# Wasteland Orchard — A Survival Roguelike Idle Game

> Post-apocalyptic survival roguelike idle game focused on growing trees and harvesting fruit. (iPhone/iPad app by Dustin Auxier.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wasteland-orchard/id6468165220 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dustin Auxier](https://appshunter.io/developer/800825892)
- Category: Games, Casual, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 148 App Store ratings · 65 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 237 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2023-12-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-19
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wasteland-orchard/id6468165220/reviews.md

## What is Wasteland Orchard?

Survive a wasteland ravaged by storms and radiation by growing the strongest, most resilient trees with the most valuable fruit!

Select fruit with the ideal properties to plant more trees and expand your orchard! Explore the map each run, scavenge for resources, craft items, build structures, trade with and receive gifts from townsfolk, research powerful abilities, and use rare golden seeds for permanent upgrades!

Your trees in Wasteland Orchard continue growing while you're away so check back daily to harvest, purchase upgrades, and expand your orchard!

## Key features

- Grow resilient trees
- Harvest valuable fruit
- Explore and scavenge
- Craft items and build
- Research abilities
- Permanent upgrades
- Idle progression

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wasteland Starter Pack | $1.99 | one-time |
| Nature's Bounty | $5.99 | one-time |
| Time Lord | $19.99 | one-time |
| Peaceful Harvests | $6.99 | one-time |
| Great Listener | $3.99 | one-time |
| Shard Shaman | $12.99 | one-time |
| Bountiful Orchard | $4.99 | one-time |
| Peaceful Harvests PhillipAddOn | $1.99 | one-time |
| Peaceful Harvests BountifulAdd | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Wasteland Orchard?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Unique and creative gameplay
- 💡 Deep and complex mechanics
- ✨ Great idle time burner
- 😊 No forced ads
- 🎶 Amazing soundtrack
- 🎨 Charming art style
- 🚀 Well-earned meta progression
- 👍 Good balance of involvement
- 💡 Interesting and unique
- 👍 Rewarding and engaging
- 👍 Good simulation game
- 👍 Enjoyable game loop
- 👍 Good old school idle
- 👍 Solid gameplay loop
- 👍 Strategic and lucky combination
- 👍 Management and world dev
- 👍 Great f2p
- 👍 One of a kind
- 👍 Intriguing premise
- 👍 Best mobile game
- 👍 Refreshing idle game entry
- 👍 No ads unless requested
- 👍 Developer listens to players
- 👍 Agreeable payment model
- 👍 Well-designed QoL features
- 👍 Fun twist to genre
- 👍 Randomized maps
- 👍 Challenging but not overly so
- 👍 Good grind
- 👍 Relaxing idle game
- 👍 Easy to understand mechanics
- 👍 Good concept
- 👍 Fun and strategic
- 👍 Easy play
- 👍 Hyper fixate into
- 👍 Great dev

**Cons**

- 🐛 Seeds disappear
- 🐛 Disappointing nerfs
- 🐛 Monotonous gameplay loop
- 🐛 Save bug
- 🐛 Poor balance
- 🐛 Golden seed upgrades overpowered
- 🐛 Time potions too easy to come by
- 🐛 Meaningful variation between playthroughs lacking
- 🐛 Cumbersome tree management
- 🐛 Game idles in background, can lead to death
- 🐛 Short game length
- 🐛 Shop could be cheaper
- 🐛 Seeds disappear after storm
- 🐛 No shortcuts for re-seeding/auto-applying upgrades
- 🐛 No shortcuts to see dead trees
- 🐛 Not possible to make Chest keys
- 🐛 Time warp potions not easy to get early
- 🐛 Some storms have huge requirements
- 🐛 Glitch with claiming tree treasure rewards

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Seeds disappear
- Disappointing Nerfs
- Monotonous gameplay loop
- Save bug
- Game not launching after update
- Game not opening
- Glitch where trying to claim tree treasure rewards makes it inaccessible after a storm kills trees and makes a giant text box until you close the game
- Seeds disappear after a storm

**Most requested features**

- Add search/filter radar function to tutorial
- Journal or easily find specific trees by stats
- More missions
- More content
- Make game able to save progress
- Quickly switch between all trees
- More frequent time potion in shop
- Balance storm requirements
- No shortcuts/features to reseed the entire map
- No shortcuts to add auto harvest/mulch/tree stakes/lightning wall/concrete wall to all trees
- No shortcut/features to see dead trees
- Not possible to make Chests keys
- Time warp Potions should be easier to come by at the beginning
- Balance some storms

## Recent user reviews (10 of 65)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wasteland-orchard/id6468165220/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Surprisingly fun!

*2026-07-31*

I thought I’d just get something to pass the time with for a bit, but I actually enjoy this! It’s got a great artistic design, and I like how it’s played, after each run I can upgrade things more to have an easier time in the next run. It’s not pay to win, sure you can buy stuff to have an easier run but it’s not needed. I like how you can name the trees & mark them so you can see which plant your latest seed came from! It’s all in all a really good game, I like it.

### 5/5 — Fun little game

*2026-06-27*

I’m still just learning the game but I’m having fun. Lots to do and manage but it does take a little bit of experimenting to understand. Not a bad thing, I’m enjoying the risk and reward aspect. I recommend trying it out.

### 5/5 — Deeper than it looks

*2026-06-24*

Knowing what you are supposed to do is great, but applying that to a good run is not easy! And then you reach a point at which you learn that there are more systems under the surface!

Worth the time to dig into the details!

### 5/5 — Great idle time burner

*2026-06-10, version 2.814*

Good balance of things needing to be done and not needing to be constantly involved

### 5/5 — Unique and fun!!

*2026-05-20*

I love this game. I’ve had it for a couple years at least and it’s so unique and creative. Just when I think I’m getting far into it, it introduces something new that just expands the gameplay. Fallout meets stardew

### 3/5 — Disappointing Nerfs

*2026-04-10*

I used to really like this game, but the caps placed on shop stocks for mutation chests, trinket chests, and DNA cleansers make it way less fun. In the late game these are the most important items, incentivizing the player to upgrade the shops. But when shop upgrades no longer benefit these key items, it creates a monotonous gameplay loop of fast-forwarding through a year only to buy a disappointing amount of goods necessary to achieve the optimal set-up.

### 5/5 — Amazing, in depth, beautiful!!

*2026-03-26, version 2.814*

Love has been poured into this game and it shows. 10/10

### 5/5 — Great Simulation Game

*2026-03-02*

Fantastic !!!

### 5/5 — Enjoyable Game

*2026-02-27*

I have thoroughly enjoyed this game. I keep coming back when big updates drop. Thank you for making it.

### 5/5 — Liked the learning curve

*2026-02-09, version 2.807*

Great roguelite that has a steady learning curve, and requires a bit of effort to understand all the mechanics.

## Frequently asked questions about Wasteland Orchard

### What is Wasteland Orchard?

Wasteland Orchard is a survival roguelike idle game where players cultivate resilient trees in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The goal is to grow the strongest trees with the most valuable fruit, while surviving environmental hazards like storms and radiation.

### What are the key features of Wasteland Orchard?

Key features include growing and selecting fruit for tree resilience, exploring the map for resources, crafting items, building structures, trading with townsfolk, researching abilities, and using golden seeds for permanent upgrades. The game also features idle progression, where trees continue to grow while you are away.

### How does monetization work in Wasteland Orchard?

The game is free to download and play, but it offers in-app purchases. It also includes advertisements. These options allow players to enhance their gameplay experience and progress more quickly.

### What kind of gameplay can I expect from Wasteland Orchard?

You can expect a blend of survival, roguelike, and idle game mechanics. Each run involves exploring, scavenging, and making strategic decisions about which trees to plant and which abilities to research. The idle component means you can check back daily to harvest and manage your orchard, even when not actively playing.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.814 — 2026-02-10

Fixed some bugs with bulk actions
full changelog in-game

### 2.807 — 2025-12-28

Added a Sweep option to rot fruit instantly
Fixed a map zoom bug
Full changelog in-game

### 2.806 — 2025-12-20

Various bug fixes - full changelog in-game

### 2.805 — 2025-12-17

Fixed a bug with mutation crafting not removing bitter fruit
Set limits on number of trinket chests and mutation chests appearing in shop restocks
Various other minor bug fixes

### 2.802 — 2025-11-05

Various minor bug fixes

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## More apps by Dustin Auxier

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All apps by Dustin Auxier: https://appshunter.io/developer/800825892

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*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 2026-08-19.*