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Dungeon Warfare 2 – Action Game Review
Dungeon Warfare 2 is a Action/Strategy game from Jin Man Kim, first launched in 3rd April 2019.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 400+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dungeon Warfare 2 Stand Out
Dungeon Warfare 2 is the definitive sequel to Dungeon Warfare, a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
Game Features
- Physics-enabled tower defense mayhem
- 33 unique traps with 8 unique traits for each trap
- More than 30 unique enemies, each with a special trait
- More than 60 handcrafted levels + an infinite number of procedurally generated dungeons
- 5+ boss battles
- Progression with experience providing passive upgrades for the traps as well as skill points
- Three skill trees with 11 skills on each tree
- Equipment system with more than 30 unique items
- Mix your own difficulty by combining difficulty mode runes for more challenge & reward
- Endless mode
- Environmental Hazards
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dungeon Warfare 2 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st May 2019
Recent improvements include:
Changelogs
- Added a feature that allows players to rapidly allocate skill points (press and hold the buttons)
- Added S-Pen support
- Improved app startup time and reduced memory usage
- Various bug fixes
Download & Availability
Dungeon Warfare 2 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Dungeon Warfare 2 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Honestly has been one of our most favorite tower defense games out there. We have not tried the first one, but we assume it's just as great and we're leaning to buying it too! It has multiple towers, upgrade paths, wide selection of maps and their challenge, "items" for multipliers to boost your towers and game, many enemies that have their own abilities to beat your strategies, and items that can tweak all enemy stats to make them more challenging. Overall great choice and probably a must buy and play if you're looking for these types of games.
Fun twist on tower defense. Focus is on gameplay not cutesy art. Can be quite challenging which is welcomed.
Even though we havnt even played this. We bought this bc we ive been playing part1 for a very long time and ive yet to beat it. This game has the most quality content of any game on the app store… The art and story could be more like kingdom rush, but the game play is top tier. Hidden gem update: finally beat part1 and started this. If it were a more artistic and a war campaign story were worked in this game has the gameplay to surpass kingdom rush. It could actually benefit from being simpler. The amount of options are dizzying. Its surprising for all that genius, they couldnt make the game more successful and accessible to ppl who like a story and some art, like kingdom rush.
Please just add in that it is verified to work on M Macs. Works great and looks perfect. We really have nothing else to say about this game other than you have to play it if you enjoy tower defense games. Love the death splats.
We downloaded several tower defense games from the stupid ads on instagram but they are never like whats shown in the ad. Then we saw someone in Reddit recommended this game and we thought we could give it a try, now Im totally addicted. Its simple to start playing right away but still challenging if you want to get all the achievements. Overall 10/10.
You have a huge variety of play styles to try out, with many towers items and skills to customize your approach. The progression system is highly satisfying, so it always feels worthwhile to play another level, whether thats conquering a new map, increasing the challenge modifiers on a familiar map to get bonus rewards, or simply trying out a new set of towers.
'Dungeon Warfare' and 'Dungeon Warfare 2' are both great games that we strongly recommend if you like Tower Defense (TD). We agree with the other reviewers comparing it favorably to TD from the 'Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne' World Editor. The maps are well designed (for the most part) and can be made as challenging as you want them to be. The newly introduced skill tree and items keeps things feeling fresh for longer with some (emphasis on the word "some") unique and interesting combinations to discover. JAN-2024 EDIT: Game keeps crashing. We're Lv600+ in the NG mode (can't remember what it's called) and our game keeps crashing towards the end of the tier 67 map. We made sure to keep the number of spawned units to a minimum, but it doesn't make a difference like it usually does. Our traps are also reporting a negative total damage. Some trap upgrades flat out don't work at all. The "25% chance to stun for 2 seconds when dealing lightning damage" talent (called skills in the game) doesn't seem to work. Some traps are much worse than others and are basically useless.
We usually avoid pixel games but this is good.
Was looking for a new mobile game and Ive honestly become a little too addicted to this one! XD Genuinely the best mobile TD game Ive ever played.
Short and sweet of it, theres so many traps that can work together in so many ways. You can play as optimally or as silly as you want and every level is open for you to do as you wish. Our best advice is to figure out where you want to hold the enemies and how to get rid of them at the start of every level. And dont be shy about taking a few runes every level; more experience is always good and if you adjust your runes to the level you can get plenty of extra xp without putting yourself at risk.
Still looks good on current Gen screens too. Wish it still got content but this is still the best out.
If you like TD games its well worth it.
Will not disappoint. No in game currency traps. Just a great game thats worth the money.
Title says it all, have played tons of TD games and none have sucked us in like this one. No IAP, endless customization, tons of QOL improvements over the original. If you get at least one TD game this is it folks.
This is a great and challenging game. No iaps or ads, just hours of TD fun. Unique yet familiar and highly addictive.
We have spent more time on this than any other iPad game. Love it.
Wow, amazing, very very worth is 3 bucks or so, if youre a fan of defence games youll love this.
This game is worth the asking price. Interesting towers. Good gameplay. Look forward to more from this developer.
This game is worth $5 and has a lot of replay-ability. Its a lot like gem craft. Update: we finished the game after a month and we probably have more things to explore but we maxed out a few fun traps like the dart trap and spinblade. Once we got enough levels we removed skill points on traps we didnt like and moved it over to better ones. By the end we had dart traps with 4 times the normal range and over 120 starting damage. We got soul steal and eventually had 633 attack damage. We also got the mastery skill up to 20 that increases damage by 100% for frozen units at max level Now that Im at level 200 we can focus on testing difficulty runes as we only picked the easy standard ones you can always select.
This is tower defense perfection.
Great game. Definitely worth a download.
One of the best games available on iOS.
Every TD game seems to play the frustration-relief addiction con that makes people pay for the missing thing they need to win. Not this game. This game has deceptively old school graphics because the maps are huge and contain many units at once. Ive played tons of TD and this game and its predecessor are the ONLY one we really enjoyed.
This game didnt even ask us to rate it. But it is so amazing. Best mobile game Ive ever played. Beautiful sadistic dungeon making without the tedium.
One of the best tower defense games out there. The first game was awesome. If you're coming from that the changes take a little getting used to, but it does make a better game. Lots of content and fun maps. Cool level up features. We love it.
We were a bit thrown off at first by the difficulty spike in this game but once we learned the new strategys we had a blast trying to figure out each level. This game is an amazing tower defense game and we cant wait for the next installment.
Played the crap out of this during the year of the COVID. It was fun and wasted time.
We just finished the level Dark Dungeon where we whacked our first boss and earned an extra consumable trap slot, when we were prompted to rate the game. Well played, good developers; well played. Allow us to whole-heartedly oblige. Ive played our fair share of TD games starting back in the old days when Newgrounds.com was just starting and we gotta tell you, this hits that craving ive been looking for of endless slaughter fests, intensive point distribution management, and placement strategy without sparing any of the tried-and-true TD mechanics one expects in this genre. We love the ahifting enviroment gimmick brought out in this game and the plethora of diverse traps; especially traps that move the enemy into the clutches of another trap. It all gives us a fair amount if play in strategical approach, providing more than one way to skin a cat (or peasent, warrior, etc). A solid purchase, well worth the money and a good dopamine for a gamer on the go :).
Ive played pretty much every tower defense out there and this is it, boys, this is the best.
So many challenges, options, traps, items, power-ups, maps, enemies…we could go on. All of this WITHOUT the universally hated in-app purchases and/or ads.
We did not believe the reviews that said DW2 was better than DW1. Well it is. DW1 is a fantastic tower defense game, among the best. DW2 is a masterpiece of the genre. The game designer not only understands tower defense games well, he or she expands gameplay in new and interesting directions forcing you out of old tactics into new ones. Really the total package. If you love these types of games, download this one.
Can a tower defense game show off maximum iPhone graphic capabilities? By all means it can. Should it hour after hour, day in and day out? Most designers think so. Glad this one has strategy and not pretty battery-killing graphics as the most important part of the game. Big points for a ton of replayability on even the earliest levels, swashbuckling audio, a great layout and so much more. A+. It does get a little time-consuming figuring what items are what… Could you add a run number to each so they could be sorted by time acquired? Also The Grim disappeared after we completed an ethereal dungeon. Will it be back with more ethereals completed or is this a bug.
This is such an amazing game, great work guys.
Ive been playing tower defense games for around 10 years now and this is the best one Ive ever played. We love that you can customize the difficulty level using runes. It means that if you like a particular map, but its a little too easy you can replay it on the higher difficulty. While theres no story element, the game keeps you interested with different types of maps and end goals. There are maps with bosses, ephemeral maps, permanent maps, moving element maps, etc. In general, for every element in the game, theres a large variation of that thing. For instance, – tons of levels – loads of towers: fire, ice, spikes, hex, lightning, pulley, shredder, rocket, etc., etc. – different types of towers: apply on walls, apply on floors, temporary towers that disappear on activation (on a timer, dont have to waste money) – surfaces: walls, moving walls, temporary walls that can blow up, barricade tower that you can put in the way then build another tower on if you upgrade it enough – enemies, balloons (assume shout out to bloons), cars full of mobs, giants, rodents, soldiers, etc. – skills (yes on top of everything theres a skill tree and leveling system): 3 trees, upgradeable towers, difficulty gems, skill gems – pits: lava, black holes, water And we could go on. Im sure Im forgetting an entire section of game elements, also we dont even have time to describe how much you can engross yourself in the customization elements. We also love that theres no ads or add-ons, just good fun.
Awesome game. No micro transactions or ads or paygates to speak of. Innovative, creates new and novel concepts. Every victory brings something new and creates new goals. Finally, a game on iOS that isnt a dumbed down clone of every other innovative game. A real, deep, strategic game that feels like a Triple A game release . A true rarity for a mobile game Developers, we commend you! Keep it up.
Worth every penny. The game has a lot of content, so many maps, towers and skills combinations. One bug to report though, the skill called manufacturing allows you to reset the consumables, but we can't seem to find the button to do it when playing.
We thought we had played all the td games and then stumble across this hidden gem. What makes it so unique to the genre is the physicality of the traps, combos, and interactive maps. Top 5 td game in our book.
We love this game, but: 1. Theres a bug that prevents completion of the Old Road map (tier 6, volcano map) 2. Crafting equipment seems broken. We hope the developer fixes these problems.
Honestly Ive played a ton of TD games even stemming way back to when it originated with Starcraft mods. The dungeon theme fits oh so well with this genre and Dungeon Warfare (2) doesnt pull any details. With this version, the addition of a skill tree is an awesome way to tweak the gameplay. The best part is if you dont like a particular setup, you may reset all your unlocked skill points with no consequence. Just plain fun. No micro transactions which to us is quite refreshing and reminds us of the way games should be.
Im so used to being disappointed by iOS games that we couldnt believe how badly the first Dungeon Warfare game sucked us in. Dungeon Warfare 2 is a beautifully crafted sequel that, like many classic sequels, shows a developer fully coming to grips with his own game design. The first game was very fun and replay able but some aspects of the gameplay – especially towards the end of the game- were a bit rough. The second game has many cool new designs for enemies, traps, skills and other layers of managing your dungeon, and many of the rougher aspects of the first game are addressed directly by these changes. This is a great sign of a developer who lives and breathes his own work. Finally, the Dungeon Warfare games are perfectly suited to the iPad. (They work well on the larger iPhones too, if you need to kill some time, but its just better on the iPad). This game deserves a try from anyone who wants to support those guys who work hard to craft mobile games, even as they know their baby is going to be set adrift in a vast flood of half-assed mobile games. They have faith in people to spread the word about their game. All in all, cant wait for Dungeon Warfare 3.
Behold! A fun game with no IAP that gives hours and hours of playtime. Great tower defense with cool skills and bonuses to unlock. And we will never get tired of hearing the bad guys scream as we shove them into pits of fire. Cant beat that.
This game is an incredible game and it doesnt pressure you to use real money if you want to win. Its fun and addictive and well crafted. GREAT GAMEEEE! Ive spent A LOT of time playing this. Please let us sleep!!!! :D It has old school vibe and we adore it.
If you like tower defense at all, just buy this. It is incredible. We basically never leave reviews, but this is so good we had to do it.
This is probably the best TD game Ive ever played. It has everything and is very addicting. We do, however, have a major issue with a bug that hasnt been fixed. When building a barricade on a unit/units, those units either get damaged or killed (and the barricade either breaks, or is built with lower hp). However, sometimes this doesnt happen. Sometimes when doing this, all that happens is that you lose the gold, no units get hurt/killed, and of course, the barricade isnt built. This is really messing with our strategy, as we now have to guess whether or not the barricades will even work. Hope this gets fixed.
Credit to CGP Grey, this app got another $5 Seems nice so far but the graphics are a bit painful to adjust too Best on iPad 11 or larger IMO Thanks Grey.
We would pay for an upgrade to better HD graphics.
The game is fun and much more challenging than the first installment. The only problem is that the game mechanics are not explained (not well enough in the Tips or Encyclopedia) and that impacts the ability to complete challenges. For example, getting the correct wrath level with no indication of where it is visible or how it is controlled.
Adds so much good stuff. But this is more than counterbalanced by the bad. The maps just get dumb. 3 entrances and 3 exits. 15 different paths to protect. Oh and looks like you didnt notice wave 20 was flying units sorry. Waste an hour. You end up having to not make one single mistake which is so frustrating. You spend most of the game pausing. All the joy is sucked out in this version. Oh theres great things. But the best of it is when it plays like the first game. Its a shame. Because you really see what could have, should have been.
After playing DW2 for a few days, we realized how much we like the original game in comparison. This game, like a lot of sequels, tries to outdo the original. However, the result is not as fun to play. We can beat the levels and progress through the game, but the gameplay is more frustrating than anything else. Im all for a game trying to change some things up, but the changes were at the expense of what made the original fun to play.
As the game progresses it becomes less and less stable. Playing on iPad Pro. Playing maps ranked in the high 60s and each one of them is unplayable. As soon as we get more than 200-300 concurrent baddies on the screen the game locks up frozen and then crashes. Sometimes we make it 100 waves or more and other times we barely get to 50. We tried ensuring we did not use any boosters to increase enemy count but alas each game crashes. Really enjoyed it for while it worked.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.2
- Size: 229.41 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
- Developer: Jin Man Kim
Last updated: 1st May 2019 | Genre: Action, Strategy | Developer: Jin Man Kim