Reviews of Puzzle Wizards

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Total ratings

3.80 (Rating count: 148)

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Review summary

Puzzle Wizards offers an adorable and unique puzzle town-building experience with cooperative multiplayer and engaging gameplay variety. While many players love the graphics, community, and addictiveness, common issues include frequent crashes, clunky mobile controls, unfair RNG-heavy battles, and some pay-to-win monetization elements. Difficulty spikes and bugs also affect enjoyment. The game has huge potential with responsive developers, but currently suffers from optimization and balance problems, especially on mobile.

Pros

Unique blend of puzzle and town-building gameplay with multiple match-3 mini-games including harvesting, mixing, and battling.
Adorable, cute art style and friendly community.
Multiplayer and cooperative features enhance the game experience and progression.
Highly addictive and engaging with a cozy, relaxing vibe for many users.
Good cross-platform play options including PC client integration.

Cons

Numerous bugs including game crashes during puzzles resulting in lost progress.
Battle system is heavily RNG-based and sometimes unfair with overpowered enemies causing player frustration.
Mobile controls are clunky and less responsive compared to PC, causing annoyance.
Lack of private adventure options causes interference from other players in multiplayer.
Monetization with events requiring paid currency is seen as a money grab by some users, and progression can be hard without spending.
Poor optimization leads to performance issues on some devices.
Difficulty spikes and some boss fights are deemed too hard or hectic, especially in solo play.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.40

All time rating average: 3.80

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Date	Author	Comment
2024-12-31	Bi*****	While I can understand the fun of having some challenge in the puzzles, I cannot find any fun in overpowered monsters in some of the puzzles that drove a person beyond frustration in a "cozy" game.
While I can understand the fun of having some challenge in the puzzles, I cannot find any fun in overpowered monsters in some of the puzzles that drove a person beyond frustration in a "cozy" game.
2024-09-14	As*****	I've been playing this game for over a year, they just added an event that would require you to buy dazzle in order to obtain costumes and decorations. Dazzle has to bought, the only other way is you receive dazzle every 10 days. The event is time based. Very disappointing. Also, seems some accounts receive rare eggs than most. When I brought it to staff attention, I've gotten no response from it. Sad. I used to really likes this game, but it's becoming a money grab.
I've been playing this game for over a year, they just added an event that would require you to buy dazzle in order to obtain costumes and decorations. Dazzle has to bought, the only other way is you receive dazzle every 10 days. The event is time based. Very disappointing. Also, seems some accounts receive rare eggs than most. When I brought it to staff attention, I've gotten no response from it. Sad. I used to really likes this game, but it's becoming a money grab.
2024-07-13	Si*****	The game is great I love it! It has a friendly community and cute graphics but the controls on mobile suck compared to pc. Which instead they should just add a joystick because it's kinda annoying just looking around and then your character just move to a spot or having an item on your hand but your character for some reason drops it. Also the game is very hard solo I thought the game is relaxing oh no the game is very hard if you don't have any buddies to lend you a hand.
The game is great I love it! It has a friendly community and cute graphics but the controls on mobile suck compared to pc. Which instead they should just add a joystick because it's kinda annoying just looking around and then your character just move to a spot or having an item on your hand but your character for some reason drops it. Also the game is very hard solo I thought the game is relaxing oh no the game is very hard if you don't have any buddies to lend you a hand.
2023-11-05	Tr*****	Good concept but with a lof of flaws in the implementation. Boss fights are too hectic to be enjoyable. The player is not allowed to swipe while the enemy creatures are performing an attack which results in feeling as if the screen has become unresponsive and that is an extremely horrible experience by itself. Harvesting becomes tedious real quick. The game is very poorly optimized as well. Some fights makes me wonder if it's a ploy to sell you revive potions .
Good concept but with a lof of flaws in the implementation. Boss fights are too hectic to be enjoyable. The player is not allowed to swipe while the enemy creatures are performing an attack which results in feeling as if the screen has become unresponsive and that is an extremely horrible experience by itself. Harvesting becomes tedious real quick. The game is very poorly optimized as well. Some fights makes me wonder if it's a ploy to sell you revive potions .
2023-08-25	Pr*****	An okay puzzle game, but it's somewhat tough in regards to dealing with difficult boss monsters. The biggest problem is PLATEAU LEVELS. There's no leveling up plateau zones where your experience makes gameplay easier. Granted, your human skill increases, but your player character skill does not. A series of successful craftings of recipes does not improve odds of successfully making that recipe again, nor do you get extra tools to ease the difficulty of that recipe.
An okay puzzle game, but it's somewhat tough in regards to dealing with difficult boss monsters. The biggest problem is PLATEAU LEVELS. There's no leveling up plateau zones where your experience makes gameplay easier. Granted, your human skill increases, but your player character skill does not. A series of successful craftings of recipes does not improve odds of successfully making that recipe again, nor do you get extra tools to ease the difficulty of that recipe.
2023-07-17	Sa*****	17/07/23 - Since yesterday's update, my game keeps crashing. Usually, in the middle of a puzzle, so i lose all progress. I've downloaded the 2nd update today, which said that it solved the issue, but it's still happening. Really disappointing 😞 Love, love, love this game. Very addictive. I find it hard to stop playing. But it's very well put together with a lot of different aspects to it.
17/07/23 - Since yesterday's update, my game keeps crashing. Usually, in the middle of a puzzle, so i lose all progress. I've downloaded the 2nd update today, which said that it solved the issue, but it's still happening. Really disappointing 😞 Love, love, love this game. Very addictive. I find it hard to stop playing. But it's very well put together with a lot of different aspects to it.
2023-07-17	Co*****	I've never had a problem with this game. I absolutely love it. There was an update yesterday because the game was crashing for some devices. Now I can't even play it. Every single time I try it crashes within 5 minutes of game play. Very disappointed.
I've never had a problem with this game. I absolutely love it. There was an update yesterday because the game was crashing for some devices. Now I can't even play it. Every single time I try it crashes within 5 minutes of game play. Very disappointed.
2023-07-06	Do*****	Good game but the battling system (which makes up a good chunk of the game) is completely rng, enemies will curse tiles you have no way to get to in the allotted time and it's so easy to lose the entire board in a matter of seconds
Good game but the battling system (which makes up a good chunk of the game) is completely rng, enemies will curse tiles you have no way to get to in the allotted time and it's so easy to lose the entire board in a matter of seconds
2023-07-05	Bl*****	Too many bugs. I set my party to private, then some minutes later people start popping into the level. The real-time battle enemies will pretty much do anything they want, even cancel a combo that was already made. The countdown pieces go off as soon as set down. Sometimes resulting in the board turning black almost immediately after they make their 1st move. All the rest of the puzzles are doable and the art style is very cute, so I'd otherwise really like the game. But as-is it's unplayable.
Too many bugs. I set my party to private, then some minutes later people start popping into the level. The real-time battle enemies will pretty much do anything they want, even cancel a combo that was already made. The countdown pieces go off as soon as set down. Sometimes resulting in the board turning black almost immediately after they make their 1st move. All the rest of the puzzles are doable and the art style is very cute, so I'd otherwise really like the game. But as-is it's unplayable.
2023-06-24	te*****	Almost passed on the game due to a review that said it was just another match game. While partially true, it's so much more than that! You play different types of match games to harvest items, battle foes, cast spells, etc. Some co-op, some solo. You get to set up/decorate your own cute lil village, go on solo/co-op adventures, & chat w/ players. Team work definitely helps you progress faster. It can be confusing when you first start playing but overall, I'm super impressed. Adorable, fun game!
Almost passed on the game due to a review that said it was just another match game. While partially true, it's so much more than that! You play different types of match games to harvest items, battle foes, cast spells, etc. Some co-op, some solo. You get to set up/decorate your own cute lil village, go on solo/co-op adventures, & chat w/ players. Team work definitely helps you progress faster. It can be confusing when you first start playing but overall, I'm super impressed. Adorable, fun game!