# Fantasy Forest Story HD — user reviews > 491 indexed App Store user reviews of Fantasy Forest Story HD by Storm8 Studios, rated 4.10/5 from 3,267 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantasy-forest-story-hd/id877831982/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fantasy-forest-story-hd/id877831982.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,948 · 4★ 511 · 3★ 283 · 2★ 170 · 1★ 355 ## What do users think of Fantasy Forest Story HD? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 💎 Unique and beautiful animal designs - 🌳 Relaxing and immersive fantasy-themed game - 🎮 Enjoyable gameplay loop of breeding, hatching, and collecting animals **Cons** - 🕰️ Extremely long wait times for breeding, hatching, and evolving animals - 💰 Expensive in-app purchases and gem requirements for progression - 🎢 Unbalanced and luck-based battle system - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs, especially related to the mining feature **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes when trying to mine for realm runes - Loss of resources (bombs, runes) when the game crashes during mining - Inconsistent behavior of the battle system, with lower-level animals defeating higher-level ones **Most requested features** - Ability to expand land and add more habitats - More efficient ways to earn gems without spending money - Improved battle mechanics that reward strategy and level differences - Better organization and search tools for the animal collection ## Newest reviews (19 of 491) ### 3/5 — Used to be one of my favorite games *2026-08-09, version 1.9.2* I used to absolutely love this game and would play it forever on my kindle fire years ago. The music and art style are so nostalgic. Compared to other games, the art is cute and the icons and accessibility are not overstimulating. However like seen in some other reviews, it’s not really being updated anymore. Also the fighting mechanic makes no sense. A level 14 animal can easily be defeated by a level 1. There’s one or two buttons, depending on how many elements it is. Then you press them and you get a weak normal or critical attack. All do the same damage for every animal no matter the level. It’s just luck. And the waiting times take forever. I understand that rarer creatures take longer but I just started playing again after years and even the beginner creatures can take 12+ hours. Like bro this is only the 5th animal I got. Also the resources are hard to get. The art and music is cute but compared to other games it is not efficient. I understand it’s a children’s game but I’ve seen other childrens game with more complicated fighting systems - they’re not that stupid. Also if it is a kids game, no child is waiting 30 hours for their egg to hatch. Please update, if has the possibility to be better ### 3/5 — Love Collecting! But the Battles… *2026-07-23, version 1.9.2* First I want to thank whoever made this game where you can collect so many wonderful creatures! I adore the collecting and it is a lot of fun! The only thing about the game is the battles. I feel like the battles are mostly or basically pointless It’s like whenever I put my creature in to battle another creature it does not matter what the rarity or how strong your animal is you still lose most of the time! It is like you take a turn but the other creature always hits back stronger or always does better than you no matter it’s level It is one thing if your animal is not an ultra rare or high rarity and stronger than the other creature. (The max lv. 15) But my lv. 10 Ultra rare Crystal Unicorn went up against a lv. 2 petite panda and LOST! It’s like the battle dynamics do not make sense I also wish there was a way to power up your creatures even more! All I can do is feed them and battle them. Finally I still have a hard time getting gems! Everything is so expensive I can hardly buy any creatures from the store with gems because I get one gem per person when my “neighbors” gift me. Or by doing quests and battles. Even then you still only get max 10 or less gems Sometimes 12 but that is rarer than a blue moon. Sure find more friends but some of the animals are like 1,000,500,200,300 gems! 💎 You have to buy the gems to succeed. Anyways this is a great game I love it!! ### 4/5 — 4.9 stars - I enjoy it. *2026-07-18, version 1.9.2* It's fun progressing through the game, and collecting all of the cute, little creatures. So far, I haven't seen one I dislike. The art is very good. However, I wish the ad button had a count-down timer for when you can watch more ads. It's really annoying not knowing. And I wish new nests weren't so expensive. There's no way I'm paying real money for gems.. sorry. ### 3/5 — Good Game / A little unfair tho *2026-07-12, version 1.9.2* It’s a great game I love all the critters you can collect and breed !! But I’ve noticed when it comes to battles it’s a little unfair .. a level 10 common against a level 15 super rare (me) lost a battle with me landing 3 strong hits in a row ?? I was hoping there could be a way to make it a little easier or find a better way to make it more fair in fights !! It hasn’t happened once but multiple times .. kinda defeats the purpose of growing them !! ### 4/5 — The game is good. But… *2026-07-09, version 1.9.2* The game is due for a huge update. It’s good, but it’s due for a very huge update, it has a lot of bugs and it does glitch, it’s starting to kick me out of the game right away. But it’s good and it would be great with a good update and bug patches as well! ### 4/5 — Wonderful game but could use a few improvements *2026-07-09, version 1.9.2* I really enjoy the graphics and the idea of the game so I always come back to play the game. but the main reason I usually leave is because it’s very easy to get all the tasks done super fast and everything else like upgrades are super slow so it’s kinda one of those games where you would check on it every couple of days. And it is extremely hard to obtain free gems despite everything in the game store costing a ton load of them. So progressing in the game takes super long time and a ton load of patience. Overall I think if they would just add a couple improvements and make the game a bit cheaper I think it would be a major success and I would definitely play more often. ### 3/5 — Fun but limited *2026-06-18, version 1.9.2* I've been playing this game for several years, but now I've maxed out on what it offers so there's no reason to play anymore. It is not updated and expanded which is very frustrating!! ### 2/5 — Used to love but now *2026-06-15, version 1.9.2* This game has been one of my favorites for years but it’s become almost impossible to not spend real money every time you need to expand which isn’t always an option for everyone. It’s a shame because I love playing this game alot ### 3/5 — Super fun but has problems *2026-06-13, version 1.9.2* This game is has very cute animals and many fun things to do, but after I play for about 20-30 minutes the music suddenly stops! Also every thing is super expensive! I want a home for my Skyger but it is about 90,00 coins or 50 diamonds!?! I have to pay $4.99 for 120 diamonds only! In addition battling is non reasonable! I used my level 15 frost-fang on a level 7 armadillo and lost!?! They said that level 15 animals would have a guaranteed win! But when I used a level 10 fairy ferret I won! And it’s not only the levels but the elements are un reasonable too. Why can’t a water type beat a fire type but a fire type can beat a fire type??? Why can a leaf type beat a water type?? In conclusion, storm 8 studios have a lot to fix in fantasy forest!! ### 3/5 — Cute, but flawed *2026-06-01, version 1.9.2* I played as a kid and loved it. I wish the battles made more sense, as others have said. My level 10 Pyro battled a level 4 pyro and lost, which is careless. Also, different devices have different limited time offers, and the ads for offers do not load ever. I wonder if the developers still care. And customer support has still not gotten back to me. ### 4/5 — Weird Battle Mechanics *2026-05-15, version 1.9.2* Really love this game! I’m having plenty of fun, but the battles seem unbalanced. The element types don’t seem to have any impact on damage done, which is fine, but despite the fact that some of my animals are level 15, they’re getting beaten by animals that are level 9. I think the balancing needs to be better because there is no reason why a level 7 fire type animal is beating a level 11 water type. ### 4/5 — Agrandissez le territoire *2026-05-11* Je joue à ce jeu depuis le début mais malheureusement avec le temps qui passe le jeu meurt peu à peu. Au début il y avait : -le leaderboard -le storybook -Les tournois -l’arène -la roue des récompenses -plus de propositions de vente d’animaux -Les points à acheter pour le ledearboard -Et de plus au niveaux élevage d’animaux on ne peut plus ni ajouter de nouveaux animaux et ni augmenter la place sur l’île et la licorne de l’île opulente à également disparu. 🫤 Je constate que vous essayez de faire des efforts mais le souci est que vous ajoutez des animaux mais il faudrait que vous augmentiez la place pour ajouter les animaux car on arrivera jamais à mettre plus de 1000 animaux mais seulement la moitié. Sinon super 👍 idée d’avoir ajouter des objets pour les points pour le leaderboard 😉 ### 2/5 — App Crashes Often *2026-03-31, version 1.9.2* Fun game. But the app is constantly crashing. ### 4/5 — Great game!!! *2026-03-27, version 1.9.2* Keeps crashing. Even after deleting app and reinstalling. ### 3/5 — Game has been great until the Kimono Dragon *2026-03-27, version 1.9.2* I had redownloaded this game some months back on my ipad and had no trouble up until today (March 26th 2026, would’ve put the stars as 5 if not for this problem). Had started to hatch my Kimono Dragon egg that I got from the recent Cherry Blossom Event since yesterday, and after hatching the egg today and putting it into one of my fire habitats, I have not been able to stay on my home world without the game closing itself out. I can visit other people’s worlds without crashing. See my achievements and quests without crashing. Watch ads while I’m able to without crashing. Go to the store and buy things without crashing. If I’m even lucky enough, get into the battlegrounds with no issue. But if I’m just at my home world for even a second, it instantly crashes game. I even got the game on my phone to test it out, and once my account was connected, it immediately closed out of the game. I can’t even collect coins, food or just expand. I can only hope someone sees this review and is able to put a patch out for this glitch or find out if I’ve just lost my save file due to the Kimono Dragon. ### 3/5 — Great game, needs a big fix *2026-03-27, version 1.9.2* I’ve been playing for a while now, and love the game! However lately I’ve been having an issue playing. I no more than get to my village before the game crashes and I’m kicked out of the app. I couldn’t find a way to report that other than by writing a review. ### 3/5 — Very cute, but expensive *2026-03-14, version 1.9.2* This game is adorable, and I adore the cute fantasy animal designs. However, I think the cost of expansion is far too expensive. I just downloaded this game again after deleting it a while back. As soon as I saw the cost of expanding, I remembered why I deleted it. It’s a shame because it’s such a cute game, but it’s so hard to add more animals because there’s not much room and expanding is expensive ### 4/5 — game freezing and not adding progress *2026-03-11, version 1.9.2* i really love this game but there’s this one problem. it wasn’t present when i started playing it but recently it has appeared and it’s really bad for game progression. you see, when i open the game for any longer than 5-6 seconds, it freezes and anything i did during that time frame doesn’t get saved to my current progress. the only way to get around that is by constantly tampering with my wifi but even then, the game would freeze faster than i can repeatedly mess with my internet just to keep it running without it freezing. please fix this ### 4/5 — Норм игра *2026-03-09* 4/5. Играю хорошо, но игра без звука. Как звук починить ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Great game!!! *2026-08-18, version 1.9.2* Ads are broken on the watch and spin. Watch the ad. Then spiny circle waiting, waiting, then nothing. Wants me to watch the ad again without spinning the wheel. Please fix! ### 1/5 — Blah *2026-05-04, version 1.9.2* I haven’t played this game in years. And the developers haven’t updated the game in six years. It’s sad. I spent money on this game because I enjoyed it. Now it’s trash. I can’t get into my old account which it doesn’t really matter since they are no longer updating the game. It’s a money trap. ### 1/5 — Help *2026-03-28, version 1.9.2* I’ve passed level 10 for castle story and all the other story games where’s my gems ### 1/5 — Game is crashing constantly *2026-03-27, version 1.9.2* Once you reach level 200 they keep taking things away from you. Now the game is constantly crashing-don’t waste your money! They are of no help when you ask them to correct the issues. ### 1/5 — Fix your game *2026-03-26, version 1.9.2* Loved this game, but now everytime i turn on it crashes what the hell i spent so much time and energy ### 1/5 — Help *2026-03-02, version 1.9.2* I can’t go to anyone else’s land it says server not available ### 1/5 — Please fix *2026-02-16, version 1.9.2* I’ve played this game since I was like 6 I have so many animals but I can only buy one land per level please fix this I need to buy more habitats for my animals and also please make gems more achievable so many animals cost like 300 gems but I can’t buy them because through missions the highest amount of gems I’ve gotten is like 20 and to buy gems just isn’t worth it because 50 bucks for 1400 gems when there are animals that cost 2000 is just not worth it, please update the game ### 1/5 — PLEASE DO something *2026-02-09, version 1.9.2* this is just sad and pathetic now it's been six years since an actual update you have so many people that actually love and enjoy playing this game that ask a little bit from you like change a few things and you can't even bother to look at it or critique it a little it's so hard to obtain gems in the game that you have to buy them it's better to just not get the game ### 1/5 — please fix!! *2025-09-26, version 1.9.2* I've been playing this game for years and I can no longer login to my other account..... Also, I'm maxed out on my expansion, so hopefully there be an update to increase expansion... edit: I still can't log in to my other account! edit: still no changes being made to this game,,, still can't log in yo my other game. its pointless to keep playing ### 1/5 — PLEASE DO A MASIVE UPDATE *2025-08-24, version 1.9.2* i have loved this game for many many years i think if you added like breeding time reducers for crops and evolving too you can make more money and find new players and add more minnie games to make money and food add new islands and animals you can do a lot with the platform your on but the game has been the same for years and i really love this game i dont wanna see it go or a video to reduce the time could also use a delet for items you have to many of or dont want would really help with inventory also the free gems dosnt work for me for some reason and i cant seem to get ahold of anybody for anything so idek anymore ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — THE BEST GAME *2026-08-04, version 1.9.2* If you want something to feel like you are back with the dinosaur and all the stuff back then this is the game it has soooo much stuff to do and does not keep you bored🙂 ### 5/5 — I Am Having Trouble With The Game. *2026-07-18, version 1.9.2* I Need Help I Am Having Trouble With The Game Every Time I Win A Battle I Cannot Exit The Battle Thing. Something Is Wrong With This App 🤦🏽‍♀️. ### 5/5 — Fantasy forest story *2026-07-02, version 1.9.2* Awesome game ### 5/5 — J’adore le jeu *2026-07-01, version 1.9.2* Le jeu est amusant et divertissant pour moi c’est très simple 😃😃😃😃 ### 5/5 — My favorite childhood game *2026-05-24, version 1.9.2* This is literally my whole childhood I loved playing this game even tho I had to wait for the eggs and breeding and stuff but I have played this game every single day ### 5/5 — Nice game *2026-04-11, version 1.9.2* Such a great game, but it is a little pay to win. I like collecting animals and battling, but I think they should add an easier way to get gems. ### 5/5 — Thanks *2026-02-16, version 1.9.2* One of my absolute favorites so happy to have played it for over 8 years now!!! Thank you ### 5/5 — Problem needs fixing but still good *2026-01-29, version 1.9.2* I went in to the normal battle zone and Evrytime time i tried to battle it froze pls fix it ### 5/5 — Awesome! But one TINY problem… *2026-01-10, version 1.9.2* I love this game, and i’ve been playing it for a long time! ❤️❤️❤️ but the problem is that in the battlegrounds, you have to wait a long time to regain the blue bolts… If you could upgrade it to 3 bolts, i would be very happy! ### 5/5 — Great game!!! *2026-01-04, version 1.9.2* I love this game! I’m very happy to play regularly. The pop ups when you first open the game are annoying, but not horrible. I would LOVE a storage option for animals hatched and grown. Other than that, I think it’s perfect. I plan to keep playing. I lost my favorite game to a horrible layout change. My eyes are older, and I could no longer see the board to play. This game started as a rebound. But it’s starting to look like a long term relationship is forming. Wanna hang out and see what happens? Circle one. Yes No maybe ❤️ --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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