Junkworld TD Game Reviews

Disappointed. Just as a lot of others, excited to see a new Ironhide tower defense. As per usual, the graphics, music and animations are top notch. However, the gameplay is lacking the depth that made the first Kingdom Rush game one of the best Tower Defense games I’ve seen in awhile. Three waves per level is really weird, and not being able to add towers during levels really kills the constant user gameplay. Now it’s mostly a watch and wait which is just very boring and not very engaging as a user. I like that it’s not just the same game with a new skin, but I think delving into a completely different realm of gameplay that strays so far and away from the originals is not it. The towers being placed in more areas I like, and the different reinforcements that are used are great, really adds something. But the levels are very meh and boring and over quite quickly, you don’t even really get to enjoy playing a level before it’s over. I would agree with some users that it doesn’t really feel finished. It’s too bad, these are my favorite tower defense games that I’ve ever played and this one is not great.

Agree with the April 2024 review. I’m a HUGE KINGDOM rush fan. I’ve been for almost a decade. Junkworld is a departure from the other games in that it requires much more strategy. The level of difficulty imo is rather inconsistent, some will be rather easy and the next will extremely difficult then the one after super easy, which can be a bit jarring. I like that it keeps you on your toes. However, as the April 2024 review says, there are instances where the Tactics are no longer usable in the sense that touch no longer works. So they’re there on your screen, but you can’t use them. The final straw for me that made me delete the game from my phone was when it occurred during a boss battle. It was quite sadistic to see the boss trampling everything and you just watch because the Tactics row is there, but you can’t use it. It’s been 7 months since that last review and it still hasn’t been fixed so obviously the developers don’t care too much about the issue. Just a heads up to future gamers, the fact that Tactics is disabled will make your progress much much more difficult. Sadly, for me, that does not justify playing this game any longer.

Crashes randomly. This game is not bad, but it crashes on some levels on my iPad Pro. I got to level 57, and can’t finish it at all without it crashing during the last wave. Also I don’t know why it’s so restricted where you can put your towers. Sometimes I can put them very close together, which seems like a bug because I can only upgrade one of them and can’t reach the other one in the back. Overall would give it 4 stars if it didn’t crash. Update: the game crashes more as I get to higher levels, so I stopped playing it.

Everything about this is wrong. Guys, I’m writing this as a genuine fan of the original - what’s going on here? Every mechanic that differs from kingdom rush is changed for the worse. It’s less fun than even the FIRST kingdom rush, and I think everyone can feel that. There’s only one question you need to ask as a developer: what would I want to see in my ideal game? This is less engaging and less satisfying than the FIRST published IH project and (I only say this because I know you can do better) a total disappointment.. not even worth the free month Apple Arcade trial for this game. You were an inspiration.

It’s not better than kingdom rush series ,but. It’s not as good as kr series obviously , it’s more likely be the “KR lite”. But the thing that I’d like to say is this game created a different tower defense compared with the original KR games, you can place the tower on everywhere except on the route where the enemies come. That’s the biggest feature in this game, that allowed me to have more options to place the towers. Therefore I’d give this game five stars for this and for a lot of hidden Easter eggs. Keep going!

Interesting but lacking depth. It is shocking to me that iron hide opted to get rid of tower upgrading. It still exists, but you cannot do this while playing and there is hardly any difference in the way the towers look. And they cannot branch into two different final towers either. Also there are only three waves per level which is also pretty boring compared to normal. ALSO heroes (all though you have far more options and don’t have to pay for any as far as I can tell, are much more limited in terms of upgrades and abilities as well. This goes for towers too. Only one ability and you can tap them occasionally. This is all disappointing to me because upgrading the towers was very satisfying and I feel if they kept that this game would be one of their best. I love many of the new innovations they’ve added like the upgrades that the towers earn through leveling and the more free tower placement. I wish my issues with this game were fixable but they are clearly a part of the design philosophy so don’t expect them to change.

Great game - just 2 complaints. This is well done and a very enjoyable TD. The only reasons I’m not giving 5 stars are: 1. You cannot build towers once an assault starts. Most TD games allow you to build and place towers at any time. This one makes you go all the way through an assault before your given your ‘currency’ or given the ability to build more towers 2. The process for powering up existing towers is very slow and limited.

Great game, a bit glitchy. I really love this game, it is very original, unique, and most importantly, fun. A bit sad that this game is exclusive to Apple Arcade only (so far). But I did encounter some issues in the game. One glitch is that the game will crash sometimes, even during a level. Another glitch is that sometimes, I can’t drag and drop tactics even though I press and hold on them. This can frustrating, especially when I’m at the final wave and need the tactics most. Otherwise this is very fun, and I will greatly appreciate it if you fix these glitches in the game for me.

Love the game, but experiencing a bug with the current towers. I am currently on the second map the last mission fighting On the third stage being the final boss of the map. I am using the drone hero The lumberjack tower The flame tower The drone tower And the bull riding tower I have the stop sign tactic guys The trashcan blocker tactic The bazooka tactic And the healer tactic I have also been using all of the boost on this level, except for the heart. The game is crashing at the exact same point 5 times in a row now but I haven’t changed anything just to see if it was a hiccup and I am on the most recent update released today. The experiment monster is making it to about 1/4 of the way of his path and causing my game to crash. All five times I have tried and again I have not tried to change my towers. This is the only bug I’ve experienced in the game and I probably could get around it by changing some stuff I just like to set up. I’m currently using it. I’m trying to get them to the max level so to be clear I do love this game it’ll get five stars As soon as this particular lineup can get me past this map without crashing lol

Casual Kingdom Rush. While still less interesting than the Kingdom Rush series, Junkworld has interesting mechanics and a little challenge. The biggest pro with Junkworld is the tactics - not only can you swap towers and choose from a good variety, but you can do the same with your in-game abilities. The game suffers from balance issues, and the humor is sometimes on the nose, but the lack of monetization (as far as I could find) leaves a very refreshing taste in my mouth. Every tower, tactic and hero ( as far as I can tell - currently about halfway through) is unlockable through the campaign, similar to Kingdom Rush Frontiers+ on Apple Arcade.

Incredibly Buggy. Let me first say this is the most fun ive had with a mobile game since the last installment. Its just as addictive while being rewarding and balanced at the same time, and no in app purchases on the arcade makes it a much better experience overall. Ever since I got to the final map of the game though, I genuinely cannot get through a single match without the game crashing. I was going through old maps to get all the stars and on some maps I had to give up because certain levels will crash every-time without fail. The level im on currently is one of these levels, so I literally cannot progress in the game. There are also many other bugs. Often times the game will glitch and i will no longer be able to use tactics for the rest of the game (buttons unresponsive). Sometimes this happens for towers as well in the build stage. When youve finally figured out the perfect strategy for an extra hard level just for this glitch to happen on the last stage or god forbid the game crashes, its a huge bummer. I dont think ive ever left a game review before because who even cares but I love Ironhide games so much bc of the nostalgia they give me and the easter eggs to my favorite sci fi and fantasy stories. Please fix so i can go back to wasting my time on this lovely game.

We need a coop raid maybe. 5 star game hands down, I like how it’s played and can definitely see some type of coop raid defense or survival. I’d still recommend this game its chill adds some strategy with the deck building and different upgrade you get when playing your builds. I’m hoping we get more cards and future upgrades as we continue to progress. Can’t wait to see what’s in stored for this game! Im rocking with it so far! 5 star if I didn’t mention already!

Keeps Crashing And Losing Progress. There have been WAY too many times when I’d play a round using a boost just to have the game to crash and close out, and everytime, The boosts that i used, were already used up and I would have to start over on that round.. This is a very great game, Yet I am disappointed that these bugs have not even been fixed yet. This has been going on for the past 2 weeks since I downloaded. When will there be an update!? Once this bug is fixed, I will move it to 5 stars. But for the time being, these crashes are getting really out of hand..

More Waves. Amazing game, brought me back to the nostalgia of experiencing kingdom rush for the first time. I love how it’s similar yet different and its own great way. The only problem I have with it is the small amount of waves per level, if they would add 2-3 more waves per level and maybe some level based interaction/towers like the previous games had I think it would make the game last much longer and have more of a difference to each level. Great game, can’t wait to see what updates and expansions are added with it!

Different but great ironhide game!!!. To start, the game is quite different from previous ironhide games. Don’t play and expect kingdom rush, Tower positions can be anywhere and the maps feel very interactive. Lots of changes to basic game mechanics that do feel good! So far the game is great!!! If you play it with an open mind to change you will like it! If you’re new to ironhide games it’s a good game to start with!

Great game. This game is great. It definitely lived up to its hype as i waited for its release. Ive always been a fan of the kingdom rush series (i have all of them) and i was looking forward to playing this. For me there really arent any problems with the game. Its well balanced its fun the graphics and art are great the theme is awesome and as usually with ironhide studios i dont have to worry about spending money. One thing i hope for in the future tho itls that its available for purchase and not just on apple arcade otherwise 10/10 for me.

Great Game that Needs Editing. I have played almost every Ironhide TD game to date. All of them have been wonderful experiences, including this one. I’m mainly writing this review to point out to the developers that there are several grammar errors in many enemy and stage descriptions, as well as in character dialogue. I would also enjoy a little more enemy variety. Overall, a very good game!

A fun and unique tower defense. I’ve been a huge fan of Ironhide games for like a decade now, so I was really excited to see a new traditional tower defense game from them. Although it looks like the classic TD gameplay, is very different from the Kingdom Rush formula. You can only build/upgrade in the “build phase,” and the traditional reinforcements have gotten a huge buff. But I actually enjoy the new formula, not more than the original one or anything, but it is a ton of fun. The polish and easter eggs make this a top-notch mobile game. For the most enjoyment though, I would recommend playing on veteran and not using the green boosters.

Was excited to see Ironhide. But missing some of the great elements in a TD game. Limited ‘tactics’. (Eg, troops, ) You can only use them a few times during your three rounds. Why? No ability to upgrade during play, so no ability to strategize during play. That’s what I liked about KR. Honestly it’s the only game I ever played rather than sleep! No strategy play here. I’m playing on casual/easy mode and there’s no way to get any real power in any of the towers or heros. I must be missing something. I’m going to download Origins and play that again. I like the junkyard concept. Crashes😫

Not just a Kingdom Rush re-skin!. I figured it would just be Kingdom Rush with different graphics, but it has a very different vibe and strategy. More freedom with tower placement, different upgrade paths, new wave structure. It requires a bit more planning ahead. And I love that it’s not yet another stupid “gacha game” where you have to buy tokens, or wait, or watch stupid ads every two minutes just like 99% of other games. That alone makes it a quality app.

Very buggy. Updated version has a lot of bugs. I’ve maxed out all heroes, towers, and tactics, but the achievement freak accomplishment isn’t unlocking. Multiple times had the tactics lock up mid battle and unable to use them the rest of the stage. Had it crash mid stage multiple times. And existing bugs like it not showing the correct status of the level of heroes, tactics, and towers after a round (eg, not showing an upgraded level, moving the progress bar to an amount too low or too high, or even moving it backwards) still remain.

My honest opinion. I love iron hide and I love kingdom rush and iron marines . I was very excited for Junkworld and I will be honest it’s an alright game I love the style and the theme and the music is great however I get bored very fast a lot if the stages feel like a copy and paste and only having 3 waves really bummed me out the game is very easy as well right now I am on the last part of the game the order base I really hope they keep up with it and add more to the game with updates and stuff because this has potential to be a AWESOME TD

Not what I expected from this developer. I was really excited to see a new game from Ironhide, I have loved all of the Kingdom Rush games, and I think they have done a remarkable job with the tower defense genre. This game could easily have been another terrific game in that vein, but instead it has a really weird play style that I do not enjoy very much so far. In this game, you can only build towers before the enemies start coming out, and you have minimal ability to affect the game during the waves. It makes the game a lot less interactive unless you want to micromanage your hero and a few powers. I’m only four or five levels into the game, maybe it will get better as I unlock more stuff? IDK, for now I am very disappointed.

About time. Is used to be my favorite company for making TD games. But then they got very greedy. This is the first time I’ve been able to play one of their games in a while where I don’t feel like I’m being drained of every dollar in my pocket and it’s amazing, I really wish they continue to do games that appear here instead of the pay to win.

Impossible to Micro Well. Using shortcuts such as number keys or the spacebar instead of clicking and dragging just doesnt work, you click and it selects the troop you clicked on instead of deploying your tactic, which causes many mistakes. Trying to play this on a mac/laptop is impossible and its really unfortunate coming from Vengance where all those shortcuts and gameplay mechanics were so smooth. I can imagine getting really into this game but not with how difficult it is to manage the controls. Dragging and dropping as the only consistent method of making things work is simply not a feasable method of using abilities/tactics, especially on a laptop.

Nice to see a new theme but wow is it hard. Great game. I am so excited to see a new game come out from this developer. The only thing that surprises me is how absolutely difficult the game is even on casual mode. I have played every game in the series and never found any of them as challenging as this. Maybe it’s just me, but I would be concerned if others found the game to be as difficult as I am finding it that it will deter new players from enjoying it

Buggy but fun. Feels rushed and unfinished. Numerous bugs, hopefully only visually and not affecting gameplay, like DPS will be a default value, then upgrading it will drop it lower, then deselecting and re-selecting will show higher than default, then deselecting and reselecting again will show the default again; who knows what the actual damage calculated is. That being said it is fun, but the weakest in the series going back a ways. Also limited replay value, as unlike other entires there is no distinguishing what difficulty you’ve completed a level on, it’s just three stars regardless.

New and Good. As a big fan of KR I was skeptical of this game. But updated mechanics and engaging animations make the game a win. The tower “power moves” is a nice touch. Reinforcements lingering and being able to move around the map is something I’ve been wanting for a long time. Being able to reposition towers is amazing. It’s no Kingdom Rush Frontiers but it fixes some issues from Vengeance and updates the gameplay in an extremely compelling way. Excellent.

Excited but disappointed. I’ve played all Ironhide games except Legends of Kingdom Rush (no thank you not a TD) even played both Iron Marine games, got/bought all heroes and Towers and got them all maxed lvl and was excited to comes across their next installment Junkworld TD to see a “Mad Max” themed version, only to find out that it feels dumbed down. You only get 4 towers and now 4 “tactics” which feel like the reinforcement abilities from the older games. It has a KR Vengeance feel with the towers as they don’t branch off like from 1-3 which is fine, but now have these “active” abilities that you must click on to activate them. The heroes so far feel meh and at times I forget they even exist, they don’t feel like the hero character but another minion/ally on the field. There’s only 3 waves per map and Xp is per map instead of kills like the other games. The active buffs are only per map instead of being bought and collected for later use. Towers can only be build between waves and upgrades now take “fuel” which is limited per wave. I’ve seen other reviews calling it a “Lite” and I completely agree. I love your games and I’ll definitely push this one to the end to see if it changes, but so far it just feels like you just needed to get another product out there or trying something different. Sometimes it’s best to just not fix what isn’t broken. I’d would have rather spent 6-10 dollars on a new KR Junkworld installment rather than this Lite version off the arcade. I’m giving 5* because it’s IronHide games, but it really deserves a 4. Thank you for all your hard work and will continue to be a big follower.

Solid and fun. Weirdly a lot of hate in the reviews but I think it’s because people expected a KR clone. The devs branched out a bit in a fresh way. It’s not perfect but it’s actually pretty fun and challenging in its own right. There are lots of towers and support tactics and plenty of heroes and everything comes with two abilities that you can upgrade. You can’t place towers during waves so you need to plan ahead but the tradeoff is you can move and upgrade towers in between waves very easily. It’s different, it’s fun. It’s solid.

Better than Kingdom Rush. I enjoy this style of game much better than kingdom rush. Since the stages are shorter, I can get more tries in, which means I can play at a harder level. The ability to make tower changes between waves, but not during waves, makes for an awesome split of tactic management during waves and tower management between. And I LOVE that you can move towers around in between waves. And there’s so much content!! Big round of applause to the Ironhide gang

Not as good as kingdom rush. Still fun to play, but the change on the upgrading system is a failure in my opinion. You don’t get much of the joy seeing your tower upgrading and having cooler effects anymore. Everything is pretty much the same no matter you upgrade them or not, which used to be a big part of fun for me. The 3 round design also not so fun in my opinion, the game has become less strategic but more fast paced casual games. Lastly the towers are incredibly unbalanced. Many tower are straight out bad while some other towers are crazy powerful. I wiped out the last 3 maps with the same set of towers and supplies and the new towers unlocked just couldn’t compete.

Great continuation. Well, the story is relatively fresh and new. This game is what you would expect from Ironhide. The changes and improvements in gameplay are definitely an upgrade from previous titles. That’s not to say the previous titles were lacking anything but this made an already great series prove its longevity. if you’ve liked any of the previous games or your new tower building games, and this one is a great one to choose.

Junk World. I’ve been a big Iron Hide fan since the very beginning. You guys/gals make the best tower defense games by far. I’ve been waiting for this “Mad Max” like release for some time now and thus far have not been disappointed. Graphics and voice overs are quality and authentic as usual. I’m not sure that I like the fact that I can’t add or remove towers during melee, like you could in the Kingdom Rush games. Perhaps I need only get used to the idea. When is your next big TD release? Whatever it is, or whenever it happens know that you have a lifelong fan of your work. Your artist is amazing and the vector graphic animations are sharp and dead on! Thank you for the many hours of challenging entertainment. Please hurry with your next release. Mr. Rogers

Stop comparing this game to Kingdom Rush!. This is a great game and I’m so tired of people saying it’s bad because it’s not kingdom rush. I love those games and i probably like those more than this one, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a bad game. This game is fun and different I would without a doubt rather have this game than get another kingdom rush. This game is different and there are aspects I don’t like but give me that every time instead of a nearly a copy and paste kingdom rush game.

The worst of the bunch. This one is the company going down hill. I can’t describe it, in the older games you just build stuff and it comes in time and it’s epic. Here, and to some extent with vengeance, it’s less and less with some towers you have to pay for. I get it, they need to find a way to make money, but it just doesn’t feel the same. They made it harder too, which is fine but it feels like more for repayable money sinks than real difficulty. I dunno, iron hide is dead I guess. Edit: the developer responds that the game is too hard for me, and things are free. The design of the game is what I am talking about, I recall this game follows something very similar to the vets that was released years ago. They were going to pursue a sort of clash of clans model. High difficulty, grind game play. I would say this to everyone, don’t get Apple Arcade for this game. Compared to kingdom rush 1-2-3 this game blows.

Done it again. KingdomRush is one of the few iOS games I’ve ever paid for, and they’ve done it again with this tower defense game. it’s more complicated than other tower defense games with far more options, making it challenging and entertaining. I would love the option to turn up or down music or sound effects as they are pretty overwhelming, but a fun part of the game nonetheless. Excellent work!

:/. Honestly. If you are looking to get apple arcade just to play this. Dont. Its not worth it. Being someone who has played all of the kingdom rush series this HAS TO BE the worst one. Only 3 waves per level. Tower upgrades are now trash. Every aspect you loved about old kingdom rush is gone and is now replaced in the worst of ways. I was so excited to when this came out I couldn’t wait to play it. I got apple arcade just for this and honestly one of the worst disappointments all month. Hope you guys do better on the next one cause man this really hurt me:/

Good but Not Great. Love all of thenTD games from this developer and JunkWorld has the expected look and feel but isn’t quite as fun. Animation is still amazing and fun but you can’t upgrade towers during waves and you can’t add towers during waves. Also, there are only 3 waves to a battle. Without the tower upgrades and ability to add towers during a wave, just not as fun as their other TD games. Also, biggest pet peeve is that the playing field doesn’t fit on one screen; have to scroll back and forth to see the whole playing field.

Favorite KR/TD Game. I’ve played all of the KR games and many imitations as well. Yet, this is my favorite. I didn’t expect to like it as much as the others because I love the fantasy genre that the original was set in, but the post apocalyptic/Mad Max type world where Junkworld was set feels like a wonderful place for imaginative character design. Fans of TD games will know how same-y towers can feel, but these are full of personality and impact gameplay in interesting ways. I highly recommend trying Junkworld out and giving yourself an opportunity to let the game prove to you how interesting it is.

Feels like a backslide. This game looks like kingdom rush and on that front it still presents a lovely looking game with fun animation. However there are significant shifts to gameplay that feel like less of an improvement and just more of a change for the sake of change. Almost feels like someone new bought the rights to the name and style and made their own version. It’s not a total bust and I intend to play through more than I have so far, but I find this is hard to get into when kingdom rush was hard to put down.

It’s ok, but it’s no Kingdom Rush.. As a big fan of most TD games, Junkworld hits the spot in a general sense. However, as someone who’s played through all four installments in the Kingdom Rush series, I’m disappointed that Junkworld isn’t more like those games in terms of mechanics. The characters, setting, and music are all fine, and it’s clear Ironhide pulled in elements from all their other games, but the actual gameplay feels lackluster and meh. Missing the ability to upgrade towers more while in-game, dislike the dragging required to move characters and reinforcements, and am not at all a fan of how there are only 3 rushes with pauses in between them. The pauses detract from the excitement of unstoppable TD waves while the low number of waves feels like the level is already ending right when the action is starting to be fun. It’s almost like the game feels unfinished. Hoping future updates or games from Ironhide will bring back more of their innovative TD magic that I’m missing.

Iron Marines meets Kingdom Rush?. I am a huge fan of anything Ironhide puts out and know it’s an immediate “buy”. Junkworld feels a lot like a classic Kingdom Rush tower defense mixed with some of the mechanics from Iron Marines and a bit of deck building. The wait to upgrade and build tower phase between waves takes some getting used to and definitely adds to replayability to each level. Trying to master placement and efficiency has been key element in past games but this takes it to a different level of difficulty. So glad to have these games on Apple Arcade!

You can’t buy it, you only rent it. Game pretty good maybe not as good as the previous Kingdom Rush tower defense games. It’s pretty annoying trying to figure out which spots you can place the towers on and overall it’s to easy. My biggest complaint is I can’t buy the game on Apple, you can only get it through Apples Arcade for $6.99 a month. I already own the other Kingdom Rush games and so far Apple Arcade isn’t very appealing no other games of interest. I can’t see paying $84 dollars year to play this game whenever I want. So I’ll play it through once and then cancel the Arcade after the month. I would have bought it if that was an option.

Close to perfection. The game thematic is fully developed and detailed. It deviates from the traditional fantasy world and dives into a very cool wasteland. The first map characters are on point and the creativity and graphics is insanely good. The gameplay is challenging which I love and the towers are especially unique and well designed. Enemies might be this game’s speciality and the biome is full of creative aspects and very well drawn. I love the game but I would argue just a little hair on the soup. The order’s map and concept feels like it contrast heavily with a wasteland world and does not relate much with what I felt like the game’s central idea was about.

Feels like Kingdom Rush LITE. First of all let me say I am an OG Kingdom Rush players and loved every single KR game. This Junkyard game is a long time coming because I could not stand your foray into other genres, just couldn’t deal with them. However Junkyard is again tower defense goodness I have come to know and love from you guys. With that said, this game feels a little on the easy side for strategy. Towers cannot be built during level phase. What is up with only 3 rounds per level?? I hope that opens up more as I play more levels. Also boosters are garbage because they can only be used once on the level you buy them for and not saved for when you need it. I liked previous upgrades for towers instead of this current version of having to pick upgrades based on the point system during a level. I miss a lot of things from KR but could not give less than 5 stars because this is still tower defense goodness I come to expect from your team. Thanks,

Bad controls. Great game, but it has a bad UI. In previous Ironhide games, clicking special abilities like reinforcements or the fireball were always “point and click”. Now it’s “click and drag” which is annoying when trying to stop enemies in the last second. There’s also more problems as well, like not being able to zoom in 100%, lives being reduced from 20 to 10, or the very slow tutorial. NOT A BAD GAME, it’s just the minor changes add up quickly and it becomes annoying to play.

Close… but no Kingdom Rush. I love the attention to detail with this game. It’s beautifully crafted. Similar to Kingdom Rush it’s well made. I’ve had it crash a couple times and I’m sure that will get worked out. I did notice it’s exponentially hard to level up your cards. Once you get around the 4/5 level. Maybe I need to play longer but it seems like the progress gets stifled pretty quick. There is for sure some redundancy on the levels. One thing about KingdomRush that was awesome was the little secret allies, plants etc you can tap to destroy enemies. It made every level a little more unique. I would say, ramp up the experience gain. Otherwise, the replayability might disappear really quick.

Glitchy. Game center button will block start wave button, have to pause to fix every-time. Tactics can get glitched completely when their highlighted blue on the button of screen to reselect them and become unresponsive. Game crashed once also, never had that with Kingdom Rush. I like the idea tho and should keep going with it and adding more content but its definitely more "rushed" as far as quality control for performance compared to other titles from IH. Titanyacht (rat boss before last level in underground part 2) goes invisible with blasting bullriders' thing on the ground that you can move, if he lands/flies on it he turns invisible.

Fun and Original. As expected from Ironhide, an excellent game. If you want it to be Kingdom Rush, it's not, but luckily KR games are still coming out! This is a distinct and excellent take on the tower defense genre. There's a lot less reflexes and a lot more tactics (big plus to me, but some other reviews that want this to be KR didn't like this). No resources are lost in moving/selling towers, but it all happens between rounds. Resources are given between rounds instead of gained by defeating enemies. Nearly full information is given on enemies coming in the next round. Fun game!

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full of bugs. Normally I like this developer but they have become sloppy with the desktop implementation. You can spend too much time trying to place a tower. When towers are close together, it keeps selecting the wrong one even when you clearly do not click the one that gets selected. Trying to deploy weapons in the heat of the action is infuriating when not using drag and drop. Clicks often don't respond and by the time it does, you've just been overrun. The interface is super laggy on a mac M1 with a 4K monitor because apple doesn't allow games to select a lower resolution. But the game could at least compensate by running lower-res textures and downgrading animations. the laggyness makes it unplayable when the map is busy. They really need to fix the tower selection problems and the tactic deployment bugs. These issues wreck the game. They're a deal-breaker. Also the tower and tactic selection page needs to be dragged on the desktop version. This gets realy old. It needs to scroll with the mouse while. Having to faff around with large mouse movements when dragging gets super annoying after a while and this is just laziness on their part. It feels like they never did user acceptance testing. This is an EASY fix. Implement the scroll wheel for gods sake! Dont release this on desktop if you don't test it for desktop. Fix the lag. It breaks the game.

Always crash. The game always crashed randomly and every time on the map 4, final boss. Really disappointed . Wasted my time and those buffs.

Incredible!. This game is amazing. It captures the spirit of both Kingdom Rush and Iron Marines while still offering something unique. I’m excited to see more!

Tower defence failure. This game and developer really take the fun out of tower defence style games. Although the maps are visually striking and creative, they have strayed too far from the game mechanics that make tower defence games strategic and immersive and focus instead on small scale skirmishes, limited success strategies (eg forcing you to use silly, contrived towers that are so automated that you don’t feel part of the game anymore), and battles so visually intense that you don’t understand why a defence has failed. This, together with maps not showing fully on a large, high resolution iPad show a negative evolution of the tower defence game genre. My advice going forward: use the less is more strategy.

zh. Worst game ever

Why apple arcade. Amazing game, I love ironhides works, but why, why apple arcade

Well.. No where near the heights of their frontiers line of TD games. No depth to levels. More like shovelware that you play for a week. Frontiers saga is timeless, this is, well, junk.

Peak. Ironhide call them sniper fully upgraded the way they never miss

App crash during game. Device is iPhone15 Pro Max 512GB, app still crashes during gaming, plz fix asap

Y. Fghhyy overall good

Not as good as kingdom rush series. Each type of tower has limited qty can be placed which is a bit disappointing

Incredible. Incredibly fun game , keep doing your thing !!!

Amazing game as always. Amazing game as always

Good, but not kingdom rush good. Great new game from ironhide as always. It’s fun and addicting. But it doesn’t quite itch my kingdom rush TD itch completely. Only having 3 waves on a map can feel too fast and doesn’t really allow you to build a good solid defense that you can be tested with in the later rounds in the kingdom rush series. Also not having any gold/scrap being generated inbetween wave breaks means you are just watching and not actually playing until the wave is done for you to finally upgrade, change and move your towers etc. Great game just wish it was more interactive in-between waves and had a better upgrade system. What good is going for stars if you can’t use them to upgrade stuff!

Active pause please. Some of us like to have active pause feature. This allows us to pause the game to implement the actions we wish to implement. for some of us, frantic tapping, makes our finger sore. This is the case for my old fingers. I know many others oppose an active pause feature, so perhaps the answer is it should be an option so those who don’t want it don’t have to use it and those who want it can use it. Otherwise it looks like a good game.

Great game. Just like all their other games. Absolutely amazing

Amazing game!. Did a 3 star just to try and get some attention. Amazing game, love the mechanics. Hate the fact if you get a phone call while you’re on the game, doing anything, it will freeze some point after. Killer

Nice game. All the vibration during The Junkers Last Strike doesn’t add to my experience. Option to disable haptics, and x2 speed would be nice thanks.

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Ironhide!!!. Tous les jeux de Ironhide sont excellents, allez-y sans hésiter!!!

Nice but buggy. Not as good as the kingdom rush series but enjoyable nonetheless. There are some funny bugs and not so funny crashes - particularly on the newer stages.

I love it but arcade subscription. I understand that it gives a constant source of income if it is based on the subscription but I rather buy it outright personally and I would like to but I am unable to I think you could still do both the subscription and buying outright because there will be people that would play it a lot wanting to buy it outright but then there are people that will just want to try the game or just use the subscription to play through it

Keeps crashing. I played about 5 levels, then the gam started crashing regularly.

Be careful addictive game. Amazing game again… thx so much Ironhide All yours games is fantastic

NO pay to win. Best tower defence game available. Best Ironhide game and NO pay to win. Can you also make the game available without Apple Arcade? Otherwise an amazing offline game experience!

Not the same. Don’t like the new style. Older ones were on point. This one is pointless.

Needs work. Wish the menu was out of the way on the bottom so you can place towers there or move your characters easier. Seems towers attack speed is really slow making the game more of hero defense than tower defense, especially when a boss totally disables the towers for way too long. Enjoy the story and placing object works good (unless you are working by the bottom menu)

Crashes. It was fun for about 10 levels but crashes every time I play it now.

Less engaging. It doesn’t seem to have the strategy that kingdom rush does. Once I’ve placed towers I’m just keeping up by laying tactics out. I’ve only played ten levels or so but haven’t found the thrill of discovering the ways different towers can strategically work together.

Exclusives. I love the game but I really hate it that it’s exclusive to a subscription service, I would really like to play it on steam

They ruined a great franchise. I have been playing kingdom rush games since I was a little kid and this is honestly a disgrace to the franchise and recommend staying away form this abomination. The next one better be incredible

Developer please read. This is easily the best game on Apple Arcade and I’m hooked however there’s a major bug discovered with some of the cards. The end game levels if I use the shark tornado card or portal card (most of the time this happens exclusively with the tornado) the game crashes when there’s too many units on the map. This typically happens on the final waves. My game has crashed at least 10 times so far. I swapped both cards to units instead and it no longer happens. iPad Pro M2 11” Please fix this because without these 2 cards it makes the final waves much more difficult, they’ve become a staple in 3 star completion for me.

It’s ok. Pros: - new heroes - new enemies - new towers (the specials are pretty cool) Cons - game crashes a lot, causing you to lose your bonuses even though it’s not your fault - not as innovative as Kingdom Rush; lots of boring maps with no interesting gameplay or distinguishing factors - uninspiring enemy and boss design; not as epic as Kingdom Rush

Upgrade. Ironhide has continued to improve on their experience. It’s basically a kingdom rush entry with more options and upgrades. The music is excellent and gameplay is good. If you like Kingdom Rush or even the iron marines this is a great tower defence game.

Game is ok but buggy. Missions constantly crash or don’t finish.. Game is ok. Finished the main campaign and started the missions. The more I move forward, I notice they often crash. In particular I can’t move forward with Residential Crossroad in the swamp map. This is annoying. This always happens near the end after the last wave. On map Order Base, last mission was successfully completed. After all 5 waves were cleared, nothing happened. Waited a few minutes before finally giving up. Finished one mission at level impossible. Although the badge was updated to “impossible”, scrolling over still indicates “won on casual difficulty”

Fantastic as usual from Ironhide. Ironhide tower defense games are the best tower defense games, nothing comes close to being as engaging, love the little easter eggs too!

Great game, apart from crashes. Great game but keeps crashing in the last world (order base), during battles.

hard to get heroes.. it's a great game but it is really hard to get heroes so please make it easier Iornhide Irl.

never been a fan of tower defense, until now. super fun short battles, good for when you have a spare 10 mins. cool art, great sound effects, well done!

Really fun. This games is really fun and addictive. I didn’t think i would’ve liked it so much

Ironhide Nailed it!. Another amazing TD game. These guys knock it out of the park every time.

Fave TD game. Always good content from this developer. Love this version but I’m also experiencing game crashes similar to other reviewers in the map ‘Order Base’, specifically for me Level 62 EVERY time. Please fix so I can keep playing!

meh. clunky UI makes it slow to make changes. gaining the resources needed to fight bossess takes way too long. Could be better

Good so far. I’m a huge ironhide fan. I’ve been waiting for months for this to come! Seems awesome so far. Just a little annoyed that it keeps pestering me to review it.

X. I like game

Wonderful. This is another home run in the iron hide library

Mediocre. On the 2nd map and just finding it too easy on Normal mode. It’s getting too repetitive as well. I miss the old formula of more than 3 waves and not having to touch every tower every time to activate it’s super. The artwork is nice though.

Tons of content!. Very original and content dense compared to there other TD titles but crashes occasionally which the kingdom rush (excluding vengeance) never did. Over all I love it and can’t wait to see what’s “coming soon”!

It’s alright so far…. I can appreciate wanting to do a new take on Kingdom Rush, but some changes just don’t work for me. Not being able to purchase or move towers during a wave, for example. I’m not very far into it, maybe my rating will change.

It’s alright.. Not as engaging as their previous tower defence games. This one seems kind of random with few stages that offer anything memorable. The variety of towers, heroes, and tactics is overkill (and silly) and leads to the strategy becoming confusing. Previous games gave you fewer of everything but at least you were certain what the purpose of each was. I’m not finished all the stages yet but it’s becoming boring and I don’t feel like trying dozens of tower combinations to see what works. All this plus clumsy controls, frequent crashes, and the annoying tower power-ups that are rarely useful because nothing is nearby. Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Nope.

Excellent. J’adore ce genre de jeu!

Crashes Lvl 66 Wave 4. Anything I can do?

Great as usual. Great piece of work ; yet there’s minor bugs like missing characters literally everywhere: hero ability title, tower ability title, dialogue, to list a few.

Really enjoyed the gameplay, but there’s things to improve. As a big fan of Kingdom rush and all of the games of Ironhide, I finished the gameplay of JUNKWORLD today, there are a lot of things I want to talk about: First talk about the things that can be improved 1. The game will always crash in the last two map (which is ORDER BASE and UNDERGROUND) I think the problem may caused from the tower WIFI BABIES, there is also other bugs with this tower such as some times the enemies that it controlled are trapped with ORDER ELITE and after the trap disabled it will turn back to a unit within the enemies side but our tower will reconize it as a friendly unit. 2. The essential problem during the gameplay within my own experience is that some of the towers are extremely powerful and some of them are extremely weak, the WIFI BABIES is game breaker in my POV, after getting it, the game is no more a challenge even if I played under IMPOSSIBLE mode, but I really like the design of this tower, so maybe reduce some of its data in order to give other towers a chance. On the other hand, the AUTOMATED BARN is the most useless tower in my POV, it is not good at all until you upgrade its SHEEP-O-MIZER ability to max level, if u dont have extra fuels for it, it is completely a bad tower for your gameplay. Also the overload ability of ICE COOLER is not powerful at all, its damage is really low and it will actually bring negative influence when releasing it. 3. I still miss the amazing plot of Kingdom rush, it is really twisted and fluence, but in JUNKWORLD, the plot is just normal and usual, especially when we first get to the ORDER BASE there is a scary spider looking at us, but it is not mentioned at all in the rest of the game. And the UNDERGROUND part is really "unexpected" and "not related". I wish u guys will make up more demonstration about the later story! 4. Hero like THE STEAMPUNK JENKINS is just weak and not well desined, I understand the producers may want him to be like GRAWL and YETI in Kingdomrush frontiers and vengenance, like a powerful blocker and do not have good movement, however its ability and defense are all just weak, and not that playable. Those are the essential problem in my own gameplay, and lets look at the good part: 1. As Always, I really enjoyed the art style of all of the game from you guys, its just Delicate and cute yet make you feel cool and very unique character style! Keep it that way! 2. I really enjoy the innovation of TACTICS, it really improved the experience of tower defense, and also in this version of game, the tower can be placed wherever u want to, which make the game more tactical. Although some of the tactical like ATOM BASHER is just not that helpful. 3. The linkage with other games really impressed me a lot as usual, the god of war, elden ring, SHARKNADO is my favorite tactics, I see the passion of the producers and the respect of the producers towards other games or meme or movies, make the game feels alive. 4. the idea of every tower is unique and really creative, I like the MAGNETRON the most 5. Most of the heroes are well designed, every heroes have their own specials and tactics, and there are not as many dragons as before, which allow many heroes with charactertics showed up in the JUNKWORLD, I like the DALLAS ‘BULL' Bouncer the most, VIPER is also well designed, I really like the idea of THE STEAMPUNK JENKINS, two farmers in the END of the world riding their own machine to fight, but it is just not that good in the gameplay ALL in all, please continue balancing the towers, and creating more amazing game journey, as bringing more fun experience for us! I trust and support u guys with full of my heart!

Game keeps crashing on brand new iPad. It is such a shame, game is good but broken, never can finish it. It keeps crashing on the boss of Map 4 on my brand new iPad (the Order’s Temple, stage 4|5). I rebooted, cleared cache, reinstalled, followed all recommendations multiple times, all I could find on online and on Reddit , but still crashing. There are many other disappointed players with crashing issues online forums.

Too easy?. Is it me or is this WAY too easy. I think they got the mechanics all wrong with the towers. I’ve blown through 12 levels on hard with 3-stars

Everything is Great, just one thing. Love the new strategy of JunkWorld, just had one nit pick: if I use boosters at the start of the round and decide to exit the round before doing anything my boosters get used up. May I suggest refunding the boosters if the player hasn’t made any actions yet?

crash. when i play the final at chapter 3 and at the final round it’s always crash

Good but Almost Unplayable. So it’s a great game but I’ve never seen an Iron Hide Game be this broken before. The tutorial crashed on me, the dialogue screen stopped working so I had to restart the game and on the Backbreaker level I couldn’t use my abilities despite them being available. [UPDATED] Game is awesome, hasn’t been crashing since the first few plays and overall is a great addition to the kingdom rush formula. I am disappointed that there are no achievements for completing the campaigns on harder difficulties but that’s a personal preference.

Great but I’m having technical difficulties. For some reason I’m not getting any sound at all. Otherwise fun game

Review in progress. Looks like a classic Ironhide TD so far with a few twists and a mad max inspired theme. I’m excited to go trough the whole thing, I’l update my review afterward.

Love this game. I love the games you guys do this one just popped up not too long ago and I had to get it. Hope you do one about zombies.

App keeps crashing. Help!! I am at stage 79 and the app crashed continuously at the second or third wave.

Crash! Crash! Crash!. Crashes at Order Base Lv 53 final wave same issue multiple times. Tried it on my phone same issue. Cant repeatedly try to clear stage hoping it wouldn't crash. Tried it 5-6 times already. Such a shame! Crash Devices: iPhone 14 pro iPad Pro 11 inch Lates iOS on both. Please fix it.

Game crash on iPad mini.. Have the most recent iPad mini with latest os. Other that that the game is subpar with the previous games made by this studio. You only have 3-4 waves you can’t build during a wave and the whole strategy is to find the one choke point where to build your stuff. You can play the whole game with just the 4 basic starting towers. It’s an ok game nothing more.

Lots of fun. Great tower defence game. AlwYs look forward to when Ironsides releases a new game. Thanks team keep it up!

Disappointed. Feels unfinished although I’m reading this is a beta for the pay site? The bonuses make the game too easy and the inability to change and upgrade towers mid battle makes this larger a click and watch experience. Sure I could go back and play without those free bonuses but it doesn’t seem worth the trouble which says a lot about this game. I played all of your other releases through extreme modes… miss that grind

Good but crashes. Nice tower defense game but crashes often. Need to fix the game

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Excellent All Around. While this new title might be a bit different from the rest of their tried and true TD games, it’s by no means inferior. If I were pick a few underwhelming aspects I’d say the point-click change to just click and drag takes away from last second precision when placing units. Also, too many of the level layouts feel a bit the same. But, the art is great, the music, sound and voice-overs, humor and gameplay are all great as per usual. The franchise remains witty, fast paced and most of all, fun with this latest edition. Please continue making excellent games in an environment fast becoming inundated with pay to win garbage. 💜

Great TD Game!. This is The Real Morgan! Simply put, this game’s beta release was rough, but all of the major problems are now fixed and improved upon! Now there’s heroes, balances, and no silly energy system! There’s far more towers, tactics, and smooth yet challenging gameplay! Definitely play this game!

Download right away!. Every game is fun to play, nicely balanced, and both familiar and unique. This game and company wins for consistency and fun. They also have a sense of humor which is nice. I am rooting for them and the next game! An instant download or me. Thank you for all the hard work!

Not the same style but still Kingdom Rush at its core. I think these games were better when they had a controlled plot of land to plant the tower on and forced you to mix and match tower types to achieve victory. The endless possibilities of tower placement now takes away simplicity I once loved in Kingdom Rush games. But all in all it’s still a Kingdom Rush game. Great cartoon art, great sound effects, no bugs, and the company has great customer service that cares about the user.

Game crashes when fighting hadron. On the last level of the fourth map against the order boss every time I send the fourth wave the game crashes. I’ve attempted it no less than six times and it has crashed every time. I’ve restarted my phone and I’ve even tried switching out towers and hero's but nothing seems to work.

Crashing. I would say this is a great game good graphics good gameplay but it crashes often and usually in the middle of the game which makes you start the board your on over no matter how far you are in the board! Otherwise it’s fun and makes you think to get past levels but if they don’t fix the crashes I’ll delete it I mean a free game crashing is one thing but Apple Arcade isn’t free do better

Failing on Apple Pro Max 15. You lose all of your progress while playing because it crashes. It is also making the phone hot. I’ll blame the Apple phone as well after it received a horrible update before the update the game was a 5 star game like always! When it gets fix on either end I’ll give it 5 stars!

Great game. The game is great to past time and they hit this out of the ball park, but the only problem I've ran into so far is that the app would close on me mid-game and it's annoying. I know it's new and just came out and everything isn't perfect , but hopefully a bug fix comes soon

a good experience. The game experience is still very good at present. I would like to make two suggestions. 1. In the battle, the skill button is a little big, and the Forbidden City blocks a large area of maps. It is recommended to do it like the Kingdom Defense War. 2. The skill button can add click-to-click operation. Like Kingdom Defense, I would be very grateful

Decent enough but probably not going to even finish. Which is sad because I LOVE the other iron hide games. I mean LOVE them but 3 rounds only with the leveling systems in place is honestly pretty boring pretty fast. It’s like pick a build do the same strategy every round and that’s it….I know that the studio probably wanted to change it up but I think they missed the mark.

Another great Ironhide game!!. Everything this studio puts out is fire! This game has a lot of new twists to thier past tower defense games, but the same quality and humor is still here. And being an Arcade game with no micro transactions is also great. I’m having a blast, and looking forward to playing more!

Heartless reskin of the original games. App forced me to write a review after popping up a notification to rate after each round. So here it is. Where are the easter eggs in each map? Why can’t we upgrade during the round. Why is the map not full size on an ipad? Why does tower selection feel so limited? Why are the rounds so short (3 rounds per map on normal) why can’t we rush the next wave for more gears? This is just the start… I’ll keep playing the game since it’s but i really hope they put heart in their next “new” release.

Lacking creative level touch of Kingdom Rush. I found myself able to tell every level apart in Kingdom rush due to the different little secrets and gimmicks of each stage. This game seems to have near none of that and it really hurts the replayability. I also don’t like the new tower upgrade system or the new round system. Don’t change what has worked so well in the other tower defense game,

Waited for this release for quite some time but. Game is great so far however, it is on Apple Arcade which means I have to pay a monthly trial for it. Unfortunately I won’t be having the game that long due to the money bill to play this so hopefully they will switch this option to buy outright.

Not giving ability points. Fun game like the rest of this developers TD games, however I never get new ability points when my units level up. A new level 3 tower starts with two points. It levels up twice to level five, and it still only has two points. Why is that? Same with heroes. Fix this and it’s a five.

Decent, not great. I’ve played for probably 10 hours. I like the art and the characters are fun and some have good character voice.. It’s just a lightweight game I play a few board in the evening. The ‘story line’ is weak but varied enough and fun. The boards are very repetitive, the game engine clogs with sprites and lags bad. C’mon it’s 2025 a sprite based game should not be getting choppy. I’m about to quit

Entertaining game.. annoying bug. I really like playing game. The unique levels, abilities and heroes keep me coming back to play. There is one big bug that makes me stop playing.. mid game, you can no longer use your deck. You can’t select any of them and place them on the field so you’re playing only with your towers. It’s random and I have to quit and restart.

Halftime review. I’ve currently just hit the third world and am having a decent time so far. This game doesn’t feel like kingdom rush but it is fun. Pros Graphics Characters Strategy More hands on gameplay with 4 upgrade able abilities No paywall on heroes Cons Only 3 waves Game has no evolution to the towers, each tower only has 2 abilities in contrary to the evolutions from the other games. The game feels like a bit of a knock off that’s trying not to get copyrighted than a kingdom rush game. Either way the game is nice. but these changes would be nice for future projects Make the amount of waves higher Re introduce the evolutions to towers Love the company not so much the game.

Okay but not great. Been a long time fan of ironhide, that being said this game feels like a letdown compared to their other games, individual missions are entirely too short with only 3 waves for each one, can’t upgrade or move towers during waves which is frustrating bc all I can do at that point is just sit there and watch and occasionally tap the screen, towers are also extremely hard to level up even with the xp boost active, very hard to stay interested in this game with all those factors combined

Really fun! New levels keep crashing. Really enjoy tower defense strategy!! Finished all levels, and with the update to iOS 17.2 and new sewer level added I updated and started playing again on impossible. Levels keep crashing where the game shuts down and takes me to the primary Home Screen. All progress is lost. Tried force close and restart but it just happened again on my iPad Pro. Please patch!

No balance. Some big mistakes the devs aren’t fixing. There’s two Missions that are both sniper tower only, that are impossible to complete everyone online says so and nobody is known to have been able to crack those two. So on the first two Maps there will be 1 incomplete in each no matter what. Very dumb. The other Iron games all had terrific balance, this game has abandoned a lot of that and needs much more in house testing they released it half baked.

Love the game - when it doesn’t crash. Let me start by saying I love IronHide games, including this one, but the crashes are driving me crazy. I have played (and loved) all the Kingdom Rush games, but none have crashed like this game does. Frustrating when you spend your points to power up and make it to stage 5 of 5 and it crashes … repeatedly. It pains me to leave a low review, but frustrated am I.

Lvl 56 is bugged - game crashes. This game is great overall. Ironhide took different spin on this game & I find it to be quit fun SK fat. However, you guys need to fix whatever problem is happening on level 56. The game has crashed everytime I have tried to play it, sometimes during wave 2, other times wave 3 or 4. I have reset my phone to see if that was the problem, nope, still crashes. Fix it now please!

Just Okay. I’ve played several of the Ironhide games over the years and have always really enjoyed them. The clever storyline, amusing gameplay, and fun mechanics are always welcome. This one fell short to me, though. The story is disjointed and sometimes just doesn’t make sense. I encountered multiple bugs where the level just crashes. I had high hopes when this came out, but felt very underwhelmed in the end.

Fine game, needs crash recovery.. Great tower defense game overall. Suffers from classic issues like being too easy to make too easy but what else is new in the genre. Really surprising that this doesn’t have crash recovery. I don’t experience a lot of crashes but when I do i’m always surprised to launch back into the map screen. this is such a modern title, what happened?!

Amazing but Flawed. Difficulty, worse upgrading system, and “build phase” are my main issues. Besides that this is a great game! I loved the Underground Warriors tower, it’s always been an idea I’ve had for a barracks that spawns units to go down the path. However, I do agree with many other reviews, this game isn’t as good as Vengeance, or Iron Marines Invasion. There is also a ripoff of Iron Marines you can find on the App Store with some generic name, and it got pretty popular.

I like the different game play but it’s hard and that’s good. So I played all the iron hide games pretty much farmed all achievements and I just started this one and I’m really liking it it’s hard and it’s so customizable it’s a lot of fun like I’ve been playing these games for like five years plus since they came out and this one top-tier

Greatly Simplified but Still Fun. The game is greatly simplified from Kingdom Rush games where each map only has three waves and you only gain resources at the start and after wave 1 and 2. There’s less to manage and interact with overall, as you can only upgrade and build towers at the end of each wave. Being able to move your towers is a change but, for me, it’s not wanted. It’s still a fun Ironhide game, but it lacks the depth of others.

A pretty shallow TD game… sadly.. I’ve played every game they’ve released and I was excited to see this one pop up. But the tower placement is annoying, the heroes are boring, and there really isn’t much strategy. You cannot upgrade and place during waves. The previous Kingdom Rush games are top of their class TD games. This really feels like a game made by a freshman studio, doesn’t hold a candle to any of the KRush games

Buggy and crashes. Fun gameplay that’s basic in both good and bad ways, feels like ironhide took steps forward to take more steps back. Here I am on lvl 33 and every time on the third wave it crashes and I lose everything I used and it doesn’t reset… and that’s another game I deleted and forgot about except for the monthly charge for my apple one plan

my dreams have come true. I have been waiting in anticipation for this game to blow my socks off and its not disappointing! The characters are unique, and the changes the ironhide team has made with the optional tower placement in between waves is awesome! I 10/10 recommend this game!

Awesome mix. This game feels like a mix of kingdom rush and defense zone I’m a big fan of kingdom rush this game feels great the gameplay, the art and the guy with the conehead, 10/10 game but a few ideas I’m only on level 5 by the way but there should be more waves three times to upgrade and build isn’t enough so please add this in. Future updates

Minus 1 star because…. I’ve been a fan of KR and to be honest the system, difficulty, tower upgrade options, are the best in Frontiers. Is it possible to have this type of game remain like that?. You can just create new worlds, new stories, new tactics, but the core gameplay should keep it that way cause it provides more creativity and flexibility.

Boy howdy, this here game is fun.. Yessir, Ironhide sure does know how to make ‘em. While the tower upgrade complexity of Kingdom Rush is missing, we’ve received a lot more maps and unit content instead. And the XP system gives us much more replay-ability. Love the Courage the Cowardly dog cameo!

Different than KR, but awesome. I’ll admit it took me a bit to “get” this game, however once I realized how to play it and not try to make it another KR, I was hooked. Soo many more levels, more towers, more tactics, more options to build a perfect strat for each battle. I was a little disappointed at first with only 3 waves per map, and that is still the main thing I would change, but again this isn’t a normal TD game. I haven’t experienced the bugs that other people have mentioned so can’t comment on that. Play this gem! Just don’t put it against KR TD games.

Bug Report. I don’t know if you were aware, but Ratchet says “unlocked on Undefined World_KEY” instead of the terrain needed to unlock when you check what stage each hero unlocks at on hero screen. Just trying to help and couldnt find where to report bugs.

Junkworld. I rarely leave reviews, but this game gets 5 stars! I have played games that lacked a lot and were pay to win. I would have gladly paid $9.99 to play this game. Shout out to the devs that made this game happen! Y’all rock!

Another hit!. Tower defense games are my fave and their studio consistently puts out the best. Awesome story, varying levels of difficulty, cool towers. Lots of options for different playstyles. I have an Apple Arcade subscription this is the only game that’s made it worth it so far!

Been waiting for a new TD, liked KR series. Only a few levels in, but so far so good. Interesting theme, reminds me of Full Throttle meets Fallout in a TD. Can move towers and such during the round which is new and no set placement. Haven’t seen an opportunity to buy anything in game so far so I’m good. Looks like there is additional content coming as well. Update after I finish it.

Another great ironshield game. Only issue I have is since I’ve liked these games since they’re free online Kingdom rush Versions I go for the Veteran modes and I eventually hit a wall because I 3 star stages fairly consistent and then I have to grind exp for later stages to level up my character so any way to make that easier to do would be great to have

Like the game but crashes too much. I’ve yet to get through level 56 without it crashing. It happens elsewhere too, but other times I can get through it once the game reboots. I’ve done all the usual tactics with deleting and re-downloading the app. It’s unfortunate too cause it’d be a 5 star review otherwise. Edit: Moved to 1 star because this game crashes every couple of minutes. Force closing the app, redownloading, and checking for updates does not help with the constant crashing.

Pretty Fun. There’s lots of levels, but I wish they would be longer. The leveling system is a little slow, even after completing all the levels not a single card has a max level The missions feel pointless they’re too hard for such a meaningless reward especially since they don’t give xp

Yeah not as good as the others. Going to mirror what other people are saying here. The changes remove a lot of the moment to moment fun. I can’t build towers during rounds, rounds are only 3 waves, and there are no more visual upgrades for towers (unless im not there yet) All of this really makes this the same as a lot of other TD games (the unique units, and difficulty help). I got through the tutorial and have played further but this is the first one i’m not finishing.

Fun, but unstable. I’m really enjoying this game. It’s a fresh spin on a classic and I have alway considered Ironhide games to be top tier in the mobile game industry. However, I’m struggling with JunkWorld because it crashes so often 😩. I’m losing patience because the game will crash around the last wave in a level, stopping me from progressing. Either the crash rate has increased since a recent update or the later stages are buggier.

Very Buggy & Way Too Easy. This game randomly shuts down virtually every day while I’m trying to complete a level (with progress then lost). Also, ive had to set a number of levels to the “impossible” level to get a challenge (not because I’m a super genius lol). Unfortunate that a company with such a great track record on games would release something so half-baked in reliability & game play balance.

Love it but fix it. I’ve played all the kingdom rush games and really like this one so far BUT please! fix the buggy crashes. It’s especially frustrating when you have to spend currency to apply bonuses during a stage and then the stage crashes and that buff is gone. Please devs, fix this potentially great game and it’ll be five stars

Doesn’t play like kingdom rush. But still good:). I was expecting a kingdom rush clone and it lives up to its name. The only difference between the two is setting and The gameplay loop. The gameplay loop is not kingdom rush; Towers are built and upgraded between rounds, upgrades for towers are limited, and money for towers and money for upgrades are two different resources. Mid round feels like there is little for me to do besides watch, wait and activate abilities. There is no more juggling between building and maintaining; it’s build then maintain. There is no way to correct your strategy mid wave besides abilities. Bright side; Towers are placed anywhere you can fit them. It’s a good game, but I know it’s not killing my time like iron hides other titles have.

Unbalanced. I am on veteran and if you put 3 underground miners at the back of the map you literally can’t loose because it spawns like 20 of them and they even knock out oppenents and team up so an enemy can’t even move. Then the upgrade puts out another troop. It needs to be nerfed tbh

Another Addictive Masterpiece. Best thing is Free Heroes and Towers that are earned through Hardwork. I’ve been waiting for a long time for this game to come out since the first trailer. Thinking about using VPNs just to play this game but never figured it out. Been an IronHide fan for many years when Kingdom Rush used to be on Flash.

3 Stages per game is not enough. I love the first 3 TD games from this company and was so excited to see this! My favorite thing about their older games was strategically upgrading my towers. Because there are only three stages per level; I don’t get to experiment as much w/different strategies. I like the expanded “tactics “ options for support. The fuel mechanic is not as good as the old cash for killing mechanic.