bot to practice so I'm not sure how good online play is. This game has more to learn/memorize compared to games that I'm used to but I'm sure after repetition of seeing the same tiles I will get used to what each tile does. The reason for 4 stars is because it crashes or freezes at least once or twice per game for me. On solo play it goes to a saved file but I'm not sure what happens with an online game. ### 2/5 — Badly laid out. *2025-06-23, version 2.2* Too much of the screen is used for bg graphics rather than showing game state ### 4/5 — It’s a good Carpe Diem substitute for iPad *2024-12-31, version 2.2* I bought this, because I own Feldmans other analog board game, Carpe Diem (Ravensburger). That game isn’t as well known and probably will never become an app, even though it is awesome. Castles of Bergundy shares similar mechanics, and is considered one of the best board games ever made on BGG. I had never played that board game but wanted to play a game like Carpe Diem on the go. This gives me my fix! My only complaint is the weird, PowerPoint swoosh that occurs between each player’s turn. I don’t know why, but it looks corny to me and kind of ruins the vibe of the game. Board games don’t have magic portals. Perhaps a fade out and in would work better. But overall, I love this game. Difficult to do well in. I appreciate that. High recommend. 👍 ### 4/5 — Switch Version? *2024-09-03, version 2.2* Great Adaptation. I may be wrong but I feel some of the knowledge tiles may be missing here. Hard computer is a little easy as I usually win. It always annoys me when hard mode is too easy in games. Make it super challenging as people can just choose easy mode if they don’t want a challenge. I’m honestly not even that great. Also would love to see released on Nintendo Switcj ### 2/5 — Too buggy for the high price *2024-04-27, version 2.2* I regret buying this game. The tutorial froze multiple times at the exact same spot, so I couldn’t finish it. So I read the rules and watched videos. The game is complicated, but I figured it out enough to play a few times against AI. There were times I should have been able to place a certain tile, but it wouldn’t let me, even though I knew I should be able to. But because there is zero feedback or pop-ups telling you why you can or can’t do something, you’re stuck with a bad tile you can’t place, with no reason why. I really wanted to like this game, and the actual physical game is surely fine. But at $8.99 I expected a better user experience. I can’t recommend it, especially to a new player. ### 5/5 — Endlich die erweiterten Karten *2024-02-01* Ich hatte das Spiel schon vor längerer Zeit gekauft und auch öfters mal gespielt. Zufällig habe ich jetzt gesehen, dass man die erweiternden Tableaus erwerben kann und habe das sofort gemacht. Jetzt macht das Spiel noch mehr Spaß. Eine Sache frage ich mich: Konnte man nicht anfangs seinen Zug rückgängig machen? Das vermisse ich. Alles in allem eine sehr schöne Umsetzung eines sehr guten Spiels. ### 4/5 — Great boardgame *2024-01-18, version 2.2* Really enjoyable, it is a an excellent port from the board game. Graphics could be a bit better, I think they tried to keep it as close as possible to the original palette, which could be considered a plus by someone. I would definitely recommend if you like board games. ### 5/5 — Excepcional *2024-01-11* Este jogo é simplesmente incomparável. Recomendo fortemente ### 3/5 — It’s fun, but the newest is buggy. *2023-12-31, version 2.2* Love the game, but almost every time I play, I have to restore my purchases for the new map packs. That gets a little irritating after a while. It’s especially irritating if you’re not currently near wi-fi. ### 4/5 — Great game, but not too sure about the random dice throwing *2023-12-19, version 2.2* Love this game implementation! However, it seems a little suspicious though, when it rolls the same unwanted numbers over 4 or 5 times in a row, all that perfectly scout out the hexagon numbers around me that I don’t need. I get that same Spotify randomization feeling when it plays the same 10 songs over and over out of a 2000 song playlist. Yeah, maybe you should work on a true randomized dice throw. Playing hard opponents doesn’t mean you give them the rolls they need and the main player what they don’t need. It needs to be truly random. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — DLC2 오류 *2025-12-19* DLC2 맵팩을 구매했는데도 왜 자꾸 누락이 되었다면서 게임이 멈추는 거죠? 제발 버그좀 고쳐주세요 ### 1/5 — Too few players *2025-01-28, version 2.2* There are too few people and I can't form a team to start the game. I want a refund. ### 1/5 — Game hangs frequently *2024-12-31, version 2.2* I have played 5 times now and on three occasions the game just got stuck - essentially there was no possible move to make but also the red “end turn” button in the bottom right corner was disabled. Switching between 2d and 3D still worked and also the settings menu - I had to concede on both occasions. Clearly this game is underloved by its developers. Not worth the money and would like a refund. ### 1/5 — Newest update breaks game *2024-05-05, version 2.2* The newest update has two map packs as DLC. But even if you disable them on the options screen, the game will still randomly assign you a DLC map and you’ll need to abandon the game. It’s pretty frustrating and now impossible to play the game unless you purchase unwanted DLC. ### 1/5 — Constant game freeze makes unplayable *2024-01-02, version 2.2* My family love this game and had it since 2020 playing online. Has always been a frustration when the game would crash and have to reload but now since the update to server literally can’t even get past the placing castle to start game play as says waiting for opponent it won’t allow to move on even though we have both placed castle and it’s the AI player we are waiting on ### 1/5 — Buggy from the start *2023-12-10, version 2.2* I got this app, even though it doesn’t have great reviews, because I love this game. First time I opened the app it was buggy. Had to turn my iPad off just to get the apps music to stop playing. Very sad. It’s 2023 guys! You can do much better than this. Especially for the price! Smh. ### 1/5 — ??? *2023-10-27* А почему не могу обновить игру? **Developer response:** Hello. You can find your running games in the "running games" tab in the main menu (3 stripes icon). If this didn't answer your question/ solve your problem, please contact our support@digidiced.com e-mail so we can help. Best regards, Team Digidiced ### 1/5 — Unplayable since update. *2023-10-25, version 2.1* Since the update the red tick wax stamp to confirm moves doesn’t work. Game is unplayable. ### 1/5 — Save and load games with AI is not working *2023-08-06, version 1.9* If you go back to main menu in the middle of a game played with an AI, the AI will freeze when you resume the game, you will have to start a new game ### 1/5 — Love the board game but not this app *2022-06-29, version 1.9* I started a game and then it crashed part way through. Can’t get it to launch again... so complete waste of money. How does one get a refund? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Such a great adaptation. *2026-06-13, version 2.3* Not sure why reviews are low. I love this adaptation! Fun when you can’t find people to play with ### 5/5 — 재밌어요. *2026-05-28* 한글화 감사합니다. 재밌어서 매일 해요. ### 5/5 — Très bon portage pour un jeu excellent *2026-04-20* Depuis quelques temps, le jeu propose des plateaux très variés, c’est un vrai plaisir ! Par contre, ce serait bien d’avoir un niveau « très difficile » pour l’IA, parce que pour l’instant, le niveau « difficile » est un peu trop facile à battre. (Et deux niveaux plus forts : un « très difficile » et un « très très difficile », ce serait le top ! 😀) ### 5/5 — Excellent adaptation *2026-04-05, version 2.3* I enjoy this game. It is very similar to the board game. ### 5/5 — Gran bel gioco *2025-11-13, version 2.2* Gioco bellissimo, fatto molto bene, la lingua italiana presente come da testo. Spero che implementino anche le espansioni, tipo gli scudi o le vie commerciali , per il resto 5 stelle ed oltre. ### 5/5 — Good game *2025-09-18* I got this app so I could learn how to play. I just use it for solo play against the bot to practice so I'm not sure how good online play is. I like that my solo games save and I can go back to them if I get busy. The game used to crash on me but I'm not sure if my phone had an update and now it doesn't crash anymore so I'm happy about that. ### 5/5 — My most played board game app *2025-06-07, version 2.2* This is my go to board game app. It’s a perfect implementation of the excellent Stefan Feld board game, which is one of my favourite games. AI is decent too which I really appreciate Good job developers. ### 5/5 — 버거아닌디 *2024-05-03* 버건디 ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2024-04-25, version 2.2* This app is excellent! It’s true to the real board game! Ai is challenging and online multiplayers games work very well. Cannot stop to play this! Give it time if you never played this before, it’s rewarding with multiples play. They also updated the app so we have now 2d and 3d view options and you just have to long press a tile to know what it does. ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2024-03-05, version 2.2* This game is great. I think since the last reviews there’s been a fast forward button added, and it makes things as quick as you need them to be. The game is smooth and a lot of fun! --- *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 2026-08-26.*