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Head-to-head

Vikings vs War and Order

Vikings 4.3★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner War and Order
War and Order 4.5★ · Free + IAP 65

War and Order is the slightly better choice due to its higher lifetime rating and fewer explicit complaints about recent negative changes, though both games suffer from significant pay-to-win mechanics.

Full reviews: Vikings · War and Order

Both Vikings and War and Order are real-time strategy games with strong pay-to-win elements, where spending significant money is often necessary to compete. While Vikings has a dedicated long-term player base, recent updates have alienated many, pushing them towards quitting. War and Order also faces criticism for its monetization and misleading ads, but its overall user sentiment is marginally more positive.

Head to head

Pay-to-Win / Monetization tieR1R3R4R13
Vikings Many long-term players of Vikings report that the game has become increasingly pay-to-win, requiring hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month to remain competitive, especially after recent updates R1R3R4R15. Free-to-play players or those who spend less find it impossible to advance or compete against 'whales' R13.
War and Order War and Order is also widely criticized for its aggressive monetization, with users stating that it's expensive to be a contender and that you 'HAVE to spend money regularly to be competitive' . Some players report needing to spend thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars to stand a chance against top players .
Game Updates and Changes edge: War and OrderR4R6R7R10
Vikings Recent updates in Vikings have been a major source of frustration, with players stating they 'broke the game' and made it impossible for non-spenders to compete in events R4R6R7R10. These changes are perceived as catering only to high-spending players and diminishing the fun for the majority .
War and Order War and Order users mention some issues with updates, such as a calculator pad bug on iPad and server speed slowing down after a few months . However, the complaints about updates are less frequent and less severe compared to Vikings, with some users wishing for more realms for mergers .
Customer Support tieR16R25R52R54
Vikings Vikings players consistently report poor customer support, describing it as 'sucks,' providing 'copy paste responses,' and being 'lazy and biased' R16R25R52R54. Issues like unreceived packages or unexplained troop losses are not resolved satisfactorily R54.
War and Order War and Order also receives significant criticism for its customer support, with users calling it 'poor' and stating that support 'hasn’t fixed it yet' for issues like lost accounts or downloading resources R61R87. Some users claim the company is dishonest and won't release data .
Gameplay Experience tieR2R5R8R14
Vikings Many users describe Vikings as an 'awesome' and 'great game' with beautiful graphics and solid base building, offering many quests and fun mazes R2R5R8R14. However, the enjoyment is often overshadowed by the pay-to-win aspect, making it less fun for those unwilling to spend .
War and Order War and Order is described as 'fun and addicting' with nice graphics, engaging gameplay, and good team play . However, a significant number of reviews complain about misleading advertisements that show gameplay entirely different from the actual city-building RTS R79R85R90R96.
Reliability and Performance tieR9R10R12R46
Vikings Vikings users report connectivity issues, game not loading, or being stuck in maintenance mode R9R12. There are also complaints about bugs and new features being introduced with more bugs R10R46.
War and Order War and Order users mention issues with relevant resources not downloading R61 and the game feeling 'very buggy' and freezing constantly . Some also report server speed slowing down to the point of unplayability after a few months .
Pick Vikings if

you are a long-time fan of the Vikings theme and gameplay, and are willing to invest significant time and potentially money to stay competitive, despite recent negative changes R5R8R14.

Pick War and Order if

you are looking for an engaging and addictive city-building RTS game with good graphics and team play, and are prepared for a strong pay-to-win environment, or if you enjoy mini-games .

Evidence note: Both apps are free-to-play with in-app purchases, and the majority of negative reviews for both stem from the aggressive monetization and pay-to-win aspects. The lifetime ratings are relatively high for both, but recent reviews, particularly for Vikings, show a strong negative skew due to perceived changes in monetization strategy.

Frequently asked

Is Vikings a pay-to-win game?
Yes, Vikings is widely considered a pay-to-win game, with many players stating that it's impossible to advance or compete without spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars per month, especially after recent updates R1R3R4R15.
Is War and Order really like its advertisements?
No, War and Order is frequently criticized for misleading advertisements; many users report that the actual gameplay is a standard city-building real-time strategy game, not the puzzle or action-oriented mini-games often shown in ads R79R85R90R96.
How is customer support for Vikings and War and Order?
Customer support for both Vikings and War and Order is generally reported as poor; users describe Vikings' support as unhelpful and providing 'copy paste responses' R16R25, while War and Order's support is criticized for not resolving issues like lost accounts or technical problems R61R87.

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. [R1] 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!
  2. [R3] Vikings 3/5 · US Pay to Play: I agree with the review that StarsNite said and TOTALLY DISAGREE with the response he got.. the game is all about the money..I can’t even upgrade knowledge to enable me to train Tier IX troops.. that makes the game sucks
  3. [R4] Vikings 2/5 · US Unannounced Changes Alter the Game: I have played this game almost daily over the last eight years. While it is like many “freemium” games which offers significant playing advantages to high spenders, over the last six months, they have accelerated this, including altering internal competitions to significantly disadvantage players who do not spend liberally. IMO the game developer has recently ma
  4. [R13] Vikings 1/5 · US Whales only: Can not advance without spending big. Great graphics.
  5. [R6] Vikings 3/5 · US I: Ive really enjoyed this game so far ive been playing for about 4 years my dad 10 but the latest updates make it impossible for me or my dad to stand a chance in events please fix the game plarium
  6. [R7] Vikings 1/5 · US Fair: Not a fair competition at all. In the last fair, Wolf's Path, players with castle levels 40-41 competed, but suddenly a player with castle level 45 won! How did he even end up among lower-level players? The matchmaking is unfair! The game has become complete garbage, getting worse with each update. Even with donations, it's no longer fun to play. · translated
  7. [R10] Vikings 1/5 · US If I could give it 0 stars, I would: My next entry: they just broke the game and are again, lying about it! They added a new feature Monster Generator (which allows the player to create an invader or ghost on their own.) I believe this feature was introduced without adequate testing because now, no resource lairs are produced when killing ghosts or invaders. These resource locations are the lite
  8. [R16] 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
  9. [R25] Vikings 1/5 · US Not worth your time: Bad support team , their lazy and biased and lazy at their jobs
  10. [R52] Vikings 1/5 · US Beware, a pay to play game with a dishonest company behind it all!: If you don't want to constantly spend money, then you won't enjoy this scam of a game! Even if you do spend money to participate, or heaps of money to stay competitive, as soon as there are any issues the "support" team (they must be using the term support ironically) dismisses you concerns with no recourse. If you have a pay to p
  11. [R54] Vikings 3/5 · US Diminished: The game was exciting and fair in the beginning. Then packages weren’t delivered correctly with customer service reply by insinuating it was customer error. Then last straw was rewards for buying Russian museum tickets. If a world wide platform is limited to one country-I won’t choose Russia. This has been an awful experience and led me to games with GOOD SERVICE.
  12. [R2] Vikings 5/5 · US Great game: Love it
  13. [R5] Vikings 5/5 · US The best Game: I don’t know what the fuss is about but I like this game
  14. [R8] Vikings 5/5 · US Great game: Just great I’d like to see the hero,shaman and town level increase sometime soon
  15. [R14] Vikings 5/5 · US Different RTS game apart from competitors. It lets you shield for unlimited time.: Beautiful graphics and solid base building. Many quests and fun mazes.
  16. [R9] Vikings 3/5 · US Connection: Okay so my game isn’t loading because of some connection error and my shield is going to become in active and I’m going to lose everything. And platinum is going to say tooo band . It’s happened before
  17. [R12] Vikings 3/5 · US My game won’t load: It just notified me that update was over and I could log on and I tried and it said still in maintenance
  18. [R46] Vikings 1/5 · US Bad. Dont Play it: It used to be a great game. There was hope that the new owner would make it better. But it’s gotten worse Full of bugs. New features introduced w more bugs. Rather than delivering on the promises they made The latest is a new contest they introduced. Tasks unknown. Only the clan chief can acore. Waste of time Don’t get started
  19. [R15] 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
  20. [R79] War and Order 1/5 · US Not what you see in preview: Game is nothing like the preview you see in ads.
  21. [R85] War and Order 2/5 · US 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.
  22. [R90] War and Order 3/5 · US Deceptive!: This is not the game that is advertised.
  23. [R96] War and Order 3/5 · GB Game play: The game play shown in the adverts seem to be completely different to the actual game I’ve been playing it for ages now and seem to not have actually come across anything that’s shown in the adverts for the game, but still tho it’s not a bad game fun to indulge In
  24. [R61] War and Order 1/5 · US 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
  25. [R87] War and Order 3/5 · US 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

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