Hero Castle Wars
Hero Castle Wars is a simple, entertaining game for passing time, but it is plagued by frequent bugs, excessive ads, and a 'pay-to-win' progression model that makes later levels nearly impossible without spending money or watching numerous ads.
Hero Castle Wars offers a simple gameplay experience that some users find enjoyable for casual play, even offline. However, recent reviews highlight significant issues including frequent crashes, freezing bugs, and an overwhelming number of ads, which often make progression difficult or impossible without in-app purchases.
What users like
What users complain about
- Excessive and intrusive ads, often required for progressionR4R8R7R75
- Frequent game crashes and freezing bugs, often requiring level restartsR1R24R26R45
- Progression becomes 'pay-to-win' or impossible without spending money/watching adsR6R7R25R73
- Game mechanics or levels are sometimes broken, preventing advancementR43R59R63R70
- Discrepancy between in-game experience and advertised gameplayR4R22R55R69
- Lack of character customization or evolution optionsR11R5
Latest update · v2.4.7
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
-Fix the problem
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This game is for players looking for a simple, casual game to pass the time, especially if they enjoy tower-based combat and don't mind frequent interruptions for ads or potential paywalls R2R32. It is NOT for players who expect deep mechanics, high-quality graphics, an ad-free experience, or a game that doesn't push for in-app purchases to progress R4R6R8R9.
Evidence note: The recent review sample skews heavily negative, which contrasts sharply with the high lifetime rating. Many positive lifetime reviews likely predate the current issues with ads, bugs, and progression difficulty. The developer's update notes are vague, making it hard to assess if specific issues were addressed.
Frequently asked
Does Hero Castle Wars have a lot of ads?
Can you play Hero Castle Wars offline?
Is Hero Castle Wars a 'pay-to-win' game?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 77 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.
- [R2] Fun enough: It’s a simple enough game use to pass the time. Not much to expect but not a let down. Did encounter one bug where I had to restart, but if that’s all there are as far as issues, then there’s not much to complain about.
- [R1] bug: This game is good overall, I have fun playing it and I love that you can play it offline. There’s one slight problem though. There’s this bug where the game or atleast the character just freezes and you can’t move to another floor and requires you to restart the level. The buttons work ( the setting button, the one for abilities etc.) but it will not let you love your character
- [R32] A++++++++++++++++++++++: It is a amazing game it is not like the ads but it is still a great game to play to pass the time i really recommend this game
- [R51] ???: I loved this gameplay!
- [R4] Painful: I was drawn in by the fast paced ads, select the enemy and engage! Almost every screen has some kind of ad or option to 2x or 3x your reward. Deleted off my phone in less than an hour.
- [R8] Rampant ads: There are literally levels you can’t pass without watching ads. Like, you don’t even receive the skill, so you just die at the second monster. I spent about 3 hours playing this game and 2.5 of those hours were watching ads. It would be a quality game if there was an ad free version.
- [R7] Fun at first but then impossible to play: The game was fun at first, however it is now impossible to play without watching ads or spending money. I worked my way up to level 5-1 but no matter what I do, I have to revive to advance. The orcs are way overpowered and you cannot defeat them without reviving. Sad to say I’ll be deleting the app because of this.
- [R75] Trash with 90 fake reviews: 90 reviews that aren’t visible the game is full pay to win you can’t pass any level without paying or watching an ad it’s a waste of time , who ever created this game is utter trash, the game is broken nothing makes sense
- [R24] Ok Game poorly coded: This is a very fun very interesting game but has so many bugs that are easily fixed that break the game. I constantly have to restart levels because one of the cheats just freezes everything.
- [R26] Crashes: This game crashes the second I go into it every time. I even tried redownloading it and it still crashes right away. I can’t even play it! This is my first review ever and sadly it’s not a good one.
- [R45] game freezes at end tower: in many levels and most times, when i get a treasure chest during the last tower the game freezes. have to restart. it has done it 6 times in a row so I am done trying
- [R6] Scam: If you cannot win levels without paying, the game is trash. Do better.
- [R25] Fun but definite pay to win element: I enjoy it as a time waster but there are several key levels periodically that are mathematically impossible to win without spending a lot if time watching ads (still with luck) or spending gems ($$) to beat. So only 3 stars for that. Example: level 3-11 and a impossible without spending money or getting very lucky after being forced to watch at least 4-5 ads
- [R73] Good concept but designed as pay to progress: There’s a level you can get to quite quickly that you cannot defeat until you get better weapons/armour. But the only way to do that is to spend gems which you have to pay for.
- [R43] Lvl 1-12: Have played lvl 1-12 6 times and beat it every time but won’t let me move on to the next lvl was excited to play this game but this is very disappointing
- [R59] Fun game, but crashes a lot: The game is fun, but it crashes a lot, the worst I’d after a purchase, then you lose the items like chests that you just bought. Not happy. I can’t get past lvl 12 even though I finish the level every time. Not worth playing to many bugs.
- [R63] Needs improvement: Playing the world level 4, I am near at the top but progress any further. The screen does not scroll????
- [R70] Still broken: Last release I couldn’t get past ice castle. I watched 709 ads to upgrade my equipment and still couldn’t beat the ice castle. Now the ice castle has been fixed, allegedly…. This time, I completed room 12 and it said something like “to be implemented” or “try again later”. I can’t reproduce the message because the game reset my data and I ha e to do these levels again. You do nothi
- [R22] Hero Wars: I downloaded it because of the ads and I thought it was going to be just like it but that wasn’t the case. I would download it still though because it isn’t THAT bad.
- [R55] Scam: Why do I feel like all these reviews are fake the gameplay you see on ads or on the pictures for the app is fake I played it the game was trash boring lame really wasted my time hoping to get the game and play it like how the ads were
- [R69] BORING: This game is a LOT more boring than the add makes it look! Don’t recommend it!
- [R11] No like: I don’t really like it because we can’t change the character
- [R5] I have 2 ideas: It’s good it’s just that I think the person we play as should evolve as we get to a higher level and have a little better graphics
- [R27] Game freezes all the time: It glitches and freezes too much, almost always when I’m almost done with a level. Not worth the hassle to play anymore when I have to keep redoing levels.
- [R17] Good at first: I’ve played up to stage 5 but once getting there the levels don’t get hard, but basically impossible. The Orc characters resistance to physical damage doesn’t allow you to beat even the first part of the level. The only way to progress is to constantly revive yourself by watching ads (which still doesn’t always work) or to buy the purple gems. I enjoyed the first couple of stages bu
- [R19] actually the ads plus fun but...: after a few worlds it gets impossible unless you have the best loot in the entire game
- [R3] Needs more…: I’m sort to say but game needs more animation
- [R9] Don’t get it: The design of the hero is the type of thing you would see in a sketch book and all the levels are the same. But since it is original I’ll give a extra star.
- [R14] Crashes: Crashes as soon as opened
- [R18] Please help: Whenever I try to open the game it closes immediately. I don’t know what to do.
Synthesized from 77 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store