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Kick the Buddy
Playgendary Limited · 1,044,583 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 30 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
17 negative reviews mention this · 57% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disturbing. Just imagine a day at a shoe store, using a phone to play ur fav game and ur relaxing. That was happening to me until I saw this ad after I deleted the game. Pls make the game less violent. Do an asmr stress game or something." - 123review456sonething789idk
2
"every"
9 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's not fun anymore. There are tutorials reminding you how to use the app literally every time you equip a weapon and there's no way to turn them off, and you get ads every few seconds even if you don't open the gift" - Slaves2society
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"buddy"
8 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I quit the game cause of the ads. Every time I switch weapons or kill buddy there a stupid add I’m done with to" - Good game if there wast ada
4
"play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disturbing. Just imagine a day at a shoe store, using a phone to play ur fav game and ur relaxing. That was happening to me until I saw this ad after I deleted the game. Pls make the game less violent. Do an asmr stress game or something." - 123review456sonething789idk
5
"seconds"
6 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's not fun anymore. There are tutorials reminding you how to use the app literally every time you equip a weapon and there's no way to turn them off, and you get ads every few seconds even if you don't open the gift" - Slaves2society
6
"every seconds"
5 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
7
"playing"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Annoying Ads. i downloaded it for nostalgia, to have fun again, but i forgot how annoying the damn ads are, and it’s gotten worse, so i deleted it. never playing it anymore until the ads are removed." - botty doo doo
8
"weapon"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It's not fun anymore. There are tutorials reminding you how to use the app literally every time you equip a weapon and there's no way to turn them off, and you get ads every few seconds even if you don't open the gift" - Slaves2society
9
"minutes"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too Many Ads. Downloaded the game maybe ten minutes ago, I‘m already being bombarded by ads at every turn. Practically every other action requires you to view one or two ads, each being around 30 seconds. Considering each “round“ only takes about 30 seco…" - ErrorintheAbyss
10
"years"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun game but way to many ads. I remember playing this game years ago and was so fun, there was stuff stuck behind an ad wall but that was about it. I redownloaded it today and in 20 minutes of play time I had 50 ads and probably 100 ads to stop the ads behind a pay wall" - kenworthk108
11
"kill"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I quit the game cause of the ads. Every time I switch weapons or kill buddy there a stupid add I’m done with to" - Good game if there wast ada
12
"kill buddy"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I quit the game cause of the ads. Every time I switch weapons or kill buddy there a stupid add I’m done with to" - Good game if there wast ada
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Disturbing
Just imagine a day at a shoe store, using a phone to play ur fav game and ur relaxing. That was happening to me until I saw this ad after I deleted the game. Pls make the game less violent. Do an asmr stress game or something.
it no work
the reson why i rate it 5 stars is so i whant pepole can see but it no working!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah no it no work
Annoying Ads
i downloaded it for nostalgia, to have fun again, but i forgot how annoying the damn ads are, and it’s gotten worse, so i deleted it. never playing it anymore until the ads are removed.
Too Many Ads
Downloaded the game maybe ten minutes ago, I‘m already being bombarded by ads at every turn. Practically every other action requires you to view one or two ads, each being around 30 seconds. Considering each “round“ only takes about 30 seconds itself, you’re ultimately spending more time watching ads than playing the game. It’s not worth downloading or playing on that basis alone.
Fun game but way to many ads
I remember playing this game years ago and was so fun, there was stuff stuck behind an ad wall but that was about it. I redownloaded it today and in 20 minutes of play time I had 50 ads and probably 100 ads to stop the ads behind a pay wall
I quit the game cause of the ads
Every time I switch weapons or kill buddy there a stupid add I’m done with to
Review
Way to many adds makes in impossible to play the game and takes to long to advance, horrible game play to.
What the heck
Why would you make this app? First, it is not relaxing to torture something. Also, it is highly inappropriate.
TOO MUCH ADS
I a fan game and all but it give VERY inappropriate ads and even time you kill buddy it give a another ads this game is way to money hungry
hugely disappointing
when i first opened the app i was delighted to be back in what felt like the exact same game i enjoyed so much all those years ago. but alas, no amount of fun or nostalgia can come out of this game that will outweigh the frustration of being forced into ads and in-game pop-ups every 10 seconds. so sad it is that after countless wonderful hours spent torturing buddy in my youth, this game lasted no longer than 3 minutes on my phone in the year of the end times 2026, approximately 2.5 minutes of which was spent stuck in advertisements. put down your device and go read a book or go for a walk and don’t let your precious time on this earth be wasted and converted directly into money for someone else to have.
To many ads
Honestly. I had this game as a kid. I loved this game and played it all the time. I lost the account and my iPad at the time was locked. Years later I decided to come back to it and realize something. This game is not the same. Sure it’s the same concept and the gameplay is the same. This game is overrun by stupid pop ups and I can’t enjoy 5 minutes without getting a random pop up for something. I can’t enjoy the game anymore like I used to. Would give this 5 stars but I can’t. You trying to force us the consumers to pay for ads to stop when I get bombarded by random pop ups. Sorry I can’t give you 5 stars. Game is my childhood but I don’t appreciate the constant spam like I’m playing a Roblox game.
Serial killer in making
This is just awful! Using torture to kill the buddy is just horrible. Are you trying to create serial killers??
Unplayable
Ads pop up every 5 seconds. It’s not worth getting.
Muchos anuncios
Este juego cuando recién había salido era muy bueno y divertido, ahora es pura propaganda y anuncios de compra de la app, me tienen harto con esas cosas, incluso pagando por No ADS, siguen saliendo, este juego pasó de ser una belleza a una app publicitaria
Forced ads only
Game is unplayable due the ads that pop up every two seconds. Do not download. Ruined what used to be a good game
Bring the old update back!
You used too much ai, stop it.
terrible game
WAY, WAYYY WAYYYYYYYYY too many ads any time I pick a weapon, ad, I kill the buddy ad I do anything at all, ad.
too many ads and pop ups
do NOT get if you don’t want to spend $10
Pls fix the ads
When I downloaded this game I thought it was of peaceful stuff. but I keep getting ads every 2nd+ I watch ads for free stuff but I end up with never getting it fix this game pls make the ad come out shorter time and if you do, I might come back and rate it five stars
Ads
Why is there so many ads? You click on a new weapon - ad. You “take out” the buddy - ad. You do anything - another ad. It’s annoying and unplayable
violent
too many ads too
Used to be a great app
I used this app years ago and was recently telling a friend about it. So I went to re-download it and it's a huge let down. You've ruined it with all the in app purchases subscriptions and atrocious ads. Deleting.
It's not fun anymore
There are tutorials reminding you how to use the app literally every time you equip a weapon and there's no way to turn them off, and you get ads every few seconds even if you don't open the gift
CANT EVEN PLAY
Pls remove the GET A FREE TRIAL FOR PREMIUM I’M NOT REVEALING MY INFO
Too many ads
The app is fun but its too many ads now so i had to delete it cause I can’t enjoy the game
It fun. 😀
I like it is fun to play tanks you for this game Who made. This game 10/10 (: tank you bye ✌️ Friday. 2026 19 bye
Too many ads
It’s an amazing game but you get an ad every like 20 seconds so that makes the game just about impossible to enjoy.
Glitchy and Predatory
Many purchased weapons do not work, such as bio weapon and electric chair. Cascade promises gems at a certain KO amount but when reached, the gems are not given after clicking on your prize. Furthermore, Cascade offers slot machine rewards. They have removed the slot machine so the reward cannot even be used. Every time you open the app or KO the Buddy, you’re bombarded with pop-ups demanding micro transactions, not to mention the constant ads. This game needs a major quality of life overhaul.
ADS ADS ADS
I absolutely LOVE this game, but the ads and/or videos between each round is absolutely insane. If I purchased premium forever, there is absolutely NO REASON I should still have to use skipits between each round. PLEASE add a setting to turn off the videos between each round if you have premium. It’d make the game much more enjoyable.
The ads
I play games and kick the buddy ads keep popping up so it's really annoying, and half of the stuff in the ads aren't even in the real game, get a life
Sentiment summary
89%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
7%
Negative (1-2★)