# Kingdom Defense 2: Empires — user reviews > 54 indexed App Store user reviews of Kingdom Defense 2 by Bravestars Technology JSC, rated 3.60/5 from 296 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kingdom-defense-2-empires/id1404130298/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kingdom-defense-2-empires/id1404130298.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 152 · 4★ 42 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 81 ## What do users think of Kingdom Defense 2? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎨 Good graphics and visual design - 🎮 Engaging tower defense gameplay mechanics - 🆓 Free-to-play option available - 🦸 Multiple hero characters to use **Cons** - 💰 Aggressive pay-to-win monetization model - 📺 Excessive ad requirements for progression - ⚖️ Severe game balance issues and scaling problems - 🎯 Weak tower effectiveness and poor targeting - 🔄 Minimal upgrade impact and rewards - 📱 Screen formatting and UI issues - 🎮 Difficulty spikes even on easy mode - 🏷️ Expensive hero packs ($20+) with additional pet costs - 📊 Unbalanced enemy types (flying units overpowered) - 🎪 Feels like Kingdom Rush knockoff **Commonly reported bugs** - Level 18 boss does not spawn - game progression blocked - Daily challenge does not restart - Ad reward system glitchy and unreliable - Game freezes and crashes on level 18 - Pop-ups cannot be closed during gameplay - Missing purchased items (hero bundles not delivered) - Game gets stuck with no enemies spawning **Most requested features** - Fix and unlock the final chapter/4th world - Add gold towers - Lower difficulty settings - Improve daily rewards system - Better ad reward system functionality - Fix screen formatting for different phone sizes ## Newest reviews (15 of 54) ### 2/5 — Lvl 18 bug *2023-09-07* Was enjoying this game, it’s kinda challenging but once you play a level enough times you can figure out best layout to win. Level 18 which is the boss level is tough, after saving up gems to buy extra stuff I played it and was waiting for the boss to appear but it never came. I did this 2 times and the game just sits there with no enemies coming. You can’t move to next level until you beat the one before it so the game is essentially over . I gave 2 stars because overall game was good but disappointed in how much time was wasted on lvl 18. ### 2/5 — Pay to win *2023-08-03* Pretty much impossible to beat without spending money after the first stage. They do give you opportunities to earn free coins by watching ads but that’s not fun gameplay… ### 2/5 — Lower the difficulty easy is still hard *2021-08-27, version 1.3.11* Can you lower the difficulty ### 2/5 — 3 worlds - not updated in a year *2021-08-08, version 1.3.11* Good game but don’t spend real money. Only 3 worlds. Level 3-18 boss never shows up and that’s the end of the game. ### 1/5 — Lvl 18 - No boss *2021-07-03, version 1.3.11* Same experience as other reviewers- finish level 18, no more monsters come out and it is stuck forever. Boss should come out but does not. Can’t finish level. Can’t unlock next world. ### 1/5 — Copy *2021-04-08, version 1.3.11* The game is not good game it’s like kingdom rush copy game really bad not a fan ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2021-03-24, version 1.3.11* I’ve played a number of tower defense games. This one was almost impossible to play without spending real money. If your not willing to pay you will not progress. I’ve spent some money on tower defense games before but only for cosmetics or a cool hero. This game unless you pay you can’t even play the game. ### 1/5 — “Give me money to win!” *2021-01-06, version 1.3.11* Money SCAM! - starting lvl8 gets impossible fast. Game literally forces you to spend money or you never advance. Unbalanced enemies - hero packs are $20+ THEN they charge you more for the hero’s “Pet”. Can’t even grind because if you die you lose everything you gained, including diamonds from enemies, from that ,at home. Save yourself frustration - stay away. ### 1/5 — Awful *2020-11-20, version 1.3.11* Awful game. You have to pay to win. It is ridiculous. Please don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-10-03, version 1.3.11* I love this game!! I HATE that the next chapter hasn’t been unlocked yet. Is this the end, should i just delete the app? ### 2/5 — Might not be a hardcore TD fan's choice *2020-09-19, version 1.3.11* You do not spend some real cash, you cannot play. TD games should be challenged with the basic gear. That's the fun part of it. When you play this game, you'll find it is not the strategy but the spending that makes you fail. Set a price for more levels or something, do not scratch the balance of the game. ### 1/5 — A grind *2020-09-09, version 1.3.11* Kingdom rush knockoff with way less fun and heart. It gets ridiculously hard even at “easy” mode. Only way to progress is drop tons of cash or grind for literally hours for minimal gains. Troop and hero upgrades barely provide a noticeable bonus. Making it feel like there is little payoff to investments ### 1/5 — Another money hungry game *2020-09-08, version 1.3.11* This game scream "I want your money", after a few level, it become impossibly hard, even on the so called easy setting. You will needs a lot of gem to buy supplement stuff as the towers will become useless against some types of enemy, especially the high magic resistant type. GUI design looks crude, probably because the dev want to push the publication early to harvest money from naive players. ### 1/5 — Level 18 bug *2020-08-09, version 1.3.11* Can’t get past level 18 - final boss does not activate. Daily challenge does not re-start. Too many bugs make this game frustrating. I bought extras, feel ripped off ### 1/5 — Just fix this! *2020-04-22, version 1.3.11* Can’t get past lvl 18 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too much reliant on ads *2024-01-30* The game makes you start a level with low amounts of gold in order to force you to watch an ad to gain an extra 200 gold for you to build your defense. It’s like you start the level with only half your defense and if you want the other half, you’re going to have to watch ads. ### 1/5 — Level 18 lock up *2023-06-05* This game has a bug at level 18 and do not fix it so don’t bother playing. They should remove the game if you can’t finish it. It locks up and you can’t go further. ### 1/5 — Level 18 bug will stop progress *2022-11-17, version 1.3.11* I never leave reviews, but this is pathetic. So, the game gets extremely difficult around level 15. I don’t mind paying for games, so I paid $20 for a top hero after days of trying various tactics unsuccessfully. This helped - cool. HOWEVER, 3 levels later I encountered a bug that prevents any further progress. Google “level 18 boss bug” - the boss won’t spawn, you can’t finish the level, you can’t progress in the game. The bug was reported 2 years ago, and is still an issue. On top of this, as usual, collecting rewards, doubling earnings, etc is accomplished by watching ads. Except the ad service rarely works. Oh, and you must have a FB account to collect free gems or even BACKUP progress! Don’t waste your time or money here. I will never download anything from Zonmob again. The App Store will be alerted as well. ### 1/5 — Level 18 glitch *2022-06-04, version 1.3.11* Fix it! The boss never comes so the level never ends. You literally cannot get to the last world by of the glitch. The glitch that has been around for 3+ years according to the reviews. ### 1/5 — It is a good game BUT *2022-05-24, version 1.3.11* I was loving it until level 18 hit: once the last wave is completed the boss is suppose to come down but it never does. It just stays idle and doesn’t end: can’t advanced pass level 18 smh good game but that bug messed it up ### 1/5 — Terrible. Cannot beat without money. *2022-01-29, version 1.3.11* This game is next to impossible to beat even at easy level without spending money. DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEND TONS OF CASH. ### 1/5 — Level 18 glitch *2021-10-31, version 1.3.11* I’ve played this game and got to level 18, which nearly requires you to spend money and then level 18 won’t load all the way through to allow the boss to come out. I WANT MY TIME AND MONEY BACK ### 1/5 — Terrible rip off to TD games *2021-09-22, version 1.3.11* This is a classic case of developers not testing their own game. Scaling is terrible, there’s essentially no difference in difficulty levels, the hero characters are terrible, especially their abilities. Ashi the archer’s ability literally does 0 damage, and if you look at its levels, it doesn’t increase damage when leveling up. What’s the point of allowing points to level that ability up? Archer towers and barracks are so weak they’re not worth using. Flying units ignore 90% of damage. Unless you’re using 100% dragon towers, you stand no chance against them. Clearly the developers did not think enough when they designed this game. Even the upgrades for towers is outrageous, the tune ups are so minuscule it’s not worth bothering to upgrade them. What a disappointment of a game. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2021-09-16, version 1.3.11* I spend some money but it wasn’t enough. ### 1/5 — Trash *2021-07-27, version 1.3.11* Trash game. Don’t even waste your time ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Nice *2022-09-17, version 1.3.11* I like the graphics they’re pretty good ### 5/5 — Update *2020-06-18, version 1.3.11* Fix the 3rd boss Add the final chapter Add gold towers ### 5/5 — Free good game *2020-02-18, version 1.3.10* Nice game thx. ### 5/5 — Lots of fun *2019-04-30, version 1.3.10* Refreshingly Simple and Challenging. A Gem in Tower Defense games. ### 5/5 — Great game *2019-03-25, version 1.3.10* Love tower defense ### 5/5 — Update *2019-03-14, version 1.3.10* Better daily rewards would make this game so much better ### 4/5 — Glitchy *2020-02-21, version 1.3.11* The view advertisement reward system is glitchy ### 4/5 — Decent TD but level 18 glitched and doesn’t let you progress *2018-11-26, version 1.3.9* Kingdom defense is a decent TD game. I like being able to use multiple hero’s which as far as I know is new to this genre of games. As you progress it does feel like purchases become necessary to continue to progress. But then again I’m not a hardcore player or strategist. I kind of expect in app purchases to be necessary at this point. I know it shouldn’t be the norm but I also don’t mind supporting the people who make a game I enjoy playing. On a side note level 18 is bugged and does not end. After all waves are cleared game does not progress to victory screen just keeps running with no enemies. Please fix this. Thanks and happy holidays to you and everyone! ### 3/5 — Some issues *2021-05-22, version 1.3.11* Will rate higher if I can get Thor that I purchased. Paid for a bundle on an offer and I didn’t get it ### 3/5 — Great Until End *2021-03-29, version 1.3.11* Game glitches and boss won’t come out on level 18. Very disappointing. --- *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.*