# Rivengard — Fantasy Tactical Battle RPG

> Turn-based fantasy tactical battle RPG with hero collection and strategic combat. (iPhone/iPad app by Snowprint Studios AB.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rivengard/id1509449529 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Snowprint Studios AB](https://appshunter.io/developer/1057938692)
- Category: Games, Role Playing, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 1,578 App Store ratings · 148 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 230 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Released: 2021-01-18
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rivengard/id1509449529/reviews.md

## What is Rivengard?

Challenge your tactical mastery in this new turn-based RPG!

STRATEGIC BATTLES
Make use of the terrain and the specific strengths of your heroes to lead them towards victory!

CHOOSE YOUR TEAM
Unlock and upgrade your ultimate collection of heroes to deploy as an unwavering force on the battlefield!

EPIC ABILITIES
Strike down and conquer powerful hordes of enemies by unleashing your heroes' unique abilities!

YOUR CHALLENGE AWAITS!
Fight your way to the top and take down the world's strongest bosses together with your Guild mates!

* Access full game features when connected to the internet

## Key features

- Turn-based tactical battles
- Terrain-based strategy
- Hero collection and upgrades
- Unique hero abilities
- Boss battles
- Guild system

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handful of Gems | $1.99 | one-time |
| Daily Gem Delivery | $2.99 | one-time |
| Hoard of Gems | $99.99 | one-time |
| Trunk of Gems | $19.99 | one-time |
| Pouch of Gems | $4.99 | one-time |
| Bucket of Gems | $9.99 | one-time |
| Hero Bundle Starter Pack | $4.99 | one-time |
| Daily Gem Delivery | $4.99 | one-time |
| Festival Bundle | $19.99 | one-time |
| Festival Bonus Delivery Offer | $9.99 | one-time |
| Cartload of Gems | $49.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Rivengard?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great turn based game
- 🚀 True tactics
- 👍 Awesome game
- 👍 Simple, challenging, relaxing
- 👍 Fantasy Tacticus
- 👍 Awesome
- 👍 Pretty good
- 👍 Recommended
- 👍 Effortlessly elegant
- 👍 Excellent game
- 👍 Good game
- 👍 Fun tactical game!
- 👍 Very polished hero collecting
- 👍 Seriously fun
- 👍 Cool game
- 👍 Awesome fun!
- 👍 Underrated game

**Cons**

- 🐛 Progression
- 🐛 Great game … but …
- 🐛 STOP
- 💰 Missed Opportunity
- 💰 Great game … but …
- 🐛 Lost Everything
- 🐛 Account gone
- 🐛 Chest Infinite Loop
- 🐛 Why I know it's a snowprint game
- 💰 Greedy, money hungry people
- 💰 Copy and paste of Warhammer
- 🐛 Fix the bug pls
- 🐛 Could be fun if it wasn't so buggy
- 💰 Major problems for end-game players
- 🐛 Game is good , but not fix bug
- 🔋 BEWARE: Huge Energy Wall
- 🐛 All Progress Gone
- 🐛 Xp needs to be fixed.
- 🐛 Great game but 0 bug support
- 🐛 Enjoyable but too random
- 🐛 Stopped working
- 🐛 Issue with Battle resets
- 💰 Not a game you can play for long
- 🐛 Cannot battle with 4 or 5 heroes
- 🐛 started out fun, but…
- 💰 Don't spend money on this game
- 💰 Fantastic paywall
- 🐛 Too bad the dev still doesn't get it
- 💰 Extremely Stingy on Stamina
- 🐛 Really fun other than pvp
- 🐛 Low player base
- 🐛 Some Glitches
- 🔋 Good but,
- 🐛 Have Issue with hero shards
- 💰 Ultimately Bland and Unbalanced
- 🐛 Good but ran in an issue
- 🔋 Fun, but super slow progression
- 🐛 Fun but needs bug fixing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Tutorials can't be skipped
- Rewards not received after summoning
- Progression reset
- Infinite loop of collecting same reward chest
- Game won't load past 30%
- Hero shards not received
- Laurels not received after summoning
- Multiplayer unbalanced
- Rewards not scaling with character/level
- Certain character abilities not working as expected
- Offline play issues
- Battle reset issues
- Incompatibility with older devices

**Most requested features**

- Guild war mode
- Global chat
- Fully customizable heroes
- Cat faction
- Complex puzzles
- PvP mode

## Recent user reviews (10 of 148)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rivengard/id1509449529/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Great turn based game

*2025-11-08, version 1.33.3*

If you love games like heroscape - this is a great turn based game like that. Having a ton of fun!!

### 5/5 — True Tactics!

*2025-10-15, version 1.33.3*

I love a game that needs decisions and careful planning! A true strategy game for those that enjoy tactical combat!

### 5/5 — Awesome Game

*2025-07-21, version 1.33.3*

I love this game. There are a lot of character’s to collect in this game and they each have their own booster’s and artifacts. I also like the fact that the cards have a lot of information and that the game has different battles. Are also get awards by completing tasks. I would suggest this game to anybody who loves collecting and battles.

### 5/5 — In fact 2-3/5

*2025-05-11, version 1.33.3*

Because why doesn’t a person who makes some progress in the game, who continues to play it day after day, does not receive an increase in maximum energy according to the needs at a given stage. the further, the more grind. after a long pause, returning to this game, after a week of playing you lose the desire to continue. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A GREAT SOLUTION. ADD MORE REWARDS IN THE FORM OF ENERGY FOR COMPLETING TASKS. in my opinion, it will be great if you get at least 50 energy for one task. or increase the maximum energy with each level at least a little. perhaps it is worth increasing the number of visits to the game per day by accelerating the restoration of energy (3 minutes instead of 5?), but it is unlikely that this will make the game process more exciting, but this will also be great.

### 5/5 — Fab

*2025-05-04, version 1.33.3*

Rivengard is a hugely undervalued little game. It has great graphics, a nice selection of characters and game modes to play.
Sadly it is in “maintenance mode” and is no longer being developed though events are kept in rotation  to keep things interesting. There’s definitely enough to keep you entertained for a while. As with all games there’s a certain grind required to get past some stages but it’s easily FTP and has a small but dedicated fan base.
It’s different from so many other RPGs on the App Store and I think is unique enough to be worthy of some love and attention

### 4/5 — Progression

*2025-04-19*

Overall this is a very fun game. I would say that the progression feels heavy. You get items to equip to character, but then the items need to be upgraded with materials that you rarely get unless you destroy other items. That on top of constantly upgrading characters in a variety of ways kind of takes time and attention away from the actual gameplay. Additionally, you have to focus resources on upgrading items for some characters while neglecting others, which ultimately reduces the fun of trying new characters that are far behind.

### 4/5 — Great game … but …

*2025-01-27, version 1.33.3*

Absolutely fantastic game. I’ve wasted a lot of time and money on it and I have no regrets. However, the lack of campaign updates and the onslaught difficulty is the only reason why I’ve knocked it down to 4 stars. I’ve been stuck on the same onslaught for a month now and as a result my characters can’t upgrade. Maybe easing up on the onslaught difficulty will make more players stay longer. I’m at the point where I don’t play the game anymore because I know my heroes can’t handle the levels I’m facing.

### 5/5 — Simple, Challenging, Relaxing

*2025-01-01*

I was looking for other games to play while my energy recharged for Tacticus, and I found this game, which is basically the same format but with a different theme.

Overall, I would say I like Rivengard better than Tacticus because it does not rely so heavily on getting specific characters from the summoning portal: all levels can be played with whatever characters you want. Instead of a split between factions for the Onslaught and Treasure Beach (Salvage Run) battle modes, there is just one, and you only need gold to upgrade abilities, not any other badges. As you progress through Onslaught in Rivengard, you can also get entire characters at certain levels.

The downside is that the chapters get difficult pretty fast. They don’t start over in difficulty each time like in Tacticus; chapter 2 is more difficult than chapter 1 and it keeps getting more difficult. There are four chapters total in campaign mode, each with 75 levels (plus their Elite campaign counterparts). I have managed to 3-star chapters 1 and 2 regular campaign mode with only Uncommon level characters, but I am slogging through chapter 3 using Uncommon. There are a handful of characters that you can raid levels to unlock at their Rare form once you beat a certain level, but you will likely be raiding that level for some time and hoping for assistance through the summoning portal before you can unlock them as rare characters which need like 200 shards.

Since this game isn’t the same money-grab as Tacticus, it doesn’t have too many events or updates. Even though the levels take a while to beat, they are still pretty fun, and I think the music and artwork is a little more cheery and relaxing.

### 1/5 — STOP

*2024-11-10, version 1.33.3*

STOP FORCING TUTORIALS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!  JESUS H CHRIST!!!!

### 5/5 — Fantasy Tacticus

*2024-10-01, version 1.33.3*

I love playing Tacticus based on Warhammer 40k and was intrigued when I saw this was from the same studio.
It is just the same game but with a fantasy element, so the skills and knowledge are easily transferable.
It’s a no brainer

## Frequently asked questions about Rivengard

### What kind of game is Rivengard?

Rivengard is a turn-based fantasy tactical battle RPG. It focuses on strategic combat where players utilize terrain and hero strengths to defeat enemies and progress through challenges.

### How do I get stronger in Rivengard?

You can strengthen your heroes by unlocking and upgrading them. Combining their unique abilities and deploying them strategically on the battlefield is crucial for overcoming powerful enemies and bosses.

### Is Rivengard free to play?

The game is free to download and play, but it does offer in-app purchases and contains advertisements. These can be used to enhance your gameplay experience.

### What are the main gameplay mechanics?

The core mechanics involve turn-based tactical battles that emphasize the use of terrain and specific hero strengths. Players collect and upgrade heroes, unleash their epic abilities, and can team up with Guild mates for boss fights.

### Do I need an internet connection to play?

Yes, you will need to be connected to the internet to access the full game features of Rivengard. This is necessary for online battles, guild interactions, and other connected functionalities.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.33.3 — 2024-04-24

New Heroes have been added to the ongoing Festival and Adventure events!
Competitive battles in the Tournament Arena continue
New Onslaught tiers added
Many small balance adjustments have been made

### 1.32.7 — 2024-01-02

New Festival Factions - The Blazing Brew Clan and Reefkin are now having Festivals!
Competitive battles in the Tournament Arena continue
New Onslaught tiers
Many small balance adjustments have been made

### 1.31.4 — 2023-07-24

New Guild Boss Classes - Now battle Rogue and Mage Guild Bosses!
Two resturning Festivals - The Walled Kingdom's Mivera and Sacred Grove's Nixie! 
Competitive battles in the Tournament Arena continue
New Onslaught tiers

### 1.30.2 — 2023-05-30

Two resturning Festivals - The Hive's Snazzbang and Fiveport's Vittoria! 
Competitive battles in the Tournament Arena continue
New Onslaught tiers
New Log-in Rewards!

### 1.29.4 — 2023-04-17

A Festival of the Sacred Grove is set to begin, featuring Silverroot
Competitive battles in the Tournament Arena continue
New Onslaught tier

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*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 2026-06-10.*