Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising

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Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising is a single player action game. It received neutral reviews from players.

Try to survive in the medieval world of epic adventures and mythical creatures!

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52%

Audience ScoreBased on 673 reviews

story6 positive mentions

monetization318 negative mentions

The game has nice graphics and smooth gameplay.
The base storyline and raids are fun and engaging initially.
Good variety of gameplay elements including building, raiding, and dragon raising.

Excessive and intrusive forced advertisements ruin the gameplay experience, often appearing every 30 seconds to 2 minutes including during combat.
The boat building and dragon raising progression is repetitively buggy and seemingly never-ending, with quests resetting even at 100% completion.
Lack of meaningful upgrades and character progression, combined with long raid travel times and repetitive tasks, make the game feel tedious and unfinished.

monetization
336 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5%
95%
The game's monetization heavily relies on excessive and intrusive ads, including frequent forced ads that disrupt gameplay every 20 to 60 seconds. Even after paying a high fee (around $10-$15) to remove ads, many users report ads still appearing, leading to dissatisfaction and requests for refunds. This aggressive ad strategy significantly hampers the player experience, making the game frustrating and unplayable for many despite its potential.
- “I'm the type to pay for no ads, but only for games where I want to support the creators.”
- “Ads, well for those who are willing to pay for no ads, this is for you, it is really fun.”
- “I really liked the game, even bought a hero and the no ads pack.”
- “I even paid the $15 to remove the ads permanently, but that didn't work at all, and ads were still being shown, so I put in a refund request and Google gave me the refund.”
- “The raids take from 20 seconds to nearly two minutes to start and the only way to speed them up is to watch ads which take as long as the mission itself.”
- “If you don't pay the $10 for no ad interruptions you will get an ad on average over 10 ads, 34 seconds in-between each ad interruption.”
story
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
74%
9%
The story has potential and is considered interesting and fun by some players, but it is severely hampered by repetitive and never-ending quests, especially involving the boat upgrade, which feels bugged and stalls progress. Excessive ads and forced mission delays further diminish the experience, making the storyline frustrating and unenjoyable despite its initial appeal.
- “Nice story line.”
- “Fun storyline, but way too many ads.”
- “Story is interesting”
- “The never ending boat repair: you get to 100% but it just keeps telling you to get more stuff through the quests you have done before over and over again. So bored now.”
- “Disappointing: dragon 98% to level 5 but still can't use him, boat at 100% but still giving repeating quests. Wait time for fights over 2 minutes. Can't complete other quests because dragon can't be used. Feels like a tactic to stretch out time to update the game and force ads.”
- “I keep doing the same old missions over and over again that already were cleared trying to make the stupid boat when all I want to do is feed my dragon blood.”
graphics
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
77%
9%
14%
The game features good, smooth, and visually pleasing graphics with a clean art style that many players appreciate. However, the positive impression of the graphics is severely diminished by the excessive, frequent advertisements that disrupt gameplay and frustrate users.
- “Graphics and gameplay are nice and smooth, although bosses are identical and predictable.”
- “Good art style, character design, and super nice and clean animation.”
- “Fantastic game, great graphics, I actually love it.”
- “Non-stop ads... same game as all others in this genre, just different visuals. Not worth the time.”
- “Don't get fooled by the cute graphic style.”
- “Instant uninstall, even if graphics are pretty.”
gameplay
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
57%
14%
The gameplay is generally smooth and enjoyable with varied content, but excessively frequent and intrusive ads severely disrupt the flow and strategic experience, detracting from overall enjoyment. Paying to remove ads does not fully eliminate interruptions, which frustrates many players despite decent core gameplay.
- “Decent graphics for what it is, a lot of different gameplay to keep the player interested for a while.”
- “Great game design and gameplay, but you will watch ads more than you will have actual gameplay.”
- “Amazing gameplay, very fun like console games.”
- “Between the times adverts interrupting gameplay and watching ads to use any option better than the base option, there is little opportunity for strategic choices.”
- “There are so many ads and not enough gameplay. I went from the dragon egg to the forest and had to watch 5 ads; not to mention everything you do has an ad, and in the middle of the boss fight there was an ad.”
- “Forced ads that interrupt gameplay make this game unplayable.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the grinding in the game excessively tedious and boring, often feeling like pointless busywork that detracts from the overall experience. Repetitive tasks, such as gathering materials or building, are viewed as unnecessarily slow and frustrating.
- “Nice concept, building the city feels a bit like fluff grinding.”
- “Not worth grinding out another 15 camps.”
- “Great game but to build the ship is way too tedious, I'm sorry I need 5 nails and it's at 99%.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
Users appreciate the game's good music but find it repetitive and sometimes annoying, wishing for an option to mute the music while keeping sound effects. The frequent and intrusive ads detract from the overall enjoyment of the audio experience.
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is generally enjoyable but suffers from stability issues, frequently freezing and requiring a reset whenever ads appear.
- “Every time an ad comes up, the game freezes and has to be reset.”
- “Fun but buggy.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users express that replayability is crucial for a game to be worth purchasing, implying that games lacking engaging or lasting content may not justify their cost.
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game offers limited character development, with minimal depth and growth throughout the story.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is well-optimized, running smoothly without performance issues.
- “Runs smoothly as well.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features smooth gameplay complemented by a light and enjoyable sense of humor, making the experience entertaining.

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Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising is a action game.

Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

On average players spend around 3 hours playing Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising.

Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising was developed by 24 HIT Riga SIA.

Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising for its story but disliked it for its monetization.

Stronghold Dude: Dragon Rising is a single player game.

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