# Castle War: Idle Island

> Build unique Castles and challenge other players in PvP battles

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pid.castlewar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pid.castlewar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.pid.castlewar`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Plug In Digital
- **Category:** GAME\_ACTION
- **Downloads:** 176,793
- **Rating:** 4.04 / 5 (2,373 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.33
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-11
- **First published:** 2022-02-28
- **Publisher country:** FR
- **Size:** 146 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-06-22
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pid.castlewar)
- **Website:** [https://plugindigital.com/](https://plugindigital.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://plugindigital.com/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use](https://plugindigital.com/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use)

## Description

Castle War: Idle Island is an exciting PvP castle-building battler where you build towers, craft cannons, and command mages and mercenaries. Strategically design your castle using wood, stone, and metal rooms to create powerful defensive and offensive structures. Lead troops including archers, swordmen, and pikemen to breach your opponent’s gates while employing siege weapons like ballista, trebuchet, catapult, and cannon to destroy enemy towers and weapons.

Harness powerful magic spells such as meteor strikes and black holes to sway battles in your favor. Upgrade your weaponry in the workshop to enhance fire rate, damage, and durability. Challenge your friends in the competitive mode and prove your castle-building and combat skills as the ultimate ruler of the island. Perfect for players who enjoy strategic combat, base building, and competitive multiplayer action.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.OBSERVE_GRANT_REVOKE_PERMISSIONS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.pid.castlewar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Castle War: Idle Island is praised for its fun, strategic gameplay, easy-to-learn mechanics, and replayability. Players enjoy the graphics and find it possible to play without spending money. However, common complaints include long timers, slow progression, frustrating reward systems, buggy targeting mechanics, and occasional crashes. Some feel the game has too many ads and pay-to-win tendencies. Overall, it is considered a good time killer with room for improvement, especially in technical stability and progression balance.

### Pros

- Fun and strategic gameplay with good replayability
- Easy to learn but offers depth for mastery
- Not heavily pay-to-win; can be played without spending money
- Enjoyable graphics and art style
- Reasonable monetization with mostly optional ads

### Cons

- Long timers and slow progression that feel grindy
- Chest/reward system is frustrating with low-tier or repeated rewards
- Targeting mechanics for siege weapons are flawed, often misfiring
- Bugs causing crashes, lost purchases, and tutorial issues
- Excessive ads and pay-to-win elements frustrate some players

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pid.castlewar)