# Wasteland Orchard — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of Wasteland Orchard by Dustin Auxier, rated 4.70/5 from 148 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wasteland-orchard/id6468165220/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wasteland-orchard/id6468165220.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 122 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (17 of 65) ### 5/5 — A great little game *2026-02-07, version 2.807* Simple, well earned meta progression, with nice pixel graphics and no scummy pop ups. What more could you want. ### 5/5 — Surprised *2026-01-09, version 2.807* Ok, this game is like… actually really good! I got it thinking aw, what the heck, nice little thing to pass the time, but it’s actually pretty fun. I like growing trees and making them Stronger, Faster, Able to withstand storms over a hundred mph of wind lol I love it :) ### 5/5 — Good old school idle *2026-01-05, version 2.807* Takes a while to work out what to do but once ya do, you’re hooked ### 5/5 — I never leave reviews, *2025-12-31* but this game is awesome. I always think about leaving reviews for games I like, but I never actually care enough to do it. But this game scratched an itch I didn’t even know I had. I felt like such an idiot during the first run, and then I started my second run with my permanent upgrades, and I was hooked. Seriously, congrats to the dev for making a solid gameplay loop without obnoxious ads or forcing people to shell out for microtransactions. And I’m going to make a better effort in the future to leave reviews for the games and devs that deserve it. ### 5/5 — The trees long for the apocalypse *2025-12-28* Survival roguelike where you grow trees and push your way out into the apocalypse and do some time magic? I’m down. ### 5/5 — ✨✨✨ *2025-12-17* 🌳🗿 ### 5/5 — Really Interesting *2025-12-10* This is the most unique incremental game I’ve ever played. I’m really enjoying it please give it a try if you like this type of game. I’ve been nonstop playing for 3 days and there’s not a lot of down time or waiting at all. ### 5/5 — Genuinely fun *2025-11-28* No ads unless you ask for em. ### 5/5 — Very fin for people that like rougelikes *2025-11-23* So far I have really enjoyed this game. There is a lot of depth and ir uses procedurally generated worlds that you can increase in size which i think is fun and expands the game. Almost everything that starts out tedious becomes easy and automate-able. I recommend. Also there is maybe one forced ad per like 3 hours of playing. Which is much more reasonable than other mobile games. ### 5/5 — Great games *2025-11-18* I’ve put a lot of hours into this game and I keep coming back it’s interesting and unique ### 5/5 — Wonderfully complex *2025-11-08* Just the right level of complexity where you can grind and focus while having fun, overall very fun game ### 5/5 — Great game!!! *2025-11-07* Been playing for a little under a year and I love the game and all of the mechanics! I really enjoy the recent updates providing for more depth to the npcs and overall adventure of the game! 10/10 recommend for a quick time waster, or even a full session game in the late stages, love that you can come back anytime and start over or get lucky and have some strong trees to get you far! ### 5/5 — Lovely Tree game, Surprising music *2025-11-04* Awesome job with this game. Lots of detail but not too overwhelming. Power ups result in conveniences to tend to your trees in bulk so your patience is rewarded. The music is also hand crafted. You can tell. Play with your sound up some time! Tip: don’t blow out all your time warp at once. Try to be mindful of what needs to happen before storms. ### 5/5 — Everything you want *2025-10-31, version 2.801* This game is a nostalgia trip, a spreadsheet simulator, an RNG tester…and a truly agreeable payment model. I have been playing it every moment I can for nearly a week and am loving it all. Even when the optimizations get to be a little tedious, the game goes out of its way to try to make them easier - but still leaves you to do them. The QoL features are really well designed and fairly effective, I feel like I can almost set up my own code base to play the game with. ### 5/5 — Great games *2025-10-31, version 2.801* I’ve put a lot of hours into this game and I keep coming back it’s interesting and unique ### 5/5 — Really Enjoyable *2025-10-28, version 2.801* A nice combination of strategy and luck! Enjoyable mechanics! ### 5/5 — Unique adventure *2025-10-25, version 2.801* Great game with many levels and challenges. Good to play if you like any kind of management / world dev. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Seeds disappear *2026-02-01* Half the time when I’m gifted a seed or I buy a seed it just vanishes within seconds. I thought it was just me doing something weird until I specifically bought a seed and then went to go plant it and it didn’t show up. Checked my inventory and it wasn’t there! I’ve probably lost a third of my seeds this way. Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Проблема :( *2025-01-13, version 2.302* Скачал игру, но она не открывается :( ### 1/5 — hope you like ads *2024-10-02* deleted it after growing the very first tree and seeing several ads AND buttons to manually play ads for more rewards. AND real money purchases. eat my shorts, dude. have game devs forgotten how to make games? everything is this now. waiting and ads. i’m going to throw my phone into the pond and get a flip phone. **Developer response:** There has never been forced ads in this game and never will be, so please do not mislead people. The only ads that have ever been in the game are rewarded ads, which are only played by manually clicking a button for optional rewards. In addition, rewarded ads are only even available to play once every 8 minutes. These rewarded ads support the game being completely free to play, with an additional very popular $5 IAP option to remove all ads and receive all rewarded ad rewards automatically forever. I am an solo developer and compared to many popular ad models in other games, my straight-forward approach to monetization with optional rewarded ads only, plus a paid option to remove them is extremely fair and widely recognized within the industry as one of the most fair and respectful forms of monetization for a free to play game. ### 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. ### 3/5 — Seeds *2024-05-16, version 1.111* I just want to lnow whg my seeds disappear after a storm? ### 3/5 — good concept, poor balance *2024-01-26* fun concept but poorly balanced. the biggest issue being the golden seed upgrades. spending them on resistances for the trees takes away the challenge of the game. makes the first few runs feel very hard and the later runs feel too easy. The other golden seed upgrades are also overpowered. The meta progression should be subtle. time potions are too easy to come by once you get into the habit of buying them every time you see them or making them. I think time warp should either be unlimited or time potions should be much more rare. this could be a great game with some balance tweaks. there are roguelike elements but there’s almost no meaningful variation between each play through. ### 4/5 — Game Review *2025-12-03, version 2.802* It’s a good game to pass the time not to complicated ### 4/5 — Simple but unique *2025-10-11* Simple premise but still intriguing enough to keep playing. ### 4/5 — Love this game but needs improvement. *2025-01-03* The main issues…. No shortcuts/features to reseed the entire map when a storm wipes almost everything. Of course with the option to choose the preferible seeds. No shortcuts to add auto harvest/mulch/tree stakes/lightning wall/concrete wall to all trees. Trust me this can be time consuming and annoying. No shortcut/features to see dead trees. Not possible to make Chests keys, I had 30 Chests but no keys. Time warp Potions should be easier to come by at the beginning, it’s not like it’s going to kill the game since it’s possible to have unlimited towards the end. Some storms have 1 huge requirement that’s way above the other elements, maybe balance that a little bit. This usually ends the game since there is no way to prep for that. ### 4/5 — Very enjoyable, but possible save concerns? *2024-03-03* Been a fan of this developer’s games for a while now, and was super excited to see an idle game by them. Art style, music, gameplay, aesthetic and more all have entertaining vibes in this game! Only real concern other than change brought by personal choice is a save bug. I’ve been burned by this before by a different idle game in the past. — After starting a new cycle, I set things up and left the game to come back later, like normal, but upon return, the game didn’t remember my startup. Specifically, it *did* remember overall progression (golden seeds total) but it forgot my new playthrough. Evidence : old man reappeared and gave starting gift, *new* golden seeds were unallocated again, the map was completely different, and no trees were planted yet. If that’s the only form of save worries we’ll have, then that’s not the end of the world. I just want to make sure no other save problems happen! I otherwise look forward to playing a lot more and continuing with the great game before us! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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 ### 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. ### 5/5 — really great game *2026-02-08* genuinely so fun, i’ve played it for hours already. not an annoying mobile game with lots of ads and microtransactions, which is a rare gem these days. very charming and i love the art style. the music also SLAPS, i don’t usually turn sound on for mobile games but this one is definitely an exception. highly recommend this game! --- *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.*