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Castle Raid!

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Castle Raid! is an addictive strategy game with a simple concept, but recent updates and an overwhelming number of unskippable ads, even for paying users, have led to significant user frustration and game-breaking bugs.

4.4★ lifetime (79,150) Free + in-app purchases since 2021 by Voodoo updated 3.7 mo ago recent negative 71% 120 reviews across 2 regions
Ads Bugs & Crashes Repetitive Levels Progression Issues Raid Mechanics
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4★11
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recent reviews across 2 regions, vs the 4.4★ lifetime average

Castle Raid! offers an engaging and addictive gameplay experience where players draw paths for their army to raid castles. However, recent reviews highlight severe issues including excessive ads, game-breaking bugs, and a lack of progression or variety in levels, significantly impacting user satisfaction.

What users like

  • Addictive and fun gameplay with a simple, genius conceptR3R12R13R42
  • Allows players to draw paths for their army, which is a popular featureR98R159

What users complain about

  • Excessive and unskippable ads severely disrupt gameplay, often exceeding actual play timeR6R8R14R52
  • Purchasing the 'no ads' option often fails to remove ads, leading to a scam perceptionR19R26R27R36
  • Game-breaking bugs prevent progression, with levels getting stuck or failing immediatelyR1R5R10R46
  • Frequent crashes and freezing, especially during raids or at the end of levelsR25R37R38R56
  • Repetitive levels and lack of new content or challenges at higher levelsR10R19R30R33
  • Recent updates have removed features like jewel multipliers and caused progress lossR36R45R110R112
  • Poor or non-existent customer support, with in-app links leading to unhelpful websitesR7R10R19R84
  • Issues with the game trying to initiate unauthorized payments or freezing on permission screensR16R20R49R50

Latest update · v3.2.16

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Bug Fixes

Recurring themes

Ads negative
Users overwhelmingly report an excessive number of unskippable ads, often lasting longer than gameplay. Many who paid for ad removal still encounter ads, leading to accusations of false advertising and scams.R6R8R14R17
Bugs & Crashes negative
Many users report the game freezing, crashing, or getting stuck at specific levels, preventing progression. This contradicts the developer's 'Bug Fixes' notes for the latest update.R1R5R10R11
Repetitive Levels negative
Players frequently complain about the game becoming repetitive, with the same levels appearing over and over, leading to boredom and a lack of challenge.R10R19R30R33
Progression Issues negative
Users report issues with progression, including getting stuck on levels, upgrades not working, and loss of saved progress after updates.R1R5R10R13
Raid Mechanics negative
The raid system is criticized for being too slow, taking excessively long to complete, and often crashing during the process.R23R24R25R38

Who it's for

This game is for players who enjoy simple, addictive strategy games and are willing to tolerate a high volume of ads or play offline R3R12R13. It is not for players who expect an ad-free experience after purchase, seek deep progression, or are easily frustrated by frequent bugs and crashes R19R26.

Evidence note: The recent reviews are heavily skewed negative (0.708 recent-negative), primarily due to the overwhelming ad experience and game-breaking bugs. While some positive reviews exist, they are less detailed and often overshadowed by the common complaints. The lifetime rating of 4.41 suggests a positive trajectory in the past, but the recent sentiment indicates a significant decline in quality or user experience.

Frequently asked

Does paying to remove ads actually work in Castle Raid!?
Based on recent reviews, paying to remove ads for prices like £2.99 or £3.49 often does not work, with many users reporting that they continue to experience frequent ads after their purchase R19R26R27R36.
Are there many ads in Castle Raid!?
Yes, Castle Raid! is heavily criticized for having an excessive number of ads, with many users reporting ads after every level or attempt, often lasting longer than the actual gameplay R6R8R14R52.
Does Castle Raid! have game-breaking bugs?
Yes, many recent reviews indicate that Castle Raid! has game-breaking bugs, including levels where no soldiers appear, immediate failure upon starting a level, and frequent freezing or crashing that prevents progression R1R5R10R46.

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.

  1. [R3] 5/5 · GB Very, very good: It’s all good that I love to play this for my whole study
  2. [R12] 5/5 · GB Good: Love this game
  3. [R13] 5/5 · GB Addictive game: Great game, but need to play regularly as the score drops if you have a few days off. Have been playing for over a year and am 6th from the top. This ultimately is the issue with the game, is there a winner? Or do you eventually gets bored and leave the game? Is there an end point? I have billions of points so am never prompted to spend money on it. I feel that once the player rea
  4. [R42] 5/5 · GB I love this game: This game is so good I love it and I can’t stop playing it for me this app is a five star app Please download this game.
  5. [R98] 3/5 · GB Playing it: I’m just downloading it I saw the ad and it looked cool the way that you can make your army go anywhere is really awesome
  6. [R159] 3/5 · CA Won’t let u do anything: It doesn't let u do anything in shows in the pictures I’m sorry but don’t get this game!!!! The only fun thing is is the part where you get to draw the way they go!! That’s why I’m rating it a 3
  7. [R6] 1/5 · GB No game just adds: There are more adds then game play all voodoo gams are like this mostly because they free.They make it free so more people will play it and then will more people will watch the adds so they get paid.They are really good games it’s just the adds that make it not fun.Maybe if that where less greedy it would be fun.
  8. [R8] 1/5 · GB Too many ads: There be too many ads I got a prompt to review in an ad :/
  9. [R14] 1/5 · GB Too many ads: Love the game but every stage is an add. Will delete it
  10. [R52] 1/5 · GB Too many ads.: Quite simply the app has far too many adverts which make it unplayable unless you pay. It takes around 45 seconds to close an ad vs 20 seconds for an actual level of gameplay.
  11. [R19] 2/5 · GB Boring and repetitive don’t pay for ad removal: Boring and repetitive, concept good but so smart once you have done 10-12 plays it’s all the same … no change and no real challenge. I also paid £3.99 to remove adds as you spend more time watching them after every raid than the raid itself, but still gets ads, may as well have thrown the cash away, no support from developers and Apple should step i
  12. [R26] 1/5 · GB Why are there ADs when you pay?: Total scam
  13. [R27] 1/5 · GB Don’t purchase ad free: I have purchased the ad free option for 3.49, I’m still watching ads in between each level and have the ad banner pop up. Very disappointing.
  14. [R36] 1/5 · GB Why am I getting ads?: I loved playing Castle Raid so I paid £2.99 to get rid of the ridiculous amount of adverts. I haven’t played this for a couple of months so was surprised to discover it has been upgraded, I’ve lost all of my coins saved and I have adverts back and it’s asking me to pay to get them removed. This isn’t on, I paid for advert free, at no point did it say “ad free until we update
  15. [R1] 1/5 · GB Broken: No progression possible. Game broken. Avoid.
  16. [R5] 1/5 · GB Game is broken - level 46: I was enjoying this on my ipad up until level 46. There are no soldiers to play with. As soon as you swipe to erase part of the ground, it decrees you've failed. No way to continue. Game is broken.
  17. [R10] 3/5 · GB Good to start but same it doesn’t work: It’s gets very repeat-y. Exact same levels over and over. Also got stuck on level 928. There are no soldiers in the level and as soon as you touch it, you fail. There is no option to message the game designers for help. It’s a shame. No one in the forums seems to know.
  18. [R46] 1/5 · GB Glitchy glitchy glitchy: I loved this game and would have given it 4 stars (5 reserved for a game free from annoying ads) but recently it’s just been glitchy as anything. You complete a tricky level, kill all the red guys and then nothing. Instead of running triumphantly into the castle your knights just mill around aimlessly in front of it. Restarting the game produces the same outcome so you hav
  19. [R25] 4/5 · GB Great game but…: I love this game, I’m 19th place too so I think that shows how much I’ve played lol. The only downfall is for some reason I can’t raid other peoples castles, I get so far then the game shuts off, when I click back on it I can’t carry on where I left off which is really annoying.
  20. [R37] 4/5 · GB Great game but bugs: Love this game it’s so addictive and helps to distract me when needed. Just wish the bugs would be fixed. When I raid a castle that is a higher level than me it always shuts the app down x
  21. [R38] 2/5 · GB Game crashes: Virtually every time you have to raid someone you need to keep your finger on the area you want to attack, this takes over 5 minutes and 90% of the time the game stops working during this time and you lose everything. Just make an instant collection button like most other games do. It’s so annoying.
  22. [R56] 3/5 · GB Game keeps crashing: I like the game, but keeps crashing, infuriating on survival mode! Please fix
  23. [R30] 4/5 · GB review: i bought “no ads” for £3.49 on the game and there is none at all other than optional ones to gain things. i love this game it’s very addictive and fun to play however the only thing is all of the levels are repetitive, it’s the same levels over and over again so does get a little boring, i would love it if they made the levels harder the higher level you went up.
  24. [R33] 4/5 · GB Love the game but: I’ve been playing this game for ages now but it’s getting boring because the map is the same so it needs new map and stuff adding
  25. [R45] 2/5 · GB Good unit bad: I had loads of progress on the leader board and made a massive castle and I really enjoyed the game and then there was a new update and everything was reset and all the progress was deleted
  26. [R110] 3/5 · GB No multipliers since update: For some reason you can not multiply your jewels now or improve armour if it is on “watch video” Worked fine until the update. Never mind. Looks like its time to delete.
  27. [R112] 3/5 · GB Spoiled by poor update and insufficient variety: This was a fun game to play and, for those with a yearning for challenges, the high score table at first offered a reasonable target. However the last update changed all that and the table no longer reflected the actual score but an unexplained and inexplicable alternative figure. If the problem is a proliferation of bugs, it needs careful attention
  28. [R7] 1/5 · GB Can we get some help please: Game stopped at level 119.. clicked on app support and it takes you to the website with no clear option for support
  29. [R84] 3/5 · GB Level 100 is crashing: Overall the game is nice. However, I couldn’t get beyond level 100 as the game freezes there and won’t let me proceed. Tried to report that but it only takes me to the website and I couldn’t find a way to report it.
  30. [R16] 1/5 · GB Very dodgy: Keeps randomly coming up with Apple Pay £3.99 4x in 5 mins. Never felt so concerned a game is going to rip me off. Deleting!
  31. [R20] 1/5 · GB Terrible: Game tried to charge me for something!! Luckily with apple faceid have to be used to go through woth payment.
  32. [R49] 1/5 · GB Um: can't get past the privacy policy page...
  33. [R50] 1/5 · GB Can’t get past permission screen: Looks a great game, however I can’t find out as the app seems to freeze on the first screen and can’t select any of the relevant permissions it needs
  34. [R17] 1/5 · GB Castle raid: To many blooming adverts. Will now delete game.
  35. [R11] 5/5 · GB so good: so this game is good if you like watching adverts and it is bad it is laggy and if you press the start button it sometimes will upgrade your player
  36. [R23] 1/5 · GB Raids….: Some nice updates to add more things to do and content, but the way you have changed the raids is unbelievable it takes SO long why did you change it?? Makes the game unplayable now….
  37. [R24] 1/5 · GB Please sort the raids out: It literally takes the same minutes to raid as it does coins. So for example, if you’re going to raid someone for the castle gates it takes 16649 it will take you 16 mins to complete the raid! And that’s not even counting the rest of the buildings which can be 32000 when you get to level 50. This is absolutely crazy! You can’t even leave it raiding and come back to it. I

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store