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Don't Starve: Pocket Edition
Klei · 3,219 ratings · ★ 4.5
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Top complaints - extracted from 22 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"
12 negative reviews mention this · 55% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Keeps reverting back after saving.. When it works, I love this game. However, over the last month I’ve noticed that it’s developed an error where after you save sometimes and then log back into your game it puts you back a couple “days” in your game. This error happens random…" - gamer4642
2
"been"
4 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Keeps reverting back after saving.. When it works, I love this game. However, over the last month I’ve noticed that it’s developed an error where after you save sometimes and then log back into your game it puts you back a couple “days” in your game. This error happens random…" - gamer4642
3
"update"
4 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lag behind. Can you update the gameplay? It's a little too stand-alone. Let's learn like the original version.ok？" - 00后girl
4
"version"
4 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lag behind. Can you update the gameplay? It's a little too stand-alone. Let's learn like the original version.ok？" - 00后girl
5
"years"
4 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I became a victim of the official version.. This game is very good. I have been playing it for many years, starting with the iPhone 4. It's clear that Don't starve hasn't optimized the iPhone 16 with Dynamic Island, because of Dynamic Island, I often can't use items in my backpack or…" - JinRan500K
6
"love"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Keeps reverting back after saving.. When it works, I love this game. However, over the last month I’ve noticed that it’s developed an error where after you save sometimes and then log back into your game it puts you back a couple “days” in your game. This error happens random…" - gamer4642
7
"playing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for kids. If you guys keep Playing this game you’re gonna be homeless." - Intelligencemeetsstreet
8
"together"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I became a victim of the official version.. This game is very good. I have been playing it for many years, starting with the iPhone 4. It's clear that Don't starve hasn't optimized the iPhone 16 with Dynamic Island, because of Dynamic Island, I often can't use items in my backpack or…" - JinRan500K
9
"attack"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Has potential, controls are bad. I guess there’s only so much you can do with a touch device for game control but this is really left wanting. Try to attack spiders with the attack button… nope maybe my guy views the pine tree as a bigger threat, yup, ATTTAAAAAAACK the pin…" - mdm108
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Keeps reverting back after saving.
When it works, I love this game. However, over the last month I’ve noticed that it’s developed an error where after you save sometimes and then log back into your game it puts you back a couple “days” in your game. This error happens randomly and I’ve been watching for it. And making sure that it’s not because of something like my phone powered off or I clicked out of the game without saving I’ve been being and this issue still keeps happening. It’s incredibly frustrating because you spend a lot of time building things out on this game parts of your progress will just get completely wiped out so it’s getting harder and harder to be excited about this game
Lag behind
Can you update the gameplay? It's a little too stand-alone. Let's learn like the original version.ok？
Not for kids
If you guys keep
Playing this game you’re gonna be homeless.
Playing this game you’re gonna be homeless.
Update?
I don’t know why y’all would bring this game to phones but won’t give it any updates so it’s caught up. genuinely wanna know why bother to put this game here just to neglect it.
Cave bug
I played >400 days and as soon as cave started the game kept crashing. Please fix!!
更新更新更新更新
能不能更新一下？？？？？？？？？？
Pls update
Game will dead if not update man. The last update 2 years ago ? Bruh
既然已不更新，为什么不干脆下架？
游戏画面相当精致，比较引人注目。然而本人耐着性子玩了近十个小时，却丝毫感受不到这款游戏的乐趣和开发人员的诚意。 主要原因在于，此款游戏功能设计相当不足，同时存在大量bug。其一是无法添加模组，无法精细操作，故而体验极差；其二是开发者似乎未针对触摸屏进行操作优化，致使游戏体验非常糟糕。 真是气死人。
Please Fix Movement Controller!!
I am so frustrated by the pocket version that I am considering uninstalling. And this is a great game! When in any area with lots of stuff, cow herd, forest, spider colony, it will stop working. Leaving you helpless to do anything but await your death. Because if the controller pauses over Stuff, it stops working. My guess is that it can’t figure out what you want with too many options too close together. PLEASE FIX THIS! Perhaps allow movement via double-tap? So I can escape with my life, thanks!!
EDITED TO ADD:
Dropping a star because It has been a couple of years, and they HAVE NOT FIXED THIS.
EDITED TO ADD:
Dropping a star because It has been a couple of years, and they HAVE NOT FIXED THIS.
No sound
Title says it all, sound doesn't work. It's not Bluetooth, it's not audio settings, everything else on my phone makes sound. Not this game. I looked it up and it's been an ignored problem for years.
Might be worth $5 to you but keep in mind it's a product that's busted and the developers don't care.
Might be worth $5 to you but keep in mind it's a product that's busted and the developers don't care.
挂羊头，卖狗肉
写着4.99扣我5.44
keyboard and mouse supoort
we need keyboard and mouse support just like minecraft and terraria
Game crashes 2024
My game crashed and I lost all my stuff. Won’t be playing again.
Why it gets stuck auto picking up items and I can’t attack 🤬
It constantly gets stuck picking up items by itself then I get killed by something because I can’t attack. Also please enable an option that gets rid of the examine option please! I don’t want to examine a stone wall instead of letting me move! Try and use the Pitchfork when there is land and this will become instantly obvious what is wrong. Also there’s a bug where it’ll start mining really slow so I gotta keep closing the game.
Don’t starve together
Hi I love don’t starve pocket edition, but I tried creating a server for me and my friends to play together, but nothing worked so if you create a don’t starve together pocket edition, I would love it
Won’t open
This was fun for a day or so, now the app won’t open without immediately crashing again.
There's some issues
Overally is nice and it feels like good times still, but mine doesn't have any audio on ipad, is that a normal thing?
海象消失bug
打了海象就给我了一块肉，后面我打残血保存退出，准备刷一下东西，进去海象直接没了😡
I became a victim of the official version.
This game is very good. I have been playing it for many years, starting with the iPhone 4.
It's clear that Don't starve hasn't optimized the iPhone 16 with Dynamic Island, because of Dynamic Island, I often can't use items in my backpack or build items. Today is June 7, 2025, and then the update is 2 years ago, I have to think that Don't starve has become a KLEI outcast, and Don't starve together has become a cluttered new game, can a small percentage of the revenue from Don't starve together improve the Don't starve experience? I'm sure KLEI can do it.
It's clear that Don't starve hasn't optimized the iPhone 16 with Dynamic Island, because of Dynamic Island, I often can't use items in my backpack or build items. Today is June 7, 2025, and then the update is 2 years ago, I have to think that Don't starve has become a KLEI outcast, and Don't starve together has become a cluttered new game, can a small percentage of the revenue from Don't starve together improve the Don't starve experience? I'm sure KLEI can do it.
LAG COMPENSATION
PLEASE LET UD TURN OFF LAG COMPENSATION, THE BEES ARE UNBEARABLE
Has potential, controls are bad
I guess there’s only so much you can do with a touch device for game control but this is really left wanting. Try to attack spiders with the attack button… nope maybe my guy views the pine tree as a bigger threat, yup, ATTTAAAAAAACK the pine tree while spiders kill you. The attack button should attack, harvest/interact should only do that, etc. they don’t. You can also get stuck in an endless harvest loop. Too frustrating, considering you die very easily and must start over. Deleted.
Great Game, Bad Bugs
I love this game and own it on 3 different platforms, but this version is sooo buggy! 2 games in a row now I get to day 14 then the attack button gets “held” which then leads to dying. I hate leaving such a low review, but hopefully the developer will get it straightened out.
Sentiment summary
87%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
8%
Negative (1-2★)