★★★★★ Fun game but…
Sun Nov 09 2025 ReedearThis is actually a pretty fun game. It’s nice when I have a bit of down time. I only have two issues:
1. I can tell it’s starting to go down the greed hole fairly quickly and I haven’t been playing very long, only just started seeing ads for it a week ago (assuming it’s a fairly new game). You don’t get many coins as a reward, which I get, to a degree. If you give too many coins, no reason for people to ever spend money, BUT you shouldn’t have to play about 50 games to afford a power up. Especially when you often need them to get past a Very Hard level. Then, as every single game seems to feel the need to do, it has a season pass or whatever they’re calling it here. I’m absolutely tired of those. Does every game have to copy Fortnite? Even mobile games? I don’t even play it and don’t think it was the first to implement a season pass, but it definitely popularized it, and I see its influence everywhere. I guess it’s nice they have free stuff on the passes (stuff I rarely use, though, besides coins).
2. The game freezes constantly. It’s not too bothersome on the regular games, but when you’ve finally figured out how to beat a Hard or Very Hard level and then it freezes, so that you have to start over… it’s really frustrating. I like to play games for fun and a bit of challenge, it’s not a challenge if it’s just the game freezing up. Which, honestly, brings me back to point 1: wanting me to spend money on a game that freezes is lame.
★★★★★ Relaxing and Fun…with a Couple of Needed Improvements
Fri Jan 16 2026 TheFlamingoKidI downloaded this game on a whim and it’s become one of my favorite stress relievers! It’s engaging, fun, and challenging enough that I don’t get bored.
I will echo a couple of folks that mentioned that the difficulty level can be frustrating as you reach higher levels, but so far I’ve found that paying attention to the queue order and replaying levels works for me.
My main complaint is the app refreshing during a level. As I’m sure most people do, I have a life outside of this game and so sometimes I need to stop playing and do other things during a level. However, more often than not, when I come back to the game, it doesn’t open to where I was; it starts the level over and counts it as a failure. This is annoying, especially when I’m in the midst of a lava challenge because it means I’ve failed the challenge even though I didn’t actually fail the level. I don’t have this problem with other games, so I’m assuming there is a way to fix that and I hope the developers do!
★★★★★ Satisfying, but flawed.
Fri Jan 16 2026 Eilla_DoodlesThe pros: Pixel Flow is a very satisfying game- once you process how to throw more buckets onto the conveyer than the 5 you have space for if the finish a loop, it even has a bit of risk reward. It starts out incredibly simplistic, but slowly and steadily ramps up the difficulty. The sound effects are satisfying to hear, and it’s a near perfect time waster.
Now for the cons: The lock and key system is one I am not a big fan of as it changes the core gameplay focus from removing colors strategically to rescuing the keys ASAP, and I wish it was not there. You also cannot play it in airplane move to remove the advertisements- it pauses to demand an internet connection despite there really not being any reason why it would need such a thing. This makes this game annoying for traveling, and annoying as there is advertisements between levels. That being said, there are not many advertisements, or at least on my end… still, it’s a con to consider. I have also heard reviews call later levels literally impossible without buying power ups, and even early on I can imagine how it would ramp up to that level. I have not gotten there myself, but… I do believe them. Still a fun download if only for the first 50 or so levels before the keys are introduced.
★★★★★ Repeat Levels
Mon Dec 01 2025 carebearkellzSuper fun game! Only a 4 star because once you get to around level 500, the levels randomly start to repeat. I’d like to see more challenging levels as the ones with the tiniest pixels with thousands of them are my favorite, I know some games get harder as you play but this is a little repetitive after 100 levels. I’ve repeated the same level 3 times around 500, 600, and 700, but most are just a random two time repeat from the earlier levels. I’m on level 770 and it’s a really fun game with prizes for playing you can use on any level you’re stuck on. It satisfies the break between doom scrolling and reading for me or just to quiet your mind before bed. The coins add up quick at 40 a level so a refill on lives being 900 isn’t too crazy. You occasionally get the hard level that takes 10 tries to pass but once you get the hang of the game and how to change your approach it becomes easy. Also doesn’t heat my iphone 14 up while I play which is nice.
★★★★★ Ads and Random Guessing
Thu Feb 19 2026 Ace117117Overall, it’s a fun game up to a certain point
FEATURE complaint: Maybe this is just my personal opinion, but having the “mystery pig” feature is not fun at all. It takes away from the strategy of picking the correct order of colors, and turns it into a guessing/memorization game (which you’ll have to wait and watch ads as a punishment for guessing wrong). This is a really lame feature imo, and might be the thing that makes me delete this game (same exact feature/reason I’ve deleted other similar “puzzle” games). I enjoy thinking and puzzling, and the Hard/Very Hard levels are fun and challenging. The random guesswork is not fun
ADS complaint: I get that if you make a free game but want to continue supporting it and adding levels, you’ll probably need to incorporate ads to pay for staff and support. I get that, but this level of ads seems a little egregious. Also, this game is advertised in other games, so like, “you’re paying other games to advertise your game, which has paid advertisements for other games”? That seems like a really odd cycle to me lol
★★★★★ A solid 2 stars
Sun Feb 15 2026 AlantechThere are very long adds if you, 1.) run out of lives (have to watch one per life, or wait), or 2.) if you want to double your 40 coin winning per level to 80 coins. The only shorter adds are between levels. I can tolerate the adds because the gameplay is long enough and very satisfying. THE deal breaker is getting stuck, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to pass without paying. There’s zero opportunities to grind out a couple days of daily rewards to build up to a better power-up to pass a level but none exist. Again, what I mean is that there are zero free coins—can’t even watch a 3-minute ad for them—zero free boosts, zero community—no groups/clans/friends.
I’m stuck at 699 and can’t do anything about it but pay to pass this “super hard” level and MAYBE have enough left over for the next “super hard” level which is 5 more levels from now, BUT I refuse to. No game should 100% require pay-to-win.
***For the third time, this level is impossible to beat without more coins, and there are NO FREE ways to get them.***
The gameplay is super fun; otherwise, this is a 1-star. Deleting this app after posting this review.
★★★★★ Fun, but Pay Attention if You Lose
Sun Dec 07 2025 Hex: Silly GooseNot sure what people are talking about regarding having to pay after a certain level. I’m on level 215 and haven’t spent any real money on the game. I’ve only used the coins you earn for free in the game. Overall, a fun game. Some levels can be difficult, but they are not impossible so far. The only thing I have found annoying is when you fail a level, the game pops up “packages” you can buy to get extra add-ons. One click prompts the purchase process and Apple Pay pops up. You have to close out of that to not accidentally purchase something. The packages are easy to click because you’re engaged in the game and when you go to click a pig, not realizing you’ve lost, you’ll click that screen. It happens quick. But thankfully, Apple Pay popping up to confirm the purchase will keep you from accidentally buying. It’s just frustrating to have to close out of every time.
★★★★★ Fun, but impossible to complete (in the bad way)
Wed Oct 22 2025 GoWithTheFlorenceI was really enjoying this game but i've come to a complete halt in the middle of the game because at the time that I'm writing this review, level 43 is textbook definition impossible without using some sort of boost because you need a certain color to release the keys to unlock other color shooters but you are not given enough resources to destroy the blocks around the keys before you get softlocked by having no way to continue. The color shooters are not randomized with each restart either, so there is no way around it. It wouldn't be an issue if I had enough coins to buy a booster, but I do not, and there is no way to earn coins in the game other than completing levels or using real money! Obviously I can't earn coins by completing levels if the level that I'm on is impossible to beat, and it should absolutely not be a requirement to spend money in order to continue with the game. Very disappointing.
