# This is a True Story — user reviews > 175 indexed App Store user reviews of This is a True Story by Netflix, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 3,226 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/this-is-a-true-story/id1598949458/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/this-is-a-true-story/id1598949458.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,731 · 4★ 250 · 3★ 100 · 2★ 56 · 1★ 89 ## What do users think of This is a True Story? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌺 Beautiful artwork - 🎨 Stunning visuals - 🎶 Relaxing soundtrack - 📚 Informative and educational - 👍 Calming and meditative experience - 💡 Unique and original concept **Cons** - 🐛 Graphical issues (pink/purple artifacts) - 🕰️ Short gameplay duration - 🔍 Unclear objectives/instructions - 🕹️ Finicky controls - 🤔 Repetitive gameplay **Commonly reported bugs** - Graphical glitches on certain devices - Unresponsive or inconsistent controls - Inability to progress past certain points **Most requested features** - More stories and chapters - Improved optimization and bug fixes - Expanded gameplay and puzzles - Localization to more languages ## Newest reviews (15 of 175) ### 4/5 — Upsetting *2026-06-10, version 1.0.3* A heartfelt but very upsetting game, showcasing the difficulties many people face getting access to something so basic as water. It’s not a comfortable game to play and that’s the point. I wish I could help those that need support, especially children. It breaks my heart to think of all the kids who don’t have access to all the things we take for granted, who struggle just to survive. The graphics are also mostly beautiful aside from some glitching pink patches and some of the missing landscape. ### 2/5 — Nice message but boring (and buggy) gameplay *2026-02-09* It’s great that the game is creating awareness for water insecurity but this game is boring. You’re walking and reading text. That’s pretty much it. A couple of no fail, no stakes minigames (make coffee) rounds out the experience. There’s also visual bugs that kill immersion. You can see the boxes where the trees have been put in because they’re purple. Kills the immersion to be walking on bright purple ground in the desert in Africa. ### 2/5 — A year with no updates?!?! *2025-09-17* Moving the character is not very intuitive. I’m also seeing lots of bugs that ruin the beautiful backgrounds. For example, who would walk through a grassy field to come upon a pink, blotchy body of water? It seems the developers stopping caring about this game, so we should stop downloading it and trying to play it. ### 4/5 — Fun *2025-05-30, version 1.0.3* Awesome ### 4/5 — Seemed lovely but buggy *2025-05-12, version 1.0.3* I really wanted to enjoy the game, but it had so many bugs, the ground kept having those bright purple rectangles all over in every other frame. :( ### 4/5 — A study in Storytelling *2025-02-13* This is an interview told as an interactive experience, letting you experience the nuances of the story through the art and the narration. The voice acting is great and almost feels like an excerpt from said interview. The art is absolutely beautiful to look at and sets itself apart from similar games. It’s all painted beautifully with each brush stroke only adding more depth to the visual style. The gameplay itself is just a very minimal point and touch sort of situation, without anything that requires any real thought ,but that’s not why you play this game. ### 3/5 — More Stories *2025-01-10, version 1.0.3* This game is absolutely stunning, I would love to see more stories added. ### 4/5 — Bel gioco ma… *2024-12-28* Bel gioco ma va ottimizzato, per iPad appaiono delle zone fucsia sullo schermo, come se mancasse qualche pezzo ### 3/5 — Leider nicht fertig! *2024-12-20* Es gibt einige Bugs, der Bildschirm ist rosa beim spielen, dass stört leider total und das schön gemalte Ölgemälde ist verschandelt… ### 2/5 — Ce n’est pas un jeu vidéo. *2024-08-07* Comment un jeu sans gameplay ni véritable histoire peut être bogué ? Par ailleurs, à mon sens, il y a bien d’autres manières de faire passer un message et de sensibiliser à un combat que de créer un jeu au gameplay quasi inexistant et à l’histoire si basique (aller chercher de l’eau… et c’est tout. Faire un café en revenant…), si joli soient les décors (quand ils apparaissent et ne sont pas bogués, n’apparaissant que des aplats violets). Dommage. La cause vaut mieux que ça. ### 4/5 — Brilliant! *2024-07-06* A brilliant game with an excellent storyline. Would give it five stars but there are a few graphics issues wherein the foliage is not rendered properly and instead of the foliage a pink distorted image appears. ### 5/5 — One of the best game *2024-04-04* Best story game. Short game ### 2/5 — Typical lazy people *2024-03-03, version 1.0.3* Not only do these types overcharge for garbage within their “small business” but they do just the bare minimum work. The grass is not purple. ### 3/5 — Grafikfehler? *2024-02-26* Mein Boden ist ganz pink! ### 5/5 — Enseñanza *2024-02-10* Una Obra Visual hermosa en la cual aprendes de lo difícil que es para muchas personas obtener una vaso de agua en el día. Aprendes a valorar mas este preciado recurso, muy bonito juego. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What is this? *2026-07-10* I thought one round trip was just the tutorial, and that there would be at least 10 times more story content afterward. I never expected that after making the coffee, the credits would immediately start rolling. Is that really the entire game? This is the shortest game I’ve ever played in my life. It’s not even close to being a finished product — it feels like an incomplete demo at best. If it wasn’t finished, you shouldn’t have released it in the first place. What a disappointing experience. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback; we value your honesty. If you have any further suggestions you'd like us to consider, we are always here to listen! ### 1/5 — Color *2025-08-04, version 1.0.3* Change color issue ### 1/5 — Bande violette par terre *2024-09-25* Je suis sur IPad 9 eme génération et il y a un problème d’affichage, donc incompatible. Assurez vous de rendre le jeu compatible avec tous les IPad avant de le sortir… ### 1/5 — Gráficos *2024-06-11* Tengo un problema con los gráficos de este juego. Aparecen cuadrados y rectángulos morados porque no genera bien algunas texturas del suelo. ### 1/5 — Review *2024-05-13, version 1.0.3* Review ### 1/5 — The trees are purple😐 *2024-01-27, version 1.0.3* The shadows of the trees are the purple “sprite not found” type thing. I can’t play the game like this ### 1/5 — Wasser hol-Simulator *2023-10-31* Super Wasserstellen Sammel-Simulator. Man läuft, holt Wasser und fertig. Am Ende wird noch kurz gekocht. Sorry für den Spoiler ### 1/5 — Racist. *2023-05-28, version 1.0.2* I would say the game promotes a very racist point of view of what an African society looks like. I’m only giving one start because I can’t give less. What do you mean no clean water or good food? Very racist. ### 1/5 — No es un juego. *2022-11-05* El arte es bellísimo. Pero no es un juego. Sería más como una historia gráfica para concientizar. Como juego es aburridisimo. Solo es caminar, los obstáculos son básicamente inexistentes y los 2 o 3 puzzles son demasiado infantiles para disfrutar. ### 1/5 — Snore *2022-10-20, version 1.0.2* This game is soooooo boring! And the main character is annoying to listen to. “ItS a TrUe StOrY!” Wow, very cool Netflix you’re so woke and hip. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I (WE) NEED MORE! *2026-03-09, version 1.0.3* in all my years, i cant recall reviewing a gaming app, I enjoyed this game soo much, especially after recently traveling to south Africa recently! I (WE) MORE CHAPTERS! the creators, voice actress are geniuses ### 5/5 — Coffee time *2025-11-16, version 1.0.3* A good game/story ### 5/5 — Short but Sweet *2025-02-16, version 1.0.3* This was a beautiful story while being interactive and educational. ### 5/5 — Please make a second one!! *2024-08-16, version 1.0.3* This game is so interesting and calming please make a part 2! ### 5/5 — Nearly 4 star but they fix it *2024-08-11, version 1.0.3* This is soo good like relaxing! The song too the main menu song is good also bring me nostalgia!👍👍👍👍 ### 5/5 — a mother life *2024-08-07, version 1.0.3* I love this game because after I play the the game I know a mother life ### 5/5 — True Story *2024-07-21, version 1.0.3* I like it ### 5/5 — Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, powerful *2024-07-14, version 1.0.3* Holds interest and balances beauty and hardship. More story than puzzle. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Magnifico *2024-05-31* Rilassante ed altamente istruttivo. Si gioca in poco tempo e ne vale davvero la pena! ### 5/5 — The shadow of tree purple *2024-04-28, version 1.0.3* The shadow of tree purple 😩🤢 --- *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 2026-08-31.*