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Screw Pin Jam Puzzle
Playbox Studio · 382 ratings · ★ 1.6
1.6
★★★★★
382 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 92 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"
51 negative reviews mention this · 55% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way different.. I was excited about its simplicity, and challenged by the differences. Then when i downloaded the game it was all different. I didn’t like the visual at all." - Metykw
2
"watch"
28 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No functionally working. Most of 5 stars review here look fake or paid. When you watch the video after level 3 will you return to different screen." - Player_Master
3
"level"
25 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No functionally working. Most of 5 stars review here look fake or paid. When you watch the video after level 3 will you return to different screen." - Player_Master
4
"without"
20 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Stuck on level 1. Seems like I cannot pass level one without having to watch an ad !" - KagedKitty
5
"play"
17 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not great. It fun,yes, but every time you win, lose,etc an ad pop up it annoying, It’s hard they don’t give you to win legit. It is just pay to win. There are other game to play just not this one." - Fun, but there’s a problem
6
"watching"
17 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "scam. impossible to win past a certain level without buying or watching 7 min ads." - alizey (((:
7
"money"
15 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Goyslop. Just baiting you to spend money or watch ads goy slop" - Earl2626
8
"impossible"
14 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "RNG levels. The levels are completely random and more often than not impossible to solve, even if you do it perfectly up to a certain point. All of the screws you need will be behind a plate fixed by screws of a different color. Also too many ads" - redac90
9
"waste"
14 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money grab. They do not give you an adequate number of boxes to complete the level. You must waste 2 minutes per level watching a video to obtain a necessary box." - Lor1639
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Screw U
Forces you to sit through 5 minute ads and actually closing the ads after 5 minutes is more difficult than the puzzles
No functionally working
Most of 5 stars review here look fake or paid. When you watch the video after level 3 will you return to different screen.
Way different.
I was excited about its simplicity, and challenged by the differences. Then when i downloaded the game it was all different. I didn’t like the visual at all.
How I got tricked
So different from the ad i got click baited
just tapping
i don’t see the point it’s literally just tapping if you’re gonna make a game make it at least fun one star
Not great
It fun,yes, but every time you win, lose,etc an ad pop up it annoying, It’s hard they don’t give you to win legit. It is just pay to win. There are other game to play just not this one.
Too pay to win
What the title says
Cash grab
Levels are designed to make you lose unless you watch ads
RNG levels
The levels are completely random and more often than not impossible to solve, even if you do it perfectly up to a certain point. All of the screws you need will be behind a plate fixed by screws of a different color. Also too many ads
Nothing like it
I saw an ad for this game about someone who somehow couldn’t beat n easy level so I downloaded it to see if it was actually hard and this is like not the game I saw at ALL. It had a lobster and you had to move the screws this is just random shapes with a different mechanic completely!
More ad than game
Game forces you to watch ad after ad in order to play
Boooo
I paid $4.99 thinking it would be “add free”. Nope!!!!!
Garbage
Abysmal nothing like the ads not ideal detrimental
This is a scam.
Actually liked this game. You do watch a lot of ads but it was good for a couple months. Until I decided to buy the 4.99 no ads ....immediately apple informed me that i had been charged for 49.99. I put in a refund request with apple because this game gives no options for support . Do not download.
5
I hate everything that I say
Not Recommended
The only way to play this game is if you pay or watch hours of ads.
Ads, ads and more ads!
The ads are insufferable. It's bad enough you have to watch before and after each round, but you can't fast forward. You spend more time waiting than actually playing.
Frustrante
Está diseñado para que compres dentro de la app si no ganas es imposible
Add
I hate the ads bc I have internet.
Stuck on level 1
Seems like I cannot pass level one without having to watch an ad !
scam
impossible to win past a certain level without buying or watching 7 min ads.
Too many ads
Way too many ads
Downtown it just to watch ADs
Tremendous amount of advertisement. Please do not download.
Ads
Can’t do anything without watching a 2 min ad every other move
Not functional on iPad
The screen ratio is distorted on iPad - makes the game appear broken and not functional. Game is fun on phone, but shouldn’t be published for iPad without being functional 100%.
Goyslop
Just baiting you to spend money or watch ads goy slop
Money grab
They do not give you an adequate number of boxes to complete the level. You must waste 2 minutes per level watching a video to obtain a necessary box.
Whhyyy whyyy whyyy whyyy
THIS GAME IS TRASH 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 IT SUCKED DON’T PLAY don’t
Great concept, but greed destroyed it
Very cool concept game but developers greed destroyed it. Most games have ads and that’s understandable. But this game’s developers took it to another level. They make the levels practically impossible to win without watching a 2+ minute long ad to add another brief case. Instant UNINSTALL for this practice. I will find a similar game that doesn’t let greed get blind them.
Terrible game
The game wasn’t like in the ads, to many subscriptions and ADS ADS ADS so much ads
pay to win
games fun, but once you hit a certain point it’s impossible to get past. none of the screws even remotely correlate to my boxes
Fraud
I paid to not have ads but I still get ads
Not about skill
The game is largely unplayable unless you are willing to spend money or sit through inane ads. There isn’t skill involved.
Trash
Game makes you HAVE TO WATCH trash advertisements to advance past level 2. What a joke. Don’t waste your time with this crapass game. It’s cool but forcing you to watch videos just to advance to level %$#=*?} three???? Pathetic.
Not worth it
No skill will help you it’s just a money grab that’s built so lazily it’s obvious on the second level.
Broken money grab
Utterly unplayable. It was bad enough when the ads in this game to overcome the faulty game logic were a minute. Now many are over 120 seconds and many won’t even let you press the X at the end resulting in needing to start over.
Not playable
Most levels aren’t beatable with only the two boxes, it says you can watch ads to get another box but the Ad button doesn’t work, therefore you are required to pay to win. Very frustrating. I made it to level 11 but it took about 20’play hours
Impossible to pass levels
You have to watch ads to pass levels
Ads
How long you expect us to watch a effin ad for?
Add
Can’t get passed level two it’s literally impossible to play unless you watch an ad or buy coins
False advertising
Game isn’t like the ad
Don’t play this
Don’t download this game it’s literally impossible to win unless you watch ads for about 10 minutes or make purchases. Don’t waste your time getting this and supporting the clowns who made this!
Ads don’t work
Can’t advance to get power ups after watching videos. Scam game!
Impassable game
This game is designed in such a way that it's impossible to complete it without paying real money or spending a huge amount of time watching advertisements.
Ads would not close
I’ve only played this game for a short time.
I enjoy the games, the levels, and the challenges. Certain ads would not close and I would have to close my device to make them stop. Each time I be lost my level and had to start over. Not good.
I enjoy the games, the levels, and the challenges. Certain ads would not close and I would have to close my device to make them stop. Each time I be lost my level and had to start over. Not good.
Unplayable
This game is the definition of cut your nose off to spite your face. The creator of this game is incredibly greedy to the point it’s actually hurting him. What you do is actually allow people to play the game for awhile let them see what it feels like to not have adds and let them get addicted to the game then put adds in. The way they have it now is it’s insufferable right from the get go if you don’t have an extreme amount of patience you are going to delete this game.
Horrible
You can’t even progress without buying
Horrible
Don’t waste your time unlesss level 19 is impossible without paying for extra boxes or watching 100 ads
Don’t download
This game is the biggest crock I’ve ever seen. The analytics force you to watch 2 minute ads to proceed.
Biggest waste of time I’ve ever seen and I’ve tried multiple times to enjoy it.
Biggest waste of time I’ve ever seen and I’ve tried multiple times to enjoy it.
Don’t waste your time
If I could give it negative stats I would you can’t complete a single level without spending money or watching an ad. I got stuck on the second level after an hour of just running out of options I had to come write a review. -5 stars please don’t ever make a game again
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Sentiment summary
11%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
85%
Negative (1-2★)