# Castle Duels: Royal PvP Battle — user reviews > 935 indexed App Store user reviews of Castle Duels by MYGAMES MENA FZ LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 5,822 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/castle-duels-royal-pvp-battle/id6479882092/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/castle-duels-royal-pvp-battle/id6479882092.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,583 · 4★ 807 · 3★ 169 · 2★ 63 · 1★ 200 ## What do users think of Castle Duels? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 No ads - 👍 Unique characters and mechanics - 🚀 Fun and entertaining **Cons** - 💰 Pay-to-win model - 🐛 Unbalanced gameplay - 🐛 Matchmaking issues - 🔥 Greedy monetization - 🔥 Ads added in recent update **Commonly reported bugs** - Server disconnection issues - Inability to claim season battle pass rewards - Inconsistent damage calculations **Most requested features** - CPU mode with pause functionality - Improved rewards for F2P players - Better card/character balance - Replay functionality ## Newest reviews (14 of 935) ### 3/5 — Good game *2026-08-11, version 23.0* The is really good and has potential but it does need massive balancing issues. You need to only play gold tier cards because then it top purple card can get wiped out by a gold 9 or 10 card. ### 3/5 — Good game but… *2026-08-10, version 23.0* I personally really like this game; it’s super fun to play and keeps me wanting to grind for characters sometimes. However, I’m really disappointed that this game is pay to play. In order to progress you need to upgrade your best characters but guess what? It takes forever to do so unless you pay for it. It’s not cheap either, you get a tiny amount of diamonds or whatever you’re buying for so much more than it’s worth; 0.99 cents will get you 30 crystals, plus all the chests in the game are 999 diamonds or more (you think I’m joking). If you want to get a specific character it’s $15-$30 dollars not to mention the bundles they want you to buy. I get the developers have to make their money but it’s a little insane. In my opinion it’s not worth the money on any of it and I’ve bought things on the game before. The only thing I would say is worth it to me are the different battle passes and the $3 legendary card. Make things less expensive or make it to where people can keep up without spending $1500. Also make the events 6 days instead of 4 days please I can never finish the events unless I pay to finish it and I’ve tried grinding for it throughout all 4 days without spending money. I hope you listen and do something about it because I truly do like this game and would love to keep playing but this is making me not want to play anymore. ### 4/5 — It a decent game *2026-08-10, version 23.0* Not that bad of a game but wish there was an easier why to see how long till you get to the next league and more ways to get the characters ### 4/5 — Good game but very expensive *2026-08-09, version 23.0* I have played this game since the beginning of lunch and noticed many changes good and bad. Biggest compliment is love the design of characters very creative however it is very expensive to play this. I do have to say that the biggest change I would like to see would be the time reduced heavily between matches, waiting a minute and a few seconds for people to combine characters during matches is a bit extensive and would like to see it be at least 30 seconds ### 3/5 — No settings? *2026-08-09, version 23.0* There appears to be no settings menu… I’d like to mute the music but keep the sound fx but apparently you can’t do that ### 4/5 — Fun game but… *2026-08-02, version 23.0* Fun but frustrating match making part isn’t good at all you lose most of the games you play. Clearly a pay to win game ### 4/5 — Fun times *2026-07-30, version 23.0* Game is addictive! ### 4/5 — Fun *2026-07-29, version 23.0* This game is a lot of fun. I think they do make it a little bit too hard to get new player cards. Also the price of upgrading your player cards I think it’s too much. It just keeps going up all the time and it’s hard to get enough coins to keep updating everything. But otherwise fun graphics, fun characters fun game. ### 3/5 — Matchmaking *2026-07-27, version 23.0* It’s a good past time game but you lose battles that you shouldn’t. The matchmaking is terrible and you can clearly tell who’s paying for cards. Battle percent is 300 but have all level 10+ cards ### 4/5 — Fun game but a bit outof touch *2026-07-26, version 23.0* Game is setup very expensive pay to win, you can advance without paying but it takes a really long time. Gold is the time sink to level characters now. The guild rewards, tournament rewards, daily rewards, are very outof touch with the actual progression of the game they give very little but it’s necessary for leveling. Advancing your battle power is great until you reach 1000% and then you have cards that you can’t do anything with. Having an option to sell those cards would be huge to the player. Having 5 deck options is weak. Having 10 slots and being able to name them would be super cool. The fact that you can run any card setup is great until you run into someone running 2-3 tank class and then it’s like okay well why does this work ? Not sure on the answer for this I’m sortof split 50/50. - Lawman ### 4/5 — Fun *2026-07-25, version 23.0* Straight forward game, no bugs to speak of. Perfectly playable without micro transactions. ### 5/5 — EVERYONE SHOULD DOWNLOAD IT *2026-07-24, version 23.0* THERE IS NO ADDS AND MATCHMAKING,I LOVE ITTYT ### 5/5 — 10+ years playing & still loving it. *2026-07-23, version 23.0* I’ve got a great clan of 50 players from all over the world who interact as good friends,so it’s more than a great game. ### 5/5 — Better than the rest! *2026-07-23, version 23.0* I’ve been playing this for a couple years at least and it’s great! Castle Duels is very ftp friendly and it’s updated with new characters pretty frequently. I have played several others in the genre but Castle Duels is the best by far imo. Great game, good fun 😎 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Very addictive but frustrating. *2026-08-05, version 23.0* Ready to uninstall. Everyday several times a day game has been force closing in the middle of battles causing me to lose. Other people in my clan having same issue. Did 2 tickets. Got BS response that it’s my Internet. CS is useless. ### 1/5 — Pay to win. Pos game. *2026-08-05, version 23.0* You have to pay to get anywhere. You can try to be free to play but there’s no way. They do offer free gems but the timer for the offers resets too fast so you can only get like 50 gems max. Oh, I’m pretty sure they’re getting paid to advertise the offers. On top of that the game is littered with ADs. Just how much more money hungry can a company get? May this game company and this damn pos game go bankrupt. ### 1/5 — Very Pay to Win *2026-07-30, version 23.0* Been playing a while. Seems like a lot of people quit this game and it isn’t all that hard to see why: Pros: good art and ui Cons: matchups have no attempt at fair matchmaking. You will frequently be pitted against opponents you have no hope of beating. This is a blatant ploy to get you to pay to win. The game has emotes of a girl laughing and a girl crying (it feels more than a bit gender biased that these emojis both use the little girl face). Both are commonly used by players to mock their defeated opponents. There is no way to opt out of having to see these toxic emotes. The best scenario would be for you to be able to opt out of all emotes and the menu would be disabled during the battle for both players. As it is, I suspect these emotes have something to do with why so many people quit the game. I can feel myself gradually getting closer to rage quitting each time someone who obviously paid to win uses them on me. ### 1/5 — Beware! Rigged! *2026-07-27, version 23.0* How did I go from winning and breezing through to league 3 and unable to even obtain a trophy chest and progress to league 4. I’ve even spent so much money on the game and yet I’m continuing to move down leagues! Completely rigged and stealing money. Not even spending money can help you progress. I give up on this game. Beware ### 1/5 — The game is rigged *2026-07-26, version 23.0* I hope all of you know that this is probably one of the worst games to ever exsist ive been stuck on the same spot for thee past two days and its a scam. The average amount of money you could spend is 10 dollars. ### 1/5 — PtW *2026-07-25, version 23.0* The game was fun at first. But once you progress to a certain level, the matches become completely one sided. I had thirty consecutive losses just recently where I had the clear advantage and somehow still lost. It definitely favors those that pay into it and feels like they won’t do anything to fix the balancing issues in it. I wouldn’t waste your time on the game to be honest. You might get a dopamine rush, but that’s it. ### 1/5 — In game purchase never came through *2026-07-14, version 22.0* I was charged for an in game charged pass which was never delivered, it does show on my my games profile and also my bank statement but I never received the rewards for the pass which I’ve asked the support to look into with no help, the ticket number is MG-IOW-627-97236. I would like to advise people not to be very careful when making in game purchases as there seems to be a system glitch or a probable scam! I would also request someone in support or the game developers to look into this as I feel robbed!! Be very careful when making in app purchase if you don’t receive the rewards in game and it shows on your my games profile you’re doomed!! ### 1/5 — 조작이 아니면 설명할 수 없는 게임 *2026-07-11* 14시간째 pvp만 하고 있는데 1판 하면 20판 지게 만들어서 사람 혈압 올리는 게임입니다 너무 열받아서 살 수가 없고 우울증 걸릴 것 같아요 이걸 쓰는 지금도 분조장 올 것 같아요 14시간째 미친년처럼 이 게임만 돌리는데 점수 10점이 안오르네요ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 이게 조작이 아니라고? 이게? 이게 조작이 아니라고? 공격력 똑같고 다 전설 유닛인데 내가 왜 지는지 절대 질 수 없는 수 차이로 마지해놨는데 내가 왜 지는지 도저히 납득할 수 없고 스트레스 받아서 우울증 걸릴 것 같음 **Developer response:** Greetings! We are sorry to know that you are not completely satisfied with your game experience. If you have any specific feedback, please let us know. We are always working hard to improve the game, but it's feedback and information we gather that allows us to know where to go in terms of changes! ### 1/5 — Pay to win game *2026-07-08, version 22.0* Absolute garbage matchmaking! Pure pay-to-win greed! I was literally 5 trophies away from reaching League 4 when the game decided to completely screw me over. To block my promotion, the algorithm matched me against an opponent with over 5000 trophies, maxed out level 13 cards, and 700 power! When I lost against this massively overpowered player, the game stole a whopping 49 trophies from me in a single match! Meanwhile, whenever I actually manage to beat someone stronger, the system only rewards me with a pathetic 12 to 14 trophies. This game doesn't care about skill or fair play; it's entirely rigged to force you to spend money. The algorithm deliberately throws impossible opponents at you right before you promote just to tilt you into buying microtransactions. Don't waste your time or money on this scam until they fix this broken, greedy trophy system! ### 1/5 — Sadly just another boring pay to win game. *2026-07-07, version 22.0* You can have more star legendaries on your board but if the opponent has 1-2 higher level cards than you by 1 level or they have more upgraded cards you just lose cause coin gate, you just lose. Matchmaking isn’t balanced either when I face people who have 500% to my 300% stats and level 10 cards to my level 7s In league 2. If you wanna make it far you either have to play a long time or fork over money. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun on a bun *2026-08-18, version 23.0* I have played a lot of games like this this one has cute graphics and good gameplay ### 5/5 — amazing *2026-08-12, version 23.0* such fun game takes little to get hang and get a good team but you don’t need to pay to compete must join clan for better rewards ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-07-31, version 23.0* I’m pretty addicted ### 5/5 — 5+ Stars *2026-07-28, version 23.0* Such a fun game. Purchases are optional, you can still enjoy hours of playtime without them while progressing! A great pass time. Totally addictive. ### 5/5 — My favourite game *2026-07-28, version 23.0* It’s so well designed and organised, always updated and fun! There are good events, and I love the recent change to make legendary units easier to upgrade, good choice. Thank you ### 5/5 — Отличная игра *2026-07-26, version 23.0* Залипаю уже 8 месяцев - приятно, когда разработчики не стрямся только лишь заработать на игре, но и дать контент игрокам. Однозначно рекомендую ### 5/5 — The castle duels *2026-07-26, version 23.0* This is a great game it believes stress ### 5/5 — Castle Duels *2026-07-25, version 23.0* Best PvP game ever! ### 5/5 — The goat *2026-07-25, version 23.0* Amazing game 10 out 10 ### 5/5 — Addicting *2026-07-24, version 23.0* Fun addictive strategy game. I can’t stop playing!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*