# Dungeon Defense : The Gate — user reviews > 270 indexed App Store user reviews of Dungeon Defense by GameCoaster, rated 4.80/5 from 701 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dungeon-defense-the-gate/id1195035357/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dungeon-defense-the-gate/id1195035357.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 628 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Dungeon Defense? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎮 Fun gameplay - 👍 Great value for money - 🕹️ Engaging tower defense mechanics - 🎨 Charming retro graphics - 🔥 Addictive and replayable - 🧠 Surprisingly deep progression system - 🕰️ Relaxing and easy to pick up - 💰 No pay-to-win or excessive IAPs **Cons** - 🤔 Lack of clear instructions or tutorials - 🕰️ Can become repetitive or grindy over time - 🐛 Some reported crashes or bugs - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🙁 Lack of updates or new content **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on certain devices or iOS versions - Issues with in-app purchases not working **Most requested features** - More character/class variety - Additional game modes or challenges - Improved UI and quality-of-life features - Cloud save/sync functionality - Ability to restore in-app purchases ## Newest reviews (14 of 270) ### 2/5 — 説明不足 *2025-06-28* 説明やチュートリアルほぼなしの状態で放り出される。やる事も単調だし…。 レトロゲーム的な手探りの感じが好きな人には向いてると思うけど、現代インディーズ作品としてみるとそれじゃダメでしょという気持ち。 売上ランキングにあったから騙されたよ。これなら無料ゲーのローグウィズデッドの方が面白いと思う。 ### 5/5 — アプデ待ち *2025-02-10* ゲーム自体は楽しくて、ほとんど放置とはいえ最低でも100時間以上は遊んでいます。 ただ、アプデがないことだけが欠点でもう新要素は絶対来ないだろうな、と思っていたのですが、致命的なバグ改善のアプデとはいえ完全に見放されては居ないと知って少しだけ希望が見えました。 このゲームの開発に割く時間があるか分かりませんが、新要素の追加待ってます。 それと、どうせ合わなくてもすごい安いのでやってみてください。 ### 3/5 — ゲームは面白いが *2025-02-08* アプリ内課金を行ったが課金のみ適用され、商品が反映されず。古いアプリなのでサポートのリンクも切れており手が打てない。ゲーム自体は非常に面白い。 ### 5/5 — かなりおすすめの放置ゲーム *2024-12-08* 更新がないのが寂しいところ ダンジョンスクワッドもダンジョンメーカーもやったけどやっぱりこれが一番いい出来だと思います！更新してー ### 5/5 — неплохая игра *2024-11-24* игра просто шикарная мне очень понравилось удачи разработчику в ее продвижении) ### 5/5 — gothic lullaby game *2024-09-10, version 1.93.03* Good for end of day wind down b4 bed ### 5/5 — Curious *2024-05-28, version 1.93.03* A lot of these sprites look like their from rouge with the dead I dunno witch came first but I think it’s pretty weird ### 2/5 — Seems like maybe a cool game… but *2024-05-14, version 1.93.03* Like some other comments have said, it’s a bit tedious and feels a bit overwhelming. It’s not what I was expecting.. and I’m a bit disappointed. If I could get a refund I would unfortunately. It’s just not my cup of tea I suppose. ### 5/5 — Glad I found this *2024-04-14, version 1.93.03* Well done dev much love ### 5/5 — Pretty fun *2024-04-12, version 1.93.03* Anyone having trouble with this game should understand that your first confusing experience with this game IS THE TUTORIAL. THERE IS ALSO A LINK TO A WIKI! Please don't poo-poo on somebodies hard work just because you're unwilling to learn as you progress. ### 5/5 — 갓겜 *2023-10-08* 버스, 전철에서 하기 딱좋네 ### 5/5 — 갓겜 *2023-08-11* 재밌습니다 다만 아이템 개조할 때 그 아이템을 누가 착용하고 있는지 표시가 뜨면 좋을 것 같네요 ### 5/5 — Супер!!! *2023-06-06* ВПервые жизни, пишу отзыв в App Store! Игра очень понравилось!!!! ### 5/5 — 너무 잘만든게임 *2023-03-30* 플레이를 하면서 느낀건데 재밌어서 시간가는 줄도 몰랐어요 저가 학생인데 엄마가 숙제하라고 했을때 저가 자연스럽게 "조금 이따가 할게"라고말했어요 그정도로 재밌습니다 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Gold *2025-11-25* Hello, good evening. I'm having a problem. I receive the gold after the battles end, but it's not credited; it's as if I haven't earned anything. How can I fix this? ### 1/5 — Mais non *2025-03-10* Truffé de fautes d’orthographe ça brule les yeux ### 1/5 — Purchases *2025-02-06, version 1.93.03* Purchased several items totalling over $30. None have been received and ‘restore purchases’ does not work. Please help. ### 1/5 — 課金に不具合アリ *2025-01-27* 機能パッケージを購入したところお金だけ吸われました。課金するのはやめておきましょう。 ### 1/5 — How do I get straight line enemy *2023-11-04, version 1.93.03* I got scammed for my rebirth gems by getting straight line enemies ### 1/5 — 低評価レビューを参考にした方が良い *2023-07-12* タイトルの通りですが、本体は安いが結局は追加課金を狙っているバランス調整。 必要最低限の戦闘自動化がルビー300って集めるのに何日、何時間かかります？ それまでずっと作業的な無意味なタップを強いてきます。 何時間も張り付いて作業タップするだけです。 それが嫌なら追加課金。 作者は追加課金をおすすめしていない的な文言が表示されるのも良心的と思わせるための戦略なんだと後からわからされました。 その他言いたいことは山ほどありますが、 結論は無限に時間があって作業好きの方にはオススメします。 どのアプリもやはり金稼ぎのツールでしかないのだと実感しました。 ### 1/5 — Lost purchases *2022-06-01, version 1.93.03* I have this game on Google play store and I have switched to iOS. There is no way to restore my purchases like there are in most games with internal transactions. Can someone from support contact me to resolve this issue? ### 1/5 — バランス悪い *2021-09-21* ・同じことの繰り返し ・バランスが悪い ・退屈 ・価格相応とは言う ### 1/5 — 久しぶりに起動してみたら *2020-03-24* iPhoneXsにてプレイ ノッチ部分とスキルコマンドが被ってスキルが使えない とてもじゃないが満足に遊べないので、機種対応の予定がないならもうゴミアプリ 課金もしてたのにガッカリ ### 1/5 — アプリが開けない *2020-02-26* 2月27日のアップデートから、アプリが開けなくなりました。 運営は対応をお願いします。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So glad to return to this!!! *2026-07-06, version 1.93.11* This has been so good to come back to after years away. It is super deep and just what I wanted. ### 5/5 — 150円 *2026-05-13* 150円だし買ったるかー思たら 150円のボリュームじゃなくてわろた ### 5/5 — чистый кайф *2026-03-24* разраб красавчик, посторался ### 5/5 — Fun td *2025-12-09, version 1.93.11* Good td type game with plenty of upgrades and stuff to explore. ### 5/5 — Fun game! *2025-08-21, version 1.93.10* This game begins as you picking a hero who has to stomp monsters as they come at your base in increasingly different waves. There are a lot of different heroes who have different abilities and skills and support abilities. After playing for a little while you can start assembling teams of heroes and figuring out which ones synergies best with others. After you make it past a set number of waves, you can reincarnate your progress day to day one to obtain resources which can only be obtained through reincarnation (think games like Cookie Clicker). You can use those resources to purchase permanent upgrades that persist through reincarnations which will allow you to survive through more rounds and progressively tougher difficulty settings that offer greater amounts of resources. Earlier rounds play differently than a cookie clicker game because you need to tap on the enemies to kill them during battles, and you need to purchase upgrades and weapons between rounds… except the game gradually gives you more and more ways of automating those in between rounds processes until most of the process manages itself and you only have to poke your head in every so many rounds to make sure that the house isn’t burning down. In a lot of other games this would annoy me but weirdly in this game it gave me a sense of having earned my automated processes and made it fun to poke my head in to see how my little dungeon crew was doing. The game does have in app purchases but you can absolutely play the game without them, and for the amount of value that’s on the table with this game, it’s the sort of app where tossing a few bucks the developer’s way seems well earned. If I had a bad thing to say about the game it would be that it can take an absolutely bonkers long time to make meaningful progress and reach milestones in the game, but that has also made this a fun little game that I can put on while I work and check in on it every so often to give a few quick orders before I leave my heroes to it. If you enjoy relaxed pace games, very strong recommend. Enjoy! ### 5/5 — Super Game, perfekt für zwischendurch *2025-08-03* Bin zwar erst bei Tag 40, finde es jetzt aber schon sehr gut. Mal schauen was es dann noch im weiteren Spiellauf zu bieten hat. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-06-07, version 1.93.10* Great game with simple mechanics executed perfectly! It is really a great mobile game! 🤘 ### 5/5 — This game was unique *2025-05-18, version 1.93.10* I was glad to find it because well most games are just pay to win or pay to progress and this game was not pay to win or progress so unique 5 stars! Great job. ### 5/5 — This game was unique *2025-05-03* It was very different from most other games which you play for like 2 days but I’ve been playing this game for about 2 or 3 weeks and it has been a blast of an experience 5 stars. ### 5/5 — 재미있는데 스킬 쓸때 반짝이는거 *2025-03-01* 다 좋은데 치명타 반짝이는 없앴는데 스킬을 쓸때마다 전체화면 반짝거리는 이건 왜 안없애주시나요.. 너무 이펙트가 자주나오고 보다보면 정신 이상걸릴거같습니다.. --- *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 2026-08-30.*