Reviews of Space Survivor - Star Pioneer

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List of user reviews and ratings for Space Survivor - Star Pioneer

Total ratings

4.80 (Rating count: 2,892)

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Review summary

Players find Space Survivor - Star Pioneer fun and engaging at first, with a promising blend of two games and base-building mechanics. However, persistent issues across many reviews include heavy ads, frequent crashes, unbalanced progression and long upgrade timers, and broken rewards/timers, which hamper long-term play. The core concept has potential, but stability and monetization problems need urgent fixes.

Pros

Fun core gameplay that feels engaging, especially early on.
Unique blend of two game concepts into one title.
Base-building and upgrading mechanics that offer appealing depth when functioning.

Cons

Persistent, intrusive ads with frustration around ad-removal purchases not delivering.
Frequent crashes and numerous bugs that disrupt progress and rewards.
Unbalanced progression and long or gated upgrades that require heavy grinding or spending.
Offline timers and daily rewards that fail to progress or refresh correctly.
Occasional data loss/sync issues that can wipe progress or disrupt accounts.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.60

All time rating average: 4.80

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27% (14)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-03-30	To*****	All Battles and Trials crash before you can finish the event. The latest update fixed what...?
All Battles and Trials crash before you can finish the event. The latest update fixed what...?
2025-01-12	Pi*****	FUN GAME BUT UNINSTALLED EVERY 3 MIN YOU ARE FORCED TO WAtCH AN ADD. APPLE SHOULD REMOVE THESE TYPES OF GAMES. DO NOT DOWNLOAD>
FUN GAME BUT UNINSTALLED EVERY 3 MIN YOU ARE FORCED TO WAtCH AN ADD. APPLE SHOULD REMOVE THESE TYPES OF GAMES. DO NOT DOWNLOAD>
2024-09-30	As*****	Good game but I feel the battle stage is way too long to complete just to advance to the next level. 10 mins or a bit less would be ideal.
Good game but I feel the battle stage is way too long to complete just to advance to the next level. 10 mins or a bit less would be ideal.
2024-08-24	si*****	I understand that a free game needs revenue but playing two adds in a row is ridiculous. I would have consider paying to have the adds removed but too irritated to continue playing to see if I like it enough to pay. Watching a 30 second add and waiting for it to continue is ok.. but having that add end just to be forced to watch another is a little much… 2 in a row
I understand that a free game needs revenue but playing two adds in a row is ridiculous. I would have consider paying to have the adds removed but too irritated to continue playing to see if I like it enough to pay. Watching a 30 second add and waiting for it to continue is ok.. but having that add end just to be forced to watch another is a little much… 2 in a row
2024-04-30	Ta*****	Internal countdown/refresh is faulty, like the daily reward can only claim once and never refreshed, in game progress time won’t continue after you leave the game, makes it useless. Progression requirements is very unbalanced, meaning your capability is far off from what’s required, makes it impossible to upgrade, but this either shows they just roll out without deep calculation, or they just want ads money, either is… you know.. small timer. They just combine two existing game into one and lots of ads.
Internal countdown/refresh is faulty, like the daily reward can only claim once and never refreshed, in game progress time won’t continue after you leave the game, makes it useless. Progression requirements is very unbalanced, meaning your capability is far off from what’s required, makes it impossible to upgrade, but this either shows they just roll out without deep calculation, or they just want ads money, either is… you know.. small timer. They just combine two existing game into one and lots of ads.
2024-04-22	To*****	It’s fun but very broken when you get to the last building upgrades and the difficulty is very unbalanced. I’m wondering when they’re going to fix it. It’s been 5 months already.
It’s fun but very broken when you get to the last building upgrades and the difficulty is very unbalanced. I’m wondering when they’re going to fix it. It’s been 5 months already.
2024-02-05	aa*****	I downloaded the newest update and now the shop doesn’t update daily and I can’t get daily rewards. I don’t like that the upgrade for the weapons isn’t automatic like it use to be.
I downloaded the newest update and now the shop doesn’t update daily and I can’t get daily rewards. I don’t like that the upgrade for the weapons isn’t automatic like it use to be.
2023-12-31	da*****	Get boring overall good game
Get boring overall good game
2023-12-22	Bi*****	Ads scam. Everyone should be reimbursed by Apple for being scammed out of money to remove ads.
Ads scam. Everyone should be reimbursed by Apple for being scammed out of money to remove ads.
2023-12-14	Qu*****	The level 8 issue was fixed. Unfortunately there are now countdown timers. That is fine in principal but these only countdown when you are actively playing and some of my timers are over 24 hours. There’s boats that can help but I’m just not getting enough of those. It’s still fun to squish Zerg but I’ve lost the fun of developing my base. Fun little game until you get stuck. It wants a level 8 upgrade to advance. This doesn’t seem to exist.
The level 8 issue was fixed. Unfortunately there are now countdown timers. That is fine in principal but these only countdown when you are actively playing and some of my timers are over 24 hours. There’s boats that can help but I’m just not getting enough of those. It’s still fun to squish Zerg but I’ve lost the fun of developing my base. Fun little game until you get stuck. It wants a level 8 upgrade to advance. This doesn’t seem to exist.