Clash Royale

United States

4.60★ from 3,852,110 ratings · version 16.402.2 · 57 of the last 88 written reviews are one or two stars

Pay-to-win mechanics dominate progression

17of the 57 read30%

Players report the game forces spending money to progress and remain competitive, with non-paying players unable to win.

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“Xxx — It's a terrible game, the worst game you've ever played is a dumpster without money, you're nobody in it” — ★☆☆☆☆“Trash Royale — Garbage game, copied decks, bad rewards, pay to win and 3 crowns are meaningless” — ★☆☆☆☆“Do not download this game — This is the Worst game ever you should not play it’s is p2w and if your p2w you will not progress enough to the game” — ★☆☆☆☆

Matchmaking deliberately rigs outcomes

8of the 57 read14%

Players claim the game matches them against hard counters or manipulates win rates to force purchases or keep them at 50% wins.

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“Can be fun but merger is very rigged — The base game is good to a point but after quite some time it will get boring. Merger is the “newest” game mode that is a bit more fast paced and tactical. The downside is that matches are basically are predetermined. I’ll be building a team and then can’t upgrade them cause I’ll get nothing but another team. My opponents will get 3-4 stars before I can get a 2-3 star team…” — ★★☆☆☆“Matches don’t feel legit — It seems like my opponents complete 3 deck cycles every 10 seconds, while I’m sitting here waiting for 4 elixir to place a baby dragon.” — ★☆☆☆☆“Same old garbage — The reason this game is a waste is because of how it’s system constantly finds a hard counter. You won’t face a random player most times. It matches you on cards and finds counters all the time. Either you’re their counter or they’re yours. You can’t simply have fun making random decks. You either go meta or bust. So disappointed. In spite of whatever mode they offer… it’s the matchmaking that…” — ★☆☆☆☆

Cards severely unbalanced

8of the 57 read14%

New cards and evolutions are released overpowered, with poor seasonal balance creating unfair matchups.

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“I HATE CLASH ROYALE — LEARN HOW TO BALANCE CARDS I’M DONE WITH THIS I AM TIRED BALANCE THE CARDS I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING NOTHING WORKS BECAUSE OF THE BALANCEING FIX YOUR GAME NOW IF ZERO STARS WERE AN OPTION I WOULD RATE ZERO STARS IF ANYONE ENJOYS THIS GAME THEY ARE A NO LIFE AND NO JOB IM DONE I HOPE THIS GAME DIES AND YOU LOSE ALL YOUR MONEY FROM THIS GAME” — ★☆☆☆☆“USED TO be fun — This game used to be the best mobile game to play, then it just shoved pay-to-win down your throat. Introducing evolutions just made evolutions a REQUIREMENT in your deck, and if you don’t pay to get them, then you will never win. THIS IS A PLAY TO WIN SLOP OF A GAME. YOU WANT TO BE BETTER? BUY BETTER CHARACTERS. THIS GAME IS BULL***T” — ★★☆☆☆“Ruined the game — The game sucks now, bad balancing, pay 2 win, genuine hot garbage.” — ★☆☆☆☆

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 57 most recent negative ones. Newest review 2 days ago (06.09.2026), last collected yesterday.

Germany

4.47★ from 576,828 ratings · version 16.402.2 · 32 of the last 62 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 32, and the threshold is twelve.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 32 most recent negative ones. Newest review yesterday (07.09.2026), last collected today.

France

4.61★ from 833,528 ratings · version 16.402.2 · 24 of the last 50 written reviews are one or two stars

Not enough negative reviews here to group anything honestly. There are 24, and the threshold is twelve.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 24 most recent negative ones. Newest review 3 days ago (05.09.2026), last collected 2 days ago.

Britain

4.60★ from 407,528 ratings · version 16.402.2

We have not read this app's reviews yet. Apple rations that feed to about one page per address every ten minutes and refuses datacentre addresses, so the reading is done by hand — the rating above is live, the complaints are not there yet.

Apple publishes the most recent written reviews, up to five hundred, and that is what was read — not a search for bad ones. Why so many of them are angry. The complaints above come from the 0 most recent negative ones. Newest review never, last collected never.

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