Wargroove 2: Pocket Edition

Amazing

Extremely amazing strategy game, can’t wait for the sequel.

- Captain. Levii · v1.2.17

fun

- Dillon Dow · v1.2.18

Waiting for cloud

Hello I am getting waiting for cloud and the start screen not popping up afterwards. I have deleted and reinstalled the app and still get the error. Are the servers down or is this an on going issue? I do enjoy the game as several of us play coop, 2v2. Would like to get back to playing those.

- Hopsncats · v1.2.17

Great step up from the first game! Added more units and factions. Fun new Roguelite Mode. Art, Music, Animations, Story as great as always! Only real problem i have is with the perfomance. It seems to be prone to lag and battery drain issues. Nitpicks: -The lack of maps included in the base game for online play. Actually solved with custom content page. -The controls are a bit clunky on phone also input lag is a thing. This might change when the performance gets improved. Keep it up CF Team!

- Dario Mule · v1.2.18

Very good game

Love the game, love the artwork and style, love the writing. As far as mobile games go, definitely in my top 10.

- Bubsalotingham · v1.2.17

update: July 2026 and it's still not fixed. Unplayable on Xiaomi phones. I am playing on a Redmi Note 15 5G and the game runs at sub 5 frames per second. the music is stuttering. I have 8gb RAM this game shouldn't be running like a PowerPoint... is a patch ever coming or is my money completely wasted ?

- Lost Sunrise · v1.2.18

A good tactical and strategy game, a bit too easy in initial settings

It is good to reconnect to Advance Wars of the Nintendo era but the game is a bit too easy. It is good for those who did not play Wargrove on the PC yet! The story is funny and entertaining.

- iTunes Ameoba · v1.2.17

It would be nice if it sent notifications when it's your turn for online matches. The game still has a game breaking bug involving items in multiplayer. If you play with items it will eventually lock a player or multiple players or of accessing the online game. It's better to stick with Wargroove 1.

- Zom- B-Gone · v1.2.18

I like this game but it runs really bad and staggers a lot. I play more resource heavy games and they run better. for some reason it only uses about 25% of my CPU and GPU and runs at less than 30 fps. Update: still runs bad

- Matthew Bignall · v1.2.18

The game is good. But the graphic needs some working on.

- Dickson Wang · v1.2.18

The game is nice. I like the humor and tactics. but please fix the zooming, moving and size of the buttons.

- Justin De Jong · v1.2.18

Lost my progress

This is just too unprofessional in this day and age. I love this game, have played and beat the first, was excited about this one, until the fifth map or so and it just deleted my progress and wants me to start from the beginning. This is so incredibly deflating. I just don’t even want to play it anymore. And the game is slow to start up, you need to go through all the tutorials and scenes. I just want my progress back! I paid money for this. It’s absurd.

- Javier783 · v1.2.17

Great Strategy Gameplay

I love this as a TBS fan. I do have a big gripe over my progress being wiped when I try to export/import between my devices. Export the save file, import it on my iPad, both devices now back at zero progress… very frustrating. Edit for developer response- The issue is not that the save file disappeared, I can see and access it on all my devices, but it loads as a new game. Everything LOOKS like it’s going well, but it’s a fresh start.

- TBSplayer · v1.2.17

Great rougelike, like if fire emblem and advance wars had fused bringing the best of each one 10/10

- Rafa González · v1.2.18

Could you please make it compatible with Android 10?

- Piermarco Rosa · v1.2.18

amazing game i play most the rouglike mode

- Daniel Samuel · v1.2.18

Pretty great so far, any chance to get a large text/confirmation box mode in the future for us old folks with worn out eyeballs? S24+

- Dan Palazzolo · v1.2.18

fun game, well adapted to mobile and full cross platform play with consoles and PC.

- Alan Smith · v1.2.18

this is very good for mobile port some audio problems but I just listen to my YouTube and turn the master volume off gameplay solid good game worth $10

- Joel McCary · v1.2.18

liking it so far but it weirdly runs really slowly (stuttering, framerate, sound stuttering) on a pixel 8.

- Shawn Lee · v1.2.18

Needs a usability overhaul

I wanted to love this game, but the UI leaves a lot to be desired. Feels like a console game ported to a phone with no consideration for usability. As far as the game itself goes it’s solid but I won’t be playing it with my friends as I had hoped because the interface is terrible for fingers.

- LateralusSoM · v1.2.17

horribly optimised. flagship phone won't run it without massively overheating and chewing through battery. for such a basic game it's essentially broken. I don't know why it's so intensive but I'll need to stop playing it

- Ferdia · v1.2.18

Fantastic game brought to mobile!

Wargroove 2 is a fantastic turn based strategy game. Easy to learn and fun to play, the art style is a great throwback to classic games of yesteryear. The multiplayer is cross platform (across PC, Switch, etc.) and an example of how multiplayer should be done! Love this game and love the fact that I can now play it on the go!

- theWossum · v1.2.17

It's a full game with no ads and no extra purchases required. You can play by yourself or with others. It's the antidote to all the other stupid mobile games that annoy you every day. Dropping to 4 stars from 5 because of Google Play. There was a new patch released a bit ago, but Google doesn't have the updated version out yet so I can't match up with friends on different devices! The game is severely hindered now that this patch hasn't made its way to Android players when it's been over a week!

- Jason Kruse · v1.2.14

excellent game! i bought this after buying Inmost from Chucklefish. did not disappoint at all! however i do wish that the text was slightly bigger cause sometimes it gets difficult to read a few dialogues

- Sagar Asthana · v1.2.17

Writing this out of frustration. The most recent patch introduced game-breaking bugs that make the app unbootable, and multiplayer unavailable, with no urgency to fix them anytime soon. I was among the 50% who received the update, which now prevents me from playing with friends who didn’t have the update pushed out to them. The game crashes on launch, doesn't respond on their socials, and in an email was told to just wait. For an $8 mobile port, this level of instability/support is bafflable.

- Payton Gaskin

I love this so much!

Wow, what a beautiful little game. It’s touching, story is engaging, funny in the right moments, endearing the next. And the combat takes real thought, between knowing terrain and unit abilities. Seriously, why the negative reviews? I’m in love. And best of all…no micro transactions!!! Just buy and play…wish there were more games like this. Knocked it out of the park.

- Kelenelvial · v1.2.17

Glitchy as..

- jonathan richard banks · v1.2.14

map editor makes this highly replayable with new strategies for endless fun. amazing game

- Malcolm Callis · v1.2.17

Loads of Fun!

I’m having a ton of fun with this game! The animations and gameplay loop is super super satisfying. My only complaint is that some of the controls give me a little trouble, being kinda finicky. I also wish there was an intermediate camera zoom option, but these are small nitpicks on an otherwise great game! :)

- ASDFgamer101 · v1.2.17

Quality of life improvements needed

I posted my previous complaint on the Discord. I have a new one, maybe this game needs a rating and comment section in game to vote for good or bad maps. Some maps are just dysfunctional troll maps. Also, is it possible to increase the difficulty of AI? Also, possible to had 6 players instead of 4 only?

- Popsnackle · v1.2.17

Worst tutorial

Not quite sure what they were thinking. Doesn’t teach u the controls and starts the game off by try to teach a dumb mechanic that locks u out of the game

- Sinacra · v1.2.14

the game itself is good. but for whatever reason it constantly drops to like 10 fps for me and can make my phone hot. mind you I play codm, GTA sa, heavy emulation, sim racing games, genshin impact ECT. my phone runs fairly heavy stuff fine. I get the game might be calculation heavy (I've made a game like that myself) but i don't feel it should be this bad. I'm on a Motorola. also in a 2v2 with a friend and AI the game seems to have frozen on the ais turn and there's no move time limit turned on

- Jonathan Harp · v1.2.14

Gameboy Advance Wars ⭐

- Kurap Cat · v1.2.14

performance is unacceptable.

- Nick Ziegler · v1.2.14

I bought this for online multiplayer, but the app won't connect to the server despite having Internet connection and trying a reinstall. all it says is "connecting to server. status: error"

- Tim Barber · v1.2.14

Pretty good game if you fancy Advance Wars, just keep in mind that it is not Advance Wars. It has its own mechanics that are completely different. 4/5 cause for some reason the music is bad through my Bluetooth earbuds, not sure if it's software or hardware issues.

- David Pickering · v1.2.14

I think you guys need to improve multiplayer drastically. Even if you have to fake bots in that mode, just don't let players know they're playing with bots. Because playing with bots is uncompetitive and no fun. I cannot find any opponent in that mode!

- Thiên Phúc Trương · v1.2.14

It’s not three stars!

Yes, the game can be a bit sensitive on controls but for the price and content this game definitely should not be badly reviewed. I think overall this is an awesome game for Mobile and for less then ten bucks I just could not in good conscience not write a review to help combat the negative reviews! Please give it a try if you’re interested in the wargroove games!! This game has improved a lot since its launch.

- Destroyvoksy · v1.2.14

advance war and fire emblem, i dont know why those developer didnt try to develop it just like this wargroove. this is good and perfect, i love the art style and all the mechanism it just superb! amazing! highly recommend!

- Enbram · v1.2.14

Excellent if you’re ready

What a great addition to the iOS turn based games being not only a tribute but a fun learning curve, so many options and so many ways of obtaining victory. Games like this are good for the phone when you have some down time and want to play campaign or create your own and customize your ability to enjoy it. It’s a bit challenging but that’s the point, no excess of grinding just learning how the units can come together. Very well done I can’t wait to keep playing and seeing what updates may come!

- MattyAD33 · v1.2.14

Shoddy version

Touch controls are poor for this game, and could have been much better given the gameplay.

- Pequodite · v1.2.14

controls are awful, needs proper menues

- Carl Terricciano

A fun grid based strategy game in the same vein as the Advance Wars line of games. An IMO shockingly underpopulated genre, so I'm glad to have the port available on mobile. So far, the port seems fine, haven't had any usability issues yet. The only two bugs I've encountered are (1) a very minor issue during start up, where the Chucklefish logo has some weird neon scanline visual glitch and (2) the game crashing during start up. Reinstalling the game has however seemingly fixed the second issue.

- Lukas Luef · v1.2.14

GET RID OF THE DANG OLE TOTURIAL

- Donovan Stankus · v1.2.14

No offline play

Crashes at the start in airplane mode and requires a connection. :(

- Aerofl · v1.2.14

Advance wars but it’s cute!

It’s not as they say! As an avid advance wars/turn based tactics enjoyer, war groove deserves its place up there with some of the best, especially with its cute pixel art and diverse commander selection (and fun story!); it’s unfortunate that the iOS version has been sullied with poor reviews due to a poor launch state involving crashes, but it seems those issues have been fixed, and I hope more people can take the leap of faith like I did and try this wonderful gem out. It’d be great to be able customize the app icon with different characters but this is merely a small peeve of mine ^-^, TLDR; Crashes are fixed, I highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy advance wars or tactics turn based games in general.

- xXGamerXx05 · v1.2.14

this game is fun and addictive

- unknown · v1.2.14

Amazing game, could be optimized better (playing on S24 Ultra so I think it shouldn't stutter but oh well)

- Daniel Garcia · v1.2.14

the game is great i like the gameplay, art and story. my only concerns is the controls not that good also the game i feel like it not smooth but quite lag? not sure. over all it good, just need to optimize.

- John Clemence Zalameda · v1.2.14

Touch controls need a little more work. Swiping in from the side of the screen is a "back" gesture on my phone so I can't access the menu that uses the same gesture easily. I applaud that this is a one-time purchase and very fairly priced. Almost 5-stars.

- Shawn Lemon · v1.2.14

Advance Wars on your phone

So far all of the major startup issues seem addressed on my Iphone 13+. A few nagging UX issues with tap versus tap to hold in the tutorial. Zoom seems like needs a little more work. Generally a great little tactics game that I suspect with a little polish ends up being one of the best on the AppStore

- Dan12345989846 · v1.2.14

fun game could use some polish but the multiplayer works great

- rya tracy · v1.2.14

El juego es bueno va bien pero tienes unos pocos problemas en los controles tactiles, pero divertido y jugable. Solo necesitan arreglar el desplazamiento por el mapa de la historia y el zoom en las batallas.

- El Coaqui PE · v1.2.14

Good experience so far. The only complaint is that the story mode lags a little, so it's not optimized for newer phones. This is expected with a new release, though. 4 outta 5 right this second.

- Daniel Wheeler · v1.2.14

the game studders quite a bit at times but it's really fun

- Rubyzack Rosewhite · v1.2.14

audio stuttering

- ignatius Ronald · v1.2.14

Audio Doesn’t Work

The game is still suffering from really bad audio stuttering and occasional crashes after the update, which is very disappointing. I’m already through the first campaign and have to play with the sound turned off. It’s a great game, but I can’t believe they released it in this state. Hopefully it will be fixed in the future but that doesn’t help me much now.

- Soulrver · v1.2.14

8/14/2025: The issue seems to be resolved. the game is just as amazing as it is on the switch. highly recommend this game and the first one. The developer has been very responsive and fixes issues. you can tell they really care about their products and customers.

- David Coogan · v1.2.14

Very good game! Basically exactly like the Nintendo switch. However I want to just report a glitch at the start up of the game. When I see my game start up, I see a static image before the first logo animation. Also during the 2nd logo animation the app ALWAYS crashes UNLESS I manually touch the screen to skip it or press a button (wireless controller). I'm also on a Samsung S24 Plus

- Caleb Aguirre · v1.2.11

I just found this amazing game here in the Play Store, and I must say it's highly addictive, I've been making countless maps and campaigns. i can't get enough of this game it's everything i wanted and wished for. and the story is enjoyable especially with the voice overs, now im making my own stories in the creation mode. oh my goodness, what more i need to say about this game 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 9/10

- Druettus Edward T. · v1.2.11

Awesome 👌

- Man In Shorts Jane · v1.2.11

This is really great! I've had no problems whatsoever, at all. The controls are simple and work perfectly. This is exactly what I want in a game on mobile!

- J ATats 77 · v1.2.11

Needs work or something

I paid 8.99 and can’t even get it to open I’ve re downloaded it but still nothing

- J.$._ · v1.0

loved the PC game. Just makes sense to have a mobile touchscreen port.

- Curt Peterson · v1.2.11

Great game but runs badly on my lenovo p11 plus tablet, and barely good enough on my pixel 7. Lacks optimization.

- richard howse · v1.2.11

Game crash

Game keeps crashing haven’t played the game yet

- goldenduckless · v1.0

Unplayable, terrible zoom, issues with Matchmaking

I got to play a few times, and now every time I open it, it immediately crashes. No exceptions. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled it multiple times. Furthermore, the UI for mobile isn’t great, moving around the screen is bad, and the zoom mechanic is terrible. The game itself is great, but you pushed this version without fixing the bugs in the actual game, or bringing necessary improvements to matchmaking. Which is a real shame, because this is one of my favorite games. Your need to push products that are unfinished, and have serious issues, like the game crashing, like the many bugs that make a lot of WG2 maps unplayable, that there’s no way to kick players in matchmaking - literally if a player joins your game and just never readies up - it completely kills that game, that there’s no incentive or reward or system to incentivize players who ready up in matches and play through - and punish players who quit is killing the amazing potential of this game. These really could sell well but you’re killing them before release. Fix some of these things and i’ll change my review.

- Rydersilver · v1.0

launched the game 4 times, crashed 3, wont start again. great conversion, good fun when I managed to play it. troubleshoot? workaround? EDIT tapping past the intro did the trick!

- Jose Barra · v1.2.11

as much as I want to hive it 5 stars, the touch controls need work. I shouldnt need to use two fingers to scroll. I also shouldn't need to select the unit I want to attack after selecting "attack" if there is only one possible unit. I may not finish this due to the controls adding added friction I wasn't expecting when compared to Athena Crisis or Advanced Wars

- 0rangaStang · v1.2.11

Tutorial broken

I can’t get past the tutorial. You can’t unselect attack/wait/cancel. You can’t attack even though I am next to the spearman.

- Battle Glove · v1.0

Crashing on iPhone

Perma crashing on launch

- mcac100 · v1.0

Not optimized for mobile

The core game seems great. The UI is frustrating. Font is too small and zooming and panning not implemented well. Its too bad because the first game is great so im sure with one would be too, not sure if the annoying interface will stop me from enjoying this game right now

- ghost() · v1.0

Buggy

Buggy. Unplayable so. Do not buy until this game has been fixed - it has absolutely no business being released as is. Devs are crazy

- Enblemm · v1.0

Man I want to love this….

…but the zoom and panning features are AWFUL.

- thenmrkid · v1.0

Buggy

The game looks good and seems fun, but I can’t progress past the tutorial. Once a unit is selected I cannot cancel that unit’s actions in order to do what the tutorial is directing me to do.

- Lightsong701 · v1.0

Won’t even open

iPhone 16 pro max 2 months old. Game crashes IMMEDIATELY after opening app. Unplayable.

- Anchorage Resident · v1.0

Crashes on launch

When it works (very rarely) it seems to be fun little rts game. But it crashes on launch 95% of the time. I will update this review once it actually works on my phone

- Super.Fan123 · v1.0

Crashes on Launch

Not even once has this loaded. I see the first screen, and within a second or two, the game crashes.

- rburky · v1.0

Crashes Before Opening

On iPhone 16 Pro, crashes before the app can even open (July 31, 2025)

- imamanwithaplan · v1.0

Works Great

I’m using a 13 Pro Max, and all is well. Try upgrading your iOS

- DGR69 · v1.0

Honestly a lot of fun so far. added pretty smooth touch controls. Only change i would wish for so far is an option to have a confirm attack button, that way you can check damage ranges prior to the attack going through.

- Joshua Gallaway · v1.2.11

Awesome game! But it has a bug running on my phone, the music chugs like crazy. Otherwise the game runs smoothly. I Hope they are able to fix that soon!

- ZeromusUra · v1.2.11

ios18.6 13pro 闪退

闪退 玩不了

- 陆夕笑 2 · v1.0

Not working

I am experiencing issues with the app as it frequently logs me out.

- Foxcroft1987 · v1.0

Game launches once, then crashes each time after.

Really loved the first Wargroove, played it a ton on switch. When I heard the second one was ported to iOS, I was pumped. Finally some new advance wars type content that I can play any time I have my phone!!…. Alas, the game crashes immediately after launching except for the very first time it is launched. Restarting my phone fixed it, for one launch, and then straight back to the instant crash. Please fix it Chucklefish! Currently on the newest version of iOS, on an iPhone 16 pro, so I doubt my hardware or operating system are the problem. If this issue gets fixed I’ll come back to update this review.

- Zaek_ · v1.0

Crashes at load

Game keeps crashing at load, physically cannot play. Restarted my phone, game plays again. Then an hour later, it keeps crashing at load again. Keeping at 1 star until fixed.

- Nerd Agent Evan · v1.0

Zoom changes needed

Game is great so far but the zoom really needs work and is limiting my enjoyment of the game. The initial perspective is too far out and makes it difficult to select the right square. But the zoom only has one setting putting you way too close and you have to move the camera around to see other troop positions, etc. What needs to be done is a zoom like many, many other mobile games use, where you can change it (usually via pinching) to get as close or as far as you want to be. Please update this as it will really make this much more enjoyable.

- sbelli69 · v1.0

Game crashes on launch

Wish I could actually review the game, but despite uninstalling and reinstalling the game 4-5 times, the game continues to crash on launch. And I’ve played way more intensive games on my phone than I imagine this would be. I was really looking forward to playing this game too as I had a craving for a turn based strategy game to play during work.

- Crashing like the Hindenburg · v1.0