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Skip-Bo™: Solitaire Card Game
Mattel163 Limited · 211,083 ratings · ★ 4.9
4.9
★★★★★
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Top complaints - extracted from 49 negative reviews
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"game"
34 negative reviews mention this · 69% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ridiculous Amount of Ads. I love playing this game but there is a ridiculous amount of ads. There’s an ad before a game, there’s an ad after a game, there’s even an ad during a game! When I’m playing in offline mode, an ad will randomly pop open some temu website in…" - Kris320
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"play"
20 negative reviews mention this · 41% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ridiculous Amount of Ads. I love playing this game but there is a ridiculous amount of ads. There’s an ad before a game, there’s an ad after a game, there’s even an ad during a game! When I’m playing in offline mode, an ad will randomly pop open some temu website in…" - Kris320
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"skip"
16 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "D. It is rigged when you play the other people and bots have what they need but they discard a random card and the next turn they get a skip bo they also know what is in the rest of the sagacity so they set themselves up perfectly" - lakwitfjdjs
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"playing"
14 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ridiculous Amount of Ads. I love playing this game but there is a ridiculous amount of ads. There’s an ad before a game, there’s an ad after a game, there’s even an ad during a game! When I’m playing in offline mode, an ad will randomly pop open some temu website in…" - Kris320
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"card"
11 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rigged. I love card games. I saw this and had flash backs to childhood. It feels so rigged that the computer always wins." - momofmultiple
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"coins"
11 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Love skip bo. It’s not a great game if you don’t wanna spend money it’s simple as that. You want to watch a lot of videos and earn coins. Go ahead and download this game." - jlsl91589
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"cards"
9 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not worth it. It should be impossible how many times I would lose. Many of the games I didn’t even get the cards to make it possible to win. It’s incredibly difficult with the high cost of games to get coins." - Ticked off!!
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"games"
8 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rigged. I love card games. I saw this and had flash backs to childhood. It feels so rigged that the computer always wins." - momofmultiple
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"free"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ridiculous Amount of Ads. I love playing this game but there is a ridiculous amount of ads. There’s an ad before a game, there’s an ad after a game, there’s even an ad during a game! When I’m playing in offline mode, an ad will randomly pop open some temu website in…" - Kris320
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"rigged"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Rigged. I love card games. I saw this and had flash backs to childhood. It feels so rigged that the computer always wins." - momofmultiple
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"other"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "D. It is rigged when you play the other people and bots have what they need but they discard a random card and the next turn they get a skip bo they also know what is in the rest of the sagacity so they set themselves up perfectly" - lakwitfjdjs
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"people"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "D. It is rigged when you play the other people and bots have what they need but they discard a random card and the next turn they get a skip bo they also know what is in the rest of the sagacity so they set themselves up perfectly" - lakwitfjdjs
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Beware
You will be constantly losing if you don’t buy from them.
Update: I lost over $30k chips right after leaving a bad review
They are scam
Update: I lost over $30k chips right after leaving a bad review
They are scam
Just got terrible
I’ve been playing and enjoying this game off line for a while. Now, randomly and annoyingly in the middle of the game it just triggers your browser to display a random ad page. Huge breach of trust and security. Delete!
Rigged
I love card games. I saw this and had flash backs to childhood. It feels so rigged that the computer always wins.
Love skip bo
It’s not a great game if you don’t wanna spend money it’s simple as that. You want to watch a lot of videos and earn coins. Go ahead and download this game.
Butch
Ahh game, you run out of coins so it wants you to buy more, deleting now and never playing again. Burn in hell devs bahahaha!
Gotta be fake reviews
This is quite honestly the most obnoxious game. It’s all chance and luck and no way to be “good” enough to win. Even if you are good you will lose if you got 4x 12s in your deck.
Which seems statistically impossible…when the other players get 1234 in the exact order.
It’s a money grab game .
I’ll go play monopoly go instead. lol
Which seems statistically impossible…when the other players get 1234 in the exact order.
It’s a money grab game .
I’ll go play monopoly go instead. lol
Not worth it
It should be impossible how many times I would lose. Many of the games I didn’t even get the cards to make it possible to win. It’s incredibly difficult with the high cost of games to get coins.
Terrible full of adds
The game is nothing but an add magnet. And then the games it is advertising so not even come up with the mode it shows in the add. I have deleted the app and refuse to play it anymore.
Have to spend money to play
I was hoping more for this game, but unfortunately if you lose a couple games online, you run out of coins and have to purchase more to play. There aren’t many other ways to get enough coins to play other than spending $$$. Not wasting my time w this game anymore.
This isn’t skip bo
This is trash. Give us Skip Bo that plays like the card game
Skip Bo
The ads are so long that it makes you not want to play this game. This is ridiculous. I don’t wanna have to spend more time watching an ad than actually play in the game. The ads are almost 2 minutes long. Very stupid.
ADS!!!
It’s bad enough that the cards are obviously set up and not even close to being random, but the constant ads are too annoying. You can pay $6.99 to remove them but no thanks.
Just want the card game, not the other BS
Why can’t games just be about the game, I don’t want a journey, or to build a village or whatever. I don’t mind the price- if I could just play the game. Totally disappointed.
Terrible Game
This game is trash. Pushes you to spend money, terribly rigged to lose
Stupid game 0 stars
This game is the worst
Skip-Bo
People should be able to play Skip-Bo even if they can’t download the latest model
Do Not Download
Do Not Download Don’t Agree to the terms Read what info they are collecting about you from your device. Holy Smoke Delete & Run.
Why do I need points to play a card game
I don’t understand why I would need points and coins just to play a card game. I found out about this game recently and I loved it and decided let me see if they have one online. But now that I’m playing why would I need coins just to play a card game now that I don’t have any I can’t play a single game? And why is it 2000 coins just to play? This ridiculous this is why no one wants to play these games online because of the ridiculous rules and point system. Take more points away than you make and left high and dry when you don’t have anymore. Can’t we just play like a regular card game? Why do I need to purchase coins just to play. Just going to delete it and re start again which is bogus. Might just say f it and never play online again. Straight up ridiculous.
Literally an ad for p*rn
Ad with na*ed ladies actually doing “it” small emoji over all private parts barely covering anything. App name Byte Beauty. Real na*ed women. Having s** with real na*ed menu
Censoring my review incase it’s automatically deleted. People these days.
Censoring my review incase it’s automatically deleted. People these days.
Ads galore but fun
Great game but so many ads take away from it… unfortunate.
Review
Terrible game. Gotta pay to play and the rng is horrible. Can’t win with getting any cards out
Sucks
The gam is so rigged , I can’t even have fun without getting frustrated !
The ads are ridiculous!!
Fun game, but the constant ads are ridiculous. I gave up at one point and purchased a small “ad free” option. It still gave me ad obstacles and had a stupid time limit. This game handcuffs you to gain coins, but then constantly takes them away. Deleting the app. They ruined a fun game & made it a brainless activity.
Good but not the same
Doesn’t allow players to have a stock pile more than 10 cards.
Total BS
Fine if you like bring cheated. The cards are not randomly dealt if you play offline. Computer players consistently have 5,6,8, or more cards in sequence.
Just be basic
I just want to play skip bo. I don’t want side quests, building restaurants, mini games, etc. just play the game solo or multiplayer. Stupid attempt doing too much.
Tutorials and Ads are ridiculous
WE KNOW HOW TO PLAY SKIP BO. SCRW THE TUTORIAL. TOO MANY ADS. This game can be fun if ads wouldn’t keep interrupting it.
Stupid
When playing the computer offline it seems like their cards are always In order. It takes the fun out the game when that happens. Maybe fix the system so the cards come out completely random.
Nah
Nothing but a cash grab
Rigged
Playing against the bots has to be the worst thing you can do in this game. I’ve literally went several rounds without getting the cards I need, while the bots get to play long turns or get everything they need to turn it around and win. This game cheats.
The algorithm is messed up
Really bad algorithm. It makes the game really annoying. If you win, then EACH comp will have to win. The recognizable pattern of knowing who will win is frustrating. The game will continually deal you the same cards over and over once you win. If you win, you will continually receive doubles, or triples of the same cards after you play, while the computers will run out of a 10 card stack in 1 or 2 rounds, and when it’s “your turn to win” you can do the same. I think the devs were going for “challenging” but the recognizable patterns are bad. DON’T waste $$$ on no ads
Connection issues
Continuously disconnects me after recent updates. Developers are not good
This game sucks
I’ve tried playing but it is completely impossible as soon as you run out of coin, and you are required to purchase. Very low chance of winning.
Ridiculous Amount of Ads
I love playing this game but there is a ridiculous amount of ads. There’s an ad before a game, there’s an ad after a game, there’s even an ad during a game! When I’m playing in offline mode, an ad will randomly pop open some temu website in Safari. It’s like the developers are trying to annoy me into paying to go ad-free.
D
It is rigged when you play the other people and bots have what they need but they discard a random card and the next turn they get a skip bo they also know what is in the rest of the sagacity so they set themselves up perfectly
Fun but……
Literally impossible to beat the adventure levels it’s almost maddening not an enjoyable experience at all overall it is
a fun game but would be better if I didn’t have to replay the same level a dozen times
a fun game but would be better if I didn’t have to replay the same level a dozen times
Skip-Bo rip-off.
They are only interested in a flashy card game that is not Skip-Bo cards you remember playing. A two player game of the so called old Skip-Bo has the most unrealistic odds of winning.
Stilll sooo many adds One After the other
So I purchased the ‘ad free’ versión. It is herrassng. When u click on skip Bo Card Lots of times it plays more than one ad😡😡😡😡😡😡Why did I bother purchased the ad free versión. As soon as I finish my chips I Will uninstall. I do NOT recommend this Game or uno from this developer.
This app is very calculated
Between both the adventures side and the actual playing side it’s a complete hoax. The way they have this game set up you have to pay for everything to even have a chance at winning/advancing. It’s a real bummer because I just want to play skipbo but can’t because it’s impossible to get enough coins, and it takes so many coins to play and then you don’t make enough coins when you actually win. On the flip side if you are looking for a nostalgic game, go play Rummikub, they have this game set up perfectly with just the right ads vs how many coins it takes vs what you win when you play against people. This app isn’t set up for that.
Skip-Bo
It would be nice if the game wasn’t rigged against you every time you tried to play. I can’t tell how many times I don’t have the opportunity to get rid of my first card on the deck while the cpu can do 4 or 5 moves a turn.
Fun game but too much monetization
Great game but in game monetizing ruins the experience. A lot of ads, most specifically pushing in game items/currency. Higher levels are winnable unless you buy into their stuff and I’ve had to retry levels wasting the coins I earned. Fun game but the hardcore pay to win setup ruined it for me.
AI
Not a fan of the bots, they make it where they constantly win even if ur ahead, its very easy to get frustrated. Skip-Bo irl is way better
Too many game adds so
Too many game adds so I deleted it!
Disappointed
I’m a old pro at Skip Bow and let me tell you when you you want to reverse you should be able to reverse when you’re able to, but this game did not allow me to reverse. It insisted I play the number. It wanted me to play instead of going backwards and you should be able to do that I deleted it immediately. I’ve been playing Skibo since I was 13 years old. I’m now 58. And this was a very, very big disappointment.
JUSTICE FOR ONLINE PLAYING
Make the event rewards for winning online!!!!! The adventure levels aren’t even skip Bo. Let us play skip Bo!! And we should be able to get rewards for playing online instead of never having enough coins. So many people would pay to have the extra rewards pass if it counted on your online games!! So frustrating. If not that then make the adventure levels not cost coins. Do energy like phase 10.
Not as enjoyable.
I really enjoyed playing Skip-Bo at first. The gameplay is fun, relaxing, and a great digital version of the classic card game. Because I was playing it so much, I decided to purchase the ad-free version to support the game and improve my experience.
However, since upgrading to ad-free, the game feels noticeably different. I seem to lose much more often than before, which makes it feel less balanced and more frustrating. In addition, the option to earn free coins by watching ads, which used to be offered fairly regularly, is now only available very rarely.
It’s disappointing because I genuinely enjoy Skip-Bo and was happy to pay for a better experience. I just wish the gameplay balance and coin rewards felt as fair after upgrading as they did before. I hope the developers can look into this.
However, since upgrading to ad-free, the game feels noticeably different. I seem to lose much more often than before, which makes it feel less balanced and more frustrating. In addition, the option to earn free coins by watching ads, which used to be offered fairly regularly, is now only available very rarely.
It’s disappointing because I genuinely enjoy Skip-Bo and was happy to pay for a better experience. I just wish the gameplay balance and coin rewards felt as fair after upgrading as they did before. I hope the developers can look into this.
It’s not Skip-Bo
The apps name is “Skip-Bo…but you can’t even play actual skip-Bo without playing some other childish number matching game and earning coins to be able to spend on matches. The animations are great, the art work is great, the themes are cute…I want to play skip-Bo without having to earn coins or buy them. Change your name if you want the primary focus to be that weird counting game.
At this point there’s no reason for me to even keep the app because I play a match and then have to wait forever for the free coins to reset…which is only ever enough to play 1 more match.
At this point there’s no reason for me to even keep the app because I play a match and then have to wait forever for the free coins to reset…which is only ever enough to play 1 more match.
Not fun
Love the skip-bo card game but this isn’t that at all. It has things in this title that is off brand so much that it has me wondering why. They have restaurant game instead of a card game. They do have a small area where you can play skip-bo with real people but it cost real money to do so. Like pay hundreds of dollars each week to play a card game for fun? There is a free to play area vs the computer but you never win ever. The computer cheats so bad. This is really not fun at all. And very disappointing in the skip-bo brand for making this title.
TOO MANY ADS!
I love this game but the amount and length of ads have gotten out of control! I spend more time waiting for ads to end then I do actually playing the game. It has totally ruined the game for me.
Sentiment summary
98%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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