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Pocket Build
MoonBear LTD · 26,915 ratings · ★ 4.6
4.6
★★★★★
26,915 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 24 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.
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"game"
12 negative reviews mention this · 50% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Please don’t let this game die!!. So this is an awesome game. There are so many great things about it…… but people are conceived that the devs have given up on it. There are so many cool updates that are allegedly coming but the game is dead. Devs, please keep building this…" - i hat bite squad
2
"updates"
5 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Please don’t let this game die!!. So this is an awesome game. There are so many great things about it…… but people are conceived that the devs have given up on it. There are so many cool updates that are allegedly coming but the game is dead. Devs, please keep building this…" - i hat bite squad
3
"into"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Development Abandoned?. This game hasn’t had any major updates or progress in a few years 😞 don’t know where new features are to continue interest and dive more into the gameplay. Wish there was so much more to look forward to." - ||H||.
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"build"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Please don’t let this game die!!. So this is an awesome game. There are so many great things about it…… but people are conceived that the devs have given up on it. There are so many cool updates that are allegedly coming but the game is dead. Devs, please keep building this…" - i hat bite squad
5
"forever"
4 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Won’t open. One day I went into pocket build and it loaded like FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEVER and every time i open pocket build it still loads forever like 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😭😭😭😭" - LunarLuna128
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"things"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Please don’t let this game die!!. So this is an awesome game. There are so many great things about it…… but people are conceived that the devs have given up on it. There are so many cool updates that are allegedly coming but the game is dead. Devs, please keep building this…" - i hat bite squad
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"building"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Please don’t let this game die!!. So this is an awesome game. There are so many great things about it…… but people are conceived that the devs have given up on it. There are so many cool updates that are allegedly coming but the game is dead. Devs, please keep building this…" - i hat bite squad
8
"abandoned"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Abandoned. No major updates in years. Is it abandoned?" - Random_Brian
9
"version"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Take note of the updates on the Apple Arcade version.. This feels abandoned." - MrGR3
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"play"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Development Abandoned?. This game hasn’t had any major updates or progress in a few years 😞 don’t know where new features are to continue interest and dive more into the gameplay. Wish there was so much more to look forward to." - ||H||.
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"takes"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not good. First off you don’t get everything like building houses and everything. It’s not too bad but it’s not like they’re trying to make the game better. So when you become a person you’re super slow takes forever to get to one place to another. s…" - The follower of God
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"takes forever"
3 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not good. First off you don’t get everything like building houses and everything. It’s not too bad but it’s not like they’re trying to make the game better. So when you become a person you’re super slow takes forever to get to one place to another. s…" - The follower of God
📋 All 24 negative reviews
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Please don’t let this game die!!
So this is an awesome game. There are so many great things about it…… but people are conceived that the devs have given up on it. There are so many cool updates that are allegedly coming but the game is dead. Devs, please keep building this game. It has so much potential and it would be tragic if yall let it go to waste
Downloaded on its own!
Beware! I did not download this app. It purchased itself for me and download it on its own. Beware! Fraud! Bots!
Needs to be fixed
I tried putting Jesus as my world name but it says it’s inappropriate but allows me to put satan as a name
Worst game becuase…..
I hate the game becuase I can’t scroll
Ads
You pay for it yet you get bombarded with ads for some dudes YouTube and twitter accounts
No story
I was excited to build my own world however that’s all this game is…. No story or campaign not a fan
Won’t open
One day I went into pocket build and it loaded like FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEVER and every time i open pocket build it still loads forever like 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😭😭😭😭
Can't cancel
It's not letting me cancel the subscription. It was a mistake. I can't even send the makers an email. I had it for a whole 15 minutes and just want it to go away.
Price.
Clicked the $0.99 button to purchase. A second later the App Store said thank for your purchase of $24.99. That is ridiculous.
Take note of the updates on the Apple Arcade version.
This feels abandoned.
Disappointing
This version has been put on the back burner versus the Arcade version. Don’t bother on paying for this one as the updates are minimal.
Not good
First off you don’t get everything like building houses and everything. It’s not too bad but it’s not like they’re trying to make the game better. So when you become a person you’re super slow takes forever to get to one place to another. so the game is good, but not good enough to buy it for a dollar and you don’t get everything for buying the game. I hope this helped.
Subscription??
I paid $3 for this and now they’re trying to sell me a $10/month subscription? Seriously?
Paid game still has ads.
This is lame.
Bridges don’t fit properly
It takes forever to make bridges fit. In the process you always end up moving or deleting things
Abandoned
No major updates in years. Is it abandoned?
Development Abandoned?
This game hasn’t had any major updates or progress in a few years 😞 don’t know where new features are to continue interest and dive more into the gameplay. Wish there was so much more to look forward to.
Ehem…
I want a refund.. and this is a real review unlike the others.. this game is not worth 1 dollar.
I don't get it
I downloaded the game, bought a worker, and then waited for the resources to build up to build more things. And I waited. And waited. And waited. I got bored and closed the game. Came back and the workers hadn't gathered anything while the game wasn't running, so I had to sit there and stare at the screen until I finally got enough resources to build a few houses. I got another worker, but he glitched and would only use up one food node before giving up and wandering aimlessly. I locked him in a pen with lots of cabbages and he gave up after every single one. The game wasn't really a game as much as a waiting simulator, and that glitch made resource gathering obnoxious. 2 stars because even though the gameplay consists entirely of waiting for incredibly slow workers who glitch, at least the music was good.
Edit: no? Why would I think to do that?
Edit: no? Why would I think to do that?
Good but
Could add more actions to the characters and find resources. It’s good to play but not much to accomplish.
Additional payments
For a game that cost money I can’t believe they want to charge almost 12 dollars a month for additional content, the game is good but not that good
Has potential but..
Two of my trees I resized a little small I can no longer interact with/delete
I have 3 workers that refuse to cur down any more trees than the first one they cut.
There are no descriptions for almost all items.
I want to be able to customize my npcs clothing.
I don’t want to invest too much time into this game but I am more than willing to subscribe to it if I can get a response saying you’re working on it and can give me a time frame
I have 3 workers that refuse to cur down any more trees than the first one they cut.
There are no descriptions for almost all items.
I want to be able to customize my npcs clothing.
I don’t want to invest too much time into this game but I am more than willing to subscribe to it if I can get a response saying you’re working on it and can give me a time frame
Eh
You kind of just exist in this game. I’m sure it has a learning curve kind of like Minecraft, but having no discernible path of progress or any kind of story kind of kills my desire to play the game. You collect wood and food to get more stuff but it takes forever, and what do you even do with the new stuff you build or get? It gives you a basic tutorial of how to play but doesn’t go further than that. If they added a more in depth tutorial explaining how everything works maybe I’d be more interested. Or even if there was some kind of story interwoven into a more lengthy tutorial explaining everything and then the adventure fully begins that would be easier and more interesting.
Kinda wish I hadn’t spent $1 on this…
It’s basically a less good version of Godus, very basic building mechanics and I wish I hadn’t wasted my money. It’s definitely a game I will never play.
Sentiment summary
91%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
4%
Negative (1-2★)