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Paper War

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55%Game Brain Score
optimization
monetization, gameplay
55% User Score Based on 399 reviews

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Paper War is a single player role playing game. It received neutral reviews from players.

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55%
Audience ScoreBased on 399 reviews
optimization1 positive mentions
monetization115 negative mentions
  • No forced ads and option to remove ads permanently, with reasonable pricing and no intrusive pop-ups.
  • Simple, relaxing, and easy to learn gameplay with calming music and enjoyable early stages.
  • Fairly balanced progression early on, events add competitive elements, and rewarding ads when watched voluntarily.
  • Extremely slow progression in upgrades and leveling, with no option for fast or multi-level upgrades, causing tedious grinding.
  • Lack of offline progress or AFK earning, requiring game to be open continuously; also persistent internet connection required despite no multiplayer.
  • Many bugs and glitches including lost purchases, buggy events, broken quests, skill summon issues, misleading ads, and poor customer support.
  • monetization
    129 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Monetization in the game heavily relies on frequent and lengthy ads, often required to progress or unlock features, leading to frustration among players. Although an option to remove ads is offered, many report it does not function properly, with ads continuing despite purchase, causing negative perceptions. Additionally, misleading advertising and aggressive ad integration contribute to a widespread view that the game prioritizes ad revenue over a smooth, enjoyable experience.

    • “Having loads of fun playing Paper War. The application runs smoothly without interruptions or bugs affecting performance. Paper War is very easy to play and doesn't take much device storage. No annoying ads every second, making it an enjoyable time killer.”
    • “If you get this, I recommend paying for the no ads option. It removes all ads you would normally watch for free, so you don't need to watch ads, unlike most games I've played that just randomly stop some ads.”
    • “Bought permanent no ads and it worked as expected.”
    • “I purchased the "remove ads card" in this game, expecting a smoother, ad-free experience, but after signing up for an account, the card stopped working completely.”
    • “I'm still constantly bombarded with ads, which completely defeats the purpose of the purchase.”
    • “Just paid $10 to remove ads and I still have to watch ads to claim the free daily rewards and chests!”
  • gameplay
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is simple and initially enjoyable but suffers from repetitive mechanics, slow progression, and a heavy reliance on ads to accelerate speed, which frustrates many players. While some appreciate the minimalistic and relaxing design, others criticize the lack of variety, broken features, and misleading advertisements that misrepresent the actual gameplay. Overall, the gameplay is seen as a basic idle experience with room for improvement, especially in content variety and ad management.

    • “Simple game with prestige mechanics for further progression, but no offline advancement makes playing less enjoyable; not the type of game you can leave running to farm gold.”
    • “I need to see more of this game add some content; great and simple gameplay with no forced ads, and the progression, although slow, is somewhat balanced. Would love to see something like an arena and special bosses.”
    • “No forced ads so far, relaxing music, simple gameplay, and minimalistic design.”
    • “Lots of broken mechanics.”
    • “A coat of paint over the most generic idle mechanics possible, paired with painfully slow progression and ten billion ads to entice you to speed things up.”
    • “Simple game with prestige mechanics for further progression, but no offline advancement just makes playing not enjoyable. Not the type of game you're just going to leave on farming gold to get .001% further.”
  • story
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story and quest progression are hindered by frequent bugs, repetitive and poorly paced tasks, and heavy reliance on watching ads to advance. Many quests do not register completed objectives properly, leading to frustrating gameplay loops and broken quest states. Overall, the narrative and quest system feel slow, repetitive, and intrusive, diminishing player enjoyment.

    • “The quests seem to have perhaps skipped a step or two, as it goes from beating the first dungeon to beating the third.”
    • “Also, the quests have zero idea what you have already done. For example, if you spawn 20 weapons and now it's very expensive, the quest still wants you to spawn one more, then one more again every few minutes.”
    • “Fun game, though there's a really annoying bug with upgrade quests where if you overshoot the goal, it won't count until you either restart or beat a boss.”
  • stability
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from multiple stability issues including buggy ad rewards, problematic sign-in processes, faulty cloud saving that results in lost progress and purchases, and inconsistent timers. These glitches cause frustration despite the game's enjoyable aspects. Overall, the stability is unreliable and detracts from the experience.

    • “The ads for summons are broken: sometimes it says you watched an ad when you didn't, sometimes it says you didn't when you did, sometimes it gives you extra ads to watch beyond the limit, and sometimes it glitches the other way and you get fewer ads.”
    • “Buggy: tried to cloud save but it deleted all my progress and removed the in-app purchases.”
    • “The sign-in to email is buggy; it kept saying my email was not valid, so I couldn't participate in events.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users appreciate the game's relaxing and soothing background music, often keeping it on despite usually muting game audio. The music is praised for complementing the simple, minimalistic gameplay, though some were annoyed when ads interrupted the music. Overall, the soundtrack is well-loved and considered a calming element of the experience.

    • “I'm keeping it on, please never change the background music, it's so relaxing.”
    • “No forced ads so far, relaxing music, simple gameplay and minimalistic design.”
    • “Love the background music.”
    • “Honestly, I usually always mute the game music.”
    • “The game ads on TikTok showed it was a faster paced game with more lively music.”
    • “Ad stopped my music and annoyed me.”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is considered basic and repetitive, with limited progression mechanics and no offline advancement, making the experience feel unfinished and unenjoyable for players seeking meaningful or innovative farming gameplay.

    • “The game feels basically unfinished, featuring only the most basic farming mechanics and nothing beyond that.”
    • “Simple game with prestige mechanics for further progression, but the lack of offline advancement makes playing unenjoyable. It's not a game you can just leave running to farm gold for minimal progress.”
    • “It's essentially an ad farming simulator with repetitive and grindy gameplay.”
  • graphics
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics feature a pleasant art style but are relatively simple, making the large file size of 350MB on mobile seem excessive.

    • “I have but one critique - the game takes up 350mb on my phone and with the simple graphics, I can't quite see why.”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game "Paper War" is praised for its smooth performance without interruptions or bugs, low device storage requirements, and absence of annoying ads, making it an easily adaptable and enjoyable experience.

    • “Having loads of fun playing Paper War. The application runs smoothly without interruptions or known bugs affecting performance. Paper War is a very easy, adaptable game to play. It's very easy to work out while playing, doesn't take much device storage, and has no annoying ads. Every second I'm having an enjoyable time playing Paper War—it kills time when bored or stressing out.”
  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the game lacks replayability after reaching prestige, indicating limited incentive to continue playing beyond that point.

    • “Maybe I'm missing something, but there's no replayability after prestige.”
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37h Median play time
25h Average play time
2-48h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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Paper War is a role playing game.

Paper War is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

On average players spend around 25 hours playing Paper War.

Paper War was developed by FIRE STUDIOS A.S..

Paper War has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its optimization but disliked it for its monetization.

Paper War is a single player game.

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