# Fortress Kings - Castle MMO — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of Fortress Kings by XYRALITY GmbH, rated 4.40/5 from 327 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fortress-kings-castle-mmo/id1418600933/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fortress-kings-castle-mmo/id1418600933.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 219 · 4★ 60 · 3★ 24 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Fortress Kings? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great graphics - 👍 Fun and fast-paced gameplay - 👍 Alliance-based strategy - 👍 Fair gameplay - 👍 Good start to a game - 👍 3D graphics - 👍 Developers not greedy - 👍 Many neat features - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Lots of events - 👍 Different type of strategy - 👍 Amazing game **Cons** - 🐛 Kicks back to Home Screen - 🐛 Game freezes - 🐛 Laggy performance - 🐛 Fake sales - 🐛 Zero customer support - 🐛 Inaccessible with VoiceOver - 🐛 Won't download from app store - 🐛 Con artists, rip off - 🐛 Shut down game with no warning - 🐛 No system to prevent top players from plundering - 🐛 Pay to play - 🐛 Politically ran game - 🐛 Runs very slowly - 🐛 Everything is SO SLOW - 🐛 Confusing research layout - 🐛 Cheesy graphics - 🐛 Inactive castles - 🐛 Timers control life - 🐛 Clunky and poor performance - 🐛 Expensive and too complicated - 🐛 Everything takes too long - 🐛 Costs too much in resources - 🐛 Not fair for most of the public - 🐛 Crashes constantly - 🐛 Slow or nonexistent connection on iPad - 🐛 Builds take too long - 🐛 Dead alliances - 🐛 Boring and not fun **Commonly reported bugs** - Keeps booting out of the game - Game kicks back to Home Screen - Game refused to let me enter - Game won't even download from the app store - Game crashes constantly on iPad - Game freezes and turns purple pinkish color - Game freezes over and over - Connection is slow or nonexistent on iPad - Game freezes when swiping with Voiceover **Most requested features** - Less laggy gameplay - Get rid of fake sales - Make alliances make more sense - New servers - Full accessibility for blind and visually impaired using Voiceover - Make the game horizontal instead of vertical - Way of removing all inactive castles - Option for Facebook icon as in-game pic - Landscape support on iPad - More features in Alliances - Different upgrade pack options - Rotate the camera to see all angles - Fix glitch when tapping map - Fix troop training timing - Fix freezing when swiping with Voiceover ## Newest reviews (13 of 43) ### 4/5 — Fun, But… *2024-12-19* This game is fun, fast paced and not at all boring. But, for some reason the game kicks me back to my Home Screen every so often. Just enough times to really get me irritated. When I log back in I haven’t lost anything but still.. ### 4/5 — Worth checking out *2021-03-08, version 2.3.6* So far very good. You do need a strong phone or you will lag.. a lot to do. Wish there was new servers ### 2/5 — Potential to be great for blind and visually impaired. *2020-02-22* Please make this app fullly accessible for blind and visually impaired using Voiceover. The tutorial shows nothing but an image on the screen and doesn’t read out elements or let you move forward. Thanks. ### 2/5 — The app is not very accessible *2020-01-10, version 2.3.3* The app isn’t very accessible when trying to do tasks I have to turn off and on voice over and also get visual assistance. Please fix this ### 2/5 — Voiceover support *2019-10-02* Please can you add Voiceover support thank you ### 2/5 — A few problems that really annoying me *2019-09-27* I can hardly Play this Game. I have to play with voiceover. Every time I swipe it freezes and I think it’s A bug that you shouldfix I refuse t Play A game that won’t even let me play. Please fix this ### 4/5 — Fortress Kings *2019-06-04, version 2.0.1* Great game. Got 2 going now. Recommend ### 3/5 — Lag *2019-04-10, version 1.4.2* It’s really lagging and it crashes ever so often. ### 3/5 — Good but.. *2019-03-16* I hate that 100+ power players can attack smaller players with no mercy **Developer response:** Thank you for your review. It is true that we did not limit the ability to attack other players. But everybody can join an alliance and benefit from the mutual defense. In that moment it is normally too expensive to raid a low level player. And in case you like to play more independently it might be the right strategy to focus on missions instead of opening chests on the map for resources. The loot of missions cannot be raided until you open it. But it is also a question of "taste". So far we tend to "less limitations". Please apologize my robust english (I am German .-). ### 2/5 — Fortress kings *2019-02-16* Won’t even open **Developer response:** Hi, can you open the app again? Uninstalling and re-downloading the game or restarting your device can often help. If it still does not work, please contact us again. Your Lords & Knights Team ### 3/5 — Good game but *2019-01-29, version 1.2.1* It’s an amazing game but the timing I honk is a little bit to long to train troops and there is also a glitch type thing when you tap map the game freezes for a second then goes purple pinkish colour if you fix throes amazing best game ever ### 4/5 — A suggestion *2019-01-26, version 1.2.1* So the game itself could use a bit of polishing but it is still great. Shouldn’t you make it an option so the players Facebook icon ca be your in game pic thanks:) ### 4/5 — Wonderfully far! *2019-01-21* Hello! Thank you for creating a different dynamic type of game. There are hundreds like this game except a lot of neat features. Like troop alliance management, ability to use troops in multiple areas to help and so much more! I really hope you can continue updating and expanding on this game. I wouldn’t mind different upgrade pack options either. Whatever I need to do to keep this game alive!! Download and play! You won’t regret! 5 stars when some bugs have been fixed and an update is released. :) **Developer response:** Hi Austin, we're really happy that you have so much fun with the game! Thank you for your feedback! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — ZERO customer support *2023-04-13* Iv’e been pl aying this game daily for over 2 and 1/2 years. TEN(10) days ago I sent a concern to customer support. ZERO response. DO NOT download this game …….it is obviously DEAD. ### 1/5 — Not what I expect from this developer Shocker :-( *2021-05-21, version 2.3.8* I’m about to delete it from my iPad; as, unlike Celtic Tribes and Lords & Knights, it’s totally inaccessable with VoiceOver; as, a blind person; plus, it doesn’t work on an iPad; ‘coz, it won’t even download from the app store #FAIL :-( ### 1/5 — Con artists *2021-03-17* Xyrality os a rip off. Take your money then shut down the game with no warning. Shame Apple is so money hungry that they allow crooks like this to run their scams here. ### 1/5 — PvP *2019-08-15* There's no system to help or prevent upper to top level players from repeatedly plundering your town and destroying your army. Not much fun but had potential. ### 1/5 — dont get this game *2019-03-15* dont do it. this is another game where some pay to play mega castle is gonna port in 500 tiles just to raid you 10 times a day and then the game will try to tempt you into buying revenge packs but will fall well short of the hundreds you would have to actually spend to compete. i guess its great if you can shell out a hundred bucks a month to win but otherwise you’ll just be fodder **Developer response:** Thank you for you review. Though we prefer to read more positive ones. :-) To defend yourself against raids I can recommend to join an alliance to benefit from the mutual defense. On top you should consider to level up the treasury to protect your resources. Furthermore you might focus on missions to gain chests of resources, time bender, gold and so on. The chests cannot be raided. Just open as much you need for your next action. If you focus on missions you need more offensive units. And potentially more important. As a beginner you should avoid to be too close to a hostile high level player. Of course they love those appetizers wandering around. And last but not least. Our battle system gives a lot of opportunities to orchestrate joined attacks against other players. So far we have not really seen large attacks on the server. But I am sure that they will come. Perhaps you initiate such an attack? All the best your Fortress Kings team ### 1/5 — Not worth the time if you have a brain *2019-03-12, version 1.3.1* Tried playing it as others do using a famous persons alias, used donald trump and boom incoming messages and world chat with all the insults and death threats under the sun. Had a couple of racist remarks back and the moment you talk back a mod will mute you. The game is full of whiney babies with 0 support from staff. Definitely politically ran is the game in terms of real world side. Like the title says. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2019-02-15* Exactly the same as every other game like ivory. Except somehow worse because it runs very slowly. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Fortress Kings is just at the beginning. Therefore, we would appreciate any suggestion to improve the game. If you have any ideas, please let us know. The function "FAQ + Support" can be found in the settings. Here you can send a new ticket via the "Contact" button. We collect all ideas and discuss them internally. Thank you! Your Fortress Kings Team ### 1/5 — This Needs To Change *2019-02-07, version 1.2.1* Here’s why this game annoys me. Everything is SO SLOW! It’s making my experience boring. Speed is everything. The research layout is very confusing. The graphics are kinda cheesy. You put some nice work in it, but in other sections you look like you gave up.Profile pictures are nothing spontaneous. Doesn’t catch the eye. Don’t be mistaken that players don’t care about their pictures. Please update! ### 1/5 — Dead Game *2019-01-07* Don’t bother. I downloaded the game and tried 3 alliances of which all were dead in chat. Builds take way too long. Very disappointed with devs not responding to a question. **Developer response:** Hi Zzzvvzzzz, our support gets a lot of tickets, so it can take a while until you get a response, but you will definitely get one! Also, if you have any ideas for the game, please let us know! ### 1/5 — Crashes about 10 min in *2019-01-04, version 1.1.1* Played through the tutorial and about 10 min after doing all the tasks until the game froze. Game kept freezing over and over so earned an uninstall and 1 star ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing Game! *2022-06-14* This game is great. It’s actually good and I like that you can actually see the upgrades. I am only level 35 and I have managed to be next to the king. It’s very fair and fun. I would however like if it got less laggy and get rid of the fake sales. You would never sell a 5 dollar thing happen to be 400 dollars off. This is a great game I like it a lot. I would recommend making alliances make more sense It took me half a hour to figure out my alliance member was on a different server. I left a 5 star because this game is a great start and I hope to see updates. ### 5/5 — ZERO support if something goes wrong *2021-08-13, version 2.3.9* I’ve been playing this game for a long time…..the top level you can achieve is 200…….I got to level 138. An entire WEEK ago the game refused to let me enter. I have contacted “support” almost daily. NO HELP WHATSOEVER 😡 I’m still locked out. Hundreds of hours + money wasted on this game. ### 5/5 — Geared for War⚙️ *2019-10-24, version 2.3.0* Great alliance based game with awesome graphics. ### 5/5 — Love it. *2019-03-08* Just love the game. **Developer response:** Thank you so much! We wish you good luck in all battles to come! ### 5/5 — A different type of strategy *2019-01-27* I like the different type of strategy working your way to the center, and the different type of troop management. Though was wondering if there is a way to have the game horizontal instead of vertical. Love horizontal games more. Also was wondering if the devs were working on a way of removing all the inactive castles in the future? Besides that. Great game! ### 5/5 — This Game ........ *2019-01-25* This Game is purely amazing. Graphics are good and the developers aren’t greedy and make you pay for everything you customize ### 5/5 — Great *2019-01-12, version 1.1.1* Love it. Addictive. I can understand it’s fairly new but I hope they bring in more features in the Alliances ### 5/5 — Lots of Fun *2019-01-12, version 1.1.1* Great game. Incredible graphics for a strategy game. Lots of fun. Doesn’t require money in order to grow but can pay to grow faster. Lots of Events to earn stuff. I’ve played other games like this and Fortress Kings is by far the best one. My boyfriend and I love playing this together. Only a couple of months old so a good time to start playing. ### 5/5 — Hello *2018-11-20, version 1.0.1* Great game don’t give up on it we all start at the bottom and work our way to the top! ### 4/5 — Review *2025-02-22, version 2.3.12* Keeps booting me out of the game. All my other games I play work fine. --- *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 2026-06-10.*