# Monster Box : Simple strategy — user reviews

> 116 indexed App Store user reviews of Monster Box by DAN-BALL, rated 4.50/5 from 212 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monster-box-simple-strategy/id1163319075/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monster-box-simple-strategy/id1163319075.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 166 · 4★ 18 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 12

## What do users think of Monster Box?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 😊 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Simple and easy to learn mechanics
- 🎮 Fun physics-based interactions with stick figures
- 💰 No pay-to-win mechanics
- 📱 Works well on mobile devices
- 🎯 Good balance between idle and strategy gameplay
- ✨ Minimal ads and respectful monetization
- 🏆 Achievement/medal system adds replay value
- ⏱️ Great time-killer and stress reliever
- 🎨 Charming pixel art style

**Cons**

- 🐛 Game crashes occasionally
- 📏 UI elements too small on high-resolution phones
- 🎮 Limited character variety (only 4 classes)
- ⚠️ Game resets completely on game over
- 🔄 Repetitive gameplay loop
- 💎 Difficulty earning gems
- ⏰ Game ends too quickly
- 📊 Exponential cost scaling becomes unbalanced
- 🎯 No clear end goal or progression path
- 🌐 No cloud save or account system

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Stick figures drift to the right when revived repeatedly
- Game crashes for no apparent reason
- Certain medals are unobtainable (Ohagi medal)
- iPhone X notch cuts off progress bar
- Game data loss when too many monsters spawn
- Occasional freezing on newer high-definition phones

**Most requested features**

- More character classes (especially from Stick Ranger)
- Landscape/horizontal mode support
- Zoom feature to see action better
- Cloud save and cross-device progress transfer
- Sandbox mode with infinite monsters
- More monsters and enemy variety
- Reset progress button
- Backup/save functionality
- Steam port
- Terrain and environment elements
- More upgrade options
- Idle mode that doesn't end at monster cap
- Ad-free premium version
- Larger UI scaling option
- Landscape orientation support

## Newest reviews (16 of 116)

### 4/5 — 面白い

*2025-09-27, version 2.8.0*

ダメージ上限9999なのがなー。際限なくていいと思う

### 4/5 — I am not a bot IS what a bot would say

*2024-01-08*

I love the game but can you plz add a reset progress button

### 4/5 — Very Fun

*2023-12-28*

I wish there were more characters or more upgrades. Maybe even a zoom feature so I can watch the little stickmen do their job. Hopefully DNA-BALL sees this and maybe works on these requests. Very fun nonetheless.

### 5/5 — Consistent classic

*2023-09-16*

Anytime I get a new phone this is one of the first games I download. Always a solid game to come back to

### 5/5 — 解消

*2023-08-02, version 2.6.0*

最強の煽り

### 4/5 — You can game over?

*2023-06-12, version 2.6.0*

Wha

### 5/5 — The stickmen

*2023-06-10*

Uh I guess that gladiator is the best for taking out large amounts of enemies, boxer is good for one enemy, archer is good for those flying things or anything that is in the air, and the wizard is useless. I can’t find a good thing about him, he just has low damage and low attack speed. That is all for the fighter types maybe?

### 4/5 — Ads

*2023-04-08, version 2.6.0*

Annoying ads

### 4/5 — More classes

*2023-02-26*

Its a fun game but can you please add more classes like from the stick rangers game

### 4/5 — 宝石どうやって稼ぐん？

*2022-10-12, version 2.6.0*

宝石が全然手に入らない　あと騎士メチャクチャつよい

### 5/5 — Very small UI

*2022-09-11*

Should make UI bigger

### 5/5 — Awesome game

*2022-03-26*

Maybe you could add a sandbox mode where you start with 0 money but with infinite monsters and stockman levels

### 5/5 — This game is great!

*2022-03-23*

The game is high quality with very good FPS and fun gameplay! The game has you start in a sandbox with a monster box creating monsters. You have to buy a guy and he will fight for you. You can grab him and fling him around to deal extra damage and have funny physics. 10/10

### 5/5 — 神！！

*2022-03-17, version 2.5.2*

webでやってた

### 5/5 — Not bad

*2022-02-14, version 2.5.2*

Fun

### 5/5 — Very Nice I Love this game

*2022-02-03, version 2.5.2*

We need more hero and more monster

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — I lost all my progress

*2026-03-02*

I lost my progress for no reason idk if is bug or not

### 1/5 — Sign in

*2024-08-18, version 2.7.0*

There isn’t an sign in button so I can save progress and transfer to to another device

### 1/5 — 遊び方わからん

*2023-08-24, version 2.6.0*

ん？
何するゲーム？

### 1/5 — no

*2021-12-03, version 2.5.2*

I uses to like it but if you “die” everything is reset not I put a lot of time in this game or anything.

### 1/5 — The first

*2020-05-26*

Ааа яяруусс

### 1/5 — Not Bad, but Aimless

*2019-12-12*

I like the concept. You buy fighters and upgrade them, then upgrade the monsters to allow you to make more money. But there’s no clear goal in the game. What’s the point?

Is it to make the most powerful monster? No, if you do that then you lose because there can only be a certain number of monsters on screen at one time before you get “game over” and have to start all over again—if monsters get too powerful they build up, exceed that limit, and you lose.

Is it to make the most powerful fighter? No. There’s a limit on how many times you can upgrade them. And while it is possible to upgrade that limit, the price increases exponentially at a rate so insanely high that after about 3 of those upgrades, you’re never going to be able to upgrade them again.

Is it to make the most money? No... like I mentioned earlier, upgrade costs skyrocket at an insane, unbalanced pace for the most important upgrades. It starts at a reasonable 100 coins, then jumps to 1000, then 10k, 100k, 1 million, etc. for upgrades that give you tiny benefits that become less impactful the longer you’ve played for.

The only goal I can think of is to get all of the achievements. But they’re all hidden from you until you earn them, so you won’t know how to get them until you accidentally stumble upon them... so you can’t really work towards them. Plus the ones that I have found have multiple levels that quickly become really, really grindy to the point where it’s just not fun anymore.

Like I said before, I like the concept. But I just wish there was a specific goal given to me, and I wish the other useless elements (like being able to easily upgrade slimes so they will revive 200 times before dying ~without even upgrading how much gold they give you upon death~, guaranteeing you’ll lose) would be taken out so I won’t be confused and can end the game with something other than “game over” or boredom.

### 2/5 — Ads

*2021-12-02*

Needs a purchase for version without the ads then I’ll change it to 5 stars.

### 2/5 — Boring and unending

*2021-07-10*

Enter game, buy gladiator, win.

Lose because you decided to make 1000 enemies spawn and instantly force you to lose. Reviews on this game have to be fake. There is no content.

### 2/5 — Nice but..

*2017-04-22, version 1.3.0*

This game is a perfect Idle games
But there is one thing that I hate this game
Because Whan you reach Max point of monster 
Boom You been forced to Restart the WHOLE Games
That why Plz make this a REAL Idle game...

### 3/5 — バックアップ

*2024-07-04, version 2.7.0*

バックアップ機能をください

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Addictive

*2026-01-22, version 2.8.0*

Holy hell this game is wonderful and addictive, common Dan ball W

### 5/5 — So cool

*2025-03-18*

The game is actually one of the best games I’ve played on my phone

### 5/5 — Yes Yes YES

*2024-12-15, version 2.7.0*

Addicting… HELP (seriously please support this guy he makes good games. I recommend stick ranger! It’s got deeper gameplay than you think!

### 5/5 — A classic from back then

*2024-12-11*

I have played this game a couple of years back and it gives me a nice nostalgic feel now. I would like more games that are similar to this and stick ranger. They are fun to play.

### 5/5 — Steam when?

*2024-09-28, version 2.7.0*

Please port to Steam, thank you

### 5/5 — Игра очень показывает насколько человек азартен

*2024-08-29*

Очень хорошо продумано, то что после проигрыша только перезапуск игры. Очень реалистично (:

### 5/5 — Đánh giá game

*2024-08-18, version 2.7.0*

Game quá hay chơi rất cuốn

### 5/5 — Best game no ads pop ups

*2024-07-14*

It’s the best game when no ads pop up in your screen and what’s better? Roblox is also a no ads pop up game too

### 5/5 — Neat

*2023-12-23*

A cute little game with stick figures where you have to balance upgrading the enemy for more money and upgrading your stickman to not die (if you get bored I recommend getting all the medals)

### 5/5 — 時間溶ける

*2023-09-27, version 2.6.0*

実績解除のために色々作戦立てて実行してくとマジで時間溶ける。楽しい。
「kusa mochi」の復活率を100にして遊んでて気付いたんですが復活するたびに少し右に寄ってしまいます。右に寄っていって溜まって積み上がってしまいます。そこが少し気になりましたが許容誤差です。星五つです。

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