# Radzone : the Nuclear Wargame — user reviews

> 90 indexed App Store user reviews of Radzone by S.MARSAULT, rated 3.30/5 from 33 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radzone-the-nuclear-wargame/id423637440/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radzone-the-nuclear-wargame/id423637440.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 12 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 7

## What do users think of Radzone?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- ✨ Faithful DEFCON remake
- 🎨 Clean, simple graphics
- 🧠 Addictive gameplay
- 🎮 Good strategy game
- 🕹️ Intuitive controls (for some)
- 👍 Realistic depiction of war

**Cons**

- 💀 Nearly impossible to win
- 💸 Too expensive
- 🐢 Slow unit building
- 🤖 AI too powerful
- ❓ Lacks clear instructions
- 🖱️ Poor UI/controls
- 📉 Credit system needs rework
- 🚫 Nukes not reusable/worthless
- 🧱 Unfinished/buggy
- ⚖️ Game unbalanced
- 🐌 Jerky scrolling/movement

**Commonly reported bugs**

- 🐛 Game crashes frequently
- 🐛 Alliance screen not working
- 🐛 Anti-missile bases stopped defending
- 🐛 Game freezes
- 🐛 Subs glitching
- 🐛 Font is weird/hard to read
- 🐛 Computers go right past units
- 🐛 Crash bug on iOS 8
- 🐛 Fatal crash on startup
- 🐛 Game crashes when moving navy
- 🐛 Not IOS 8 compatible
- 🐛 Game stops working after iOS 8 update
- 🐛 Stats screen gone after update
- 🐛 AI cheats (spams units)

**Most requested features**

- Add land invasions/troops
- Add practice mode
- Add ability to take over cities/territories
- Add right-sided rotation for iPad
- Add online multiplayer
- Add better tutorial/manual
- Add ground warfare (tanks, infantry)
- Add more bases and boats
- Add different weapons
- Add land bases
- Add fighter bombers
- Add fast-forward button
- Add more 3D effects
- Add multiplayer mode
- Add leaderboards/achievements
- Make submarine units nuke capable
- Make nukes less prohibited
- Add sound that focuses on zoomed area
- Add more options to gameplay
- Outline continent borders
- Make it cheaper
- Make controls easier
- Make it for iPad
- Add infantry
- Add tanks
- Add more options

## Newest reviews (15 of 90)

### 2/5 — This is a rip off of earlier version by another creator!

*2025-04-17*

The original pc version on this nuclear war simulation was called defcon 4 but somehow you managed to rip it off here.

### 3/5 — You’re basically didn’t even try to work on it

*2025-03-21, version 1.9.14*

Number one it needs a practice mode so you can practice your skills, number two who in the world did you hire and thought it would be a good idea? To have the player be hit from all sides because last time I checked, we are not AI lol number three why does it take so long you to build ICBMs airbases meanwhile the enemy can just spam ICBMs this game is hilariously a joke. The truth hurts.

### 2/5 — Has potential, but is nearly impossible to win.

*2024-10-11, version 1.9.14*

The credit system needs to be removed or give the player more credits to build units. Other than that major issue, this looks like a good game.

### 4/5 — Worth Playing

*2021-04-10, version 1.9.14*

I absolutely love it! It certainly takes a while to understand how the game works and what you need to do in order to win, but it’s well worth it. It lacks clear instructions and controls, and has some weird movement mechanics as pertaining to units. However, despite the difficulty and minor issues regarding ease-of-use, it’s still a blast to play and a faithful remake of DEFCON.

### 2/5 — Fun but hard

*2020-11-09, version 1.9.14*

This is a really fun game and I’ve played it a lot since I’ve bought it but it just feels too hard. From the start you have to use your ships to take bases in the sea to earn money to set up defenses and better ships which spreads money very thin, but the ai always seem to have a infinite amount of it even if they have only one base. 
Ai overall are just better then the player. When the game starts to allow nukes it seems like ai have 3 missile silos and firing them rapidly, by that time in the game I have barely gotten enough money to set up 2 or 3 defensive weapons.
It might just be I’m not that good at it yet but that’s my experience with it so far and other minor things

### 4/5 — Erinnert an Wargames

*2020-08-19*

Ein spannendes Spiel, mit tollem Look and Feel, das vom Stil an die Kriegsspiele zwischen Matthew Broderick und Joshua in ‚Wargames’ erinnert.. oder auch an einige taktische Anzeigen aus ‚Jagd auf Roter Oktober‘. Ein Stern Abzug lediglich für das nicht Vorhandensein irgendeiner Kontakt Adresse für Support.

Dear Developer,
it‘s a great game. But so far, the app has only left-sided rotation. Please add also right-sided rotation for a better play on the iPad. Thank you!
UPDATE - August 19th 2020
Dear Sylvain,
I tried to reach you via mail.. can you please have a look to this screen orientation issue (on iPad Air it‘s only left-sided). Thank you!

**Developer response:** Thanks a lot ! I'll try to deserve the fifth star.

### 3/5 — Ehhhhhh...it’s ok

*2019-03-09, version 1.9.8*

This game would be better if there was a little bit more,let me give you a example...if there was land troops it would be more fun that way (I don’t care what other People think it’s what I want in the game)and if you could take over cities in side the countries and territories that would be great (for me at least)

Have a good one

~someone

### 3/5 — This isn’t defcon

*2017-12-11, version 1.9.6*

This a faithful remake of the old defcon game which is about 10 years old and on steam cough cough. But this game has so many issues and it’s too bad. But this game needs an easy mode and or some serious balancing fixes as is it’s extremely hard to get into and actually win. This comes down to the controls even on my 8 plus i can’t zoom in and out fast enough selecting units is also terrible, and compared to the original game on a keyboard and mouse. As a result the game is extremely difficult for the wrong reasons and i can’t recommend it at all. This game needs to get some fixes

### 2/5 — Eh

*2017-11-10, version 1.9.6*

Not that great has a good concept but everything is to expensive and you quickly get overwhelmed by the AI

### 3/5 — A rather non-nuclear game

*2017-09-25, version 1.9.6*

Im not sure if this is commentary, or a bug.  To get a nuke to a city, costs around 600 credits.  Building four naval carriers costs that much as well.  The thing is, if you capture a port with a carrier, your income goes up.  You can re-use the carriers, but you can't re-use a nuke.  If you remove a player's navy from the map, they resign.  Destroy all the navies, and all players resign.  There's seriously no reason to use nukes, ever.

### 2/5 — Alright

*2017-08-08*

Good little nuclear war game stylized like War Games. GUI could be better and if a faction 'resigns' their navy's and based should revert to no ownership, which would allow changing tactics to take over other points of income to gear up your war machine.

### 2/5 — うーん

*2016-10-08*

分かったら面白いんだろうけど、分からん、翻訳したいが、字を読み取ってくれんのよ(´・ω・`)

### 2/5 — Controls!!

*2015-07-12, version 1.9.6*

I love playing defcon in the pc. In this rendition it has the look, but the controls and placing units on the map are a pain and not enjoyable at all.  It's frustrating and maybe it's just me, but the controls are not fluid in the least.

### 1/5 — Terrible game

*2015-05-19, version 1.9.5*

Terrible game mechanics and too complicated

### 4/5 — Addicted

*2015-03-04, version 1.9.5*

A great strategy game with a steep learning curve. A few things need explaining though including why/when/how the nuke authorisation cycle ends and you can then launch missiles constantly. Also my anti-missile bases stopped defending against incoming missiles. Could have been a glitch but not sure. Would be 5* if it had a better tutorial or manual. Also please create online multiplayer!!!!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Viel zu schwer!

*2023-11-16*

Es ist unmöglich gegen die KI zu gewinnen

### 1/5 — Pathetic

*2023-06-29, version 1.9.14*

Not worth a cent, what a waste of money, wish we could try these games before having to pay..

### 1/5 — Radzone

*2022-03-29*

Can’t believe I spent money on this!!

### 1/5 — Definitely not nuclear game and rigged

*2022-01-23, version 1.9.14*

The player can reuse battleships and destroyers and aircraft carriers and submarines but can’t reuse nukes there’s no reason to use nukes and the a.i players keep reusing fighters to destroy the players silos

### 1/5 — 100円の価値もない

*2021-08-28*

敵が強すぎてゲーム性が崩壊してるし、UIの出来の悪さも致命的。買ってもお金と時間の無駄。

### 1/5 — Do not buy this. Just don’t.

*2021-06-23, version 1.9.14*

So, it tries to copy the game DEFCON, but does the worst job at doing so. So, remember this, you could find better for free.

### 1/5 — Grausam

*2021-02-27*

Unfertig und buggig

### 1/5 — Not that good

*2019-05-06, version 1.9.8*

Way too expensive as a stand alone game, buy the whole pack for that price!!!!!! Simple strategy game that can get very frustrating.

### 1/5 — Could have been OK

*2017-03-25, version 1.9.6*

A DEFCON wannabe, very poorly executed. Has the right idea, but huge parts of the game are inoperable. For example, unless you form alliances this is a ridiculous free for all--but in my (purchased) version, the alliance screen is dead. It offers "Make Alliances" or Break them, but it appears to be unfinished. Waste of money.

### 1/5 — Minor suggestion

*2015-07-10, version 1.9.6*

I suggest that you outline the border of every continent As the colors of its city ex: purple, red , blue etc.   make it feel more professional

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great game

*2025-01-01, version 1.9.14*

Maybe add in land invasions

### 5/5 — Good Game

*2020-04-19, version 1.9.14*

Very good game I recommend 200%

### 5/5 — Great game!

*2017-11-08, version 1.9.6*

This is amazing and very realistic! Very worth the price!

### 5/5 — Near Perfect.

*2015-07-06, version 1.9.6*

I love DEFCON, and I love this. It's a perfect way to play DEFCON mobile. Incredibly well done.

### 5/5 — Best game

*2015-01-20, version 1.9.5*

This here is the best RTS game on the market. It would be cool if they added ground troops too. But over all great game!!!

### 5/5 — Holy Cow.

*2014-12-29, version 1.9.5*

This is a very scary and realistic depiction of a war gone terribly wrong, developing into a world decimating nuclear conflict. The graphics are beautiful and detailed and the sound effects set the mood perfectly, making a truly chilling and tense atmosphere. Well done...

### 5/5 — Great game. BEST RTS

*2014-12-12, version 1.9.4*

It's a great game for an iPhone. The first RTS game actually worth playing fun and easy to play total worth the money

### 5/5 — It works but....

*2014-11-03, version 1.9.1*

It works now but it crashes when u move ur navy. Plz fix it

### 5/5 — Won't play with IOS 8

*2014-10-12, version 1.8*

I LOVE this app but it won't play in when I updated the iOS 8 . Please fix this

### 5/5 — Please fix

*2014-09-25, version 1.8*

I love this game and ever since iOS 8 it won't start please fix it.

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