# Narcos: Cartel Wars Unlimited — user reviews > 156 indexed App Store user reviews of Narcos by Netflix, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 1,084 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/narcos-cartel-wars-unlimited/id1631388889/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/narcos-cartel-wars-unlimited/id1631388889.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 974 · 4★ 41 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 43 ## What do users think of Narcos? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and addictive gameplay - 👍 No in-app purchases - 🎮 Great strategy game - 💰 Free with Netflix subscription **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times - 🔑 Login and account issues - 📱 Compatibility problems on certain devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing during Sicario fusion - Unable to upgrade Finca past level 3 - Inconsistent resource storage limits - Crashes after recent updates **Most requested features** - More frequent updates and new content - Improved alliance/cartel system - Instant revive option for Sicarios - Increased storage capacity ## Newest reviews (14 of 156) ### 2/5 — Updates stopping me from playing *2026-08-21, version 1.01.09* I can’t attack other players bc an update is missing, is not yet available in the App Store 😔 ### 3/5 — Tuttle twins *2026-08-05, version 1.01.09* What the literal “f” is up with this propaganda brainwashing of young minds to not critically think. I know the trumps are drug loads, but I never thought they would promote it through a game ### 3/5 — Good game, but not enough to do *2026-03-04, version 1.01.09* This is a good game, but other than the fact that it takes FOREVER to upgrade even a little bit of your base, there’s just not enough to do. I’ve played this game for quite a long time and it really is getting to the point where it’s just getting boring and there’s no more progression. It just takes way too long and when you do eventually get to the level where you can upgrade your base or a building, every building looks the exact same after the upgrade as it does before. There’s some slight changes here and there, but it just gets to be so monotonous. They don’t have enough to do in the game, the customization takes absolutely forever to actually change with the upgrade system and it’s BORING. It’s fun at first, but when you do the exact same three things over and over and over and over and over with nothing else to do in the game with such a long upgrade process……… snooze fest. Time to move onto a different game. They really need to upgrade this game with more things to do, more customization, and funner activities. Otherwise, there’s just no longevity in it. People quit long before they should. ### 3/5 — Fun to play but loading lags *2025-12-22, version 1.01.09* This was and is a fun game to play but the constant lag in loading the game or switching from screen to screen is horrible. I have come to really dislike the little "connecting phone" that pops up telling me that connection is bad. My wifi is great, seems that the game servers are slow. Please fix this! ### 5/5 — Plata o Plomo Hermano *2025-09-20, version 1.01.09* This game is ELITE ### 5/5 — unexpected *2025-09-20, version 1.01.09* at first, I was skeptical all of us at sometime or another play mafia games, strategy games now this one is different You can level up pretty quick it doesn’t force you to pay to play the game. But you do have to be able to think it’s not about money all the time playing this game you just have to have the right approach to attack different fortresses when it comes to gameplay, I give it a five when it comes to storytelling it can be a little bit more on that part replayability it’s up there with some of the best games out there now you can add a lot of things to this game to improve so if you’re looking for a strategy game command and contender style game then this is the right game for you but one thing you have to know is look at the other people fortress how they got their fortress so you can better know how to protect yours enjoy the game ### 3/5 — Need a few improvements *2025-09-17, version 1.01.09* to make the guerilla factory stuff and statues permanent as its useless for idle play without its really silly for a game like this to have limited time defenses ### 5/5 — Play it slow *2025-08-11, version 1.01.09* If you play too fast you will find yourself in trouble. ### 4/5 — Great game *2025-08-02, version 1.01.09* This is a great game with long term playability. The only thing I don’t like is that it freezes constantly and I have to reload the game ### 5/5 — Sick game *2025-07-26, version 1.01.09* Absolutely wonderful game ### 5/5 — Good Game could be a lot better *2025-07-09* Very annoying they match you with much stronger players to keep you spending on reinforcements. It takes you roughly 3-5 hours before you get a complete map of invaders. Those invaders are mostly 1-3 levels above you making almost impossible to save money without constantly refreshing health. Tone it down a bit GOOD LORD! ### 5/5 — ★★★★★ Addictive and Strategic! *2025-07-03, version 1.01.09* I absolutely love Narcos: Cartel Wars Unlimited! The gameplay is smooth, engaging, and full of action. What really keeps me hooked is the variety of strategies you can use to win cartel wars and dominate the narco world. Every decision counts, from building your empire to defending your turf. Whether you like attacking, defending, or managing your resources, this game has it all. Highly recommended for strategy lovers and fans of the Narcos series! ### 3/5 — Tap and wait… *2025-07-03, version 1.01.09* Typical level a piece and wait to level others while it builds. ### 4/5 — ⬇️ *2025-06-06, version 1.01.09* Most addictive game ever ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Needs updating *2026-05-25, version 1.01.09* Game had really bad chat makes it hard to work as a team. The game needs a new update bad. Time for new sicarios or new maps and challenges ### 1/5 — Attack Neighbors Upgrade Repeat *2025-12-11, version 1.01.09* It’s an endless cycle of neighbors attacking each other and nothing else. It’s just a meat grinder. No thank you. ### 1/5 — THE REVENGE!!! *2025-10-07, version 1.01.09* THEY JUST STEAL EVERYTHING YOU WORKED HARD FOR OVER AND OVER AND OVER BY CONSTANT ATTACKS.1!! ### 1/5 — Don’t play! An example of the speech you’ll be banned from talking to other players with *2025-09-29, version 1.01.09* “Boys this back injury is something else. If you squat heavy stop. Like yesterday. Squatted 7 for reps routinely to compliment college/ int judo/wrestling/ bjj/ mma and all my hs sports. Stop. Yesterday. Old 32 y/o man. Just got my mri results a day ago.” Don’t download. Find a game with people who care about it and actually maintain it. Not this welfare educated speech policing ### 1/5 — Free but junk *2025-08-05, version 1.01.09* If you want a fun game this one is ok but slow. If you want a FAIR game where cheating is not allowed DO NOT PLAY THIS ONE. After many attempts and complaints from several players, cheating is still allowed by letting some people place strategic weapons and outpost plus fighters off map where you can’t target them making it impossible to destroy them. ### 1/5 — Netflix account *2025-07-26, version 1.01.09* You need a Netflix account to play the game, How stupid. You don’t have to worry about me ever playing games if I have to have accounts from other sources to play! They say it’s free, my butt it’s free. A Netflix account isn’t free! ### 1/5 — Unfinished game *2025-01-30, version 1.01.08* Fix and help make game fun again ### 1/5 — No more updates *2024-12-24, version 1.01.08* I’ve been playing unlimited for the better part of 2 years and last year was amazing having holiday updates with Christmas and Halloween, giving people the option to vs eachother to get rare Holliday sics, now in 2024 there’s non, it’s ruined the game tbh and the developers have no interest in making the game better, the community have so many ideas that are simple and will make the game so much better but the game gets put on a back burner from Netflix, even tho we pay to play? ### 1/5 — Netflix Has Killed It - Literally. Game is Dead Now :( *2024-12-03, version 1.01.08* *****Update 12/3/2024 - Pour one out for Cartel Wars Unlimited - Netflix has killed it. No holiday content this year. Instead, they decided to roll out a chat filter that makes the game nearly impossible to chat in. Words like “Netflix”, “Mean”, “got”, and “as” have been added as banned words making it next to impossible to explain anything to anyone in the game.***** I absolutely love this game and spend a ton of time in it, but it has gotten so buggy the past few days it’s unplayable on my iPhone 13 Pro Max and my iPad Air 5th Gen. This morning it took me uninstalling and res installing the game 4 times and several restarts before I was able to load into it, only for it to crash the first time I tried to do something. The crashes are so bad that I have to force restart my iPhone or iPad to even be able to do anything else on it. Please fix this. Otherwise, it’s my favorite app on the App Store right now. ### 1/5 — New Chat Filter Broke Game *2024-11-10, version 1.01.08* The latest version is almost unusable. A chat filter has been added that bans words such as “as” and “got”, but when you submit a message it doesn’t tell you which words are banned — it just refuses to post. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Decent game *2026-07-30, version 1.01.09* Tries to be boom beach, but it’s not. ### 5/5 — Fire *2026-07-15, version 1.01.09* The best there is others learn here is the blueprint👍🏾 ### 5/5 — 재밌어요 *2026-04-26, version 1.01.09* 시카리오들의 레벨업을 할 때 plata 선택이 너무 번거로워요 15000에서 500까지 가려면 시간이 너무 오래걸려요 ### 5/5 — THTZ *2026-02-19, version 1.01.09* Lo mejor en Netflix ### 5/5 — GREAT GAME!! *2025-12-31, version 1.01.09* Definitely worth downloading and playing to kill time ### 5/5 — Request *2025-12-13, version 1.01.09* You guys should do a link up with gravatar on a future update the game is good thou other then dat ### 5/5 — Great strategic game *2025-10-11, version 1.01.09* I love strategy games, and this one is up there with the top ones my top 5 favorite. Only thing I wish they would update is the chat board would love to be able to communicate with members a little bit better without so much banned words. I can understand the explicit words, but it goes beyond and they need to update that. ### 5/5 — Veddy goot *2025-10-08, version 1.01.09* Veddy goot game! Si’? ### 5/5 — Fun idle game *2025-10-07, version 1.01.09* Good gameplay, reward system slows down a little as you get higher level, but the best idle game with no ads or pay-to-play options which makes it a lot more fun ### 5/5 — Mi opinión *2025-09-27, version 1.01.09* No está malo pero pudieran agregar que crea tu personaje como narco --- *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 2026-09-06.*