# Stronghold Kingdoms Castle Sim — user reviews > 787 indexed App Store user reviews of Stronghold Kingdoms Castle Sim by Firefly Studios, rated 4.40/5 from 2,367 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stronghold-kingdoms-castle-sim/id1201717505/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stronghold-kingdoms-castle-sim/id1201717505.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,716 · 4★ 328 · 3★ 88 · 2★ 45 · 1★ 190 ## What do users think of Stronghold Kingdoms Castle Sim? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Slow-paced strategy game - 👍 Great for history buffs - 👍 Nostalgic for PC players - 👍 Fun castle building mechanics **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🕰️ Extremely slow progression - 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics - 🏰 Losing villages permanently - 🤖 Rampant cheating and bot usage - 🤯 Overwhelming for new players **Commonly reported bugs** - Quests not registering properly - Troops disappearing after deployment - Inability to access certain UI elements - Frequent server disconnections **Most requested features** - Offline/single-player mode - Ability to move/rearrange buildings - More detailed tutorials and explanations - Separate mobile and PC player communities ## Newest reviews (10 of 787) ### 2/5 — In game attackers *2026-09-04, version 1.0.1953* Your castle can be huge and great and all but when your castle is being attacked like 8 times every day in numbers ranging in the 300+ per raid you come back online to a castle in utter shambles thay can take an hour up to how many villages yoy have and whenever you clear them more come back and some you can’t even clear leaving you to constant attacks even with diplomacy 50% researches the attacks are still in the plenties great game but I don’t want to spend 90% of it repairing my castle and wasting all my resources to repair something that’ll just get destroyed within the same hour ### 4/5 — Great Game, but needs TLC *2026-01-10, version 1.0.1953* I've played this game almost since it was released in 2012. its very sad to see literally almost nothing has changed except for new maps, but its always been a great game. it just needs some tlc, like why can we not see what scouts are carrying when the deposit disappears or have to hunt down every merchant weve sent to find out when they will arrive. when you start getting multiple villages its very easy to miss something like this and it makes me choose the pc version everytime aside from when im not home. honestly, the pc version is far superior but veterans like me need some new content, at the very list allow us to mod ui, audio, textures, etc. if the devs/managers dont want to do it the community will surely do it. this game has so much potential and the veterans just want to see this potential fulfilled. a next gen update would bring back every player and bring in tons of new players, it just seems like the managers dont know the pile of gold theyre sitting on and are content with as is. ### 3/5 — Good game but a lot of bugs *2025-12-31, version 1.0.1953* Great old game with lot of memories.. but a lot of bugs in quest. I cant finish them, even though i’ve completed them. ### 2/5 — Mala interfaz *2025-12-28, version 1.0.1953* Se traba… te da instrucciones las ejecutas y se queda ahi ya voy 4 dias y nada ### 4/5 — The game *2025-12-21, version 1.0.1953* This game is vary fun ### 4/5 — Amazing *2025-12-21, version 1.0.1953* No destruction on other countries and not much to explore and more building stuff ### 2/5 — Overly complicated *2025-11-30, version 1.0.1953* Way to far from the PC experience. The game feels like you need to go to a seminar or even have a bachelors degree to play it properly. I love the PC version of this but it fell to far from being fun to be overly complicated. Uninstalled ### 2/5 — Bugs *2025-11-15* I am getting so many bugs and problems that if it can’t be repaired i will uninstall it in 7 day ### 4/5 — nice game *2025-11-07, version 1.0.1953* please show army in village ### 5/5 — Игрушечка *2025-10-26, version 1.0.1953* Пока что все идеально) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Wake up! *2026-08-26, version 1.0.1953* If you’re going to run a game run it properly. This game should be amazing but you have slacked off and let it become a joke while raking in the coins from the hard core addicts. Put some effort in you slackers. ### 1/5 — Horrible game *2026-08-09, version 1.0.1953* The game has good graphics and it’s a nice game but it horrible game for players that don’t want to spend money on it I play for a months straight and in a matter of 10 minutes a new guy that had pay a lot of money and wipe my whole progress in a matter of seconds it’s too pay to win and people how don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars they just can’t play ### 1/5 — Won’t get past login *2026-07-09, version 1.0.1953* I hate to give low reviews but this won’t even make it past the login page… tried on iPhone and iPad. ### 1/5 — Full of cheaters *2026-05-10, version 1.0.1953* This game has people cheating using bots. (I’m not referring to what everyone can pay to have) You cannot compete with them unless you are willing to cheat as well. The mobile app doesn’t have access to everything in the game, you have to play on a computer. Don’t waste your time or money on this game. ### 1/5 — Waste of time and money *2026-05-01, version 1.0.1953* New players are quickly destroyed by existing stronger players in so called “Houses”. Almost impossible to join a House for protection. ### 1/5 — Game reset *2026-02-27, version 1.0.1953* While the game play is pretty slow, I was enjoying playing until I logged in and it told me to pick a new location and reset my castle back to start. Now I can’t get back to what I had done. ### 1/5 — SMH *2025-12-31, version 1.0.1953* Well I tried to make it work But it didn’t. You build and grow then you rank up Then you need to reach in order to rank up further but you research because research points are given when you rank up. You population starts to grow then slows not sure why. No explanation in the game Chose to spend on the game. The “crowns” never showed up. When I asked customer service and gave them receipt that I paid, they told me Apple has to take of refunds. But I should log out and log back in to get the “crowns” Nope didn’t work. This game is not worth it ### 1/5 — Stay alive *2025-12-08, version 1.0.1953* Some games are pay to play this game is pay to live or you will find everything you build gone on the next log in. ### 1/5 — Game is impossible *2025-11-27, version 1.0.1953* If you’re a free to play, type of player, the game is fully locked behind a massive paywall :( ### 1/5 — 日本語に対応していない？ *2025-11-24, version 1.0.1953* とても懐かしくプレイしてみたいと思いましたが、 日本語設定にしても切り替わらないのですね。 何度試してもダメなので 諦めてます。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great Game!!! *2026-07-29, version 1.0.1953* A rewarding challenge you must experience for. yourself. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-05-21, version 1.0.1953* This game is very fun and worth it, you need to join a faction to make it worth it otherwise you’ll be constantly attacked but after you do that it becomes very strategical and fun. ### 5/5 — Great game *2026-04-20* I like it very much ### 5/5 — 👌🏻 *2025-12-22, version 1.0.1953* Мне нравится ### 5/5 — Крутая игра *2025-12-04, version 1.0.1953* Не могу оторваться ### 5/5 — Strategy Game *2025-11-27, version 1.0.1953* It is a Fun Game ### 5/5 — Geduld ist notwendig *2025-11-21* Spiel ist ein richtiges RTS man muss geduldig sein und viel planen um sicher dein Dorf und oder eventuell eine oder mehrere Gemeinden zu halten. Ja man kann schnell Territorium verlieren aber auch schnell gewinnen(stellen). Es ist nicht pay to win! Man kann zahlen aber ohne Taktik und zusammen Arbeit kannst viel Geld ausgeben und nichts bekommen. Ich sage diese Spiel ist TOP und schon seit 2012 ### 5/5 — Рекамендасьен *2025-11-15, version 1.0.1953* Игра осталась на высоте , играю спустя 7 лет как перестал , оч хорошо сохранилась ### 5/5 — This game is insane *2025-11-09, version 1.0.1953* Its so good compared to any other real time games its also so cool how you can see your village develop it and see the castle and develop it. Now there is one down side thats the crowns very expensive and hard to get there should be ways to get the in game for free. But i habe to admit probably one of the best games i played. You should try it! ### 5/5 — Відгук *2025-10-29, version 1.0.1953* Єдине, що, як на мій погляд, не всюди, де є якісь знаки, є їх зрозумілість. А так, все дуже, навіть неочікувано, дуже добре! --- *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 2026-09-12.*