Senet

Ancient Games for Modern Gamers

Total ratings

4.20 (Rating count: 913)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Fun and easy to understand rules
  • Great animations and music
  • Beautiful and varied board designs
  • Minimal ads that are less intrusive
  • Challenging gameplay that requires strategy
Cons
  • AI behavior seems unfair or cheating
  • Issues with account creation and display names
  • Dice throwing feels rigged or biased
  • Lack of adherence to widely accepted game rules
  • High cost for removing ads and in-app purchases
Most mentioned
  • AI algorithm is often viewed as unfair or cheating
  • Ads are minimal among mobile games
  • Game is aesthetically pleasing and well designed
  • Players express frustration with dice randomness
  • Players request more customization of game rules
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 3.60
All time rating average: 4.20
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Date Author Rating Comment
2024-10-27
Marco Collyer		 Very good version, the best Senet app I've played over all devices. fast paced rules and very nice and varied boards. Sullivan has worked hard to bring us these Aincent games for us to enjoy. I've updated now I have a new device and the boards selection has changed, I played on the 'aboriginal' board most as I loved the colour and the spiral design, is it still avaliable? Many thanks Marco
2024-01-16
Jessica Parras		 I am loving this app. It's fun, it explains the rules in a way that's simple to understand, but even gives you options to tweek some rules if you play differently. You get several games and different board styles to unlock. The ads are few and it's made by an indi developer rather than a big company. It's just really great overall.
2022-11-02
Elena (Mismonsta)		 Animation and music are great. Ads are only inbetween games. But the moment you are down to about 2 or 3 pieces left on the board the computer goes overdrive and rolls perfects all in a row wiping you out. Out of the blue. But the first half of the game feels balanced. Tried with all the dice sets. I want to keep this but the OP computer is super frustrating.
2021-11-02
Betty Wheaton		 Update... I changed setting from Hard to Normal and the AI's pieces are moving. It appears that it the Hard Level that might have a problem. I will amend my review to 4 stars for now. I was playing this game and loved it. However with this last update, when it's the AI's turn the dice are rolled, but the AI is not moving their pieces. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but no luck. So I uninstalled this game for now. I will check back from time to time to check if it's been fixed.
2021-05-14
Jaden Cochran		 Every time I try to create my account and it asks for a display name, I would try a different one but apparently even "vfurbcjdbcjbh" is already in use? It would make sense for my first name to be used, but I tried at least 15 different names and none worked, I tried restarting my phone, deleting and reinstalling the app, and closing and opening it back up but it didn't work. It was overall just very slow and not even functional.
2021-04-15
Sean Forbes		 Game doesn't follow the agreed on Robertson Rules completely. Pieces are supposed to clear the top row before exiting, can't pass a 3 piece straght row, etc. I teach this game regularly but other than that it is nice. Other issues are bottom tiles are supposed to be protected from jumps and passes.
2021-03-02
Adam Brodie		 Pity there is no option just to remove adds. Unlimited costs are horrendous, even taking account his other games. Why can i not just remove adds and then work to unlock other items. Way to costly for what it is. Was better before he moved off google play save and matching. Other than that the game is great but his pricing policy is bizarre.
2020-10-04
Luke Gillett		 Not bad at all. Looks good, plays well. Can be damn frustrating and feel like the dice is rigged but I read the developers article about it and that clearly isn't the case. Best version of this game (as is this developers Royal Game of Ur) on the store in terms of look and playability. Ads are far less intrusive than many games too. Only thing I could suggest updated is the ability to zoom in on the boards a little but it isn't a big issue for me.
2020-05-20
Joshua Schuetz		 Finally got around to this one! Of all the ancient games so far, this is the hardest to master, in my opinion. It's slower than the other two, and requires different tactics, which might make it harder for players used to Ur. The strategy is subtle, and I like the blocking mechanics. Difficulty is fair. I really hope that you develop 20 Squares next. It's like Ur but with a different layout and more complicated rules for getting the pieces on. It can involve betting as well.
2020-03-11
A Google user		 While I really enjoy learning and playing this game, AI algorithm is kinda unfair. You can actually predict the next number that will be drawn by the AI esp when it's a close fight or it's about to win.
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