Advent

Name: Advent
Rating: 3.6 (14 reviews)
Author: Pi-Soft Consulting, LLC

By: Pi-Soft Consulting, LLC

Adventure

Features & Capabilities

Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as ADVENT, Colossal Cave, or Adventure) (Crowther, 1976; Crowther & Woods, 1977), an iPhone version of the first text adventure computer game.

Rewrote game to implement 1000-point version by David Malmberg. Also, added Game Center support! In addition to leader boards, you can now invite other players and give them a virtual tour to help them should they get stuck.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Pi-Soft Consulting, LLC

Rating:

3.60

(14)

Version:

3.1.2 Last updated: 2020-05-17

Version code:

835986460

Creation date:

2019-02-12

Compatible devices:

Size:

13.93MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 363,941 ▼ 1,546

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Developed by:

Pi-Soft Consulting, LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/advent/id284446752

User Reviews

An enthusiastic nostalgia piece: a faithful yet buggy iOS port of Advent; praised for nostalgia, auto-saving, scrollback, and keyboard support, but plagued by crashes and gameplay bugs (water/plant issues, candle/rose puzzles), non-working commands, and version confusion. Many want the original 350-point option or a separate version, and some desire visuals. Overall, beloved by fans of the classic, but reliability and consistency need polish.

Pros

Nostalgic, faithful recreation of the classic Advent (Crowther/Malmberg variants).
Solid iOS port with automatic saving and scrollback features, preserving the feel of the original.
External keyboard support helps with typing commands on iOS devices.
Free to download and accessible for fans to try.
Attention to detail in the port (background image, text handling) and overall port quality.

Cons

Widespread bugs and crashes, including memory instability and hangs that affect gameplay.
Specific gameplay bugs: water-in-pitcher/plant-watering issues, candle problems in the crypt, and rose puzzle not working.
Start/play issues: disabled play button or not starting, and input focus problems hindering gameplay.
Version fragmentation and dissatisfaction with upgrades: many users want the original 350-point version or an option to choose between versions.
Some commands (SAVE/RESTORE/NOTIFY/HELP) don’t work or don’t persist as expected.

Recent reviews

I mean the game is fun, if this was released today it would definitely use ai in some way, but the game is kind of confusing. Also what is with the random photo of that person with like minnie mouse slippers at the beginning?

by Be*****, 2025-09-30

Play button fixed, but still can’t water the plant with bottle of water, unless I am doing something wrong. I’ve tried every command and even tried to use the stone pitcher.

by fo*****, 2020-02-24

Getting around in the game is awkward. IMHO, focus should automatically be set to the input area after each move. I used to play the original-ish version on the Honeywell AN/UYK 65-V when I was new in the US Navy, back in the 80’s. So it’s kind of reminiscent. Just having to manually set focus to the input area every move is annoying and takes away from the enjoyment of playing. I’ve played a version, maybe on an Android platform, that had a compass rose which also included up and down, that you touched to move around.