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source: marlvel.ai
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section_label: "User Sentiment"
section_anchor: "#user-sentiment"
app_name: "Exploding Kittens®"
bundle_id: "com.explodingkittens.projectbombsquad"
parent_report: "https://marlvel.ai/api/llm/apps/games/com-explodingkittens-projectbombsquad"
canonical_url: "https://marlvel.ai/apps/com-explodingkittens-projectbombsquad#user-sentiment"
license: CC-BY-NC-4.0
citation: "Marlvel.ai — Exploding Kittens® User Sentiment (section of intelligence report)"
---

## 🟡 User Sentiment (High Confidence: 91 of 109 reviews analyzed) {#user-sentiment}
- **Overall Rating:** 4.43/5
- **Platform Split:** iOS 4.7/5 (11.5K ratings) | Android 4.4/5 (47.4K ratings)
- **Overall Sentiment:** Mixed

### Top Praises
- **The core card-bluffing gameplay loop remains highly addictive and entertaining for long-term fans**
- **Quirky character art and sound effects provide a distinct personality that keeps sessions engaging**

### Top Complaints (Impact Areas)
- **Aggressive pay-to-win monetization and gated content frustrate players who already purchased the base game**
- **Frequent app crashes and technical instability during matches disrupt the flow of competitive play**

### Top Requests (What Users Want)
- **Implementation of a local pass-and-play mode to allow multiple users on one device**

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