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Head-to-head

RAID vs Hero Wars

RAID 4.7★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner RAID
Hero Wars 4.5★ · Free + IAP 55

Choose RAID for a more engaging experience despite its high costs.

RAID offers a more immersive gameplay experience with a rich storyline and diverse champions, though it is criticized for its expensive in-game purchases. Hero Wars, while fun, suffers from frequent crashes and a lack of engaging content, leading to frustration among players.

Head to head

features edge: RAIDR2R5R67R70
RAID RAID has a wide variety of champions and engaging storylines, with players appreciating the boss fights and collaborations R2R5.
Hero Wars Hero Wars is noted for its fun gameplay but has been criticized for bugs and a lack of new content R67R70.
ease of use edge: RAIDR15R39R66R75
RAID Users find RAID's interface straightforward, but some struggle with promo codes and in-game mechanics R15R39.
Hero Wars Hero Wars players report frequent crashes and issues with gameplay, making it frustrating to play R66R75.
reliability edge: RAIDR49R70R118
RAID RAID has some performance issues but generally functions well R49.
Hero Wars Hero Wars suffers from consistent crashing and bugs, which significantly detracts from gameplay R70R118.
price/value edge: RAIDR3R9R67R81
RAID RAID is often seen as pay-to-win, with many users mentioning exorbitant prices for in-game items R3R9.
Hero Wars Hero Wars also has pay-to-win elements, but players feel it offers less value for money, especially with frequent monetization R67R81.
support tieR7R37R96R114
RAID RAID's support is criticized for being unresponsive and difficult to access R7R37.
Hero Wars Hero Wars users report poor support and issues with account recovery R96R114.
Pick RAID if

you enjoy rich storytelling and diverse gameplay mechanics and are willing to spend on in-game purchases.

Pick Hero Wars if

you prefer a game that is less reliant on spending and enjoy simpler mechanics without frequent crashes.

Evidence note: While RAID has a higher overall rating and more positive reviews, both games face criticism for their monetization strategies. Recent negative reviews for Hero Wars highlight significant performance issues.

Frequently asked

Is RAID a pay-to-win game?
Yes, many users report that RAID has a pay-to-win structure with high costs for in-game items, making it challenging for free players to compete R3R9.

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. [R2] RAID 5/5 · US Awesome job: It has good story telling interesting story’s and you can get your own champions and also boss fights levels and more
  2. [R5] RAID 5/5 · US He-man and the masters of the Universe collabs with raid shadow legends review.: I only really only started playing once I saw the Ad for the collab with masters of the universe. I got on and got on every day until I got Skeletor, he’s always been my favorite He-man character. I love his abilities and I love how you added a custom slower more deep version of the He-man theme to his Character when
  3. [R67] Hero Wars 1/5 · US DON’T PLAY: This game is fun about two weeks. Then, it takes forever to level up your gear. Guess they have it set on screw you when you try to get parts to level your gear. Doesn’t matter if you spend or not. Don’t waste your time and money on this game. They try to keep you down so you do spend more. It’s definitely a fun game if they wasn’t so greedy
  4. [R70] Hero Wars 1/5 · US Awful: Constant bugs. Devs focus on constant monetization rather than fixing issues. Pure pay to win game, if you aren’t ready to shell out $10,000+ you won’t even scratch the surface of competition. Devs also monitor purchasing trends and nerf event rewards and deals to push players to purchase more. Best to stay away from this buggy, overpriced micro transaction game.
  5. [R15] RAID 3/5 · US I can’t figure out how to use the promo codes: Every add says it’s in the chest icon but you first have to use the code which I still can’t figure it how
  6. [R39] RAID 3/5 · US Gameplay: This is a fun game and will quickly get you hooked. However, the 3 star rating is because it is increasingly difficult to play without spending money on energy. There aren’t enough opportunities to gain extra energy without spending money and as you level up it takes more energy to do anything. Either allow for energy to gather unlimited or give more opportunities to win/earn event boost
  7. [R66] Hero Wars 3/5 · US Fun until it froze.: The games started off very interesting, exciting, and functional. There is a moment now we’re the game informs you the level of difficulty is going to increase and prompt you to upgrade your character. After the update, the game froze. I’m unable to exit out the screen and or upgrade my character. I hope they can fix the problem because I would like to continue to play the ga
  8. [R75] Hero Wars 3/5 · US I have played the game for 5 years: Ever since they added the realms to Hero Wars, the game crashes every 15 minutes to a half hour. I play the game for an hour every morning before I go to work. In that time it crashes at least 5 times. The game also drains my battery and causes my phone to heat up. I STILL LOVE THIS GAME. I AM ADDICTED. But I can’t stand how it crashes all the time.
  9. [R49] RAID 1/5 · US Fun game awful performance: Game is fun. It’s like someone made a raid version of ER. But optimization/performance has to be the worst I’ve ever experienced on a game of any platform in my 30 years of gaming. And before a dev replies that it’s my phone like I’ve seen them reply to others on here about. It’s not. I have brand new IPhone 17. 2-3 months old. I play marvel strike force and clash o
  10. [R118] Hero Wars 1/5 · US Too many bugs: This used to be one of my favorite games but lately it’s been super buggy. It crashes so much that it’s impossible to enjoy playing. It started crashing on my iPad first about a month ago and just yesterday it started doing the same on my iPhone. Both my devices have had the most recent updates and I have tried to delete and then redownload the app, but nothing works. It just keeps
  11. [R3] RAID 3/5 · US Prices are crazy high: Things cost way to much in my opinion
  12. [R9] RAID 3/5 · US If money is of no concern…: If money is of no concern then you can basically buy your way through this game at such exorbitant prices that you could easily buy a new car. The gameplay itself is good for a turn based RPG aside from time gates, paywalls and extremely limited resources to start with. Not to mention the excessive amount of harassment of buy this or that to boost your chances, characte
  13. [R81] Hero Wars 3/5 · US Fun expensive game with an app that crashes randomly.: Fun game but be prepared to spend some serious money if you want to get any where quick in this game. Additionally, the app has gone through several major expansions in a short period of time that have caused it crash on a routine basis. You’ll be in the middle of doing anything and it’ll just shut down. Super annoying.
  14. [R7] RAID 1/5 · US Promo Codes: Promo codes don’t work after email verification. Support team button goes to a page that has no links to Raid shadow Legends.
  15. [R37] RAID 1/5 · US Support: That game has the worse support ever, many ridiculous rules if you have problem on that game only god can help you
  16. [R96] Hero Wars 3/5 · US No Support: I have been playing this game for about 6 weeks. I enjoy the variety of ways to gain experience. HUGE PROBLEM……the game constantly crashes and throws me out. I know I’m not the only one as I have read reviews elsewhere that say the same thing. I have had zero luck getting through to tech support. FIX this issue!
  17. [R114] Hero Wars 3/5 · GB Constant Log In Problems: Periodically the log in fails to authorise, have done the remove of the app, restarted phone and it usually works. This time around, today, Feb 25th, doing it several times, nothing is rectifying it at all. Was playing fine an hour ago, came back to it an hour later and it’s no longer working.

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