So Glitchy
Almost all of the things I “craft” I have to recraft because the game glitches and it deletes my progress/item. The goals are unclear, you need a cheat page in order to know what you’re even supposed to do. Pointless and annoying.
Fun but….
It is a fun game and I wish that there were better explanations of the puzzles but the one issue I am constantly having is with the crafting hut. Whenever I craft items, and I go to collect them, the game freezes and will not load my items. I have tried closing the game and reopening it, but nothing seems to work. Every once in a while I will get lucky and I can immediately collect my item.
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It’s a pay to win game
Edit: Been “playing” this for a while bc I don’t learn my lessons. One of the necessary challenges includes making 12 clay bricks, which take 2hrs 45 minutes to make each one. That’s 33 hours minimum for ONE CHALLENGE. But only 11 hours if you pay $20 for the other crafting slots ofc
Ignoring the unskippable ads that pop up at random, it’s a pay to win. All crafts required for puzzles take anywhere from 45 minutes to 48 hours and you can only make one thing at a time despite puzzles needing 4-5 ingredients. You can, however, pay $9.99 for each extra slot. It’s a slog otherwise and is nothing like the games you grew up loving. Sucks
Ignoring the unskippable ads that pop up at random, it’s a pay to win. All crafts required for puzzles take anywhere from 45 minutes to 48 hours and you can only make one thing at a time despite puzzles needing 4-5 ingredients. You can, however, pay $9.99 for each extra slot. It’s a slog otherwise and is nothing like the games you grew up loving. Sucks
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Love love love
It has everything. Been playing last day of work games for a long while and this one is one of the best
Puzzle
I don’t know the puzzles no clues
Ads
You WILL watch an ad to play, an ad to speed up time, an ad to craft, an add every time you open and close the game.
If I could give negative stars I would
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I say the push of microtransactions is one of the things killing this game and yall tell me to buy stuff within the game lol ok then. I just uninstalled it completely.
I first started playing these games on my laptop in hs back in 2007 so I’ve enjoyed them for a long time. Never dealt with ads or anything like that and I know times change and when you get mobile games people are bound to throw ads in them especially if they’re free but this is just too much. Yall have ads that pop up and can’t be closed out of- either you have to close the entire game and restart it or you’re forced to interact with the ad so the little x appears. The ads and micro transaction push has killed this game.
I say the push of microtransactions is one of the things killing this game and yall tell me to buy stuff within the game lol ok then. I just uninstalled it completely.
I first started playing these games on my laptop in hs back in 2007 so I’ve enjoyed them for a long time. Never dealt with ads or anything like that and I know times change and when you get mobile games people are bound to throw ads in them especially if they’re free but this is just too much. Yall have ads that pop up and can’t be closed out of- either you have to close the entire game and restart it or you’re forced to interact with the ad so the little x appears. The ads and micro transaction push has killed this game.
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Good game
It’s a good game but it takes to long to get lava stone and tech points
? Glitchy ?
Game started out really cute, fun and interesting. Then suddenly I open the app to check on the ‘village people’ and there is little time to play~check up on everyone, as I’m being forced to watch ads literally every two minutes. I’m not sure what happened. If there is a fix for this problem please let me know. Other wise I have to delete this, I don’t have the time to sit through all these ads and try to play the game.
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It’s a pay to win game
Ignoring the unskippable ads that pop up at random, it’s a pay to win. All crafts required for puzzles take anywhere from 45 minutes to 48 hours and you can only make one thing at a time despite puzzles needing 4-5 ingredients. You can, however, pay $9.99 for each extra slot. It’s a slog otherwise and is nothing like the games you grew up loving. Sucks
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Cute
This is an ok game. It’s hard at first to learn what to do to get puzzles done but it’s still pretty good. There is a lot to this game.
Also, why must I watch an ad every time I go to collect a crafted item from the crafting hut?
I’m not against buying the game or even paying a fee to stop the adds. Are either of these options?
Also, why must I watch an ad every time I go to collect a crafted item from the crafting hut?
I’m not against buying the game or even paying a fee to stop the adds. Are either of these options?
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Villagers aged to death in an hour?
I was playing and all of my villagers were in their 20s I closed the game went to bed and got on in the morning and it says all my villagers are dead and when I click on their dead bodies it’s up in the 170s for age I don’t understand how this would happen?
Okay but not great
I liked the other games more. I wasn’t not a huge fan of the how you can upgrade villagers. Okay game but kind of felt different from previous ones
Needs an update.
I’m highly upset I’ve reached a point in the game where the crafting hut is built but I cannot move any villagers or anything! It’s very frustrating all I can do is replay the instructions but nothing else PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP!!!!!
J’adore
Merci
Not a fan
I really don’t like these newer games. Please update the older ones for mobile. 2 through 5. Please please please.
Revoked Access To Progress and Purchases, Logged Out + Unretrieved, Lack of Accountability
I have been dealing with this since the end of January 2026 and it is now nearly a month later. I am writing this so other players understand exactly what can happen and avoid the extreme frustration this has caused me.
I have been a long time player of LDW games. I played back when they had to be downloaded onto a desktop before they were available on mobile. I have never experienced anything like this, and after reaching no resolution, I highly doubt I will ever return to these games.
I have purchased the Starter Pack three separate times over the past year. I also purchased the Lemur on three separate occasions. The third time, the game offered it to me for free because I had already purchased it. When I selected that option, the Lemur never appeared in my game. That is why I originally contacted support at the end of January.
After multiple emails back and forth with Keegan from LDW Support, the Lemur was finally restored and I was given 900 Lavastones. Those 900 Lavastones were not random free currency. They were tied to the fact that I had already purchased the Starter Pack three times and the Lemur multiple times and had to repurchase content due to it not appearing correctly.
After that resolution, everything was fine. I had 33 villagers, was near the end of Chapter 1, had all three Craft Hut slots unlocked, and about 250 Lavastones remaining.
To be clear, the second Craft Hut slot cost 300 Lavastones, and I paid for those Lavastones with my own money. The third slot cost 600 Lavastones, and I unlocked it using part of the 900 Lavastones provided after the first issue was resolved. I still had around 250 Lavastones left.
Then on January 28, I opened Virtual Villagers 6. Immediately after, I was logged out of Virtual Villagers Origins 2. When I went back in, my village was completely overwritten and irretrievable. My 33 villagers, my progress, my Craft Hut upgrades, and my remaining Lavastones were gone.
That same day I emailed support explaining that tapping “Sign in with Apple” did nothing and that there was no option to import my saved progress. I was repeatedly told to choose “Import progress from your Apple account.” That option never appeared. I deleted and reinstalled the app, followed every instruction, and reset settings exactly as directed. Nothing changed.
I sent multiple screen recordings clearly showing there was no import prompt. Later, I was told attachments could not be opened for security reasons, despite Keegan previously referring to those same videos.
Throughout this process, Keegan blamed this on “user error.” He questioned whether I followed instructions even after I provided recordings. I was told it was an Apple security issue and directed to contact Apple. Apple informed me they have no control over third-party apps and sent me back to the developer. When I provided that transcript, I was told it also could not be reviewed due to security issues.
I even sent a screenshot of another App Store review under this exact game from June 4th by Shelby Shelbs describing the same thing happening after logging into Virtual Villagers 6 and being logged out of Origins 2. This is not isolated. Yet Keegan claimed I am the only person experiencing this.
Eventually I was told my old save was overwritten and could not be recovered. I was told durable purchases like the Lemur would return, but anything purchased using Lavastones was gone because Lavastones are “consumable.”
Yes, the Lemur reappeared. The second and third Craft Hut slots did not. The 250 Lavastones did not.
I was told I am not entitled to have anything restored that was purchased with Lavastones. Keegan even stated I was not entitled to the 900 Lavastones initially provided, which raises the question of why they were sent at all if they could effectively be erased by being forcibly logged out for simply opening another LDW game with my Apple ID.
This has been nearly a month of emails, being told it is user error or an Apple issue, and providing proof only to be dismissed. I am waiting for this to be escalated, but I have little hope. I also appear to be unable to log into the LDW website after submitting another ticket, as password resets never arrive despite trying multiple devices and networks. So I am guessing they revoked access from there as well. Imagine going from a long-time avid supporter for over a decade, to being treated and dismissed in such a way/
Until this is resolved, I will not be playing any LDW games. I will continue sharing this experience so other players understand that permanent upgrades unlocked with in-game currency can disappear if a save is overwritten and support may deny responsibility.
I genuinely loved these games. That has completely changed. This game has caused me more stress than ANY other game I’ve played EVER, and it is not because of the challenging gameplay. It is due to being ran through the wringer, lied to, blamed, and dismissed.
DO BETTER LDW AND KEEGAN.
I have been a long time player of LDW games. I played back when they had to be downloaded onto a desktop before they were available on mobile. I have never experienced anything like this, and after reaching no resolution, I highly doubt I will ever return to these games.
I have purchased the Starter Pack three separate times over the past year. I also purchased the Lemur on three separate occasions. The third time, the game offered it to me for free because I had already purchased it. When I selected that option, the Lemur never appeared in my game. That is why I originally contacted support at the end of January.
After multiple emails back and forth with Keegan from LDW Support, the Lemur was finally restored and I was given 900 Lavastones. Those 900 Lavastones were not random free currency. They were tied to the fact that I had already purchased the Starter Pack three times and the Lemur multiple times and had to repurchase content due to it not appearing correctly.
After that resolution, everything was fine. I had 33 villagers, was near the end of Chapter 1, had all three Craft Hut slots unlocked, and about 250 Lavastones remaining.
To be clear, the second Craft Hut slot cost 300 Lavastones, and I paid for those Lavastones with my own money. The third slot cost 600 Lavastones, and I unlocked it using part of the 900 Lavastones provided after the first issue was resolved. I still had around 250 Lavastones left.
Then on January 28, I opened Virtual Villagers 6. Immediately after, I was logged out of Virtual Villagers Origins 2. When I went back in, my village was completely overwritten and irretrievable. My 33 villagers, my progress, my Craft Hut upgrades, and my remaining Lavastones were gone.
That same day I emailed support explaining that tapping “Sign in with Apple” did nothing and that there was no option to import my saved progress. I was repeatedly told to choose “Import progress from your Apple account.” That option never appeared. I deleted and reinstalled the app, followed every instruction, and reset settings exactly as directed. Nothing changed.
I sent multiple screen recordings clearly showing there was no import prompt. Later, I was told attachments could not be opened for security reasons, despite Keegan previously referring to those same videos.
Throughout this process, Keegan blamed this on “user error.” He questioned whether I followed instructions even after I provided recordings. I was told it was an Apple security issue and directed to contact Apple. Apple informed me they have no control over third-party apps and sent me back to the developer. When I provided that transcript, I was told it also could not be reviewed due to security issues.
I even sent a screenshot of another App Store review under this exact game from June 4th by Shelby Shelbs describing the same thing happening after logging into Virtual Villagers 6 and being logged out of Origins 2. This is not isolated. Yet Keegan claimed I am the only person experiencing this.
Eventually I was told my old save was overwritten and could not be recovered. I was told durable purchases like the Lemur would return, but anything purchased using Lavastones was gone because Lavastones are “consumable.”
Yes, the Lemur reappeared. The second and third Craft Hut slots did not. The 250 Lavastones did not.
I was told I am not entitled to have anything restored that was purchased with Lavastones. Keegan even stated I was not entitled to the 900 Lavastones initially provided, which raises the question of why they were sent at all if they could effectively be erased by being forcibly logged out for simply opening another LDW game with my Apple ID.
This has been nearly a month of emails, being told it is user error or an Apple issue, and providing proof only to be dismissed. I am waiting for this to be escalated, but I have little hope. I also appear to be unable to log into the LDW website after submitting another ticket, as password resets never arrive despite trying multiple devices and networks. So I am guessing they revoked access from there as well. Imagine going from a long-time avid supporter for over a decade, to being treated and dismissed in such a way/
Until this is resolved, I will not be playing any LDW games. I will continue sharing this experience so other players understand that permanent upgrades unlocked with in-game currency can disappear if a save is overwritten and support may deny responsibility.
I genuinely loved these games. That has completely changed. This game has caused me more stress than ANY other game I’ve played EVER, and it is not because of the challenging gameplay. It is due to being ran through the wringer, lied to, blamed, and dismissed.
DO BETTER LDW AND KEEGAN.
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Bug
Jogo está com um Bug de tela preta ao entrar
Response from developer
Hi there, we're very sorry to hear about your issue. We'd love to get you back to enjoying the game! If you could please get in touch with our dedicated Support Team, we'll look further into this for you. From your game, click on the "gear" icon and tap the "Help" button or email support@ldw.zendesk.com. We look forward to speaking with you!
Wanted to love this but…
Sadly, it’s nearly unplayable on iPhone 17. Most of the things you need to tap on are so far on the edges of the screen they are unresponsive when you tap them. I couldn’t figure out how to pause the game. I’m really bummed.
Wish it were less ptw
Love it but I just wish it wasn’t so ptw
