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Don't Starve: Pocket Edition
Klei Entertainment Inc. · 47,794 ratings · ★ 4.2
4.2
★★★★★
47,794 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 21 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
14 negative reviews mention this · 67% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The controls and bugs I'm regretting buying this game PLUS Don't Starve Together is gonna come out soon on mobile. I wish I could refund this app😞" - Prinnixie
2
"play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I love the Don't starve series but when you can't even play it on your device after spending money on it is really sadden.. the glitches and crashes are also a problem as well~" - A Google user
3
"controls"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The controls and bugs I'm regretting buying this game PLUS Don't Starve Together is gonna come out soon on mobile. I wish I could refund this app😞" - Prinnixie
4
"screen"
4 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Amazing, i love this game, but im giving 1 star for visibility and will change when its fixed( 1 star because they need to fix some very annoying things) 1: when you drag things out of your inventory, if it is on the first like 6 slots, it …" - darren zou
5
"mobile"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The controls and bugs I'm regretting buying this game PLUS Don't Starve Together is gonna come out soon on mobile. I wish I could refund this app😞" - Prinnixie
6
"hard"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "great game. worst control scheme ever for touch. impossible to build structures and the joystick automatically attacks when pushed hard. have the devs ever touched a phone?" - SM
7
"small"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "fun game, but on console. everything is too cramped on cellphone. buttons are too small. actions are hard to make. just frustrating." - Raphael Lafontaine
8
"samsung"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "cant play on samsung s8, lack of controls. no way to inspect, open pack. jus run and grab, no good" - Deedrick G
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The controls and bugs I'm regretting buying this game PLUS Don't Starve Together is gonna come out soon on mobile. I wish I could refund this app😞
2025 and still no way to backup your save... not even with shizuku. - this game keeps pressing buttons from the start with gamepad. Is the only game that does this. can't press select/map without game trying to craft recent... same for hit button at start of a world. Summer activated itself when i clearly deactivated...
I love the Don't starve series but when you can't even play it on your device after spending money on it is really sadden.. the glitches and crashes are also a problem as well~
just get a pc why play this on mobile lol controls sucks
Stupid game doesn't explain how to survive.. no tutorials.. total waste of money
This game makes me want to do summersaults off Mt.everest don't recommend it.
Amazing, i love this game, but im giving 1 star for visibility and will change when its fixed( 1 star because they need to fix some very annoying things) 1: when you drag things out of your inventory, if it is on the first like 6 slots, it will move the character instead of dragging things out 2: The old bell giant foot should break tree stubs 3: more setting on the giants in the world screen still doesnt guarentee their spawn for some reason
not my type of game
This game OFFICIALLY has issues with touch input. On Android 11+, or on devices with a large screen or unusual aspect ratio, the game becomes unplayable. My device falls into that category: the first launch works fine, but after saving and reloading, the game completely breaks and no longer recognizes touch input correctly.
keeps crashing on unfolded pixel fold screen
please make hud moveable in setting. it is placed too close to the corner of the display and too small. when you have small bezeled phone, its disaster
the bug never get fix why the screen spinning and never stop, i can even play the game....
cant play on samsung s8, lack of controls. no way to inspect, open pack. jus run and grab, no good
Don't buy this! It's clear the developers haven't played this game themselves. Otherwise, I can't explain the state of the game. The controls are terrible. You can zoom in on the UI and then can't move it properly-this happens about 1 out of 10 times, and usually the intended action doesn't happen. The side controls are awkwardly placed and are obscured by the selfie camera. There are numerous bugs and graphical glitches, like broken icons, laggy zooming, etc.
Literally won't let me play. Every time I start up a game it just crashes, a shame because the full game on Steam is enjoyable. - Samsung A34 user
its bugged so bad, like everything i try to play im forced to keep punching
Insanely glitchy. I'll try to build structures, the game takes my resources and doesnt build the structure. I try to cook items, the items disappear. the HUD is horrible and things like the camera on Samsung phones is directly in the craft bar. crafting is so small even if you put the hud at max and is very hard to do. please make your mobile version of this game actually playable. until then guys dont buy this.
great game. worst control scheme ever for touch. impossible to build structures and the joystick automatically attacks when pushed hard. have the devs ever touched a phone?
Continue not responsed on Android 17. But actually running.
fun game, but on console. everything is too cramped on cellphone. buttons are too small. actions are hard to make. just frustrating.
played the game just wish there was online
Sentiment summary
80%
Positive (4-5★)
6%
Neutral (3★)
14%
Negative (1-2★)