Reviews of Rise of Firstborn

By: KIXEYE

List of user reviews and ratings for Rise of Firstborn

Total ratings

4.10 (Rating count: 1,547)

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Review summary

Rise of Firstborn is a long-running, still-enjoyed strategy game that some players even play for free. However, it suffers from monetization, reliability, and support issues. Reviews describe heavy pay-to-win dynamics and rewards favoring paying players. Frequent post-update bugs, lag, crashes, and broken events are common, as are login/account data problems. Customer support is often seen as unhelpful, with unfair bans. Many players feel the game declined after Kixeye’s takeover, leaving a shrinking, frustrated community.

Pros

Core gameplay remains fun and engaging for longtime players.
Friendly to free-to-play players.
Long-running game with depth and years of content that some players still enjoy.

Cons

Heavy monetization/pay-to-win dynamics that reward spending.
Frequent bugs, glitches, lag, crashes, and broken events especially after updates.
Account problems like lost accounts, save data loss, and login/verification hurdles.
Poor customer support and handling of bans, with reports of unhelpful responses.
Perceived decline after Kixeye takeover, with fewer new features and a shrinking player base.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.40

All time rating average: 4.10

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2% (27)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-01-21	??*****	This game is completely worthless trying to play!!! Someone who is so much stronger than you will attack you 100 times or more and there is nothing you can do about it !!! This game only rewards people who spend a lot of money on it !!! They might has well call it ant verses truck !!! It’s not even worth the waste of time to write this review!!!
This game is completely worthless trying to play!!! Someone who is so much stronger than you will attack you 100 times or more and there is nothing you can do about it !!! This game only rewards people who spend a lot of money on it !!! They might has well call it ant verses truck !!! It’s not even worth the waste of time to write this review!!!
2025-12-22	ji*****	The game on events is horrible when you have to close the game every 5-10 minutes to get the game to work is terrible!!!!!! I would never tell anyone to download this game ever since Kixeye bought it they don’t have the server’s to keep up with the game so many lags I only play because I have spent money in this game. Don’t download this game unless you want to be board out of your mind and have to spend money to get upgrades you will never get to the level of the gamers that spent 20K plus to get were they are play to play game sucks so bad now that Kixeye has it don’t bother to play this game it’s horrible!!!!!!
The game on events is horrible when you have to close the game every 5-10 minutes to get the game to work is terrible!!!!!! I would never tell anyone to download this game ever since Kixeye bought it they don’t have the server’s to keep up with the game so many lags I only play because I have spent money in this game. Don’t download this game unless you want to be board out of your mind and have to spend money to get upgrades you will never get to the level of the gamers that spent 20K plus to get were they are play to play game sucks so bad now that Kixeye has it don’t bother to play this game it’s horrible!!!!!!
2025-04-02	Ta*****	Game has added nothing new in almost a year. After 6 years the game has no new players and is done. Kixeye bought it from Netmarble and added nothing new.
Game has added nothing new in almost a year. After 6 years the game has no new players and is done. Kixeye bought it from Netmarble and added nothing new.