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Heroes of History vs Vikings

Heroes of History 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Heroes of History
Vikings 4.3★ · Free + IAP 30

For players seeking a historical strategy game with frequent updates and a diverse character roster, Heroes of History is the better choice, despite its recent issues with buggy events and monetization, while Vikings is best avoided due to its extreme pay-to-win model and poor customer support.

Full reviews: Heroes of History · Vikings

Heroes of History offers a fun, in-depth historical strategy experience with many characters and events, though recent updates have introduced bugs and aggressive monetization. Vikings, while having solid graphics and base building, is overwhelmingly criticized as a pay-to-win game with unresponsive customer support and diminishing player enjoyment.

Head to head

Features & Content edge: Heroes of HistoryR1R4R7R8
Heroes of History Heroes of History is praised for its diverse roster of historical characters, engaging storyline, and fun events, with users appreciating the depth and continuous updates R8R23. However, some recent events, like 'Ithaca' and 'Atlantis,' have been criticized for being unplayable, buggy, or requiring excessive spending R1R4R7R10.
Vikings Vikings is noted for its beautiful graphics, solid base building, and various quests and mazes . Players also appreciate the ability to shield for unlimited time . However, recent updates have introduced bugs and new features like the 'Monster Generator' have been implemented without adequate testing, breaking core gameplay mechanics . Some users also desire new features like naval combat .
Ease of Use & Progression edge: Heroes of HistoryR15R18R23R24
Heroes of History Heroes of History is generally easy to pick up, with new players finding it fun R23. However, progression becomes very slow and tedious, especially for free-to-play users, requiring significant time or money R18R24. Some mechanics, like cultural site management and combat speed, are considered annoying or slow R15.
Vikings Vikings allows for quick leveling initially, but progression slows significantly after level 21, taking weeks for upgrades . Many players describe the game as a 'slog' and 'pay to play' to advance, making it difficult for new or non-spending players to be competitive R75.
Reliability & Performance tieR1R3R7R9
Heroes of History Heroes of History suffers from frequent technical issues, including connection errors, inability to load or update, and constant crashing R3R9. Many recent events are described as buggy and untested R1R7R19.
Vikings Vikings also experiences reliability problems, with users reporting connection errors, game not loading, and being stuck in maintenance . There are also reports of significant bugs introduced with new features, such as resource lairs not being produced .
Price & Value edge: Heroes of HistoryR4R10R18R19
Heroes of History Heroes of History is a free-to-play game with in-app purchases, but many users feel it has become a 'cash grab' R18R19R22. Events are often impossible for free-to-play users and even difficult for paying players without spending 'a LOT' R4R10R22. Pricing for in-app purchases is considered steep and overpriced, offering little advantage for smaller purchases .
Vikings Vikings is overwhelmingly criticized as a 'pay to play' or 'pay to win' game R61. Users report needing to spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars monthly to remain competitive or progress meaningfully R61R75R76R81. The game is described as a 'money pit' where developers prioritize profit over fair gameplay .
Support & Community tieR1R19R25R37
Heroes of History Developers for Heroes of History are criticized for not listening to the player base, being unresponsive to bug reports, and making small, obvious mistakes R1R19R25R37. Customer support is described as unconcerned and dismissive R37.
Vikings Vikings' customer support is widely condemned as poor, lazy, biased, and unhelpful, often providing copy-paste responses R76. Developers are accused of not listening to the community and catering only to big spenders . Some users report issues with promo codes not working for iPhone users .
Pick Heroes of History if

you enjoy historical strategy games with a wide array of characters and frequent events, and are willing to tolerate some bugs and a degree of in-app purchase pressure for faster progression R8R23.

Pick Vikings if

you are a high-spending player looking for a long-term, competitive RTS game with good graphics, and are prepared to invest thousands of dollars to stay relevant R61R75.

Evidence note: Recent reviews for Heroes of History are heavily skewed negative due to specific buggy events and increased monetization, contrasting with its higher lifetime rating. Vikings' reviews are overwhelmingly negative, consistently citing extreme pay-to-win mechanics and poor support over a long period.

Frequently asked

Is Heroes of History a pay-to-win game?
Heroes of History is increasingly becoming a pay-to-progress game, with many recent events being difficult or impossible for free-to-play users and even requiring significant spending for paying players to complete R4R10R18R22.
How much do I need to spend to be competitive in Vikings?
To be competitive in Vikings, users report needing to spend a substantial amount, with some mentioning hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month R61R75R76R81.
Are there many bugs in Heroes of History?
Yes, Heroes of History is frequently reported to have numerous bugs, including connection errors, crashes, and issues with new events being untested and broken R1R3R7R9.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Current Ithaca event completely fails. Players on strike: Consistent impossible unobtainable awards not just for f2p but p2p too. Tons of bugs. Devs never listen to main game base and respond when literally the whole chat is rioting. You know it’s bad when multiple loyal players are begging for bare minimum for the devs to actually hop in and listen and change as we ask. Not to mention so many sma
  2. [R4] Heroes of History 2/5 · US Unplayable: The new events are unplayable without a large donation; the greed of idiots will ruin this game, as it has already ruined many good games. In six months, this game will become a useless swamp with a small group of high-dollar players.
  3. [R7] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Ithica event completely fails. Players on strike!: This was a great game and could still be but the developers are delivering untested buggy events and taking peoples money for the pleasure of being their guinea pigs. Ithica is the latest and worst thing they’ve done yet, amazing idea but impossible to obtain the main time-limited event prize without spending an estimated upwards of $500 in order
  4. [R8] Heroes of History 5/5 · US This game is amazing!!!: They have so many characters to get and have good ideas for events.
  5. [R15] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Cultural Sites Suck!: The worst part of this game by far is managing cultural sites. It’s hard enough just to manage the space that you have. Making players figure out how to optimize based on cultural site placement is such an unnecessary waste of time and it really ruins the pace and enjoyment of the game.
  6. [R18] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Interesting, Fun, Cash grab: I've been playing for just over a week. I've played dozens of mobile games and this looked like one of the better ones. What it has going for it - you can play on multiple platforms, great design idea - develop you heroes by building and improving your city. Fun stuff! On the downside - it's a real slog, unless you cough up lots of $$ and/or spend a lot of time watchin
  7. [R23] Heroes of History 5/5 · US Needs some improvement, but WOW: I just started playing this today, but it’s extremely good! Some characters lack voice lines, sfx are pretty repetitive, but (i think) the game is new so it is to be expected. But overall I like this game a lot :3
  8. [R24] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Getting a bit overwhelming and slow: I enjoy the historical characters and the world building but it’s very very slow to progress… the requirements to build characters is staggering and very slow. The novelty is wearing off and you can’t use what you’ve built in any way. Cannot raid others, cannot customize anything. The Tesla levels become unreal at level 40. The time to get to level 45 with all
  9. [R3] Heroes of History 3/5 · US Connections: The game won’t start up or update. Keeps saying g connection error
  10. [R9] Heroes of History 3/5 · US What happened????: After the last update the game won’t load anymore. I’ve reinstalled it twice now. I’m absolutely upset. I’ve spent so much time and money in this game please fix
  11. [R10] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Ithaca is a total failure: The new Ithaca event is a total failure. It’s impossible for FTP players to get the hero awakening that’s limited to this event only, and even players spending money find it nearly impossible without spending a LOT. This is so disappointing to see from the devs.
  12. [R19] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Cash Grab: The new Ithaca event is completely broken and even spenders cannot complete the goal. Not tested beforehand and Inno has been unresponsive in game and barely so on social media. Definitely a big turn for the worse in this game
  13. [R25] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Taking advantage of players: The on going Ithaca event fails and we are ignored. Players on strike
  14. [R37] Heroes of History 1/5 · US Inno scum: These guys are scum. They just acknowledged ripping me off due to a bug and told me that they weren’t going to fix it. They take every opportunity to milk you for cash to the point where you can’t complete ANY of the event tasks without spending real cash. Avoid inno!
  15. [R22] Heroes of History 1/5 · US They only want your cash: The ongoing Ithaca event is purely a cash cow and is quite impossible for FtP people. Heck it’s even impossible if you spend a lot of money
  16. [R61] Vikings 1/5 · US I used to spend $500 a month on the game because I couldn't play any other way. But I'm quitting bec: I used to spend $500 a month on the game because I couldn't play any other way. But I'm quitting because of the Battle for Light competition! Until this competition continues or Light achievements are available for purchase, I definitely won't be coming back!
  17. [R75] Vikings 3/5 · US New Players Please Read: This game was extremely fun to play when it was still newer. Presently the game is approaching 1000 kingdoms, when I started the newest kingdom was 83. Back then the game was a blast, wasn’t crazy expensive and relatively easy to be competitive if you were willing to spend a little on it. Now, I wouldn’t suggest starting unless you’re willing to drop tens of thousand of
  18. [R76] Vikings 1/5 · US Overtime pay required to play: I have played Vikings since before Aristocrat mobile and MTG owned Plarium from 2015 to present day. I wanted to dial in a few facts supporting the 1 star review. 1. Plariums customer support absolutely sucks and they are 1000% copy paste responses and beat around the bush that never helps your issue. 2. Literally a 1/4 of the in-town screen is bank offers. Floating
  19. [R81] Vikings 3/5 · US Rich people game: The league levels should based on how much players spend to play. So those dropping $1000 a month should be in competition against each other. And those who haven’t spent money should be against each other. Or go by influence. I have personal competitions and I’m in the same league as players 10 times my size.

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