Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 01:52 am
Vay – Entertainment Game Review
Vay is a Entertainment/Roleplaying/Adventure game from SoMoGa, Inc., first launched in 13th February 2019.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 76+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Vay Stand Out
The 16-bit cult classic RPG from 1994 returns with tons of improvements! When your peaceful kingdom is attacked on your wedding day and your wife-to-be is kidnapped, it falls to you to journey across the world and stop the terrible machines of war that threaten to lay waste to it.
FEATURES:
User selectable difficulty makes this title great for both beginners and RPG veterans
Compelling and engrossing story
Nearly ten minutes of animated cutscenes with English and Japanese audio
Auto-save feature allows you to play in small increments
Over 100 enemies and a dozen challenging bosses
Over 90 expansive areas to explore
Updated music that loops seamlessly
Bluetooth controller support
Achievements
Absolutely no microtransactions
Please note that as of version 2.2, this game requires an A9 or better processor.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Vay is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bug fix when switching apps on certain devices.
Download & Availability
Vay is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Makes it SO MUCH BETTER! One of our favorites to play now. Thank you.
This was our very first purchase on our iPhone back in 2008! Not only is it updated but now works on our Apple TV and our silicon Mac and is continuously improved! Absolutely incredible! More companies should take this as an example.
1) First of all, we are HAPPY to see this old Sega CD J-RPG classic back into the mainstream. And for under $6 bucks, it is worth it. 2) It is clear that several major great upgrades have been made to this game. The ability to expedite exp and gold earning by 4x rate of original game are THE best upgrade made. This is critically important, as the GRIND for exp and gold in the Sega CD original was unbearable. If you are like us and most 1990s-early 2000 J-RPG style gamers, you enjoy story with a moderate number of random battles. Grinding out levels and gold gets old fast (and why so many cheat devices came out in that period, like Action Replay and Game Genie, to reduce the grind). In this regard will like this remakes exp/gold boosts! You can also turn off random encounters to get somewhere fast (be careful NOT to do it that too often or low level will speed doom at mandatory boss battles!). 3) Here is where we think this is remake has failed at its worst: they RUINED the original Sega CD high quality movie voices and cut many of the clips!!! WHY?!? The original game voice work on Sega CD is extremely good HQ quality to this day. This remakes voice acting is horrible and the sound is low. The opening sequence totally sucked. Also, why change the names of places and characters (while giving ability to rename??)? Bizarre. We were also sad to see this remake did not add a stat change at shops, to easily see if an item sold would increase or decrease character stats. This is a small, yet awesome quality of life upgrade. 4) Finally, despite the many upgrades to graphics, the video graphic quality is subpar and that is worst letdown. One would expect the video/cutscene imagery quality to be sharpened did not happen. Am we still happy to have purchased this game? YES! Will we enjoy this little 1990s J-RPG gem? Oh yeah. 2.5 stars out of 5. If cutscene videos are properly updated or use the Sega CD ones, then it will be a 4.5 out of 5 for us. Give this blast from the past a try, great for killing time waiting at dentist lobby or on a long flight! :).
1) First of all, we are HAPPY to see this old Sega CD J-RPG classic back into the mainstream. And for under $6 bucks, it is worth it. 2) It is clear that several major great upgrades have been made to this game. The ability to expedite exp and gold earning by 4x rate of original game are THE best upgrade made. This is critically important, as the GRIND for exp and gold in the Sega CD original was unbearable. If you are like us and most 1990s-early 2000 J-RPG style gamers, you enjoy story with a moderate number of random battles. Grinding out levels and gold gets old fast (and why so many cheat devices came out in that period, like Action Replay and Game Genie, to reduce the grind). In this regard will like this remakes exp/gold boosts! You can also turn off random encounters to get somewhere fast (be careful NOT to do it that too often or low level will speed doom at mandatory boss battles!). 3) here is where we think this is remake has failed at its worst: they RUINED the original Sega CD high quality movie voices and cut many of the clips!!! WHY?!? The original game voice work on Sega CD is extremely good HQ quality to this day. This remakes voice acting is horrible and the sound is low. The opening sequence totally sucked. Also, why change the names of places and characters (while giving ability to rename??)? Bizarre. We were also sad to see this remake did not add a stat change at shops, to easily see if an item sold would increase or decrease character stats. This is a small, yet awesome quality of life upgrade. 4) Finally, despite the many upgrades to graphics, the video graphic quality is subpar and that is worst letdown. One would expect the video/cutscene imagery quality to be sharpened did not happen. Am we still happy to have purchased this game? YES! Will we enjoy this little 1990s J-RPG gem? Oh yeah. 2.5 stars out of 5. If cutscene videos are properly updated or use the Sega CD ones, then it will be a 4.5 out of 5 for us. Give this blast from the past a try, great for killing time waiting at dentist lobby or on a long flight! :).
We came across this game a few months ago, and just recently completed it. Great port of a classic game, with a wonderful storyline and it looks amazing on Apple TV. Classic RPG at its finest.
This is a pleasure to play on mobileI thought Id stick with the traditional on-screen digital analog stick, but the point-and-click navigation is really smooth and has been an easy way to play the game either one-handed or when Im out and about and cant use our bluetooth controller. We love playing old-school JRPGs, and Ive been enjoying the monster designs and the combat system in Vay. The company behind the game keeps adding quality of life updates too, so thats always a plus. The original cut-scenes in the game are old but gold, as they say, and we recommend this game for anyone that loves adventure stories.
We had a lot of fun with Vay, its a port of the original sega cd game from 1993. Classic RPG, but includes modern improvements to make it entertaining. We really liked the option to have the 16 bit backgrounds or the HD updated ones. For those who want less grind, theres options to increase the xp and gold you get from the battles. This was much appreciated as there were times we didnt want to grind just to afford better armor. One gripe, the names are all changed from the original, so when you use a walkthrough or look for help it can be confusing. Weapons, armor, and items are all called something different. It would be nice to have an option to switch the names to the original so you can match up items with what they are referred to online. Overall Im really happy with the purchase and had a lot of fun playing through. Id love to see more sega cd remakes from working design! Thanks devs.
Thank you for the update, its amazing! For some reason we cannot fathom we were looking up old Working Designs games and noticed there was an iOS port of Vay. We owned, and we fact still own, the SegaCD version of this game. The control scheme is atrocious but we couldn't pass this game up for $0.99. Other than the fact that movement is highly annoying this is an amazing classic RPG.
We like the game but would love controller support. We have trouble playing with screen controls so it makes us reluctant to choose Vay when we could play Lunar which has controller.
If you like the game, this is a great way to play the game. Enjoy yourself.
The games super fun the only problem is we dont get the video to play but the game works and the developers are still fixing bugs after a long time so Im glad they are still improving.
Overall, the game is decent. Our only real gripe is magic is mislabeled. We thought that our casters were getting duplicate spells for some reason, but when we clicked on then they did other things with more mp cost. For example, Pottle had a second mend on his menu for 2 mp. If that is selected in combat, it makes the team escape combat. We really hate having to click spells to find out what they do and how much they cost. Second minor gripe, we had items that are for use in combat that either would not show up in the item menu or would not let us click them, such as devils spark.
At the time of release, controller support was not supported in iOS. That said, if the developers of this port can keep up with the iOS changes that have run many games into the we OS graveyard than they could take the extra time to add controller support to this title which would make it a much more enjoyable experience. In terms of the game itself, there are much better iOS RPG games to play on the platform at this point and unless you are aiming at nostalgia or curious about the Sega CD, this is a title better off dismissed for more relevant gaming experiences.
Would love to see Albert odyssey, shining the holy ark and lunar 2 eternal blue please!!!!! Such wonderful pieces of art should be able to be shared and played. Can we get some controller supports too.
Id like games like this we love Jay RPGs the fact that this 90s JRPG is ported so well for such a good price on iOS a you cant pass it down specially if you love RPGs and hand held RPGs this game brings back memories we have the originals we have a few ports of this game and this is A very good port we would highly recommend this game.
Bought it at App Store launch day in July 2008 when it was $4.99. No regrets! Great game. Love that we can change the names of the characters to the original ones from the Sega CD version by Working Designs. And change the sprites. Love hard mode as its unlocked after you beat the game once.
Totally worth it but the controls are bad.
Good classic game but the developer could have updated the characters portrait. Looks like pictures our 8 year old drew… Lol. Added a story update saver so players know were to go. We had to leave the game for a couple of weeks and when we restarted the game, totally wasnt sure where we were in the storyline. Little things like that would have made this classic more enjoyable.
Ill give it 3 stars for now and a final rating once Ive played through. The only real issue we have with the game is with the cutscenes. We can see them queue up but then the player closes and Im back in the game. It skips it completely. Im having to use YouTube to watch the cutscenes as we play. Ive rebooted our phone. Ive tried starting a new game. Same results. IPhone 11. IOS 13.3.1.
Great game but the controls are very irritating. Tap the screen for where you want the character to move to. Its horrible… Can we have a touch screen joystick please.
Poor updated battle graphics and touch controls. Menu interface ruins the immersion. A basic port of the Sega CD version with better touch controls wouldve sufficed for $0.99. Lunar, Phantasy Star, and Shining Force offerings on iOS are a better way to experience classic Sega JRPGs.
We just get a black screen and audio. Sounds like a cool story.
So after creating a new file the games audio plays but the screen stays black, no visuals. Ive tried running the game many times, updated iOS, still does the same thing. LIST THIS AS INCOMPATIBLE WITH 2020 IPAD PRO BEFORE PEOPLE WASTE THEIR MONEY.
Im not sure if all the cut scenes will skip, but we dont even feel like playing it to find out. The anime aspect of this game is something we loved and you rarely see anymore. For us, its unplayable until that is fixed.
When buy weapons or armor when there r in the first stot cant equip it pls fix it.
Controls and overall game play are crap.
The game is a classic RPG with some cut scenes to watch. The game is also long enough to play. Each character has its own magic set. The game also swaps out a few character along the story line. Those that left will leave forever, so watch out. The game has a bit of balance issue between physical and magical damage. Magic is the way to go all the way especially from mid to end game. Magical damage is much higher and no resistance to magic type whatsoever. Weapon with better effect against certain monster type are bugged and doesn't seem to be that effective. Gear that has "can prevent" isn't that good at all. Gear that reduce elemental damage is also worthless. The control is awkward and you could get stuck in certain places. One spot is on an air ship where the chest is next to the ladder. Luckily, there is another way to get to the same place. That's the reason we deduct 1 star due to this balance issue.
Great game when it was on the sega cd. And a great game now.
One of the few games we have that works without mobile data. Reminds us of SNES Final Fantasy. Love it.
This is a fun game, great Sega CD translation.
Brings back great memories of the sega cd and the 16bit era RPGs.
Great game, and great port. It's interesting how the've adapted the controls to the touchscreen. We think it works well on the most part. Now all they need is to port the other Working Design games like Lunar to the iPhone.
One of our most played games on iSO, takes us back. Great port.
Like the game a lot, but the controls need a D-PAD. Thanks a lot for the attention.!!!!*****.
Lets see some more great games! Eternal blue, dark wizard, shining force CD. We love you.
We've read a lot of complaints about controls. You tap the tile you want to walk to / interact with, and you double tap in a direction to run that direction . Tap once to stop, then move to the newly tapped spot. It's not perfect, and it'd be nice if there was a d pad/ action button option, but we've gotten used to it 2 hours in and it feels natural now. Still the occasional missed click/tap, but we've played many worse-controlled games out there. That said – devs, it's worth architecting a dpad/buttons scheme to get the ratings up, cause this is a great game. Visual style is kinda weird/inconsistent, but we got used to it pretty quickly. Love the animated monsters and cheesy sega cd era cutscenes. It's decent difficulty side, but the encounter rate is wildly variable. Might go 3 screens, might go 3 steps. Overall, we're a few hours in and having a great time! Paid a buck – way worth it. Also, they redid the menu in a very apple settings-menu-ey way, and it looks bizarre but moves quickly. All in all, a ton of fun. Happy to support this dev – more like this please :).
Played all the way through this to the end. (Double digit hours of play). Good game play and story and great value for the price. Controls took a little getting used to but once you figure them and the game mechanic out it's a great JRPG for anyone who loves this genre.
With the update game now has acceptable controls, and is now VERY playable. Highly recommend on length allow.
Now that the bugs are fixed, we think Vay is great. Its easily one of the best and most underrated RPGs on the iPhone.
For some reason we cannot fathom we were looking up old Working Designs games and noticed there was an iOS port of Vay. We owned, and we fact still own, the SegaCD version of this game. The control scheme is atrocious but we couldn't pass this game up for $0.99. Other than the fact that movement is highly annoying this is an amazing classic RPG.
Had a lot of fun playing this game, really took us back to the days of grinding through Final Fantasy games, which we think is a perfect platform for iOS. Got through the game pretty quickly and was able to level at a good pace without too much wandering (it's easy to power level at the end as there are a ton of encounters and all reap high exp – jumped 15 levels between the last castle and the final battle just trying to get there). Unlike most of these reviews we thought the controls were just fine for a touchscreen and wouldn't have been any better with a d-pad. It was a little frustrating the first few minutes, but once you get in to the game it because almost intuitive – not perfect but it definitely worked for us. Now the bad. Some of the cut scenes at the end didn't have audio, which is odd because the rest did. Had to look them up online to get the effect, which kinda sucked. The story didn't have the impact other RPGs have had, didn't really care when the party changed and some of these changes we think we're supposed to be poignant. No twists that really took us and no real need for exploring or secret areas to find either (to our knowledge), which is something we like in our games. However at $.99 this game was a steal – it fed all the cravings we had for a turned based RPG. Would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking to get an old school "fix.".
We bought this because we wanted to give the folks who made the awesome Lunar port more money. This game is fun and ported well. We really just want Eternal Blue.
Can be a bit easy at times, but very enjoyable overall. Loved the myriad sexual and real world references throughout the game, hated the repetitious music (although tracks like Lorath Castle and Boss Battle are great). Worth playing.
We own both versions of the game, it's a great port for a phone.
With the update this game runs fine. Touch controls are shakey & can use an update but other than that an awesome game & free. Love the option to change character names. Only gripe besides controls is that you can't see enemy health. Small but could really help with gam planing against a boss. All in all a great game.
We will gladly change the to 5 star if you could please add controller support, specifically logitech proshell on iphone 5. It would be so nice for this amazing game!! Pretty please.
This game is pretty cool, but the control scheme needs to be changed.
We can't talk to the shops. Everytime we walk up to the counter and tap the person our avatar walks away:( help if you can please.
Why bother taking the player out of immersion with those iOS type menus? It takes away from the game. Outside of that, the game is pretty decent. We find all the anti-tax dialogue and treasure chest celebrations to be funny. We don't know any other game that says "cha-ching" when you get a treasure chest with a lot of gold. The only other flaw in this game we found is that magic can be useless; spark only costs 5 mp but does 220 to a boss whereas lightning costs 15 mp and does 260. The dialogue is pretty decent though it may be a little cliche (get special orbs, save the girl and stop the empire) and the cutscenes will give you nostalgia from the Sega CD. We also like the updated character animations in the battles.
Needs a D-Pad update. It's not that we haven't given the touch controls a chance, we have. They are just bad. Look forward to the inevitable update.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.2.1
- Size: 202.85 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, JA
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: SoMoGa, Inc.
Last updated: 19th November 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Roleplaying | Developer: SoMoGa, Inc.