Space Wars : Idle Defense 9+

Good game but..

I want to make sure people know what they are getting into. This is a F2P game with strong P2W or P2Advance quicker elements. The game play itself advances too slow and you run into early level stops ie lvl 20,30,40 that keep you locked in for multiverse runs, the one feature I like is that you can watch a video (ad$$$) or pay 5 gems to rez yourself but that basically just gets you to the next stop. That wouldn’t be so bad if you could advance quicker ie 20-30 min to get to round 40 but you only get 1500 gold with a 1.5x modifier(add video $$). $1500 gold only levels up 4-7 items at this point but not enough to make a difference without 3-4 runs. The problem isn’t necessarily the time but that you have to remain active to skill up and select advanced moves. This is not an idle game regardless of what the name bills it. The shop offers an item purchase for $10 and 2x and 3x gold bumps for $10 which would speed you up a bit if purchased. The different skills have up to 5000 level ups so the fact you can only level up 5 or so times at stage 40 after half an hour of gameplay makes it frustrating. Please speed up progression, make a true idle feature so you can step away for a few hours and still progress somewhat.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the detailed review. We understand your concerns about the pace of progression and the balance between free-to-play and pay-to-win elements. We aim to make the game enjoyable for everyone, regardless of spending. There is an option to speed up the game from the store (which you can purchase using free ad-based crystals). Note that the amount of coins greatly increases as you progress to the later waves!!

Really fun

I’ve put a good amount of time into this game already and I think I’m still at an early game stage (about level 80 on stage 1). So far the progress isn’t fast, but it’s fast enough to keep me engaged.

I just wish there was offline progress to make this a truly idle game and a leaderboard to see how my progress compares to other players.

I’m looking forward to seeing where development on this game goes. It could definitely use a bit of polishing up.

Developer Response ,

Level 80 already? Awesome! Thanks for the feedback - We'll be sure to review for future updates! Keep playing, we're always improving!

Could’ve had potential, but appears to be abandoned and a quick cash grab

I hope I’m wrong but you can see from the app history that they made several, frequent updates and then stopped. This game had a bit of potential to only be a month old, as of it’s last update, but so far they’ve shown no signs of adding needed features like Prestiging to the next stage, added buffs and bonuses or even final bug fixes.

What’s more, I’ve tried to email them a couple of times, asking some basic questions, reporting bugs or seeing if they could make a Discord. Ghosted! This is the one reason why I think it was a cash grab. They were quick to respond to customers when this launched but, now, nothing. I recommend steering clear of this one until the developer shows back up. As of now this is a super-basic game and it’s just ok.

If they’ve abandoned this game, I’d give it one-star but I’m hopeful I’m wrong, so I’m giving it two stars with the hopes of it being improved in the future.