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title: "Puzzle Strike - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. It's inspired by puzzle games such as Puzzle Fighter. Gems fall into each player's gem pile every turn, and whoeve"
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# Puzzle Strike — United States

![Puzzle Strike App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/8a/82/9b/8a829b6f-7210-8ef5-259f-64f58b788bab/AppIcon-1x_U007epad-0-85-220-0.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Sirlin Games](https://apptail.io/developer/sirlin-games-pBkc)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 3.3/5 (16 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.sirlingames.puzzlestrike
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.02 (released 2024-09-10)
**Original Release:** 2016-02-03
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id996491151)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/united-states)

## Puzzle Strike Description
Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. It's inspired by puzzle games such as Puzzle Fighter. Gems fall into each player's gem pile every turn, and whoever's gem pile fills up first loses. Improve your deck (of chips!) by purchasing new chips as the game unfolds.

Will you go heavy on economy, offense, or build an intricate engine? In any case, make sure to adapt to your opponents because Puzzle Strike has a lot more interactivity than most other deckbuilders. And like the other games in the Fantasy Strike universe, Puzzle Strike is designed to hold up to thousands of games at the expert level, and we fully embrace the philosophy of even-playfield competition.

The new iOS version of Puzzle Strike has these new features:

- Cross-platform play with players on iOS, Steam or the web version on FantasyStrike.com
- Chips have 4x the resolution as the web version
- Climb the leaderboards in Quick Match and check out replays of top players to improve your game!
- New Puzzle Challenge mode: learn advanced character tactics and think outside the bag! Beat these advanced challenges to become a real Puzzle Striker!
- Complete your Daily Quests to earn Jewels, then spend them to play "Puzzle Smash", a high-powered version of Puzzle Strike
- Contains all 48 Puzzle chips from both Puzzle Strike Third Edition and Puzzle Strike: Shadows, as well as the promo chips, Combinatorics, Dashing Strike and Custom Combo
- Practice offline against AI Puzzlebots for the first time!
- English, French and Japanese language support, with German localization on the way
- The base game comes with the first four characters (Grave, Jaina, Midori, and Setsuki), with fourteen additional characters available in-app

## Puzzle Strike Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/fd/4f/7c/fd4f7cd8-a498-1b1f-51ae-13bfbb9592c6/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/f0/f5/14/f0f51457-9a84-8c5a-f2dc-74c01e6e015e/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/42/87/83/428783c2-a664-8bf2-518a-3dbaeb388852/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/c4/f6/19/c4f619f1-e46b-b57b-88f7-7c2707b42d73/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/6a/61/a8/6a61a886-05de-6a16-adf7-13e0fb5edf50/pr_source.png/960x640.png)

## Puzzle Strike Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 7 (44%)
- 4 stars: 1 (6%)
- 3 stars: 2 (13%)
- 2 stars: 2 (13%)
- 1 stars: 4 (25%)

## Puzzle Strike Reviews in United States

### *---- "Great game left to collect dust"
Sirlin has a disappointing habit of creating great games like puzzle strike and codex and then not putting in the effort to maintain them.
-- TheBelldad, 2020-06-06

### **--- "Too expensive"
This is a Free to play game that costs you $4 (thus not free at all). It comes only with four characters out of like 30ish and you can’t unlock them at all except through ANOTHER $12 in app purchase. Nothing to unlock them in game. The pricing is nothing near online with other games. The gameplay itself only merited the extra star I gave because the board game is fun. 

Until they give you all the characters for maybe a $5 purchase... just pass and spend your money on a better and complete game.
-- Skysavage, 2019-01-10

### ***** "Great Implementation"
I've played Puzzel Strike off and on for a couple of years.   I have the board game version, and I used to play the Free Web Version while I was on my walking treadmill.

This iOS implementation is very polished.  I was a little worried after readinng the negitive reviews, but I went forward with a buddy and we both bought a copy.

It played smooth as single player (and the puzzle mode is nice), and today we tried it multiplayer.   At first we could not get a custom game started (we'd pick the characters but could not start it or edit the bank), so I posted on the Forum on their website, and within 5 mins (9pm cst) there was a reply from the admin stating the Server was in a "bad state" for iOS and he'd reboot it.   Well he did, and my friend and I did about 4 hours of stable play across the internet (while running Facetime).

Super solid implementation - though with hiccups and growing pains.
-- Michael Paolini, 2016-06-23

### *---- "Broken"
Messages that display programmer info (like an empty object showing as "{0}")' no Undo for many actions, and a Custom game mode that doesn't let you choose your bank or start the game. This feels like a Single Player beta. It is in no way finished and doesn't merit the $4 price tag. Keep your money until Sirlin gets their act together.
-- StobberATX, 2016-06-23

### *---- "Not ready for prime time."
As mentioned by others, the create account system just doesn't work. And there's no way to contact the developers to alert them to the problem. Which means I won't be spending the $12(!!!!) to unlock the rest of he game. Which, by the way, feels a bit exorbitant for an app that doesn't support pass and play, and since I can't log in, means I can't play with my friends at all. See, if you do the math, $12 * 4 means that you and your friends will pay $48 to play the full game against each other. That's more than the cost of the actual board game.
-- Jim Leesch, 2016-05-28

### **--- "No pass and play?"
Seems like a good implementation, but no pass and play, an option almost every board game app has, ruins it for me. If I had known this common feature was missing I would not have bought it. Game is great, I own the physical copy.
-- Bubble Pipe Media, 2016-05-22

### ***-- "Great game, no users"
Puzzle Strike is a phenomenal game for the right players. It's Deck building (like Dominion) with a high degree of counter-play that makes games between experienced players a joy. A good match of Puzzle Strike is more satisfying than Dominion or Hearthstone because the role of luck is secondary to strategic choices, and different characters mixed with the random stacks of chips allow for a high degree of variation. The game's competitive core isn't for everyone, so while I love the physical board game version, it doesn't get a lot of play in my circles. Some had hoped this version would solve the matchmaking problem and let me enjoy the game more often. Alas, there are not enough players to find a game in a reasonable amount of time, and certainly not enough players for organized ranked play, at least not on the timeframe steam and mobile gamers expect. I bought the game and unlocks all the options at launch, was pleased with the port and usability on my iPad mini. Unfortunately the number of online players was always single digit,and it looks worse now. I think Sirlin made a big mistake not offering the base set for free. A free base would make it hugely more likely that players can find an opponent. Free players increase the quality of the experience for paying players. I don't know if Sirlin made the choice on principal or because as a small dev his team wasn't ready for that many players, but the choice has all but killed this app. The sad reality is that this app has made me less interested in future work from a designer I hugely admire.
-- MrWindupBird, 2016-04-14

### ***-- "Good try, needs fixing"
The game implementation is decent, but the "Create Account" feature doesn't work. Also, when I quit a match, there's some partial info up the right-hand side of the screen that looks like it might be a game log of some sort, but there isn't enough to read. That goes away after a few taps on other buttons.

Also not happy that I have paid $4 for the basic game, but that any variety of chips seems to require that I spend more. There's no apparent way to unlock characters or other chips.
-- Golux13, 2016-02-27

### **--- "Disappointing and expensive"
I liked the physical game a lot, but the app is frustrating and expensive.  It looks cheap, but the version you buy up front only has 4 characters.  The rest you have to buy, for a total of about $16.

The interface is poor; you cannot undo simple deterministic actions, which is terrible since it is easy to mis-click and buy or play the wrong chip.  I often find myself just trying to read the chips' tiny font and accidentally selecting one with no undo.  That kind of mistake can ruin an entire game.

All in all it's a sloppy implementation for a premium price.  Don't fall for it.
-- CaplinROUS, 2016-02-20

### ***** "Great implementation of a great deck builder"
I love puzzle strike, and was excited to see the iOS implementation. The pricing is great ($4 to play four characters...another 12 I think to get all the rest). If you have two devices, you can put it on both and play a friend.

There are a few bugs, but nothing so severe that it detracts from the great gameplay. 

If you love Dominion (and you were disappointed by the recent IOS release of that game) this is definitely one to check out. This release definitely took the sting out of my Dominion disappointment.
-- theodorelogan, 2016-02-09

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## Puzzle Strike In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Unlock ALL characters | $11.99 |
| Character Value Bundle | $5.99 |
| Shadows Character Bundle | $9.99 |
| Unlock Rook | $1.99 |
| Unlock Bal-Bas-Beta | $1.99 |
| Unlock Zane | $1.99 |
| Unlock Vendetta | $1.99 |
| Unlock Gwen | $1.99 |
| Unlock Gloria | $1.99 |
| Unlock Persephone | $1.99 |



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## Puzzle Strike Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/united-states)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/japan)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/belarus)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/ireland)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/puzzle-strike-GgDg/ukraine)

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