# Stagelands – eternal defense — user reviews > 80 indexed App Store user reviews of Stagelands by CHERNYE MEDVEDI, OOO, rated 4.44/5 from 235 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stagelands-eternal-defense/id6443662418/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stagelands-eternal-defense/id6443662418.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 171 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 15 ## What do users think of Stagelands? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Addictive gameplay - 👍 Fun and colorful visuals - 🚀 Smooth performance - 👍 Good progression system - 👍 Doesn't force ads **Cons** - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🔍 Lack of content variety - 🔍 Repetitive gameplay - 💰 Aggressive monetization **Commonly reported bugs** - Hellmode bug causing progression issues - Crashes and freezes after updates - Disappearing units and UI issues - Unresponsive back/exit buttons **Most requested features** - More game modes - Improved tutorial - Clan/multiplayer features - More troop/defense variety - Better balance and progression ## Newest reviews (16 of 80) ### 4/5 — Interesting and fun *2023-07-04, version 1.3* Once you get used to how it plays it is both challenging enough to keep your interest and easy to put down when life calls,…I like it! ### 4/5 — Not Perfect but It’s a Really Fun Little Game *2023-06-25, version 1.2.2* The good: - It’s not pay to play or pay to win. You can easily play this game without paying anything. - The different upgrade mechanics are fun and make you feel like your decisions matter. - It’s a refreshing twist on the tower defense type games. - The game gives you a lot of free resources and unlocks. The bad(ish): - The game is a bit of an ad simulator without the Pro upgrade BUT with the Pro upgrade the game feels much better. - The game can feel a little repetitive at times. - The price of stuff in the store is a bit high considering how much stuff there is to purchase. Overall, it’s fun and worth at least one purchase to support the devs. ### 4/5 — Good game *2023-06-23, version 1.2.2* Fun game full carnage defense style. Has auto play setting. Only issue is to make more money you have to watch video after every match ### 4/5 — Great game *2023-06-23, version 1.2.2* Good game with variety of different things to collect! ### 4/5 — Fun game play! *2023-06-16, version 1.2* Glitches sometimes but over all so much fun! ### 2/5 — Too many PTW ads *2023-06-10, version 1.2* The base game is great, no complaints there. The ptw ads they push ruin the experience. I’m over it. Bye. ### 4/5 — Awesome *2023-06-10, version 1.2* Very fun ### 4/5 — Kills time, not a cash grab, but needs update *2023-06-06, version 1.2* The game is fun. You don’t have to spend to win, yet if you do, gems don’t cost an arm and a leg. However, it isn’t a game that you rush through. Manually playing is almost impossible after a while so you need to watch videos to give 5 autos/video. You can also win some or buy the season pass for $10. Then no ads and you get the gold bonus after each completed level. Normally, you have to watch videos to get that bonus. Where the game falls flat is in the lack of other modes. It does get monotonous after a while. Even though there is a clan battle, there isn’t a variety of things to do. You just upgrade and watch things die. There needs to be something new added. ### 5/5 — Great *2023-05-30, version 1.2* Great game ### 5/5 — Is good *2023-05-29, version 1.2* Is good ### 5/5 — Fun Game, but tutorial could use some work *2023-05-29, version 1.2* I keep getting “tickets” as loot, but can’t find them anywhere, have no idea how many I have, and what’s their purpose?? ### 5/5 — BUSY *2023-05-27, version 1.2* This game is colorful eventful and very much busy in many ways you can see there is always something to do ! I love the outcome ### 4/5 — Stage lands review *2023-05-27, version 1.2* The game is well rounded and fun to play but has a lot of ads and in app purchases are a little to heavily suggested ### 5/5 — Good game *2023-05-27, version 1.2* Cool and addictive sum like cocain ### 5/5 — Just started but very fun *2023-05-26, version 1.2* 9/10 ### 5/5 — I luv it *2023-05-26, version 1.2* I get naked. And dance . And play this game, you. Like ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This game could have been great *2023-11-29, version 1.5.1* If they would fix the bug that kicks you out of hellmode… why is this important? Great question- it gives you the most cash so you can build your castle. I have been stuck on stage 1000 and even though I have bought every castle and upgrade as often as I can it’s not enough. For weeks I have just been getting my daily gold, and watching videos and I just can’t move at all. ### 1/5 — Poorly supported *2023-11-26, version 1.5.1* For something with a lot of potential it’s clearly poorly supported. According to the developers they answer 100% of all emails which is clearly false given the silence I have received twice now. It’s frustrating as a consumer when you want to support a developer with in app purchases and try to do so only for the promised purchased rewards to never materialize. The developer is happy to process your payment and take your money however. I’d avoid until things improve. ### 1/5 — I like the game *2023-10-06, version 1.5* I like this game, but I’ve contacted them several times about hellmode and it still hasn’t been fixed. I’m disappointed that this problem could go on for so long and it still not be fixed. ### 1/5 — Game won’t start since last update *2023-09-21, version 1.5* Since the latest update, the game just locks up when I try to start it. I can restart my IPad, have nothing else running, but it just won’t work. Please address this so I can keep playing! ### 1/5 — Another cash grab *2023-05-26, version 1.2* You will have to pay a lot if you don’t want to watch a million ads. Prices are super high and you don’t get much for it. They will probably stop supporting it. ### 1/5 — Pay to win idle game *2023-04-25, version 1.1* I would consider this closer to an idle game than a tower defense game. It's quite bad ### 1/5 — Scamming in app purchases *2023-03-20* | love the Game the Progression is linear and worth the time it's enjoyable and great progression syster with lots of new features compared to other games similar to it. ALTHOUGH. I purchased a package inside of the game and never received my items but I was charged. Alongside that the customer service has taken a very lengthy amount of time to solve anything for me at all. It’s now been 2 days and nothing has been sorted for me **Developer response:** Hello. Thanks for the feedback! To help you, we need to know more information. Please write a private message www.facebook.com/blackbearsgames or support@blackbears.mobi. Your sincerely, Black Bears. ### 1/5 — The game breaks after about 3 hours *2023-03-07, version 1.0.7* It asks you to select a character, your screen dims; and the touch face never responds. Resetting does not fix. Broken Game. ### 1/5 — Strong start, disappointing in the end *2023-03-05, version 1.0.7* Started good, lots of upgrades, good sense of progression. However, this is not to be continued. The game practically begs you to spend money in order to unlock new troops/defences. Please save yourself the time and look elsewhere ### 1/5 — Great game but Frequent crashes *2023-03-04, version 1.0.7* The screen goes darker and I can’t play anymore randomly but it’s a fun game ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So addicting! *2023-12-11, version 1.5.1* This is definitely a 10/10 game I’ve been playing for a week now and can’t get enough of it! ### 5/5 — 值得推荐 *2023-07-31, version 1.4* 非常喜欢，放置式游戏可以边玩边看；就是还能再增加点rpg元素就好了； ### 5/5 — Good *2023-06-26, version 1.2.2* Fun ### 5/5 — Stage Lands *2023-06-26, version 1.2.2* Best Game Ever‼️‼️ ### 5/5 — Wow *2023-06-25, version 1.2.2* جامده العبه ### 5/5 — Great game *2023-06-17* A really fun game for those times when you don’t want to think all that much and just want pass the time. **Developer response:** Thank you for your support! We are happy that you liked our game. ### 5/5 — Perfectly *2023-06-16, version 1.2.2* Nice ### 5/5 — Really good game *2023-06-04, version 1.2* 👍 ### 5/5 — Wow *2023-06-01, version 1.2* Fantastic strategy game ### 5/5 — More troops per tower *2023-05-31, version 1.2* Please less level of defense and more spots per section --- *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 2026-07-17.*