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Viking Rise
IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. · 56,038 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
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Top complaints - extracted from 41 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"
30 negative reviews mention this · 73% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Avoid this Game!!. Like people have said, they won’t delete the account. They have all the information they need to do it, they want you to verify it like they are scammers. Game play is one sided to whomever spends the most or cheats by purchasing resources …" - Grey.Wolf.CO
2
"people"
11 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Avoid this Game!!. Like people have said, they won’t delete the account. They have all the information they need to do it, they want you to verify it like they are scammers. Game play is one sided to whomever spends the most or cheats by purchasing resources …" - Grey.Wolf.CO
3
"money"
10 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "IGG is the worst. The game is decent but there is a constant misleading of things that are done on purpose by the developers to confuse/trick people. Costs a ton to be good in the game and the customer service is horrendous. I will never play another igg gam…" - V!ct0r77
4
"nothing"
9 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I’ve been waiting…. I have been waiting for way over 3 days, no food regeneration, no wood, nothing…" - Raquelle.Jenine
5
"play"
9 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Avoid this Game!!. Like people have said, they won’t delete the account. They have all the information they need to do it, they want you to verify it like they are scammers. Game play is one sided to whomever spends the most or cheats by purchasing resources …" - Grey.Wolf.CO
6
"been"
8 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I’ve been waiting…. I have been waiting for way over 3 days, no food regeneration, no wood, nothing…" - Raquelle.Jenine
7
"spend"
7 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Avoid this Game!!. Like people have said, they won’t delete the account. They have all the information they need to do it, they want you to verify it like they are scammers. Game play is one sided to whomever spends the most or cheats by purchasing resources …" - Grey.Wolf.CO
8
"without"
7 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to have fun. Viking Rise starts out fun-the graphics, theme, and early gameplay are great. But once you get past the beginning, progress slows to a crawl. Upgrades take days or even weeks unless you spend money, and it quickly stops feeling rewarding. …" - rvwking
9
"account"
6 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Avoid this Game!!. Like people have said, they won’t delete the account. They have all the information they need to do it, they want you to verify it like they are scammers. Game play is one sided to whomever spends the most or cheats by purchasing resources …" - Grey.Wolf.CO
10
"players"
6 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Fun - at first - but is pay to play and player vs player. Great graphics, good storyline, character development and wonderful intro. However, by the time you get invested after about a week you quickly realize that there are people who drop huge money on this game and you simply cannot compete. Th…" - MomeHome
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"games"
6 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money hungry. I’ve played this game for about a year. At first, it seemed fair and enjoyable, but over time it became clear that nearly every aspect of progression revolves around spending money. Free-to-play players never truly stand a chance, and even…" - Sléy
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"days"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I’ve been waiting…. I have been waiting for way over 3 days, no food regeneration, no wood, nothing…" - Raquelle.Jenine
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Не соответствует рекламе
В рекламе все было просто, туда сюда водишь и делаешь что-то бессмысленное, а тут надо тыкать, ждать, читать, тратить время
I’ve been waiting…
I have been waiting for way over 3 days, no food regeneration, no wood, nothing…
Avoid this Game!!
Like people have said, they won’t delete the account. They have all the information they need to do it, they want you to verify it like they are scammers. Game play is one sided to whomever spends the most or cheats by purchasing resources from 3rd party account. I’ve reported the 3rd party stuff and still get in game emails. The people that spend thousands end up on power trips within their territories and everyone else suffers. Game is garbage.
Scum’s
Where to start I’m not even touching the game, making ads that you have to play the entirety can’t skip, ads that look nothing like the game, really makes people wanna get it
Simple oversight?
Basically got stuck in the first 10 minutes. Ran out of wood to develop, wood is behind a boar that I can’t defeat. No development, no wood. No wood, no development. Can’t just harvest whatever like the ad.
IGG is the worst
The game is decent but there is a constant misleading of things that are done on purpose by the developers to confuse/trick people. Costs a ton to be good in the game and the customer service is horrendous. I will never play another igg game they don’t care at all. They have bugs and issues or in game things they lie about and then when trying to get fixes they basically tell you to pound sand and there’s nothing they can do. They essentially steal money and tell you so sorry but to bad. IGG is terrible.
Adds
I’ve never once played this game or even looked into but the ai advertising is really odd looking and off putting.
Fraud
Fraud
Absolutely 0 customer service
0 update: yes I know I can reach you at any time but I only get automated/AI messages in a loop. I have never had any of the game issues or questions solved or answered properly . Never!This is , again, 0 costumer service .
Lies
Lies
NOT LIKE THE ADS
Looks fun in the ads but the game is nothing like them, gets very boring very fast
BS
This game is nothing like the sample. Make a game exactly like the sample then I will play it!
Gate Keepers
Once I left PHX, I realized Large clans control everything to where you can not farm for fun or anything.
Out
It keeps dropping out of the game, and it doesn't have the right speed or connection.
Stop deleting my review
Classic gacha game. Be ready to spend oodles of money to be relevant. It really isn’t that great of a game
AI ads? False advertising?
Update 1/29/2026 Dev response - “We know we’re committing a crime by false advertising and we do not care because we’re scum.”
Update 1/25/2026 Dev response - You guys are trash. You literally don’t give af and will keep your false advertising ads up.
Update 1/21/2026 Dev response - No. You don’t false advertise to appeal to your customers. You shouldn’t false advertise whatsoever, that’s why false advertisement is illegal in the US. You are literally committing crimes and having an excuse as to why you’re doing it? What a joke. Take down all of your disgusting ads and show WHAT YOUR GAME IS. But you won’t. Because you don’t care.
First off, AI ads in place of your game footage is disgusting. Vile devs. Second, all that false advertising you display on all of your ads and even the pictures of the game on App Store? Absolutely no shame.
Update 1/25/2026 Dev response - You guys are trash. You literally don’t give af and will keep your false advertising ads up.
Update 1/21/2026 Dev response - No. You don’t false advertise to appeal to your customers. You shouldn’t false advertise whatsoever, that’s why false advertisement is illegal in the US. You are literally committing crimes and having an excuse as to why you’re doing it? What a joke. Take down all of your disgusting ads and show WHAT YOUR GAME IS. But you won’t. Because you don’t care.
First off, AI ads in place of your game footage is disgusting. Vile devs. Second, all that false advertising you display on all of your ads and even the pictures of the game on App Store? Absolutely no shame.
Money hungry
I’ve played this game for about a year. At first, it seemed fair and enjoyable, but over time it became clear that nearly every aspect of progression revolves around spending money.
Free-to-play players never truly stand a chance, and even moderate spenders fall behind quickly. The developers don’t appear to care about building a loyal, satisfied player base - only about extracting as much money as possible. Every update introduces new ways to spend, yet even after paying, there’s no guarantee you’ll get what you need. Core systems are heavily RNG-based, turning progression into a gamble designed to push players into spending more.
Downtime between wars keeps getting shorter, forcing players to spend on resources and speedups just to stay relevant for the next event. New heroes are released roughly every two months, making it impossible for anyone who isn’t a heavy spender to keep up.
Instead of fixing balance issues or improving gameplay, the developers focus on releasing more events, skins, and monetized features to milk the player base. This approach widens the gap between big spenders and everyone else, creating an unhealthy and unsustainable game environment.
They could build a healthier game with a longer lifespan by catering to a wider range of players and budgets - but they either don’t realize this or simply don’t care. The design feels focused on maximizing short-term profits before players eventually burn out and leave.
I wouldn’t recommend this game. Don’t invest your time, and definitely don’t invest your money. There are far better games out there that respect players and are actually enjoyable.
Free-to-play players never truly stand a chance, and even moderate spenders fall behind quickly. The developers don’t appear to care about building a loyal, satisfied player base - only about extracting as much money as possible. Every update introduces new ways to spend, yet even after paying, there’s no guarantee you’ll get what you need. Core systems are heavily RNG-based, turning progression into a gamble designed to push players into spending more.
Downtime between wars keeps getting shorter, forcing players to spend on resources and speedups just to stay relevant for the next event. New heroes are released roughly every two months, making it impossible for anyone who isn’t a heavy spender to keep up.
Instead of fixing balance issues or improving gameplay, the developers focus on releasing more events, skins, and monetized features to milk the player base. This approach widens the gap between big spenders and everyone else, creating an unhealthy and unsustainable game environment.
They could build a healthier game with a longer lifespan by catering to a wider range of players and budgets - but they either don’t realize this or simply don’t care. The design feels focused on maximizing short-term profits before players eventually burn out and leave.
I wouldn’t recommend this game. Don’t invest your time, and definitely don’t invest your money. There are far better games out there that respect players and are actually enjoyable.
Obnoxiously greedy
Insanely greedy
Донатная помойка и баги. Не скачивай.
Я играла целый год. Мечтала о войсках 7уровня. Это казалось трудно, но хотя бы достижимо в режиме ф2п. Но с введением 8-9-10 уровня за настоящие деньги. Игра перестала быть честной. Что делать простым людям на квк ? Некоторые киты с т7 способны уничтожить целый кор. А что теперь? Будут драться монстры а мы смотреть и снабжать их ресурсами? Да и плюс ко всему вечно одни баги. Не скачивайте этот гнойник. Только нервы потратите и деньги в пустую.
Total Scam - Do not waste time or money
This game is a total cash grab. If you play plan on spending 50K to 100K to be competitive. F2P will no longer be able to compete after the latest update. Players with 10’s of thousands of $’s already invested are no longer able to compete without dropping 10’s of thousands more after the latest update. Stay away from this game and buy a new car instead.
Greedy
Be prepared to spend. Can't advance in game unless spending lots of money daily. And every update is how they can make you spend more money. Be prepared to spend 50k.
How to ruin a game....Greed from developers! Won't have another cent of my money
How to ruin a game....Greed from developers! Won't have another cent of my money
Go away!
Scammers at heart
Money grab
Bigger money grab than other games. I have played under a year. Not sure why. However the latest patch has proven they only care about themselves and not the community it built
Updated rating
Updating my review from 3 stars to 1, your game is plagued with illegal bots that sell resources to players for cheap and makes players explode in might and reaching t6 and t7 troops within 1 week to 1 month of a kingdom starting. You have the “kings” of the kingdoms in on it, creating a completely unbalanced system.
Kingdom Mayhem event, is a complete joke because of this. For example the kingdom “593” had 3 tier 7 users within the first month of opening, gold gear on everything, awaken mounts, and everyone single hero awakened. All while having tribes full of BOT FARMERS, to sell them cheap resources. I’m beyond shocked by how rampant this is running in almost every other kingdom, and it’s sad because it’s the same handful of select users who go to kingdom to kingdom setting up tribes of BOT FARMERS to sell resources to people to just fatten their accounts.
I’m surprised no one has brought legal action against this company, this is a common occurrence with IGG games similar to this. You guys have to be in on this, there’s no literally no way every game created by IGG is ran rampant with this.
Kingdom Mayhem event, is a complete joke because of this. For example the kingdom “593” had 3 tier 7 users within the first month of opening, gold gear on everything, awaken mounts, and everyone single hero awakened. All while having tribes full of BOT FARMERS, to sell them cheap resources. I’m beyond shocked by how rampant this is running in almost every other kingdom, and it’s sad because it’s the same handful of select users who go to kingdom to kingdom setting up tribes of BOT FARMERS to sell resources to people to just fatten their accounts.
I’m surprised no one has brought legal action against this company, this is a common occurrence with IGG games similar to this. You guys have to be in on this, there’s no literally no way every game created by IGG is ran rampant with this.
Do not download this game
Horrible fraud false advertising
Game như ặc
Game đ hay,xoá
Stop Lying
The game is nothing like any of the advertisements that it shows it is all aerial view and it’s pretty damn boring even though I have it and have had it for almost a year. I am barely on level 20. But no gameplay is like that on this app.
Hate games unlike the ad
The play of this game is nothing like its ad. Shame on the producers The first time i played the game the introduction is so long and tedious. Even after i hit the skip button the stoy kept going and then it froze and i couldnt get past one screen. This game sucks.
It’s tired.
This games foundation has been passed around like it was sitting on a white couch. People keep taking the exact same game and reskinning it. 1 star for lack of creativity from our “developers” if you can even call them that..
Glitches and no resolution
While I enjoy playing the game, it has glitches all the time. Most of them are tolerable, but recently I have a function is not working for my account that makes me less competitive in the game. When I messaged IGG to resolve, they said nothing is wrong and gave me the instructions. I have been playing a while and it does not work, I sent screen shots showing them and I get no resolution! Also, to be competitive in this game, you must spend quite a bit of money, be prepared for it.
The worst
I use to really like this game and then I joined a tribe with dumb rules. The dumbest was you had to tell leadership when you would be gone for longer than 24 hrs. I don’t think so. I was kicked out of the tribe because I wasn’t on for 3 days which was annoying since I always contributed. Since then I have been systematically attacked. You can’t leave the land you are in, there is no punishment for those who attack you, and you can’t delete your account without knowing a bunch of random info. The makers says it’s for your protection but it’s not. I would not recommend this game to anyone because clearly the only people who succeed are real life losers who use this game to make themselves feel better by bullying and bossing others around. I urge you to not waste your time.
Disappointed
Downloaded the game and started playing it. I was really enjoying building up my base then I realized that this is just like all the other games. You can build up and then get completely demolished by some other online player who has been playing longer and is stronger, undoing all of your work. Thanks for letting me know about alliances early on so I can delete the game without wasting any more time playing it!
Hidden Payments
As I have been playing this game for a while now, I have enjoyed leveling up and growing without having to add much payment. I tried the beginner payment to help with start up which was supposed to be .99, however, those payments continued and charged me later for almost $11. Still not much to make a fuss about until those payments were asked to be refunded and still haven’t. I’ve been told that it is refunded through Apple, but the game itself will not.
I just want to make people aware just in case they start getting hidden payments for a one time miniature payment that they thought was being purchased. Be very careful. I wish I could add pictures but hopefully this is resolved. I will also use social media to post about this as well.
WATCH YOUR APPLE ACCOUNT, WATCH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, or Any other payment you use for purchases for this game! Make sure you know exactly what is being paid for and taken out of your account!
I just want to make people aware just in case they start getting hidden payments for a one time miniature payment that they thought was being purchased. Be very careful. I wish I could add pictures but hopefully this is resolved. I will also use social media to post about this as well.
WATCH YOUR APPLE ACCOUNT, WATCH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, or Any other payment you use for purchases for this game! Make sure you know exactly what is being paid for and taken out of your account!
Can’t get them to delete my account.
The gaming is ok. I’ve almost got my city to level 23. I keep getting harassed by certain people. Report them but nothing happens. I just wanted to delete my account. I’ve been trying for 2 days to delete it. But they want screenshots of receipts? I understand they need to verify the person doing it but find a different way to do so. I’ve had this game for about a year now. I don’t have receipts or keep up with that stuff. Just let me delete my account. And be done with this.
Feedback’s
Great game with major negatives! The more you grow the more expensive it gets! And one of the major issues is that you need to spend hours trying to prove your account identity in order to change email, link and unlink facebook etc.. I hope that the developer give player a especial pin and let the players.make changes without all the hustle and frustrations!
2 years wasted
I been playing this game for 2 years. It’s a great multiplayer PVE and PVP game. However, the developers have catered to rich people over F2P. I can’t get good heroes without spending hundreds of dollars. This game started off well and now has lost its way. I’ll be looking for another game loyal to all its players.
Bad customer support
Does not have a phone number to contact and their email system will have 10 different people reach out to you so you have to re-explain the issue every time you talk with someone so you get no where with problem that need to be solved or money refunded.
Another bait and switch
Ads look simple and fun are fun to play. Download the game and you’re in another hyper complex “build a kingdom” game with twenty seven character types, 6 currencies, 48 building types and oh yeah- you’re being attacked. I’m not looking for another full time job. Nice graphics though.
Deleted it in less than 15 minutes.
Deleted it in less than 15 minutes.
Very slow
Takes way too long to approach your cities. Once you get past level 10. You’re talking some of these upgrades for your main buildings are two days long. I wouldn’t expect that on any other game I’ve ever played till you get up around the 20s or 30 level you have to use all kinds of speed ups and purchase all kinds of stuff to keep the game going.
Fun - at first - but is pay to play and player vs player
Great graphics, good storyline, character development and wonderful intro. However, by the time you get invested after about a week you quickly realize that there are people who drop huge money on this game and you simply cannot compete. There is no player guide and the help from AI and support almost seems to deliberately mislead you. There are hidden elements and definitions that are completely misleading. I had an issue, support said “explore some more” after millions of resources were stolen with no attack. The chat is filled with vulgarity, comments about raping people in real life and the “support” reports don’t mean anything, because VR is making huge, huge money off people willing to drop a thousand bucks easy on this game just to start. There’s no “winning’ unless you pay huge, or play 10 hours a day just to stay alive. turns miserable quickly, and if you “join a powerful tribe” you will be required often to play every 12 or 24 hours -Daily or you are removed. Small new players are devoured, and there’s no realistic way to figure this out except by trial and error. But the errors cost money to come back. And that’s what VR knows, and obviously don’t care about.
Pay to have fun
Viking Rise starts out fun-the graphics, theme, and early gameplay are great. But once you get past the beginning, progress slows to a crawl. Upgrades take days or even weeks unless you spend money, and it quickly stops feeling rewarding.
What started as something fun and engaging has turned into frustration because the pace is just too slow to really get anywhere without paying. Unfortunately, that’s why I’ve decided to delete the game.
What started as something fun and engaging has turned into frustration because the pace is just too slow to really get anywhere without paying. Unfortunately, that’s why I’ve decided to delete the game.
Sentiment summary
94%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)