# Emporea: Realms of War & Magic — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of Emporea by Pixel Federation Games, rated 3.60/5 from 14 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emporea-realms-of-war-and-magic/id929052495/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emporea-realms-of-war-and-magic/id929052495.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (6 of 26) ### 4/5 — Amazing PC game, bit difficult on the phone *2020-12-26* I love the game Emporea but I find as though the UI layout should be more similair to the computer UI, as to not cause confusion. ### 3/5 — Try it *2019-01-02, version 1.0.69* Don’t have support for IphoneX Awesome game, been playing for years. ### 2/5 — iPhoneX support *2018-06-05* Graphics seem nice, but the game screen is not optimized for iPhone X. Buttons are covered up by the front facing camera. ### 5/5 — Old game new to iOS *2016-08-17* Been on Facebook for a long time. Used to be a good game but has been around too long. Don't play and expect to be on the winning team unless you know somebody (alliances are very much like cliques in school- by nationality etc) and/or plan on spending a lot of money for the server to be over in 90 days. ### 2/5 — Nice *2016-02-01* I was really happy to see Emporea app for iPhones, there are things that need some work tho. 1. Icons are too small (excluding map and hero icons) which make it difficult to hit. 2. Game stops loading, and since there's no refresh button only way to refresh is delete and download game again. It's 2 out of 10 logins that actually work. 3. When phone locks itself, game freezes, when I open an app again I get "something went wrong" message, all timers are frozen and usually I need to refresh game or download it again since reload screen doesn't pop up even after an hour later. 4. Upkeep icon shows total number of troops only, it doesn't show how many ready troops player has got, and how many is in training, which is kind of important. ### 4/5 — A surprisingly masterful blend of unoriginality *2015-09-03* In terms of game mechanics, I'm not sure a single aspect of Emporea is novel in creative terms. I sit here hard pressed to name one aspect of the gameplay that can't be found in one or likely more other games as such a direct analog "stolen" feels more honest than "inspired". Even the "feel" of the game seems very direct,y cribbed from a title I imagine most playing this are too young to be aware of. So why 4 out of 5? Simple... While every aspect of gameplay seems ripped off from other titles, the devs were impressively successful in terms of how the pick and choose features they cobbled together combined to streamline and iron out virtually all the problems with the games they've borrowed from. I can name over half a dozen other games that use feautures found in Emporea that came out months or years before it, every single one has chronic problems that Emporea lacks. They didn't "fix" much so long as they borrowed all the good while ditching all the bad. Which is, first of all, quite an astonishing feat of design in its own right. But more relevantly, makes this a game featuring a lot of tired and true fun elements, but with none of the frustrations usually associated with them. The games works as an empire planner, with a growing city and army with steadily increasing numbers of upgrading buildings. You have upgrades you can research for both your army and spells that let you sort of achieve "instant gratification" in exchange for mana (a free, but slowly gathered material). Your general levels and you can divide his skills into various (and pleasantly complex) trees, choosing a large variety of focus. Besides gathering resources over time, you can raid NPC camps, or if you're feeling bold, other players. The game favors defense easily, however, so how much you want to avoid PVP is pretty up to you... Players willing to drop resources into buildings/upgrades and skill points into certain traits can render themselves pretty unassailable and thus turn the game into a PVE experience, at the cost of lost focus on other areas. The races are pleasantly diverse and enrich play as well. Simple, colorful sprite graphics leave the game much more charming than most of its ilk. The game of course involves IAP, but strikes that rare, awesome balance where people with disposable income/hacking skills can't pay-to-win TOO much, the IAP is reasonably priced, but also offers benefit enough that it isn't so paltry it feels like donating... Perfect for players who want to play for free without getting screwed, or who are fans of paying in a little and feeling like they got something. The game is also pretty good about special events... It seems like one is going on once a week, and they've all been fun in my experience. My biggest criticism is that the setting/story is the most original and creative part of the game (no humans? Whaaaat...) and they really don't USE it enough, for that being the case. The biggest flaw objectively, I'd say is that while the auto-resolving number comparison combat system is functional, it feels like a missed opportunity. An actual map, moving units turn by turn, using spells to change the odds mid battle, these things exist in games it's clear the devs are familiar with, but are disappointingly absent. All in all.... Well, the game is free, you know? And unlike a lot blasting that, you CAN play totally for free and still be competitive. So... Give it a try. For strategy/empire planner games, this is pretty top flight, so assuming you're ok with the fact this is a game improving on old formulas rather than trying to be different, this is worth a look... Because it executes said perfecting quite well. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bloquer depuis hier 13h…! *2022-08-12* Bonjour est ce qu’un administrateur pourrais répondre svp! Depuis hier 13h je suis bloquer sur la fin de Hades! Impossible de changer de serveur!! Un évent a commencer et je perd du temps pour le faire !!! MERCI DE RÉPONDRE. ! ### 1/5 — Dégoûtée *2022-02-17* Cela fait des années que j’y joue mais là j’ai même pas pu finir la quête car impossible de se connecter à l’application il propose se connecter avec Facebook mais le lien ne fonctionne plus l’appli est figée ### 1/5 — Stunk *2021-08-28* I wanted to be hero, it wiped my iPad!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡 ### 1/5 — App *2020-11-06* You play for a few days then app breaks down. ### 1/5 — Avis *2020-05-22* Avis mitigé ce sur ce jeu , le jeu en lui même est bien, cependant les admins ne sont pas à la hauteur, ils se permettent de bannir des joueurs sans justification, et pire encore quand nous les contactons ils ne prennent même pas la peine de répondre ### 1/5 — issues *2018-11-07* Won’t let me login ### 1/5 — Really bad *2017-06-03* This is like a beginner game. If you play any other games, this one will seem like a two year old created it. ### 1/5 — Geld Game *2015-11-17* Drecks Spiel... Rate von Runen verdammt schlecht wenn man oben mitspielen will muss man Geld investieren.. 40 befehlspunkte verballert für 4 Runen einfach nur pay to win game ### 1/5 — Bug bug bug *2015-11-11* Please fix your bug!! There are no town on the map!!! The map is empty !! ### 1/5 — No se animen *2015-10-21, version 1.0.7* Lamentable que a cada parche tengas q empezar de nuevo y pierdas los personajes y progresos, que se lo miren bien los de pixel. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Interesting game *2025-05-08* I like it well made, cool music to. Reminds me of old school games I guess kinda like age of empires look to it **Developer response:** epocssssss, thank you for your feedback and for enjoying Emporea! It's great to hear it brings back old school memories. If you have any technical issues, please reach out to our support team here: https://portal.pixelfederation.com/en/emporea/support. For more info, visit our forum: https://forum.pixelfederation.com/emporea/t/emporea-news. Best, Alex ### 5/5 — Overview *2024-01-24, version 1.0.70* I adore this game so much. However, It would be better, when we will se some new updates. It can lead to reincarnation of this game, so its future only in your hands! ### 5/5 — Prihlasenie *2023-04-27, version 1.0.70* Ahojte vyvojari. Na androide mi hru ani nenacita a na iose mi sekne hned na zaciatku a neda sa mi zaregistrovat ani prihlasit pod FB. Taktiez rozlisenie je katastrofa, vsetky hlavne ikonky mam skryte pod vyrezom sluchadla. Ak mi viete pomoct byvaly nick som mal Houdi. ### 5/5 — Good game but? *2021-06-27, version 1.0.70* I like this game very much, I spend a lot of time in it, but there is a problem in the Arabic language, the writing becomes inverted and I cannot read anything and I have to use a language other than mine :( ### 5/5 — Top game *2020-01-10* Ich möchte die Entwickler des Spiels Emporea loben ich spiele jetzt ungefähr in der 3. welt und bin sehr zufrieden ich habe bisher nur positive Erfahrungen mit der app und der Steamversion gemacht! Das einzige was mich noch stört ist das ich die app nicht 100% mit steam koppeln kann und somit nur hauptsächlich am pc spiele! Ich habe bisher nur wenige euros bezahlt und habe schon bis zu 5000 Edelsteine verdient durch das Ah fazit: ich finde das game ist nicht pay to win lastig und verdient mehr gute Bewertungen. Ps: An alle Menschen ohne Gehirn bitte fangt es erst garnicht an denn sonst hagelt es eh nur schlechte Bewertungen von bildungsfernen Individuen. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2018-07-26, version 1.0.67* Old school strategy game. If you invest your time, you can win without using gems! ### 5/5 — Human Faction? *2018-04-20* I love this game. I wish there was a human faction. I love Lord of the Rings and they were there among elves and dwarves. This may just be me being selfish, but I do love the game regardless. It would be cool though. I don’t know if it would be possible to add them in. ### 5/5 — Great game *2018-03-19* I support this game all the way, it is my all time favorite game. ### 5/5 — The best *2017-09-29* The best game I support the pixel federation all the way ### 5/5 — Great game *2016-09-19* Love this game, great game and there is always something to do, never just waiting around for timers and stuff like other games. --- *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 2026-08-20.*