# Eri's Forest TD — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of Eri's Forest TD by Studio Qinoko Pty Ltd, rated 4.52/5 from 551 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eris-forest-td/id1464648227/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eris-forest-td/id1464648227.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 401 · 4★ 87 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 19 ## What do users think of Eri's Forest TD? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Beautiful and aesthetically pleasing visuals - 😊 Charming and funny character - 🎮 Smooth and relaxing gameplay - 💡 Interesting and unique concept - 🧩 Challenging puzzle design - 🎵 Great sound design and voice acting - ⏱️ Good time-consuming entertainment **Cons** - 💰 Pay-to-win mechanics and forced monetization - 📺 Excessive ad-watching requirements - 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues - ⚙️ Poor game balance and difficulty spikes - 🔧 Lack of essential tower defense mechanics - ⏳ Energy/stamina system limits playtime - 🧠 Confusing UI and poor tutorials - 🔥 Device overheating issues - ❌ Game-breaking bugs with tower targeting - 🔄 Menu freezing and performance issues - 📱 No cross-device save synchronization **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on startup or first level - Incompatibility with older iOS versions (iPad Air 2 w/ iOS 10.3.1) - Towers not targeting bugs correctly - Menu freezing randomly - Game requires reinstall to progress - Error codes in Endless mode - Lag and performance issues during gameplay - Slow download/installation **Most requested features** - More levels and campaign content - Pause and resume functionality - Tower targeting options (strongest first, closest, etc.) - Better tutorial and in-game help system - Almanac with fungi and bug information - HP bars and damage range indicators - Cross-device save synchronization - Mazing mechanics for tower placement - Explanation of game terms (RNG, etc.) ## Newest reviews (12 of 33) ### 4/5 — High hopes *2021-05-03, version 1.4.725* I have high hopes for this game! Hasn’t downloaded yet, so slow! ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2020-09-29, version 1.3.690* Incredibly fun with beautiful visuals. I only wish I could play on both my iPhone and iPad without having two separate saves! ### 4/5 — Awesome and detailed but, overheating *2020-09-26, version 1.3.690* I loved lots of the art and graphics of the game, but as I expected from the 360°, it overheats like crazy for my phone. ### 4/5 — It’s interesting. *2020-07-17, version 1.2.620* If you like to zone out 👌🏼 Pretty graphics. ### 3/5 — How to *2020-06-28, version 1.2.620* The game seriously needs a better how to Can’t tell what kind of fungi is being upgraded. They each have a name, why not show it. Almanac of fungi and bugs encountered, weakness strength, etc Basically, it needs some very basic informational pieces ### 4/5 — Good game needs more levels. *2020-06-27, version 1.2.620* Fun game, looks great. I've finished all the levels so need more. Couldn't get a 4 star on challenge 3 levels 2-3 and gave up. I'm done until they release new levels. ### 4/5 — Good but needs some lag fix *2020-05-22, version 1.2.598* Every time I try to play I press it then it lag me out of the game so please fix so I can play **Developer response:** Hi there. We apologise for the inconvenience. We want to find out how this happen and find a way to fix it. But we needed a bit more detail, please drop us a note to support@qinoko.com. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Tough to master but worth the challenge *2020-05-19, version 1.2.598* Each level presents new challenges that require different solutions and take many attempts to find the right one. Just when you think you tried all combinations to complete the level with no success you find another option that finally gets you to the next level. Great graphics and enjoyed the challenge. Not 5 stars for me as I finished all levels and now want more!! What’s next?? ### 4/5 — Enjoyable, but I have questions. *2020-05-09, version 1.2.598* I really enjoy the game. It’s challenging, fun, and pretty. I wish there were more levels and I would like to know what RNG stands for on the lanterns. It would also be nice to be able to pause and come back later. That’s my constructive criticism, I absolutely recommend it it though. Very fun. ### 3/5 — Review *2020-05-01, version 1.1.580* This game is absolutely beautiful, I play it often and updates have definitely made significant improvements but the difficulty of some levels seems extreme. I've been stuck on level 12 much longer than I'd care to admit. ### 3/5 — Fun but to difficult at certain parts *2020-04-11, version 1.1.580* The game can be really fun but at some parts the game gets to difficult ### 4/5 — Beautiful art *2020-03-22, version 1.1.571* One of the most beautiful art i’ve ever seen. The English voice over is also unique, love the Japanese accent. Only backside is the energy system. Other than that overall a rare hidden gem. Hope they will develop another game like this. Well done dev! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — DOESN'T OPEN *2021-04-23, version 1.4.725* Crashes immediately on iPad Air 2 w/ iOS 10.3.1 ### 1/5 — Ruined after recent update *2020-10-23, version 1.4.713* Been an avid TD player for decades, and fell in LOVE when this game released. A few incentives purchasable that’ll make the game a bit easier, but not necessary for game completion. After making my way through the campaign and most of the side missions/online stuff, we were hit with a fairly large update, and this is where things went downhill. Everything was redesigned around forcing the player to spend $$ or “view ads” if they wanted to compete. The online portion is just a leaderboard showing the highest score/wave on a selected daily mission. Some levels allow the use of “lanterns” that give your towers a fairly huge buff to the ones within the lanterns radius. To unlock some of these lanterns, you HAVE to view ads.... sometimes, more than one. THEN if you want to upgrade certain lanterns, you need to watch 20-40 ads! Not all require ads though, the others need 2 different types of in-game currency “paper” and “gold”.... and of course, the most useful lanterns, require gold, which the game does reward you with through normal play.... however the amount rewarded is no where near enough to satiate the amount required to upgrade these lanterns. After a full run through on normal difficulty, depending on how well you do after each mission (you only get rewarded once), you’d find yourself with roughly 200-300 gold. To “unlock” some lanterns, you’ll need anywhere from 120-800 gold. Now to “upgrade” these lanterns, you’re able to use your gold in increments of 10.... with the maximum amount of gold for this lantern being 6,000. And that’s just for ONE lantern! There are over a dozen of them. Take that, along with the menu freezing randomly, and the game forcing you to start from scratch if you ever need to reinstall.... and that’s what brought this once-before 5* TD game down to a 1* **EDIT** Tried to get in touch with developer to see if they plan on addressing error codes popping up when trying to enter Endless mode.... of course, 2 weeks later, no response. No support, terrible replayability, p2w.... it’s a shame, because the game “was” great.... ### 1/5 — P2W model for a TD....? *2020-04-15, version 1.1.580* This game starts out fine, but video ads for easier start? That is literally directly effecting your chance to win, by watching an ad? Terrible payment model, ESPECIALLY considering it being based around a mediocre TD. The game itself is okay, showing multiple lanes from the start would be better, hp bars - better, dmg ranges on towers - better, just about everything other TDs do right would make this game better. There is also no mazing involved in this TD which automatically made it a 4 at best due to limited user interaction with the board. Been playing wc3 and sc2 TDs since childhood. The only thing this one has going for it for it is graphics. Unfortunately that’s not enough and gameplay is more important. Uninstalling. ### 1/5 — Too hard *2020-04-13, version 1.1.580* This game is impossible to win. I even tried paying to win. This was still impossible. The graphics are amazing though. ### 1/5 — hard *2020-04-06, version 1.1.580* its too hard after a few levels ### 1/5 — So frustrating, some bugs that need working out *2020-03-30, version 1.1.580* Pros: the art is good, the sounds are great and the concept is unique. Cons: Lacks basics of tower defense mechanics and too hard to play after just a few levels. Some bugs are not recognized by mushrooms. The long of it: I am on level 7 and I simply can’t get any further no matter how hard I try. Maybe it’s pay to play at this point but I’ve tried about 20 different strategies and none of them work. I’m a big fan of Bloons and mushroom wars and pretty much play tower defense games exclusively. The game lacks the simple mechanic of setting up your mushrooms to target specific things (strongest first, closest, etc). I have seen bugs simply pass by mushrooms without the mushrooms ever targeting them at all. I feel like the bugs are bugged. I give them one star for their art work but their backend game mechanics make me want to throw something. ### 2/5 — Cash Grab *2020-07-14, version 1.2.620* Some of the levels are impossible to do without watching the ad in the beginning to get extra mana or spending money. Don’t waste your time. ### 2/5 — Eh *2020-04-19, version 1.1.580* Beautiful and fun...lvl 8 impossible ### 2/5 — Good game but mechanics are not right *2020-04-14, version 1.1.580* Simply not enough mana accrued to play after a few levels, level 20 is impossible. If mama accrual doesn’t up or upgrade costs were lower this would be better. ### 2/5 — Confusing *2020-04-11, version 1.1.580* Beautiful game but I have no idea what I’m doing. I like to think I’m competent ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2023-02-27* I love how sweet the girl is and she’s really funny! The setting is pretty and the gameplay is smooth, well made and relaxing. ### 5/5 — neat *2021-01-18, version 1.4.725* interesting concept. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2020-10-08, version 1.4.709* What a treat. So refreshing. ### 5/5 — Fix the game *2020-07-23, version 1.2.620* Everytime I tried to play the first level it crashes! please fix it. ### 5/5 — This games pretty awesome *2020-07-15, version 1.2.620* Super beautiful and easy to play. Best time consuming game I’ve founds in years. Feels like a game that came out before games became PTW. Love this game 10/10 ### 5/5 — Eri’s forest *2020-05-10, version 1.2.598* I really like this game, it’s challenging enough to make me keep coming back but easy to understand and very aesthetically pleasing. ### 5/5 — I love this game *2020-05-08, version 1.2.598* Keep up the good work ### 5/5 — Great game give us more. *2020-05-07, version 1.1.580* Just finished all 12 levels with 3 stars. Looking for more stories, when will they be up? ### 5/5 — Unique take on tower defense *2020-03-15, version 1.1.571* The art style really shines to me and the gameplay and translations are well-done. You’ll be able to jump right in if you have any experience with tower defense games =) ### 5/5 — Well-designed game! Reminds me of PvZ. *2020-03-14, version 1.1.571* (The 6th comment) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*