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Phoenix HD – Entertainment Game Review
Phoenix HD is a Entertainment/Casual/Action game from Firi Games, first launched in 12th August 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 987+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Phoenix HD Stand Out
Phoenix HD is the best looking shoot'em up that everyone can enjoy! Enjoy the marvelous action and rise to the challenge at your own pace in this action packed game. Phoenix HD is a modern arcade game with intense action and brilliant graphics, where every playthrough is different. Some of our unique features include:
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Amazing Visuals – Silky smooth graphics with spectacular explosions powered by Metal!
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Procedurally Generated Content – Every game is unique.
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Unique ships with their own gameplay – Lots of spectacular weapons and power-ups.
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Location-based Leaderboards – Become the best in your home town and move on to the entire world.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Phoenix HD is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th September 2019
Recent improvements include:
- iPhone X & iPhone 11 support
- Support for iOS 13.
- Fixed a bug where Phantom could be destroyed during Phoenix Wake.
Download & Availability
Phoenix HD 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:
Even with the release of the sequel, Phoenix II, Phoenix HD continues to stand as a staple for bullet hells for the past, present, and future. Phoenix HD is a classic bullet hell that keeps things simple and does everything right.
ONE REQUEST!!!! Can the game developer create a leaderboard that is for raw dog runs without boosts please? See explanation below. So we used to play this game all the time in college back in 2012-2014 and was absolutely obsessed. We just love the game mechanics and the rush of just the simplicity of doing a run. We will say that when we logged back onto the updated version of this OG we didnt love that you could buy all these boosts and stuff. Inevitably people with high scores are for sure buying lots of boot to get those scores whereas in the old days if it was just raw dog. We used to be like top 10 in our city and knew we were truly going head to head raw dog. Totally fine to keep the boost score board but do it for the OGsssss.
This game holds a special place in our heart. We remember when we were 8 years old playing this game 10 years ago during long road trips for hours on end. This game has managed to stand the test of time and still be entertaining enough for us to download it again and have us hooked and addicted playing it. Incredible job developers, hope you all are doing well.
Theres a new version of this game to play, if you are looking at reviews rn, go play phoenix 2 asap.
Ive been playing Phoenix HD for a long time and its replayability is through the roof. We love this game a ridiculous amount.
One of the best endless runner games we have ever found. Yes we know it is technically a wave based combat, but its pretty much an endless runner (metaphorically speaking). It is brutally fair and if you fail, it is your fault. Our only gripe is that you have to pay for the ships, but that is forgivable because of the test flights you get once a day.
We purchased this game roughly 6 years ago and its still going strong imo great work.
This game is totally amazing. We think you could add more ships and be able to collect them if you get a high enough score. And many you could add harder enemies , we get tired of the same enemies every time.
This used to be our favorite game as a 4 year old, just remembering how our dad bought us all the ships. We totally recommend.
This is the best arcade type of game that we have ever played, very high intense firing action none stop game.
This game is amazing and we have some suggestions that we think would make the game better. So we think that there should be more ships, giving you more variety of options to play as. Also if you could add a new level after the white level that would make it harder to make it past ten million points. A multi player version of the game sounds like it would be so fun so we would greatly appreciate it if you made it so we could play it with all our friends. Thanks for taking the time to read our review.
Endless shooter, random every start, and very cool upgrades and abilities. All the ships are cool, makes sense they're paid since there's no ads (big plus). The daily free test flights are great, don't have to buy and see if you'd regret the purchase too. Top 50k in the world with the Phoenix ship we'd like to boast! It's got to be our favorite mobile game, shame we have to have an iOS device on us to play, getting a new phone we wanted that's Android.
We wish more developers understood thisWidescreen HD.. Graphics. Controller support!!! This is what we want.
No point in playing HD2 if theres no leaderboard this is da wey.
Not sure if many still play this game, but it is still our #1 game to play. Always excited to make our mark in a new town.
We love this game! We hope you keep adding new updates and content periodically. A new ship or two would be great as well! Phoenix 2 is great, but we always find ourselves playing HD way more.
Great game, glad it is still around. Can shotgun get a buff? We enjoy the ship/play style but with a weak sub weapon and the only way to do damage is by getting near bullets, it makes for a slow start to an rough mid game.
This game has great high quality graphics. But the lack of updates ruin the game. We enjoy playing this awesome game years ago and we are happy it is still here. We hope the company is doing well so they can continue working on this cool game.
It is very very rare for us to give a game or to give anything that has a rating system five stars, you guys earned it, it does not matter what people say keep on doing good thing.
Greatest vertical shooter we shave ever played. Zero loading time. How video games are supposed to be.
Thank you so much for making this game we played this when we got our first phone and Im addicted to it. Big thanks. Im now #3 in our country :).
This game is the best! Its great for girls and boys, its challenging but not hard! And Im 9. We recommend this app if youre up for a challenge, cool ships, and a whole lots fun!!! We give it 5/5.
If your thinking of buying this game, DO. Its one of the only surviving mobile games not swamped with ads and garbage. Its good fun and pretty addicting. 5/5.
This game is awesome. We love playing it. Helps us pass the time.
Been playing this game for years and its still great.
Just goes to show that a great game like this will never get old, still weathers the test of time… If IOS had a GREATEST HITS section then this game should be the first on the list… You guys have seriously outdone yourselves with this one, we really dont have one thing to complain about, everything is perfect.
Download it now! Awesome graphics, playability and it never gets old thats whats most important.
Really fun game! 10/10, just as good as the sequel. Okay, P2 is a bit better. But theyre both still amazing.
We enjoy this game – play on Apple TV with a joystick and two player mode with the TV remote. Version 1.0.3 now works with latest OS update – thanks.
We wish Firi would add more content to this game and promote it. The reason is this is a great game and is completely different from the second version. We love both game and play both. Ive spent money on both. We would absolutely spend more on this one for more content. We just love using the Corsair. Thank you devs for a great game and thank you for keeping it updated.
One of our favorite games finally updated for bigger screens. We love it.
How do you launch a bomb with an iPhone.
This game is excellent and all, but we personally think the other ships should be unlocked over time played, not money spent.
Needs to be updated and improved. Not formatted for Apple TV.
You can't get upgrades unless you spend money… Which is a huge bummer.
The two star rating goes to the philosophy of the developer(s) because although the game itself is great however this aint Rambo to take on the powerfully equipped and armed enemy forces. Shame on you developers.
This game is rigged. It lets you get pretty far on the first run without boosts and then each run after that get increasingly more difficult, even with boosts, until its impossible to play without spending money. Its fun for about 5 minutes. Uninstalling now.
Its a good game Im also #1 in California challenge us Im a god.
Dear devs, we have been a long time player of Phoenix HD and our coin range went from positive 12,500 coins to -12,500 coins and we dont understand how that happened and if you see this message tell us how to fix it please we DONT WANT TO WORK OFF 12,500 COINS FOR NOTHING.
Ok this game is so EPIC!!! And it can be hard….. But….. YOU DONT BEAT GAMES ON THE FIRST DAY YOU GET THEM the creators did an amazing job on this game and you people could not do half as good as this game we FOUND ONE ISSUE BUT IM PRETTY SURE ITS JUST CUZ we HAVE AN OLD IPHONE.
This game is probably 1 of the best. We just feel like it's time for an upgrade. Another ship or 2 or 3 and more enemies more power ups special weapons, just more stuff. Oh yea u see how you have like a big dragon like ship? You should make more bosses like that. Other then that this game is awesome we dont remember how long ago we wrote the review above the 1 Im going to write now but we think personally this game is better then the 2nd 1… If you guys cant give us a little more then can you just make a part 3? Just like part 1 but with more features.. Other then that this game is STILL 1 of our favorites.
Sin Duda Es un juego expetacular buenos graficos diferentes armas y efectos y lo mejor Es q no tiene ningun problema y se puede jugar sin interupciones ademas Dan oportunidad de usar todas las naves y Dan bonus para agregar mas accion ,es el mejor juego espacial espero lo mantengan asi.
Having enjoyed Phoenix 2 so much, we figured we probably be bored by this one. We could only imagine that Phoenix HD was going to be a step backwards in innovation. We were pleasantly surprised to find that, though they share many similarities, they do feel a lot like separate games. Im very happy we gave this one a chance. Its very fun, and very challenging. Almost as addicting as the sequel. Cant wait for Phoenix 3.
It may be difficult and frustrating but it defines a true shooter!! From design,graphics,and music, this game rules.
Absolutely love this game and is our goto game across many phones over the years. Now the scores are showing Cancelled and error when uploading. Is this unexpected or did the game scoring just get wiped out? Awesome game otherwise, highly recommend to everyone who likes shumps. Update 8/22. Scores still showing as Canceled. Please fix. Update 8/30. Scores back! Woot! Thank you.
Es un juego bastante bueno ,geniales grficos,perfecta jugabilidad, us eh pasado mucho tiempo disfrutando este juego y compitiendo con todos los jugadores de Sudamrica…simplemente fantstico.
DISCLAIMER: Your ships hit box is the very top of the blue cockpit. It's not the whole ship as other reviews claim. Admirably enough, the default ship is the most powerful ship in the game. The purchasable ships serve to provide a more difficult experience, as in-game purchases SHOULD be. The game itself is great fun. There's a reason we're still playing this even six years later.
This game is no lie a wonderful wonderful game.
We recommend it!, but yes the bad part is that you have to buy the other ships. Other than that we enjoy it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.6.3
- Size: 100.36 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: AR, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Firi Games
Last updated: 28th September 2019 | Genre: Entertainment, Casual | Developer: Firi Games