# Kingdoms: Merge & Build — user reviews > 200 indexed App Store user reviews of Kingdoms by Cherrypick Games S.A., rated 4.61/5 from 3,313 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kingdoms-merge-and-build/id1636872154/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kingdoms-merge-and-build/id1636872154.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,551 · 4★ 404 · 3★ 159 · 2★ 58 · 1★ 99 ## What do users think of Kingdoms? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💎 Fun and addictive gameplay - 🎨 Cute and charming graphics - 🕰️ Relaxing and casual experience - 🎁 No ads or energy systems - 🤝 Responsive developers **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches (progress reset, freezing, etc.) - 🔍 Lack of clarity in game mechanics - 🕰️ Repetitive and grindy at higher levels - 🔍 Confusing or unhelpful tutorials - 🔒 Cloud sync and save issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress reset after updates - Freezing and performance issues - Quests/tasks not functioning properly - Inventory/backpack bugs - Syncing and save file issues **Most requested features** - More levels and content updates - Ability to replay story/dialogue - Improved task/quest system - Larger backpack/inventory space - Bulk selling/merging options ## Newest reviews (18 of 200) ### 3/5 — Cool abandoned game *2026-07-14, version 1.22* It was fun for a good while. I stopped playing because they don’t update it and I ran out of stuff to do. I came back a year later and nothing has changed. Lame. ### 2/5 — Updates *2026-06-12, version 1.22* Why won’t you update the game to open new areas. This game has gotten so boring. I used to love it. ### 2/5 — Abandoned *2026-06-03, version 1.22* Pretty sure this game is abandoned. It’s fine enough, but once you get to higher levels everything kind of falls apart. Your bag gets full, the board gets cluttered… and this game still has the pain points in app purchase games have but without IAPs to alleviate them, which just leaves you bored, frustrated, or both. Kind of sad, really. It’d be fun if they fixed the game to be balance for arcade play, but like the title says… I’m pretty sure this game is dead in the water since they do have IAP games that’ll make them the money they want. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t totally make sense. *2026-05-27, version 1.22* Some of the townspeople’s quest don’t make sense. It gives you a little description but it doesn’t always work. ### 4/5 — Fun… but needs an update! *2026-03-05, version 1.21* Needs new spawners and an updated board! ### 3/5 — Mildly entertaining *2026-02-28, version 1.21* The game is similar to many others in the merge two genre, but without the annoying energy mechanics used to gate other games. This design makes it enjoyable to play, but the content is consumed fairly quickly. After exhausting the Chapter stories, the game reverts to boring “event” mechanics. All that can be done then is to upgrade producers, which is only marginally useful since new producers are free anyway in the Arcade version. A player can’t even buy additional houses, though nonsensically, more land can be purchased. Mostly the game becomes pointless merging - either relaxing or mind-numbingly dull, depending on how you are entertained. ### 3/5 — Unimpressed *2026-02-13, version 1.21* Kingdoms: merge and build is a clichéd old school cell phone game, minus the paywall. It falls into a category of game build that I consider "unsafe", that is, if you have difficulty putting games down, this one is built to be relentless, and you will find yourself skipping sleep, and more because it just won't stop, as opposed to other games which max out at about 2 to 4 hours of viable daily, this one takes over your life and just keeps bludgeoning you into burnout. There's no player safety mechanism built into it... and the simplistic gameplay itself isn't worth that. Within 2 weeks of overwhelming grinding, the game appears to be already at endgame, dealing only timed "events" that don't pay off well, and the villagers hinting at a foggy region in the distance and suggesting that could be more to the story in the future... but I'm not going to fry myself any further with it to see. It already told me that the story was over, rather abruptly. I don't know, and it's not worth it. So my recommendation? If you're sick in bed, or in the hospital and need something to really keep your attention and you're unable to sleep because you feel lousy, this might be an option. Other than that… Don't bother. ### 4/5 — Great game but has glitches *2026-01-03, version 1.20* I play this game everyday. I finished the game. I have close to 2 million points I can’t use for anything. My major issue is with tent events. This is the second yearly winter tent event where I was not awarded the castle, road, or decorations that come with completing the tent event. Is there a fix for this? I do love the game just seems weird that I am not able to get all the game awards bc those are not unlocked. The game is relaxing and entertaining; other than the tent event glitch. ### 3/5 — Not the typical Merge game *2025-12-28, version 1.20* Sick of games that use energy? Try this one. You can play all day. ### 4/5 — Support *2025-12-24, version 1.20* I finished the holidays event. There is no ginger bread castle. I’m on level 33. ### 3/5 — Can’t get past initial screen *2025-12-23, version 1.20* Freezes up. Thought I’d try something different so I can’t really rate. . Let me know if you get it fixed. ### 3/5 — More levels please!!! *2025-12-04, version 1.19* Piggy bank events are not levels….getting boring without new building challenges! ### 2/5 — Not the best *2025-10-18, version 1.19* This game is very frustrating and there are a lot of bugs and I’ve updated it many many times. It gets less and less fun ### 3/5 — Cloud sync not working *2025-07-26, version 1.17* This was one of the first games I got when I first had Apple Arcade. Stopped my subscription for a while, but I’m back! I almost exclusively played on my iPad because the bigger screen is easier with the merge board, but I was going on a roadtrip yesterday so I downloaded it on my phone and the cloud sync was great to just pick up where I was before! I leveled up 3 times on the trip (to level 22), but when I got back home and switched over to my iPad again it was still at level 19! It allows to create the anchor point for level 20, but then all my actual “progress” would be gone! And level 20 is with the observatory and zodiac signs which took me over an hour to finally merge to the highest level! ### 4/5 — Chill, No Stress Game *2025-06-28, version 1.17* I love this game. There’s little stress excepting the timed portions, and no ads or in-app purchases. My only complaint is that there’s been no increase in the amount of land available, so a lot of town requests are not relevant, and the sense of accomplishment is diminished. Will more land open up soon? It’s been a long time waiting. ### 3/5 — Is that all? *2025-06-13, version 1.16* It’s a great game for those who want to pass time without a lot of stress. It somehow soothing to make matches and level them up. Can you PLEASE open up the other “lands”, give us the ability to buy more houses or stores. There was a great game a few years back called Happy Island, make it more like that. There’s no place to go in this game. It’s frustrating. ### 3/5 — Fun but *2025-06-11, version 1.16* It is fun but I’m stuck on level 20 and it’s not giving me enough time to make more constellations and if I don’t fulfill that task this is the level I’ll be stuck at😡😠💢 ### 3/5 — Aaaaaaagh! *2025-06-05, version 1.16* Why can't the marketplace be 3x3?!? It throws off my entire design and I hate it sooooooo much!! Please change! I beg you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Zero thought required *2026-07-27, version 1.22* I want to love this game. But the moving pointer finger that repeatedly shows you exactly what your next move should be completely ruins it. Thinking about the order you want to play? Nope, if you don’t move for literally half a second, that hand is “helpfully” showing you where you should drag the piece. It’s incredibly distracting. There is no way to turn this off. I have never been so immediately irritated and put off by a game. ### 1/5 — Game is dead *2026-07-09, version 1.22* I played through the whole thing and loved it. The story is real cute and the merging and mini games are fun and relaxing. But I just learned that the developers have pretty much abandoned it! They keep promising new events and a “misty” area to be revealed and it hasn’t been revealed in two years. My disappointment is great, which is why the 1 star. I invested in a story with no ending at all, and that’s just a waste of my time. ### 1/5 — Let me turn the hint hand off *2026-05-22, version 1.22* I’ve played way too many merge games and I was excited for one that I wasn’t going to feel the need to spend money on or watch ads but the little guide hand that turns on if you pause for a SECOND irritates me to no end and in other games you are able to turn it off. Also it doesn’t even give good suggestions. ### 1/5 — Mandatory tutorial. *2026-05-15, version 1.22* Too long, too many skip,skip,skip intervals. Why not a button allowing no dialogue, just gameplay? This isn’t zen. ### 1/5 — Disappointed… *2025-07-16, version 1.17* I have been playing this for quite a while. Completed all levels and was up to 103 on the Piggy Bank. Had almost 2 million coins. Logged in on a different device than normal and everything disappeared. Lost all my coins, land, everything. Went back to device I normally play on and everything is gone. Very irritated. ### 1/5 — Bad game creature *2025-04-17, version 1.15* You are an idiot ### 1/5 — Finger pointer *2025-03-23, version 1.14* Please add an option to remove the finger pointer. I can’t even examine the merge board without that thing popping up and being an extreme distraction. Deleting the app until that’s fixed. ### 1/5 — Very buggy *2025-01-26, version 1.13* Reward chests show me items but I never actually receive them. At least the bug with the mine mini game not working seems to be fixed but it doesn’t matter because what’s the point of the playing the game if you never get any of the in game rewards?! ### 1/5 — Updates *2025-01-16, version 1.13* Why won’t you update the game to open new areas. This game has gotten so boring. I used to love it. ### 1/5 — More content *2024-12-24, version 1.13* Taking forever for new content! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Endless merge no ads no payments *2026-06-11, version 1.22* The only merge game that is not predatory! No “energy” nor pay to play. No ads. Endless merging with no interruptions ### 5/5 — Surprisingly Fun *2026-03-12, version 1.22* I’ve enjoyed playing this far more than I expected. Even though the story is a little silly, it does make me smile and I hope we get more story/chapters! I wanna know about the king and queen, the banished sorcerer, and Edward’s dating life. ### 5/5 — Any thoughts of an expansion for the game? *2026-03-04, version 1.21* Loved the game. Unfortunately I’m at the end game. All of my spawners, houses and businesses are at maximum level. I’d love to see an expansion. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-01-11, version 1.20* It is really good and fun I think it is the best match game ever 5 stars ### 5/5 — Great game, unplayable holiday event *2025-12-18, version 1.20* No complaints except that the update’s minigame is unplayable. The holiday event begins with orders that can’t be filled from the first spawner. I pushed through to level five (selling individual items to the basket) to unlock the second spawner, but still can’t fill any orders. ### 5/5 — Add to it *2025-07-19, version 1.17* I really like this merge game! Can you please add to it more so I can keep playing! ### 5/5 — Good *2025-07-17, version 1.17* It is really really really goooooooooood💕💕🎉🎉😀😀 ### 5/5 — Totally Love It!!!! *2025-05-19, version 1.16* Finally a merger game with a good story and great 2D graphics that pop out. Also it’s got music and sound effects!!! If only other companies did this. 5 stars for sure. ### 5/5 — Thank You Artificial Intelligence *2025-02-05, version 1.13* Thank you Ai for giving us so much entertainment to enjoy by creating games and movies and apps to help us get through our journeys I could use a paycheck if you have a job for me ### 5/5 — Is fun *2024-11-29, version 1.12* Soooooo fun!!!🤩 --- *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 2026-08-28.*