# Idle War Merchant — Forge weapons, rebuild village > Rebuild a village, fight monsters, and reclaim land in this idle RPG. (iPhone/iPad app by Qibei Network Technology Co., Ltd..) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-war-merchant/id6747242057 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Qibei Network Technology Co., Ltd.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1655625965) - Category: Games, Casual, Simulation - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.60/5 from 84 App Store ratings · 39 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 243 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Released: 2025-07-02 - Data updated: 2026-08-05 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-war-merchant/id6747242057/reviews.md ## What is Idle War Merchant? Your once-prosperous land is now ravaged by the demon legions from the abyss, leaving devastation and despair in their wake! As the lord, you are forced into exile, but you have never given up your vow to reclaim your homeland! Your people struggle in dire straits, and your homeland weeps in flames. Only you can lead them out of this desperate situation and rebuild their glory! You will play as the lord who takes on this critical mission, gathering brave warriors, expelling monsters, rebuilding your homeland, and writing your own legendary epic! Features 1. Reclaim Lost Territory:Fight bloody battles and reclaim every inch of occupied land, step by step! 2.Build Your Village:Create an impregnable village to strongly support your soldiers! 3.Gather Heroes, Turn the Tide:Recruit heroes and unleash their power in critical moments to reverse the battle! 4.Free Your Hands:Get generous rewards even offline, and easily become stronger! ## Key features - Reclaim lost territory - Build and strengthen your village - Gather and recruit heroes - Earn rewards offline - Fight monsters and demons ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 100 diamonds | $0.99 | one-time | | 14000 diamonds | $99.99 | one-time | | 6500 diamonds | $49.99 | one-time | | Month Card | $4.99 | one-time | | Ad-Free | $9.99 | one-time | | Hero Package | $2.99 | one-time | | Advanced Pass | $4.99 | one-time | | Starter Package | $0.99 | one-time | | Warrior Equipment Package | $4.99 | one-time | | Archer Equipment Package | $4.99 | one-time | | 550 diamonds | $4.99 | one-time | | 1200 diamonds | $9.99 | one-time | | 2500 diamonds | $19.99 | one-time | ## What do users think of Idle War Merchant? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good decent game - 👍 Nice idle game **Cons** - 🐛 Gets worse the longer you play - 🔋 Game uses battery quite fast - ⏱️ Offline rewards are 1 hour max - 🔧 Needs balancing **Commonly reported bugs** - Soldiers and archers not wearing gear - Renes don't take aggro - Unclear what X/2500 building limit means **Most requested features** - More maps and content - Ability to toggle quality to save battery - Zoom out more ## Recent user reviews (10 of 39) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-war-merchant/id6747242057/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Do Not Download *2025-11-28* Game is a scam. Been waiting for months for the 2nd map to release. Limited game play. Next to impossible to get the legendary warriors. I save up my gems and do the 10 pull for increased chance of legendary character, the game promises at least 1 in 10. Never get them. Game has potential. But until the release of another map do not download. ### 1/5 — Seems abandoned, monthly updates and now 4 months silence *2025-11-25, version 1.2* Posted 11/3/2025 Update 1 11/15/2025: There has been no response from the devs, and the leaderboard is growing more skewed by the day. I no longer gain points for PVP, instead when I win, players lose 250+ points. How is anyone supposed to compete with that? I’m not even hacking or cheating, just upgrading things strategically and logging in 2-3 times a day. I will continue my grind until the devs respond or fix this. If you are reading this and considering the game, do yourself a favor: don’t. PVP is cursed. Update 2 11/22/2025 - congrats devs, it took me less than a month to break the scoreboard. I now have a 300 point lead in PVP and when I defeat someone they lose 1500 points. 2nd place has about 1300 points. I now 0 people out. My power score is in the 90k range and the average next closest is 50k. No hacks, no cheats, just fully optimized and upgraded heroes. At this point idk if anyone can knock me down? Update 3 11/25 - I now reduce scores by either 2250 or 4500. Mg own score is 1603. I don’t know if people zero out or go negative. Going to keep going until I run out of targets or the game changes. Well this game was interesting at first and the art style is great, but after sitting at the top of the leaderboard for 2 weeks now and steadily increasing the gap between first and 2nd, it seems pretty clear that the game is abandoned and not going to get anymore updates. Don’t bother trying to play if you intend to participate in PVP. I have no idea how but I have never lost a single fight— I had 30k heroes fighting 55k teams, now I’m up to 55k+. Each day, 5 people get their scores reduced by 50 through me. I’m not sure if this is a glitch, something the entire playerbase has overlooked, or just poor balance, but the game isn’t actually playable after about 3-4 days of focused play, let alone 1-2 weeks. I have my entire location 1 town fully upgraded, and my attack research is also maxed now. Devs, if you’re out there, please don’t give up. You’ve got the making of a really great game and I’d assume it could earn you more still if properly developed. If the devs respond and the game isn’t abandoned, I’ll post a guide for how I became so strong— for free. ### 1/5 — Seems abandoned, monthly updates and now 4 months silence *2025-11-22, version 1.2* Posted 11/3/2025 Update 1 11/15/2025: There has been no response from the devs, and the leaderboard is growing more skewed by the day. I no longer gain points for PVP, instead when I win, players lose 250+ points. How is anyone supposed to compete with that? I’m not even hacking or cheating, just upgrading things strategically and logging in 2-3 times a day. I will continue my grind until the devs respond or fix this. If you are reading this and considering the game, do yourself a favor: don’t. PVP is cursed. Update 2 11/22/2025 - congrats devs, it took me less than a month to break the scoreboard. I now have a 300 point lead in PVP and when I defeat someone they lose 1500 points. 2nd place has about 1300 points. I now 0 people out. My power score is in the 90k range and the average next closest is 50k. No hacks, no cheats, just fully optimized and upgraded heroes. At this point idk if anyone can knock me down? Well this game was interesting at first and the art style is great, but after sitting at the top of the leaderboard for 2 weeks now and steadily increasing the gap between first and 2nd, it seems pretty clear that the game is abandoned and not going to get anymore updates. Don’t bother trying to play if you intend to participate in PVP. I have no idea how but I have never lost a single fight— I had 30k heroes fighting 55k teams, now I’m up to 55k+. Each day, 5 people get their scores reduced by 50 through me. I’m not sure if this is a glitch, something the entire playerbase has overlooked, or just poor balance, but the game isn’t actually playable after about 3-4 days of focused play, let alone 1-2 weeks. I have my entire location 1 town fully upgraded, and my attack research is also maxed now. Devs, if you’re out there, please don’t give up. You’ve got the making of a really great game and I’d assume it could earn you more still if properly developed. If the devs respond and the game isn’t abandoned, I’ll post a guide for how I became so strong— for free. ### 1/5 — Seems abandoned, monthly updates and now 4 months silence *2025-11-15, version 1.2* Posted 11/3/2025 Update 1 11/15/2025: There has been no response from the devs, and the leaderboard is growing more skewed by the day. I no longer gain points for PVP, instead when I win, players lose 250+ points. How is anyone supposed to compete with that? I’m not even hacking or cheating, just upgrading things strategically and logging in 2-3 times a day. I will continue my grind until the devs respond or fix this. If you are reading this and considering the game, do yourself a favor: don’t. PVP is cursed. Well this game was interesting at first and the art style is great, but after sitting at the top of the leaderboard for 2 weeks now and steadily increasing the gap between first and 2nd, it seems pretty clear that the game is abandoned and not going to get anymore updates. Don’t bother trying to play if you intend to participate in PVP. I have no idea how but I have never lost a single fight— I had 30k heroes fighting 55k teams, now I’m up to 55k+. Each day, 5 people get their scores reduced by 50 through me. I’m not sure if this is a glitch, something the entire playerbase has overlooked, or just poor balance, but the game isn’t actually playable after about 3-4 days of focused play, let alone 1-2 weeks. I have my entire location 1 town fully upgraded, and my attack research is also maxed now. Devs, if you’re out there, please don’t give up. You’ve got the making of a really great game and I’d assume it could earn you more still if properly developed. If the devs respond and the game isn’t abandoned, I’ll post a guide for how I became so strong— for free. ### 1/5 — No updates! Don’t spend money! Game DELETED! *2025-11-13* As of November, still no updates. Don’t spend money…they don’t update the game. There is only one level, that’s it. Complete waste of money. Also, don’t download if you want something to last awhile. I think I broke the game. I was bumped down to 2nd place and lose points winning. lol this game is trash. I give up, GAME DELETED!!! ### 1/5 — Junk *2025-11-09* 4-5 months with no update for chapter two. Instead they crippled the arena - wins = +-11. So I lose points when I beat first place. And first place take --9, +9. Ripped first place and made it completely impossible to retake it. Been a month since they did that. Changed the daily wheel spins out of favor because I noticed verbally. Rare heroes maxed, wasting summons for x450+ useless shards for both Renes and Leah. It seems like they'd rather everyone quit the game. I got the ad removal but I can honestly say it isn't worth it to play this game. Request refund. ### 1/5 — Junk *2025-11-08* 4-5 months with no update for chapter two. Instead they crippled the arena. Changed the daily wheel spins out of favor. It seems like they'd rather everyone quit the game. I got the ad removal but I can honestly say it isn't worth it to play this game. ### 1/5 — No updates! Don’t spend money! *2025-11-05* As of November, still no updates. Don’t spend money…they don’t update the game. There is only one level, that’s it. Complete waste of money. Also, don’t download if you want something to last awhile. ### 1/5 — Seems abandoned, monthly updates and now 4 months silence *2025-11-03* Well this game was interesting at first and the art style is great, but after sitting at the top of the leaderboard for 2 weeks now and steadily increasing the gap between first and 2nd, it seems pretty clear that the game is abandoned and not going to get anymore updates. Don’t bother trying to play if you intend to participate in PVP. I have no idea how but I have never lost a single fight— I had 30k heroes fighting 55k teams, now I’m up to 55k+. Each day, 5 people get their scores reduced by 50 through me. I’m not sure if this is a glitch, something the entire playerbase has overlooked, or just poor balance, but the game isn’t actually playable after about 3-4 days of focused play, let alone 1-2 weeks. I have my entire location 1 town fully upgraded, and my attack research is also maxed now. Devs, if you’re out there, please don’t give up. You’ve got the making of a really great game and I’d assume it could earn you more still if properly developed. If the devs respond and the game isn’t abandoned, I’ll post a guide for how I became so strong— for free. ### 1/5 — Abandoned *2025-11-02, version 1.2* Don’t spend money on this the game is abandoned and you can’t get to stage 2 ## Frequently asked questions about Idle War Merchant ### What is Idle War Merchant about? Idle War Merchant is an idle RPG where you play as a lord tasked with reclaiming your devastated homeland. You will gather warriors, fight monsters, rebuild your village, and lead your people back to glory. ### What are the main features of Idle War Merchant? Key features include reclaiming lost territory through battles, building and strengthening your village to support your army, gathering and recruiting powerful heroes to turn the tide of battle, and earning generous rewards even while offline. ### Is Idle War Merchant free to play? Yes, the game is free to download and play. It also includes optional in-app purchases for players who wish to enhance their experience. ### Can I play Idle War Merchant on my device? The provided data does not specify device compatibility. However, it is a mobile application, typically available on iOS and Android platforms. ### What are common use cases for Idle War Merchant? Players can engage in strategic combat, manage and develop their village, collect and upgrade heroes, and progress through a story of reclaiming their homeland. The idle mechanics allow for consistent progress even when not actively playing. ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.2 — 2025-07-30 Optimize the details in the game ### 1.1 — 2025-07-03 Optimize the details in the game ### 1.0 — 2025-06-19 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Idle War Merchant | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Idle Siege: Army Tycoon Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-siege-army-tycoon-game/id1527417124) | 4.6 (21,722) | Free | Games | | [Idle Army: Trading Weapons](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-army-trading-weapons/id6670773625) | 4.6 (843) | Free | Games | | [Idle Hero TD Tower Defense RPG](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-hero-td-tower-defense-rpg/id6479284270) | 4.8 (1,017) | Free | Games | | [God of the Dead](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/god-of-the-dead/id6670269822) | 3.0 (2) | Free | Games | | [Merchant RPG](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/merchant-rpg/id1035170074) | 4.6 (265) | Free | Games | | [Blackstone Legend: Crafting](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blackstone-legend-crafting/id6745506474) | 4.7 (1,192) | Free | Games | ## More apps by Qibei Network Technology Co., Ltd. - [Dating Restaurant-Idle Game](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dating-restaurant-idle-game/id1615352244) All apps by Qibei Network Technology Co., Ltd.: https://appshunter.io/developer/1655625965 --- *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 2026-08-05.*