Sagrada

First, this is a very good game, for a good price, with a good privacy policy, and it is very enjoyable to play. It’s somehow relaxing and challenging at the same time. The solo play against AI is my favorite. It’s challenging but doable. No complaints there. And I like that you can save your progress and go back later. I haven’t tried the multiplayer or pass and play options, as I only wanted this for solo play. However, the other solo mode, where you play against a target score, is impossible, even on “very easy.” Whoever created the scoring for that mode needs to rethink it (or be fired). It’s sadistic, punishing, absolutely unfair and unfun. Others have said this too. I’m a good player, it isn’t me. That mode is bad by design. But if you want to play against AI, I highly recommend this game. It’s one of my favorites in fact. It would be 5 stars if the other solo mode were tweaked. So for now I recommend the game with this caveat. Stay away from solo mode unless you want to rage delete the app.

All works fine but online games do not open (even on my turn), just hang on forever.

Excellent game, only just discovered it. Very enjoyable and a wide range of challenging settings.

Fun, intriguing. Two things keep me from full 5 star. The dice roll tool, when used, almost always flips to a 6 (or desired number), then back to a non usable one. And of course, long series of worthless rolls that make gaining a badge impossible by the 5 or 6 turn. Why continue? Yet resign all 5 games and you lose all gained badges.

Very expensive for what it is. I didn’t realise it was in USD ($15) when I paid for it, wouldn’t have paid that much (AU $24) had I known. Regardless it’s beautifully done, love the campaign, daily challenge, pass & play, etc. Just loses a star as it sometimes freezes mid game, so you have to restart & lose all progress. Loses a second star as it loses “connection to server” AT LEAST 1 of the 5 attempts every daily challenge. I don’t have connection issues with any other app/website ever, my internet is exceptional. Updated to 1 star (25/4/25), as the server has more issues & can’t even play a game anymore

I bought this for playing in offline mode because of my frequent travel. Playing this on the plane helps pass the time.

Update #2: Sadly, Sagrada must not be a big seller as the devs are focused on other apps. Still awaiting an expansion, or at least the ability to have only the number of dice needed per player count. Update: Once upon a time the developers noted we’d see some of the expansions made available via IAP. To date, no updates have come to fruition in this regard. Hope to see more love given to this gem of a game. Original: For those who may be unfamiliar with the game, Sagrada a wonderful, somewhat light puzzler of a dice drafting game. I purchased a physical copy of the game the year it was released, and have since added on the 5-6 player expansion which provides more options. It’s a great “Saturday morning over coffee” game to play with my wife. How good is the digital implementation? Dire Wolf has done a really amazing job converting the game into digital form. The rules of the base game are fairly straight forward and seem to be well implemented here. For those new to the game, I would rate the app 4.5 stars out of 5. There are 3 levels of AI (easy, medium, and hard) for those looking for a quick solo game. I haven’t yet experimented with online play, so I don’t feel I have much to offer. The overall UI is fantastic. The more time I’ve spent with the app, the more I’ve grown to appreciate how well the developers designed the app to contain all the of the pertinent information at a glance. On my iPhone 11 Pro I’ve had no difficulties playing a game and quickly being able to identify the public and private objectives, tool cards, cost of the tool cards, and more. All in all, I would have to say that the design of Sagrada is in my top 3 board game apps, and I own a ton of them. For those (like me) who have more experience with Sagrada, there are a couple of missing features or rule changes that we will hopefully see added in the future. What’s missing? First, and I hope I’m not incorrect in this, it appears that ALL of the dice are included no matter the player count. The challenge with this is that any Private or Public objectives that are die-color related, you just don’t know for sure if every color will be drawn the same number of times. Having a setting that would provide the option to only have the number of dice needed for each player count so that each color is drafted an equal number of times is something the app desperately needs. Updated Note: Dire Wolf affirms this is how the app is coded. However, the rules provided in the 5-6th player expansion have been updated/amended. Per the expansion rules booklet, the “standard rules” (without the expansion add-ons) indicate there is to be an equal number of each dice color guaranteed to be drawn during a game. All in all, its not in any way a dealbreaker for the app (which is very well done). But as is, the current rule does leave a possibility of losing a game simply based on having poor draws. In a 2-player game, if player 1 has a private objective of blue and player 2 has a private objective of yellow, it’s possible there will be twice as many blue dice drawn, which makes it much easier for player 1 to win. But assuming Dire Wolf follows through and the expansion material does become available, this will no longer be a factor. Second, the Private Objectives need expanded upon. Perhaps we’ll see this as a future IAP, but the 5-6th player expansion adds some private objectives as well as new tools which really add to the beauty of the game. The current Private Objectives are simply a die-color, and it’s usually easy to discern what your opponent’s Private Objective is based on what color dice they’re going for. Outside of these minor quibbles, the app does a really good job of modeling the base game. If Dire Wolf adds in the aforementioned changes in future updates, this “really good” app will truly be “great.”

3 stars only because solo mode seems broken... it gives you two private goals and two public goals, but it only ever scores the private goal on the right side of the screen, skipping whichever one is on the left. This makes it practically impossible to win! Also, the app never actually makes it clear that the score you need to beat is the sum of the dice left on the turn track at the end - I had to google to find that out as I had been operating on the assumption that the number to beat was somehow related to the difficulty level of the game board you choose at the beginning and the number of tools you select, and was getting scores in the 80s to beat in what was supposed to be easy mode! The rest of the game is great, and I will be ordering the physical game to play with family next Christmas. The app version is a bit pricey but whatever. Please fix solo mode!

Please add a timer so that the user gets a notification they’re about to get booted off a game for lack of play. My wife and I play it all the time and just wish it had this one feature. Love this game!