Bubble Witch 3 Saga Reviews

by Tinnannalicious

App continually glitches, shoots balls when you’re not trying to. Refuses to open certain parts of an app, such as the fairy house part. It makes purchases even when you’re not trying to. If a purchase fails to go through due to financial reasons, they wait until you have the funds and pull the funds from your account even though the purchase failed and you didn’t get the items you tried to purchase. King games pulled this. They played games with my money, refusing to give me the refund I requested 2 weeks prior. They kept sending me robo emails that they required me to respond to, asking for the same information repeatedly, using old email accounts, but never solving the problem of unethically pulling funds from my bank account for something I didn’t receive. Instead of giving me the refund for something I no longer wanted, they chose to send me those items instead of the refund I requested after they took funds they weren’t entitled to. King games pulls unethical moves that aren’t legal. Please be careful and leery of them.

by Theosoutherngal

I have enjoyed BubbleWitch3 and played almost daily for years. I have spent money on this game. However, today, I am forced to consent to their data collection which includes all my contacts. I adamantly refuse to play a game at the expense of my contacts’ privacy! I play several other King games ans shall delete those as well. Their games are fun, fair, and playable without spending money. However, while I have the right to share my information about me, I should NOT be required to share my contacts!! We are giving tech businesses way too much info as it is, but when you are required to offer up your friend’s and family, that is wrong, inexcusable, and indefensible. You would get 5 stars for the game, but no stars for your ethics. Unfortunately, zero stars isn’t offered. The youth may not understand the danger in this, they have grown up in a tech controlled world, but this is wrong on every single level.

by DaCroatian

This used to be a fun game. I understand the farther you go the more challenging it’s gets. The levels just got to hard. They give you less bubbles and more obstructions. They don’t give you an option to skip levels which I think is BS. So they want you to SPEND MONEY to buy spells to pass these impossible levels. I don’t mind spending a little bit of money here and there but it was getting too frequent. I was majority in 1st place in my group. I almost made it to level 3000 until I just deleted BubbleWitch3Saga. They do give you a LIMITED time of a spell that gives you unlimited bubbles if you are stuck on a level. It rarely worked for me because of the LIMITED time they give you, and I do mean LIMITED because it ended when it started. So I threw in the towel and I’m DONE. Now I found another game. If you delete their app, they will follow you showing their adds wanting you back. ITS CREEPY.

by AyseofHearts

I am sad to say that I’m officially done with this game, after it has been a de-stressor for me for a while now (Level 1193… oops). The game is also simple to get far, and I haven’t spent any money on it.

But now, the game is advertising “Oprah Gummies”??? And I’ve never seen or heard of these on another app. So it should come as a shock to anyone- me included- that once these ads starting showing in the game, I now receive 1-3 spam texts A DAY about “Oprah’s Slimming Gummies”. There shouldn’t be any reason I would get texts to my phone number about a product I haven’t seen anywhere else but here, with mysterious links in the text messages.

I hope that getting rid of BubbleWitch3Saga will somehow fix my spam text problem. It was good while it lasted, so I can’t get myself to give it one star. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised with any mobile game app these days since they’re all less game than ads.

by MrBigHands20

I thought browsing web is annoying but then you get to play this game and you’d be happy to get annoyed by popups and ads on the web anytime, Even malware infested computer throws less popups than this game. Seriously, between each level there’s like 5-6 or more popups to view ads, buy stuff, do stuff, check stuff, download another game, some level stuff, some stuff I never read or care about so I just tap-tap-tap nervously.... omg! Seriously? Before you start playing a game it takes you 45-60 seconds to click through all these windows and popups! Sometimes I just give up and close the game and maybe few hours later or next day try again when my nerves cool down. Giving 1 star for the game itself - it’s ok, little girly but it’s workable, and 1 Star for no crashes - so far everything worked smooth... but everything else is overwhelming.

by K5shortie

Years ago- I totally enjoyed this game and would gladly have given it 5 stars - since then I’ve deleted it twice but added it back due to curiosity to see if they improved it. Nope. It hasn’t been. In fact, it’s a bit demeaning. Who needs to be told, by a game, that your team failed to win a prize due to I didn’t participate when I clearly did. Or watch some ridiculously repetitive ads of a girl winning money at a bingo game which leads some to believe the money goes straight into a legit bank account. It’s annoying. There’s glitches, at times, when you know your aim is perfect and your shot will win the game but is directed elsewhere and you must begin the level again. I’m on level 3023….and no -
It’s not that I’m connected to WiFi - I’m a bit irritated because I’m not allowed to collect a prize or when I know it’s my 3rd witches hat win- it takes me back to only winning the first one. That’s not very fair. Games are to be fun- a great distraction from every day stress and a touch of healthy competition is great but this is one game I won’t be revisiting. It’s very disappointing.

by M.C Hagen

So I’ve never had to complain about popups that have nothing to do with ads. While I do love the game and all the things that it includes. I absolutely HATE how many things pop up in between levels or even after opening BubbleWitch3Saga for the first time (or seventh time) in a day. Otherwise known as the animations. It would be nice if I could open BubbleWitch3Saga , it open to the Home Screen of current levels I’m on and not have to wait for An Event notice to pop up, followed by a new challenge, or any other kind of notification that I don’t care about. If there was an icon for the notifications that you could click on IF your interested instead of EVERYTHING popping up every single time you beat a level it would be so much better. I don’t need to see the piggy bank, the fact that I earn another gold pin, or my high score ranking, my placement in the Top 5 EVERY time I beat a level. Otherwise I would give BubbleWitch3Saga 5 stars. But the annoying delays between levels really takes away from the fun of level advancement. Get rid of some of the animations or at least make an option to turn them off or skip them.

by SaTadpole

It’s a fun game, BUT has zero to do with skill and everything to do with getting the right bubbles from the beginning. Too much luck of the draw on getting good bubbles...Bad algorithm design on the generation of bubbles and because of this you will have to play some levels for days until you finally get the right combination of bubbles. The game is beautiful in its design and concept, but seriously lacking on the most important aspect. I deleted it, beyond frustrating.

Too, I would have rather paid $20 for BubbleWitch3Saga . It’s obvious they rely on you getting so frustrated that you buy spells to get you past a level that’s designed to infuriate you cause you can’t pass it, so you buy spells to use just to get past it. Nope. Not doing it. Just design the levels to be hard (not impossible) and charge a flat fee. Consumers hate being Nicole and dimed....and this is exactly what this apps goal is. Also, App prompts you 100xs to invite your fiends....I’m not going to ask them to join in the frustration that is this game.

by KV1021

Totally addicted to this game, the only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because you have to spend money to get some of the rewards you earn by completing a level.
You get stars and gold bars on each level you complete and could use those gold bars to “purchase” lives or extra orbs in a level. However, in order to collect those gold bars you need to pay $3?!? (each time I’m assuming, I don’t know for sure because I refuse to pay it) That’s ridiculous, those are earned for completing levels, I understand charging for extra stuff but you shouldn’t have to pay to get the stuff you earn per level.
Two stars off the rating because I hate games that force you to pay to play them and that’s what I feel this is trying to do by essentially holding your rewards hostage unless you pay $3 🙄

by Lilagarfield

My problem is always when you get to Mr. Tree and get through one or two flowers it always go back one flower so you have to play double to get your reward. I’ve complained over and over and over about this and nothing has been done not even to reimburse me for the rewards I lost and this is been going on for 2 years. I started playing this game with my daughter before she passed and I continue to play it in her honor they knew they were having problems but never reached out to me to let me know if they just now solving the problem, but still no reimbursement. And I don’t want to stop playing the game, but feel ripped off and necessary to win the levels. I’m beginning to feel that they’re playing me , so I believe after her birthday, I will no longer play this game again and I’m sure that my friends and family would do the same I do.🥺

by E_diaz80

I previously left a good feedback but I can’t find it to edit it, so this is a new one. I have to admit that i was very addicted to this game. I like almost everything about it and the variety plus the smooth gameplay, however, once you reach the level with the frogs that freezes your bubbles, might as well delete the game there, you are not gonna be able to win after that. The first couple of rounds with the frogs were hard but acceptable, everyone likes a little challenge. But you will come to a level where there are tons of them and at that point there nothing you can do to best that level. Ive used all of my power up, even watch an ad to start with a free booster, plus all of my boosters that I already have saved up, 3 hours of unlimited lives, and i still couldn’t beat the level. I think the frogs ruined the game for me and i will not spend a penny more on this game. Once you reach the level with the frogs, you’ll see ehat im talking about. I am going to look for a similar game that is a little bit more fair to their fans.

by JayThor84

I do play this game nearly on a daily basis. The only thing I can say is a deterrent to wanting to play the game more- the constant animations. There are so many animations during gameplay. In a game, the most stimulating part needs to be the gameplay. Not the colorful moving parts. For example: you finish a level- bubbles pop, score tabulates, gold bars bank, score board placement, gold pin achieved, next board space, watch ad, next level start, extra bubbles, Eri’s help, earn a gold pin, ad earned power up, start playing. These are all separate animations. That a lot of time between playing levels that it causes boredom. I do enjoy the game but I become frustrated by all the waiting for animations. Even with tapping to speed up. Thanks for the great game though! It is fun- but that’s where I find my frustration with the game.

by Goody2shews

Don't get me wrong, I play this game everyday! I like how we are able to create our own homestead, challenged to catch ferries for fairy dust, given challenges through the worlds for extra fairy dust, the different types of bubbles created to help out with each level/stage, as well as the adventures and quests to earn power bubbles and more ferry dust.

One thing I would like to see (please keep in mind I'm only on level 108, so I haven't been through all stages) are more options to buy for your homestead. Creating my own little "empire" is very cool, but right now, the only option given is to upgrade things I've already purchased. I'd like more added options. Not being able to create more or buy more features for my homestead, but instead having to “upgrade” over and over and over again, is getting really old!

I also didn't know if there was a way to connect to other players on-line besides just your Facebook friends (there may be a way and I just don't know it) where you can team up together to go on adventures of some sort.

I wouldn't mind a little store either to go shopping in for witchery stuff!

Also, I think it would be rather cool to have the option to create your own witch for the game. Maybe use gold bars or ferry dust to pick out her/his outfit, hat, shoes, wand etc.?

Basically, I DO like playing, and I want more!!! 💜

by Lydia-Mae

I really love this game and I want to keep it but I’m getting really tired of the pop ups and unnecessary animations. Every single time you finish a level gotta watch the points go up, watch the piggy bank be full, watch my place in the top 15 or whatever (btw… IDC). And then you get out into the menu and I just wanna get into the next game but NOOOOO gotta wake the WISE TREEEE and BEAT THE OTHER PLAYERRRRS and it’s just obnoxious. Like let me just play the game. I tried looking for a setting at least to stop all of this but there is none and I’m losing my patience with the game. Which is unfortunate because I really enjoy the gameplay, but the pop ups and animations are annoying. (Oh also the fact that every SINGLE time you go into the wise tree thing it tells you what you have to do no matter how long you’ve been doing it like YES I KNOOOOW).

by AVale80

I like the game, especially the owl and ghost boards. Some of the boards are too hard and I have only 5 friends that play. I get an extra life from one person maybe once a week. On some boards, it doesn’t matter what different power ups you use, you can’t get 3 stars unless you use a lot of your stuff up. I think that we should be able to activate more than one power up in the beginning of the board, as well. And the best power up that there is, isn’t given out very often. I have had 3 since I started and haven’t gotten anymore. I don’t think people are enjoying it as much as they used to and end up quitting because it gets frustrating, too hard, and they aren’t being entertained or stimulated enough. That’s just my opinion. Could use some tweaks but overall it’s a good game.

by Savy App Buyer

Been playing this game for years and I’m currently at level 2289 so clearly I’ve got loads to say. First, creativity is great in all the levels overall. Very addictive, King, especially after adding all of these treats like tricksies and the new booster challenges and “wake up the tree “ challenge as well as the starlight ones and team challenges and the usual “beat 18 levels “ challenges. Nice to get rewarded for hard work. HOWEVER, my main caveat is that no matter how much fairy money I have in this darn game (currently over half a million) I cannot exchange it for gold bars. REALLY?! What’s the point of earning this cash if it cannot yield gold bars ??? That’s the one thing pending King, that needs mayor improvement! This is why I easily get bored and go back to my Gardenscapes 😎

by 11hearts8

I love this game but I have a little trouble with beating the levels. Plus the all the ads are so annoying and I’m ok with watching one to get a free spell but watching the other ones just regularly right after or before a level is just so annoying. But other than that this game is amazing and so fun to play! Oh and I would like to bring to attention that some kids don’t have like a Google pay thing or whatever so it’s not fair that you have so many things to pay for. Like buying more spells or gold. Speaking of gold, the fact it cost almost 10 dollars to empty the piggy bank is outrageous, please make it free. Thank you for listening and have a great day/night!
Ps- if there have been changes to this and I am not aware due to me not updating I am sorry for the negative complaints.

by JazzMonstr

Hey, so after playing and playing this game. Love it. It’s my distressed game. Helps me calm down when I’m have a mental break down or I’m feeling overwhelmed. Love it, even when some of the levels don’t love me. So far I’ve made it to level 900. And I’ll keep going for as long as this game is up. Levels are pretty easy. Sometimes I feel like the game glitches when it gives me combos that don’t match at all. One thing that I don’t really like sometimes is the hidden spells that appear every so often. I don’t feel like it gives us enough time to take advantage. when I’m trying use it back to back it won’t allow me to because a lot is going on on top (owls getting loose, combo bubbles popping, Etc.) it’ll keep running the timer even when I can’t make another shot. Other then that, my only one complaint, I really live this game. Like I said, it keep me at ease 😁😎

by GummiWorm09

The gameplay is fantastic. Aiming mechanics are precise and smooth. Power-ups are useful and the game does a great job of supplying you with these, so I’ve never had to make a purchase to pass a level. The difficulty is well-paced and new challenges are introduced appropriately.

However, while I love that the game gives you ample opportunity to compete or team up with other players for prizes, the animations that accompany prizes and competitions are overwhelming. It’s simply unnecessary. I spend more time trying to activate the next level than I actually do playing, because you have to sit through numerous animations. True, they’re very cute, but it’s exhausting. Please let users turn these off. They are tedious and drive me away from idly opening the game.

by Nmmoks

I am an adult who plays to de-stress. I love the colors, the variety of play, and the accuracy of the shooter. The best thing about the game is that there are no ads and that one doesn’t feel as though you have to purchase anything to continue play. I finished this one and will now go to another version. Too bad another of the King games, in fact, one of the most popular games on the internet, isn’t as transparent in its grab for in-app purchases.

June 2021
The last changes to this game are not good at all! They have increased the number and length of ads to the extent that I’m considering scrapping the whole game - and it’s my favorite game of all time. Even that wouldn’t be so bad, but they often play the same 30 sec ads over and over to the extent that I’m actually prejudiced against the advertiser. Also, by the time I’m aware of a new contest (and I play every day), there’s always at least 1 person who sits at the top of the leader board with hundreds of plays. Tell me how that happens!!! Come on, King - you’re better than this!

by Mya Mya Mya Mya

After you win so many gold bars, your piggy bank will become to full to collect them. Once there are 50 bars in the pig, they cannot be accessed unless you physically pay $2.99 with your credit card. The bars are needed throughout the game for extra moves. If you do not pay the $2.99, you cannot earn additional gold bars. Nor can you use them. For instance if you have 4 bars on your score and 50 in the bank, but only need to 5 for extra moves... you MUST use pay $2.99 (even though you’ve already earned the bars). Also, during the same scenario, if you win the board and earn gold bars, they will not add to the 4 or go into the piggy bank until you pay $2.99. Do you see where I am going with this? 😡

by Bshjd Djslsmss

I absolutely love this game ! I play it every chance i get but some of these updated things make me upset. Like the gold piggy I purchased it once it was full because i thought i only had to pay the one time. But everytime your piggy is full you have to pay. I think that should change. Just the one time pay option to keep your piggy going and every time its full you dont have to pay again you just click on it.

I did read a review about wanting more and i agree i think it would be cool to have a lottle store to buy things with your fairy dust to change your character. And for the males to have a male witch. Other then that i love this game!

by MaritaSue

I am finally writing a review after playing over 1000 levels.
When a newcomer starts the game there will be a, perhaps frustrating, learning curve. Each type of level, “free the owls”, “clear all bubbles”, “help the ghost”, have a slightly different strategy, and you aren’t helped if the bubble combinations aren’t the best. Some levels are easy to win on the first go. Others may take a more than one set of “lives”. That’s a near-perfect luck and strategy combination.
So far, I haven’t found myself “forced to spend money”, but I have purchased the piggy’s gold bars to get “lives” a couple of times this year. Partly that was because I wanted to keep playing when I was at the top of a tournament, and partly that was because I figured I owed King something for the months of fun gaming.
I DON’T buy the power-ups. They are also awarded free for achieving goals, and my strategy is to use these free aids only if I see the finish line and calculate that using one will get me the win.
Thanks, King!

by MarbleLover6561

From Candy Crush, to Farm Heroes, to Bubble Witch, and everything in between, King is no doubt a maker of great games, hands down. I love the hard work and effort that King puts into their games. I've played Bubble Witch 2 before, and it was no doubt a good game. But now with the third installment in the series, I feel that Bubble Witch 3 is even more polished than 2 ever was. I cannot stress it enough: King makes great games. Like I've said already, I love how devoted King is to their games, and how much effort is put into them. I will say, though, that some levels are more difficult than others, but that is not a problem for me since I do like a challenge when I play a game. However, I have not yet come across an unfairly hard level. I love this game, I cannot say it enough. Keep up the great work, King!

by Scidi1

Normally, when I need a few more bubbles, I just watch the three videos to get more bubbles so I can finish the level. For the last couple of days, it lets me watch the first video, returns me to the page with Stella on it, and then seems to get stuck. It isn’t freezing; there are still some background movement such as the swirling pool and what I imagine is magic swirling around Stella. However, it won’t do anything else. I don’t get any more bubbles nor can watch another video. The only choice is to quit out of BubbleWitch3. I have been playing this game for quite a few years and this is the first time I ever had this problem. I found a chat where other people have been recently having this exact same problem. I hope someone is taking notice and can offer some suggestions or fix this glitch. This is my favorite game so hate to lose it.

by Starr Lovee

I love bubble witch saga 3, definitely a worthy time killer! I love the fact that when I get stuck on a level get mad and give it a rest for a few days, when I come back it’s like the game gets easier for some reason, it’s like it determines when you struggle and gives you the little hep you need to keep going. The developers are fast with updating glitches which are few to none, love the vibrant colors and clear design of the game, no ads and no pressure to buy within BubbleWitch3Saga to continue to play the game, lots of events to earn gifts and things you need to get through levels, an abundant amount of levels, it’s just a great game all together. It’s a must download for sure! This has been the only game I’ve been truly consistent with. It’s been 8 years since I was introduced to this game and it’s well worth the redownload every time.

by KookieGal4

I love this game. I used to play the first bubble witch saga years ago when I was in high school to relieve my anxiety. I recently decided to play again and then I downloaded bubble witch saga 3 to see how it was compared to the first one. I must say it has helped a lot with my anxiety and helps the time pass faster. I also love how you guys put out a survey to see what players though about ads. I love that if I CHOOSE to watch an ad, I can get something special in return like a spell bubble. Other apps go crazy with ads and the fact that I can choose when I want to watch one makes me so happy. It’s a great game, keep up the great work!!

by Syryne1

There’s a lot of fun to be had here! I have been playing for many years. If i could change anything it would be less tapping for claiming. If I tap “claim prize”, I shouldn’t have to tap two more times to collect it. And maybe get rid of the tapping fairy stuff. Honestly, after a bit I am tapped out and my finger starts getting sensitive, and I get bored from it. The side games are great fun and a good way to earn spells. I wish more of my friends played, but they quit from the tapping.
A lot of people quit King games all together because of the piggy bank thing. Saying the “gold was earned, why do we have to pay to get it out?” Maybe after a certain amount more gold it earned and bounced off, it should pop out a key to get your earned gold back? Dunno, it doesn’t really do any good anyway if you can’t use gold to purchase spells.