Last updated on January 16th, 2026 at 01:13 pm
Peglin – Puzzle Game Review
Peglin is a Puzzle/Roleplaying game from Red Nexus Games Inc., first launched in 25th April 2023.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 1,129+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Peglin Stand Out
The award-winning roguelike-deckbuilder Peglin is finally available on iOS! This version lets you try it before you buy it with unlimited access to the first third of the game and a one-time purchase to own the complete game and all future updates!
The dragons have been popping peglins and stealing all of your gold for as long as you can remember. Enough is enough. It's time to venture through the woods, conquer the fortress, and delve into the heart of the dragon's lair to take back what's yours and teach those dragons a lesson.
Peglin plays like a combination of Peggle and Slay the Spire. The enemies are tough, and if you're defeated your run is over, but you've got powerful orbs with special effects and incredible relics that influence both your enemies and the physics you'll use to defeat them.
Features:
- Collect and upgrade powerful orbs and relics to defeat the monsters and bosses that stand in your way.
- Fight enemies with Pachinko-like gameplay – hit more pegs to do more damage. Use crit potions, refresh potions, and bombs wisely.
- Explore a new map every time, with different orbs, enemies, and surprises along the way.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Peglin is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 20th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
Update 1.1.24 brings fixes for bugs introduced in the previous version! See full patch notes here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1296610/view/595165716968113386
Download & Availability
Peglin 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:
We love the idea of this game, its really creative. In practice, its just not that fun. The conditions for unlocking new characters are unnecessarily harsh and really sink your enjoyment of the game. Very often we feel that the game is not fair, and we either win by a landslide or, more often, lose really spectacularly. You either get good relics and orbs, or you get the ones that are useless outside of very niche, focused builds. There are no long-term power upgrades that you work towards outside of each run so aside from you learning the game, its just always this level of frustrating difficulty.
This game has proven to be worth every penny and more. Its fun, it gets new content, and it runs smoothly even on an old iphone 11. No microstransactions either.
Very fun game, our only gripe is how it sometimes feels really difficult to make a build around one thing. Like its almost impossible to get synergies sometimes and it makes the runs feel sluggish.
Its probably in the top ten free games ever.
Achievement idea: overgrown, have 15 vines on screen at one time Suggestion: Make full game cheaper Fun game Better than peggle.
Sure its locked behind a paywall, but what did you expect? It cost 15 dollars on steam. Also, its NOT a peggle ripoff. It was inspired by peggle but you cant say its a ripoff because peggle is not an original concept. Its just a pachinko game.
Ive realized that most of the reviews are outdated and there arent a lot. This game is AMAZING. We bought the game about a year ago and have been playing it somewhat on and off since then. We like to cleanse out our phone for games and apps that we dont use; Not once have we considered removing this game. Heres a quick summary of the game just in case you dont know what youre getting out of the package: A game where you shoot orbs to hit pegs. Orbs have 2 stats that determine how much damage you do. Aim, send, pray, and attack monsters. Very simple. Great game for when you have around 10 minutes to kill. There is sooo much content in this game. Ive played this game easily over 200 hours and we still havent seen everything. Finding something new is always exciting, and you will be discovering things for a while. It took months of playing for hours a day to get bored of this game, and even then we kept coming back! This game is that great. The best part? You dont have to pay to try. Yes, it is a premium game, however it is so worth it. We would much rather have a game that will last us for months with no ads or in app purchases for a cheap price than a free game that loses its touch over a couple of hours. If you dont want to spend money on it, then dont. But dont leave a bad review if you havent tried the game. Its unfair to the developers of this game that spent a lot of time on this personal gem of ours. We would just like to say that this game is soooooo underrated. Ive been eating up these updates. Every time we see something new, we get so genuinely happy. Im so glad that they keep updating this years later. If the devs are reading this: Thank you. This is genuinely a piece of art that we have cherished and will continue to cherish. Has turned a lot of boring waiting for the bus to arrive and awkward meetings into something enjoyable. And if the devs are still reading this (please make the balwark goblin easier to obtain, Ive been trying to unlock him for well over a year) Main points: Its free to try out, so feel free to do so. If you feel confused, but it looks like fun, please buy it. Youll eventually get the hang of it and youll be glad you did. If you dont, thanks for trying :).
We got it like 4 days ago and already have 8 and a half ho ur s on it we love this game we really hope it continues to get more big updates bc we know im gonna run out of achievements to get at some point and when that day comes ill weep.
Ive played a lot of mobile games trying to find an escape. Theres something about this game that just does the trick for us.
Cant imagine a better game, not even joking.
Awesome game never played on PC. Its try before you buy. Its worth the asking price. Very fun game Im learning and loving it. We love.
Why would someone pay $20 on PC when 2/3 of the game on mobile is only valued at $5? Given that math the total game cost should be $7.50, which admittedly feels too low for this on either platform. $5 isnt a problem for the full game here sure, $20 for the same thing on PC is. Somewhere in the middle, same price for both, would feel better as a consumer. Or a bundled price of $20 for both of them tbh.
Look balance is important in a game where players compete against each other but in a game where you just play to finish like this and see what you can make before restarting and making a different build it seems a bit unnecessary or cruel even to make people forced to skip by giving them only items that ruin their build we are a unlucky person we will admit and the rerolling tending to only give us items that were barely any better after a long time rerolling the items sometimes you could spend hours looking for a single item so if they choose to do that why prevent them as look you arent likely to preform this glitch unless you purposely leave and rejoin to reroll is it not another way to enjoy a game to try to see where you can take a build if you get a chance allowing people to keep trying for a build or item while it may be not always worthwhile it can be nice to get atleast something from chests, shops, etc. That you can actually use without ruining your build as some people will specifically go to a chest or shop or boss for a relic missing out on other things and to only allow them the opportunity to gain items that work counter productive to their build after missing out on the other things on the map can feel like they fought the boss for nothing or they went to a chest for nothing it ruins some of their value in our opinion if someone cares enough to change it then maybe it is for a reason atleast we feel as though it is a way to enjoy the game it is an opinion of ours but one we would be willing to change if you could please provide us your reasoning.
Runs fine on our M1 Macbook Pro, tho it doesn't seem to go full screen. It's quite confusing at first, but you get the hang of it after a run. We can see ourselves playing this when we get bored or want to take a break from working. Nice job devs.
We would like to be able to turn cruciball off for the sake of earning achievements a bit easier. When we first downloaded the game it wasnt a part of it. We will change to 5 stars if this feature is implemented. It is otherwise exactly what we were hoping for, a good game with regular updates and new stuff.
So basically you have a map with different locations, and you move automatically, and when you enter a battle theres a pegboard and you throw special orbs and try to hit as many pegs as you can. The more you hit, the more damage you do to the approaching enemies. It is AWESOME because you can upgrade orbs and theres a ton of them and its just SUPER COOL.
We prefer this game to other roguelike games. Playing this game was a relief to other lesser games.
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This game is easily one of the best rougelikes out there. Just buy it, its incredible. Only thing we would like to see is full screen on iPhone and iPad and removing the black bars, but hopefully that will be in a future update.
Very fun game even though we only got to play the first level sadly its locked behind a paywall we understand the whole demo it out so people can try it before buying it but like At least for us its hard to justify spending money on a mobile game again not crapping on the game play or anything just speaking our mind if your able to spend money on mobile games we highly recommend this game its very enjoyable with a lot of potential to do just about any builds it seems. Thats the only reason im giving a 3 star and not a 5 star.
We want this game to work on mobile. We got into rougelikes within the past two years and Peglin has been one of our favorites on desktop. So with them porting it to mobile we have been really excited for the potential. Yet, it has fallen short. Specifically, controls on mobile are awful. We would like to aim without our fat finger taking up all the space when we need a precise shot. Secondly, yet not as important, is the size of everything on mobile. The UI sizes are great for a desktop game, however we have to squint to see things on mobile. We will still be coming back when new updates drop to see if things change, but we will not be paying for the full version on mobile until it becomes a better experience.
We love this game but it is just a demo and really isnt long.
Firstly, thank you for the great game. Our only gripe is the small-to-us text size. We had a tumor in our head that took some of our visual acuity so anything without text options is a bit tricky. Other than that, love your game.
Needs more balance work and to communicate what these icons mean.mToo much rng at higher difficulty.
We kind of want to see the code for bounce angle and trajectory determination. There's no way this isn't intentional.
Best paid game on the App Store. Keep those updates coming.
This game is really fun to play, but it still has some problems. We want to play this game on multiple devices but it started from the beginning when we played on our iPad. The App Store page says Peglin supports Game Center feature but it didnt work. When we open the game, Game Center wont pop up. There is no Peglin data on Game Center and iCloud. We wonder why is this. We hope we could sync game data on multiple devices.
Fun thats it we love this game.
Its a good leisure game. Suitable for repetition for it's roguelike. Some combo will be powerful.
This is one of the best games you can get on the AppStore. Single player, offline, and extremely fun! The game is technically still in early access, but the amount of content being added frequently is astonishing. While the price of the full game is about 10 dollars, you can try it for free to see if its up your alley. The game is pretty balanced and offers multiple different synergies to make sure you get a different experience every time you boot it up. Although the updates come slightly later than the steam version, the game lost virtually nothing when it was ported to mobile.
Just a happy customer waiting for new updates.
Ive sunk too many hours in this amazing game Can you please allow us to choose our first relic? As it stands we just restart the game until we get a good one. Can you just make that process easier? Plus it makes it feel better when we unlock new ones.
We absolutely love this game and think it is definitely worth the price for the whole game! We really encourage making more updates in the future as this is one of the best mobile games we have played in a while! Thank you.
We were watching YouTube, and a guy named noodle had this on his top five games you should play. We were skeptical at first, but then we gave the free version a shot. It was so fun we paid for the full version, maybe its because we like rouge likes too much but it is definitely great.
For a free game, we could not ask for better. Consistent updates have improved gameplay and we have thoroughly enjoyed our time playing. Give it a try.
We pray that yall have the best of luck in your live devs. Please live well and continue to make games that are incredibly enjoyable like this.
We've been playing this on steam for a long time and so happy to have it on the app store. Works great on mac, and no real complaints on ipad either, but for phones we REALLY would have preferred more effort into making things work for mobile, like moving on-screen elements around to make portrait orientation work (e.g. Fight on top, upcoming orbs horizontal below that, pegboard below that, fire button below that)… This is a GREAT game for jumping into for a few minutes at a time and can is something you can easily be interrupted during and come back to without issue. Unfortunately the phone port doesn't do enough to highlight that easy to pick up and put down characteristic. It's simply the PC version on a much smaller screen. Great game, plays well enough, but wish they'd have done more specifically for phones.
Loved the update. Hey make it easier to discard orbs! We think you should be able to discard at least two orbs in the shops.
We are absolutely obsessed with this game! It's so amazing how each time we play the same levels, it feels like a completely new experience. This game has become our ultimate favorite at the moment. However, we do have one small suggestion. It would be great to have a save point, maybe not after every level, but at least after defeating a castle. It can be a bit frustrating having to start all the way from the beginning each time.
This game could be fun but its only a demo. Also to unlock this game is 8.99. Cmon man, just run ads and make it freemium.
We found the game to be pretty fun until it locks behind a 9 dollar pay wall, we figured itd be worth buying until we saw how much they wanted for such a poorly optimized game, genuinely disappointed.
After purchasing the full version, audio comes and goes intermittently. Ive tried restarting our phone, and still have no audio at all from this game. Still fun to play, but the soundtrack makes it a game – especially one worth buying.
Ive been watching this game for a while on PC, and was surprised to find it on mobile so quickly. The game has grown massively in the time since it was released, and we cant wait to see what kinds of pegging are possible in the future.
Awesomest game Ive ever played Im a game of the day player congrats about game of the day.
Beat the game in 3 days!! We want more, especially sense we paid $8. But very fun and unique.
Awesome game. Randomly changes language in menu and while playing even though its set to English in settings. Pretty annoying.
When this game first came out on PC, we saw the Youtuber Aliensrock playing it. We had watch almost all of his videos on this game at the point of this review. When we saw this game appear on the app store, we knew we had to get it. While we wasnt expecting to pay to get the full version, we bought it anyways because we know good games dont come cheap. We just unlocked cruciball level 10. Cant wait for more updates to come and see how this game can expand.
Really unique take on the roguelike genre. Could really use some unlocks or meta progression in between to keep you coming back though. RNG also makes for a pretty unbalanced early game. Would be nice to give the player just a bit more agency rather than having so many games end in the first act depending on luck with which orbs you get. Also skipping relics should give back some gold value! Otherwise this game has a lot of potential with future updates, and Ive had a lot of fun so far.
Its hard to have a sense of growth in this game as you do in other roguelikes since most orbs and relics have very little effect on your play individually. Game is fun when stars align and the game gives you exactly the right stuff but for the most part each reward feels underwhelming especially considering the trouble you go through to earn them.
Its fun over all even after buying the rest of the 2 levels. We just wish there was more to the game. More than 3 Levels (bosses) if it had 5 we would have been satisfied but it ended so sudden. Also after working hard just to achieve the different classes we hoped that the levels would be different due to the classes, but nope. Its a short simple game that could have outdone its self disappointed.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.24
- Size: 262.84 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Last updated: 20th November 2025 | Genre: Puzzle, Roleplaying | Developer: Red Nexus Games Inc.