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Downwell App Reviews

The Downwell app recently received 45 positive reviews on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, and 2 negative reviews. Users in the United States have given Downwell app an average rating of 4.72 out of 5 stars, based on a total of 1.7K ratings since its release on Dec 20 by Devolver. Can you share your positive or negative thoughts about Downwell?

Ratings and Reviews
Rated 4.56 out of 5

1.7K global ratings

5 Star
69%
4 Star
18%
3 Star
9%
2 Star
4%

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45 Positive User Reviews for Downwell

Do not delete

It’s a time waster game it’s fun. I have two complaints one it’s very repetitive doing the same thing over and over. And if you delete the game and then later re-download it your game save is gone.

Best phone game of all time

I think I’ve been playing this since the year it came out, if I had to pick one game to have on my phone for the rest of my life it would be Downwell. Worth every penny 3 bucks is an absolute steal

What gaming is and should be

Elegant, simple, beautiful design. Great music! No pay to win. Engaging mechanics. No annoying adds. This is in it’s core, what all gaming should aspire to be. Excellent game!

Simplicity is King

For a rouge-like that is quite hardcore, I love the straightforward game mechanics and design focusing on getting the skill for the game without any over complicated stuff for the looks. That said, i think sometimes there is frustration with the visibility of the character and the difficulty of maneuver that has not gone away after hours of play. The playstyles imo doesn’t affect the gameplay too much unless you are a veteran player and I really wish there is some way i can customize my experien

Let us mute the SFX

The game is really fun. It’s hard but very simple and that’s what you’re looking for with a mobile game. The one criticism I have is that there isn’t an option to mute the sound effects so if I want to listen to something while I play I have to listen past the very loud gun boots. Let us mute the sound effects

Cool game please add d pad to mobile

Cool game please add d pad to mobile or an easier swipe gesture my thumbs hurt

Best game

I love this game the pixel style is amazing and the colors? Great. I love it.

3

Albert Einstein

Great game but really needs a mute button

Love playing this game as a little time killer. My only issue is that it's completely unplayable if I want to listen to music at the same time. You can mute the background music but the sounds aren't able to be muted. Please add that as an option!

Super fun game, please fix notch issue

I tried this game on my free month of Apple Arcade, I realized I mostly only played this one so I got the paid version. I realized that on this version the notch form my iPhone 14 Pro is covering part of the hp bar and gem box. I went back to the + version on Apple Arcade and saw it wasn’t an issue there and the game fit normally. It’s a per peeve but a small update wouldn’t hurt to fix this. Otherwise super addictive and fun gameplay loop!

Amazing Game, but…

This is such an amazing game but this game really needs multiplayer mode. It would add more risk to it. Who can survive the most levels, who can finish a certain amount of levels quicker, and co-op. I am sure there are other things you could do. Again, an amazing game, just needs multiplayer.

Turn off the button layouts to use it anywhere

5 stars. Using on iphone 15 pro max.

MORE LEVELS! IM ADDICTED

I play this game on a daily basis, I beat the game almost every time i play on hard mode. i’m obsessed and addicted, but PLEASE ADD MORE LEVELS! i miss the challenge.

epic game!

I really do love this game, but one thing had been bothering me since I've got a new phone: The hud clips into the bevels a bit. I know it really isn't a big deal, but my brain just instantly becomes distracted upon noticing it. (Even lost a few runs to it.) I'm on the 13 Mini , but Im not sure it this happens for any other models. Thanks!

Cool

Favorite mobile game oat, my only issue is that you can’t turn off sound effects which makes listening to anything while playing the game kinda weird

Please add cloud save

Great game!!! Just wondering, Is the bench next to the well a reference to hollow knight?

Awesome

How about a part 2 Where there are modes where you get deeper and deeper

The game that started it all.

A classic for me; the game that made me fall in love with Devolver Digital and their catalogue.

Awesome Game!!!

Super fun, hard and time consuming. Requires skill and focus. As you go further it gets harder. Boss is difficult. Best $3 spent of my life, totally worth it.

downwell is my favorite mobile game since 2015

its a game with just the right amount of depth + difficulty while having a simple premise and being easy to jump into. never gets boring and the art style is perfect.

This game has good graphics

This game have so good graphics in my opinion

nerf the bats, man

love this game. only complaint is that the bats are so annoying I could pop a blood vessel

Game is amazing! One minor problem however

I love this game, gameplay feels smooth and satisfying, and difficulty feels hard, but accomplishable. One minuscule problem is a lot of the time when I play rogue-likes/rogue-lites like this, I like to listen to a podcast in the background as I go through run after run, and turning off the excellent music is possible, but there’s no way to turn off the sound effects. I realize it would be a whole thing to go and change that now, but really my only issue with this otherwise impeccable game!

Let me turn music off

I want to listen to Spotify

Excellent Game

The best iOS game in existence, period. I’ve been playing this game regularly for about a year now and I love it more and more each time I play (still haven’t quite beaten it yet tho lol). Intuitive yet challenging, simple yet engaging. The fast pace and permadeath also work so well for a mobile game. I love this game so much. I also love just paying a flat fee and then never seeing a single ad. Such a rare and beautiful thing. Plus, I’ve played more hours and had more fun with Downwell than I

Hard but fun game

This game is very fun but also very difficult at the time of writing this review I have gotten only to 2-3 but I must say this game is not frustrating with it’s difficulty, good game worth the money

Add horizontal layout please

Great game. Pick it up.

Best game in the freaking world 🌍

This game is so good that I have nothing to say

Really good game

I really enjoy this game it’s really nice if you want a casual game really fun minor button glitches overall really good 5 stars

Very fun needs more levels possibly but mostly audio

Super fun game just let me turn off the audio for the game fully it’s very loud and I can’t listen to music and play you can turn off music but not sound affects.

Amazing!

I love rouge-likes, and Downwell is AMAZING. Love the gameplay visuals and music! Fell in love so quickly! Well done! Chefs kiss on Devolver!!!

Love this game

Absolutely love this game. One huge request, even though it’d be a little squished, is landscape mode. It’d be way easier to play if I could hold the phone sideways.

This is so good

So the very cool reference to the virtual boy is really cool

Brilliant!

One of the best mobile games! Request — haptic feedback options. Landscape mode — for when using a controller holder or Razer Kishi. iCloud saves — for example: play on the road with iPhone and pickup progress with iPad and a controller

Where’s the mute button?

This game is almost perfect, except that I can’t play music or listen to podcasts while playing. If there was a mute option I’d be in heaven.

frustratingly addictive

three dollars is nothing compared to the time that I’ve spent in this game

Awesome game

This game is amazing its worth the $3 definitely

Please add controller support

To one of the best games ever made. Would love to use my Xbox remote with iOS Downwell ✌🏻

Great game!

I love the game but honestly I would sink way more time into it if I could only turn off the sound effects so I can listen to music while I play it!

So addicting

Love this game. Have it for iOS and Switch. Only request would be a landscape mode. I know that’s a little hard to do on a phone but it’d be easier to hold the phone that way. Other than that, fantastic!

Worth every penny!

Incredible! The only thing it needs now is an endless mode where your items can stack! For example having two gem attractors would make gems come from farther away!

Looses sound when getting a call.

Looses sound when getting a call. Otherwise great game.

Almost perfect!

Two things this game needs... more styles, and an endless mode!

2 Negative User Reviews for Downwell

Love the game HATE THE BATS

Not sure if it’s intentional, but the bats in this game are the most infuriating enemy in the entirety of it. They either stick to the walls until you pass them or they seem to randomly fly upwards from below visibility which is very frustrating as their hitbox is misleading and their heads deal damage even when above them slightly. The issue I see is that the bats “activate” once falling passed them. So why do they occasionally bug out and fly from off screen up towards the character? If it’s b

Touchscreen controls worse than at release

Idk if iOS is updating or Downwell is but it needs some serious calibration maintenance