# Drop Wizard Tower — user reviews > 166 indexed App Store user reviews of Drop Wizard Tower by Nitrome, rated 4.30/5 from 86 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drop-wizard-tower/id1220936997/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drop-wizard-tower/id1220936997.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 59 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Drop Wizard Tower? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Charming pixel art and visual style - 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay mechanics - 🎵 Great 8-bit music and sound effects - 📖 Interesting story and character progression - 👾 Multiple playable characters to unlock - ⏱️ Quick sessions perfect for mobile gaming - 🎯 Simple and intuitive controls once mastered - 🏆 Good difficulty curve and challenge - 💎 Reasonable in-app currency earning - 🌍 Shared universe with other Nitrome games **Cons** - 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🎮 Unintuitive and difficult control scheme - 🐛 Frequent game freezes and crashes - ⚙️ Poor character movement responsiveness - 🔄 Repetitive level design - 💰 High ad frequency tied to life loss - 🎯 Unclear shooting mechanics for beginners - ⏸️ Game freezes during ad playback - 🚫 Limited gameplay after story completion - 📱 Performance issues on some devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes every 5 minutes during play - Blank screen on launch preventing gameplay - Achievement not unlocking for specific characters - Progress restoration loop on level 51 - Game crashes when playing with secret character - Visual glitches after game pause - Hitbox inconsistencies between platform types - Ad close button too small and unresponsive - Ads not available when needed for revival - Character drifts in unintended direction **Most requested features** - Landscape mode support - Full-screen support option - Save progress feature for longer sessions - Endless arcade mode - High score tracking and leaderboards - More playable characters between existing ones - Ability to manually control shooting - Drop-down level button for better control - Game Center integration - Sequel with expanded content ## Newest reviews (14 of 166) ### 4/5 — Good but a little hard *2026-05-23* Good game but make a easy mode ### 2/5 — Boring game *2023-12-27, version 1.1* Not much to do not great moving system ### 4/5 — Mostly directed at the devs... *2021-01-21* Hey so I liked the original Drop Wiz so I thought I would like this one. I didn’t like it as much as I would hope, but that’s just because I’m not a huge fan of endless arcade games. Still loved the story and mechanics, although it would be fun to have maybe 2-3 more characters that would cost between the snow guy and Mia. Anyway, the real point of this review: roughly once every 5 minutes playing the game (and I think it might be caused by ads), the game freezes. The only way I’ve been able to fix this is by hitting the pause button, but that doesn’t always work. Okay, a bug that freezes your game a bit every once in a while, I can deal with that. But when it does get back to normal, it looks like the game has been running without visuals the whole time it was “paused”. I haven’t gotten too far and have this happen, but I could easily see this ruining my interest if I get to the end and it happens. Thanks if you look into this, if not, it’s not the end of the world but I’ll probably find another game. P.S. I was just wondering, but why is the hitbox for the ground platforms bigger than for the floating platforms? I just noticed that when I dropped off a floating platform onto the edge of an equally big ground platform, I still walk a little bit before falling off. I assume that it’s because you can walk into the side of ground platforms and if the hitbox was the same size as the floating platform, you would walk into the wall before turning around, which wouldn’t feel as good as just hitting the edge and turning around. Okay, I’m done rambling. :) ### 3/5 — glitch *2020-06-17, version 1.1* so i defeated lord relic and won the game with sami and i got the achievement for lord relic but not for sami... it then asked me if i could restore my progress on level 51 so i said yes and it was the first level. so i thought "oh maybe its just gonna do it again till level 100" but after i completed the level it was the same... idk ### 2/5 — Pas du nitrome *2020-04-11, version 1.1* A tous ceux qui disent que c’est du nitrome, allez sur la page de neutronized et comparez le style graphique ### 3/5 — Странная игра *2019-10-29* Я не поняла, как там играть! А точнее, как из оружия стрелять. Гг врезается в монстров, погибает, сверху на них налетает, хотя звёздочка вроде успела их оглушить.. в общем, помучилась я полчаса, да так и не поняла. ### 4/5 — Excellent Game, Mobile Bubble Bobble *2019-04-03, version 1.1* This is an excellent game, the control scheme is simple and effective. The level layout is varied and colourful. This is basically a mobile Bubble Bobble reskin, even down to the enemies becoming fruits and you moving to the next stage in a bubble. Not sure how they’ve gotten away with such blatant copying of designs etc. However this game is very enjoyable and excellent! ### 4/5 — Good but kinda hard to control... *2019-04-02, version 1.1* I enjoy the game and it’s well made.I like the style and I can tell that some things from SUPER CAT TALES and SUPER CAT TALES 2 (including the some of the characters like Laal.) One thing that might annoy other people (I don’t mind to much) is the controls because they’re kinda strange. Once again it’s well made and I will give it 4 stars ### 2/5 — Add apocalypse *2019-02-12* I know adds are just a given. But you start out with five hearts. And every three hits you take you have to watch an add... every... three hits. So when you die, thus taking your last two hearts. The next try you make, losing a third = sixth heart. You watch another add. This happens so often, it grinds any enjoyment of it awesome art style to a halt. Would not recommend wasting this much time with adds. There are plenty of games that are more generous. Usually translating to, fewer adds, or adds = in game currency. ### 2/5 — Boring *2019-01-29* Played it for a few minutes. Figured out how boring it was. Deleted it. It’s not fun enough to grind and unlock the wizards. ### 4/5 — Stolen? Or its the same artist. *2018-12-22, version 1.1* The bats look the exact same as the ones from super cat tales (on android its called super cat bros) so one stole from the other or its the same artist. ### 5/5 — Perfect to kill time *2018-11-29* Really fun, is that kind of game you want just simply when got nothing to do, and even it makes you want finish the story. I already finish it but still playing. Something cool about this game is it do not have invasive ads, they appear in a really sutil way and i love that. ### 5/5 — Super *2018-11-17, version 1.1* Brengt je zo terug naar vroeger! ### 4/5 — Good *2018-10-18* This is a really good game, it is a good way to kill time and deserves more attention from consumers. For the devs reading this I am aware that this is a pixel for pixel clone of a game called drop wizard which costs $3.99, also I can’t play as the dragon if you fix it will rate 5 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nah *2024-08-22, version 1.1* Bad ### 1/5 — Laggy Tower *2024-05-26, version 1.1* Game is lagging for literally no reason at all,on my iPad, Nitrome please fix this problem... ### 1/5 — Spreco *2020-08-22, version 1.1* Un occasione sprecata per un bel bubble bobble di avventura, basta con gli arcade! ### 1/5 — Vraiment c du foutage de gueule *2019-10-27, version 1.1* C 2 La 💩 ### 1/5 — Bored after 5 minutes. Ugh Ads *2019-03-24* Very generic game that really has nothing to offer. The graphics are uninspired, the gameplay does not offer anything new and the game is completely not engaging. I could not even find myself playing this while waiting for the bus or waiting in line. To make things even worse, not even after 2 mins I was spammed with ads that have a crazy small close sign and take you elsewhere. Probably there is micropayments later, didn’t stay to find out. ### 1/5 — I like it but not recommend to download *2018-11-05, version 1.1* Reminded me of a very old game back then in my childhood. But, too many ads I mean What the heck 1 advertisement every freaking 30 second!!! So even though I like it, still garbage :| ### 1/5 — Zeitverschwendung *2018-08-14* Werbeverseuchtes spiel mit schrecklichen Steuerung... ### 1/5 — Terrible physics movement and control *2018-03-25* Not fun at all to play. The character moves right and left even when you don’t press the control buttons. You can’t control when he shoots. I deleted the app. ### 1/5 — Ads! *2017-10-30* Ads are intolerable with their tiny “x” that you can’t click to close. Only way to play the game is on airplane mode to limit the ads. ### 1/5 — Worst game ever *2017-07-20, version 1.0* I unlocked all the wizards INCLUDING THE LAST ONE WHICH IS A DRAGON THAT IS INSIDE THE EGG AND HAS ALL THE POWERS OF THE OTHER WIZARDS. I just need one page of the almanac to complete the game 100%. I just have been playing this game for 6 days... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Teo and Mia lovers welcome! *2025-11-05, version 1.1* OMG this the number one game on my phone! We LOVE Teo and Mia from the original drop wizard. They are so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could I adore so cute little wizards like Teo and Mia? Only wizards I adore!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Full screen support *2023-12-24, version 1.1* Sempre bello ma peccato non sia più aggiornato, servirebbe il supporto full screen. ### 5/5 — Amazing Game *2023-08-19* I am a huge fan of these one of a kind indie games, fantastic game, hands down underrated ### 5/5 — SHUT UP HATERS *2022-06-24, version 1.1* THIS GAME IS GOOD IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT ITS PERFECT STOP HATING OMG HATERS!! ### 5/5 — Mmmaybe *2021-09-06* Great game but there is a game on the App Store by Gionathon Pesaris (other wise known as neotrinized) called drop wizard and it is EXACTLY the same as this game ( check out on the App Store neotrinized and Gionathon Pesaris because there games are so good 😊 especially super cat tales and the sequel of it) but maybe the other games a rip off of this game I dont know but still a great 👍 game. Oops sorry I just found out that it's made by neotrinized so sorry. Thanks, horse 🐴 ### 5/5 — Average *2020-08-01, version 1.1* This game is kinda average and it’s fine with me. I also like how there are references to Super Cat Tales 1 & 2, obviously meaning these games take place in the same universe. ### 5/5 — 귀엽구 재밌어요! 츄천 >_< *2019-10-21* 제곧내... ㅇㅅㅇ ### 5/5 — 有趣的可愛遊戲 *2019-08-03, version 1.1* 無廣告 動動腦 療癒下 ### 5/5 — Good game *2019-03-19* That and in the in game encyclopedia it does not talk about bosses on any pages I have collected all 22 of them so I would like you to put more pages so it would talk about the bosses. This game is perfect for a sequel please make one. ### 5/5 — Superb Game *2019-01-29* It’s one of the most addictive games I’ve ever played 10/10 praying for a sequel. --- *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 2026-09-11.*