# The Eminence in Shadow RPG — user reviews > 437 indexed App Store user reviews of The Eminence in Shadow RPG by Crunchyroll Games, LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 5,540 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-eminence-in-shadow-rpg/id1644170422/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-eminence-in-shadow-rpg/id1644170422.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,106 · 4★ 507 · 3★ 252 · 2★ 163 · 1★ 512 ## What do users think of The Eminence in Shadow RPG? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Great graphics and animations - 🤩 Expanded story from the anime - 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay - 💎 Generous free rewards and events **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues - 💰 Predatory gacha/monetization system - 🕰️ Slow progression due to limited resources - 🤯 Confusing or unclear mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Stuck on loading/start screen - Freezing during battles or summons - Missing assets or text issues - Account/progress reset after updates **Most requested features** - Offline mode or reduced data requirements - Improved gacha rates and pity system - More efficient character progression - Skip option for battle animations ## Newest reviews (15 of 437) ### 2/5 — It’s exhausting and repetitive *2026-08-30, version 4.11.0* I’ve been playing for way over a year and as much as I love Eminence it’s hard to stick with this no matter how hard I try. I saved up 20k gems after months of skipping and just wasted it all on a 150% perfect up banner to not even get a single SS let alone the one I’m pulling for. It’s the same thing every time. Even if you put money in, hundred of dollars later and still not even close to to getting them. I understand every game needs to make money but no way after a year all my gems gone and not 1 character I wanted. If you want to replay the story then play the game and push through watching the characters do the same thing over and over and over and over again. If you are not a big fan don’t bother. Even after spending money you’ll not be satisfied ### 2/5 — see below *2026-08-09, version 4.10.1* unbalanced & buggy (2) not to be confused with the one with no number mine as well . ### 3/5 — Fun but Overpriced. *2026-07-30, version 4.10.0* The game is fun and has great visuals. But the gacha mechanics are rough. Pull rates are very low and the premium currency is outrageously expensive. Its difficult to get the characters you want. ### 4/5 — I ain’t gon do it *2026-07-20, version 4.9.0* Do it for the vine ### 2/5 — Game good. Crunchyroll sucks *2026-05-03, version 4.6.1* Game is alright. Prices are a little high but customer service is nonexistent. All they do is regurgitate what you write them and deny you help. ### 2/5 — Love this bro *2026-04-29, version 4.6.1* bro y’all need to play this because this game is so peak that they are just like that ### 2/5 — Rigged *2026-04-28, version 4.6.1* I’ve been a fan of this game for awhile and have played it since it first came out. It’s been great I like how they do the collaboration events with other shows but the pull rates are so bad. You can buy the gems to get more chances to pull the characters and after 17 pulls I And $129 down the drain I have still yet to get an ss character nor the event character. It wouldn’t be that big of a deal except the collaboration characters never show up in the game again after there event. It’s all a money grab to spend money. Done with this game ### 3/5 — Linking system needs improvement *2026-04-22, version 4.6.1* I usually don’t give reviews (just 4-5 stars if I like the game) but I feel like I need to give proper feedback on this game. First of all love the story and how it mixes light novel information with the anime, unique story events are super fun, the gear and rank system is unique and fun to grind when I’m not busy and as abysmal as the summoning rates are it’s fun and rewarding when you finally pull the character you wanted (seriously though please improve the rates for the tutorial summon, I feel like one guaranteed SS character isn’t too much to ask for). With all the good points covered let’s talk about why I gave it a 3 star rating: the linking system is by far the worst I have ever seen, I feel like most players like having side accounts to play on when the grind of the main seems like too much hassle, that said it’s kind of hard to have a side account when somehow they all have the same binding, or when you want to delete an account and find out it’s somehow still linked even though you’ve deleted 4 separate times. I’ve lost accounts and money because of this system but I keep coming back because I love the game in its entirety. Sorry it’s been so wordy but to summarize my critiques of improvement are: summoning rates, stamina and the most important the linking system. I feel like it could be solved with a login system. Ex: player I.D. and a password, they don’t login for a certain amount of time; delete their account. This gives players a reliable way to login and have side accounts while ensuring that if they want to keep account they login and play. Ok that’s enough from me, if you got this far thank you, stay safe and have a good rest of your day! ### 4/5 — Game crash *2026-04-11, version 4.6.0* Game is cool but often have crash, i wish u'll fix it ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-04-09, version 4.6.0* Just getting started but it’s a good game especially if you liked the anime and the manga ### 5/5 — Great *2026-04-09, version 4.6.0* This is a great game, but when I first downloaded it the package update took a little long but the gameplay and graphics were worth it!!! ### 5/5 — Good *2026-04-08, version 4.5.0* Goood ### 3/5 — Kinda mid *2026-04-05, version 4.5.0* Had a lot of potential but straight up boring I’d rather dragon ball legends or one piece bounty rush ### 5/5 — Uhh *2026-04-03, version 4.5.0* I like it cuz shadow too cool ### 5/5 — Fun way to get more out of the show *2026-03-25, version 4.5.0* Gives you more lore and back story for the main cast with the bulk being lore related to things before shadow join the school. It’s also a great way to learn more about the characters through the conversation mechanics ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible in every way *2026-08-31, version 4.11.0* Would give zero stars if i was able to. Gameplay boring and repetitive. The summon rates are terrible. and on new summons they put the old summons characters in and you have a way better chance of getting the old ones that you are getting your new heroes that you want(they put BS percentages and try to say oh you have a higher chance to get this hero you really don’t). The team that fixes issues never fixes the problems if you need help, they basically just keep spinning you in a circle until you have to give up. ### 1/5 — I’m not getting fooled this time *2026-08-21, version 4.10.1* When you guys shut princess connect down crunchyroll I will never forgive you for this ### 1/5 — Update, aber kein Update im Store *2026-08-02* Wenn ich das Spiel starten will, kommt die Meldung, dass es ein neues Update gibt. Diese verlinkt mich zum Store wo ich es angeblich laden soll….nur da gibt es keins!!! Und das schon seit mehreren Stunden. App ist somit für mich unbrauchbar geworden. PS: Nach Antwort der Entwickler… Vielen Dank für die „schnelle“ Antwort nach 4 Tagen. Übrigens, die Verlinkung führt mich zum Store, nur im Store war das Update nicht zu finden. Dies hatte ich aber weiter oben so geschrieben. Naja, auch egal… **Developer response:** Hallo! Es tut uns leid zu hören, dass Sie Schwierigkeiten beim Aktualisieren des Spiels haben und die App dadurch unbrauchbar ist. Wir verstehen, dass die Verlinkung zum Store frustrierend ist, wenn das Update dort nicht verfügbar ist. Bitte versuchen Sie, die App zu deinstallieren und erneut zu installieren. Das könnte helfen, das Problem zu lösen. Wir schätzen Ihr Feedback und hoffen, dass Sie bald wieder ein reibungsloses Spielerlebnis haben werden! 💛 ### 1/5 — What?? *2026-07-15, version 4.9.0* Game size says 392 MBS, no where near a full gig and I can’t even get passed start screen because it says I don’t have enough storage even though I have 12 gigs available?? Loved the show, would like to play the game and I know I need a phone upgrade but I think it should still be able to be playable on an iPhone 14. ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-06-09, version 4.8.0* Stuck on title page. (Tap here doesn’t work) ### 1/5 — ADD SETTINGS FPS *2026-03-10, version 4.4.1* How can you play at 24-30 fps? It's awful, my eyes hurt. Absolutely all games have a frame rate change function, but this one doesn't. The game is more than 3 years old, and it feels like nothing has been added to it except for donations. Are you seriously unable to add a basic function? ### 1/5 — F2P review *2026-02-27, version 4.4.1* It’s a great game but once you play everything and you run out of gems then you’re just wasting your time on something pointless like waiting for an event so you can be so unlucky you lose everything on the gamble, I’m f2p and I love this game but there’s a limit to what I enjoy ### 1/5 — Trash patch server *2026-02-17, version 4.4.0* Download 9 gigs to 100%. Then get another round of downloads where I get a message saying my download is too slow. I tried to reinstall and got the same loop. Maybe I could give it more than 1 star if I ever saw the game. ### 1/5 — Very greedy *2026-02-16, version 4.4.0* This game makes hoyo look like a charity. I love teis but do not recommend the gacha. ### 1/5 — I love Beta *2026-02-15, version 4.4.0* I love Alpha. I wish to forfeit all mortal possessions and cash flow to Alpha. If I didn’t already have every alpha, I’d become a whale. Lord Jabu Jabu some might say. I. AM. ATOMIC!!!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love the game *2026-08-29, version 4.11.0* This game is pretty good. Love the fighting and action, it’s great, ### 5/5 — I love this game *2026-08-22, version 4.10.1* I got an iPhone just to enjoy this game ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-08-09, version 4.10.1* Absolutely great game ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-06, version 4.10.1* Very fun and exciting to play ### 5/5 — Can use some tweaking *2026-07-02, version 4.9.0* The progression rate is ridiculous. For example, if you wanted to unlock all of 1 of the characters entire dialogue chat options you would have to play for at least 2 months straight. Upgrading the magic furnace is the same, you can only do a weekly raid to slowly upgrade it but the rewards are way too little to help you get stronger, even after 5 months I’ve unlocked what, 1/30th of it? However devs did a good job in other aspects, Claire wears a very beautiful ballroom dress! ### 5/5 — Game *2026-06-28, version 4.8.0* Fun game ### 5/5 — Enjoyable *2026-06-26, version 4.8.0* I personally love the game but I play on mobile so I will sometimes crash but that’s really the only setback. If you want to play a kinda grindy gacha game this is just right. The devs are nice with pulls and there is a good amount of content what I can really say there is tons of power creep some characters are definitely better than others but what game is not like that. But I have been playing for a long time and can say I enjoy the game very much and just enjoy Eminence In Shadow as a whole so I will be a little biased. ### 5/5 — Recommended for Anime fans *2026-06-16, version 4.8.0* I really enjoy the game graphics and awesome cutscenes that make it feel like a home theater experience. I am excited to see all of the alternate story lines and unlock new characters! ### 5/5 — My One Issue *2026-06-14, version 4.8.0* Personally this game is great. From the story telling to the epic animated scenes this game has been nothing but amazing in my eyes. I absolutely love the difficulty to get rewards and the gameplay. In addition, the constant events that roll through help keep the game refreshing. However, I harbor one issue with this game. It’s too large. This game takes up GBs of storage on my phone and absolutely clogged up my iCloud storage. If this game wasn’t so good i wouldn’t be worrying about my storage on my device. Other than that this game is worth the time if you enjoyed The Eminence in Shadow series, and I really enjoy the expansion on the lore through the shadow chronicles. The game is also great at expanding on the relationships between characters as we get to see different perspectives throughout the game. ### 5/5 — Nice game *2026-05-14, version 4.7.0* I like the game play --- *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 2026-09-10.*