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Idle Hero Defense – Action Game Review
Idle Hero Defense is a Action/Simulation/Entertainment game from Swell Games LLC, first launched in 3rd August 2018.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 135+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Idle Hero Defense Stand Out
Battle orcs and pirates in this fantasy hero game, as you defend against waves of enemies charging your base! This idle game lets you create a team of heroes – knight, ranger, mage and more – to defend against an endless swarm of vicious foes! Cast spells, earn gold, upgrade heroes and complete daily missions as you save the day.
A fantasy game of heroes and monsters, Idle Hero Defense makes you the commander. Like tower defense games, your heroes will fight off evil foes, gaining gold, leveling up, and unlocking new heroes as you play.
As a tap game, you recruit, train, and command your heroes from the touchscreen. Incremental game mechanics mean your heroes will grow as they fight, surviving against ever-worsening waves of monsters and fighting until they win.
IDLE HERO DEFENSE FEATURES
- PvP Tournament hosted twice a week
- Fend off pirates and evil monsters in mini-games
- Fantasy RPG-based world and classes
- Retro game-inspired graphics
- Daily missions to complete
- Strategy game tactics and units
- Idle game mechanics let the game play even when you’re busy
- Clicker game features to command units with a tap
FANTASY HEROES TO THE DEFENSE
- Collect heroes to form your party
- Cast spells to empower your units or defeat foes
- Earn gold, discover tomes and collect equipment
- Battle Orcs and bosses to survive as long as possible
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Idle Hero Defense is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st August 2019
Recent improvements include:
- Reduced file size.
- Performance improvements.
- Bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Idle Hero Defense is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Idle Hero Defense 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:
So Im pretty sure that this idea was already posted but our idea is pvp arenas. In here 5 randomly selected heroes fight other players around the world and there would be ranks for the players because.. You know. And winning the better you are, the higher rank you would be. It would also reset on prestige. The Rewards So when you win, you would get crowns (the currency for the ranks) and the loser would lose crowns.
This is the worst game in the world do not buy what ever you do do not buy we lost all mi progress we did not press the one button that resets your progress or delete and download it we press the torment witch we did mean to and we lost all mi progress completely this game is the worst we hate it SO MUCH so dont download.
Ive been playing this game for a week now and its exactly what we love about clicker games without extra novelties or annoying features. Its different than other clicker games in many ways, especially since it feels like you do make progress even when the game is off, but Ive been so addicted to it that Im never compelled to turn it off. The variety in characters and monsters is great. Being able to get equipment is a great feature too which makes us want to keep playing and going up the ladder. The music is fantastic and varied as well, not just the same song looping forever. Theres also always something to do from the weekly tournaments to the mini games, so you may find yourself clicking around more than actually letting the game play itself.
Its a very satisfying incremental game. No mass clicking! Thats a huge plus in our book.
This is the best idle game Ive ever played so far. Tons of content, tons of ways to upgrade, tons of wanting more and more! Havent got bored of it, therere just so many ways to upgrade and the upgrades arent even stressed. Upgrades are easy to obtain, you dont NEED to spend money on gems. You obtain the gems (premium currency) rather easily and the prices for the gems are rather low. Its refreshing playing a game that doesnt force spending real money in your face. Id recommend this game to anyone who appreciates idle games. For the dev: Please implement an option to join clans/teams. Like how your tournaments are multiplayer. Could you maybe work on a tournament option that is for teams versing each other? Much like the single players versing each other in the tournaments now… But have team names show and the mechanic could work like each member of that team, competing in the tournament. Which ever wave that member gets to, a percentage of their wave gets contributed to the overall waves completed of that team. The balancing mechanic could work like the more members in a team, will be pared with teams that have the same number of members. This way one team of X member, cant beat the other team of X members only because they have more members. That would just be unfair. Make it like 100 Gems to create a team and then later on add upgrades that team members can contribute gems so ONLY that teams creator can purchase upgrades that will benefit their teammates in the tournaments and even out of the tournaments! Be sure to include that team creators can not kick members out of their team unless if theyre inactive for more than 30 days. This will help keep it fair, so you dont just contribute gems to be kicked out after doing so… We have a lot of ideas for this. We give our consent for you to obtain information to reach out to us about our idea. We think it would be an amazing idea to implement in to your already great game! We know we and many others would defiantly be interested! :D.
Latest update didnt fix the aspect ratio for iPhone XS versions. No new Changes that involve the gameplay content, every new change they come out with is a way to give them more money. Pretty lame if you ask us. Seems like they are trying to make the most money off a dying game before it croaks.
If something happens to your device youre out of luck, Cloud Saves dont work. Tried loading it on our tablet as it as better battery life and it says its loaded; however everything is completely reset. Gameplay is extremely slow. After playing for awhile youll be able to 1 hit monsters until round 150. However, despite dealing so much damage so quickly you wont actually get anywhere any farther; as its nearly impossible to increase your attack speed enough to make a difference. Instead, you can pay a whopping $9.99 so you can attack x2 as fast, which is still bad. Youre also limited to only using 5 Heroes at a time despite there being (36?), so still cant increase your speed there. Other than that, theres a lot of content in it, prestiges, leader boards, weekly tournaments, etc. However its also not a clicker, youre simply sitting there idle with your phone on doing nothing for sometimes 40-50 minutes at a time as theres practically no way to increase speed of gameplay and youre 1 hitting everything without Level 1 Heroes. Hope to see saves fixed and maybe implement tapping to increase speed of gameplay.
We enjoyed this game a lot. We even bought all the extras. Everything seemed fair with both balance and cost. (Real money purchases do not give any real advantages, just allows you to grind a bit quicker). Its a shame the developer has kind of abandoned the game since its not that profitable anymore.
We spent so much time and money playing the old one it's great to see a updated version. We're quite happy with this please keep up with the updates. Can't wait to see where you go with this game.
This game, we cant put it down…Its the perfect mix of endless RPG and incremental games. And it just came out a couple weeks ago, so its only going to get better. Our only gripe is that the action log at the bottom of the screen doesnt have a way to go back and read messages that have disappeared…it would be nice to see what equipments dropped and which heroes got them for more than ten seconds. We could go on and on about how dope this game is but we gotta get back to the sunday tournament. Just download it and see for yourself. Vil.
Seems like itll be great fun a few times a day. However, putting a buffer frame around the edges of iPhone X release would be awesome, maybe make it a toggle option in the settings menu.
Only thing we would like improved is if you tap the chat bar at the bottom, it expands to the last 10 items or so. Tap again to close. We keep catching glimpses but have no clue half the time to who gained what or which items were received. Keep up the great work though. Cant wait to see what ideas unfold down the road.
Well, Im not sure if the developers actually look at the ratings or not, but Ill write about this bug anyway. So here we are playing mid tournament, and the game lags and we cant see our progress, so Im like, alright, Ill exit out and reload the game. Then when we get back on about a minute later, it says Ive been gone for over 2,000 days. Apparently time goes by very fast when youre offline? Well, thought Id at least say something so maybe theyd figure out what happened, or if it was a simple bug or something. In conclusion, it isnt our fault the game glitched and all, and we wasnt purposely doing anything, but its a great game, and we love it.
Its pretty fun and the progression is pretty steady, Ive not noticed anything having a p2w aspect yet but then again the tournaments havent started yet.
Doesnt look to bad but it just came out and Ive played one minute so.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.18
- Size: 221.57 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Swell Games LLC
Last updated: 21st August 2019 | Genre: Action, Simulation | Developer: Swell Games LLC