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AEW: Rise to the Top

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60%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
60% User Score Based on 1,100 reviews

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About AEW: Rise to the Top

AEW: Rise to the Top is a single player casual simulation game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Collect, Battle & Unlock wrestling's biggest champions

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60%Audience ScoreBased on 1,100 reviews
graphics12 positive mentions
monetization69 negative mentions
  • Engaging idle gameplay with enjoyable storylines and fun character interactions, especially appealing to AEW and wrestling fans.
  • Responsive and helpful customer support that promptly addresses player issues, enhancing player experience despite game bugs.
  • Game runs smoother after recent updates with reduced crashes and improved stability, making it a good casual time killer.
  • Frequent crashes and technical issues, including crashes during loading, ads, and gameplay, making the game often unplayable.
  • Heavy pay-to-win mechanics with expensive in-app purchases and paywalls that significantly hinder free-to-play progress and event participation.
  • Matchmaking and PvP systems are poorly balanced, often pairing players with vastly stronger opponents, leading to frustration especially for new players.

  • monetization

    76 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    4% positive mentions, 5% neutral mentions, 91% negative mentions

    Monetization in the game is heavily ad-driven, with frequent, repetitive ads required to progress, often leading to crashes and reward failures, which frustrates players. Many view it as a cash grab with intrusive, sometimes buggy ads that detract from gameplay, while occasional in-app purchases are seen as overpriced and lose value due to poor progress transfer. Despite some appreciation for non-forced ads, the overall implementation and technical issues make the monetization feel exploitative and detrimental to the experience.

    • “While I wish that it was less story driven, I like the gameplay mechanics and the in-app purchases are not pushy.”
    • “Only complaint I have is microtransactions are overpriced.”
    • “Fun if you're an AEW fan, could have more of the roster and the price of the in-game purchases is sky high, you'd need to be Tony Khan to buy them.”
    • “The implementation of ads and rewards is so terrible that I'm done without significant changes.”
    • “Watching ads sometimes crashes the game and gives no rewards.”
    • “Too many ads to progress... almost every bonus requires an ad... it takes away from the enjoyment of and ability to take the game seriously.”

  • graphics

    38 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    32% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 24% negative mentions

    The graphics receive mixed reviews, with some praising the art style and colorful, smooth visuals, while others criticize issues such as blurriness, low resolution, pixelation, and a generic or lazy art style. Several users note that the graphics feel outdated for a 2024 game and suggest the need for improvements or adjustable settings. Overall, the visual appeal is divisive, impacting the gameplay experience for many.

    • “I always give games by this company a try, love the art style they use, absolutely great stuff.”
    • “I love this game because of the art style and the way you collect the wrestlers and put them in the locker room almost like a sticker book!”
    • “Awesome game... became addicted to it... overall graphics are too good.”
    • “Blurry graphics, the wrestler sprites are way out of focus.”
    • “A great concept for a game but without an option to adjust graphic settings; for my phone, everything is extremely low resolution making it unplayable.”
    • “I was really excited for this game and it seems okay gameplay wise but some of the graphics are extremely pixelated while others are clear.”

  • story

    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 45% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The story in this game receives mixed reviews, with some players finding it intriguing, fun, and a welcome addition compared to other idle games, while others criticize it as basic, boring, or poorly executed with little player control. Although praised for its authentic show-running feel and AEW-themed narrative, many describe it as long, confusing, or a mere click-through without meaningful engagement. Overall, the story is seen as passable but not a standout feature.

    • “The story is good, and it's really intriguing for a mobile game.”
    • “Playing this for second time after download and it has cool comics-like graphics and has a good storyline. Looking for more AEW games.”
    • “The storytelling and interaction to give you an authentic show running feel is great.”
    • “Boring - no choices, just click through a preloaded set of story lines that you don't really have control over. Honestly hoped it would be better - but no... very basic and boring.”
    • “Very sub par game storylines are long and confusing. Game structure is ok, but from a brand like AEW I'd expect a top flight game, not some tap tap sim. Shows what level WWE is compared to AEW.”
    • “Forced to read poor storyline.”

  • gameplay

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 64% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The gameplay is a mix of idle, gacha, and card-collector mechanics with a wrestling theme, which some players find enjoyable and addictive. However, many criticize the game for frequent crashes, frustrating ad-based mechanics, pay-to-win elements, and unbalanced PvP matches. Overall, while the gameplay has potential and appeals to fans, technical issues and repetitive mechanics detract from the experience.

    • “I absolutely love the game itself and the gameplay, but I am currently working with support to fix the issue of constant crashing.”
    • “While I wish that it was less story-driven, I like the gameplay mechanics and the in-app purchases are not pushy.”
    • “Amazing gameplay, AEW Rise to the Top is a good game.”
    • “The idle cash generation mechanics feel really weird attached to a wrestling game, and the 3v3 combat events feel tacked on and bland.”
    • “Idle gameplay is fine, PvP is garbage. Early 7-day missions challenge you to open the 'star bag,' which doesn't seem possible once you run through your PvP fights in a day and hit the upper levels of PvP in less than 10 matches. I cannot win because it's pitting me against players that have significantly higher power and I just lose.”
    • “Just another ad-watching idler game, not a lot of gameplay. Since the most recent update, the ads freeze up and glitch, forfeiting the 30 seconds you wasted to get rewarded.”

  • stability

    24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent bugs, crashes, and freezing—especially during loading screens—which severely impacts playability. While some users have experienced initial smooth gameplay, many report persistent glitches and server connection problems that remain unresolved despite developer efforts. Overall, the game is often described as unstable and frustrating, limiting enjoyment.

    • “Content loads up to 78% and freezes; I've been stuck on 78% for a good while. Don't waste your time like I have, which is sad, I was looking forward to this game, and it's not fit for purpose as it doesn't work.”
    • “Downloaded the game about 2 weeks ago and I haven't been able to get past the loading screen. It just says 'check internet connection,' and after disconnecting and reconnecting, it starts loading up to about 8% and then freezes my phone.”
    • “Very disappointing, it takes forever for the game to connect to the server and then it just freezes at 80% every time.”

  • music

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    13% positive mentions, 49% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    Users have mixed feelings about the game's music: some appreciate the storyline-integrated soundtrack, while others find the music annoying or absent despite settings indicating otherwise. Additionally, technical issues prevent background music apps from playing simultaneously, and recent updates have introduced lag during playback.

    • “I love the music and love that it has a storyline compared to some other idle games.”
    • “Second, it won't let me listen to my other music from Spotify.”
    • “Also doesn't allow music apps to play in background, it force closes them.”
    • “I've installed Jan 16 update, the music will play but lags.”

  • grinding

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features repetitive and monotonous grinding that becomes tedious, with progression stalling around level 8 unless real money is spent. While it has addictive elements, the heavy focus on farming in-game currencies overshadows actual gameplay, making it feel more like a farming game than a wrestling experience.

    • “The game consists of repetitive and monotonous actions that quickly become tedious.”
    • “After you reach level 8, you get stuck there forever. It's a very addictive game where you need to spend money to reach different levels. There's not much wrestling, just like a farming game where you farm currencies, diamonds, and chips to play levels.”
    • “Things come to a grinding halt very quickly unless you throw in real money.”

  • character development

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's cartoonish and appealing character designs, finding them engaging and contributing to a lasting interest in the gameplay.

    • “Love the character design.”
    • “From the cartoonish character designs and easy-to-learn gameplay, it's fair to say I will be playing this for a long time to come.”
    • “Nice character design.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is poor, causing performance issues and crashes even on relatively recent hardware like the Pixel 7, indicating a lack of attention to stable performance.

    • “The game drags in performance even on a Pixel 7, so the hardware isn't the issue.”
    • “Seems like the developers don't care about performance or crashing at all.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is cleverly written, featuring a funny storyline with plenty of wrestling-related jokes. It incorporates numerous AEW characters, adding to the enjoyment, and offers a fun, easy-to-master concept that makes it an entertaining time killer.

    • “Funny storyline, has so many AEW characters, easy to achieve ranking.”
    • “Fun time killer, cleverly written wrestling humor, and fun and easy concept to master.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's engaging characters and animation enhance its replayability, making players more inclined to return and continue playing.

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AEW: Rise to the Top is a casual simulation game.

AEW: Rise to the Top is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

AEW: Rise to the Top was developed by East Side Games Studio.

AEW: Rise to the Top has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked AEW: Rise to the Top for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

AEW: Rise to the Top is a single player game.

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