Island War
Epic naval battle game. Recruit troops, join the battle, and rules the oceans.
Total ratings
4.31
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Pros
- Engaging gameplay with strategy elements
- Minimal ads compared to other games
- Graphically appealing and easy to play
- No intrusive ads; can play ad-free
Cons
- Frustrating AI that leads to poor troop control during battles
- Gameplay often becomes repetitive without an endgame
- Technical issues with saving progress and crashes
- Progression can hit a wall unless real money is spent
- Confusing tutorial and lack of proper guidance for new players
Most mentioned
- Issues with AI and troop control
- Gameplay becomes repetitive after initial enjoyment
- Game often freezes or crashes
- Confusing tutorial and lack of clarity in game mechanics
- Pay-to-play elements hinder progression
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User reviews
Recent rating average:
2.70
All time rating average:
4.31
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 |  | | Frustrating game, stupid AI. Once you attack, you have no control over your troops. I am sick of picking a landing site for my troops only to watch my stupid troops march all the way around the outside of the island to attack the wrong side of the enemy defenses. Or, you get to watch them waste time attacking walls on the wrong side of the enemy's defenses while the enemy is shooting at them from the other side of the island and killing them all. I loose easy battles because of the stupid AI. |
| 2024-10-04 |  | | Deleted my previous post of 1 star. Still love the game and was angry after getting bot responses for too long after not being able to log in. They tried everything from uninstall/ reinstall, reboot, clear cache and cookies and even log in through a VPN. It finally came back today and I didn't lose anything except 5 days of game play. But the tech stayed in touch the whole time. Thanks! |
| 2024-08-17 |  | | Decent game. I like that it is not littered with ads like so many other games or there. I like the simple but good and tasteful graphics, and the variety of things to do. My biggest complaint is that the game is confusing in a couple different ways; first, the "tutorial" doesn't introduce you to city building; the camera is so far away that the individual units/groups are hard to see, let alone manage, detracting from any hope of strategy; there is a merge function, but no other way to level up. |
| 2024-08-01 |  | | The game only works if you are online (no airplane mode) that is the down side. But other than that, this is the best game I have on my phone! You can play for hours. There are purchases you can make, but you can also play AD FREE at no cost! This makes the game #1 for play compared to all the other games I've tried. The only bad thing is, when I playa long time my phone heats up and the game might crash, not sure if it's the CPU overheating? (Not a IT guy) but it dose seem to lock up and crash |
| 2024-03-09 |  | | Overall a really fun game of strategy. There's a few loading issues that can be irritating, such as home base planning/building. I've loaded a design or 2 and the app didn't save my progress or some of the characters. I've been able to rebuild since then, with same design, but definitely recommend giving the app a minute or 2 after building so it can hopefully save properly. |
| 2022-06-01 |  | | Locks up after paying for random Island. Cannot access island. Game freezes. Game shows I have 1 million gold...I do not get idle Cash, 1 crystal available. As if my island does not exist, does not generate income, cannot make defenses. Challenge progress wiped out. Was high on leaderboard, now at the bottom. As if nothing saved. What a pile of garbage this app is. Such awesome bugs!!!!!! DELETED |
| 2022-04-13 |  | | Another game that plays nothing like the video that made me download it. I wish game developers would quit doing that. You obviously had a great idea for a game with the video, what happened? This is literally click play and watch the game play itself. Click to go to the next level and click to watch the game play that one for you as well. As a gamer, I feel like I'm watching a computer play a game with another computer. I'm just hitting play each time. |
| 2022-04-07 |  | | Fun at the start till you notice you will do the same task every single day because there is no cap (end game). It's literary a waste of time. Dev's don't care about what you think. I went to the discord to ask why bomb buildings can be neutralized by a single para trooper. My answer was " when you learn more you will not use them ". Pointless building? Stop using it. What a great answer. The payed currency is easy to obtain without money and it is fun but without a ending point its pointless. |
| 2022-03-18 |  | | This game is fun overall, however it's missing few elements that could really give it a push. Firstly, the arena matching is way too easy. It can make the game incredibly boring. At low levels, there is almost no strategy. The quests are repetitive, and the game modes seem redundant. However, I like the two-sided offense online, defense offline approach. If the matches are set more evenly however, the defense marches could be more fair and you could have more victories. 3.8/5 |
| 2021-05-17 |  | | Fun ideas, but it's designed to become a money pit. Everything seems achievable and readily upgradable...except for wood. You need higher amounts of wood to build and upgrade very quickly, and there's apparently no way to get it other than using real cash. You can get one upgrade of city hall and rafts, and then required wood goes up exponentially. Update - fully agree with nnnemesis1995 5/14 comment. Absolutely horrible update that makes it entirely pay to play. I'm uninstalling. |
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