# WinterCraft: Forest Survival — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of WinterCraft by Dmitry Ognev, rated 4.62/5 from 330 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wintercraft-forest-survival/id1671418039/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wintercraft-forest-survival/id1671418039.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 260 · 4★ 43 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of WinterCraft? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Engaging open-world survival gameplay - 🎨 Good graphics and visual appeal - 📱 Works offline without internet requirement - 🆓 Free-to-play model - 📖 Interesting storyline with narrative elements - 🌍 Unique winter survival theme **Cons** - 📺 Excessive ads and intrusive ad placement - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues - ⚙️ Poor optimization and lag on older devices - 🎮 Clunky and unresponsive controls - 💰 Aggressive monetization despite paid ad removal - 📦 Limited storage capacity in chests - 🔧 Broken tutorial progression - ⚡ Slow game response times - 🎯 Unbalanced difficulty and combat mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Tutorial progression stuck at 'tap here to aim' prompt - Game crashes after tutorial completion - Ads block UI elements and navigation panels - Ads get stuck with no close option - Game freezes and kicks player to home screen - Unresponsive touch controls during tutorial - Character stuck in shed unable to sleep - Adventure mode still requires survival management - iPad display issues and poor scaling - Game hangs on equipment equipping screen - Performance issues on iPhone 7 Plus and older devices - Internet connectivity detection not working properly - Ad banner persists even after paying for ad removal **Most requested features** - Expand map size and add more locations - Add seasonal changes (spring, summer, fall) - Implement fishing mechanics - Add more wildlife variety (foxes, bobcats, birds) - Introduce farming and animal husbandry systems - Add multiplayer or co-op mode - Implement advanced crafting (metal smelting) - Add controller support - Increase chest storage capacity without weight limits - Add mini-map and point-of-interest marking - Introduce more quests and storyline content - Add creative/cheat mode - Improve combat and aiming system - Add more building options (multi-story structures) - Implement resource respawning system - Add Chinese language support - Reduce tool and clothing durability degradation - Add ad-free purchase option - Improve visibility in dark areas - Customize controls ## Newest reviews (14 of 46) ### 4/5 — Alright, But *2025-06-07* This is a really fun game to play in your free time ,but I do have some issues with the game. This is a complete ripoff of a game called Long Dark on Steam. I like that they tried to add it to mobile but getting the graphics to look good is just hard. This game is free and nothing is free so they through ads and starters packs in your face to make money. This game has real potential in become its own game only if it responds to its community and has patches and updates. The game is also doesn’t need internet to be played. Please read this review devs I really think you can turn this into something good. ### 4/5 — FUN! But… *2025-04-12* I love this game. I paid for the bigger backpack and no ads, because it was worth it to me. However, I would really like to see the quests continue. I feel like when the quests have come to an end, there is nothing left to do except to repeat things that I have already done over and over again. I have built everything there is to build and acquired every decoration possible, and there is really nothing left to do. I have built several houses in all locations. One thing, for the life of me, I cannot find the one record album that is on the road along the river. Where the heck is it?? Another thing, I thought when I did find the record albums, that they would give me clues. In fact, I thought all the notes I was collecting would be helpful to me for solving some kind of mystery. But everything seems to be meaningless. The records and notes don’t point to anything. And the quests come to an end with no mystery to solve. I also wish there were seasons. If the snow would melt off for a bit, that would be great! It would also be fun to go fishing since there are so many water features. And it would be nice to make it a little bit easier for us to collect iron to make ammo. I have bags and bags of excess rock strewn all over because there is nothing to do with it. Keep up the good work, but keep adding on or players will lose interest! ### 4/5 — Controller support pls *2025-02-09, version 1.0.47* Great game! Just needs controller support ### 4/5 — Chests shouldn’t have weight limits *2024-12-16* Chests are all but worthless with a weight limit. They shouldn’t have limits asides from their slots. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Unlimited boxes will be too easy for players ### 3/5 — Ruined by ads *2024-11-20, version 1.0.46* Could’ve been a great game but even after paying to remove ads there are constant pop ups and the game is always trying to make you spend more money. ### 3/5 — Pretty good *2024-09-15* I love the game and everything about it I just wish they would make it so you could purchase add free because I get adds every 30 to 40 seconds of playing it please put a add free purchase in the game. **Developer response:** Thank you for your rating! We will improve the game in the next update ### 4/5 — Добавить новый контент вот список *2024-08-24, version 1.0.44* Игре не хватает 1 мини карта и возможность отмечать нужные точки 2 возможность восстановились срубленные деревья и камни и ягоды,а то приходится идти далеко за ресурсами 3 возможность рыбачить , рыбалка в игре не помешает, и разные виды рыб 4 добавить новые рецепты еды, новая пища и тд и возможность охотиться на птиц 5 добавить новый прицел при стрельбе как шутерах 6 добавить рюкзаки и тд ### 2/5 — Be More Thoughtful About Ad Experience *2024-07-16* Solid game idea, but I’m quite sure a permanent ad banner blocks what’s meant to be the “navigation panel.” As a result, I can’t see the icons (ever) to see where the batteries are in the first objective. Even after paying to remove ads? Crazy. Please fix. There should be NO ad banner after you’ve paid to remove ads. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We will improve the game in the next update and solve the problem with ads ### 5/5 — The game *2024-04-29* It’s good I just wish the clothing and weapons didn’t break as easily but it’s good besides that and the mobs, they don’t die like real life one shotgun shell to the face for wolf it’s dead and for a bear it should be dead maybe with two but besides that it’s good **Developer response:** Thank you for your support! ### 5/5 — Best offline game! *2024-04-04* This game is THE BEST OFFLINE type of game I cant wait to see a update!! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! ### 5/5 — please update this game *2024-03-25* this game good i like game like this . but please update so long im waiting ! **Developer response:** Thank you for your rating! We will improve the game in the next update ### 4/5 — Great game but here is what I think *2024-03-07* Over the gameplay is quite good but it get kind of choppy at times. Also it would be cool for a offline mode like you already have but with and optional online multiplayer mode so that people can play together and make the experience more emersive. **Developer response:** Thank you for review! ### 5/5 — Wonderful game *2024-02-28* I love it, but I would like an option to pay to drastically reduce the ads **Developer response:** Thank you for your support! You can purchase ad disabling directly in the game ### 5/5 — Tomas *2024-02-22, version 1.0.38* Es muy bueno el juego la verdad pero te aburre cuando ya superaste todo estaría bien que hubiera más mapas más animales y más construcciones como para crear una casa de dos pisos es lo que yo les doy de opinión pero para mí estaría bien que hubiera más ubicaciones y más casas y más construcciones y más animales y más armas en el juego tengan los mejores gráficos ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Complete joke *2025-06-28* Couldn’t even finish the tutorial. Ads covered instructions on my iPad. Slow response times. Finally stuck on “tap here” that never responded. Obviously no one play tested this on the iPad. ### 1/5 — FUN! But… *2025-04-18* I love this game. I paid for the bigger backpack and no ads, because it was worth it to me. But after completing all tasks and building multiple structures, my game got glitchy after the last update. So I uninstalled and reinstalled. Started all over again. But I can’t get past the tutorial. When I pick up the bow, it says “tap here to aim” but I’ve tapped repeatedly and nothing happens. I uninstalled and reinstalled several times and the game always hangs up in the same place. I guess at this point, my $4.99 x 2 is wasted. :( ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2025-04-04, version 1.0.48* Don’t bother, when you download this game you can’t go past the arming section of the tutorial and can’t continue forward. It’s a waste of time ### 1/5 — лагает *2025-02-10, version 1.0.47* у меня айфон 7 плюс, старый телефон и не слишком хороший но такая простая игра как ваша вечно лагае и вылетает, что у вас там с оптимизацией?может оптимизируете свою игру а потом выпускать будете ### 1/5 — It’s gay *2025-01-23, version 1.0.47* It’s fun but the ads are super gay ### 1/5 — Forced ads, buggy *2024-02-21* Give me an *option* to watch ads for bonuses or free stuff? Great. FORCE me to watch ads with no warning or choice? Not cool. Checked store, no option for removing ads. Controls are clunky and don’t work well, and you can see stuff that you can’t pick up or do anything to. Go to store, can’t see prices, it says “turn on internet.” How? My device is already connected… went to settings, nothing about internet. Ads get stuck, no way to close, have to force quit and restart, progress lost. Do better, dev. **Developer response:** Thank you for your support! We are constantly improving the game ### 1/5 — Over run with ads and confusing *2023-05-07* The deer are two hard to kill and they don’t give you any explanation of how to get a workbench and won’t let you craft anything. This game is not worth it **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We regularly update and improve the game, now you can build your own workbench in the game, and shooting control has become much more convenient ### 1/5 — Cant get past tutorial :( BUG *2023-05-03, version 1.0.9* After entering the shed and being forced to lie down and sleep by the tutorial, it does not let you sleep as your character “doesnt need to” so youre just stuck in the shed. ### 1/5 — Bugged *2023-04-12* I couldn’t get past equipping the character (10 seconds into the game). **Developer response:** Hello, thank you very much for your feedback. The game is currently under development, could you describe the problem in more detail by sending us an email by clicking on the send feedback button in the pause menu? Thanks again for the feedback! ### 2/5 — Овладение *2025-02-28, version 1.0.47* Пж выживание ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2025-04-08* Can the game be developed in Chinese? Very fun is the hope of Chinese ### 5/5 — Chests shouldn’t have weight limits *2025-03-24* Chests are all but worthless with a weight limit. They shouldn’t have limits asides from their slots. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! Unlimited boxes will be too easy for players ### 5/5 — Cheat freeplay *2025-02-11* Make a creative mode **Developer response:** Thank you for your rating and your ideas, we will think about it! ### 5/5 — Great game but……… *2025-02-10* I’ve liked open world survival games about winter and this is the closest I’ve gotten without having to pay for it. I’m going to be honest it’s a great game with potential but it’s a little bland and not much to do, the map is tiny and there is no storyline to it, I give it 5 stars because of the potential and the gameplay, I would like if you guys could lower the “breaks” so I could play more. Other than that, add more locations, add a bigger map, vehicles, and then this game would be top notch in survival games. Thanks for the free game though it’s great that you guys do this ### 5/5 — The Long Dark (WinterCraft) *2025-02-06* WinterCraft: Forrest Survival is one of the most entertaining, yet gorgeous looking games currently on the App Store. Today I successfully completed the tutorial, and I absolutely love the direction this game is going in. I truly look forward to future improvements + content. Note: Please implement custom controls & improve combat. ### 5/5 — 好玩 *2025-01-31, version 1.0.47* 好玩 ### 5/5 — Review *2024-12-29* I think that you should add spring+summer survival and fall survival. I also think you should add a competition mode where you tried to last the longest and should add where you jump out of a plane or survive a plane crash. Overall it is a great game but could have different settings. The dad story is really fun. **Developer response:** Thank you for your support! ### 5/5 — Great and wonderful *2024-10-24* This is an amazing game I love the graphics and the story line and I can’t wait until you all update it but their is one or two things that could be changed one the storage boxes that you can make need to be able to hold more items you can barely put more than 20 things of one item in them it would be great to be able to put more items in the storage boxes,the other thing that would be nice is if their where more free stuff in the shop maybe do an ad thing or something also I tried all the different modes of survival and the adventure one that says that I don’t have to worry about the survival aspect of the game well it doesn’t work because I still have to look out for food and water and all that if it’s saying that we don’t have to worry about survival I think it should be that we don’t have to worry about the food or cold or whatever but all in all this is a very great game and I look forward to seeing it updated and seeing more games like it **Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed review! We will release many improvements in the coming days ### 5/5 — My honest review *2024-10-10, version 1.0.44* This game stands out as one of the best open-world survival experiences, but there is potential to elevate it even further by expanding its scope and depth. Introducing a broader range of wildlife—like bobcats, foxes, voles, and even stray dogs and cats—would not only enhance the realism of the world but also create new survival challenges and opportunities for interaction. A more dynamic ecosystem would enrich the player’s experience and add layers of unpredictability to the environment. In addition, expanding the world with abandoned cities and more isolated cabins would provide exciting new areas to explore, each with its own unique risks and rewards. Players could discover hidden resources, valuable tools, or shelter in these locations, making exploration feel even more vital to survival. Beyond the world itself, the addition of advanced crafting systems, including metal smelting and more intricate item creation, would deepen the gameplay and encourage more creative problem-solving. Introducing farming mechanics and animal husbandry would add another strategic layer, allowing players to cultivate food, breed animals, and establish more sustainable, long-term survival plans. These features would not only diversify gameplay but also increase the sense of progression and achievement. By integrating these elements, the game would become a more immersive, dynamic, and rewarding experience—offering both the thrill of exploration and the satisfaction of building a thriving, self-sufficient existence in the wild. ### 5/5 — Good game so far! *2024-07-21, version 1.0.44* Have been playing for about 20 mins and so far it’s quite fun! Only downside is the advert bar up the top but I just turn my wifi off before playing and it goes away --- *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 2026-06-10.*