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I played the first Bonfire game and really enjoyed it. This one is a huge step up. Im not too far into the game, but it'd be awesome if we could enter some building mode and rearrange the roads/buildings. My original layout for the town didn't leave enough space for expansion, and I'd like to move stuff around, but I'd have to destroy in order to put something somewhere else. I'd consider paying for ad removal and rating 5 stars if something like this was implemented.
noname233336, the 02/05/2022
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This game was good enough to convince me to buy the ad-free experience. It also has extremely annoying issues that could be improved with a bit of extra work. - The camera is extremely flexible in views but also very unwieldy. Reduce the sensitivity or give us preset camera controls. - Fighter AI is very stupid. All but a couple run to a corner of the map when a battle starts leaving one or two to bear the brunt of an assault until the rest turn around and fight. - Watchtowers are useless.
noname908768, the 02/05/2022
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So I re downloaded the game. This game is fun.. and in most cases I completely destroy a game when I first get it find all the bugs and glitches. It does have a few that need to be addressed it's best if you just buy this game so you could speed run. If you set up your base in a certain way you can literally hit fast forward and just win every time. It's definitely challenging and a good waste of time.... The glitches is getting kicked out due to the ads and the random kickouts u0026 Plus a lag
noname281449, the 02/05/2022
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One of the best survival games I've ever played for mobile. The camera is slightly buggy but after you get used to it it's not that bad. The gameplay is super solid and had lots of campaign to do. If you're looking for a good survival game to play here and there this is it. Consider buying the no ads for the devs they're incredible and help with everything.
noname965771, the 02/05/2022
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This is one of those rare mobile games that is actually enjoyable and doesn't have any "anti fun" mechanics built into it. It's fun to watching your village grow and evolve. The gameplay is fun and challenging enough to keep you interested and want to keep retrying if things go wrong. The art style and music is also very charming.
noname828968, the 02/05/2022
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Kind of buggy. I've got characters dying because (I think) they're hungry even though I have a surplus of food. Others standing still when there's a task they need to do. Turning the game on and off will usually fix the standing still issue, but the dead remain dead. Without the bugs it'd be a fine game but as of now I recommend against paying for it
noname860721, the 02/05/2022
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The game looked cool and started fun. I started to figure out the different roles to use the villagers. Then they kept getting killed by monsters. Then the ads started. With the amount of time it took to replace villagers, accomplish tasks and having to watch ads, it became unplayable quickly unless I wanted to pay. Unfortunately I didn't want to continue playing and only lasted a few hours. The game looks great and might appeal to some people, especially if you are willing to pay to remove ads.
noname540920, the 02/05/2022
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So I'm having trouble deleting a previous review so I figured I could at least write an updated one. Bottom line? The game is great fun. The graphics are refreshing simple; creating a sense of nostalgia for a lot of the 'build them up' pixel games that I, like many of you, grew up enjoying. There's a decent challenge climb, an engrossing people management system, and an overall pleasant world to get lost in. Just give it a try, I'm sure glad I did.
noname451134, the 02/05/2022
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Awesome idea. I've made it to day 100 on 2 seperate saves now and I noticed a common problem. When you put guards in the towers, the guards you have on the ground seem to run away leaving the towers to get killed and then come back and fight the raiders off. Also when you get to a high number of days, you just play on the sped up time and it seems like you get an ad every 2 minutes. I love supporting developers but 4.99 to just remove ads is quite a lot. If it had some sort of bonuses, maybe.
noname817147, the 02/05/2022
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Couple of things are super frustrating: 1. The guards run away from the invaders 100% of the time. 2. It doesn't allow me to remove the ads. I've tried selecting it multiple times. Really would like the ad punishment to stop. 3. My shipyard and trading dock are useless. They do absolutely nothing. I've built ships for expeditions and staffed the shipyard. Does nothing. The trading dock doesn't even let me staff it. Totally useless. I would give this game 5 stars but too many issues.
noname565392, the 02/05/2022
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Overal it's a very good game. The graphics looked amazing and it's easy to get used to the game mechanics. The only bummer I had was when I played on a new device but I couldn't transfer all the saved progress from my old device therefore I had to start again. There is also a weird movement with the guards at night, when the monsters arrive, they would instead of running towards them and attack, they would run the opposite way, leaving the villagers getting attacked.
noname620260, the 02/05/2022
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A really fun game, I enjoy almost every aspect of it but there are few technical issues. At later stages when your population is high, the game becomes very chunky to run. In addition, when you are trying to defend your city at night, the guards will almost invariably run in the opposite direction of any given enemy despite how you tell them to move. Becomes rather frustrating when you start to lose villagers because the AI of the guards is just not very good.
noname804849, the 02/05/2022
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Good game, really like it, but there are a few bugs. For example, after training in a shooting range, units cannot equip a bow. Or the fact that the resources after the removal of the building (what lay inside) remains lying on the ground forever. In general, the game is super, I advise everyone!
noname13982, the 02/05/2022
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Love the game and considering paying for no ads, problem is most recent Android software update has broke the game. It now crash once you try to load a save. Edit: I am able to play fine again. I cleared the games cache (does not lose saves) and restarted my phone. Only complaint I have now is the extremely slow rate of getting gems. Edit: To those with issues of guards running away look at the character traits. Some have a trait that stops them from running.
noname25501, the 02/05/2022
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Fun game. I paid to remove the ads because I thought the game deserved it. All the people complaining about ads need to shut up because they don't understand how much effort goes into a game like this, devs need to be compensated for their effort. Not a complete 5 star rating because there's a fair bit of room for improvement. Patrolmen AI is pretty stupid, always runs to back of map for some reason, letting people die. Hard to select units that need upgrading when you have 20+ ppl. Overall good
noname701695, the 02/05/2022
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Really love the gameplay. But if I may suggest, can you allow the player to remove / move any tree in the game. Because it's so frustrating when you cant build any sort of building because one damn tree. It would definitely help for me, and maybe the ai performance can be better. Especially the guard running into forrest when they see enemy. I mean, they're guard right? And I have 12 of them on full gear. They just scared by 3-4 guy for no reason.
noname224198, the 02/05/2022
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Love this game! I've been searching for a game like this for ages and Bonfire2 delivers! I don't mind the ads, since they play every ~2nd morning they become part of the routine. There are still a few minor bugs though: Villagers getting stuck. (mostly resets itself) No collecting of demolished building resources. (They just lie there forever) Villagers AI isn't all that great. (mainly the builders running after the same task) But overall very good game!
noname668249, the 02/05/2022
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So this game overall is very good. But has some really annoying bugs. So to start with. The guards, there really important in protecting your village. But they have a mind of there own. The start fleeing in to the woods and leave only couple guards to fight, which then they get killed. Or they just split up for no reason at all. I keep loosing people because the guards are buggy as hell. Also I find the day and night cycle a little to fast. Also the adds make the game crash.
noname959277, the 02/05/2022
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I love this game. I'd say one of the best mobile games out there. few suggestions tho. 1. I hope there is cloud saving so i can continue playing when i change my phone. 2. I wish i can move around the buildings without just destroying them. 3. when worker is assigned to a building, they only put their resources into that specific building. so when that structure has it's capacity full, it don't recognize that it has the same building next to it can store the resources for example hunting lo
noname677760, the 02/05/2022
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low ads, good concept, it would be nice if people would show up more and huts didn't cost so much to upgrade. I'm at Day 70 and I've got almost got both sides of the rivers built. it's an easy fun game. I wish there was a way to split guards up into groups of 4 and be able to keep them in different areas to guard.
noname715754, the 02/05/2022
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Overall its an excellent and downlaod worthy game. What I like the most is how it's free and you watch a 30sec ad and your play for like 10-15mins and another ad. Placing buildings where I like. Naming people whatever I like. After 100 days I've experienced a lot and there's no real feeling of 'adventure' or 'exploration'. The Guard AI are morons and will get themselves killed which is harder on you the player. There needs to be small Quality of Life UI adjustments.
noname917138, the 02/05/2022
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Overall this game is fine but it sure has its problems. 1 is that the night. The guards are too stupid plus we can't control them which causes so many of my tower guards to die. 2 is that there should be a way we could get rid of villagers without them dying. And 3 we should be able to move building after that have been placed down rather then having them destroyed and having to build them again.
noname336653, the 02/05/2022
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ADS! But wait i was just... ADS! trying to find a better... ADS! weapon than wooden spears. Won't allow enough huts to house population. Multiple second tier buildings available without the needed primary resource buildings (why would i want 3 brick foundries when i only have one slow as hell clay pit?). A large guard force with the best weapons and armor available getting wiped out each night. ...ADS!
noname339535, the 02/05/2022
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Love this very well developed survival simulator. The most frustrating part of the game is the inability to remove trees u0026 patches of rock even late game. Much of the game relies upon placement of various resource / production u0026 refinement facilities within a proximity of a other. Pre planning and road layout requires many many restarts with this in mind just HOPING you will get a good random layout. If developers should remedy tree removal I will give it a 5☆ review.
noname735737, the 02/05/2022
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Love the building and survival of the game. It's a real challenge but I've already put so much time to playing that I've hardly noticed when the hours pass. Note: previously had issues with the actual app and was helped to troubleshoot the problem. Very much appreciated✌????❤
noname78653, the 02/05/2022
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This game deserves at least a 4 star rating from me, but the ads really had to ruin all of the fun. I have played for 15 minutes or so and then I get a message saying that this is the version with ads. Even after watching those ads multiple times - in only a matter of a few seconds - I get the same message again I hope you can consider the fact that all of the best FREE games in the world do not have ads in them or the ads do not affect your gameplay at all. Honestly disappointing. Uninstalling.
noname250229, the 02/05/2022
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Good game I was very happy with the first game that was released however the only thing I would have to say is that I liked the way the first game played related to the game screen and the ease of control over the various characters you have to interact with. Versus what you have in the interactive world that you control in Bonfire 2 as the visuals are not as pleasant and as easily to interact with. Still a good time.
noname954156, the 02/05/2022
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It's fun, but there's a graphical glitch which makes some menu pop up and cover the bottom half and right half of the screen for a fraction of a second every 15-30 seconds. It seems to only, or at least almost entirely, occur when using the fast forward function.
noname368853, the 02/05/2022
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The game is great, you start on an island and have to build houses and many things to keep evolving. It is fun to play and keeps you entertained. You recruit people and give them different jobs, at night monsters atrack you so you assign guards to keep your people alive and safe. Overall fun game with alot to discover!
noname386329, the 02/05/2022
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So close to a perfect game for me. I like that the game only progresses when you are playing but I don't like the consistency of the raids. They need to slow down and not be so strong. But that's just me. Got frustrated at level 77 and probably won't come back to the game because of the annoyance of losing so many workers every time
noname54607, the 02/05/2022
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Good game, but ads are broken. At some point the game forces you to watch an ad every now and then. Except I regularly don't get credit for watching ads so I'm currently stuck and can't continue playing. There's no icon to click to move forward. Hitting back forces me to watch yet another ad which again gives no credit to proceed with playing.
noname81517, the 02/05/2022
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A forced advertisement every five minutes that requires you to close the app and reopen just to watch the advertisement that then requires you to cloae the app and reload again just to play again for another five mins. I might pay the 5 dollars for the entire game but didn't get to play long enough before encountering this ungodly bug. The whol thing almost crashes my phone trying to close amd reopen the app in order to watch the add. Not worth downloading
noname294389, the 02/05/2022
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Love the game and buying the full version is worth it, looking forward to see this game grows, a little request for the developers i do hope that the will give us the option to remove trees and rocks on the map. It can be a feature that players can unlock on the mid game before the final battle to maximize everything.
noname86998, the 02/05/2022
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It's a chill village building game. It's like Minecraft but in 3rd person. Has auto loot, enemies at night, and of course, the wonderful music that plays alohg with it. The ads become disruptive once you start to get hooked, so just buy the add-on and be done with it!
noname280842, the 02/05/2022
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Great game but doesn't have cross devices support! The gameplay is every enjoyable. However, I hope that the developer would add some kind of account system for cloud saving and cross device support! My device is fairly old and I want to run the game on a tablet but it doesn't have ad remove there. Same google play account!
noname926647, the 02/05/2022
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This game has potential, I enjoyed the playthrough as short and annoying as it was. Just as someone else mentioned, the guards have minds of their own resulting in a painful grind of wine for meteor shards just to give them a chance of survival with expensive gear. Game isn't finished, having finished the "story" there's nothing else left to do but ponder what those islands are that I can't visit. Ads weren't so much of an issue with this game theyre skippable after 2 seconds.
noname870170, the 02/05/2022
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It's a great game. I can't really say it's bad since I've been immersing myself with the overall gameplay for more than a few of hours and I still want to play more. At the same time, having ads pop up every 5-10 minutes (5 mins when you double speed and 10 mins when you play normal speed; yes, I timed it) sucks. You don't get to do much after only 5-10 minutes of gameplay and it's worse for people who has attention issues. Which is why it's unfortunate that I won't be able to continue this game. The experience is just ruined for me due to the frequent ads. I've seen people get mad at reviewers complaining about the ads and simply telling them to purchase the game to get rid of them, but we should all remember that this is released as a free game. Anyone has a right to review this and compare it to other free games that also generate ads. The game's problem with the ads is the frequency of them and how they basically use it as a progression lock instead of an additional boost to progress in the game. In other games, you have energy bars that can be used for progression or something similar. They fill up when you leave them be after a time, but if you watch an ad, you may progress faster and continue playing the game. In this game, they block your screen after a time stating that you need to watch an ad to support the developers. I tried restarting the game when the block appeared without watching the ad, but after I played for 2-3 seconds, the block reappeared. Unless you watch an ad, you cannot continue to play. Period. I also want to mention that it was problematic when an object or person was behind something because you won't be able to click them. I had to delete a house because I was unable to click my bonfire after I built it in front of it. Same with people clumping together and me unable to click them for leveling up. You may want to add an indicator that tells gamers which person has leveled up recently to make it easier. I had to scour my whole colony every time when people leveled up. The game also crashes every now and then once you've built a lot of things. I've started crashing even before I expanded my settlement with two bridges.
noname749252, the 02/05/2022
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This game is great, but there are two things I believe are holding it back. It'd be nice if at level 10-15 you could re-roll to change one of the perks, or at least be able to have newcomers leave the village once you see a perk you don't need. Second problem would be the ads. I understand this is a business and you make money off of these ads, but being forced to watch an unskippable ad every two nights given how short they go by is just absurd. Good game though, hope it keeps improving.
noname712302, the 02/05/2022
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I got this game through Play Pass but still get ads. I tried clicking the remove ads button but nothing happens and I still get ads. As for the game itself, the main thing holding it back is that there isn't anything to do at night and fast forward is still too slow. There needs to be something to do at night or a way to speed past it faster. Also, some parts of the UI aren't clear, like why certain people can't equip carry items. It's good if considered early access.
noname786042, the 02/05/2022
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This game had my interest from the beginning and I was hooked. Played for about an hour and tried coming back to it only a few minutes later. My save won't load and the game just crashes repeatedly. I found other reviews with the same issue and the dev team response is a copy and paste for each one, simply blaming the issue on the most up to date OS. Clearing the cache and restarting does nothing. I havent been able to play the game since the initial download. It's been a week and no update.
noname858798, the 02/05/2022
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Nice game but very frustrating because you get killed easily by monsters. I don't like the fact that you have a limited point of view on your village. You cannot rotate 360 degrees around and can zoom a bit. I reached 28 villagers, had weapons, had mines, shipyard and after the 100th day all of a sudden had very huge amounts of attacks from tougher monsters. I lost almost everything now with only 10 villagers. With the time it takes to build and strengthen villagers it becomes very annoying
noname577950, the 19/09/2025
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Potentialy a great game but some bugs need worked out. The games debugger compiler pops up during game play not sure why. Units get glitchy after a certain population (20's) cases of getting stuck in buildings (to fix you must destroy building), unit selected is not the listed one that shows up in side bar. Not a bug but a huge annoyance make it so Night watch is double tap to move or they end up aimlessly wandering around the map if you don't catch it in time every time you touch the screen.
noname214978, the 19/09/2025
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The artworks and the story were quite wonderful, I'm okay with minimal ads but there was this issue whenever I go offline like there's still making me force to watch an ad to continue playing but I already turned off my wifi it makes me stuck in that page and wouldn't let me play anymore. It was a good game, I made it to day 27, it's just the force ads that makes things worse for this game.
noname580757, the 19/09/2025
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Great game, absolutely love it. BUT I've paid for the game (£4.99) but still getting the pop-up after a few days saying to watch an ad. I click on Remove ads again and it just says I've already purchased the game then no option to continue without watching another ad.
noname598282, the 19/09/2025
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This game is great but from time to time the game is paused and you must watch an ad, buy subscription(?) or gamepass to keep playing. Gamepass won't work and will "block" the subscription option, cuz you have gamepass right? And you are forced to watch ads.
noname115985, the 19/09/2025
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love the game. problem is, can't play it. even with play pass it wont let you continue without ads, but even if you watch an ad it doesnt work. can't remove the ads. can't subscribe to that unleashed thing because it can't be found. like what the hell man?
noname320187, the 19/09/2025
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Great game. It's really fun to build and assign jobs to the villagers. New people show up, and the night has attacks from creatures such as wolves, spiders, and some monsters. The only issue is that playing free means watching an ad that halts your progress. However, the ad continuously fails to load, preventing anything happening beyond day 11. Would like this fixed as I enjoy the game and don't mind ads. EDIT: This issue was fixed on my side. It has nothing to do with the game itself.
noname230819, the 19/09/2025
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I pay for Google play and yet this game still does not allow the removal of ads unless you pay them directly. you can't even do that if you have Google play pass because the option isn't made available to you. very frustrating. ads get played more the more you play
noname325647, the 19/09/2025
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i think it is better game for moblie users . this game is in between 2 and 3 dimensions or 2.5 dimensions. it has combine feature of decent storyline, 3 island , ship , ancient theme , cave exploration, etc.
noname757458, the 19/09/2025
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fun but I have a few notes.. first off its slightly addictive. The organisation is pretty fun and smooth. I did reach day 200 and I feel there is just nothing else to do by then. I built everything, all is upgraded and thats it. maybe add events and stories?
noname326236, the 19/09/2025
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while a fun game, I downloaded it using play pass and still had to sit through ads. not sure if its a bug or whatnot, but its frustrating none the less
noname755225, the 19/09/2025
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I hate this game, I downloaded it because it's on offline games , but the thing is after 1 hour you must watch one ad to continue the game and if you exit the game and come into it again after 5 seconds this happens again. and the interesting thing is that I have internet and I tap on "tap on watch ad to continue" btn and nothing happen too.
noname5151, the 19/09/2025
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GREAT GAME but the more u progress the more difficult it is to manage the villagers, to make most of my day time I have 6 builders but the thing is you can't (or atleast maybe I don't know how) make them focus on specific builds... also a job to make one just to transport items would be cool (although i just solved this problem by making cart for everyone hahah) overall I do love the art style, so unique, planning to buy the no ad just to support the development of this game ???
noname679742, the 19/09/2025
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Such a nice game with lots of potential to be at par with Life of Mellow and Townsmen. 1 Star because of forced ads. I stopped playing after 13 In game days. The other games don't force ads, so I ended up buying the premium version after clocking on 300+ hours. Won't be doing for this game. Sorry!
noname94364, the 19/09/2025
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Already bough it (remove ads). But its said error, you already own this item. edit: the error is fixed thanks
noname201848, the 19/09/2025
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@review Hazel Vega your review is common sense, if u pay attention in the game u can see the game have no other Optional bonus resource by watching ads, it's all about grinding no rush Resources. how can u enjoy such a simple and beautiful game if you rush it And the developer doesn't put much ads in many different way, than other games. Why can't u appreciate the single Ads option In one Complete game they do effort in this game u should too And the remove ads are cheap than other games..
noname958572, the 19/09/2025
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some workers die of starvation even tho i have 60 food. i don't understand its quite annoying that i can't do anything about it. it wastes the whole gameplay and there is no point to even play it. pathetic move from the devs. even more that my guards get stuck and don't move and i lose. 0/10 wouldn't recommend nothing works. thanks for wasting my time.
noname934855, the 19/09/2025
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games great but I have play pass and it still gives me ads which is going to put me off when I'm having to keep watching ads
noname14850, the 19/09/2025
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How do I remove ads?? I can't find any options. love this game hate the ads. I also have play pass. a help would be appreciated.
noname96276, the 19/09/2025
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Can't remove ads. PlayPass animation pops up, when tapping "remove ads", but nothing happens
noname462583, the 19/09/2025
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