Truth in Tap: Evony – The King’s Return

Come for the puzzles. Stay for… city building?

So I fell for it. Again.

Another mobile ad with suspenseful music, flaming rooms, and a desperate knight just begging for me to pull the right pin to save him and his gold. I thought, “Maybe this time, the game will actually be what it claims to be.”

Spoiler alert: it’s not.

Did you read my Truth in Tap: Hero Wars – Did They Fool Us? article?

So this shouldn’t sound too far off. Yeah, that bell ringing wasn’t because you’re crazy this time — it’s because Evony is practically pulling the same exact pins… just behind a paywall and four hours of tutorials.

What the ads promise:

Pin puzzles. All day. All night. Maybe you’re pulling lava away from treasure, or guiding water to extinguish flames. The ads make it look like a medieval Brain Test spinoff — super clean, satisfying, and logic-based.

What the game actually is:

The real Evony is a city-building strategy game. You’re upgrading farms, training troops, battling for resources, and getting sucked into a very busy war-based MMO. The pin puzzles? Oh, they exist… technically. You just have to unlock them, wait for energy to refill, and then realize they’re not nearly as clever as you hoped.

Let’s break it down:

Gameplay vibe: resource management, alliance wars, and a LOT of timers.

Puzzle mode: more of a side dish than the main course. Short, repetitive, and not even necessary to play.

Visuals: decent but cluttered, especially once you’re deep in base upgrades.

Ad vs. Reality: not even close.

My take:

I won’t lie… if you’re into hardcore war strategy games with base micromanagement, maybe this is your jam. But if you came for those smooth puzzle pulls from the ads? You’re gonna feel bamboozled. Again.

Truth in Tap Rating:

2.5/5 taps

For puzzle fans: skip it unless you like disappointment as a hobby.

For war gamers: you might like it, but you weren’t the target of that ad in the first place.

For everyone else: the ad’s better than the game. Save your phone space.

Final thoughts:

Evony is like ordering curly fries because the picture looked bomb — and they show up soggy, straight, and missing salt. The only thing you’ll be pulling here is your own patience.