# Pickaxe King Island — user reviews > 379 indexed App Store user reviews of Pickaxe King Island by ROGUE UNION GAMES, rated 4.90/5 from 1,760 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pickaxe-king-island/id6738040300/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pickaxe-king-island/id6738040300.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,609 · 4★ 117 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Pickaxe King Island? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Relaxing and cozy game - 👍 Charming and fun graphics - 👍 Fair in-app purchases - 👍 Optional ads with good rewards - 👍 Consistent updates - 👍 Developer listens to players **Cons** - 🐛 Saving issues, progress resets - 🐛 Placement of certain in-game elements - 🔍 Too many ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Urgent request board not giving rewards - Unable to progress due to missing NPC - Movement speed bug causing issues **Most requested features** - More dungeons and content - New ways to obtain keys - Ability to edit player character ## Newest reviews (17 of 379) ### 3/5 — Difficile d’avoir les clés et les diamants *2026-08-11* Très bon jeu mais c’est plutôt difficile d’avoir des clés de donjon deux mine ainsi que le diamant pour toutes les améliorations qui le demandent ### 3/5 — Almost the perfect mobile game *2026-08-07, version 462.5* There are elements of this game that are fantastic. The gameplay is simple and straightforward, the music is good, and there are time-based challenges that add to the fun. Despite the good, there is at least one major problem: very tiny gains for a disproportionately huge cost. Finally earn enough green gems to research an upgrade? It’ll benefit you by .01%. Spend several hours collecting and making ingredients to make other things that’ll sell for a lot of money so you can invest in decreasing production time only to burn through 300k to decrease it by .1% at .01% increments. Good games can be negatively impacted by being made too easy or too cumbersome and this is the latter. Is it good? Yes. Is it worth the effort in the long run? Meh. ### 3/5 — 翻訳ミス *2026-07-31* ドット絵が可愛く内容もちまちま遊べて楽しいです。ただ、「カワウソ」が出てきますがあれは明らかに「ラッコ」です！原語ではotterだったのかもしれませんが、ここで言うotterはsea otterのことでラッコです！🦦ラッコが大好きなのでそこだけ残念でした。 ### 4/5 — Great game but… *2026-07-26, version 460.5* The game itself is enjoyable but is full of micro transactions which in fairness are easily ignored. However some of the purchases are silly like the new update, why does it cost £6 to change to the Princess? ### 3/5 — 재미는 있으나 갑작스러운 극악의 난이도가 됨 *2026-07-25* 광고 제거까지 결제하며 플레이 할 정도로 초반에는 재미있었습니다. 하지만 후반으로 갈수록 밸런스가 너무 늘어집니다. 새로운 섬을 구매하는 데 필요한 골드가 급격하게 증가하는데, 음식 판매 가격은 너무 낮아서 골드를 모으는 데 엄청난 시간이 걸립니다. 결국 같은 행동만 반복해야 해서 금방 지루해졌습니다. 곡괭이 업그레이드도 마찬가지입니다. 업그레이드 비용은 150개의 광석이 필요한데, 광산 한 판을 플레이해도 광석을 6개 정도밖에 얻지 못합니다. 필요한 재화를 모으는 시간이 지나치게 길어 성장 속도가 크게 느려지고 플레이 동기까지 떨어집니다. 초반 재미는 정말 좋았지만, 후반부 재화 요구량과 성장 밸런스가 과도해서 결국 플레이를 그만두게 되었습니다. 후반부 골드 수급과 광석 획득량 밸런스가 개선되면 훨씬 오래 즐길 수 있을 것 같습니다. ### 4/5 — Fun *2026-07-11, version 460.5* Pretty good and simple 👍 ### 5/5 — Best RPG game ever!!!! *2026-07-02, version 460.5* I am a huge fan of RPG game and this is the beeeeeeeest game since Pokémon video game from game boy. ### 3/5 — Make the princess costume free *2026-06-29, version 460.5* Have to pay 7.99 to play as a princess… you know girls play your game too. ### 3/5 — Late Game *2026-06-22, version 460.5* It’s enjoyablea the beginning, no forced ads, but eventually the late game progression becomes too slow and it’s hard to progress without watching ads. ### 5/5 — Grappling to Begin *2026-06-21, version 460.5* I’m only about an hour into the game right now and it has been captivating thus far. There has been a solid balance between grinding resources and advancement. I will be intrigued to see how the grind changes as I continue to move forward! Updates potentially to come. ### 4/5 — Great game but… *2026-06-20, version 460.5* The game itself is enjoyable but is full of micro transactions which is fairness are easily ignored. However some of the purchases are silly like the new update, why does it cost £6 to change to the Princess? ### 5/5 — Top Spiel *2026-06-19* Macht richtig Spaß zu spielen! Ich finde es super nicht permanent mit Werbung belagert zu werden. Danke an die Entwickler! ### 5/5 — おまえうまそうだな *2026-06-12* 結構おもろいっすねゆったりできるんで動物を増やして欲しいっすねカワウソで ### 5/5 — Cute game *2026-06-10, version 458* Downloaded this game because I was getting bored of my other ones and it’s such a easy game to play ### 5/5 — 암시장 거래 요청ㅠㅠ *2026-06-05* 안녕하세요! 곡괭이 왕을 사랑해서 매일 매일 들어가서 열심히 플레이 하고 있는 사람입니다. 오랜기간동안 플레이를 하고 있는 와중 라즈베리랑 블루베리가 부족해지는 현상이 있어서 암상인에게 가서 거래를 하려고 했는데요, 라즈베리보다 등급이 낮은거랑만 거래가 되는 것이 아니라, 높은 등급의 재료로도 라즈베리를 살 수 있게 바꿔주실 수 있으실까요 ㅠㅠ 다른 재료 전부 높은 등급의 재료로 낮은 등급의 재료로 바꿀 수 있게 바꿔주신다면 너무나도 감사할 것 같습니다 🥹 곡괭이 게임은 저에게 힐링이 되는 시간입니다. 정말 감사드리고 덕분에 스트레스를 풉니다! 감사해요~ ❤️ ### 5/5 — Ads are completely optional *2026-05-30, version 458* Love this game ### 5/5 — Tolles Spiel *2026-05-29* Dieses Spiel ist wirklich unglaublich süß gemacht. Besonders die Geräusche und die Hintergrundmusik gefallen mir sehr. Die Pixelgrafik hat einen ganz besonderen Charme und macht das Spiel für mich noch schöner. Außerdem finde ich die Werbung überhaupt nicht aufdringlich und das Spiel ist kein Pay-to-Win, was heutzutage leider nicht selbstverständlich ist. Ich spiele es mittlerweile täglich, weil es einfach sehr viel Spaß macht und mich immer wieder motiviert weiterzuspielen. Einen Wunsch hätte ich allerdings noch: Es wäre toll, wenn man die Rezepte auch außerhalb des Ofens separat ansehen könnte. Aktuell kann ich nur bei einem freien Ofen-Slot nachschauen, welche Zutaten für ein Rezept benötigt werden. So könnte ich während ein Gericht noch zubereitet wird bereits die Zutaten für das nächste Rezept sammeln und meine Planung etwas besser organisieren. Insgesamt aber ein wirklich liebevoll gestaltetes Spiel, das ich gerne weiterempfehle! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 1/5 *2026-08-27, version 462.5* Stop making pay to play 😭 I just wanna be on that work grind without having to go back to the tent / pay for not having to go back to the tent ### 1/5 — Addicting but needs a few improvements *2026-07-14, version 460.5* Game is very addictive and fun. There are a few things that could be improved on though. 1. Add the ability to hide all the fluff from the UI. Sometimes you just want to relax and don't want to see the left and right columns on the screen constantly showing notifications and such. 2. Allow offline play even if it's only for a short period of time. It's not always I have access to Internet. It would be nice to be able to play the game even in those situations - such as on an airplane. ### 1/5 — Impossible de la lancer le jeu *2026-06-28* Toujours impossible de lancer le jeu depuis qu’en une nuit j’ai fabriqué plus milliers d’objets. Au lancement de l’application, à cause des nombreux objets au sol, le jeu n’arrive pas à charger et l’application crash. Plus d’un an que ça dure et le problème n’est toujours pas réglé. Tout simplement honteux, surtout que j’ai communiqué le problème au développeur et je n’étais pas le seul, avec bien évidemment aucune réponse de sa part. À éviter. **Developer response:** 게임 이용에 불편을 드려서 죄송합니다. info@rogueuniongames.com 해당 메일주소로 구체적인 상황에 대한 설명과 스크린샷을 보내주시면 수정해서 업데이트에 반영하도록 노력하겟습니다. 게임을 플레이해주셔서 감사합니다. ### 1/5 — Impossible de lancer le jeu *2026-04-23* Depuis maintenant plus d’une semaine, il m’est impossible de lancer le jeu à cause d’une énorme quantité de ressources au sol. Ce jeu n’est pas du tout optimisé. Passez votre chemin si vous ne voulez pas perdre votre temps avec un jeu qui au final vous empêchera tout simplement d’y jouer. ### 1/5 — すぐにやる事なくなる *2026-02-28* アップデートの時間稼ぎに無茶難題なクエストを振ってくる。 早く更新しろ。 ### 1/5 — Doesn’t function *2026-02-13, version 405* The game itself is pretty cool when it works. They want you to watch ads as part of the gameplay. No problem. Except you can’t close out and it gets stuck on the ad. So you have to restart the game after every ad which makes it reset the item you were meant to get and is only available if you watch an ad again that you can’t close. If you want no ads then you have to pay up. 1-star because the game doesn’t function as advertised. ### 1/5 — 自由農場B *2026-01-26* 生物版の自由農場かと思ったらAと一緒やん、10B返せ あと緩和するなら緩和前の素材返せ あとガチャかぶりのダイヤ返金自動にしろって言ってるじゃん そもそも確率おかしすぎ 色々アップグレードした時に数字端数になってる時あるけどどんな関数使ってんの？ ### 1/5 — Garbage *2026-01-22, version 402* I paid money to play and lost everything randomly after 70+ days consistent ### 1/5 — 无法打开 *2026-01-02, version 392* 无法打开游戏，直接闪退 ### 1/5 — 詐騙 完全不是放置型遊戲 *2025-12-02, version 376* 雖然遊戲官方說有更新了 但明顯在關閉的時候不會累積物資 所以不管怎麼升級都是浪費錢 舉例目前我紅龍完全升級滿 加上藍寶石LV5 以及綠寶石LV22 的情況下 18小時只收集到37個紅龍肉 跟我關閉遊戲前手動收集到的一模一樣 這遊戲根本在詐騙 後會花錢在這個垃圾上 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — yo great game *2026-08-28, version 463.2* yo guys have you heard of this game called pickaxe king island guys this game is on fire you need to try it you like money done you like gameplay done you like new things every so often done man if you are a person who likes to chill out on games this is where you need to be yo my dudes and dudettes great game still hey i found a fox game in leaderboard its a quick score game but fun so yea also yo creator of all that is great i got some words for you GOOD GAME GOOD JOB KEEP IT UP yo i went caps because it needed to be clear cant wait for next conent untill then woo hoo i am going to have fun yes you better believe it thank you not sure if sent top bit but beliw these words is new words thank you for game yo new updates are great love villagers makes game bit easy now but more fun in caves and dungeons also new island question how come for these last islands went over billion but everway new foods and seems we dont need new islanf to make so yea hey little heads up i still havent got a job so if need any help weather it be testing game or helping in real as your assistant if havent already got one love game i post a video every friday so yea keep up the good work ### 5/5 — 게임은 재미잇어요 *2026-08-20* 오븐 수 늘리고 나면 가끔 재접안해주면 프레임 드랍 심하게 일어나는정도 말고는 단점이 크게 없네요. 광고 제거는 필수적으로 사야해서 염두하시는게 좋아요 에메랄드도 사는게 좋긴한데... 솔직히 안사도 던전 컨텐츠 진행 느려지는 정도에요 그리고 오븐 좀 자기가 원하는 수치 입력좀 되게 해주세요 ㅠㅠ 강박증때문에 미치겟음 ### 5/5 — Ovens *2026-08-05, version 462.5* I feel like we need more ovens now that we have villagers but overall love the game . I just wish I could cook more and get more coins to fill upgrade my island and have some saved for the next update. ### 5/5 — かわいいくって時間が溶ける *2026-08-03* 始めてから1週間と少し経ちましたがとても良いです。かわいいから続けます。広告も見ようと思えば見れるくらいでしつこくないのがありがたい。ツルハシ王子というコスチュームが出たはずなのですがなぜかコスチューム一覧に反映されていないのと、スカルダンジョンが攻略できる気配が今のところ全くない以外はとても満足です。ダンジョンとかの適正レベルとかが分かると嬉しいかも。ガチャの確率は渋すぎる。せめてレア90%くらいであってほしかった ### 5/5 — 현질한 유저입니다 *2026-07-25* 초반엔 귀엽고 재밌어요!! 근데 갈수록 갑자기 너무 많은 골드가 필요해지는 반면에 게임의 요소적인 업데이트는 부진한 것 같습니다.. 열심히 모아서 밭 샀는데 전 밭과 동일한 밭이라뇨,, 광산도 단계가 높아지다가 갑자기 난이도가 급격하게 올라가는데 반해 주는 광석의 양은 똑같거나 적게 올라서 어느순간부터 게임 플레이가 너어어어무 어렵고 지루해집니다,,,,,,,,,,, 새로운 음식이라도 만들어주세요ㅜㅜ ### 5/5 — atualizando *2026-07-19* jogo esse joguinho faz muito tempo… eu amo muito mas tenho apenas uma reclamação!! quando vc fica avançado no jogo tem um momento onde tudo se resume a cozinhar e pegar madeira, e o jogo fica chato e repetitivo (cheguei a pensar em desinstalar) seria legal se tivesse alguma mecânica de comprar um ajudante pra fazer a recolha de algumas coisas pra gente que possamos deixar ele fazendo e ir atualizando ele pra pegar mais, ir mais rapido etc, pq se não fica mt dificil avançar pela quantidade de recurso e dinheiro q precisa. de resto, tudo otimo :) ### 5/5 — 다이아 가격대를 낮춰주십시오!! *2026-07-18* 요즘 이 게임에 미쳐살고 있는데요. 다 정말 구천구백만점 만점에 구천구백만점입니다. 근데 너무 너무나 아쉬운 단 한가지가 있어요. 바로 다이아 가격입니다.. 제 지갑을 너무 잘 지켜주고 계세요. 다이아 쓸 때 대부분 몇십~몇백개가 필요한데 50개에 2200원은 너무 바싸요오오옥!!하루에 모을 수 있는 다이아가 200개가 안 돼요. 쓰이는 데는 졍말졍말 많은데 말이죠..터무늬 없는 가격을 바라는 건 절대 아니구요! 적어도 2200원으로 아이템 뽑기 10회권 정도는 구매할 수 있는 금액이 되었으면 좋겠습니다! 9900원에 5000개면 진짜 지갑 거덜나겠어요 ### 5/5 — When is the next update *2026-07-15, version 460.5* Need more fish ### 5/5 — 심심풀이로 다운받아 봤는데 진짜 재밌어요 *2026-07-11* 과금까지 하면서 너무 재밌게 하고 있습니다. 그런데 낚시에서 젖소 물고기만 계속 안나오는데 정상인가요? 벌써 아이스골렘까지 뚫고 다른 물고기는 다 나와서 계속 렙업 중이에요. 한참 전에 나왔어야 한거 아닌가 싶은데ㅠ 오류인건지 아직 나올때가 안된건지 궁금해요 ### 5/5 — It’s what the adds say it is and I’m here for it👍 *2026-07-07, version 460.5* Great way to pass the time but it can get slightly grindy when I wants tons of money. I played abut 25min and it goes pretty fast but is tedious at times. --- *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 2026-09-02.*