Minion Rush: Running game Reviews

by Sleeping Tortise12

Ok so I’m not Trina be criticizing anyone here but this game’s updates are NOT what I expected I ended up spending like 12$ for an update that only lasted 3 days(not the most recent just other updates I’ve installed recently) if I’m spending money I want my money to be USEFULL and the purple gems are another thing you can buy them yeah but you hardly EVER see them in runs I never paid for 100gems our more because it’s a waste to have them and spend them on stuff like mystery boxes and end up getting a regular card and not a rare or legendary card AND you only end up getting 1/8 piece of a card like come on you money greedy developers it’s a HUGE waste and another thing about them is say there a rare event we’re you can spend like 20 gems on a guaranteed legendary card then there’s no purple gems at all this forces people to pay for 20 gems for way more then there worth without the event happening it’s a rip off and nothing makes me madder then that I deleted this game and I don’t recommend this for gamers who have the money to pay for stuff in game thanks for looking at my review and I hope you have a good day

by Phoebe 🧡🧡🧡

I wouldn’t download this game. It used to be really fun a few years ago. All you had to do was run and get bananas and unlock new characters and it was one of my favorite games. I remember playing it so much. My siblings also played it. I thought that I wanted to re-download it because I remembered how fun it was. Now after the update it has changed a lot. I could literally write paragraphs talking about how much it has changed but I will keep it short lol. It’s not really about the bananas anymore and after you complete a run if you could even call it that you have to click through so much stuff and that’s really confusing. Once you complete a goal, it stops you from running which is really annoying. Like just let me play. The old game let you run as long as you can. It is really confusing now and way more complicated but not in a good way. Also the old game had really cool maps from the Despicable Me movies and I don’t think it has those anymore. It hasn’t gotten smarter just more confusing. I beg you please take it back to the old game it was so fun.

by Cloud Main 7

This was my favorite game when it first came out, I played it everyday and it was so simple and fun, all you do is run and get bananas to unlock new characters, then I stopped playing it for a few years and this game has changed a lot for the worse. Now the bananas are practically useless along with the coins that I used to dream about, and now it’s all about the purple gems (which of course you can buy), and for every mode you have only five turns until you have to wait 20 minutes to recharge the energy which means you can’t enjoy it and play as long as you want like the original version. And in order to buy the costume you have to buy the prize pod which btw used to give you the whole character but now only gives you around 1/10 of the character and not even the one you want, just random ones, oh take a wild guess you you can buy those with real money too, of course because now there just money hungry. Even if you just want to play it to run you can’t because it gives you a mission wether you like it or not and ends the game the second you complete it. Such a downgrade and I wish I could go back to play the old one which is a trillion times better.

by Yeet Anderson

I HATE the update. I remember I had so much fun with the old app and decided to redownload it and see how far I can get. To say the least, I was surprised about the new update. Also I hate it. It was so much better as the original app. I can tell even though I got stuck on the tutorial. That’s right, I got stuck on the tutorial and can’t play anymore. Once I got to a certain part of the tutorial, it froze and I couldn’t play anymore. I restarted MinionRush and my phone and still nothing. I deleted MinionRush and reinstalled it, and guess what? Because of the update or something it picked up where I left off. And it was still frozen. Now I can’t even play MinionRush if I wanted to. Good job, you failed.

OK UPDATE so I got a response, and it’s been like a day or two so I took their advise and redownloaded. Still frozen. It automatically logs me into my Game Center account, not much I can do on that. If y’all are interested it gets stuck on the bit of the tutorial where you HAVE to tap the ‘my career’(it makes you do it, no choice here ;-;) and Lucy or whatever her name is shows up and says “Keep playing, and soon you will get the main reward: the El Macho’s Lair location”. It then gets frozen and I can’t tap anything

by Dr. Doowop

When I downloaded this game a few years back, it was the most enjoyable game I had. There were different maps to play at (AKA Gru’s Lab, Minion Beach, Amusment Park, etc.). Each level would just be part of a map that can be past if you complete all of the levels. (Like Candy Crush). I would be addicted to the game and it would be very hard to get off of. I would still play the game like that if it didn’t have the new update. When that update was put in, it took out everything that was fun about it. The infinite runner turned into an objective based levels. If you got one objective, you would try for the next, next again, then it would just end. That is not what an infinite runner is Gameloft! The layout is very confusing, you have limited energy, and there is absolutely nothing that I can be happy about. They took out the good levels and they just simply didn’t care. I would love if Gameloft undo the new update, but because off the problems they have with their games, it looks like it won’t happen. I am playing to see how bad it is now. Overall, it is a terrible game now and I am now never playing any other game from them. I am going to play Minecraft now...

by Your Average Daily Roblox User

Hi. I’m a average minion rush enjoyer- scratch that, an ex-minion rush enjoyer. Before the major update this was what I put all my time into. Eventually I reached level 550, and about a week later I stopped playing. Then, I returned to this game some time in August 2021 and I couldn’t believe it. The entire game was remade and I had lost everything. My half a million bananas, my hard earned minions, everything. I ended up trying it a couple days later and the tracks seemed the same(thank goodness). Eventually I got tired of the daily challenges, the different floors seemed all the same, and the leaderboard was just plain pathetic. Another thing: what happened to the multiplayer game mode? It just vanished a week before I stopped playing all those years ago, looking back I think it was one of the main reasons I quit playing. I really will miss it because it was the one mode that kept me from deleting the game overall. I don’t know if I should put more time into this game or not because I don’t know if it will be rebuilt from scrap again or not.
Thanks for reading this.

by Annabees🌸

This game is absolutely awful now that it has been updated. This may be a long paragraph(s) but I’m proving a point. Okay so Gameloft do you ever look at your reviews because your recent reviews have sucked for one apparent reason. Your UPDATE has literally failed every persons expectations. First of all I have just downloaded MinionRush today because earlier I was thinking “Hmmmm maybe I should re-download Minion Rush because it would be a fun game to start playing again. Then about an hour or so ago I go into MinionRush Store and search Minion Rush up. Then I look at the reviews for maybe any exciting things happening in the game, or any events that I maybe missed out on. Then I see about 5+ reviews about how the update sucked and that everyone hates the new game. I downloaded Minion Rush wanting to see what the fuss was about. I go into MinionRush once it downloaded and it immediately said after the video something about “all your old progress will be saved and converted into new cooler coins.” Well game developers should respond to this because it has many reasons why they should undo the update.🤬And also Gameloft just ruined the old and way better version of the game. Thanks for you time. I’m so disappointed😓.

by Crafty498

I personally would not get this game. I have it and will probably delete it soon. It won’t just let me run, every time I reach a goal it stops me from continuing! I absolutely do not like that. The missions I go on are worthless! In the past there were missions but they didn’t delay you of the game like they do now. Again, every time I complete a mission, it says “target achieved” and makes me stop my run. I just want to play this game to any extent in which I get to keep running. It also deleted all my progress from the past and I had to restart from level 1! The power ups are horrible, and they only last a short period of time. I would not spend money on this game, because I didn’t. This is an old phone in my family so recent people already paid the money to buy it, I just had to reload it to the cloud. The family member did NOT get their money’s worth and I certainly am not going to wast the time in playing a game that’s not appealing. I’m sorry but this is a BIG lose on the creator of the game, Gameloft. I would not have gotten this if I had known that it had updated. The update is the problem not the game itself. Gameloft needs to delete the upgrade for this to become the appealing fun game it used to be.

by Sonicgirl95

I started playing MinionRush close to the beginning, when it was just an endless runner with some special events. It was decent-I liked being able to switch through the various stages, and the boss fights kept things interesting. Then came the mission mode, and things were still okay. Now I’ve come back after about a year or so, and I’m disappointed. What happened to the Despicable meter? You were rewarded for being a long time player, and you kept playing in order to watch your score rise. The despicable actions aren’t even that satisfactory anymore, especially because you only get about 1,000-2,000 points per action, and they won’t tell you you did it. MinionRush was very pay-to play before, but at least there was stuff to keep you coming back. I’ve been playing for ten minutes and already getting bored again. The game still has good graphics and mechanic, so points for that, but drastically shrinking the timer for the power-ups is depressing.

by Polikmujnyhbtgvrfcedxeszwaq

In 2015, minion rush went from an okay, infinite runner, to a super fun, level game with locations from the Despicable Me movies, where you collect bananas to buy and level up characters, and completed different objectives to win different levels. Plus the boss battles. They were always in there. Loved it. I got to level 279, and then in 2019 it updated big again. I lost all my progress and characters I’ve been working towards for years. Now, there are coins, which are new and make bananas almost useless, plus the setup of the game is confusing. Once you get the hang of the game, it’s kinda fun. You play challenges and objectives to work towards ten goals, then get a grand prize, usually a location or rare character. It’s okay, but I liked the old version better. The developers are obviously not gonna bring back the old version of the game, so please make a way to restore your progress. Or maybe let us choose which mode of play we want. Or make it a whole new game. I know it’s a lot to ask, but this was one of my favorite games. Please take the suggestions and maybe I’ll rate five stars.

by Lexerman15

Like most people reviewing this game, I played at the very beginning where it was just an endless runner. Then they released a huge update that changes the game, the levels! I remember playing on my iPad and got to level 200 something and it was really fun. No one has really talked about it but I personally loved the multiplayer race mode with all the power ups. Then this update came along. Now I’m not saying it is the worst update ever but it changed a whole lot of things which most where not welcome. The new character system is kind of a grind. Again it’s not the worst update some things were cool like the new currency but most of the problems is not getting refunded or compensated for stuff. Personally I never bought anything but a lot of people had this problem. I would really love to see the old level System before and the multiplayer system. I know that this not a thing you can change immediately but maybe sometime in the future this can happen. This game was amazing and still is but could be improved. Hopefully you see this.

Sincerely, a true fan

by Mia😘😘😘🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓

So the problem with this is you have to watch adds every second and then my other problem is that you have to have certain people for certain levels and then once you don’t have them you can’t earn them right away and less you go on levelsThat is just so stupid and I think you guys should change that as quickly as possible or I’m deleting the game because I’m getting over others I only am doing levels that I have already done now and it is just so stupid you guys really really need to fix thisThis is a whole mess and it’s out of control please fix it that’s that’s my last time saying before I am literally going to lose itAnd then the final just a good part is that the levels can actually be fun but once you hit a certain point there is no fun any moreThe only good thing is that sometimes you get a good level that’s what I am reading this a 3 this is such a stupid game fix it now and for anybody who wants to know if they should play the game you should not!!

by EchoGecko22

The game has changed a lot over the years, but I think the current iteration is pretty fun. There’s always a relaxin to login and play with there always being new goals and events. Personally I prefer this over the very old version where it was simply endless running.

I recently started playing again after a long hiatus, and it seems the reward for completing all the daily missions is now essentially useless. Why give jungle cards? That costume is pointless and redundant since I have jelly jar, so there’s basically no reason for me to bother collecting the reward. The last time I played the reward for completing daily tasks was ghost cards which is an actually useful costume.

Also over the last couple of days I’ve noticed that my iPad gets very hot and the battery drains like crazy after only a few minutes of playing this game. It’s the most recent iPad Air model so it should and has up until now been able to run the game without major issues.

by Anonymity Inc

Now, don’t get me wrong for giving you four stars, because this game is AWESOME, and is definitely one of, if not the most played game on my phone. There is one thing that I wish there was for this, however, and that is a a way to turn off the piggy bank notifications. Now, filling up the piggy bank in so many different ways are quite good, but it gets annoying that it pops up EVERY SINGLE TIME I spend tokens or coins. The one thing that I wouldn’t remove is notifying you that the piggy bank is full. Now, if you can’t spend money, this can be a nuisance, but most of the time, it’s a great investment. Yes, it may seem expensive at first, but the amount that fits in the piggy bank grows every single time you purchase it. So, if you can make a switch that turns off the piggy bank notifications (besides the ones that tell you it is full) that would be great! Thanks. Also, if you do that, I will bump this up to 5 stars. Either way, thanks ! :D

by Theturtlequeen23

The game is really fun to play and probably my favorite game to play on my phone at random times, but, it can get repetitive is the only issue. 😕 What I mean is, a lot of the time I feel like I am doing the same thing over and over just with different objectives. There should be more game modes like one that all of the obstacles are all jump-overs and you run in a straight line and try to jump over as many as you can, the stuff in the shop that you can buy in the shop, for real money, is often overpriced. 2.99 for only 400 tokens, seriously? There are MUCH better deals on MinionRush than that. There should also be an option to view all the deals, that are for real money, in one place. I can never buy any because the deals that I want only pop up once on my screen. I do not like that sometimes if you watch ads for rewards it bugs and doesn’t give you the reward. You all gain money from me watching ads, and I got nothing even though I was told I was going to get a reward! A user of MinionRush shouldn’t have to think that maybe it will bug out, this is the only app I have seen that’s done this before.

by Tanessa's Mommy

This is a very cool game. My suggestions are optional for the creators of minion Rush you do not have to use my suggestions they are just suggestions. I have four suggestions. My first one is you can create your own run for other players to play. You can add bosses, add more obstacles, What the goal is, and how to pass it. My second suggestion to you have characters from the movies. We need a Gru minion. We could have a Lucy minion. But we could have a Lucy human in a Gru human. My third suggestion is we can create our own minions. We could have a minion that looks like a unicorn or a minion that looks like us. My fourth suggestion is that on Christmas all characters are free. No paying coins no trying to earn them they’re all free. I mean Christmas is around the corner. Is it my suggestions creators of minions read them you don’t have to use any of them I would love if used one of them and I love this game. Just realized I want to add another suggestion that we can actually run in the Arctic and one more that the power ups last until we hit something and that the rocket turns into a jet pack in the shield stays on until we get something freeze gun runs out of ice. So power ups last longer.

by MocloMC

I love playing this game BUT recently there was an update that changed the way the costume skills are used for some of the costumes. Costumes like Bride of Frankenstein, as one example, now say “Get 400% more despicable actions FOR MISSIONS THAT REQUIRE THEM WHILE USING THE EVIL MINION”, when prior to the update, it didn’t include the part that said “for missions that require…”. I took that statement to mean that you’ll only get the extra 400% skill ability if the mission says for example, “Punch 50 minions while using the evil minion”.

Well, I played a mission with a similar goal to the example I just gave, used the costume that said “for missions that require them while using the evil minion”, and each punch was only counted ONCE not 400% more. I DON’T GET IT!!! Am I misunderstanding the skill or is this a glitch with the new update??? Has anyone else experienced this?

by Friesnchocolatey🍟🍫

Minion Rush is 100% my favorite mobile game to play in my free time. It's very detailed with many costumes and tasks to do to get tokens and cards -- which are how you get costumes -- and new places to run in. This is what I'd call a "Goldilocks game." By that I mean the obstacles aren't too easy to dodge, or too hard, they're just right. Depending on what kind of person you are, the costumes aren't too simple, or too crazy, they're just right. I personally think that in the different locations the scenes before you start the runs are funny, like how in the Egypt location, you jump up onto a pile of suitcases then one flies off with your minion on it, and how in the mall your minion grabs on to the back of a car and then crashes through the mall's glass window. I highly recommend this game for any age (obviously except ages that can't work phones or tablets), and if you download it I wish you a great time playing a great game!

by The_RealSilver

I love this game a lot. I played this game like two years ago, but I notice a lot changed. Most for the better, but a few for worse.
1. What happened to online racing??? I loved it! It was going great! I don’t know what happened. Minion rush could just make so that in a certain chapter of despicable ops you unlock online races. Speaking of which...
2. AVLs. Now you have to wait to complete missions. This is supposed to be a action-packed fast-paced infinite runner, but when you take away the ability to run whenever, you suddenly get a period where there’s nothing to do. Also, you added this to limited time missions too. That’s less time people are playing your game. Bad move bro 👎
3. Ads. No, I’m ok with using ads to revive and get loot and all that, just those ads after completing a run. Especially the unskippable ones. If you can’t completely remove them mid-run, just make them skippable. When you take an action game and insert ads every time you finish a run, it kills the momentum and adrenaline.

I still love the game, so it deserves 5 stars. It’s still bearable to play with this, but “just bearable” means it isn’t fun, and it’s becoming more like a chore. That contradicts the entire reason we got the game then. So that means players are suddenly not going to play as much anymore, and that leads to deletion. Just remember, this doesn’t just benefit the millions of players, it benefits you, too.

by Hue Man14818529996603636

Go back to the old minion rush it was so fun I used to play it all day everyday. But then you guys added an update which got me angry so I’m just asking. Can you please go back to the old minion rush I’m begging. And also I used to tell all my family members to play it to. They all got it but then deleted it when the new update had happened. So can you return to the old minion rush where there is a ton of different worlds. Please can you return I am literally begging you. I have been playing minion rush for a long time. I don’t plan on stopping so I’m asking. Can you return to the old minion rush and put back on the glory of joy. Because almost everyday when I came from school I would play your game all day. So please return back to the old minion rush. You can add updates to it but don’t change the whole game. Please return back to the old minion rush please, please, please and also PLEASE. I am so desperate I will do anything just return back to the old minion rush.

by Chiara Murillo

That’s all I can say. Ads are too long, it glitches way to much, and it is so freaking confusing. When I want to upgrade one of my Minions, I can either spend coins or watch an ad. But the thing is, the Minions are so over priced, that I have to watch an ad. I watch the ad, but it doesn’t even stop! I exit out of MinionRush , and in again, but it just won’t stop! I wait for a few days, it doesn’t stop! 😡😡😡I look for an x, there’s no x! That’s 1 thing. Not only that, it glitches way to much! If I want to jump over an obstacle, it practically always glitches! I have the newest phone (iPhone 11) I have 4 bars of WiFi, and it still glitches!!! So stupid. This doesn’t just happen when I jump. Also when I duck and slide! So crazy! And when it glitches, it not only makes me crazy, it also makes me not do the move, therefore making ME LOSE!!!! 😡😡😡 MinionRush is not only annoying, it’s confusing! There are lots of worlds when I get MinionRush , but I have to download them! And that alone takes up a lot of my storage!!! Shouldn’t the worlds already come with MinionRush ? Why not use them? The thing is, they FORCE YOU to download them!!!! 😡😡😡 What the heck!!!!!!!! MinionRush is so freaking stupid I recommend never even bother to even talk about it! 🤬🤬🤬 It’s soooo sad!!!!!!!!

by RedApple321

I am deleting this game because of the new update as well, I loved this game. It’s the only game on my whole phone I play & all the other games are for my kids. I have had MinionRush. religiously for the past 5 years & now I am ready to move on as my progress, time & energy put into this game has been completely destroyed & I don’t feel like wasting anymore of my life’s precious time on this game. I had wanted to go on and play a few games of minion rush this week & it’s just not even appealing to me anymore. Also for those of you who like to spend your hard earned cash on games to be able to have certain things, I’m sorry that the creators of minion rush basically thought it was okay to rob anyone who payed for anything through this game. I understand updates and all but to completely destroy someone’s game work and steal the money they’ve spent to have some of the things they have been able to have that they no longer have anymore is stealing (this was bringing money into the “games pocket” (time for me to find a new game or just not play one anymore.) I’m not suing myself personally because I didn’t spend any of my own money on the game, but those of you who actually did have a law suit if you want one just putting that out there. Good Day Minion Rush!

by Idibtwantto77

The update basically makes the player start over. It takes forever to level up. 3 stars at a time. My next level up is 800 starts. The missions take forever. For example right now one of my mission is to fly Gru’s rocket 800m. That is for one star. My best costume gives me the rocket for 12 seconds at a time. Each rocket at best is 200m. To get 3 stars I have to get the rocket 10 times. Even at level 220 or whatever on the jelly lab did I have to get any power up 10x to get 3 stars.
I read some of the reviews for the update. All the developer responses are the same. They are just copied and pasted. That is terrible customer service.
I don’t understand why with the update I have to do all the achievements again. That should have been part of what is saved from the old version. I have played every level. Why is beating vector an achievement ? Not that I have had to beat Vector yet even though I have played enough of the update.
Again I am not happy with the update.
Copy and pasting developer response is bad customer service.

by Nikko021

I remember when MinionRush first came out it was all about an endless run earning bananas to get any minion. It was a game really worth grinding for. Now that the game has been significantly been updated, I figured I would try it once more and I can’t even get as far as I can without even completing a mission. This game is now over complicated. You need cards to buy upgrades for a minion or to even collect one. I used to like this game when it was simpler much like the Temple Run series and Subway Surfer. If they made a separate game that was related all about missions and solely focused on a simpler aspect back in the day, this would easily have gotten five stars from me. This deserves a two because I thoroughly can’t enjoy the game based off of all these missions that pop up.

I’m sorry but this could have been a three if they added a mode dedicated for endless running and no missions involved. It could be better. It’s still a fun game don’t get me wrong but everything added just makes this complicated.

by Cutey Patudy

Even though I never get a response from any games ima leave a review for the newbies, in this game you are a minion and you run collect bananas,powers,and skins! Try to doge the obstacles and get to the Finnish line! This reminds me of something *cough* Subway *cough* surfers *cough* sorry must have had a little bit of repetitive bore in my throat.. seriously there are like hundreds of games with the same objectives! Doge the bad guys and obstacles, collect some specific item all the way the can be used to buy skins, and make sure to collect the power ups, they will help you on your journey! Oooooooohhhh sooooo exciting! Honestly Subway surfers gave me anxiety that the bad guy would get me which left me thinking when I go on a walk “Is there anyone following me? Do I need to run for life life?” And good god this game does the exact opposite! I personally haven’t played this in a while but this is the exact same thing as all the other thousands of games! If you made it to the end of this long review than look out for me! I will put #CocoMelon_Vs_Pewdsipie at the end of them so you know it is me the FNAF,Undertale,DDLC fan girl who really only writes negative reviews. Trust me my reviews will make you laugh,

Sincerely, your TruestRedditMemer

by Bruce B. 🕶

I remember playing this game when it first came out, it have had to been my favorite at the time. I was so addicted, I played every day. It’s the little things in life that make me happy.
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Ok you’ve most likely heard about this in the comments already, YES THIS UPDATE IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!!!
Oh boy where do I start? What hasn’t been said already? It’s bad bad bad! You see, when this game first came out it was this AWESOME high score game with gadgets and bosses and it was just so good for a Despicable Me fab such as myself. And then this update came along and now it’s a bunch of mission trash! We wanna play the game consistently and not stop after we complete a mission! That should be like a side thing!! After all these years of love, loyalty, and dedication I made the heart breaking decision to delete it. Sad to let go of something I loved but if you don’t love it anymore why keep it? I’m generously rating this 3 stars because of what it used to be in hope it changes back. Till then, I’ll be waiting.....

by Sofia Sloan

I remember when games had no adds at all and let you have the full experience unbothered. All of the free apps are plastered with adds and some of them even play adds when you’re in the middle of the game. I’ve always loved these temple run games and it’s the only one I’ve seen with actual levels. I like the levels because it gives you a goal and it’s not the same repetitive thing over and over. I also enjoy the little things too like all the maps you can play on and how different characters have different benefits. And don’t even get me started on the fact that you can earn gru coins without paying real money. I can’t think of any app that allows all of their currencies to be earned and not just paid for. I really love and enjoy MinionRush and the developers did a great job with it.