# Puzzle Quest 3:  Match-3 RPG — user reviews

> 187 indexed App Store user reviews of Puzzle Quest 3 by 505 Games (US), Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 899 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puzzle-quest-3-match-3-rpg/id1490519951/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puzzle-quest-3-match-3-rpg/id1490519951.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 674 · 4★ 75 · 3★ 35 · 2★ 40 · 1★ 75

## What do users think of Puzzle Quest 3?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Engaging gameplay
- 👍 Enjoyable story and characters
- 💡 Innovative match-3 mechanics
- 🎨 Great graphics and animations

**Cons**

- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💰 Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win elements
- 🕰️ Slow progression without spending money

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game freezes on loading screens
- Unresponsive controls during battles
- Inventory management issues

**Most requested features**

- Offline mode
- More customization options
- Improved performance optimization
- Fairer progression system

## Newest reviews (13 of 187)

### 2/5 — Ridiculous load times

*2026-06-29, version 4.5.1*

Even with all assets loaded, it takes over 3 minutes on fast wifi and an iphone 14 pro to get to the main screen. There’s a ridiculous amount of bloat in this game; they’ve sacrificed quality for flair

### 2/5 — Bring back Puzzle Quest!!

*2026-01-29, version 4.4.1*

For the love of all that is holy, PLEASE bring back the original Puzzle Quest to the App Store. I’ll even pay a one time fee of $5.00 because nobody likes subscription games. PQ2 was not fun because it overcomplicated the game. PQ3 continues in PQ2’s footsteps. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Go back to your roots. 🙏🏻

### 2/5 — Fun but takes too much battery

*2025-10-26, version 4.3.0*

Im on an iphone 16 pro and this game runs way too hot and drains battery insanely fast. Too bad since it is pretty fun.

### 3/5 — It’s fine. Miss the older games

*2025-09-22, version 4.2.0*

I played a lot of PQ2 back in the day, and recently felt nostalgic for it. Come to find out it’s no longer available for download, even in my store page. Found this instead. Tried it. It’s alright. Kinda pushing a lot of what I dislike about modern mobile gaming, but it’s serviceable. It’s a match 3 puzzle game with a combat mechanic; nothing new there. The 3d animations are a little distracting, but otherwise feels like a continuation of a great puzzle series. It’s up to personal preference if it’s a good continuation, though.

### 4/5 — PUZZLE quest

*2025-07-09, version 4.1.0*

Feels like the first game with some nice upgrades

### 3/5 — Update fehlt

*2025-06-10*

Nicht mehr spielbar, da unter Steam eine neuere Version existiert und die mit diesem Account nicht mehr funktioniert.

### 4/5 — Cool game

*2025-01-03, version 3.4.0*

It’s a fun game. I like it.

### 4/5 — En perte d’intérêt…

*2024-12-20*

On galère trop pour trouver des équipements Mythique et autres à moins de sortir la CB et de payer. Dommage car il ne manque pas grand-chose. Je vais sûrement désinstaller 😞🤬

### 4/5 — Fun game, but possible issues

*2024-11-26, version 3.3.1*

Gameplay is fun if you like puzzle adventures. A little repetitive, but that’s to be expected with these type of games. However, what you would expect to be such a simple game, it completely drains my battery life on my phone and makes it really warm.  I have even turned the graphics in game down to lowest settings, with little change. At first I thought it was my old phone, but I just upgraded to the 16 Pro, and same issue. The game is great, but these issues may be a deal breaker for me.

### 4/5 — Buggy but fun

*2024-10-30, version 3.3.1*

It crashes constantly on my fairly new iPad and it’s super slow to load. BUT it may be the most fun and addictive game I’ve played that’s not on my PS or Nintendo.

### 3/5 — Not bad but not puzzle quest

*2024-10-25, version 3.3*

Can’t seem to see the puzzle quest remastered version on iOS, wondering why not? The developers for this game should take a step back and play the original and understand why it was the hit that it was, as much as I like freemium gaming there really is no excuse…

### 4/5 — My 2 cents

*2024-10-07, version 3.3*

I've been playing this game for over a year now and I made it through the dev change a while back.  Nothing was lost - the gear values changed (like when Warcraft did the gear crunch) and as far as I can tell it has changed back to what it was.  I have made steady progress as a free to play player and while I would love to progress faster, the system feels fair to me.  I finally spent 20 this last season cycle as a thank you.  I'm not paying to win either. I find this game fun because my free time is scarce and I can play this casually and enjoy it.  The previous seasons and grinding is not a grating experience.  I love the monster and character designs and the art style overall.  The UI changes for the better and for the worse depending on what the devs are trying to do and I don't fault them for that.  I am very happy to have this game avaiilable. Kills my iPhone battery though - fast. So I play on the PS5.

### 2/5 — Make sure you have a lot of money to spend

*2024-09-15*

Have a lot of money to spend on in-app purchases, or be prepared to be very put off by an extremely repetitive game loop and grind that brings little reward.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — No customer service

*2026-07-24, version 4.5.1*

I was locked out of the app and I had to delete and redownload but my hero was deleted due to some code error but all of my achievements are still unlocked but I lost everything and now I have to start from scratch, y’all suck

### 1/5 — Can not chose gender & class seperately

*2025-03-15, version 3.5.0*

I’m a female and I choose to play as a female; however, it is a HUGE turnoff to not be able to chose my gender separate from race & class. Plus I hate that trying to find out the answer to my question was a huge waste of time. So, I’m probably deleting this one out of the gate.

### 1/5 — Puzzle quest 3

*2025-03-13, version 3.5.0*

Unfortunately this awesome gams is not playable due to freezing,and jerky movements. Can not complete even one level without having to restart 4-5 times. Disappointed because have been playing original puzzle quest for years.Will not be able to say that for this disaster.

### 1/5 — Dommage

*2025-02-14, version 3.5.0*

Ils ne semblent avoir aucun intérêt à corriger les bugs. Ne perdez pas votre temps.

### 1/5 — It’s like a lessor version of Puzzle Quest 1 and 2

*2025-01-18, version 3.4.0*

Honestly it feels really disappointing to me, as a fan of the original games. I really don’t like the tiny play board, the fact in one single turn you are moving several tiles on the tiny board and that how both of those design choices mean you’re never really making moves against your opponent or employing strategy. This feels dumbed down and mindless.

### 1/5 — Fun game but wrecks battery

*2024-12-08, version 3.4.0*

This game was fun but I had to delete it because it would drain my battery on my iPhone 12 and, later, brand new iPhone 15 in the span of like two hours of play. Despite reducing all settings to lowest possible performance/resolution. Did a little research. Turns out fans have been complaining for over 18 months with no meaningful response from developer.

### 1/5 — Good but freezes constantly

*2024-10-03, version 3.3*

This game would be amazing if it weren’t for a few issues. The biggest is it freezes ALL. THE. TIME. Which is annoying on its own, but the turn timer will keep ticking down while it’s frozen so you can’t do what you planned for the turn. If they just fixed that alone, I’d probably give them 4 stars.
There are also issues with it crashing, though it does seem to be less frequent with recent releases. They have frequent server issues too, but they seem to be aware of that.

It’s weird that you stop leveling at level 50… I don’t understand that. Also, I’m fine with a pay to play model but the prices they set to get things to advance & improve your character aren’t reasonable for what you get. Way too high for what’s offered.

### 1/5 — Costly for this game

*2024-07-23, version 3.2*

This game is good, but it costs a lot for a better gaming experience, there are a lot of games providing bonuses or rewards for free on a daily basis without any Ads to watch first, it is really annoying to watch all the Ads and then provide any rewards. Not really concerned about the feelings of the player.

### 1/5 — A bug filled, haphazard game with no redeeming qualities

*2024-07-07, version 3.1.5*

The Dev’s hook you, then get you to expend a lot of time and energy to gather your strengths and playing style, the “upgrade” the game without warning and leave you with worthless gear. Previously, before the spell book change, you could pick and choose what set of spells you wanted to work on, and upgrade those spells first. Gone with the update. Now you upgrade a “Book” at 1000x the previous cost and can only gather the required upgrade pieces randomly. Very randomly. Then along comes the gear “update”. No longer can you choose a specific piece to upgrade. It is all random. This game has turned itself into a roulette wheel. You can spin it, but you have no control over the outcome. Finally, you hard time and money turned gear got wiped out as the Dev’s, without warning but the again they care not for you, the quality of the gear gets re-done and you lose your entire playing power. Sending in support tickets just elicited a Dev’s ire, and responses that are uncaring. Just spare yourself, send them your money and do not play the game. That outcome will happen whether you play or not.

### 1/5 — A big money pit.

*2024-06-18, version 3.1.5*

All of a sudden all the previous poor reviews are gone, leaving you to think this is the best RPG game out there.
This game is completely changed. Those who started playing over 6 months ago have lost all their progress, and builds, and works, only to be replaced with a system that wants your hard earned dollars to get back to where you were before the big updates. 
Progress is not a bad thing, but changing the entire system, without warning, and having you lose the builds your spent a lot of time and money to achieve, just is not fair. 
Then again, fair was not in consideration when the Developers changed the system at your loss. 
The play is mundane. The same theme rotates around again and again. Grinding to gain better equipment becomes monotenous and boring. 
Then all kinds of special offers occur, all of which cost money, for you to improve your stats. Strange how that coincides with your suddenly needing the very thing to improve, suddenly appears with its pricey cost. 
Spare yourself, keep your hard earned cash and look at current reviews, not the few posted by individuals that write glowing reviews for reasons that may not be in your best interest, but in theirs.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Having fun

*2026-02-21, version 4.5.0*

You just have the gems on the board but if you’re into that it can kill some time

### 5/5 — Puzzle quest 2

*2025-11-17, version 4.3.0*

I like puzzle quest 3, it’s a good game. However, puzzle quest 2 will always be the best!! Please bring 2 back!!!!

### 5/5 — One of my favorite games

*2025-07-20, version 4.1.0*

It crashes a bit more than I'd like at times, but it's a blast to play.

One thought about the UI layout on a tablet. If the AP counters were moved to the upper corners and the puzzle grid moved you the players would be able to see a lot more of the combat animation.

One way the other, it's far deserving of 5 stars.

### 5/5 — Really cool and fun

*2025-06-01, version 4.0.0*

This. Game is awesome lol

### 5/5 — Great game

*2025-05-22, version 4.0.0*

Great game, you don’t have to spend money

### 5/5 — Fun fun fun

*2025-05-06, version 4.0.0*

Addictive and fun thank you.

### 5/5 — Best Puzzle Games

*2025-04-24, version 4.0.0*

I like the prequel of Puzzle Quest Remake is better.

### 5/5 — It’s fun!

*2025-02-11, version 3.5.0*

As you may have read in other reviews, the game does crash sometimes but it constantly auto-saves and reloads quickly. The core game mechanics and progress pace feel very good. I’ve been playing for free for about a week now and I have no intention of stopping.

### 5/5 — Finally, a “good game”

*2024-10-01, version 3.3*

Really good. Relaxing and chill and fun. I absolutely love the fantasy d&d theme and elements. I’m too impatient to read the story dialogues and skip through them. But the actual mechanic of the necromancer is nice. I never write app reviews, so congrats!

### 5/5 — Action!

*2024-09-12, version 3.2*

A very well made game! I will definitely be addicted for a long time!🗡️🗡️🗡️

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