Clash Royale
What Clash Royale is
From the creators of CLASH OF CLANS comes a real-time multiplayer battle game starring your favourite Clash characters and more.
The sentence of its App Store description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.Enter the Arena! Build your Battle Deck and outsmart the enemy in fast real-time battles. From the creators of CLASH OF CLANS comes a real-time multiplayer battle game starring your favourite Clash characters and more. Start battling against players from around the world!
Clash Royale is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money (including random items). If you don't want to purchase game items for real money, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.
BECOME A MASTER OF STRATEGY AND DECK BUILDING
Choose unique Cards to your Battle Deck and head to the Arena for Battle!
Place your Cards right and knock down the enemy King and Princesses from their Towers in a strategic and fast-paced match.
COLLECT AND UPGRADE 100+ CARDS
Hog Rider! Collect and upgrade 100+ Cards featuring the Clash of Clans troops, spells and defences you know and love and many others. Win battles and progress to new Arenas to unlock powerful new Cards to your collection!
BATTLE YOUR WAY TO THE TOP
Battle your way to the League and Global Tournaments to match against the best players in the world.
Compete for glory and rewards!
SEASONAL EVENTS
Unlock new Seasonal items like Tower Skins, Emotes and powerful Magic Items with the Season Pass and participate in fun Challenges that put your skills to the test!
JOIN A CLAN AND GO TO WAR
Join or form a Clan with other players to share Cards and battle in Clan Wars for BIG rewards!
See you in the Arena!
The IGRS Rating for this game is 15+
※ Notice of Access Permission:
[Optional permission]
Clash Royale may request permission via in game pop-ups to access your camera and send you notifications.
Camera: For in-game scanning of QR codes
Notifications: For sending notifications related to the game
Consent is optional and you can use the app and play the game regardless of whether or not you consent. You may refuse to give consent within the game. However, certain app features may not work properly if you refuse optional access permissions"A network connection is also required.
Support
Are you having problems? Visit https://help.supercellsupport.com/clash-royale/en/ or contact us in game by going to Settings > Help and Support.
Privacy Policy:
http://supercell.com/en/privacy-policy/
Terms of Service:
http://supercell.com/en/terms-of-service/
Parent’s Guide:
http://supercell.com/en/parents/
What people say
Bugs and crashes mentions went from 2% to 62% with version 160402012, as reviewers describe the game crashing in battles since that update.
Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the reportBefore you buy Clash Royale
Written reviews run 2.0 stars well below the store score.
Store ratings count every star tap; written reviews come from people with something to say, so they usually run lower. Read the shares below as what reviewers raise, not the chance it happens to you.
Reviewers who play it to relax praise it at 83%, and 6% of written reviews praise that gameplay is fun. Skip it if pay to win bothers you: 30% of written reviews raise it, and matchmaking and balance is rising at 22%.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Pay to win30%Most often card level gaps
“Old player just returned after a few years and the game has become unplayable it gives you 0 evos 0 heroes and the gap this creates is almost impossible to cross and the only way to cross the gap...”
- Matchmaking and balancerising22%
- Developer and updates6%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Competitive play320 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balanceComplain89%Praise30%
- Relaxing41 reviewers; most raised: matchmaking and balanceComplain27%Praise83%
- Playing with friends34 reviewers; most raised: not enough contentComplain50%Praise76%
What Clash Royale reviewers say
One public report on Clash Royale reads 3,000 App Store and Google Play reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 30, 2026. Of its 3,000 judged reviewers, 78% complain, 31% praise something, 6% make a request and 4% say they're quitting. The top complaint is pay to win at 35% of complaints, then matchmaking and balance (25%) and bugs and crashes (6%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 17% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (40%) and bring something back (26%). Two audience differences stand out. Long-time user: say they're quitting 3.2x as often as everyone (12% vs 4%). Competitive play: say they're quitting 2.5x as often as everyone (9% vs 4%).
One public report on Clash Royale. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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