App Store Editors’ Notes

Awesome game! But I have some suggestions.

Hi Ironhide! I recently purchased your game, and just wanted to leave some feedback on it. First of all: I feel like the health bars with your troops and the enemy are much too similar, and it can get very confusing trying to tell who is who. I think changing the enemy health bar to something dark like purple would work better, and keeping the players as green/red. I also feel as though the characters and towers being locked behind a paywall is quite annoying. I know that you want to make money off of all the effort you put in to making this, (beautiful art by the way,) but we already payed money just to play. I think you should add an option to complete challenges in order to unlock the towers- it would really give players a chance to strive for something. Believe me, unlocking an item or character by putting in the work after being presented with the option to spend money, (the easy way out), it really adds to the sense of accomplishment that you get from overcoming a challenge without taking the easy way. Besides that, great game! The art is so amazing, and I love some of the references you made to other games. Keep being awesome! -Ashdroid

My favorite game, missing two major things from old games!!!

This game has been an absolute blast to play. I have 100% completed the game and almost bought every hero and tower. I also have played every previously game and loved those. This game I have to agree is the best game in Kingdom Rush history. Although, I would love to see the encyclopedia come back, I always loved looking through it and viewing the past enemies I defeated. Lastly, the biggest thing the game is missing is the endless wave from past games. The endless wave was always so fun because once I beat the game fully, I had something else to play, this also encouraged me to continue playing the game. I also love how frequently the developers update the game. Even though the update frequently, I still am trying to find something to do in the game right now and can’t find it. The endless wave would completely solve this problem. I also believe these shouldn’t be too hard to add because they have been in previous games. With all said the developers have done an amazing job with this game, and I am looking forward to future updates and the next game.

Strong game but missing elements

I am long time fan and enjoyed of the kingdom rush franchise, and truly have the utmost respect for its developers. That being said, I am left slightly unsatisfied by this game, as they uncharacteristically demonstrated a lack of attention to detail. First, with my minor complaints. There is no encyclopedia anywhere in the game. After you defeat the final boss he still appears alive on the map. Furthermore, it has a little over half the campaign levels as vengeance. I found this to be extremely disappointing. I know they will continue to add levels, but I doubt they will eventually add 60 more levels to the game. I also find the story to be somewhat poorly explained as compared to the previous iterations of the game. The mechanics are great, and the towers and hero’s are cool and generally more balanced than in vengeance. I have dew complaints regarding the fundamental aspects of the game, but rather all the little details. Throughout the games thus far they have increasingly added more levels and details with each game, which I have always highly respect of ironside studios. This, however, feels somewhat like a step backwards. A strong game overall, however I will say it feels like they pushed it out too early, almost as a money-grab.

Hard to beat this game

Kingdom Rush has been one of my favorite mobile games for years. The visuals, gameplay, creativity, and level of difficulty has always drawn me in. Alliance is a great continuation of the series. It has cool towers, enemies, abilities, and heroes. For a game being so cheap, I find so much entertainment from this! The perfect game to play for a little bit here and there. For the people complaining about the price, my goodness, this is cheaper than buying yourself lunch for ONE day. There are some issues with the game that I want to bring up. I have noticed that nearly every time I level up a heroes skills, or upgrades, or buy items, they will reset as if nothing ever happened. This is annoying because I'll purchase these things in game then go to a map and they're erased. The game also needs an encyclopedia. I enjoy looking at the towers and monsters in there and it's hard to remember all the monsters resistances and abilities without that. All in all, great game and love the KR games!

Lazy level design/Pay to win

I’ve thoroughly played every kingdom rush entry several times at least. They all had good difficulty that required good strategy, this game relies entirely upon surprises to beat you. A level with simple paths is compromised by flying enemies who fly AROUND the ENTIRE path straight to the back. Not to mention, said flying enemies can stun your units, or even teleport half the path when struck. They are also present on every level past a certain point. The rest of the enemies are trivial and pose no threat, flying enemies are a lazy, lame attempt at making the game harder. Instead of requiring strategy they are just boring to counter. This would be fine if that was all, but almost every later levels difficulty is built around a surprise change or gimmick that isn’t present until the last few waves, which without preparation is almost impossible to be ready for. Not to mention the pay towers and heroes are significantly better then the free ones, in almost every way the paid towers trivialize the game. For a 7$ game, it sure feels like we’re supposed to pay even more to enjoy the full game.

The Best Yet?

Love it, love it, love it! This game is a blast. Great heroes ( mostly), great towers ( mostly), great levels. Yes I bought the towers and heroes because it makes the game more fun. I try to beat all levels with the “free” material because I believe you would make that possible as that has been the case throughout the franchise. It is definitely a challenge. I did think the hero bundle was a little pricey but I bit the bullet because I knew I would be playing this for years. The different combinations lends istself to endless variety in gameplay. Ramping up the all the different heroes takes some time and is loads of fun. As the graphics get better and the gameplay more complex, I realize a lot has gone into this and want Ironhide to keep making new content, so I am more than willing to pay for that. I haven’t completed the game yet, as I am trying to savor the experience, but I must say I am having so much fun with this latest iteration of my absolute favorite game franchise. Thank you Ironhide.

Fun. Beautiful. Consider the cost of the DLC.

It’s a beautiful and imaginitive entry to a timeless franchise. The gameplay is top notch for the tower defense genre, it’s engaging and fun. My only critique is that my experience has shown most Ironhide games in the past 5 years are more enjoyable and the gameplay more balanced with some of the purchaseable heroes and towers. Even so, splashing out 30 or so dollars for this game isn’t bad (with all towers and heroes), since I still remember when a gameboy game went for that much, with less than an 1/8th the content, and no accounting for inflation! Just keep in mind, the app cost is the starting point, but you might want to consider setting aside a few bucks for the in-app purchases as the difficulty increases. Thankfully, there’s little need for the microtransaction items, as the ability to earn in-game currency is quite generous. I also give the team kudos for their imaginitive world building and backstories - they’ve built a great world to visit in Linearia!

Good but my least favorite in the KDR franchise

It’s decent. By far my least favorite in the Kingdom rush franchise however. It just doesn’t have quite the same feel as the other 4 games and I think the towers and hero’s and maps are the least fun out of all the KDR games. I like that they brought back some of the old towers from other games but I wish they would expand on this and bring back even more of the older towers and hero’s. Using two hero’s is cool. I’d really like to see more endless wave challenges like in the earlier games. I also wish some levels only had one gate to protect, all of these levels have at least two. The one gate maps were some of the best in the older games I think. I also really didn’t like the final boss level with having your towers moved and destroyed throughout the level. I get that they are trying to do something new but it just isn’t as fun for me. Also $50 to unlock all hero’s and towers is a bit much. And that’s the sale/ bundle price too. I think $20-$30 to have all all content unlocked would be more reasonable.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kingdom-rush-5-alliance-td/id1622869542...

TouchArcade Wed Oct 01 2025

The iconic tower defense series continues with more fun action.

AppAdvice Thu Oct 02 2025

Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance is set after the story of Vengeance, in which you played as the villain of the saga, Vez'nan.

Softonic Mon Jul 07 2025