Evolution Board Game

Name: Evolution Board Game
Rating: 4.7 (4720 reviews)
Author: North Star Digital Games

Strategy Game of Adaptation

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

4.7K Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Board
Developer

North Star Digital Games
Language

EN
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Size

563.1
MB

Evolution continues to evolve! New changes mean faster, fluid games and more content to explore. Adapt, survive, and thrive in a changing world enhanced by incredible art and thoughtful, balanced mechanics. Inspired by the award-winning board game with more than 3 million players, Evolution has arrived on iOS. "#1 Digital Board Game of the year" -Ars Technica "Best Mobile Strategy Game of the year" -Pocket Gamer NATURAL SELECTION IN ACTION In the game Evolution, you adapt your species to survive and stay one step ahead of opponents. -Watering hole running dry? Evolve a long neck to reach food in the trees. -Staring down a Carnivore? Develop a hard shell to fend off an attack. -Evolve up the food chain to become a the most successful species. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! Unlike most board games, evolution lets you try the game for free first. Freeplay includes the tutorial, the easy and intermediate AI opponents, five campaign levels, and 1 multiplayer game a day. Pay a one-time cost to unlock unlimited functionality such as the Weekly Challenges, the Hard & Expert AI, Pass and Play, the full Campaign, Private Multiplayer Games and Asynchronous Games, and unlimited Matchmade Games. CHALLENGING AND ADDICTIVE Do you evolve protection from Carnivores, or find a way to eat if there is no Food in the Watering Hole? The ecosystem is constantly changing, and you’ve got to figure out what your opponents are up to. INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL Our friendly professor will guide you from one watering hole to the next on our learn-as-you-play tutorial, showing you how to survive in evolution before sending you off to make a name for yourself. Hone your skill as you progress from lowly Biology Intern to competing for the Nobel Prize! EXPLORE THE CAMPAIGN Explore the mysteries of Evolution Island and discover distinct Boss opponents. As you move through the campaign you’ll unlock new “Apex Species” that are masters of specific strategies; defeat them to add them to your menu of single-player opponents. MATCH MADE MULTIPLAYER One click and the game will match you with players of similar skill in a fast paced online game. Make friends in the game and set up custom games, or rank up in the ongoing seasonal tournaments and see how far you can go. ENDLESS REPLAYS, ONE PRICE This isn't a collectible card game, the full set of cards are included in the base game. Thousands of possible species combinations evolve from 17 unique trait cards, meaning no two games are ever the same. PACE & POLISH With a smooth user interface and fast, informative animations, Evolution was built to satisfy a quick fix of intense strategic battles. Easy to learn, almost impossible to master, one game and you’ll find yourself addicted. Evolution isn’t just a top tier strategy game – it’s a whole new animal. "Best Digital Board Game of the year" -Vulture "A powerhouse game poised to steal the thunder of some of the most popular games on the app store" -Touch Arcade

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

4.7K Ratings

Honestly, even better than the board game
10/13/2019

Crow_13
I played the board game a few years ago and was instantly hooked. It’s an intriguing concept that is well executed. It’s always fun to come up with what your creature might look like, with the different traits it has. In terms of improvements, there are a few things that don’t feel immediately apparent. For instance, you can zoom out of your opponents turn and handle your own instead of having to wait until they’re finished. It’s a fun game that seems a bit complicated, but flows really well once you get the hang of it. There are a few bugs here and there, especially in terms of trying to create an account. Me and my friends all recently got it, and almost all of us had trouble with the account creation process, with it not notifying us that the account had been created or not, maybe sending a confirmation email would help with that?I sincerely hope we get to see some expansions to the game! Having even more trait cards in play, like those from the Climate or Flight expansions, would increase the fun even more!
Honestly, even better than the board game
10/13/2019

Crow_13

I played the board game a few years ago and was instantly hooked. It’s an intriguing concept that is well executed. It’s always fun to come up with what your creature might look like, with the different traits it has. In terms of improvements, there are a few things that don’t feel immediately apparent. For instance, you can zoom out of your opponents turn and handle your own instead of having to wait until they’re finished. It’s a fun game that seems a bit complicated, but flows really well once you get the hang of it. There are a few bugs here and there, especially in terms of trying to create an account. Me and my friends all recently got it, and almost all of us had trouble with the account creation process, with it not notifying us that the account had been created or not, maybe sending a confirmation email would help with that?I sincerely hope we get to see some expansions to the game! Having even more trait cards in play, like those from the Climate or Flight expansions, would increase the fun even more!
Overall pretty good
07/23/2020

haixhdbnsh
This game was nice and I play it often the only main problem I can think of is the fact in the campaign sometimes when you finish a level and close the app and then come back a little later the work you did on those previous levels disappear and you have to do them again it gets really frustrating when a lot of times I have to redo the same levels over and over again and it’s not even guaranteed for them to stay completed not to mention I also have to do the hard levels over again and when I do finally complete them the progress just reverts making the campaign basically unplayable everything else is great except for a few glitches here and there but overall pretty good I like how you can see sketches of the unique animalsEdit: Thanks for responding you were right something wasn’t syncing thanks

Developer Response
This sounds like something may not be correctly syncing up between your device, account, and the database. There could be a few issues going on here! Let's go through a few checks.Evolution utilizes cache data to save progress when in offline mode. If cache data is routinely cleaned, or not saved, this may be the cause of your setbacks. This typically is a device specific issue.To ensure your progress is saved correctly, be sure to connect online. This will back up all your progress to our servers.A lot of information is saved directly to an account. The next time you play, go to the Account Tab in the main menu and make sure you're properly logged in.If you continue to experience issues with losing campaign progress, please let us know! You can reach out to us at digital@northstargames.com for one on one support.
Overall pretty good
07/23/2020

haixhdbnsh

This game was nice and I play it often the only main problem I can think of is the fact in the campaign sometimes when you finish a level and close the app and then come back a little later the work you did on those previous levels disappear and you have to do them again it gets really frustrating when a lot of times I have to redo the same levels over and over again and it’s not even guaranteed for them to stay completed not to mention I also have to do the hard levels over again and when I do finally complete them the progress just reverts making the campaign basically unplayable everything else is great except for a few glitches here and there but overall pretty good I like how you can see sketches of the unique animalsEdit: Thanks for responding you were right something wasn’t syncing thanks
Developer Response 07/23/2020
This sounds like something may not be correctly syncing up between your device, account, and the database. There could be a few issues going on here! Let's go through a few checks.Evolution utilizes cache data to save progress when in offline mode. If cache data is routinely cleaned, or not saved, this may be the cause of your setbacks. This typically is a device specific issue.To ensure your progress is saved correctly, be sure to connect online. This will back up all your progress to our servers.A lot of information is saved directly to an account. The next time you play, go to the Account Tab in the main menu and make sure you're properly logged in.If you continue to experience issues with losing campaign progress, please let us know! You can reach out to us at digital@northstargames.com for one on one support.
"Climate" rebrand/update bad news for existing owners
12/09/2021

OriginalGrumpyOldMan
Rather than launching this as a new app, they replaced the existing game. So any reviews prior to Dec 6th 2021 should be taken with a big grain of salt since it is no longer the same app. Similar perhaps, based on the same physical game, but not the original game all those reviews were for.This new one starts off badly by forcing you to pick a name before you can even get to the main menu, tied to some online functionality that I did not consent to or have any interest in! This resulted in several minutes of not accepting any choice of mine until I finally entered a garbage string of characters just to get past this (even if it will obviously not be usable in any meaningful way with other players)Then I went to "Restore Purchases" which does not work! I understand that they want to generate more revenue, which would be fine if this was a separate game, since it has a different name, different (online) play system & different icon. Instead they replaced the existing, still working game... presumably to generate renewed purchases. No thanks. The only positive aspect is that this serves as another cautionary tale about the volatility of digital marketplace purchases.

Developer Response
Hi OGOM,All original content and purchases are still there and unlocked. It sounds like your restore purchases functionality isn't working? Write us at digital@northstargames.com and send your username and we'll get it fixed for you.Best, Northstar
"Climate" rebrand/update bad news for existing owners
12/09/2021

OriginalGrumpyOldMan

Rather than launching this as a new app, they replaced the existing game. So any reviews prior to Dec 6th 2021 should be taken with a big grain of salt since it is no longer the same app. Similar perhaps, based on the same physical game, but not the original game all those reviews were for.This new one starts off badly by forcing you to pick a name before you can even get to the main menu, tied to some online functionality that I did not consent to or have any interest in! This resulted in several minutes of not accepting any choice of mine until I finally entered a garbage string of characters just to get past this (even if it will obviously not be usable in any meaningful way with other players)Then I went to "Restore Purchases" which does not work! I understand that they want to generate more revenue, which would be fine if this was a separate game, since it has a different name, different (online) play system & different icon. Instead they replaced the existing, still working game... presumably to generate renewed purchases. No thanks. The only positive aspect is that this serves as another cautionary tale about the volatility of digital marketplace purchases.
Developer Response 08/01/2022
Hi OGOM,All original content and purchases are still there and unlocked. It sounds like your restore purchases functionality isn't working? Write us at digital@northstargames.com and send your username and we'll get it fixed for you.Best, Northstar
Great game with small implementation issued
06/01/2020

Norafran
Fantastic game! Loved the board game and both expansions, and this reignited my love for the game. So much depth and strategy in spite of a relatively simple layout, and I’ll be very happy to buy the full app after quarantine. The only problems here are technical. The worst is leaving the app - To start with, if i’m playing a game with my friend, there’s very few situations where I want you to replace him with an AI. Thats an option that should be VERY limited but actually happens quite a bit. If your wifi cuts out (even for a second),if you switch from wifi to data (or vice versa), if you check your text messages... its really annoying to have a whole game cut short because of something so stupid. I can see this being a little strict for online games but even then you should have a minute or so to reconnect. And you can’t start giving harsher penalties for people leaving games when the system around it is this finicky. Also should add typing for portrait mode, typing in chat is very cumbersome on the phone

Developer Response
Hello, Norafen! We're glad to hear you're having fun with the game! Regarding reconnecting to matches, we do have a 30 second timer in place for players to reconnect. If players can't get back in time, the AI will take over. For players abandoning the game, they will see a hit to their ELO if they leave at any point after the second round. We always appreciate hearing feedback from players and I'll log everything here you brought up. If there's any other suggestions you have, please be sure to leave a message for us through our in-game feedback feature. Have fun at the watering hole!
Great game with small implementation issued
06/01/2020

Norafran

Fantastic game! Loved the board game and both expansions, and this reignited my love for the game. So much depth and strategy in spite of a relatively simple layout, and I’ll be very happy to buy the full app after quarantine. The only problems here are technical. The worst is leaving the app - To start with, if i’m playing a game with my friend, there’s very few situations where I want you to replace him with an AI. Thats an option that should be VERY limited but actually happens quite a bit. If your wifi cuts out (even for a second),if you switch from wifi to data (or vice versa), if you check your text messages... its really annoying to have a whole game cut short because of something so stupid. I can see this being a little strict for online games but even then you should have a minute or so to reconnect. And you can’t start giving harsher penalties for people leaving games when the system around it is this finicky. Also should add typing for portrait mode, typing in chat is very cumbersome on the phone
Developer Response 06/03/2020
Hello, Norafen! We're glad to hear you're having fun with the game! Regarding reconnecting to matches, we do have a 30 second timer in place for players to reconnect. If players can't get back in time, the AI will take over. For players abandoning the game, they will see a hit to their ELO if they leave at any point after the second round. We always appreciate hearing feedback from players and I'll log everything here you brought up. If there's any other suggestions you have, please be sure to leave a message for us through our in-game feedback feature. Have fun at the watering hole!

Ultimate bundle added, get a sizeable discount on all the IAP for the game. Events added. Multiplayer bug fixed when players were putting the game in the background.

Version 3.0.55

Jun 10

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Evolution Full Game

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$6.99

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