Useless
Response from developer
Fair hit, and we heard it! Ranked is now free in India: you get 3 games a day, and every short video adds 1 more, up to 100 a day. If you don't see the energy capsule in the top-right of Play, close the app fully and reopen it once to get the update. Come climb the ladder and earn back those 4 missing stars 😄
Potentiel gâché
Update: j’ai vu la réponse j’ai beaucoup aimé la réponse et j’ai été dur en mettant une étoile désolé. En revanche je ne peux pas mettre les 5. Le principe de jouer que 3 partie en ligne en sachant que c’est le principal mode du jeu et c’est la raison pour laquelle les utilisateurs joue. Donc le limité à 3 ca reste abusé à mon avis. C’est comme installer fortnite et pouvoir faire que 3 partie sa serai un scandale ( meme si ya d’autre mode ce n’est pas excusable selon moi).
Response from developer
Une étoile ?! 😭 Aïe, ça pique ! Merci Yanis pour ton retour honnête, ça nous aide vraiment. Petite précision : la limite de 3 parties par jour concerne seulement le mode classé contre de vrais joueurs. Tout le reste est gratuit et illimité : les parties contre les bots, le puzzle du jour et le mode Pass & Play pour jouer à deux sur le même téléphone. Blocade Plus, c'est pour ceux qui en veulent plus : classé illimité, une place au Royale, le badge champion, les thèmes de plateau et l'analyse de partie. Une partie qui bugue ne devrait pas te coûter une de tes parties classées, et on travaille à rendre le jeu plus stable. Pense aussi à faire la mise à jour, la dernière version corrige pas mal de choses. Donne-nous une autre chance, ces quatre étoiles manquantes sont quelque part et on aimerait bien les retrouver !
Classic strategy in a streamlined format
Response from developer
Five stars and a review this thoughtful? 🤩 Thank you, this made our whole week! Decades of family rivalry and now a world of opponents, that's exactly why we built Blocade. And you said it perfectly: those games where your path goes from 3 to 23 are the best teacher there is. Next step: add your brother as a friend and settle the family score online, or go head to head on one phone with Pass & Play. When you're ready for a bigger stage, try Royale, our daily tournament at 8 AM Eastern. Thanks for the advice to new players too, it's spot on. See you on the board!
Melhoria
Response from developer
Quatro estrelas, Felipe! 😄 A quinta tá tão perto que dá até pra sentir. Valeu demais pelo feedback! O Plus é só pra quem quer mais: ranqueadas ilimitadas, vaga na Royale, selo de campeão, temas de tabuleiro e análise das partidas. Mas dá pra jogar muito sem pagar nada: partidas ilimitadas contra os bots, o puzzle diário, ranqueadas grátis todo dia e partidas com um amigo no mesmo celular. As ranqueadas grátis voltam todo dia, então amanhã tem mais! Aquela quinta estrela tá por aí, e a gente vai atrás dela. 🏆
Paywalled vital function
Response from developer
One star and talk of a vibe-coded rival? 😭 We'll take that as a challenge, and honestly, if you build one, we want a rematch! Fair warning though: by the time you've paid for the AI credits, the servers, the developer accounts, and the coffee to get through all the "why are the walls going through each other" bugs, that free game will have cost you a lot more than $9.99. Plus a few months of weekends. Ask us how we know. 😅 Thanks for telling us straight. Ranked still has free games every day, and the video is there only for players who want extra games on top of those. Plus is only for players who want more: unlimited ranked, a Royale seat, game review, board themes and chat skins. It's $9.99 once and it's yours forever, no subscription. We totally get it if that's still too much, lol. Bots, the daily puzzle and Pass & Play with a friend on one phone are all free, with no limits. The offer you saw when you held the app icon is a goodbye discount for anyone thinking of leaving. Nobody has to take it, and we promise it's not following you around. We'd love another shot at those four missing stars. See you on the board! 🙌
Good game
Response from developer
Five stars! 🤩 Smooth and fun is exactly what we're going for, thank you Adam! If you're looking for a new challenge, jump into the daily Royale tournament and show everyone how it's done. See you on the board!
Good game can’t buy plus
Response from developer
Five stars and a happy ending! 🤩 Thank you, SJ_DAVO. We're glad we got your Plus sorted fast, and thanks for giving us the chance to fix it. Your Plus comes with a Royale seat, so jump into today's tournament and show them how it's done. See you on the board!
P
Response from developer
One star?! 😭 Hold on, don't leave yet, you can still play! Plus is only for players who want more: unlimited ranked, a Royale seat, the champion badge, board themes, chat skins and game review. Blocade itself is free to play. Bot games are unlimited, there's a new daily puzzle every day, you get free ranked games every day, and Pass & Play lets two people play on one phone, all at no cost. If you ran out of ranked games for the day, try the bots or the daily puzzle, and your ranked games come back tomorrow. Make sure you're on the latest version too. We'd love another chance to earn those four missing stars!
Ad game
Response from developer
One star?! 😭 Fair enough, nobody likes hitting a wall in the middle of a good run. Plus is only for players who want more: unlimited ranked, a seat in Blocade Royale, the champion badge, board themes, chat skins and full game review. Blocade itself is free to play. You get unlimited games against the bots, the daily puzzle, free ranked games every day, and Pass & Play so two people can play on one phone. We're also adding a way to earn extra ranked games by watching a short video, no payment needed. Give it another go, we'd love to win back the other four stars!
Fun game but
Response from developer
Three stars?! 😭 We'll take "fun game" as a compliment and get to work earning the other two. Thank you for the honest feedback, it really helps. If the bots feel too easy, try climbing to the tougher ones higher up the bot ladder, or play ranked against real people, who are much harder to beat the same way twice. On Game Review: an 80% win chance means you're in a strong position, not that the win is guaranteed. One slip late in the game can still swing it. We're making Game Review clearer about where a game turned. Please give us another shot, those two missing stars are out there somewhere and we'd love to find them!
Супер
Response from developer
Спасибо огромное! 🙌 Пять звёзд и «Супер» — лучший отзыв, о котором можно мечтать. Загляните в ежедневную головоломку или попробуйте турнир Royale — там есть с кем помериться силами. До встречи на доске!
brokieee
Response from developer
Thanks for the 5 stars! Even for all the "brokies" out there, we have you covered with free daily matches and unlimited free bot games. Glad you're finding Blocade interesting, and good luck in your matches!
Blockade
Response from developer
Thanks for the feedback. We can't delete reviews, only reply to them, and we'd never want to. On who goes first: in ranked it's random. In the last week the higher-rated player went first in about half of games, and the player who goes first wins about half the time, so it's not an edge. Against bots, you always move first. If a game felt off, come tell us on Discord and we'll take a look: playblocade.com/discord
No real opponents
Response from developer
Fair call. When nobody else is searching at the moment you tap Play, ranked fills the seat with one of our bots after a short wait rather than leaving you on a spinner, and that game looks like any other match. Australia is off-peak for most of our players, so you ran into it more than most. We've just lengthened that wait so real players get paired together more often. For guaranteed humans: Open Lobbies shows who is actually online, friend codes let you challenge anyone directly, and the daily Royale tournament is all real players. Thanks for saying it straight. We hope to earn those five stars.
Best game on my phone
Response from developer
Thank you, that means a lot. I build Blocade on my own, so a review like this is what keeps it going. Grab the 3.2 update when you get a chance, you can host your own Knockout tournament now, invite friends with a code, and every round is rated. Thanks for playing. 🥊
素晴らしい
Response from developer
レビューありがとうございます！英語の勉強に役立っていると聞いて、とても嬉しいです。これからも楽しみながらプレイしていただけるよう、新しい機能や改善を続けていきます。応援ありがとうございます！
latest update ruins the game
Response from developer
Thank you for writing this out in detail. This is exactly the kind of feedback that helps me fix the right things, and you're right about the parts that matter most. Two of the issues you flagged were genuine bugs, and both are already fixed in the update rolling out now: • The rewards were broken. Winning a hard game and seeing "+1" was never intended. The rating math was over-discounting wins. Wins now pay out properly, and losses are handled more fairly, so the risk/reward finally makes sense. • The AI weakness you described, wandering in circles and not closing a route after being trapped, was a real blind spot in how the AI read wall positions. I rebuilt that part of the engine, so it defends those spots now instead of drifting. On top of that, I'm building a whole new grading system that rewards skill directly. It awards points for standout plays, the kind of brilliant moves that set off the lightning strike so many players already love, so sharp play gets recognized on its own rather than living or dying by a single rating number. On matchmaking: when there aren't enough live players in your range at that exact moment, the game fills in so you're not stuck on an empty lobby. But I hear you that I leaned on it too hard. Growing live-player density (and getting tournaments to actually fire) is a top focus right now. I'm a solo developer, and I read every review. Come join our Telegram, t.me/blocadeapp, where I reply to every message instantly. Give the next update a shot, and if anything still feels off, tell me there and I'll keep at it. Hoping to earn that fifth star from you down the road.
pay wall
Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback! We don’t show ads right now, and we’d like to keep it that way. If ads are ever introduced in the future, they’ll only be for free players to help support the game, while premium players will continue to enjoy an ad-free experience. Thanks for giving Blocade a try!
Paywall after just a few matches.
Response from developer
Hi AceFace81, thanks for giving Blocade a try and for being honest with your feedback. I completely understand why the paywall was frustrating. I just wanted to clarify that the lifetime upgrade is $29.99, and it’s a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited matches and every premium feature forever. We also offer the monthly option for players who don’t want to pay upfront. The version you played was literally the very first public release of Blocade. It actually started as a side project, and after unexpectedly reaching over 10,000 downloads in just two days, we had to quickly introduce match limits to make the game sustainable while we continued building it. One thing that was important to me from day one was keeping Blocade completely ad-free. Personally, I don’t enjoy games filled with ads or constant interruptions, so instead of going that route, I chose a one-time lifetime purchase to support ongoing development and server costs. Since that first release, we’ve added new features, improved the gameplay, fixed bugs, and made the game much more polished. We’re still building Blocade every week, and there’s a lot more coming. If you’re open to giving it another shot, I’d also love to invite you to join our Telegram community. I personally read every message there, so it’s the fastest way to share feedback or ideas directly with me. Many of the improvements in the game have come from player suggestions. Thanks again for trying Blocade. Whether you decide to come back or not, I genuinely appreciate your feedback.
Smh
Response from developer
Hi Timmy, thanks for trying Blocade and for the feedback. That’s a fair question. The version you played was actually the very first public release of the game. Blocade started as a side project, but after unexpectedly reaching over 10,000 downloads in just two days, we had to quickly introduce match limits to make the game sustainable while we continued improving it. Rather than filling the game with ads or energy systems, I decided to offer a one-time lifetime upgrade that unlocks unlimited matches and every premium feature forever. Personally, I don’t enjoy ads in games, and I wanted to keep Blocade completely ad-free. Since that first release, we’ve added new features, improved the gameplay, fixed bugs, and made the game much more polished. We’re still building every week, and there’s a lot more on the way. If you’d like to share ideas or feedback, feel free to join our Telegram community. I personally read every message there, so it’s the fastest way to reach me. Thanks again for giving Blocade a shot.
