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ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds is a single player and multiplayer casual role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Gear Games and was released on September 6, 2024. It received neutral reviews from players.

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50%Audience ScoreBased on 980 reviews
gameplay59 positive mentions
monetization72 negative mentions

  • Addictive and strategic auto battler gameplay with depth and variety.
  • Asynchronous play allows pausing and resuming matches at any time.
  • No forced ads and generally free-to-play friendly experience.
  • Extremely pay-to-win with expensive microtransactions limiting free player progress.
  • Severe bugs and glitches affecting gameplay mechanics and user interface.
  • Unfair matchmaking and RNG, leading to frustrated players facing overpowered opponents or poor card draws.
  • gameplay

    151 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    39% positive mentions, 57% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions

    Gameplay is praised for its strategic depth, variety of heroes, and engaging mechanics reminiscent of popular autobattlers, offering a fun and addictive experience with smooth asynchronous PvP. However, recent major updates and reworks have introduced frustrating randomness, heavy pay-to-win elements, unbalanced matchmaking, and numerous bugs, leading to a less competitive and often unfair experience. While the core gameplay loop remains enjoyable for many, aggressive monetization and gameplay changes have alienated long-time players and hindered fair progression.

    • “The graphics are stunning, the visual effects are amazing, and the gameplay mechanics are easily among the best I've experienced on a mobile device.”
    • “Gameplay offers a surprising amount of depth and variety, despite its simplicity.”
    • “By far the best BG/autobattler gameplay wise, it plays very smoothly and is intuitive.”
    • “The new update changed so much of the core gameplay that I'm honestly thinking of uninstalling it, after spending money on the game.”
    • “The turn mechanic and matchmaking of this game makes it so unbearable to watch, having 'outpaid' by the opponent on turn 2 during 70% of the gameplay is what kills this game; also the atrocious matchmaking against whales during mid-late game makes it so you have to pay to reach their level. No amount of gameplay regardless of hours could you hope to reach endgame.”
    • “Full of bugs that destroy your gameplay, absolutely unbalanced. If you are searching for a chill out strategic card game just skip it because on competitive level it is unplayable; I got really nice level decks with all stuff around and still see things that are absolutely abusive.”
  • monetization

    107 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    11% positive mentions, 22% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The monetization in this game is widely criticized as excessive and predatory, with many players describing it as a heavy cash grab featuring overpriced microtransactions, pay-to-win mechanics, and intrusive or buggy ads. While ads are generally optional and not forced, their implementation is often frustrating, and progression is frequently slowed or gated behind expensive purchases, leading to a negative impact on gameplay balance and player experience. Some updates have attempted to address these issues, but the overall sentiment remains that monetization undermines an otherwise enjoyable game.

    • “Fun auto battler, but the latest update completely overhauled the game - the aim of the overhaul was to make it more balanced and focused on skill and not in-app purchases.”
    • “Great game, lots of fun and the arena system is very unique and tbh a great way to do it, only issue is that gold is a huge bottleneck and the microtransactions are absurd, too many and far too expensive for the small benefits they provide, there isn't even a permanent remove ads purchase you can make, remove ads is tied into the $20 monthly battlepass, if there was a single permanent purchase to remove ads I'd probably buy it, no forced ads is nice, but the ads are buggy.”
    • “The game respects your time and money with no ads and reasonable prices on purchases.”
    • “Having said that, I can't give it more than one star, as the game is a classic mobile cash grab.”
    • “I have been playing since the very beginning and put in so much work and money, for it all to get erased and turned into a disgusting pay-to-win gacha cash grab!”
    • “The biggest issue is the absurd monetization; you not only have to pay for everything, but those items are obscenely overpriced and overpowered.”
  • graphics

    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    45% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for their cool, stunning artwork and engaging art style, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. Visual effects and card designs are described as impressive and refreshing, though some users note occasional glitches and suggest adding more detailed animations. However, complaints about pricing and pay-to-win elements do not detract from the generally positive reception of the graphics.

    • “The graphics are stunning, the visual effects are amazing, and the gameplay mechanics are easily among the best I've experienced on a mobile device.”
    • “The graphics of each card that you buy look so beautifully amazing and incredible!”
    • “Love the visuals and streamlined interface.”
    • “Which I found weird... for a short term fix, maybe provide graphic settings for option to reduce the graphic quality and particle effects?”
    • “It really, really rips off other fantasies by using similar names or nearly identical graphics to narrowly avoid copyright infringement.”
    • “The game is great but the use of AI is so clear in your artwork that it takes away from the experience.”
  • stability

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 4% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions

    The game is widely regarded as fun and enjoyable, but it suffers from frequent bugs, glitches, and stability issues such as freezing and UI crashes. Players have noted frustrating gameplay errors and slow support response times, though some commend the developers for addressing problems quickly. Overall, the game's stability needs significant improvement to enhance the user experience.

    • “I love the idea of the game, but in all honesty, it's one of the biggest cash grabs, has way too many bugs and glitches, and the RNG is always against you.”
    • “Game is okay, could be better but buggy; some effects don’t always happen, so losing matches because of that is frustrating and there is no way to report these bugs in-game like most games have.”
    • “Heavy buggy, plenty of logical errors and even some gameplay errors.”
  • story

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    12% positive mentions, 76% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The story aspect is closely tied to progression and quests but is hampered by frequent bugs, slow resource gain, and time-gated gold rewards, leading to player frustration. Users appreciate the engagement from quests and updates but feel the lack of meaningful storylines for factions and imbalanced quest rewards detract from overall enjoyment.

    • “I understand the concept of the game after going through and reading the updates and actually plan but the old way was so much better but this one is more engaged and what you have to complete little quest and stuff so it's okay.”
    • “I would also like to see a story line for each faction.”
    • “You can get all the content free by grinding quests or you can purchase the battle pass and get a huge head start on that but it is not pay to win.”
    • “The removal of gold and faction shards from the quests feels painful and depressing as a player.”
    • “Also, once Jack is maxed out, the quests are essentially a waste since there is no resource substitute from his XP earned once he is 205.”
    • “I would also like to see a storyline for each faction.”
  • grinding

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

    Grinding in the game is generally seen as tedious, slow, and sometimes complicated, often feeling like a paywall without spending real money. While initial progression is enjoyable, long-term advancement requires extensive grinding with minimal rewards, leading to frustration among free-to-play users. Although some appreciate the challenge, many criticize the system as unfair or "pay-to-win," with grinding feeling more like a necessary chore than a rewarding experience.

    • “Any progress is very complicated for the sake of being complicated, ridiculously tedious and slow.”
    • “Great progression in the first 10 or so hours but you end up grinding brutally if you don't fork out real money for new heroes or upgrades.”
    • “Definitely a pay to win type of game, otherwise you'll be grinding hard for measly returns in an unfair system designed to make you lose.”
  • replayability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Replayability is initially praised for fun combos and balanced progression, but recent updates have shifted the game toward a gacha model, significantly reducing its long-term appeal and disappointing players.

    • “High replayability.”
    • “Fun combos make for great replay value, feels great to upgrade due to a balanced power-up grind.”
    • “With the recent updates, the game has become more playable. However, there are a few issues: you can upgrade your shop to max level and all you get are tier 1 or 2 units, not tier 4 or 5.”
    • “So far not disappointed. (Edit 1 year 6 months later: the game is now a gacha game with terrible replay value. New units come out and that's the only way you can win. Not worth time anymore. Developing company no longer listens to players; they ruined a great game over greed.)”
  • music

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

    The music in the game is often described as repetitive and tends to interfere with users' own music playback. Additionally, some players report performance issues like overheating and frequent ads, which negatively impact the overall audio experience.

    • “The music is repetitive, a solid play to help you learn HS Battlegrounds.”
    • “It keeps shutting down my music and the phone's heat goes up fast.”
    • “I stopped playing this because it kept stopping my music.”
  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game features appealing animations but suffers from performance issues, including connectivity problems that disrupt gameplay even on stable internet connections, indicating suboptimal network optimization.

    • “I have a 500mb internet connection and I get disconnected mid-game due to poor network optimization.”
  • humor

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

    The feedback does not address the humor aspect, instead focusing on frustrations with game balance and matchmaking. There is no mention of humor in the provided text.

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Play Times

200h Median play time
200h Average play time
200-200h Spent by most gamers
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ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds is a casual role playing game with fantasy theme. Common tags for ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds include card battler.

ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

On average players spend around 200 hours playing ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds.

ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds was released on September 6, 2024.

ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds was developed by Gear Games.

ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

ARCANE RUSH: Battlegrounds is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include MARVEL SNAP Strategy Card Game, Stormbound: PVP Card Battle, Battle Legion: Mass Troops RPG, Arcane Rush, King God Castle and others.