# Ruthless Conquest — user reviews

> 37 indexed App Store user reviews of Ruthless Conquest by Igor Kalicinski, rated 4.30/5 from 54 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruthless-conquest/id1449785021/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruthless-conquest/id1449785021.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 5

## Newest reviews (11 of 37)

### 5/5 — I love it so much

*2022-03-03*

(supper new review)
Also please make a chat.
My name in the game is
           War Hero
(New review)
Hi, I'm back again. Please make more games plus updates. And guys this is one of the best games in the world. If every one saw this game it would be more popular. Don't listen to the bad reviews please. If you like strategy get this! I have an ios 7 phone and it is hard to get games that are good and compatible. THANKS CANDY RUFIS GAMES!!!!!!!!!

(Old reivew)
I love this game! I have been playing this game well over a year. 

I rate this 5 but I wants ask some things.

1. Please have a mode were the artarans don't attack and there is no reinforcements. 

2. Have coins so you can bye different ships, planets, and power ups.

3. Have rankings for every one. ( example: novice, easy, medium, hard, insane, brutal, blind.)

4. MAKE MORE RUTHLESS CONQUESTS!!!!!!

Thanks,
Connor burnside, 12

### 4/5 — Good game but...

*2021-02-18*

The only problem is the reinforcements and cpu reinforcements things. Sure it’s to help the weaker players but they are to over powered. If they come the game is over. Unless you are just a lot more powered than the weaker player u ain’t gonna win. The key is to get strong but not stronger than 1st place just to get those reinforcements. Plz make an option to turn it off.

### 4/5 — Great

*2020-12-22*

This game is great and I spend a lot of time playing but there are a few things that need to be tweaked. I think the maker of the game should be able to decide if there is support and if those white things that attack you are even in the game. They really change the tide of the game and could make the effort of trying useless. It is still a really good game would recommend!

### 5/5 — What a game. 10/10

*2020-11-18*

Little long, but that’s it

### 5/5 — Дисбаланс

*2020-06-16*

ИИ может вызывать подкрепление, а игрок нет. Ну что это такое? :(

### 5/5 — Complete free

*2020-02-27*

You made this out of kindness. I highly respect developers who make free games that don’t have ads or purchases.

### 5/5 — Отлично

*2019-12-08*

Суперская бесплатная игрушка. 5 звезд

### 4/5 — Things that should be updated or fixed

*2019-11-27*

I like the game it’s cool but number one fix how the antarans go after one planet. number two try to update the game and make it were you can chat in the game. After when you update that then I will see how the game is. But this game is really fun though.

### 5/5 — Good Developer, Good Game

*2019-10-25, version 1.2.0*

It’s nice to see that they haven’t forgotten about this game. It is really fun and I’m glad they updated it. This is a hidden gem.

### 5/5 — If you have a creative mind this game is 100% the best phone game ever.

*2019-10-02*

I’ve literally spent hours upon hours playing this game. 10/10 would recommend.

### 5/5 — Great game

*2019-07-29*

The part that I like about this game is how simple and fun to play it is.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Multiplayer Broken

*2023-02-02, version 1.2.1.1*

Multiplayer is still not working on modern iOS ( Works on iOS 8) and it’s been several months now with no acknowledgment from the developer. I will update this review if bug is fixed.

### 1/5 — Really Bad

*2020-07-20*

Games fun up until the terrible implementation of reinforcements and antarans. They totally remove any skill from the game and replace it with sheer luck, even more annoying when they target a clearly weaker faction, which always happens to be me. Gifting is also terrible, and allows factions which are clearly dying to be toxic and gift all there ships to another faction. Can’t wait to delete the app.

### 1/5 — Broken.

*2020-01-30*

EDIT: I’m going to preface this review by saying that the reason I’m so incredibly frustrated with this game is because it has so much potential. This could easily be my favorite mobile game of all time, but it’s so broken, it’s completely unplayable. Anyway, this is my original review right here.
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This is the most insanely frustrating game I’ve ever played. No matter what you do, your AI enemy will always receive reinforcements to crush you, you will always get attacked by the white fleets. Your AI enemy will have every advantage, and you will never win, not if you played for a thousand years. The AI can have 8 planets each, and you only have 2, and your enemies will STILL receive random reinforcements. The game says that the weaker player will receive reinforcements. Really? Like, really? Are you sure? Because I played for three hours, and never received reinforcements once. The AI? They received reinforcements 18 times, EVEN IF they were already crushing me. There is no strategy that’ll ever help you against a game that has meticulously ensured that you will always lose no matter what you do.

### 1/5 — Imbalanced and bland

*2019-07-30*

After devising the best strategy with my partner we’ve found that the amount of unfair reinforcements and “white fleets” in the game that the enemy at an even playing field can have is simply abysmal.

“Forget about the fact that you and your opponent are equal in term of fleets. Let’s just give one side the extra boost they need to trample the other side!” So basically, if the game doesn’t aid you and you’re up against an amazing player who randomly receives help from the game, you should mind as well quit. (Not an actual quote, just a parodied example).

And this is for a match where distance is unlimited. If you play on unlimited the best strategy we’ve found is to forget about defenses and just dominate from least numbered planets to high, before focusing on dominating the opponent.

Don’t even focus on “special planets” enemy will just wait before taking it, or dominate you if you try to build up. Now with regards to if it’s a short distance match it’s an even bigger gamble (and this isn’t even scratching the surface of the overall reason for why it’s a big gamble).

Because first of all, the game is asymmetrical and the numbers it takes to colonize is asymmetrical (different) on both sides. This means that one side can have 8 planets while the other only has 6 or 7. One side requires less of a fleet to take over neutral planets. The other requires even more to take over their side of neutral planets.

Special planets can also be randomly generated in such a way where:

Player A - Captures one special planet from THEIR side of the map before accumulating higher numbers for the second special planet.

Player B - Does not have a special planet on his side; it’s located in the center or in such a position that player A can easily take it.

This means that player A can wait for player B to take the special planet, then fleet spam and instantly win since there’s no such thing as retaking a special planet.

With the current functions of the game randomly generated maps just isn’t practical. This is why games often have hand crafted maps. I can understand why the developer tried compensating with reinforcements and white fleets but it does so much more harm than good that it brings me to my final point:

Reinforcements and white fleets are either a broken part of the game or one of the worst decisions to make if the dev wants this to be a strategy based game. What’s the fun in trying to dominate your enemy in an EQUAL PLAY-FIELD when suddenly they gain the reinforcements necessary for instantly dominating you?

If two players were perfect, the game would randomly favor one of them and overall leads to why it’s such a gamble. Dev, here’s my advice:

Add minerals and/or energy to planets so that as you colonize, you can use minerals and/or energy to get reinforcements. My point here is essentially to grant both sides equal tools so it’s fair.

Next, hand craft maps or make it to where randomly generated maps are symmetrical. Also, I don’t know if this is a bug or what but:

When a player is on the verge of losing his special planet that the enemy is conquering, but manages to still pour in more fleets; don’t make player B instantly lose just because player A took it. After 10 seconds (or any time) is up for the duration required to keep the final special planet, that’s when they can win for holding the last one for a certain amount of time.

Add a tutorial, that’s just a must if you want players to have the incentive to keep playing without the frustrations of not understanding certain game mechanics. 

Even if my advice is impractical, the emphasis is on the fact that it’s imbalanced and isn’t a strategy based game. It’s just a random cluster of circles where one has the advantage and the others doesn’t. In which even if it was symmetrical, these random white fleets and reinforcements unnecessarily favors one of the players.

### 2/5 — Multiplayer Broken

*2023-05-14*

Multiplayer is still not working on modern iOS (Works on iOS 8) and it’s been several months now with no acknowledgment from the developer. I will update this review if bug is fixed.

### 3/5 — Love games from Rufus but this one crashes too much

*2022-06-15*

I can’t finish a practice game as either the game crashes or it kicks me to the main screen. I have an iPhone 12 Pro so I don’t think it’s a phone processing problem.

### 3/5 — Fun but needs tweaking

*2020-05-05*

I love the game, how it looks, and the space theme, but the white “Antarans” are NOT fun.

I want no Antarans and slightly fewer reinforcements. Then this game would be perfect. Reinforcements make some sense, but Antarans are lame and extremely strong.

### 3/5 — ..

*2019-04-01*

I hate when I'm preparing for an attack but then the pc enemy sends 2 reinforcements in 3-5 minutes then kills me

### 4/5 — Very fun but multiplayer issue

*2023-04-23*

This is an extremely fun game to play, especially if you play with friends, although in game multiplayer has stopped worked completely eliminating the multiplayer aspect. It’s still a very fun game as you can play in practice mode with several different settings but the multiplayer needs to but fixed.

### 4/5 — Multiplayer not working atm

*2022-12-16, version 1.2.1.1*

Since the most recent update the iOS version seems to not be able to play multiplayer anymore. When you press on the button it flickers into a blank multiplayer screen and then back to the menu. I adore this game so I hope it is fixed soon. Aside from this the game is so much fun.

Just wanna politely bump this.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Very fun and simple game!

*2026-06-04*

It’s a very fun game that can practically run on every device. Plenty of customization and an offline mode.

### 5/5 — Great Game, Needs Optimization

*2025-10-29, version 1.2.2.0*

iPhone 16 Pro 512GB, iOS 26

Praise:
Man, where do I begin? This game is [phenomenal]. 

If you ever played Solar Scuffle on Roblox, you’ll be very familiar with the game’s mechanics. If not, it’s pretty easy to learn.

There are people who complain that you can’t beat the AI in it, but I’ve beaten it on brutal mode a few times now and realized it really comes down to the user. Really you have to come up with your own method for every situation; that’s the beauty of actual strategy games (not most games engineered for dopamine today).

Literally this is the game I’ve been looking for on mobile for the longest time and I’m in love with it.

Complaint:
With that being said, my main complaint comes down to the lack of optimization over these past couple of years. Mainly I can’t have my Spotify running and play the game without it disconnecting or crashing.

Tips:
Add a feature or two to the gameplay. Not a complaint, but it may help with retaining players.

To those reading this:
Get this game and review it to push the algorithm forward. This game genuinely deserves more attention as it’s one of the best I’ve played, period.

### 5/5 — phenomenal (minus one bug)

*2025-05-23*

so the game is fantastic, love playing it, but, im unsure why this happens and have no idea if its even the game's fault, but when i play music on my phone via Music, if Ruthless Conquest has music playing, it randomly crashes, if i mute it, it randomly backs out to the menu. I have an iPhone 11 running 17.2.1

### 5/5 — 好玩

*2025-03-28*

类似抢占领土那地方的游戏

### 5/5 — Credits to sound design and music?

*2025-03-18*

No credits for me?

### 5/5 — Igor Kalicinski Read Please!!

*2025-01-09*

Mr Igor, I have been your number one fan for Ruthless Conquest ever since I was 11 with my iPhone 6. Now I’m 15 and have an IPhone XS Max, and I still play this. I have not gotten board of this game, and I enjoy playing it for 9 hours straight in car trips. I love that there is no ads and it’s very easy controls yet challenging gameplay.

Now I ask you, Mr. Igor for a new update or Ruthless conquest 2. With all due respect, I ask that you update it with a small tutorial for the new players that join this game. It took me a few hours to learn how to use it, and to send people free “ships”. 

I also ask that you have an in-game currency that you earn when you win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in battles. With that money, you can buy different colors, ship styles, or color changing planets and skins. I ask that you keep the game based on skill, so please have no “upgrades” that put you head of other players by making ships faster or other things. 

I also ask for different game modes and mods, and that could be endless possibilities, so I wont go into ideas.

It would be cool to know who you are up against too, by implicating “Ranks”. I have been playing this game for 5 ish years, I would be nice for a novice to know what they were up against! lol
So some ranks could be from Novice to Ruthless. I consider Ruthless before your name to mean you are like a “Grandmaster” at a game. That why I thought I deserved to have ruthless before my name, RuthlessWarHero. I used to be just WarHero, and the i changed it to RuthlessWarHero after 3 years of play, and countless battles won. 

If you decide to make a Ruthless Conquest 2 or a major update,  would love to send you my email so I can test and give you feedback on what you are looking to do. I could be free testing on new updates you wonder if people will like. Just reply to this review, and I’ll send my email.

I don’t if Ruthless Conquest 2 costs money, just please let it be add free:)

Oh, and also, I ask that you do a complete remake in the AI bots. If you could do two things for that:
#1:
The bots gets way to easy after years of play. I naturally play Brutal Ai, and I never lose. Please make the AI a lot smarter and strategically intelligent, able to make alliances with weaker or stronger AI. Please make them able to send ships to each other in order to work against the player, if they do team.
#2
The AI only make satellites on a planet where players or enemies can reach them. So the rest of their planets will not have satellites, which just means I need to knock out the planet with the satellite, and I beat that Ai Bot. OH! And also, the AI send all of their fleet into one spot, leaving the rest of the planet’s defenseless. Can you fix that please?

Speaking of satellites and planets, can you make other in match upgrades that DO NOT save when you leave the match. I’ll explain what I mean: Can we make 3 satellites? Or can we have circle-like satellites that produce extra ships for the planet. (With a max of 2 or 3 circle satellites.) Now of course, the player WOUDLD NOT save those upgrades for the next match or game, or whatever, just like how you have it now. For example, when I make a satellite, and win or lose a game, I don’t get to keep the satellite for the next game. 

I’ll see the rest of these readers in battle, 

—RuthlessWarHero—

### 5/5 — This is as good as free games get

*2024-12-30*

It would be hard to ask more of this game with how simple and good it is, let alone with it being free. It’s the perfect mobile game as it can be enjoyed for brief free moments or late into the night time hours.

### 5/5 — Multiplayer Fixed

*2023-10-13*

Multiplayer issue finally fixed, thanks.

### 5/5 — Really fun game

*2022-12-19*

Multiplayer was a lot of fun but no longer works after a recent update. Luckily you can still play in practice mode which is some addictive fun.

### 5/5 — Perfect strategy game!

*2022-11-28*

Great game but now I cant play multiplayer since the last update.

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