War and Order
War and Order is a visually appealing, addictive castle-building strategy game, but recent reviews highlight a strong 'pay-to-win' monetization model, misleading advertisements, and persistent technical issues.
War and Order is a long-running castle-building strategy game with engaging gameplay and good graphics. However, recent user sentiment is largely negative, driven by aggressive monetization, a disconnect between ads and actual gameplay, and various technical problems.
What users like
What users complain about
- Aggressive 'pay-to-win' monetization makes it extremely difficult to be competitive without spending significant amounts of money, often thousands of dollarsR3R5R12R19
- Advertisements are highly misleading, showing gameplay that is completely different from the actual castle-building strategy gameR7R9R13R17
- Frequent technical issues including freezing, lagging, crashes, and problems with resource downloads, contradicting developer claims of optimized performanceR1R2R6R29
- Poor customer support, with users reporting unaddressed issues and difficulty recovering lost accountsR1R10R11R143
- Game experience is hindered by excessive pop-ups, slow healing/recovery times, and long upgrade waitsR16R106R196R598
- Concerns about server quality, with reports of server speed slowing down for older realms and new realms being prioritizedR6R15R130R532
- Some users report issues with screen display on newer devices and difficulty seeing attack levelsR21R181R95
- Reports of bullying, racism, scammers, and cheats being allowed without intervention from the game developersR24R50R57R182
Latest update · v3.0.199
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Fixed some online problems and optimized the system performance.
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This game is for adults who enjoy complex, long-term castle-building strategy games and are willing to invest significant time or money to be competitive R14. It is not for players expecting a game like its advertisements, those who prefer free-to-play experiences, or those who are easily frustrated by aggressive monetization and technical issues R7R55R29.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a downward trajectory in user satisfaction, possibly due to increased monetization or unresolved technical issues. The developer's notes for the latest update are vague and directly contradicted by user reports of ongoing technical problems.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R14] Repeat user: Great game for adults
- [R15] WAO: I wish we would get Merger I play in realm 1744 , I wish WAO would consider more realms for merger before people end up leaving that are big spenders . Please WAO 1744 needs a merge 😭😭 other than that this game is absolutely amazing 100/100
- [R43] Awesome: Este juego es fenomenal y te engancha de una forma única, no puedo parar de jugarlo y la verdad es que lo recomiendo
- [R44] W&O: Great game, very in depth ad loads of fun. Really enjoy the people on here.
- [R26] Nice Game: Good game for killing time, nice graphics , just started playing the game but really like that game
- [R118] Zoom/fight: Prolly do a 5 if you could zoom in on the city, and make the fight scenes a bit better. Good game though.
- [R130] Update(Sort of): I did play this game for about a month a few years back. actually I did enjoy it. I like the gameplay I like the graphics but the problem is you got those people out there they don’t think about how easy it is to destroy a server… unless it’s a kill event, there is no reason for anyone to zero someone unless a kill event! again all it does is make for a dead server.. so I quit. I
- [R402] Lag: I love playing this game and I still play this game. It is fun to play. Gems are quite expensive. I have spend lot of my money here but the problem is game developer is only focusing on graphics where as everytime it send update it’s going downfall. The game is becoming very slow and it lags every now and then. If they solve this issue then this game is the one of the best game.
- [R36] War and order: Fun mini games, good team play, but very difficult to obtain resources to upgrade relatively slow process. Enjoyable altogether!
- [R47] engaging and addictive game: I like the way they have different games in one single place. The games are difficult and it takes lots and lots of multiple iterations to win each stages. I hope they make it easier to gain power to fight with the monsters and enemies.
- [R74] Fun game!: I’m enjoying it! Cool mini games.
- [R106] Underrated game, wish it was more popular: I also wish there was a bit more active gameplay. It was so engaging in the beginning but by castle level 11 I hit a wall and was stuck playing the waiting game for things to upgrade. I love the mini games and different challenges available in this game, I wish there was more of that. I also wish more people actively played this game. We have a growing al
- [R3] Fun but expensive: In this game you HAVE to spend money regularly to be competitive. Playing this game without money is terrible, there is no way to compete fairly without having to fork out a lot of money.
- [R5] Pay to play all the way!: Predatory monetization! They will constantly try to force you into buying more and more and more. It will never stop! You will never get ahead of “the game!” You will regret playing.
- [R12] Fake ads. Cash intensive.: Foremost, unless you are willing to shell out a few hundred dollars every couple months don’t bother getting involved. Very Pay2Win. Even if you do there are people who spend thousands on every server so you will never stand a chance against the top few. That being said I have played for 2 years spending only $40 but it involves an incredible amount of time as well. Ob
- [R19] Game is weak: If you want to spend 1000’s of dollars this game sucks!
- [R7] Not what you see in preview: Game is nothing like the preview you see in ads.
- [R9] Misleading adds, castle building game..: Misleading adds, it’s a real time castle building strategy and team game, that takes a long time to be competitive with people who have been playing for years. There are mini games like this, but they are so few and spread out it’s misleading to show the game for what it’s not.
- [R13] Not like the ads have to build a city: Have to build a city
- [R17] What a bunch of nonsense! Do not bother: Terrible game, just makes you click on a hound things, nothing like the video it’s just complete garbage! Don’t waste any time on this one
- [R1] Poor Customer Support: Relevant resources never download, same problem every WAO update, nothing wrong on my side , all other apps work excellent after updates except WAO, Asked for 2 weeks to fix child like realm on another device and support hasn’t fixed it yeti, the relevant resources never download
- [R2] Sin recomendación: No sirve lo único que veo es mi dedo en la pantalla No recomiendo
- [R6] Scam game: After about three months they slow the server speed and everything becomes very laggy to the point you can’t play the game as intended. Apple knows and doesn’t care. They just pry on new players getting as much money as they can and continue creating new worlds. Redirecting the server speed to the new worlds.
- [R29] Buggy game: The game felt very buggy for me. Freezes constantly when trying to click and navigate through the game play. Personally, I find the other reviews hard to believe because there are far better strategy games available.
- [R10] Waste of time: This game used to be fun, actual wars between players, now it is manipulated by the richest players, “they control” game. And war and order does not care as they benefit monetarially from these game abuse, the rules are not the same and you have too spend money to not loose the little progress you can make. They DO NOT answer questions or concerns at ALL!! They just want you to ke
- [R11] EnterTheDarkness: This app is terrible. They are dishonest. They will not release your data after you spend tens of thousands of dollars on an app and you stop playing because you’ve come to your senses that they’re they’re robbing you blind and I asked for my in game, chat data only from the beginning of the time when I started playing the game to the end and they made it a months long battle. Th
- [R143] My larger account: My larger account was lost and I have been unable to get it back. Camel won’t make it so I was able too and they won’t help. So I started a new one. The castle I lost was level 33. N Evonne
- [R16] Too many pop ups: There is absolutely too many pop-ups when first logging into game. It would be nice if you can at least do the pop-ups after a few minutes. Especially on war day when we need to put a shield on in a hurry and then the stupid pop-ups come delaying. On top of that healing and recovering troops is a very slow. This game should allow the user to have the advantage by having notifi
- [R196] Too long for upgrades: It's clearly designed to collect money to speed up the game. I won't pay, so I'm guessing my time invested will be short.
- [R598] Decent: Could use more detail in soldier appearance- can’t tell them apart. Game is only enjoyable for the first few hours of each day, as this is when you get “speed ups”. After that, the waiting gets gruelling.
- [R532] Playing for 6 years: I’ve played from the start. I am addicted to the game but must say updates are cash grabs and useless (battery eating) animations. Our realm has been waiting a year for a realm merge and because it hasn’t happened the best players are selling their castles to buy castles in a better realm. Wish I wasn’t hooked.
- [R21] Not full screen!: On the iPhone 17 Pro, the game isn't full screen. It looks squashed, with two horrible black bars at the top and bottom. · translated
- [R181] Question: I just started -laying this game and I like it….but ……in order too see the levels of anything you are attacking it is very hard too see…..can. You please make it bigger for everyone….thx.
- [R95] Fun Game! Expensive!: This is a fun game but it is very expensive if you want to be competitive. Also it needs landscape mode very badly. Especially on iPad.
- [R24] Player bullies weaklings…: Title says it all…. During the first 2 minutes, players WILL bully you out of the game….
- [R50] Horrible: Horrible so many scammers and cheats allowed.
- [R57] Openly allows, cheats and scammers: Do not do business with this company they openly allow cheats and scammers and some probably work for the company. former customer here. There are better quest games out there go after one of them. stay away from Hong Kong international. this is an update to this review. I still can’t give it less than one star. I actually tried another world. This game is f
- [R182] Review: This game could be so much better if it was not full of scammers! And azurite so hard to get without paying
- [R63] Great game!: It’s very fun and addicting! A A A
- [R20] Pricing: Game is free to play, but , to be a contender it cost way to much money taking away from the enjoyment of the game. There needs to be more balance for none paying players to complete with those who spend thousands
- [R55] Pay2win: If you don’t spend money, you’ll get trampled on
- [R28] Nothing like the adds: I actually hated it, I played it for several days, but it is absolutely nothing like the advertisements. Why can’t they give you games that are like the advertisements those games look fun this game sucked.
- [R41] Scam: This game is nothing like the sample video. How is this allowed? The game is a continuous empire building trap. Don’t step in, it’s pointless.
- [R146] Deceptive!: This is not the game that is advertised.
- [R37] Only one sided: Was a fun game until they geared it totally 100% for big spenders. Unless you’re willing to drop 20 to 30 thousand, you’ll have no chance in this game except to be decimated by the ones who have. Or spend to buy shields and stay shielded. And if you don’t believe me, then just waste your time trying . It is a great game , I can’t knock them there. But if you slow down your spending
- [R54] Rich person game: I have spent thousands of dollars on this game and I am still very under powered compared to super spenders that spend $100k or more. This game is an endless money pit and the rich will always have a lot of power over you. A super spender with 400k troops can wipe a moderate spender castle at same level with 8 million plus troops. It is all about how much you spend.
- [R56] NOTHING like the advertisements. Money grab too: There is no way to be successful in this game unless you spend money. Many people do and then dominate the game. Sure a new realm opens every once in a while and you can start from the beginning again but soon you will be outpaced by spenders. To give you an idea, “big spenders” spend thousands of dollars here. Not like two or three but like $6,000
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store