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Tiny Terraces
Jaxon Gallegos Garcia · 131 ratings · ★ 4.0
4.0
★★★★★
131 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 20 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 · 70% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable controls. I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!" - kryneb
2
"controls"
5 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable controls. I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!" - kryneb
3
"buggy"
5 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable controls. I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!" - kryneb
4
"unplayable"
4 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable controls. I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!" - kryneb
5
"progress"
4 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I have the Steam version too. I got a new phone and all my progress was erased. Wished it could be saved into Game Center or the cloud of some sort. I got to the Kumquat tree and lost all my progress…" - whet.
6
"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable controls. I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!" - kryneb
7
"minutes"
4 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "UI. Unfortunately the UI experience haven’t been that good for me, on the iPhone 16 the UI size and proportions is just weird so I have a hard time clicking on things so I wasn’t even able to make it through the game farther then just a few mi…" - Bob and rob
8
"click"
3 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Unplayable controls. I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!" - kryneb
9
"mobile"
3 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not made for mobile. Genuinely the worst port I’ve experienced, you can tell absolutely zero care went into this. The UI is hilariously small and clearly designed for a PC, turning up the UI size will cause windows to be permanently locked on your screen becaus…" - stubiolol
10
"small"
3 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not made for mobile. Genuinely the worst port I’ve experienced, you can tell absolutely zero care went into this. The UI is hilariously small and clearly designed for a PC, turning up the UI size will cause windows to be permanently locked on your screen becaus…" - stubiolol
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"size"
3 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not made for mobile. Genuinely the worst port I’ve experienced, you can tell absolutely zero care went into this. The UI is hilariously small and clearly designed for a PC, turning up the UI size will cause windows to be permanently locked on your screen becaus…" - stubiolol
12
"phone"
3 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I have the Steam version too. I got a new phone and all my progress was erased. Wished it could be saved into Game Center or the cloud of some sort. I got to the Kumquat tree and lost all my progress…" - whet.
📋 All 20 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Unplayable controls
I want to like this game but the controls are just awful. Idk if theyre just buggy or not user friendly but when i buy a sprinker, hit the button to stop buying sprinklers, click/tap away, why does it then buy 3 more sprinklers?!
Not made for mobile
Genuinely the worst port I’ve experienced, you can tell absolutely zero care went into this. The UI is hilariously small and clearly designed for a PC, turning up the UI size will cause windows to be permanently locked on your screen because the button to exit them is now off screen, nowhere near worth the money at this point.
I have the Steam version too
I got a new phone and all my progress was erased. Wished it could be saved into Game Center or the cloud of some sort. I got to the Kumquat tree and lost all my progress…
Suboptimal controls and ui size
Everything being so small I accidentally deleted my save. No idle when app isn’t open = not a true idle.
UI
Unfortunately the UI experience haven’t been that good for me, on the iPhone 16 the UI size and proportions is just weird so I have a hard time clicking on things so I wasn’t even able to make it through the game farther then just a few minutes also I think the tutorial could be improved too or have a help manual in the game. Once the UI is fixed I will come back to the game and give it a proper review
Can’t play
Game crash my phone after 1-2 minutes of playing
Could be fun
This game has a lot of potential but I am really turned off by the game freezing every 1-2 minutes when not connected to the internet. I can keep it working if I save every 10 seconds
Annoying
Just found the game annoying
buggy
i have played for a month or so and have reached a point where the game is almost unplayable with the amount of bugs. helpers standing still, autoseeder just not working, chickens getting stuck on outer border, fences and gates just straight up not working, progress loss when exiting, ui bugging out…
i was having fun at first but its almost unplayable at this point
i was having fun at first but its almost unplayable at this point
Umm
Nothing works, controls are non existent, explanations are useless. Game is a cash grab, avoid.
Progress lost
I lose all my progress when exiting and reentering the app. You have to manually exit to menu every time you close it and even then that is not a sure thing. It is not a good feature for an idle game…
Unplayable
No instructions, obtuse controls, not in any way optimized for mobile, make for an excruciatingly frustrating experience. Probably fun on PC with a keyboard and mouse, but straight up trash on a phone.
Egg mechanic breaks game
Can’t progress because my ducks won’t hatch.
Completely Unplayable
Was clearly meant to play on desktop and thus cannot be played on the iPhone unless the developers actually try to adjust the controls. The text is incredibly small, there is no guidance, and the shop/inventory mechanic is unreadable but still takes up the whole screen. It doesn’t tell you how to close it, so I spent a while just tapping on everything to try and see the actual game again. Impossible to place objects. Basically, spent $2 for a game that was downloaded all of 10 minutes.
Good game but needs improvement
★★☆☆☆
About 32 hours in, and there’s definitely a good game here. The concept is cozy and the progression loop is satisfying, but several quality-of-life issues make the experience frustrating on iPad.
Main things that need improvement:
• Upgradeable click-to-collect for items on the ground
• Layer selector / transparency so ground items aren’t hidden by buildings
• Menu sensitivity is very buggy on iPad
• Option to hide the layer visibility popup text
• Better placement areas for certain items (e.g., tree taps)
• Compost heap hitbox needs improvement
• Copy/paste for buildings and their settings would help with layouts
• Windmills reset after reopening the app
The foundation is great, but these issues start to stand out after longer play sessions. With some polish and QoL updates, this could easily be a much better experience.
About 32 hours in, and there’s definitely a good game here. The concept is cozy and the progression loop is satisfying, but several quality-of-life issues make the experience frustrating on iPad.
Main things that need improvement:
• Upgradeable click-to-collect for items on the ground
• Layer selector / transparency so ground items aren’t hidden by buildings
• Menu sensitivity is very buggy on iPad
• Option to hide the layer visibility popup text
• Better placement areas for certain items (e.g., tree taps)
• Compost heap hitbox needs improvement
• Copy/paste for buildings and their settings would help with layouts
• Windmills reset after reopening the app
The foundation is great, but these issues start to stand out after longer play sessions. With some polish and QoL updates, this could easily be a much better experience.
Not optimized
Not optimized for mobile, very clunky ui, I’d like a refund
Great potential just buggy :(
This game is literally great! It just has too much bugs and i’m stuck on the task where I have to produce honey but I literally haven’t unlocked flowers yet so i’m stuck doing the same tash
Really needs cloud sync
That way we can play between iPad and iPhone
Don’t want to have different saves on each device
Other than that it has a lot more bugs than the PC version, disappointing
The tooltips for the crops don’t show up a lot of the time unless I reload the game, so can’t see the status of each crop
Don’t want to have different saves on each device
Other than that it has a lot more bugs than the PC version, disappointing
The tooltips for the crops don’t show up a lot of the time unless I reload the game, so can’t see the status of each crop
I think a big is stopping me from progressing
When I click a product to sell it the ui goes blank. I’ve tried as many things as I can think of. Can’t get money so I’m stuck. Seems really fun, and I don’t see anyone else with this problem so it’s probably a problem on my end.
Potential but broken
UI NEEDS FIXING. Looks to be for pc and a lot of functions are either buggy or just don’t work.
Sentiment summary
69%
Positive (4-5★)
11%
Neutral (3★)
20%
Negative (1-2★)