Imbroglio

Name: Imbroglio
Price: 3.99 USD
Rating: 4.8 (109 reviews)
Author: Michael Brough

By: Michael Brough

Strategy

Features & Capabilities

Pocket Tactics praised Imbroglio for its design, calling it an elegantly complex whole where every element fits together. The game is an award-winning deck-building strategy title celebrated for cohesive design and thoughtful gameplay, including a Finalist for Excellence in Design at the Independent Games Festival 2017, Best Game of 2016 by iPhone GameCast, one of the ten best British games of 2016 by Kotaku UK, and an Honorable Mention for Best Mobile Game in the 2017 Game Developers Choice Awards.

Survive in an ever-shifting labyrinth filled with monsters and gems. Choose your hero, arm them with magical weapons, spend runes to invoke powers, and race for a high score in this deck-building tactics game where the deck is the dungeon. The game includes at least four enemies, eight heroes, and thirty-two weapons to level up.

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By:

Michael Brough

Rating:

4.80

(109)

Version:

1.09c Last updated: 2020-05-09

Version code:

835858710

Creation date:

2016-05-18

Compatible devices:

Size:

58.69MB

Price:

3.99

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-12

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# 142,857 ▼ 68

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Developed by:

Michael Brough

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/imbroglio/id969264934

User Reviews

Imbroglio is lauded for its deep, clever, and replayable puzzle design with a unique minimalist aesthetic and dark humor. It offers rich depth, variety, and modes, delivering hours of engaging gameplay. However, it faces recurring issues with iOS stability (especially on iOS 11) and onboarding, and its challenging difficulty can be off-putting to newcomers.

Pros

Deep, clever, and highly replayable turn-based puzzle gameplay.
Addictive and engrossing; hours pass by without noticing.
Original, minimalist design with dark humor and a unique world.
Rich depth and variety: many weapons, adventurers, monsters, unlockables, and modes.

Cons

iOS 11 startup crashes and general instability after updates.
No beginner-friendly onboarding; lacks a tutorial and can be confusing at first.
Very hard and punishing; steep learning curve that may deter casual players.

Recent reviews

I understand it now….

by my*****, 2025-10-07

It’s entertaining, and you don’t realize the hours are going by. I think there’s a bug, though, where if you unlock a character and then delete and re-install the game, it won’t unlock them again unless you beat your high score (saved in Game Center). Be wary of this; hopefully dev can fix it one of these days.

by La*****, 2023-07-19

Very responsive and talented developer with skills all around. I have probably spent 4 full months of my life playing Imbroglio and look forward to playing a lot more with a revamp of the basics and Mizzenmast. Who needs a battery-roasting game world when you can explore a perilous 4x4 grid with brilliant gameplay? Update: crying with laughter at using the Shopkeeper. Using Lightkeeper’s Candle (gain runes at start of game) and Bonesnare (when runes are gained, hit the enemy here) killed me BEFORE I COULD MOVE 😂😂😂 I’m imagining Elephant Man bawling out I AM NOT AN ENEMY 😂 It is an awesome, brilliant and darkly amusing new world. I thought Imbroglio would be tough to follow up on and if so, a little hard to reinvest in. Oh my goodness do I love playing again. Must buy. Just buy. Likely the smartest and most original solo designer on the App Store.