Istanbul: Digital Edition - Info, Tip, Walkthrough, Glitch

Classic strategy board game

Ratings

Age

4+

Board

Languages

English

Latest Version 1.2.1

Thu Jun 26 2025

[Feature] Added rules to the Rulebook for the upcoming Mocha & Baksheesh expansion.

[QoL] Added animations to locations and backgrounds.

[QoL] Moved the tutorial from the bottom of the rules section into its own dedicated tab.

[QoL] Added feedback category selection to the feedback form.

[Engine] Updated the game engine and improved overall performance of the app.

[Fix] Fixed issues causing music crashes.

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Ratings & Reviews

Great strategy game with steep learning curve but well worth it

Sat Apr 18 2020 jmacfarlan

Great game, 5 stars but just have an issue with the online invite system to play with friends. I’ve started playing Istanbul with some friends online but we seeing issues with the invitation system. There are 5 of us and we are all friends online in the app. When someone sets up a game and invites the others we all seem to get an iPhone notification for the invite but after clicking that and going into the game there is often no game invite showing in the lobby so cannot join the game. When we look at alerts (the bell icon) we can see an alert about being invited to a game but there is no way to join. Sometimes it works but usually with 5 people at least one person doesn’t get the invite properly. Please help as otherwise we love the game

Did something happen to the iOS version getting mocha expansion?

Fri Feb 14 2025 Ronpaulstiltskin

It was in the app under other games with a banner that said coming soon but that’s gone now? Looks like it’s on steam. Was there an issue with the App Store or something? I do t really use steam. Switch version maybe? Not trying to worry over nothing if it’s still being worked on, just asking because I saw the ad for it was removed and couldn’t find anything about the iOS app anymore. I’m sure stuff comes up in mobile game dev especially for adaptations of existing licensed games, etc so I just wanted to check.

Great Port

Tue Aug 21 2018 beachgirl525

Very very well done port of a fun Euro style game. The tutorial is a real help to newcomers, and the AI is balanced. If you start on easy, you will soon learn not only the mechanics of the game, but strategy. I really enjoy the achievements as well. Oh how I wish they would add the expansions as in app purchases...buying that would be a no brainer. Well worth the $6.99 cost, especially considering that the physical game costs so much more, and you can p,ay without worrying with getting a game group up!

A little tough on smaller screen sizes.

Wed Nov 28 2018 Quickbrownfox13

I’m a huge fan of the board game and am happy to have found this for IOS. I’m not sure what could be done differently, but I find that I have to really get close to my screen to play this game well since strategy depends upon looking at the current states of each position on the board. Things like seeing how many assistants are left in a stack require zooming in and out. It’s still fun, but not a super easy experience on a smaller phone (iphone 6/7). Note to developers - the small market doesn’t deduct the right amount of resources when you purchase the first tiles. It should cost two and only deducts one from the inventory.

Great game, good app

Fri Apr 26 2019 Mgway

I've played half a dozen games now and haven't had any problems with gameplay of app stability. However, I think there are a few small issues that if resolved would make this a great app. First, the turn notifications don't follow the ios notifications setting, instead they're hidden under the "my account" settings. Second, there are a ton of loading screens when playing an online game. My iPhone XS takes about 15 seconds across two loading screens to load the game after tapping the notification, and the same reload happens to go to sleep in the middle of taking a turn.

Fantastic Game! Dice Game Next?

Tue Jun 26 2018 AlaskaDaveAK

This is an excellent port of the Istanbul board game. I wasn't too familiar with the game, though, and the tutorial got me up to speed without overloading me. Beautiful art, great gameplay and nice UI make for a wonderful app and well worth the few dollars they're asking. Any chance for the Istanbul Dice Game, which my group actually prefers to regular Istanbul? If not, we'd love the Istanbul expansions. Thank you for this great app, typical of the work, energy and passion of Acram Digital.

Great implementation but serious game bug

Sat Feb 24 2024 Thitsa

I love the game and the app is well designed but I’ve discovered a bug in the current version that allows me to pay fewer resources than required under a specific scenario. If you visit any of the Warehouse, you can get more resources than your cart fits. Then if you spend resources at the Mosque you will spend the virtual resources that you don’t actually have. Please fix this because it is a big exploitable hole.

Great app, no bugs or crashes

Mon Dec 27 2021 Zs_anderson

This has been an excellent app version of the board game. We play it frequently as it is much faster than setting up the actual board. I have never been any issues with bugs or crashes. My only request is that they would add the expansions to the app.