# PUZZLE & DRAGONS STORY — user reviews

> 105 indexed App Store user reviews of PUZZLE & DRAGONS STORY by GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc., rated 3.90/5 from 163 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puzzle-and-dragons-story/id1636844853/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puzzle-and-dragons-story/id1636844853.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 87 · 4★ 21 · 3★ 23 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 22

## What do users think of PUZZLE & DRAGONS STORY?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Nostalgia for original Puzzle & Dragons
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 👍 Enjoyable match-3 mechanics
- 👍 Satisfying character collection

**Cons**

- 🐛 Clunky UI and controls
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 🔒 Lack of accessibility options
- 🔒 Overly difficult progression
- 🔒 Unclear mechanics and explanations

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inability to access settings during tutorial
- Disappearing tutorial tips
- Connectivity issues with time server
- Compatibility problems on older devices

**Most requested features**

- Portrait mode support
- More detailed tutorials
- Adjustable text size
- Apple Pencil support for gameplay
- Ability to replay earlier levels

## Newest reviews (19 of 105)

### 4/5 — ランク上げがキツい

*2026-07-27*

パズドラは周回ゲーなんで、素材数とかは正直こんくらいでいいかなーとは思ってます。毎週ダンジョン更新もあるし、昔のパズドラを思い出せてほんとに楽しいです。ただランク100以降が全然上がらず、200達成がほんとに苦行です。ダンボ付きで周回しても取得経験値はたかが知れています。ここは改善いただきたいかなーと。あとパズドラゼロのように周回用の機能や縦持ち機能も欲しいです。切にどうかお願いします🙏

### 3/5 — OK, but not OK if you know what I mean

*2026-03-19, version 1.5.3*

Yeah, sure it might seem good but it’s slow and there’s a timer. It’s not my paste yeah and then might be a final boss. Your dragons evolved into humans but it’s not good. Not that good. That’s why there’s three stars you dummy.

### 4/5 — Drop rate up + bind immune pet when? Experience dungeon when?

*2025-12-07*

As a 2 year player, I stopped playing as much when I beat all contents, (1year ago?) Farming is fine but there is no single pet that has both rate up and bind immune is stupid. (It should have bind free and awakening free as skill)
Don’t tell me that is reserved for lv200 reward, you guys should add maybe experience dungeon (daily), maybe 5k-10k experience/day? for players to level up quickly, after lv100 it is just not worth the effort to level up.

### 4/5 — パズドラのパズル成分を楽しめるゲーム

*2025-11-17*

今更、本家パズドラを始めにくい新規や引退したけどパズドラのゲーム性が忘れられない本家引退者の受け皿として最適なゲームでした…(パズドラゼロが出るまでは)
※ゼロの方はこっちのゲームシステムがベースな上に不満点が解消されています(擬似買い切り型やドロップ率改善、マナを1種類に統合など)
手軽にパズドラを遊べるのが最大のメリットなので、本家ユーザーには物足りないと思いますし、
すまんそれって本家で良くね？と言われたら それはそう としか言えません。

ゲームシステム
本家からガチャを抜き取り、代わりに素材で生成するCS版の様なシステムを採用されています。スタミナ制もありません
コラボもありませんので、パズドラのキャラだけで完結します
そしてクリーチャーから素材、マナが落ちますのでひたすらに周回する事になります

ストーリー
結論から言いますと皆無です
なんかパズルで遊んでたら変な世界終焉系のポエム読まされたり、
知らない女神様から絡まれて自分語りしてきたり、
ボスクリーチャーに因縁付けられたりします
(上記により)宇宙猫になりながらパズルで遊んでると何か世界の救世主っぽい事になります(謎の展開)

Apple pencilについて
偶に盤面が操作出来なくなる事があります
そんな時は一旦、ホーム画面に戻ってから再開すると動く様になります

### 2/5 — 敵の倒し方がわからない

*2025-05-23*

このゲームに馴染みのある人は、きっと各ステージに合う特性を持ったキャラクターがわかるんだろうが、私のような初心者には、てんでわからない。
アドバイスやヒントもなく、調べても攻略法も出てこないので、負けが続いてストレス。多少の難しさは大歓迎だが、3回程度失敗したステージでは、攻略に向いているキャラクターを教えてくれるとか、そういう救済がほしい。
あと、女性の姿形をした特定のキャラクターの胸が揺れるのが、ものすごく不愉快。低年齢向けでもあるゲームなのに、どうしてこういう表現を入れるの？本当に気持ちが悪いので、今すぐにでも直してほしい。

### 4/5 — ゲーム性自体はええんやなって

*2025-05-01*

本家の方は、二年前ぐらい(ワンピースコラボが終わって少ししたくらい)に環境について行くのが億劫になり辞めましたが、このゲームをプレイしてみて、やっぱりドロップを操作してコンボをしていくゲーム性自体は未だに楽しめるんだなと再認識しました。ガチャもないですし、ゆるーく遊べるパズドラみたいで、個人的にはハマっています。ただ、盤面が本家より小さく、横持ちなのも相まって操作しずらいのだけは不満ですね。

### 4/5 — 本家に辟易した人向け

*2025-04-04*

本家のコラボ&スキルズが嫌になってこっちに来ました。
好きなキャラクターが産廃になってないし、昔のパズドラに立ち返ったゲーム性なので、昔のパズドラ、やれホルスがいいだのサクヤがいいだの揉めていた時のパズドラが好きだった人におすすめです。

### 3/5 — The update speed of subsequent tasks is too slow

*2025-03-19*

Compared to other platforms, the arcade version of the game update speed is too slow, almost a week to update a small level, and almost no challenge, like to speed up the update speed, the speed of difficult copies, recommend at least two special levels a week, the current level challenge is too low, the reward is too low, the chance of dropping cards is too low, Just let people keep repeating brush a few levels, almost no desire to continue to play, I hope developers can pay attention to this problem, the game itself is doing well, bugs are not a lot, mainly the follow-up additional content is too little, the update is too slow, a little perfunctory.

### 3/5 — Too difficult

*2025-02-15, version 1.5.2*

It’s just too hard to collect all the bits and pieces in the highest levels. It becomes frustrating instead of fun.

### 4/5 — Amazing game needs improvements tho.

*2024-12-21*

An idea is a higher luck chance because sometimes you will breeze through everything but when you get to the boss you only do 1 damage like what is that also maybe adding a new element too! I would be all for it if you would add one like wind and maybe another one creature called the opallit like the rubylit and amelit 
Opal as in wind :) I would appreciate if you took any of my idea into mind and put them into the real game

### 3/5 — Flawed but fun anyway in the end

*2024-12-19*

Half the story isn't even localized properly and is in Chinese or Japanese or something that looks similar to my western eyes. There are way too many pointless, meaningless, chore tasks that do nothing but waste time. Seriously, why do I need to make a billion useless creatures I will never run on my team?  Each with an unskippable creation animation, and needing to be leveled up to unlock other stuff, by tapping the button once per level for each creature. Leveling stuff up is an obstacle early on when you don't have  a massive mana stockpile, later it's just a chore (other than stuff that's locked behind the random and lore-unrelated level cap) 

Everything highlights as NEW, _all_ the time, you can never clear it all out for more than 30 seconds, don't even try. (Drives me nuts.) a lot of the enemies make no sense whatsoever, why am I fighting a bunch of heroes in a continent that is supposedly ravaged by monsters and abandoned?  Speaking of which, needs more dragons compared to random humans. I'm here for dragons, not anime heros.

That said, the core gameplay loop of match three challenges to do damage is very engaging and easy to get lost in for a while, and I mostly am having fun because of that. In spite of the other things.

### 2/5 — Long forced tutorial

*2024-12-18*

Be aware that the game forces you to follow each step of the tutorial for quite a while. No option to go to the menu to change the settings (like to turn off the sound) until you complete several levels. Not a great start.

### 4/5 — Did you guys decrease the drop rates??

*2024-10-19*

With 20% bonus, clear s7-5 like 6times and no drop????
😂it’s kind of getting ridiculous…
The amount of grind need for lv50 also stupid 😂
Either increase the drop rate or decrease the difficulty. 
I have coliseum -3 two dragons to 40, then yesterday I found now we have lv50, what????? And 8s characters only have 3 awakenings? 😂 being grinding for the 8 star tree thing, but the drop rate is horrendous. 

I’m getting really impatient because the HP is thicc I can’t one shot them unless I’m lucky with combo, and their attack is wayyyyyyyyyyy too high, and I need to grind them for the 8star characters 🙄

### 3/5 — Power drainage

*2024-09-23, version 1.4.3*

Every time I play the game on my iPad and iPhone (14 pro max) the battery drains extremely quickly.

### 2/5 — No sound at all during fights

*2024-09-23, version 1.4.3*

iOS 18 on an iPhone 15 Pro. Really annoying that there is only sound during non-battle screens.

### 3/5 — Please please please add Auto play!

*2024-09-21, version 1.4.3*

The level upgrades cost way too much and I’m not planning to grind the same stages several times(even the easy ones) just to get further in the game. Auto play would easily solve this problem, and not result in a reduction of ‘play time’ either.

### 3/5 — 高難易度と面倒臭さを取り違えている

*2024-07-28*

最たるものがコロシアム2のゼウス。
ギミック満載の10階層、2択のボス、ドロップ率の悪さ、必要数の多さ(ゼウス2種の完全育成に30体程度？必要)で、まさしく苦行。
作成難易度が高い、ではなく本家に曰く『修行』とはよく言ったもの。

### 2/5 — キャラ強化と並行して見直す部分はあるはず

*2024-07-25*

先日のアップデートにより追加された超絶限界突破やシンクロ効果により、広範なクリーチャーの強化が求められ、併せて大量のクリスタルが要求されるようになった。
とにかくクリスタル集めが渋くて怠い。そのためのダンジョンボーナスなのかもしれないが、ダンジョンボーナス持ちで固めるとコロシアム、☆7級の高難易度ダンジョンがクリア出来なくなる。

細かい事は良いのでせめてコロシアムのボスだけでも確定ドロップにして貰えないか。コロシアムステージ2なんて上位の☆7を強化しきるためには素のドロップ率だと100周くらいは最低でも必要になるのではないか？

### 3/5 — Way to hard and puts you in impossibly hard groups of monsters

*2024-06-26*

The game is good but t there is no balance whatsoever I’m stuck on floor 11 and it’s all by luck and with even luck it’s not enough specially for the boss for that section they need to weaken down these monsters a lot and I’m stuck with 4 stars can’t catch a break can’t even imagine how hard floor 14 is so I can finally awaken might never happen at this point tbh see how this game is going it will be impossible

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — おすすめめできません

*2024-12-03*

セーブデータ勝手に消えてて、iCloudの保存分も消されて、CSもロボットで、最悪な周回二度とやりたくありません。

### 1/5 — 素材のドロップ率が酷すぎで、退屈です！

*2024-08-14*

素材のドロップ率が酷すぎで、退屈です！

### 1/5 — Why…

*2024-06-29, version 1.4.0*

Why are the players held hostage for so long on starting a new game? We’re not allowed to navigate any menus especially the options menu where I would love to turn off the sound and music.

It’s such a ridiculous development decision.

### 1/5 — Bad performance and so much grinds

*2024-04-30, version 1.3.0*

Title says all. This game drain battery so much and almost unplayable due to the heat. And the game play wise it’s so grindy that you wish quit this game early on. I’d recommend don’t even start this game.

### 1/5 — ゲームの作り方を知らないのか？

*2024-04-05*

パスドラの良さを全て台無しにしたゲームです。

まず、横画面にしている意味が分からない。
画面に表示する情報量的に、無印のように縦画面で問題ないと思われます。
わざわざ、両手持ちをしなければいけないため、操作性を悪くしています。

次にリーダースキルの廃止は、あまりにもひどいです。
リーダスキルがないと、チーム編成の良さが機能しません。
また、序盤でクリエイト（モンスター同士を合成させ、新しいモンスターを作るシステムのこと）
をする意味もなくなります。
新しいモンスターが開放されたら、ユーザーはクリエイトしてくれると思ってるのですか？
どうやって、ユーザーに各機能を使ってほしいのかを考えて仕様を切ってほしいです。

まだまだ問題点や考え無しで切られた仕様が目立ちます。
そもそも、このセリフをユーザーに思われているといる事を自覚してください。
ゲームを商品として扱っている以上、良いゲームを作ることに意識を向けてください。

### 1/5 — Wastes time in the worst ways.

*2024-03-28, version 1.3.0*

You like Candy Crush?  How about we sweeten the deal with less addictive gameplay and some D&D inspired rules?

Wait!  Where are you going?  I haven’t even gotten to the Pokémon rip-offs yet!!!

No.  Just, no.

### 1/5 — No portrait mode and text is tiny

*2024-03-21, version 1.3.0*

There is no reason this type of game should ever be released without a portrait mode or adjustable text sizes.

### 1/5 — Awful

*2024-03-20, version 1.3.0*

Terrible UI, game is too hard even with their supposed rebalancing. Some dungeons are impossible to clear even 20x. Ridiculous game and a waste of time. Deleted.

### 1/5 — Still feels like pay to win

*2024-03-02*

Only with no payments so the game is one big grind chore. Feels like game should have come out 20 years ago with how basic the ideas of the game are and the lack of any interesting graphics.

Worse the game uses language without describing what it means. Powers say things like orb erasure or orb destruction and no idea what the difference is. Do we erase by matching? Or do we destroy by matching? What is ability bind or any of these status effects? No help file or tutorial to explain even the most basic ideas and it feels like lacking that you can’t really play the game competently.

### 1/5 — The drop rate is extremely extremely extremely low

*2024-02-25, version 1.2.0*

The drop rate is extremely low, sometimes I've been playing all day and haven't gotten a single piece of fragment. It's really really frustrating, please stop poisoning others......

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — 넘 좋은데요

*2026-06-26*

있잖아요 부탁이 있는데요
염전의 홍용도사 아키네 5~6*짜리의 상위종 넣어주세요
그리고 6* 난이도 좀 낮춰주세요 어려워요 제발요 보니까 신규캐릭터 계속 나오는 것 같은데 이 요청도 제발 들어주세요 ㅎㅎ
아키네 제 퍼드 최애 캐릭터란 말이예요!퍼드 너무 잘하고 있습니다 
그리고 신규 스토리도 넣어주세요 ㅎㅎ

### 5/5 — Wowzers

*2025-12-20*

The BEST puzzle game without adds and there are a bunch of cool pets humans AND MORE!!  And if u dont like puzzles dont play this game…

### 5/5 — Great Game!

*2025-09-30, version 1.5.3*

This is great and all, but where is the original Puzzle & Dragons? C’mon guys.

### 5/5 — 강추

*2025-06-23*

이 게임은 과거에 퍼드를 했던 사람들만을 위한 추억 선물 봇다리 같은 느낌입니다 ㅋㅋ 과거 고인물 기준으로는 난이도도 적당하고 적당히 케쥬얼 하면서도 파고들 요소도 나름 있고 역시 노하우가 있는 회사라 잘 만들었다는 생각이 듭니다만.. 퍼드 자체를 처음 해보는 사람한텐 솔직히 못해먹을 게임 일 것 같네요; 무엇보다 난이도가 너무 높아요..

### 5/5 — Gotta love PAD

*2025-05-19, version 1.5.3*

While it’s a bit of a departure from the original (and deeply missed) Puzzle & Dragons, the core gameplay loop is as fun as ever. Can’t say I miss spending a fortune on stones either! 🤑

My only gripe is the landscape orientation. It’s fine for short bursts, but it would be great to have a portrait option for added comfort.

### 5/5 — My opinion of the game and some ideas

*2025-01-07, version 1.5.1*

I have played another puzzle & dragons game (puzzle & dragons Z plus puzzle & dragons Super Mario Bros edition for the 3DS) before so I was expecting lots of adventuring but it was different than I was expecting I still fell in love with it. 

Unsure if this does exist but after you finish the game I think it would be cool if the goddess gave you her monster blueprint that way you could have her on your team.

I think it would be cool if you could add famous video game characters from other games to your team I know you have done this before but slightly different.

I think it would be nice if you could add monsters that looked like a crossover of bunnies and candy.

I do wish this game was more popular so you could have a battle royal with other players.

### 5/5 — また違う良さのあるパズドラ

*2024-10-27*

本作をパズドラ本家と比べたときの 
◯本作のメリット 
★ガチャが無い。誰でも最終的に全てのキャラクターを入手できる。 
★コラボが無い。パズドラキャラ100%で遊べる。 
★ダンジョン難易度が低め。きちんと育成しておけば好きなキャラクターを並べるだけでも大体勝てる。 
★育成が単純。レベルを上げるだけなので、細かいカスタマイズとかは一切不要。 
★テンポが良い。敵味方のスキル演出が短くスピーディに進む。 
★全キャラクターがアニメモーション付き。一部本編にないモーションも。  

◯本作のデメリット 
・ガチャが無い。ガチャを引くためにパズドラをプレイしている層向けではない。 
・コラボが無い。コラボで遊びたいからパズドラをプレイしている層向けでもない。 
・基本無料ではない。これはApple Arcadeだから仕方がない。代わりに有償ガチャも無いぞ。 
・同キャラを複数並べられない。パズドラシリーズ他作品から来ると面食らうかも。 
・キャラのスキル名とかボイスとかが存在しないのが玉に瑕。本作だけだとキャラの設定は窺い知れない。 
・副題に掲げてある「ストーリー」は割と薄味。 

 メリットが自分に合っていると感じる人は是非一度触ってみては。

### 5/5 — Add a feature to fight certain floor after first clear please?

*2024-07-17*

Pretty please? It’s like a 20min fight and then the boss has 50% chance been the one you want, and not to mention the ridiculous drop rate!

Also please add more characters with drop rate up, especially a cloud immune with drop rate up PLEASE. 

Also please add another bonus dungeon with the REMDragon, the green, silver and gold, their appearance rate in other dungeon is ridiculous, and I have a feeling the diamond REMdragon will needs tons of them. 

Lastly there should be a leveling bonus dungeon, I’m lv76 and it takes 8000exp ish to level up, and the hardest dungeon (colosseum 3 only give you 1000exp per around 20-30min fight….). 

Or if you can just bring the diamond dragon and his 4 brothers root down (to say max lv100 you get all 5 because 200 is ridiculous) I would be okay without a leveling dungeon.

I love the game and want to support it, but please make the grinding sufferable 😥

### 5/5 — Unlocked all….

*2024-06-25, version 1.3.0*

…except the last 4 dragons which I don’t seem to have a way of unlocking. But it’s been a very addictive game and have enjoyed myself.

### 5/5 — Basic then challenging

*2024-03-22*

Match threes can feel really redundant. The aspect of a free moving crystal plus the different types of team optimization makes this game really enjoyable. You you can’t advance with the same static team and need to adjust to what bosses you will be presented with. My kids and I are loving it. I am currently stuck but feel that it’s just another puzzle to crack on the right combo of characters.

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