# WazHack — user reviews > 190 indexed App Store user reviews of WazHack by Warwick Allison, rated 4.50/5 from 110 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wazhack/id578208562/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wazhack/id578208562.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 87 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 9 ## What do users think of WazHack? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ⭐ Excellent replayability - 🕹️ Great gameplay and controls - 🎨 Charming graphics and style - 🕰️ Hundreds of hours of content - 🏆 Satisfying challenge and progression **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔒 Restrictive DRM and online requirements - 💰 Paywall for additional content - 🔍 Unclear progression and difficulty curve **Commonly reported bugs** - Inventory UI issues on newer devices - Crashes and performance problems after updates - Inability to access purchased content **Most requested features** - Difficulty settings - Controller support - Multiplayer mode - Ability to reorganize spell/item lists ## Newest reviews (14 of 190) ### 4/5 — one of the best legit roguelikes. .but *2024-12-08, version 1.4.2* first of all, i can't recommend this game enough. It's that good. Very challenging and diverse. i mean, i played it for possibly thousands of hours and i know how to win and create a broken build every time. now is the "but". the only reason it's not 5 stars is because a couple of years ago, the creator put through an update that now requires you to be online to "prove" you paid for the game. .like, if you're not connected to the internet, the game treats you like you're playing the demo version and won't let you past the third floor anymore. "always online DRM" is a pretty D-bag move IMO ### 5/5 — Wazhack *2022-07-29, version 1.4.2* Very good game :) ### 5/5 — One of my favorite Dungeoning games *2022-07-26, version 1.4.2* Also called Rogue-like game by younger people. The game has been updated from time to time and you can try different characters to experience variations of the game. There are some helpful tips on the wiki for this game. I have played many many times and won a few times. Fun at Easter time for the Easter eggs one finds. It shouldn’t take long to figure out if this game is for you. ### 3/5 — Great but problems on iPhone 13 *2022-06-02, version 1.4.1* Love the game but can’t really play it on my iPhone 13 because some menu items, such as when you open the inventory, on the left side are obscured by the black iPhone 13 cutout. ### 5/5 — They’re still updating and it brings back hope *2022-05-06, version 1.4.1* I am an avid fan of Wazhack and I always have been for 7 years. I was raised by this game and I truly loved every bit I played of it It is so incredible and amazing that this game has gotten a remaster and an update so many years after its long silence I can now return to spending tens of maybe hundreds of hours dungeon crawling through one of my favourite childhood games. Thank you Waz and the Team! You guys are the fricken best ### 5/5 — Original and fun *2022-04-27, version 1.4.0* The new version makes it look horrible on iOS. Also does not recognize paid for classes. Have deleted and reinstalled app but Waz still comes up to say I have to pay to go deeper. Have enjoyed this fun and delightfully weird game for years, I finally made it out with the amulet and then this new engine has made it impossible to play. If I had a wand of wishing right now I would wish I hadn’t hit update. Could we have the option of playing the previous version? Will let me play my characters when I am online but not off, which Is a problem for me and I’m sure other people too! Hopefully this can be fixed soon as I miss playing so much! ### 2/5 — Was a Great Game *2022-04-13, version 1.4.0* Had this game for ten years now, and the latest update is terrible, at least on an Ipad. Waz took away the ability to rearrange your spell list, getting a pet to do anything is a repeating myriad of clicks because you can’t rearrange the UI. The new quest is no great shakes. It’s like the new version had no beta testing on the Ipad. If you have lighting issues move it down to like -6, which makes no sense but helps. Give us the option to use the previous version, you can keep this one. I would have sent this direct to the developer but he took that link out of the options menu. ### 5/5 — sorely needed update *2022-04-03, version 1.4.0* i have been playing this game for years. i beat it dozens of times and still come back to it. i play it at the doctor's office. i use it as a palate cleanser in between epic open world pc games. i recently got a new ipad and noticed that this game was having bad lag, like it was poorly optimized for new devices. so imagine my delight when i saw waz actually did an update. the game runs super smooth now. however, some of the graphics looked weird. like the lighting was all fuzzy, but then i realized that the brightness was set to maximum in options. when i turned down the brightness, everything looked normal again. some graphics have been changed too, like a dust cloud looks like a gas cloud now and fire elementals and water elementals barely show up against the background. i see a new menu command to create custom command shortcuts which is a nice addition. I do have some complaint first is that the option to reorganize my spell list seems to have been romoved. i can't imagine why. i can no longer delete spells i have forgotten and i can no longer sort the spells list to put my most used spells at the top and it is now really annoying to scroll down the list past forgotten spells to get to the ones i want to cast. also, the touch controls are still finicky. sometimes when i tap high to make my character jump. my character will jump and then jump again and then keep jumping automatically 7 or 8 times and miss a lot of turns and if there is a monster there, it gets 10 attacks or more against me before i'm able to respond. this is unacceptable in a roguelike game where every turn matters tactically. also, the issue where i am unable to attack certain creatures like ants and rats while on a ladder is still there. also it's annoying that movement gets disabled if an enemy is in melee range. i'm not allowed to run away because the tap movement stops working so i'm pinned down, forced to fight to the death. this is not a mechanic in the pc version. also, certain achievements are impossible to achieve, especially the one to "kill every monster in the game at least once", since certain monsters don't even exist, like the hill orc. also summoning the "hacker" doesn't work on the ipad version. it works on pc, but not on ipad. it just says "there is no such thing that exists" ### 3/5 — Love the game but… *2022-03-31, version 1.4.0* It’s a fantastic rpg, great inventory management, interesting and easy controls to use once you’re comfortable with them, and I like the approach it takes to magic very much which is something I find a lot of rpgs struggle to do well. The dungeons are very long and there are many classes to choose from throughout the many runs you will be making in this very rogue like game. The one downside is I would really like for there to be some form of bundle for purchasing all the classes together at a possibly cheaper price instead of having to buy each separate class. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2022-02-11, version 1.3.4* There are very few games I'm still playing regularly years and years after buying it, but Wazhack is one of them. Sadly it hasn't been updated in a long time. I worry that one day an iOS update will render it unplayable. The inventory list does not scroll very well on iOS 14, so it might be a taste of things to come. ### 5/5 — 5 years *2021-10-17, version 1.3.4* Game hasn’t been updated in 5 years lol POGGERS ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-01-10, version 1.3.4* I remember ye olde “net hack” dos based version. This is a whole ton of fun challenge and frustration all at once. Now with great graphics multiple characters and heaps of items this app has everything needed for immense replay ability. It’s just addictive fun! ### 5/5 — You will die often and right when you get to the bottom *2020-08-28* I have two things to say. Number one this is the hardest game I have ever played number two I this game is my Minecraft 2! it is awesome it is replay-able and it never gets old. I have a question for the developer. I want to know if it would be possible to add voice commands into the gameplay? So there’s like a sound button like the same one I’m using right now. But then the commands are like open items or equip this item or you can create some sort of voice command that would make the game a whole lot faster and easier just with simple basic commands. Thank you for creating a great game! ### 5/5 — Addicted *2020-06-05, version 1.3.4* Very hard but worth it Took me a long time to learn to play well But still easy to die. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken store *2024-11-06, version 1.4.2* This is a really fun game but on iPad at least the Recover functionality does not work so I cannot descend into the dungeon. I attempted to recover 5 times and then on the sixth after save and quit it let me in. Waz, a little help! By the way, you can win. I have won many times. But it depends on the luck of the moon , living pet, lightning , having the ability to teleport , and raise the dead. ### 1/5 — Pretty much impossible… *2022-07-10, version 1.4.2* The game is okay, but pretty much impossible. There are minor glitches, like pets getting stuck on ladders, and Fenrir getting stuck in doorways. Even the glitches wouldn’t be bad if the game wasn’t so damned impossible. How about a version of the game that ISN’T impossible? Maybe a variable difficulty? An impossible game is no fun! ### 1/5 — Crappy Trollgame Roguelike *2022-04-20, version 1.4.0* The worst inventory management in a user-accessible program. Managing pets and items is terrible. Hey loo, was making an improved sequel too hard? Abandonware as the dev went on to make toddler puzzle games. ### 1/5 — Worst update ever. *2022-03-28, version 1.4.0* WazHack 1.3 was one of the best games on iOS. Fun, deep, maddeningly difficult, and immersive. My kids and I spent hours at a time on it and I played it off and on for years. The recent update to 1.4 kills the game due to the new graphics engine. Everything is blurry and slower now, even on fairly new devices. Characters are barely visible on the screen. It’s an ugly mess. Never before have I seen an amazing game become almost unplayable overnight. ### 1/5 — No iPad controls *2021-09-10, version 1.3.4* Got it started with the night then can’t do anything no controls ,waist of time downloading ### 1/5 — Huge disappointing money grab *2020-02-18, version 1.3.4* This game is not worth the extra money for the characters. There are a ton of bugs and it honestly gets stale after the bee queen ### 1/5 — What a Con *2020-02-11, version 1.3.4* Get this, every time you reach 300 feet this cash-leeching app hits you for $1 / £1. Yes, for the SAME event you’ve paid for already. I understand paying once for access but this is just a joke. Essentially, each time you die (which will be a lot) the app resets your purchases to zero. I say no. ### 1/5 — Fantastic game. *2017-05-30, version 1.3.4* Update: Apparently I was quite a bit wrong about this game being in early days. The lone update did not add much other than bugs. Among other things, reflection, a pretty critical gameplay mechanic, is broken. I love how hard this game is, but even minor bugs are amplified by that amount of difficulty into an tantalizingly close to playable mess. I would caution against anyone paying for this game until a subsequent update. Old Review: Incredibly well done adaptation/reinterpretation of Nethack. After ascending each type of character, however, I don't find it to have the same replay value of its ancestor. Truth be told, it was getting a little monotonous even before that, but I think/hope this game is in early days, and after spending every dollar I could on it ($8), I believe it to have been a hell of a steal. I'd have easily paid double and still found it a bargain for the enjoyment I received. Well done Waz! ### 1/5 — Trash *2016-05-19, version 1.3.4* Completely relays on the random chance that you KEEP getting good drops as you keep going further down.... You don't. **** u ### 1/5 — Has potential, but is TOO HARD. *2016-03-01, version 1.3.4* I've played many roguelikes over the years - I get the whole permadeath thing. But this one is simply too hard and unforgiving to be very enjoyable at this point. This game desperately needs some balancing - it makes slash 'em look easy. I say pass on this joke. Get Pathos instead. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best game *2026-02-16, version 1.4.2* So much fun, wish more games like this existed. ### 5/5 — I love this game! *2026-01-08, version 1.4.2* I found this game from my brother when I was younger and I love coming back and playing it now that I’m older. Very fun and addicting! ### 5/5 — Will last for years *2025-05-28, version 1.4.2* I don’t know how many years ago I purchased this game, like 10. But ever since then you’ve constantly updated it. Adding new stuff like the whole new gem dungeon. Thank you for keeping it fresh and you really made me feel very happy for my purchase. I bought you on steam too. ### 5/5 — I’ve been playing this game for at least a decade *2025-05-15, version 1.4.2* It’s still just as fun, do yourself a favor and try it out. Its charm is met only by its depth ### 5/5 — Great Game *2025-02-13, version 1.4.2* AMAZING game. Just wish it was still updated and or improved upon. ### 5/5 — Hours of replayability *2024-11-29, version 1.4.2* Fun game, and much like its inspiration Nethack, the procedural dungeons offer a different game every time for almost infinite replay ability. ### 5/5 — Wonderful Game *2024-11-16, version 1.4.2* This is one of the most fun game in the App Store. Very challenging, exciting. Lots of strategy. Graphics are great. Music is cool! I have been playing this game for years. ### 5/5 — We owe Waz our lives *2024-08-14, version 1.4.2* Been playing Wazhack for 13+ years, only have ever beaten once. Best rougelike you’ll find on the App Store ### 5/5 — Most Replayability *2023-05-14, version 1.4.2* This game has the most replayability of any game I have ever played. I had finished the game 20 times. But with the new mods, I started playing again and have finished it 20 times again. But I have still only finished with 12 characters (and still not several of the original 16). ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-08-17, version 1.4.2* Could we get controller support? --- *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 2026-07-29.*