Star Battle Puzzle | Hoshi

I don't usually pay for apps, but the annual sub in Hoshi is very good value. The fact that it includes all the unlockable packs made it a no brainer for me. If you like this enough to get through all the free puzzles (as I did in about a day haha) it's probably worth it.

not a good start 1st puzzle, completed it, 10 stars one in each colour one on each line one in each column and it says im wrong, but im not, no stars are touching and there is more than one solution to this puzzle

This game is clean and simple

Dev fixed it, much appreciated!

fun and challenging

Very fun puzzle concept. I've spent so many hours on it. If you like sudoku you'll probably like this. I see some of reviews complain about paying for most of the packs, but you get 50 puzzles for free, plus daily and weekly puzzles. I'd say it would take about 25 hours to work through all the free puzzles, so its plenty of free playtime before you decide to pay or just do the daily puzzles.

this is absolutely my favourite game to play. I play this every single day and have been for almost a year now 😅 I highly recommend if you like sudoku or any puzzle really.

really enjoyable, 1 daily puzzle with varying difficulty, 1 weekly puzzle that's a bit harder.

Unique and challenging puzzle game!!! Try this if you're looking for a challenging puzzle game but are tired of all the cookie cutter games (merge, yarn, screws). This concept is completely unique!

gotta watch 20 ads to get lives yipiee

Game is tailored around putting as much money in the dev's pocket. Need 1 hint? Get ready to sit and watch a 30 second ad if you don't already pay a subscription (which who in their right mind would do for a game like this?). And hints aren't always correct, which prompted this review. Was told to insert a star in the highlighted region (a single cell). I did so, then next hint said the star was incorrect. Cool, I guess. I only did what the app said to do. Off to find another similar puzzle app.

please stop pushing long ads! im fine with having to solve a stupid temu puzzle for 5sec, but watching a 30sec ad, then 2x another 5sec only to have to visit the play store anyways is ridiulous.

I really like the game, display and hint explanations but there's a very limited use before you have to pay for games.

One of the most addictive puzzle games! The daily puzzles are quite straightforward, but the weekly ones can be a bit of a head-scratcher. This developer loves puzzles and I suggest checking out Guriddo and Lo-Fi Sudoku (Calcudoku to be exact) - three of my weekly time-sinks.

I keep coming back to this, but the ads have become too dreadful - can't be skipped AND can't be silenced. Unacceptable. And they're long, too.

All I'm saying is that if a beginner's pack keeps giving me advanced or expert hints to complete a level... it's probably not a beginner's pack (or hints should be locked to that specific difficulty)

makes zero sense. not fun

good star battle app

i love star battle puzzles and this is a good one, which is why i immediately subscribed to unlock everything. But i cannot give 5 stars because it reuses the same puzzles often ( for example genius 5-30 is the same as genius 6-6).

I bounced off the first level. Mostly because the tutorial text is cut off (on Pixel 9 Pro) so I never got the basic gameplay instructions

Very fun & challenging!

great game but this whole week has been games under 2 minutes, I want to play for longer!

Nice little logic puzzle. Paying unlocks a lot of puzzles.

Perfect. It's simple, it's CUTE, and it's got no luck involved, just logic. I couldn't point out a single flaw. Hope the creators earn well from the game! 🥰

the game is nice, a simple but stylish UI is a great touch, love the absence of bloat BUT literally everything inside is "pay to unlock these levels!" or "watch an ad to play a new weekly/daily level!". there are, like, 7 difficulty levels with 'packs' of levels inside, and all but 2 in each need to be bought(at least the price is $0.99,which can quickly rack up to 20). it's literally easier to find any other "Two Don't Touch" tyoe of game with way more free content

didn't like this game. Sorry!! I do like some other games from this dev though, you should def check those out!

Not only are you now watching ads to play the daily puzzle, you now get ads after as well, all for puzzles that have dropped in quality. Most puzzles in the week are now simple/easy puzzles, and I feel lucky when there is a medium.

fun....but loading times are super ridiculous at times.

Great puzzle game. I paid the $12.99 to unlock everything and remove ads. I don't regret it. there's lots of content and it's better than looking at social media

I love this type of game and this one's pretty good but sound effects in addition to music (separately toggle able) would be really helpful. it's uncanny not having audio feedback but also sometimes I accidentally turn a dot into a star without noticing and audio would help prevent that

I like this app but you have to be on the internet and you only get one puzzle a day unless you pay

Unfortunately this app wouldn't even start for me. Waited 5 minutes after opening to see if it would change, and I was left with a blank black screen the entire time. Tried restarting my phone to see if that was a possible issue, still no luck. I'm sure the game is probably fun, but I don't know what's wrong.

these puzzles are pretty hard. they're also mostly locked behind a paywall.

Love it!! This feels like a rare puzzle game designed to appeal to the user rather than being an advertiser platform in disguise. They have a good chunk of free content to give u a feel for wether or not you want to subscribe to the full game. If u like it, u should definitely check out Tango too--same UI with a different grid-based puzzle game.

I like this game. So far, this app is one of the better ones. the complexity is good, the colors are well chosen, and I like the variety. my only complaint is that the answers are hard coded. Many of these puzzles have multiple possible solutions, but instead of the app being coded with the rules, there is a specific answer set. trying to find the developers' solution instead of the puzzle solution makes this app not worth full stars.

v fun

This is a nice idea, but frustrating when you get a puzzle wrong or get stuck because there is no hint system or explanation of why a solution is incorrect. I got stuck on the begginer puzzle in the tutorial, and there was no help in solving it, so I gave up and un-installed the game.

Really fun game! Well designed. Great customer service too!

Wish I could rate it higher. Beautifully designed and fun once you get the hang of it, but unfortunately the instructions are quite vague which make it difficult. Admittedly I am disabled, but even so that does make it less accessible. There are only 50 puzzles before you have to pay (paying for a subscription is still paying - that doesn't make them free). Since there are only a handful of puzzles in each level that aren't paywalled, the jump in difficulty is pretty significant.

wonderful challenge

a good way to help you relax

Ads-supportes apps are fine, but the implementation is problematic in two ways for this one: * some ads are absolute cancer and use dark-pattern to trick you into clicking to open the app store, which is unacceptable. * the app only offers subscriptions to remove ads, not a one-time buy. As I use the app, the obnoxious and disrespectful ads makes me close the app altogether, and I get closer and closer to simply uninstalling.

great game, there's some ads but not between every game, unobtrusive. very cute and relaxing and easy to learn

was fun for a couple of weeks but the app just became unusable. can't play anymore and can't get past the ads without force-quitting the app. uninstalled.

The game itself is fun and I like that there is a new puzzle released daily. However, many puzzles have multiple solutions but it only accepts one as correct, which makes for a frustrating user experience. It would also benefit from a "hint" button and fewer or shorter ads.

Big fan of this game! I love to play ot before falling asleep. I've liked the puzzles so much that I even bought the bundle. Definitely worth it for anyone who likes chill puzzles with really simple but nice aesthetic

Underrated game

Great features in a Star Battle game (swipe to place many dots, auto-fill dots around stars, and several highlighting colors), and it limits my play time well, though the ad-based recharge is a little annoying. I get it; they need to make money somehow, and it's way fewer ads than most games. Doesn't mean I can't take a star off.

This is honestly the best puzzle game since Sudoku! I look forward to solving new puzzles everyday and love that the challenging puzzles are solveable but take a good chunk of time. Also love that this is made by a small developer. And for all those complaining about ads, people have to make money somehow to maintain content!

I really like the games and the packs. I feel like buying the packs should be enough to unlock the daily puzzle. Right now you have to watch an ad to earn 3 plays of the daily puzzles. I get it when you aren't paying for the app at all but I have bought all the expert and advanced packs and I still have to watch ads to do the dailies. I do not want any more subscriptions. I came back to update my review because now I have even more ads. I'm going finish the ones I bought and delete the app.

too many ads

One of the best mobile puzzle games out there, in my opinion. The ads are not intrusive, they only come up every few days when I have to refill my daily puzzle attempts. I just reached a 141 day streak of completing the daily puzzles and I am enjoying the puzzles just as much as day 1!

The game is fun and honestly a good challenge. I only gave 3 stars because a lot of it is paid content and pro membership stuff so mostly only the daily and weekly puzzle are free. Edit: I realize that it is not easy to make and run an app, and I understand that you need to get back what you put in. I am not against supporting developers, just unable to. I only wish you could buy packs as a difficulty level set instead of each one individually

Highly enjoy this puzzle game and it is worth the money for a yearly subscription

Simply the best

puzzles.

Awesome game. So many different levels of difficulty. Love the dark theme option and no pop up ads... amazing.

I have updated my review .. this is the classic puzzle, previously found in some newspapers: simple, yet it can be challenging! There are few ads; but you can pay for NoAds, as well. I have seen some other (lower-rated) clones of this game - but this is the OG original and THE BEST! By the way, all of Gurrido's games are well-designed: i ALSO recommend the Logic Number Puzzle, which has replaced my Sudoku, surprisingly!

At first i thought it was a really nice puzzle game. The game is neither too complicated nor easy and the app is easy to navigate. However, then I saw that ALL the other levels except two levels of each pack were paywalled. Every one of them have seperate fees. If i only had to pay once, i'd be fine with that. But in this case, i'd rather not play. Edit: oh. So sorry, i didn't see that :'))) in this case i have no complaints, it's a good game 👍

The ads and the sudden stopping of free checks for the daily challenge is annoying. The game is good but the packs are too expensive. I wish in the free one you at least maintained the unlimited checks. It's dodgy that you dangled it as part of the game experienced snd then two weeks later BAM take it out and force you to look at ads to purchase it. Not a fan and lacking in integrity.

Great game, especially if you are into logic, thinking and puzzles

im not sure how I ran into this game or how I found it but it's now one of my favorites

best star battle app, I've tried three and Hoshi is my favorite

Everything is extra Extra Extra. There are better games out there?

This is a nicely designed version of the star battle game. I've actually paid for a package of puzzles because I like how cleanly and generously it has been built. Unlimited checking of results, but no hints. so, if you are desperate, you can cheat and just guess, and then check. it all has an interesting one star version of the game

Really fun and challenging game. I got the 12 month subscription so I could play all the packs. Playing the packs is very tedious because after finishing a level, the continue button takes you back to the main packs screen. You then have to scroll down to find the pack you were playing over and over again. Please fix this! EDIT: The dev fixed it. Thank you! Changed my rating to 5 stars.

There are no ads! Great app with a formidable quantity of puzzles in various difficulties!

Great game, haven't seen any ads!

relaxing yet challenging

I heard about this from Gurrido, this is a very different kind of puzzle but one I appreciate tremendously nonetheless. This dev is awesome, it was so easy to decide to support them.

no adds and you don't have to buy anything, looks good and does what it's supposed to. not five stars cause the packs seem a bit expensive to me.

relaxing but taxing enough to keep you interested. really nice puzzler

I don't usually post reviews- this game will give you reminders to do so after you beat so many periodically. Today it prompted me after beating 900 puzzles... Suffice to say there's plenty of content and very addictive. I do prefer this to Gurrido but both are fun.

I really, really like this game! The daily challenges are very fun while I'm patiently waiting for more game levels 😊 Edit: Thank you so much for enabling the user to switch off the new feature of colored regions! I prefer the old look (though I'm sure some will prefer the new!) and it's very nice to see a developer thinking of seemingly small things like these :-)

Loved it before the most recent update. I should have at least be able to play the daily puzzle without watching ads to "refil" the counter or whatever. I understand the struggle of making a game and trying to make money off of it but the individual packs do add up to be quite pricey and unavailable to some people. I love this game, it's concept, and the art style but I wish it was just a little less focused on making a profit.

Fairly simple but also sometimes quite difficult puzzle game. I wish there were new puzzle packs more often. I've finished all the available ones for a long time now, and the daily/weeklies aren't quite enough. Edit: new puzzles within a day or two of my review... :)))

Love the premise of the game BUT to be really tested mentally you'd have to spend money, or wait for the weekly challenges

GREAT GAME GOOD DEPTH BUT ALSO SIMPLISTIC IN DESIGN!!! THEY LET YOU KEEP YOUR STREAK FOR A WHILE!!! GOOD JOB TEAM GURIDDO

Love it. Much more demanding than anything else.

Offers a great mind challenge every day without being stressful!

Fun daily game. It can be difficult, but once you figure out a few tricks it eases up a lot. There are points where I feel like I have to guess and check to move forward. But overall it's fun.

It's gorgeous ... U should make one for chess or make an adaptation that has all four games as an option ... The layout and colour sequence is gorgeous the theme and the guide are amazing additions .. I've never heard of this game before ? Is it like a cross between sudoku and cross word ? Keep up the great work , you should raise ur prices a bit ur robbing urself babes excellent ideas need a fair price !!!

Cool puzzle game

great game, gets your brain going. love playing before bed and in my spare moments

I couldn't get it to work. I followed all the given rules, and no matter what solution I'd try for solving it they were all wrong. I feel like it should tell you what's wrong with it, especially in the beginner levels when you're trying to learn. I couldn't understand what mistakes I'd been making, and it just makes the game un-fun for me.

once you figure it out, fun game

Good game💜💜

good game💞💞💞

The hint system (or 'check' as it is called in the game) is inherently broken and makes any puzzle meaningless as long as you are allowed to use them, because it juat tells you the answer if you fill the board with stars. I wish the check feature was removed, at least for the weekly puzzles as there it is limited to 3 but you only need 1. A suggested fix would be that you could only place 10/15 stars on the board maximum.

this is not a puzzle, it's suduko with stars instead of numbers

Solid gameplay, worth the premium option to unlock all

love the game and the interface is very pleasing. i wish there were more free levels

Tic tac toe similar to word games and number games I am on my favorite subject math. I have to retire at being ignorant to lessons that I can not be a better time. Art is another and so much so learn how can I go on...

so fun

Unless you're willing to pay for the premium version, you're limited to one puzzle per day. I'd be fine with that, except 70% of the daily puzzles are super easy and done within 30 seconds max. Great game idea, but it's realistically a paid app if you want to get anything out of it.

Changing my rating after the update. I loved this game and bought 3 packs but now after the update I have to watch ads to access basic functions like checks or daily puzzles. Any purchase was supposed to get rid of the ads (thats what it said when I was buying them). I will be delating this game after completing the packs i already payed for

This games great. Controls work well, arts really nice. The latest change limits your games by an energy meter filled using ads, limits hints with the same system, and the only premium options to buy the app are subscription based. I'd be happy to one time purchase this app, but the latest changes are financially predatory.

Easy to pick up, tough to master, pretty fun!

really fun and unique puzzle system!

I love this game. Super cute design, the best game for star battle puzzles in my eyes. 10/10 definitely recommend

good daily and weekly puzzles

I love sudoku but never tried this game. I'm totally addicted, just wish there were more free levels. Definitely give it a try if you like puzzles!

Nice game, few ads.

Really fun but limited. I beat all the packs and have to wait patiently for the next daily. I wish I could do past dailys or ones I may have missed from other weeks. Want more packs as well. Definitely the best app for this game though.

Interesting but hard game. How hard you ask? It's NP-Hard

Nice game, nice graphics, at first i was kindda surprised because this game's name is hoshi and i'm a fan of seventeen, so i searched what does hoshi means and in korean its "tiger's gaze", and in Japanese and Chinese in means "star" i guess that where the name came from, anyway, the thing i like about this game that it has a very clear guide and it's easy. kind of similar to sudoku, but a star so it's more fun to look at, and i can see that the developers really worked hard on it, nice jop.

great game. simple rules. needs more game options so I can do more than 1 a day without paying for packs

I quite like this game but I really wish there was hints. On the harder ones I can't figure out the next move and it'd help a lot if I could see a hint that explained the logic. Sometimes I'm certain you just have to guess and play it out.

Really clean, tight functionality, but the only really challenging puzzles are the 3 star ones. Guriddo has a lot longer legs unless the majority of puzzles in Hoshi become 3 star or even higher.

Its an interesting game that i like to play in my spare time, only problem is that theres not enough lvls for me, and im not gonna pay.

Simple rules but lots of complexity. Super addicting.

Really kept me interested, love it.

Fun enough basic mechanic, but very limited levels and all pricing options - "packs" and "subscription" are ridiculous. Hey guriddo: I'm not opposed to paying for it but the rate structures and pack sizes you've offered are not appealing to me. I'm just never going to subscribe and accidentally hit AAA game total spend for a fun but shallow casual game that I will occasionally play and then forget about for months. Daily active is not for everyone.

Big fan of this and Gurrido! Would love to see the similar style of tips on Gurrido make it to this game as some can be challenging. Great game, easy to use controls, relaxing

Update: dev helped me figure out what was wrong and I can play again. Still on track when I say its a lovely little puzzle game, very enjoyable and relaxing, recommended, especially knowing theres very good support behind it.😄

Unique, fun game. 1 Ad every three days if you play once a day like I do

I absolutely love this game! The only thing I'm really waiting for is randomly generated levels so I can play it more.

Really fun game. Love the design

Unfortunately I can't play the packs, daily, or weekly challenges it just keep loading on those screens. I know this game just released so I'll change my review once these bugs get fixed. *edit- thank you so much I tried to reinstall the app again today and it worked. The game has been fantastic so far, I'm looking forward to seeing more from these developers

Edit: I now acknowledge my lack of problem-solving skills. 5 stars. Quite an alright game. The concept is relaxing and fun, but it's infuriating when I make a mistake, and I remove the star, *all* the dots around it are also erased. I have to once again figure out all of them.