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StickWars – Casual Game Review
StickWars is a Casual/Entertainment/Action game from John Hartzog, first launched in 1st April 2009.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 109+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes StickWars Stand Out
StickWars is a fast-paced, action-packed game that requires lightning-fast fingers and cunning strategy. Defend your kingdom against the invading stick figure army.
Tap, flick, and shake your way to victory in the top castle defense game for iPhone/iPod touch.
FEATURES
- Unlimited rounds. Play until you’re defeated.
- Shake to deploy bombers, and again to detonate!
- Use multi-touch to command your wizards, casting meteors and other spells.
- Use captured stick figures to build up defense.
- Two free StickWars Ultimate Challenge games.
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, StickWars is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th August 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- 64 bit compatibility
Download & Availability
StickWars is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
Brings back a lot of memories. Fire game.
Always catch ourselves looking for it and downloading it on our new iPhone, would pay for it.
Pretty impressive one of the games we played years ago still works after no updates for 7 years. Theres no sound but gameplay is great. Love this game.
Good nostalgia. Level 115 is bugged (enemies stop spawning), and so you cant get past it.
We used to play this game on the family-shared iPod touch. We are now currently redownloading it on our iPhone 13. Time doesnt change everything.
Zero ads, incredibly engaging and fun gameplay, and really good difficulty balancing on normal mode.
God Bless you John E Hartzog. Please never remove this iOS holy grail from the App Store. However please add your other 2 masterpieces, SW2 & 3.
We reached level 198 and then game goes to about 4% and then theres nothing any fix.
Thank you for one, giving us a childhood on our iPod, and two, allowing us to revisit by updating it, GOBBLESS HOSS.
Probably the best game of all time.
Use to play this in highschool. Still play it now. Amazing game.
This game is great you must admit that this game doesnt have much first glance charm but for people who used to enjoy basic stick games this is a small but fun nostalgia trip.
We seem to have hit the unlimited rounds at round 198. Is there something we can do to get past 198.
We were playing this game and we turned on sound effects, there was none when we were in a match. It was overshadowed by the music(great music btw) we just want this fixed.
…and it is STILL being updated. We bought this one our 3G and am playing it on our X. Great job.
Wow this is a great game… We played all the time. This came out in 2009! And the owner STILL cares about it. He just updated it for 64 but devices.
After lots of years of playing love it it would be awesome if it were bigger for the iPhone X but still awesome.
Been several years and never got old.
It's mad fun. We get to throw around stick figures like no other. Also has a lot more features later on in the game.
Even after several years this is still one of our favorite games.
Not a bad game, good game when you're on a road trip.
There seems to be a glitch at round 115 where only about 5% of the round is completed and then it gets frozen and the round never finishes. Fix please.
We used to enjoy this game on the iPod, and just tried this newer version. The game play doesnt work as described in the tips so you fail, repeatedly. Example 1: capture one invader at a time and build up your number of prisoners. No, the game only lets you put one invader in the prison until it goes away. Example 2: double tap the tent to train a prisoner to be an archer. No, the game doesnt seem to recognize double taps. Example 3: slam invaders into catapults to destroy them. While you can slam invaders to the ground this has no effect on machines.
Stuck on round 135, it will only play 5-7% of the level then no more stick figures come out :( we love the game but this is really frustrating Just beat up to round 115 on hard now it's having the same problem, please fix.
Keeps freezing after a while and cant get support help.
This is the worst game Ive ever bought, we really dont know why it costs anything. Its confusing to figure out how to play it bc there are no tutorials, and then when you finally see the hints after a failed game, the game is so simple and slow we didnt even wanna play it passed 4 of the short easy rounds.
Can't believe we wasted a dollar on this. Fun for a couple hours. Extremely boring after that.
We love this game, but when does the Mega Boss actually come? We're well past level 100 with over 130,000 kills and he still has not shown up.
We think upkeep is the only problem because we constantly lose units every few rounds.
Awesome game it's lots of fun it is worth it get it we recommend it.
This game is great we love it we can not put it down.
If you read the help page all your questions can be answered and it also tells you that as long as you have captives fighting for you a fee (upkeep) must be paid every round. If tou can't pay the fee you lose men. Great game we recommend it.
We love it. We got so many things. We think anyone who doesn't have it should get it.
Awesome it fun get people awesome.
What level do you see the second boss on.
This game we got with the 2nd generation IPod and we thought it was the best game ever but we then found new games and played those but after awhile we always find ourselves at this game. It was the first game we ever downloaded EVER. We hope they add more to the game and keep it creative, great job.
We love this game, best game other than clash of clans. But one thing that we noticed is that we lose so many of our archers and repair men to upkeep. What the heck is upkeep? If you could please take that feature off.
Very addicting and fun to play.
This game was one of our first since we got the 2nd gen itouch. We've come a long way now that were in the 5th gen. Console quality games. But we always look back and play this for memories of our Senior High school year. MEMORIES.
It's really good get it if u like defending games.
This game was one of our favorites in high school on our iPod touch and it still is now in college on our iPhone 5S! Thank you so much for the continued support of this game.
We absolutely love this game soooo much fun and sometimes we get a few laughs.
This is an AMAZING game and an awesome soundtrack too.
One of the first games we downloaded and we're still playing on the same game! We just wish there were more updates/advances, but can't beat the simple fun this game brings.
Awesome GAME!!! Get it!!!!!!!! Best Game on earth besides Clash of Clans.
So much rounds twitch realizes that we just spent 10 hours playing it fyi u may want to look at da clock ever round.
We HAD IT SO LONG we EVEN WENT TO LEVEL1000.
This will always be a classic game. Endless fun.
We have been playin this game since the ipod 1 and we still love it.
Great game and endless rounds. You can never get sick of it either.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9.0
- Size: 16.97 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: John Hartzog
Last updated: 7th August 2017 | Genre: Casual, Entertainment | Developer: John Hartzog