# Virtual Villagers 7 — user reviews > 45 indexed App Store user reviews of Virtual Villagers 7 by LDW Software, LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 1,640 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/virtual-villagers-7/id6756892326/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/virtual-villagers-7/id6756892326.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,512 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 27 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 9 ## Newest reviews (13 of 45) ### 3/5 — It’s ok. *2026-08-11* I have played all the vv games and these last 2 have been just ok. I find myself missing a lot of elements from the older games. **Developer response:** Hi there! Thank you for your feedback. What can we do to improve your enjoyment of the game? ### 3/5 — Good *2026-08-09, version 1.3.3* Pls stop using ai it look dreadful and isn’t as creative and also there Isn’t much to do other than collecting tech points so maybe do something about that cuz I c at do much in the game without them.. ### 3/5 — Meh *2026-08-09* Villagers die too easily and it’s hard to get them to reproduce quick enough. There aren’t enough to gather food or tech points to actually progress in the game. Too little food and they won’t reproduce. Too few tech points and you can’t do anything. Lower the amount of tech points needed so it doesn’t take so long that all the villagers die. You shouldn’t HAVE to spend money to play the game and that’s what it seems. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 3/5 — Offline Resource Consumption *2026-08-06* It’s fun and I love puzzles but your villagers consume tons of food when you’re offline but barely create tech points. So if you can’t be online frequently your villagers will just starve to death because you don’t make tech points. Otherwise this would be a 5/5 game. **Developer response:** Please contact the Customer Support team by tapping the 'gear' icon, then 'Help' or email support@ldw.zendesk.com and add these details to your message - the team will take a look at your game and advise you! ### 3/5 — Same same same *2026-08-05* Same game, same problems, days go by without anything to do in the game because they make research the only way to progress. It takes a week to get enough research points to progress in one category and you need multiple to solve puzzles. So all you end up doing is expanding your population during the lulls in puzzles. In the old days you could speed up time, now you can’t. Game should have stayed paid to play not free to play with add-ons. Love the game but boring while waiting for research points to accrue. **Developer response:** We completely understand your concern regarding the cost of items in the game.  We're always reviewing pricing and the in-game economy to ensure a balance of fairness and a reasonable difficulty level. There are many other ways to earn Lavastones and Tech Points apart from buying them in the Marketplace - you can earn them through random events in the game, exploring volcanic cracks, watching video ads, the daily reward calendar and much more! ### 4/5 — Ads pause the crafting *2026-08-04* The game is great i’ve always loved the Virtual villagers/families series but when you offer ads to help benefit the player, on a game that relies on real time, why does it pause my crafting? If you make me sit through a full minute ad and i end up winning only 1 minute on the wheel, then i watched an ad for nothing since my crafting time got paused. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 2/5 — No Technical Support *2026-07-30* I have always loved the games in this franchise, however the technical support this time around is frankly shameful. I ran into an issue that halted any possibility of progression. All tech support would say was ‘there’s probably a part of the puzzle you’re missing’, ‘you can purchase hints to help’. and ‘certain level criteria needs to be met for specific puzzles’. I’m sorry, but I didn’t ask for a vague fortune telling. All criteria were met, all tasks completed, and the game itself told me to complete the task that’s broken. Honestly saddening, I had really high hopes! **Developer response:** Villagers will only interact with items that are relevant to the puzzle steps you're currently working on! If they can't select an item when you drop a villager on the Crafting Hut, it means there are other puzzle steps you need to complete first! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other villagers, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! If you're stuck on a particular puzzle step, you can also purchase hints from the hint system in the game! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 4/5 — Good but needs change *2026-07-29* Developers need to change the whole nursing moms are useless while breast feeding. They can gather. Remember curlers living in the wild out their babies in a sling and still help with survival. Ridiculous they do nothing until the babies running around. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 4/5 — Idioma *2026-07-29* Fuera mejor si estuviera en otros idiomas, preferida mente en ESPAÑOL! **Developer response:** Hi there! Thanks for your interest in the game! We're aiming to include as many languages as possible in the future! ### 3/5 — Crafting problems *2026-07-28, version 1.2.12* I will start crafting something but if I leave the game and come back a few minutes later, the crafting hut is reset as if I never started the craft. This has happened a lot of times and feels like it’s wasting time in game because I’m crafting one item 2 or 3 times before it works. Otherwise great game so far :) ### 3/5 — Game play *2026-07-28* The game takes way too long to play unless you’re willing to spend a fortune for what you need to be able to play it. The game itself is fun but having to wait over 24 hours for the villagers to get enough stuff to be able to play is ridiculous. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 3/5 — Roll for time off crafting?? High tech amount for level two? *2026-07-27* I have played EVERY virtual villagers from when i was a child and you had to play it off of the computer. I’ve completed each version of the game multiple times and bought the paid versions for my phone. That being said i respect using ads for progressing through the game quicker. However, i am appalled that trying to simply take five minutes off of crafting a product isn’t worth one video. I was on a roll trying to finish a puzzle and wanted to watch a video and afterwards it secured 10% off the time. Of a five minutes craft. That is not worth the ad time versus craft time. As well the tech is really high, which the latest games have stayed consistent with high tech to progress, and I know people have asked for it not to be that way because i do read the reviews people have mentioned and it being overboard as well as playing myself. To me it seems that ivirtual villagers does have high demand to make newer versions as it’s been out for a decade and high popularity, but i feel as though makers aren’t hearing your audience. I would much rather pay a straight one time fee to own the game and support the franchise than pay a lemur and bird to grab poisonous crabs and go down the crack in the earth for me and get 10% off a craft time after watching a minute long video. If im logged on I can do those actions myself. If this was my first interaction with this franchise, I would not finish the storyline. Please genuinely listen to your audience. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 3/5 — Glitchy *2026-07-26* I usually love these games!! And I know it hasn’t been out for long, and glitches are to be expected. but I’m on the terradome puzzle, and I keep making fertilizers, however when I drop a villager on the crafting hut to take it to the dome, it tells me there’s no resources to be used, and I cannot complete the puzzle. Also, sometimes in the crafting hut, when I go to combine items, and leave the game, it resets, so it gets rid of the resources that I used to make my new item, but there’s no new item. Usually I love these games! However I’ve never experienced such issues like these. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Villagers will only interact with items that are relevant to the puzzle steps you're currently working on! If they can't select an item when you drop a villager on the Crafting Hut, it means there are other puzzle steps you need to complete first! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other villagers, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! If you're stuck on a particular puzzle step, you can also purchase hints from the hint system in the game! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Awful graphics *2026-08-21, version 1.3.7* Bring back the original graphics! Everything looks so fake and AI I deleted it straight away… sad because I love the concept of Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — Not the Best *2026-08-08* I love this series but the newer games have a huge issue. Everything takes FOREVER. This game is the most egregious example. I feel like every time i make progress I’m told I won’t see any affects for 14 hours up to THREE DAYS. Needing 14 of an item that takes 20 minutes to craft. With no speed up function this is ridiculous and a clear attempt at a cash grab. Especially when the amount of lava stones you get in this game compared to VV6 is halved. Disappointed and wasted my time. Dev response had nothing to do with my review, clearly automated. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — Too much money *2026-08-04* I just spent 7.00 in two days on this game since I needed 100 lava stones to buy 1000 units of food. The villagers were STILL worried about food. I am dropping them on everything to no avail. I get a gatherer, but there is no place to store anything and no clue where to do so. This game is way too expensive and frustrating. I deleted it. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — Bring back the old VV! *2026-08-04* For over a decade Virtual Villagers was my go to game! 1-5 are so nostalgic, The Tree of Life is my favorite story line. I loved the old school graphics, the relaxation of it all, and how it all relied on patience and puzzle solving. Maybe this is a niche complaint, but VV 6 & 7 aren’t living up to 1-5. It comes off like Ai slop, the new graphics aren’t what made VV special, and the gameplay itself just isn’t as smooth. I don’t like that if you want to progress, you basically have to spend money because if you try to just be patient at the beginning it takes too long for them to form a skill and your entire village dies. Bring back the old graphics and gameplay! Not this Ai stuff! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — Takes forever and no guide *2026-08-02* They really want you to spend money on this game. Play is EXTREMELY slow and boring. There is a hint every 6 hours but no help guide and no map of where anything is or what steps to do next. It’s disappointing because I used to play older versions and had fun. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — Une traduction en français ? *2026-07-26* Dans la continuité de la série virtual Villager mais pitié, faites-nous une traduction française **Developer response:** Hi there! Thanks for your interest in the game! We're aiming to include as many languages as possible in the future! ### 1/5 — Worst Game Yet.. *2026-07-23* This game completely misses what made Virtual Villagers great in the first place. The older games were simple, relaxing, and rewarding. You could progress at your own pace and actually enjoy solving puzzles and growing your village. Now it feels slow, grindy, and designed to push you into spending money just to make any real progress. The pay-to-progress elements ruin the experience. I’m not interested in constantly being nudged to buy gems or speed things up just to enjoy basic gameplay. That’s not fun—it’s frustrating. On top of that, villagers are worse than ever at maintaining tasks. Even “masters” only work for a few moments before stopping, forcing you to constantly come back and reassign them. That turns the game into a chore instead of something you can relax and enjoy. Managing villagers feels clunky, and the overall experience just isn’t as polished or enjoyable as the originals. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — Takes too long *2026-07-21* I did not enjoy this game. It was taking forever to get to level 1 science in order to move forward that I ended up buying tech points only to find out I need even more tech points to get to level 1 innovation. Then after only 1 day of not playing all of my villagers died. There is nothing satisfying about this game and you can’t do anything else while you wait to receive all those tech points. I much prefer more active play in my games. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The game features an in-game tutorial, and whenever you interact with objects and other peeps, messages will appear at the bottom of the screen that gives you a clue of how to proceed! We hope you continue to have fun with your Virtual Villagers! ### 1/5 — In French please!! *2026-07-18* In french please!! **Developer response:** Hi there! Thanks for your interest in the game! We're aiming to include as many languages as possible in the future! ### 2/5 — Help, glitch ?! *2026-08-01* I would be happy to change my review if I find a fix. I love these games! But this one is so glitchy! I had to restart my first village because the construction table was just missing and never showed up. The second restart came after all my villagers died from missing one day. My third restart came when my frustration grew from not having enough skilled villagers to complete the tasks. On my fourth village now and ready to scream. Do the puzzles need done in order? Must be because my scientist made plans for the hut before the apparently needed plans for the Turkey thing. So now they can’t build the hut (or won’t because they need an invention from solving the prior puzzle I guess) and won’t change the plans on the board. How am I supposed to fix this? I’m so tired of restarting. **Developer response:** Please contact the Customer Support team by tapping the 'gear' icon, then 'Help' and add these details to your email - the team will take a look at your game and advise you! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love the game but… *2026-08-12* I have played this game since the first version was computer only. I have completed every game and was excited to see another version come out. The game is great and I love playing it however the game does not seem to continue when the app is not open. I will be away from the game for a few hours and come back and there has been absolutely no progress except for the countdown clocks those still seem to work. ### 5/5 — I love it! *2026-08-06* Already made it to the “end” up until this most recent update lol. Thanks developers :) ### 5/5 — Loyal player *2026-08-02* I played this game for many years since the very beginning. Only missing virtual villagers part six I look forward to continuing playing this one as well. ### 5/5 — Game not fully Loading *2026-08-01* I am not able to open the game due to the game not loading, it only load to 96% and will not go any further. **Developer response:** Please contact the Customer Support team by tapping the 'gear' icon, then 'Help' or email support@ldw.zendesk.com and add these details to your message - the team will take a look at your game and advise you! ### 5/5 — Wow *2026-07-28* Love it! So excited to get through this one! ### 5/5 — Great game but some issues *2026-07-25* I always love the virtual villager games and I think the hints are a nice addition whenever someone gets stuck but one thing that is bothering me is for building and gathering it doesn’t let you do some things unless you have enough skill which is frustrating because to gain skill you need to build things but you cannot work on the things you need to build if your villagers don’t have enough skill for it so you’re maintaining huts instead of building new ones and it takes them really long to master a skill. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-07-23* Like all the past games. It’s a fun game. ### 5/5 — VV7 *2026-07-23* I’ve loved these games for many many years, I do struggle with the farming for tech points when you’ve got all your puzzles up to date and there’s nothing more that you can do but wait. I would love a second vine location, and preferably a more visual indicator when they are ready for reharvesting. In previous games it would shorten when you collect it. ### 5/5 — I can’t see *2026-07-22* I can’t see how much is teach point to upgrade the shop In game iPad plz fix it love the game ### 5/5 — Fav *2026-07-01* The game so far is good I’ve played all the virtual villagers and so far my favorite game, my only issue is that not being able to do certain things due to how slow the game moves and then u have to spend money to get the lava stones to progress faster by time your getting to where u need the whole village be then died. I’m currently at a hault, I spent over 37$ for new everything more everything just for my villagers to die . Now I’ve had to start again and it’s slow progress with my scientists --- *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 2026-08-28.*