# Crush the Castle — user reviews > 698 indexed App Store user reviews of Crush the Castle by Armor Games Studios Inc, rated 3.70/5 from 177 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crush-the-castle/id318639200/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crush-the-castle/id318639200.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 94 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 32 ## What do users think of Crush the Castle? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Realistic physics - 🚀 Fun and challenging - 👍 Great graphics - 👍 Enjoyable time-passer - 👍 Nostalgic classic **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes - 🔇 No volume control - 🕹️ Clunky controls - 🤏 Small restart button - 🤏 Difficult to aim precisely **Commonly reported bugs** - Incompatibility with newer devices - Glitches in later levels - Weapons not functioning as expected **Most requested features** - More levels and worlds - Additional weapons and ammo types - Ability to share custom-built castles - Difficulty settings - Mute/volume control option ## Newest reviews (15 of 698) ### 3/5 — Great game, just one problem… *2026-04-24, version 1.7.2* Why can’t you mute the music? Game is great but being forced to listen to the awful sound and music sucks. ### 4/5 — Hasnt been updated in years, still fun! *2025-10-17, version 1.7.2* This is THE game that inspired Angry Birds! Before iOS gaming was around, Kongregate and New Grounds where the places to play all the best Flash Based Indie Games. Fun and simple games that were challenging, but didn’t require you to devote your life to in order to enjoy them! Super excited to have CtC on my 8 Plus (Update - and now, 16 Pro!) ### 4/5 — (G)old *2025-09-17, version 1.7.2* Good and nostalgic ### 2/5 — No Volume Option *2025-07-07, version 1.7.2* This game needs a volume option it is 2025. ### 4/5 — Need more levels *2025-03-06, version 1.7.2* The game is pretty solid. It brings back a lot of nostalgia but it’s really short, only took a couple of hours to finish the whole game and get gold on the levels Side note an option to mute the audio for headphone users would be awesome! ### 4/5 — Fun game but how do I mute the annoying music??? *2025-02-23, version 1.7.2* Yup ### 4/5 — Decent game to kill time *2024-11-19, version 1.7.2* Been playing this game off and on over the past 15 years. Played the original on the PC and didn’t hesitate to acquire the ported version on the iPhone when it was released. The only reason I didn’t give this five stars is because I vividly remember having more fun when I played it for the first time on the PC. There were more features with the new items that were introduced for each map and region. They DO give you new items on this version but it just isn’t the same when I played this on the PC. All in all, this is a fun game to help kill time and it brings back memories from when I first played it. Not as good as the original but it gets the job done. 👍 ### 4/5 — It’s fun just need more levels *2023-11-05, version 1.7.2* It’s fun as the computer version just not as many levels?I don’t remember if the pc version had more but it took me 3 days max to beat it , really sad because it is really fun ### 3/5 — Flintlock *2023-08-08, version 1.7.2* If anyone can figure out how to get past flintlock in gray wastes let me know. It is out of range of everything. ### 2/5 — Some levels are literally impossible. *2023-01-24, version 1.7.2* Some of the levels the castle is too far away for ANY ammo to reach. ### 4/5 — Love This Game *2022-04-03, version 1.7.2* Bought it for my iPhone 4 in 2011, and recently installed on my iPhone 12. It's still a great time-passer. ### 3/5 — It’s fun, when it works. *2022-02-18, version 1.7.2* Either the rose tinted glasses were darker than i thought or they messed up some things in the port because its not as good as I remember. The upsides are the fun and quirky variety or throwables and how some are satisfying… but thats if they work right. For example, one mission required pinpoint precision with a firebomb to set the wood in the castle on fire to be a one shot, but it didn’t spread to everything for some reason making me do the difficult shot again and only on the third time did it spread properly. Another was where i had to launch a block at a castle using a well placed bomb, but the block hit the ground like it was magnetic and lost all momentum making me do the hard shot again. All this precise work with a funky trebuchet just to have your amazing shot be worthless really killed the fun of some creative levels. Its a bit of old school fun but not worth the money. ### 5/5 — . *2021-12-10, version 1.7.2* i love this game so much ### 5/5 — Richtig cooles Spiel *2021-12-08* Alle Level mit Gold abgeschlossen und genau so gut wie das Flash Game damals. Als Azubi damals habe ich das auf der Arbeit auf dem Pc gesuchtet wenn im Sommer nichts los war :) . Musste es mir jetzt wieder Downloaden. Ich lasse es aber drauf. Für den netten Zeitvertreib auf dem Klo, ist das schon gefährlich, vor allem wenn man nur eins hat 😅…. ### 4/5 — Very good game *2021-11-29* The build the castle is very untidy. The zoom would help if we could move where we see on the screen. Typically two fingers is what works but it didn’t work for me. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Incorrect Charge *2024-12-02, version 1.7.2* Did anyone else get charged $15 for the game? or is that just me? Either way this game was one of my favorites growing up whenever i had access to my dad’s computer. Good times… ### 1/5 — Terrible *2024-03-18, version 1.7.2* Probably the worst game I’ve ever played, bought out of nostalgia for the old game on PC, paid the 99p and was left with an poorly ported game, with terrible physics, horrible gameplay, the controls are way too sensitive and the levels are impossible to get gold on ### 1/5 — Sound Issues *2023-04-18, version 1.7.2* I love this game but Christ alive, why is the music blaring in the background that can’t be turned down or off in any way? Bizarre. ### 1/5 — Won’t work *2022-10-20, version 1.7.2* Download the app and it doesn’t work when I open it all it does it close straight away ### 1/5 — Impossible level. PLEASE HELP *2022-02-24, version 1.7.2* On skull island in grey waste, the left most level is not possible to beat. I have been stuck on this level for some time now. The castle is too far to reach. I have tried every type of ammunition available although it is physically impossible to reach the targets. If anyone can help please let me know ### 1/5 — Doesn’t even work *2021-03-21, version 1.7.2* Stuck on menu no castles to crush ### 1/5 — 開かない *2021-02-03* アイコンタップしたら一瞬で落ちます ### 1/5 — Gamercool *2020-07-19, version 1.7.2* Abysmal. Half the time it’s luck whether or not you kill a guy. And some levels are almost impossible. Avoid this app ### 1/5 — Keeping earned weapons *2020-05-09, version 1.7.2* I like the old version better. Because I finished it, all it needed was more levels. This game does that perfectly. Although I don’t like the power downgrade of the bombs and the vortex, it is minor and actually does make the game more challenging. The only reason for 1 star is unlike the old game, not having the ability to carryover and use previously unlocked weapons and bombs to every region ruins the game for me. ### 1/5 — Review *2020-03-29, version 1.7.2* Terrible game I would like my money back ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — One of my all time favorites *2026-02-26, version 1.7.2* I’ve spent so many hours playing this. I wish there was an updated version. ### 5/5 — Klassiker *2025-05-22* Einfach der Klassiker, wie er immer war. Einfach nur schön. ### 5/5 — Nostalgie *2024-10-13* Ça fait tellement plaisir de rejouer à ce classique ### 5/5 — GOOD GAME🔥 *2024-08-29, version 1.7.2* This game is super and so much fun 🤩!!! THANK YOU 🙏 ### 5/5 — Needs an update now *2024-05-01, version 1.7.2* This game it’s pretty basic and that’s what makes it cool. It’s easy and there’s plenty of weapons. But it needs an update. Definitely needs more weapons and levels. And could even do bonus weapons like, nuclear bombs/missiles, tornadoes, lightning strikes etc. come guys, bring this old cool game back to life……Please ### 5/5 — Працює гра! *2023-10-23, version 1.7.2* Раджу всім купувати цю гру . ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2023-05-20, version 1.7.2* Played this on the computer 11 years ago and bought it 9 years ago and just redownloaded it a couple weeks ago love this game !!!! ### 5/5 — 笑える *2022-09-17* 120円は安かった。平凡な見た目からは思いもしないような奇抜なアイテムがどんどん出てくる。あまりに粗末に扱われる人間たちを見て、不謹慎ながら笑えてきてしまう。ブラックジョークと物理パズルが好きならやってみるといいと思う ### 5/5 — Look Past the Features, Remember the Nostalgia *2022-03-17, version 1.7.2* I’m seeing a lot of poor reviews for this game, really nit picking the features. First of all, let’s be honest. Most mobile ports of just about any game, computer or console, have piss poor controls and limited features. Also, every level in this game is completely possible to achieve a gold metal if you put your mind to it. Sometimes you just have to go for silver and then come back after you’ve completed the entire island and gotten all the possible projectiles. People also seem to be melding together Crush the Castle 1 and 2. This game keeps the levels similar to 1, but steals some of the projectiles from 2. You can’t expect it to have every single detail from both games. It’s a tiny, compressed mobile game. I paid for this game years ago and redownload it every time I’m in the mood to play it, and every time I am not disappointed. My fuel? Nostalgia. Who cares if you can’t mute the game, or can’t 100% every castle easily, or can’t zoom out? It’s doesn’t matter. The whole point of this port is so that millions of people can relive a childhood experience, and many have lost sight of that. The reason that there have been no recent updates is because this game is already perfect for what it set out to achieve. Nostalgia, childhood reflection, and a fun escape from everyday life. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Fantastic *2021-12-13, version 1.7.2* Defeated every level in 1 shot it took me ages. Wish more games like this were made today I miss the days of games like this --- *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 2026-09-08.*