Stick War

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Stick War is a single player casual strategy game. It received positive reviews from players.

The Order and Chaos Empires Clash in this Multiplayer Real-Time Strategy Game.

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80%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,420 reviews

story98 positive mentions

monetization27 negative mentions

Engaging mix of tower defense and strategy gameplay with a compelling story and character variety, including multiplayer modes like 1v1 and 2v2.
Improved graphics, animations, and voice acting enhance the nostalgic feeling and overall enjoyment compared to previous Stick War titles.
No forced ads and relatively fair monetization mainly focused on cosmetics, with continuous updates and active developer support.

The introduction of paywalls for many generals and key units has made the game pay-to-win, alienating free-to-play players and disrupting balance.
Frequent bugs and crashes, including issues with campaign cutscenes, matchmaking conflicts causing rank losses, and performance problems on some devices.
Matchmaking system is unbalanced, often pairing new or low-level players against highly upgraded opponents, making progression frustrating and unfair.

story
163 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in this game is widely praised for its compelling, cinematic quality, deep lore, and engaging narrative that continues the Stick War legacy while introducing new elements. Many players appreciate the character designs, cutscenes, and strategic storytelling, though some feel the campaign is too short or repetitive and desire more content, expansions, or sequel installments. Overall, the story is considered a strong highlight that adds significant value to the gameplay experience, despite occasional pacing issues and incomplete elements.
- “Great storyline, great writing, and has good character designs.”
- “Absolutely love the storyline and really awesome game, love the voice acting, great graphics.”
- “The storyline was so amazing and intense, for me this is the best stickman fight that I ever played.”
- “The storyline is incomplete, and if you have to pause or your internet hiccups during a ranked match it's an automatic loss.”
- “But the thing is, campaign is repetitive in terms of storyline across games, it is like order empire uniting, fracturing and uniting again.”
- “Overall it's a decent game but if the enemy can amass a full army in 10 seconds and instantly kill you and you can't progress with the story why even make a story if it's impossible on the easiest mode.”
gameplay
82 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of Stick War: Saga is widely praised for its strategic depth, wide variety of units, engaging mechanics, and improved features over previous installments. While the campaign and multiplayer modes are enjoyable and addictive, some players note issues such as paywalled generals affecting balance, occasional bugs, and a less challenging AI. Overall, it is regarded as a fun, well-designed strategy game with room for refinement.
- “Strategic gameplay with a wide array of units to choose from, spells, and unique loadouts to create.”
- “I really enjoy Stick War: Saga — the strategy, units, and gameplay are great, and I’ve had a lot of fun learning the mechanics.”
- “Great improvement in gameplay functions over Stick War Legacy.”
- “One core mechanic, generals, is massively paywalled, forcing players to switch between free options or buy each general individually for around 7-10 dollars each.”
- “Gameplay is basically unwinnable for new players at level 9, as the difficulty and mechanics require experienced players to succeed, making it frustrating.”
- “Generals are too powerful, and some strategies spam the Archidon unit, which contradicts the original gameplay focus on strategy rather than spamming; also, communication is poor, relying on emojis instead of chat.”
graphics
64 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely praised for its improved, detailed, and vibrant graphics that enhance the gameplay experience, with many highlighting impressive animations, art style, and visual effects. However, some users noted optimization issues causing lag on lower-end devices and expressed a preference for the original game's graphics style. Overall, the graphics significantly contribute to the game's appeal despite occasional performance drawbacks.
- “The graphics animation and timelines are superb.”
- “The graphics are improved and the new units from Order and Chaos Empire and the multiplayer mode are enjoyed a lot by players like me.”
- “Cool graphics, logical physics and unbelievable animation.”
- “This one is entirely focused on multiplayer, has a terrible story, and still has horrible graphics.”
- “Game is awesome but I prefer the Stick War legacy graphics to this one.”
- “The game feels like it was made to attract a new, younger fan base... the art style deviates from the more mature, serious style and does not align with the older loyal fan base and core identity of the game.”
monetization
51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely praised for its minimal to nonexistent ads and fair monetization, with in-app purchases mostly limited to cosmetics that do not affect gameplay. However, some recent updates introduced ads that have frustrated a portion of players, who feel it detracts from the experience and makes the game seem like a cash grab. Overall, monetization is considered unobtrusive and non-pay-to-win by most users, maintaining enjoyment without pressure to spend.
- “No ads, the only purchases are for cosmetics, and the general units, which you should only buy if you're really into the game.”
- “In-app purchases are present but not intrusive and not necessary to have a good time.”
- “Microtransactions aren't pushed on you or needed at all really.”
- “It's such an unfair game that you can play with your friends in ranks and pay to win to get higher ranks. I think it really deserves 1 star just like ads. Why pay to win?”
- “There are too many ads that you can't enjoy the game. It's sad because you have created one of the best games out there.”
- “This once enjoyable game has become nothing more than a shameless cash grab, and the nonstop ads were the last straw.”
music
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
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The music in the game is generally praised for being impressive, enhancing the story and gameplay experience. However, several users report issues with the campaign mode showing a black screen while the background music plays, indicating bugs that need fixing. Some players also note a lack of sound or music in certain parts, such as the introduction, detracting from immersion.
- “Amazing game, you can realize good efforts given by developers, also amazing music, gameplay, no forced ads, nice story, and good narration.”
- “Amazing art, music, storylines, and the customization options are excellent.”
- “Absolutely goated and awesome, it's so much fun and the story is absolute cinema and the music is super good and I love the art style. You need to buy these games!”
- “There's almost next to no sound and background music when playing.”
- “But I want to get the royal family of Inammorta, but it costs a lot of money. I need to relax and play, and that's all. Please fix this game; it has no music in the introduction.”
- “This game is amazing, but I have a problem with the app where the music sounds do not work on my phone (Poco). Can you please fix this bug?”
stability
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is generally solid with few glitches or crashes during gameplay, but multiplayer mode suffers from occasional freezes, glitches, and dropped connections causing frustrations. Some users report bugs affecting ranking and matchmaking, as well as minor animation glitches, though these rarely disrupt overall play. Persistent issues with bugs and mod use remain concerns, but the game is still considered enjoyable despite these stability challenges.
- “There were no glitches or errors in my experience, unlike in other games that often crash. Max Games offers some of the best strategy games.”
- “The game is stable and not buggy, providing a smooth experience.”
- “I had no issues with stability or crashes during gameplay.”
- “I have always been a fan of this game and all the versions, but the bugs are killing me. I poured my money and heart out, and they marked me as loss in the 1v1 rank. So buggy, and they keep adding unnecessary mods, and nearly all opponents I faced use mods to beat me!”
- “Persistent problems with multiplayer games though - constant glitches, freezes, and dropped connections stop this being great.”
- “It freezes sometimes in multiplayer and takes it as a loss.”
grinding
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is often described as tedious and time-consuming, especially for unlocking new generals and cosmetics, with many players frustrated by the shift toward paywalls and removal of grinding options. Some feel previous grinding efforts were wasted due to system changes, while others find the current grind discouraging and unnecessarily lengthy. Overall, grinding remains a significant barrier that impacts player satisfaction.
- “Locking most generals behind paywalls after they were previously accessible through free rotation feels like a shift to pay-to-win, especially since grinding options were removed.”
- “And why is it so difficult to get many gems like when you try to customize your skins and other stuff you have to suffer grinding for more than hours.”
- “Months worth of grinding, 3k gems gone.”
optimization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The recent performance update has significantly improved stability and reduced crashes, but some users still experience lag during intense battles, indicating the game requires further optimization. Overall, optimization is good but could be enhanced to ensure smoother gameplay on various devices.
- “As of now the performance update has helped a lot with people's phones crashing (including mine).”
- “Thank you very much for considering this suggestion of a performance update, and I hope all the other updates are awesome too.”
- “I just wanna say.. the game has perfect optimization but still the game needs more improvement... the game needs new more slots for skills and units... that's all I can say.”
- “Devs need to fix the performance and add anti-cheat.”
- “But we can't throw spear with Spearton and we can't do a headbutt and jump attack gets cooldown and the game is not optimized because I have Poco X3 Pro and I get lag when a huge army attacks.”
- “This becomes better from original and it needs more optimization because sometimes it lags.”
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features an epic, movie-like storyline with well-written narrative and beautiful character designs, greatly enhancing the overall experience.
- “Great storyline, great writing and has good character designs.”
- “I love this game, the storyline is so epic like I'm watching a movie. The character design is beautiful.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is well-received, with players finding it funny, clever, and entertaining. Many appreciate the amusing moments and the overall playful atmosphere it creates.
- “A very funny and tricky game, I love it so much ❤️ Thank you for making this amazing game.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The removal of the progression mechanic in the latest update significantly diminished the game's replayability, making it less engaging for players who valued that aspect.
- “I love this game, but they removed the progression mechanic in the last update, which absolutely killed the replayability for me.”