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Symmetrain – Entertainment Game Review
Symmetrain is a Entertainment/Puzzle/Action game from Black Pants Studio GmbH, first launched in 31st October 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 424+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Symmetrain Stand Out
- Winner of the IGF 2014 Student Showcase *
Symmetrain, high score chase in symmetry!
Choose your train and spot all differences as quickly as you can while driving from train station to train station. But be aware, every mistake delays your train until it disappears out of view. Don't let this happen! Use the emergency brake in tricky passages and bring all passengers safely to the next train station.
Challenge your friends and show them who has the best reaction and highest high score while mastering faster trains in different landscapes!
++ Pocketgamer.co.uk quote ++
“It's an ingenious concept, and it works well in practice. The controls are simple and responsive, and the whole thing is lifted by some excellent, picturebook-style hand-drawn artwork.”
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Eight trains to unlock and play. each with a different speed, look and travel route.
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Dynamic generated game play – every challenge is a new challenge!
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A game for everyone – easy trains for beginners and children, faster and more difficult trains as you improve.
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A picturesque world full of lovely hand-drawn graphics
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A smooth guitar soundtrack that you will not forget
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Game Center integration and iCloud synchronization – compete against your friends for the ultimate highscore!
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Symmetrain is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st May 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
64Bits and iOS 11, enjoy the ride :-)
Download & Availability
Symmetrain 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:
This is a cool game when you have a few minutes of down time. It starts relaxing and gets very difficult to where you cant keep up, but you want to keep trying again to see if you can get a bit further. For the good price and no ads or IAP, its a good deal for a game you can play a few minutes here and there. And the art is very cool. Totally worth the download.
This game really unique for its really calming music in the background and the Find the difference concept with the lives and the stations you pass to get more lives and speeds up every time. Its very interesting and fun to play. With all the really unique parts of the game makes it really unique and fun. Theres also one thing Ive been wondering is whats after 999,999,999? Overall, we love this game.
We loved playing on this app. But it doesnt work anymore with iOS 11. :( Update: the app has been optimized for the latest version of iOS. Very happy to resume playing.
This is not the kind of game we usually play. We.e. Play til you die. But we love trains, and the game is very well done. However you cant really train harder; there needs to be a training run that allows you an extended run at a given speed.
We're very much not a gamer and one thing that irritates us no end is not knowing HOW the game works. Is it obvious to most of you what controls mean and how to move around games? It's not to us therefore you can't understand how happy we are to see explicit instructions. we own scores of game apps but can't figure out so many except adorable simple (often Japanese) cat games, geography and vexillology ones.
This app does not support the full height of iPhone XS Max. It needs to be fixed to get our attention. Deleted.
We really loved this game , got a new phone and wanted to install it but its not compatible with the new iOS updates really sad that we cannot play hoping it can get updated.
Relaxing and beautiful graphics. Hoping to see more :).
Relaxing, yet stimulating. Perfect for train rides. :) The visual style is charming. We especially like the period art posters. Would love to see an update from the developer.
Such an original idea mixed with great artwork and smooth gameplay all in one. Great game.
A matching game that is done in a creative and artful way. Fun too! P.S. Please add option to speed up the train in the beginning for advance players in order to save us time. Thanks.
Our favorite game on our phone but we don't love the soundtrack. Other than that it's perfect. It's simple, not all those dumb boosters and powerups like in some games.
This award winning app, apparently created by a pair of German students, is a delight– it requires a different skill set from most of the 'solitaire' games available for iOS, has marvelous visuals (more on that in a moment), and is simply fun to play. The home screen comes complete with hidden "Easter eggs", so that as you tap on certain of the passengers in the train station you get the design and music credits (among others), and even a comment from the Blue Bird of Happiness, as well as a sound track of a station, with overhead announcements. If we have any complaint at all, it is that the trains run too fast– it's impossible to take the time to actually admire all that has been included in the (too often!) asymmetrical scenery through which the various trains pass.
Simple and easy to play. Perfect to kill time when we're on break at work.
We have never played a game so addicting, intense, aggravating, and rewarding as this one. And we've played flappybird.
We enjoy this game. We want the soundtrack to be our theme music.
People who are complaining that the game is boring need to realize that not every game needs to have splashy effects and have you going in a million different directions to be enjoyable. Additionally we think people who are complaining they don't know how to play the game should look at the game before they write a review. It clearly states in the info all you need to know to play how to turn off the music, how to pause. Yes, you need to be precise – that's part of the game's challenge. That's what makes it fun. We think it's a fun game great for spending some time when you just want to mindlessly get away.
Such a fun, challenging game. Haven't tested our eye/hand coordination like this in some time. Love it.
We can play this game for ages. It's simply addictive. Good music and design.
Wow, do we love this game! From its exceptionally beautiful isometric graphics (which we didn't think was possible!) to the funny, relaxing music that breaks apart when you miss enough objects, this is a solid keeper! So easy to lear, yet a continual challenge; we're thinks of gifting it to several friends. Hope we can get it for our iPad, too.
Super fun and challenging. The music is good, but we wish there was a way to control the music and sound effects independently.
Brain training in process while playing a symmetrical game. Tests your observation skills and attention. While testing it helps train you to notice more things with your eyes. And yes this is a real review and an honest opinion.
Very fun, yet relaxing. Awesome art style.
As the train travels the countryside you try to mirror the objects on both sides of the track by clicking on the spot that is missing it's mirrored pair (tree, field, house, etc). Fast speed and touch sensitivity ultimately makes this idyllic game stressful so maybe an option for meandering train would be good for those of us that want a non-competitive game to relax by.
Very we'll put together and great art direction overall.
This game is a great twist on the classic game of spotting the difference. Its really fun, it speeds up to keep you entertained and its a great way to pass time. The music to the game is also very soothing to listen to while playing. We would recommend this game to anyone. We also love the title just because its quite corny haha.
Sooooo happy we picked this up after finding it, our favorite game hands down, tops along with Oregon Trail and the likes.
From people who made Grandpa's Leftovers – everyone should check that out too (PC and Mac). Brilliant.
This is our first review so we hope you all can bear with us. We haven't unlocked all the trains yet, but so far we are having an awesome time with this game. From the peaceful music to the great artwork, Symmetrain keeps us wanting to play more. The game's unique twist in the "Find the Difference" game genre is its vital component and its a hook that captures us every time we open up the app. Our body tenses up when we see that our train is catching up to a bundle of trees or buildings, and we have to pull our red emergency brake to slow down and catch the differences. What is also great is that when we don't feel like having our heart race, we can choose the "Extra" train to play a more quiet, serene level and just enjoy. We think people of all ages would love this game. It's something different, something new, something relaxing, but also exciting! (Can't wait to get the "Bullet" train!).
This really isn't a twitch game in the way most infinite runners are. It's also not a "squint your eyes and click randomly" game like most hidden differences games are. Symmetrain is sedate and simple, challenging you to just stay focused. The music is great for getting you in the right frame of mind, too.
Death the Kid would love this game xD.
Can't play your game in the new iOS because it is "too old". Will you make any updates.
By peytonde version 1.2.1 May 7, 2014 we just downloaded this app on our ipad, we like it a lot and was only able to play a few times. Now all it does is crash when we get to the point where we click the start button! Please fix this problem so we can start playing again!!! Thanks.
Has the potential to be an awesome game. A lot of that potential is lost trough the fact there's no way to turn the sound off without putting the whole device on silent. We'd give it 5 stars if not for its missing such a basic thing.
The range of touch point could be larger. Sometimes when you touched a correct place, it shows wrong and deducts one of your lives.
This game is useless on the phone. Better on the iPad. Hate that it asks us to log into Game Center each time, which we never use.
Ours just keeps going back to the home screen whenever we are done with the first level but it is fun other than.
If you have this app and use it, dont update your phone to iOS11. App will no longer work.
There are better games for hand / eye coordination, this is very boring and makes us wonder how this app is so well praised.
Non-responsive and sloppy implementation. We keep hitting the right spot. It keeps telling us we're not. We are. Sorry. Deleted.
We press on the icon and most of the time it won't even open. When it does open it crashes. We tried deleting the app and then installing it again. It doesn't work.
Trains get moving so fast it just becomes guitar hero for your we phone. Very inaccurate tapping zone. You'll lose interest in less than 1 hour.
What's not to hate about this game… Music sounds awful Gameplay is boring at best and pointless. Deduction for tapping the wrong area is too strict. Really it should only count off "lives" if you missed it completely. The game is better played just tapping the redundant fingers.
Dull, tedious, and with really annoying music.
We also got it as the Starbucks app of the week, and it was described as a game in which you had to safely deliver the train to the station while avoiding obstacles. This is not at all the case. It's very boring and slow-paced, and the music is awful. Glad we didn't pay for this.
We've gotten it through Starbucks app of the week. That's the good part. The bad part is how do use it? At the far lest you can see instructions but you can't seem to open them. So the trains run the game ends and you don't what you did right or wrong. 1/2 star for clarity. 3 stars or of 4 for looks. Bur what good are just looks.
We're glad that this one didn't cost us anything. Boring.
This game is a snooze fest. Don't waste your time.
Pretty cool game. Kinda addictive :-).
We've never liked endless runners, until this one. The gameplay mechanics are fun on their own, but the art and music style make this a classic.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.3.2
- Size: 46.93 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Black Pants Studio GmbH
Last updated: 1st May 2018 | Genre: Entertainment, Puzzle | Developer: Black Pants Studio GmbH