Heroes Evolved is a free-to-play mobile MOBA game featuring 5v5 team-based combat and 130+ unique heroes on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Maintenance
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Sentiment
4.5
788k reviews
Nemesis
League of Legends: Wild Rift
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the high-complexity barrier of professional-grade MOBAs, allowing casual strategy players to engage in competitive team play without the steep learning curve of rivals.
For Competitive mobile gamers interested in the MOBA genre and social, team-based strategy play.
What does it look like?
Key features
Supports 7v7, 5v5, 3v3, 1v1, and auto-chess modes; expands ad-inventory per active user.
Provides 130+ unique heroes; drives IAP conversion for cosmetic and character unlocks.
Enables voice-chat, team-up, and clan management; reduces churn by reinforcing the daily social habit.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model relies on ad-supported gameplay and IAP for cosmetic character customization.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceseasonal eventsShow more...
Heroes Evolved currently operates at a maintenance velocity, shipping only two minor updates in the last 10 months. While the app previously maintained a consistent schedule of seasonal content and hero reworks, development activity has decelerated significantly since late 2025. The latest release continues this trend of focusing exclusively on stability and performance rather than new features or live events. The current cadence of approximately 0.05 releases per week indicates a shift away from active content expansion.
Who built it?
NetDragon Websoft
8 apps tracked · Games
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans mixed. Users appreciate dota-like gameplay mechanics provide a rewarding competitive experience for players seeking a mobile-first moba alternative and high-quality character designs and visual aesthetics keep players engaged during long-term progression sessions, but report frequent application crashes and login failures following the latest update prevent users from accessing the game.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Dota-like gameplay mechanics provide a rewarding competitive experience for players seeking a mobile-first MOBA alternative
- High-quality character designs and visual aesthetics keep players engaged during long-term progression sessions
- Frequent application crashes and login failures following the latest update prevent users from accessing the game
104 of 104 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Heroes Evolved
How's the Games market?
Heroes Evolved holds a niche position in the Strategy category, ranking #177 Grossing in the UAE and #129 Grossing in Argentina. The lack of consistent top-tier chart presence suggests the app relies on a dedicated legacy base rather than new-user acquisition.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Riot Games
This title dominates the mobile MOBA space with a massive, highly engaged user base and a direct thematic overlap in competitive 5v5 gameplay.
- Leverages a massive established IP and cross-platform brand recognition that drives organic user acquisition
- Features high-fidelity graphics and optimized touch controls specifically engineered for mobile competitive play
- Maintains a consistent, high-frequency update cadence that keeps the meta fresh for professional players
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Key takeaways for Heroes Evolved
Where is it heading?
The mobile strategy market is consolidating around fresh entrants with high-frequency content updates, leaving Heroes Evolved exposed due to its current maintenance-only cadence. Without a return to active feature development, the app will likely see continued erosion of its legacy player base as competitors capture the strategy-game audience.
- Technical regressions in the latest update (crashes, login failures) trigger immediate churn, which compounds the existing frustration with opaque, automated reporting systems.
The SWOT
- 130+ hero roster provides deep character-acquisition loops
- Multi-mode PVP increases session frequency
- Adding lane-selection guides improves strategic coordination
- Implementing hero-recommendation guides increases new-user retention
Next best moves
Rebuild login and launch authentication logic because crashes are the top-cited frustration theme → restore daily active user base
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's maintenance-mode status is a strategic vulnerability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Lane selection guides (available in other popular MOBAs but absent here) +1
Since the last report: Technical instability following the latest update has accelerated user churn, while the competitive landscape has grown to include four additional rivals, further isolating the app's maintenance-mode status.
Bottom line
Technical instability in the latest release is actively eroding the retention benefits of the core 5v5 loop, signaling that the current maintenance-mode cadence is insufficient to defend the user base against more active competitors.
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Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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