Review Insights · App Store
Exploding Kittens® 2
Marmalade Game Studio · 3,264 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
3,264 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 12 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
12 negative reviews mention this · 100% of all complaints
★★★★★ "We are paying for nothing. I paid to play the game and it’s been nothing but glitching and saying no game exist !!" - Marinoooooo💓
2
"play"
8 negative reviews mention this · 67% of all complaints
★★★★★ "We are paying for nothing. I paid to play the game and it’s been nothing but glitching and saying no game exist !!" - Marinoooooo💓
3
"refund"
4 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Refund please. I paid $5 for this app and there’s no function to play with friends and strangers. It was in the first game! I would like a refund please." - Nonicknameplsssss
4
"multiplayer"
4 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SKIP this game…!. If you liked exploding kittens 1, SKIP the second version… cute graphics but SLOW & BORING gameplay, and requires signing up through another company to play any multiplayer games. BOO!!! Save your $$$ and just play the first version instead…" - slippy butter
5
"paid"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "We are paying for nothing. I paid to play the game and it’s been nothing but glitching and saying no game exist !!" - Marinoooooo💓
6
"through"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SKIP this game…!. If you liked exploding kittens 1, SKIP the second version… cute graphics but SLOW & BORING gameplay, and requires signing up through another company to play any multiplayer games. BOO!!! Save your $$$ and just play the first version instead…" - slippy butter
7
"play multiplayer"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No multiplayer w/o 3rd party account. The first game let you play with others without having to hand over any email addresses or personal information. It’s a card game that does not require chat for most instances. The new animations look nice but the first game was so much s…" - MZQP327
8
"friend"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Refund please. I paid $5 for this app and there’s no function to play with friends and strangers. It was in the first game! I would like a refund please." - Nonicknameplsssss
9
"without"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Intrusive data collection required to play with a friend. No idea if the game is any good or not, although the first one was, so I assume this one would be fun to play were it possible to do so without signing up for an account where you have to hand over a bunch of data including your birthday. …" - Saithier
10
"card"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No multiplayer w/o 3rd party account. The first game let you play with others without having to hand over any email addresses or personal information. It’s a card game that does not require chat for most instances. The new animations look nice but the first game was so much s…" - MZQP327
11
"packs"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No multiplayer w/o 3rd party account. The first game let you play with others without having to hand over any email addresses or personal information. It’s a card game that does not require chat for most instances. The new animations look nice but the first game was so much s…" - MZQP327
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We are paying for nothing
I paid to play the game and it’s been nothing but glitching and saying no game exist !!
Refund please
I paid $5 for this app and there’s no function to play with friends and strangers. It was in the first game! I would like a refund please.
Intrusive data collection required to play with a friend
No idea if the game is any good or not, although the first one was, so I assume this one would be fun to play were it possible to do so without signing up for an account where you have to hand over a bunch of data including your birthday.
The original game worked great and did not require slurping up any data, so it’s especially lame that it’s required here.
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The original game worked great and did not require slurping up any data, so it’s especially lame that it’s required here.
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No multiplayer w/o 3rd party account
The first game let you play with others without having to hand over any email addresses or personal information. It’s a card game that does not require chat for most instances.
The new animations look nice but the first game was so much simpler to navigate and still lets you play multiplayer without someone trying to harvest your data. This is some free to play garbage that has no business in a paid game with paid expansion packs. I will be requesting a refund through Apple
The new animations look nice but the first game was so much simpler to navigate and still lets you play multiplayer without someone trying to harvest your data. This is some free to play garbage that has no business in a paid game with paid expansion packs. I will be requesting a refund through Apple
Rigged Algorithms & Full of Bots
After spending money in the original app to buy so many packs, you now have a new app! Except this one is developed by people who don’t know how to write a randomizer algorithm or have deliberately rigged the card shuffles or gameplay. There are bots all over the place who ruined the game. And these developers ought to be ashamed of the product that they produced!
Absolutely disgusting add on prices
The game itself already costs 5 dollars, and you barely get anything out of it. You essentially get the regular exploding kittens game with matchmaking that has people who will never press the ready button in their life. Want to play anything else? Pay MORE. Ten dollars to actually use the expansion packs and play the other 90% of the game. It’s also really stupid that they have a ranking system for a luck based game. Just shame on this company for everything they have done to this terrible sequel.
I DEMAND A REFUND FOR THIS ABSOLUTE TRASH GAME!!!
Also you get very little customization and even just one skin can cost you 2
dollars. Just a cash grab. Do not purchase this as you get almost nothing for your 5 dollars.
I DEMAND A REFUND FOR THIS ABSOLUTE TRASH GAME!!!
Also you get very little customization and even just one skin can cost you 2
dollars. Just a cash grab. Do not purchase this as you get almost nothing for your 5 dollars.
Can’t play multiplayer mode without providing ss# or credit card
I got this game for my kiddo to play with a friend but can’t set up multiplayer mode without providing a credit card number or my social security number. When I try to request a refund or report a problem through the App Store neither of those buttons are working. I’m extremely disappointed and would like a refund since we can’t use the game as intended without providing information I’m not comfortable providing.
Terrible
The join errors are awful. Bugs galore. They have serious bugs to figure out before this game is even playable.
1 game = 10% battery
How is this better than the first?
SKIP this game…!
If you liked exploding kittens 1, SKIP the second version… cute graphics but SLOW & BORING gameplay, and requires signing up through another company to play any multiplayer games. BOO!!! Save your $$$ and just play the first version instead. I wish I had…
Game is awesome, Bubble is annoying
The game is very Well designed. You can tell the developers wanted to give us our money’s worth. Not a fan of the micro transactions though. Mostly the use of Bubble for multiplayer is horrible and almost made me want to return the game. This is Apple space, things should be simple and not about all the info collecting and wasted time to play a game. Again, great game, Bubble ruins it.
Removed one more star, because when I added my wife as a friend, whose code I had in completion, 50 million digits, it’s still made her. Enter my code to friend me. Pointless? I think so. Again we just want to enjoy the game sitting next to each other, or our children who are in college, why do we have to do this? Game is great though.
Removed one more star, because when I added my wife as a friend, whose code I had in completion, 50 million digits, it’s still made her. Enter my code to friend me. Pointless? I think so. Again we just want to enjoy the game sitting next to each other, or our children who are in college, why do we have to do this? Game is great though.
Why will my game not load
Please tell me why my game will load if it loads I will change my rating
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
4%
Negative (1-2★)