# Yaga The Roleplaying Folktale — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Yaga The Roleplaying Folktale by Versus Evil, rated 3.60/5 from 220 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yaga-the-roleplaying-folktale/id1455514508/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yaga-the-roleplaying-folktale/id1455514508.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 93 · 4★ 32 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 32 ## Newest reviews (14 of 52) ### 4/5 — Great, unique game, some improvement needed *2023-10-08* This game is a lot of fun and very original. The soundtrack is great and the storyline is a lot of fun. I enjoy the quests and gameplay, but one big downside is that you cannot save progress in the middle of a quest. It would be nice if at least at an oven, you could save your progress and return to that spot later. instead if you need to stop playing the game for a bit, you lose all your progress for the quest. It could also use better tutorials or help page to explain what everything means and how to use items. As mentioned by others, the load time is very slow. Overall, I’m really enjoying the game and look forward to more updates. ### 4/5 — iPhone 6s+ *2023-01-27, version 1.1.33* Please I get crashes I’ve had to start all over one time already after getting passed the gilded apple part and it crashes near spoiled sack of grain and the three drunkards in the woods And 60-70% time of climbing the stoves make it crash This is currently my favorite if not 11th out of top 20th of all time Hands down ### 3/5 — Fun game but there is a bug at the end *2022-10-31, version 1.1.33* It’s been a fun challenging game so far. Almost to the end of the game and I am unable to progress any further. When I meet with the ghost the barrier behind her stays instead of disappearing. And I am unable to complete the last level. Very frustrating. I’ve tried repeating the level several times with the same result. ### 4/5 — Not enough arms fast enough *2022-10-13, version 1.1.33* After you get the sickle I haven’t found any attachments so can you please make them easier to find ### 3/5 — What happened Devs? *2022-08-11, version 1.1.33* I got this game about 6 months ago. Worked really well on all my devices. Then last month we got an update and now it doesn’t fill my 32:9 aspect display anymore. What I love about Apple Arcade games is that they support 4K and 32:9 aspect ratio. I like to support these games and stream them too, but it looks weird when I stream and I have 2 sets of black bars because it no longer supports 32:9. I really hope this isn’t permanent. ### 4/5 — Crafting weapons exit *2022-07-21, version 1.1.26(6)* If I’m in the weapon crafting screen on current iPhone, I cannot exit the screen without crafting something or force quitting the app. ### 4/5 — Good game but bad translation. *2021-06-28, version 1.1.26(6)* Very impressive!! But the Chinese translation is awful and some translations are really making no sene. Actually, I am glad to help to improve the Chinese translation. ### 4/5 — Overall a good game with a few drawbacks *2021-03-28, version 1.1.26(6)* I like the graphics and the music of the game. I think it’s somewhat funny when it comes to random maps and droppings. The story is nice. But a few problems: 1. Loading time is too long. 2. When played for a while, the game start laggy and eats up a lot RAM, needs to restart again. 3. Lack of help. Can be more helpful to the system of curse, blessing, etc. ### 4/5 — Great game but it is a bit drag near end *2021-01-28, version 1.1.24* I love the story, graphics, and music. Although I didn’t expect anything in combat, it does have some depth and is fun to play. However, I think the game is perfect if it is a bit shorter or break the repetitive pattern of three these and three those. Consider the fact that this is a folktale, I understand the repetitiveness but I as a gamer do feel fatigued near the end of the main story. ### 3/5 — Needs scrollable map *2020-12-16, version 1.1.24* I’m lost with no map that I can scroll thru. I see the mini-map but isn’t very helpful. Map should display labels on locations , people, etc, at least on the places I’ve visited. Also an option to have a quest direction indicator would be very helpful, otherwise I’m exploring, checking/rechecking every corner, which can be a grind and feel lost. For combat, it’s very, very annoying that a temporary wall goes up right behind you and feels like I’m thrown into a cage match with no room to move. Very hard to get setup to throw the hammer or have time to plan a combat strategy. Please remove that or move the wall further back. ### 4/5 — Worth your time *2020-11-23, version 1.1.24* This a pretty exciting rpg. Haven’t played for long but I know I’m going to be stuck on this for a while. The folky dialogue is refreshing and the soundtrack makes me feel engaged. It’s a little hard to see on the phone and when using the on screen buttons the input is not always the best, it gets a bit frustrating. Nonetheless great game to invest a chunk of your time! ### 3/5 — Glitch on ios 14? *2020-09-20, version 1.1.24* Fighting Koschei.... killed him a bunch of times then at some point he conjures up his protective bubble and he just stays in there. I can’t attack him and he doesn’t attack me. The game is running and all but the character just stops fighting. I can’t hit him either. I’m just stuck. Super frustrating. ### 3/5 — Love the game and concept, crashes too much *2020-05-23, version 1.1.24* Good stuff first: This is a fun, in-depth game with a lot of content and hours of play. The soundtrack is amazing! Really fantastic music. I love how your decisions shape the game. It’s also quirky, a little dark, and funny. Now the not so good: crashes constantly. There are no in-level save points, so all your progress is lost after a crash. I’ve had to start certain quests over five or six times. It’s incredibly frustrating. With slow load times (1 min+) and lost progress, sadly I’ll probably end up deleting the game instead of slogging through til the end, which is unfortunate because it has a lot of promise. ### 4/5 — Game not opening due to the iOS 13.4 update *2020-03-26, version 1.0.92* So I updated my phone yesterday to 13.4 iOS and when I tried to open the game up the app crashed and when I tried to reopen it again by deleting the app and reinstalling it it crashed again. I also hard reseted phone thinking it would be better this time but it’s still crashing. Is there a update that needs to be performed for game? And how do we get this very cool game working again? Help please ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Corrupted save file *2019-11-08, version 1.0* Hello, I was looking forward to the whole Apple Arcade thing and this game is one of the first reasons I wanted to purchase the subscription. BUT, I have tried everything I can think of (I deleted the game, redownloaded, deleted the save file and created a new one) but every time I play the game the first time I come back it says “corrupted save file, reset data” so I lose all my progress. The first time this happened I played for almost 3 hours straight and then lost it all. I would like a fix, I will give the game a higher rating if I could just figure out how to fix this save bug. Please help developers! ### 1/5 — No Support *2019-10-27, version 1.0* Would love to give this game a good review - so many elements from concept to art style here have potential - but the total lack of dev support makes hitting roadblocks or bugs a game-killer. I ran into a brick wall early in the story and can’t get past it. And I can find no support, not even a Discord community, to determine a workaround. So guess I’ll have to shelve this until the dev gets some resources online. What a shame. Oh, and I agree with other reviewers that the controls are a bit wonky. Although I think a lot of my issues could be addressed by adding either a tap-and-go option or even letting the user reposition the virtual joystick. **Developer response:** Hey Darth -- Apologies on the late reply (Had some issues being able to respond to reviews). We do have a community discord available here: https://discord.gg/46sd44k and with regards to bugs -- could you elaborate or shoot us an e-mail at you@vsevil.net? Thanks! ### 2/5 — Yaga broken *2023-07-19* Yaga the Roleplaying Game completely broken! The game is completely broken. I was almost at the end, just before the fight against Koschei. After talking to a ghost, a path should be unlocked, but the ghost disappears and the path, closed by ghostly hands, does not open and you can not move forward. It's been like this for months and it's not updated. Now, after the last AppleTV system update, it doesn't even start up. It stays on the title screen. Please fix it. ### 2/5 — Every update my progress is deleted!!! *2022-07-29, version 1.1.33* I love playing the game, but everytime there is an update I have to restart my progress from the very beginning. Like literally the tutorial 😭. It’s beyond frustrating because I have already had to start over from the beginning once before. I do not even honestly want to try and replay it to catch back up to where I was. Might just delete the app. ### 2/5 — Glitchy *2021-06-03, version 1.1.26(6)* I wanted to like this game because I am a long time fan of Baba Yaga. I tried the middle mode and the harder mode but both had glitches that wouldn’t let me play more than a couple of hours. The game suddenly ended and I had to start over. Not keeping this one. ### 2/5 — Loading screen freezes during travel *2021-06-01, version 1.1.26(6)* I wanted to like this game, however this has proven difficult since I can’t make any progress as the screen freezes when traveling to other maps. Giving it 2 stars as the game itself was pretty enjoyable until this issue ### 2/5 — To hard to play *2020-12-25, version 1.1.24* Impossible difficulty at the end- even walkthrough vids it takes multiple tries for extremely skilled gamers to get past the ice king at the end to get to the anvil. Not being able to play the ending of a game takes away from it, some of us were more interested in the story and the quest. It’s a beautiful game, has a great story, and the voice acting is great. It’s just way to difficult on a tiny iPhone screen to do the moves needed to beat the bad guy at the end. A huge flaw in an otherwise lovely game. ### 2/5 — Awesome dialogue and story, but... *2020-01-02, version 1.0.82* I love the artwork. I love the dialogue and original-ness of the storyline. The problem I have with this game is that the combat is extremely hard. I couldnt even get past the first goal (bring the witch her gifts and ask for help) because I kept getting killed. I suggest having an easy setting or story mode for people who just really want to watch the story unfold. I was really bummed because I really want to play this game but if it’s close to impossible for me to get through the FIRST quest? Please fix this. I loved the game up until that point and I really want to continue with the story. ### 2/5 — Great game but.. *2019-11-15, version 1.0* So I love this game but when I went to play it I started at my base and then when I left it loaded the dialogue with the witches and then after that it just kept loading so I wasn’t able to play. I tried restarting my phone, and even deleting the app and trying again. But now after redownloading it it won’t let me play at all. It just keeps loading so the game is now unplayable. I really liked this game when it worked so please try to fix this. Idk if it’s my phone or the game but something isn’t working. And from the sounds of it I am not the only person with these problems. ### 2/5 — Amazing potential. Not mobile friendly *2019-11-02, version 1.0* 2 key things are vital for being noble friendly 1) constant auto save. I might need to answer an email or phone call and come back. Currently I lose 15-20 minutes of gameplay if I do that 2) harsh death penalty. You lose gear, have to start from the beginning, and the game isn’t easy, mobile games should be less strict to allow for the distracting and busy environments we’ll play in I would give 5 stars if the death penalty was removed and auto save was constant. The game is so well done. But too hardcore for me ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Incredibly Well Thought Out *2022-10-13, version 1.1.33* I’m so surprised at the low ratings. It almost deterred me from downloading this game, but I read the version history, and most of the bad ratings are from before they did their big update. The other bad reviews seem to be people who are impatient. The game takes a bit of time to load. If it crashes, it’s NOT the game; it’s your device. And I have no idea what the person who “bad translations” is talking about. It’s a rhyming story, and sometimes sacrifices are made for the sake of a rhyme. That’s honestly the only thing I can possibly think of what that person could have been talking about. I think the rhymes work perfectly, though. I absolutely love the rhyming story and the fact the characters are all voiced. The music is surprisingly fun too! I appreciate all of the work that was put into this. I hope more is added in the future :) ### 5/5 — Takes me back *2021-01-06, version 1.1.24* Congrats devs, you really hit the nail on the head with this one. The gameplay is great, items are creative and the storyline is captivating. What I appreciate most is the combination of folklore and old tales that I used to hear from my grandmother as a kid. That soundtrack too, Subcarpați is about as good as it gets. Thumbs up from this slav. ### 5/5 — Best game on Apple Arcade *2020-12-27, version 1.1.24* This game is my absolute favorite game on Arcade. The combination Slavic themes and folklore with the RPG gameplay are absolutely fantastic. The ability to craft your weapons is also a wonderful choice. Loved it and will be playing it again! ### 5/5 — It’s great! I’d love to see more updates! *2020-12-22, version 1.1.24* Please don’t let this game die, as it has brought me hours of enjoyment! I’d love to see another similar game from this studio, keep up the great work! Y’all are the reason I keep paying for Apple Arcade. ### 5/5 — GREAT GAME!!!! *2020-09-27, version 1.1.24* I had such a great time playing this game!! Personally, I didn’t have any real trouble with bugs, or with gameplay. I think anyone who tried this game won’t be disappointed. Loved it!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Great atmospheric game *2020-08-28, version 1.1.24* I am playing on an iPad Pro with PS4 controller. The soundtrack and overall sound design is great. Everything is voiced and the folklore aesthetic art is very pleasing to the eye. I recommend playing with a controller, it is too hard with touch controls. Very unique game👍 ### 5/5 — Great game but *2020-07-15, version 1.1.24* I really like this game, good story and dialogue, which is rare for any game... i am into the 2nd quest line and i have hit my first bug. I hit a flying bat creature and it split onto smaller bats. One of them spawned on the other side of the barbed barrier and we are now stuck in a face off... i guess i will have to restart the quest to deliver my items to the weird lady. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen again.... well 2nd problem just discovered. I tried to exit the level via switch tale and it asked if i wanted to reset progress. I said yes, expecting it to go back to where i had last saved and loaded in from. It deleted everything and took me to make a new character... ### 5/5 — Great Game - Please Make More! *2020-06-22, version 1.1.24* This is a great game, actually my favorite game in Apple Arcade and the reason I decided to subscribed to it. Love that there are varying difficulty levels and I really hope that similar games come out on Apple Arcade... not many of the others interest me very much and after completing this game I’m probably going to cancel my account. ### 5/5 — Fun game with a good story *2020-06-10, version 1.1.24* I just won the game and while it took me a little to figure out the mechanics, it was fun and I liked the story. Crafting weapons and going on quests was quite fun. I don’t know why people rated it less than 5 stars. I greatly enjoyed it and might even play it again. The sound track was also weirdly cool. ### 5/5 — A great RPG game hasn’t been seen in the market for a while *2020-02-27, version 1.0.82* This is a beautifully made RPG game. The art style is unique and remarkably gorgeous, a quite strong medieval flavor. The story is engaging, it grabs my attention from the first second and really eager to learn more. I particularly like the dialog system and the different ending they might lead to. (Can’t tell now since I am still early in the game and don’t know the impact each of my choice) The battle reminds me a lot of Bastion. It’s fun to play, a bit hard to control via touch screen. But with Xbox controller, it feels way much better. So small drawbacks from my point of view. The first one is the loading screen in the beginning of the game. Since it doesn’t say the game is loading and the witches are doing their poses, I thought the game is stop responding for some reason. Another one is the guidance of the missions. Maybe I am spoiled by the modern mobile and console games with very clear guidance at least in the early stage, I feel a bit lost in this game. I need to explore, talk to every NPC to accomplish the mission. This leads to a slow pace in the beginning, but from bottom of my heart, I am eager to do some battles. This is the type of game I would be happy to finish it. I will keep playing it. Really great job, dear developers. --- *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 2026-06-10.*