Castle Busters
Real-Time 1v1 PvP Brawl Arena
Ratings
Age
9+
Category
Action
Languages
English
Wed May 13 2026
Improvements and bug fixes.
Castle Clashers (part of the Castle Clash universe) is a fast-paced strategy game where players must build a formidable base while training a diverse army of mythical creatures and powerful heroes. The game offers various modes, including Guild Boss battles, Arena PvP, and the classic base-raiding gameplay. With deep customization options for your heroes' abilities and a massive global community, it's a game of both tactical planning and lightning-fast execution.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Castle Clashers is a veteran in the mobile strategy space for a reason. It successfully combines the addictive loop of base building with the excitement of hero collection. The sheer number of heroes available is staggering, and finding the right combination of talents and equipment can occupy your mind for hours. The graphics have aged gracefully, maintaining a colorful, fantasy charm that still looks great on modern displays.
That being said, the game can be overwhelming for new players. There are so many menus, currencies, and modes that the learning curve is more of a cliff. It also leans heavily into 'gacha' mechanics for its best heroes, which can be frustrating for free-to-play users. However, if you enjoy the social aspect of gaming—joining guilds, chatting with allies, and strategizing for wars—this game offers a level of community engagement that few others can match. It’s a deep, rewarding strategy game that rewards patience and planning.
Features
Real-time strategic combat
Extensive hero evolution and talent system
Base defense and layout customization
Co-op and competitive multiplayer modes
Frequent content updates and seasonal events
Upcoming Events
Tips & Walkthrough
Focus your resources on legendary heroes early. Their unique abilities, like area-of-effect damage or team heals, are vital for higher-level raids.
Gameplays
Join a guild to participate in large-scale wars. Coordinating attacks with your teammates is the best way to earn rare gems and resources.
Screenshot
Q&A
While spending money speeds up progress, free players can still compete by participating in events and daily quests.
Ratings & Reviews
Great concept
Sun Mar 15 2026 Poe10:)I love this game and have played it for hours in the last few weeks, winning the weekly #1 spot. It’s a simple setup but lots of replayability. You can build, reinforce, and expand your mobile castle. You also receive options for new wheels, defenses, and offensive weapons. Multiple characters to choose from, that you upgrade as you win more loot. Better characters are available at moderate pricing. And no popup ads! Some things I’d like to see fixed: This game has upgraded twice recently with no in-game communication. The most recent happened today, with an expansion of more characters inside your castle and more power-ups, and no notes anywhere - even on the app page here on Apple. Update notes would definitely be appreciated. Another issue is the change in how characters are upgraded. Before, it happened immediately if you had the money. Now you can only upgrade 4 at a time, and it takes hours to upgrade. Since this change, I see no use for the wildcards, which used to substitute money if you were a little short. Again, COMMUNICATION! The last request is the ability to see your opponent’s setup and have the ability to make changes to your basic setup. An in-game surrender might be nice too, instead of being forced to play out a no-win scenario.
It took a turn for the worse.
Tue Mar 03 2026 Semones79Until yesterday, the only timed upgrade was to your castle. Each upgrade costed a certain amount of gold and wood, which you collect by plane. And each upgrade took a certain amount of time, with better upgrades taking hours. Of course you could pay some gems which you would need to pay actual money for and you could skip the upgrade time. The nice thing was when you went to upgrade a unit there was only a gold cost. You paid the gold. Your unit upgraded so long as you had enough cards to do so. Yesterday they added a training timer to whichever unit you wanted to upgrade, and just like a castle, the higher you level up your unit, the longer the training. Unless, as you can probably guess, you want to purchase gems and skip the upgrade timing. One good thing is that the game does not force you to watch ads, and when you there is no energy cost, you can battle as much as you want. For now. I have a feeling that in the near future there’s going to be an energy meter and once it’s gone, you’ll have to pay to play more or you’re gonna have to wait. I hate it when good games start to nickel dime players to death but unfortunately, I think that’s where this one is headed.
Great
Thu May 14 2026 ShredshredGreat game. Haven’t enjoyed anything this much since clash of clans Loooks like I never sent the above. While a fun game further into it it bugs up. There’s one glaring redraw problem and a couple other items here and there. On AA game play side, there’s a purple shield players can add as a defense. At the point I’m at nearly everyone you face has it most likely purchased. When I’m attacking 90% of the time I can’t see where it is. If you hit it your shots are returned to you. Fairly often I do more damage to myself because I’m dhooting something I can’t see. So the opponent is advantaged just based on a feature they have not on skill. Not something I like in games and once I see that I’m unlikely to spend on the game.
New update has major glitches
Fri Apr 24 2026 ABachan84Hey I’ve tried on the app to reach out and on app support but can’t seem to find anyone directly to message or a direct link to message about the issues with the new update! So I’ll write it here maybe someone will take a look! Game was fine before until the new update! I’m not getting proper coins from my chests because it’s not allowing me to reload my chests. Gameplay sometimes overlap between opponents while active gameplay, like as an overall playing for about a few weeks now already spent over $100 so far and yet all these glitches. Why did you take away the classification of the units? Like which speciality? Also the same way you had a preview for the paid units you should have previews for every unit. Lastly man the wood logs! Cmon man make it a little easier to get more wood logs please. Other than that it is a fun game to pass the time but please fix the glitches!
Great game, too many crashes.
Fri May 22 2026 DeadlyJudasUpdate: Please, please please fix whatever is causing the game to crash in practically every single battle. I try it again almost every day because I really want to play, but it seems like it maybe the sound effects causing it to crash? When it crashes it often seems like it is having a memory issue right when a sound effect is playing. I really like this game. The progression is great and it doesn't bombard you with too many ads. The problems started after the last few updates. I am thinking about deleting it now. I can't get through a single battle anymore without my IPad crashing completely out of the game. I've tried everything I can think of. All my other apps are shutdown, deleted other apps to make sure I had plenty of free space, etc. It just crashes constantly. None of my other games do that.
Meh!
Mon May 11 2026 RyrapperCI hastily wrote an initial review, so here it is after an additional few weeks. This is actually fun except for one blaring fault. Why do cheap people like me have to play those who buy all of their characters? Let’s be honest, the laser guy can destroy all units in a few rounds. I have quit wasting my time and close the app whenever I fight the cheaters. Why can’t they work for their wins like the rest of us poor broke people? And if they wanna cheat, have them play each other. My relationship with this game depends on how often I get paired with those Castle Buster snobs with all of their paid for characters. You should fix this. Or maybe you only want those who pay cash? Thankfully if I quit, I don’t have to watch anymore stupid ads to trim 50 hours off of a castle upgrade or unit upgrade. But know this, I will quit. And when the cheaters have nobody to crush and nobody is watching ads, there goes your profits.
Mostly bots
Mon May 11 2026 Eph eweGets lame after a while once you recognize youre playing bots most of the time. Often bots are used to try to sell premium units- any that have laser man will just fire off using that unit over and over, despite it not making any strategic sense. Ive seen it at least a hundred times- same pattern over and over. Theres an emote system that bots spam with as well. This is not a true pvp game so if youre looking for that, this isnt for you. Update: game has been updated to basically remove fun. Mechanics changed to where shots slowly make their way across screen and an apparent handicap has been provided, making matches remain closer than they should be based on unit ratings and builds. Good thing that couldnt last forever i suppose; skip this game and look for something else that awards as opposed to punishing those good at it.
Too many ads
Tue Apr 28 2026 SlamjammThis is a fun game but it’s hard to advance without watching a lot of ads if you don’t want to pay to play. It wouldn’t be so bad if they had 30 seconds ads but no this game has half their ads about a minute and 30 seconds long which is an absolute joke and waste of time. Their ads repeat 3xs then when you think the ad is finally finished and press the X to close it, your taken to a secondary screen where have to wait and additional 5 seconds and THEN when you think the ad is again finally finished, your taken to a third screen where you have to wait an additional 3 seconds before you can close and finally be free of that extremely long stupid ad. Oh did I mention that they have an in app purchase option to remove ads for $9.99 for 7 days. This game is designed to break you if you did intend on spending on it.