Merge Mansion Reviews

This is a perfect game for people who want something to play throughout the day. The energy system needs time to refill, as does the generators, and so unless you spend gems on energy I’d say you get a good 10 minutes of gameplay every few hours once you’re past the tutorial part of the game. I really enjoy the side-quests that you play in order to gain special items within the game to finish large sections, and I enjoy the decorations and the holiday specials you play to gain the decorations you like (you don’t have to buy ones you don’t!)

My one critique is, I wish there was a system to see where things came from. Some items come from the merging of several items into limited time generators (dressers give vases, vases give strange jewelry and tiles, and strange jewelry gives you more items from there). I have memory issues and sometimes have no idea where to find the items the game is asking me to give them. A system that allows you to track where you got something is really helpful, even if you don’t get to see past the generators (if you don’t want to spoil the upgrades).

Other then that, I love this game. I have ADHD so I’m careful with the games I keep around, because otherwise I can lose hours without realizing it. This game is the perfect balance, great fun and progress for a short amount of time with cute graphics and adorable scenery as you upgrade it. Highly recommend!!!

Wow a mobile game I actually kept?! This game rly is fun, I think it has a lot of potential yet I still play it almost every day. There are small things I suggest improving on like how to merge certain things. For example I didn’t know you could merge the piggy bank forever and now that I can I get too much money and I’m progressing faster. Now, you have to wait 4 days for that much money so it’s realistic, I love the concept but I’ve done too much research online for this game haha. I just think you could help us walk through the game a little better, give us a list of the resources we can get. I didn’t even know some existed including the last piece to the garage being the event. All I had to do was play it once really well and I was already on my way to the item, had I known earlier…either way I love the game! It’s so relaxing, I love how there aren’t ads every 3 minutes, or even on the side to distract you. Not even to progress faster, how perfect. Your energy refills every few hours so you can hop on a few times a day and work on your tasks. Easy, fun, not very time consuming, perfect game. It’ll probably be my first and last merge game but I’m keeping it around. Nice work!

I like merge games, and when you put in a solid objective like restoring a mansion, it becomes a really fun game. Here are some problems though. First, it’s very slow. Waiting on the energy to charge up takes longer than it needs to. Instead of getting one energy every two minutes, why not every one minute? That seem like a more reasonable time. Second, the story is ridiculous. There is a little context to what’s going on, but the characters rarely talk. It takes a long time to develop through the story. It would be nice if the characters at least commented on everything I put so time into. Third, as you progress through the merging section, you discover a lot of items, but before you know it you’ve run out of space. I could sell some items to free up space, but then what if I need them in the future? I could also put things away in storage, but then I would run out of room in that and STILL have to sell things, cutting back on the final item in the list. What you could do is increase the amount of space you have on the board, or make storage expansions WAY cheaper. You don’t need to price one cell at 3000 coins.
IF (and a big if) these problems are fixed, I’m sure the game will become far more enjoyable, and definitely deserving of five stars. Until then, I’ll be stuck for a while. Thank you for reading.

For some reason there are no timers on spawners to tell you how long you have to wait to keep playing. I assumed this was the purpose of notifications, but I toggled them all on in game settings and my phone settings and I have yet to receive a single one. Kind of seems like they don't even want you to keep playing their game 🤔

Also, as many other reviews say, there is no tutorial, which honestly didn't bother me except that some items aren't self explanatory and the "info" panel doesn't tell you anything except what the item is called and what level it's at. I have a pile of seed bags at level 3. The info panel only says "merge to create a bigger pile of seed bags." What does this mean? Am I supposed to sell them because they're empty? Am I supposed to just let them keep taking up space on the board until I can merge them? There's no way to tell what I'll get by merging them. There's already a seed spawner that wasn't made by merging bags, it's a flower pot. There are also timers that appear on certain levels of plants and vases. I assume this means that the plants will die if I don't use them? What about the vases? Do they just explode? What is that about? I'm all for letting the player figure the game out on their own, but this is a little too far.

And once again I want to return to the problem of no timers on spawners????? Who thought that was a good idea?????

I was looking for a new game to play and kept seeing advertisements for Merge Mansion. I thought I would try it. There isn’t a tutorial so I had to just dive in to figure it out. Once I got the hang of it I realized the mistakes I made and had already filled up my board leaving me unable to do some moves. I decided to start over with a better strategy but you have to message support for them to reset your game. That was a pain.
In this game Items build upon each other by merging them and then spawning new items. The items do not coordinate which makes it confusing. For example you merge to build a car and then spawn parts to make a lamp post from the car? Then the bush spawns tins cans? Doesn’t make sense. There are certain items you need to accomplish missions. There is no way of knowing where to get the items until you just start spawning items. There is no reference section to see all of the items so you can make a plan.
There is a timer for each spawn with no countdown so you have no idea when you can spawn new items. Some of the spawned items are very rare so you have to wait until it spits it out. I finally got all of the rare items that I have been waiting for and when I logged into the game only 10 minutes later all of my items were gone and some of my spawning items were gone. So frustrating that I spent all this time only to have items go missing. This game had such potential but is very lacking.

I love playing this game! It’s the first merge game I’ve enjoyed. However… I don’t feel like the storage space we are buying for the multiple items we store there is fairly priced… if there weren’t so many different avenues of merging to do it wouldn’t be so bad. With the extra 3 day games that transfer to the main board (that being the action that helped me get to the hood ornament) maybe a faster recharge when you run out of moves since we HAVE to play the side games to find those items. It makes it a little nerve racking for me at least, when i have to decide between where i want to use my moves. The final thing would be not knowing or having any clue that the items I needed would be found in the 3 day event, and the items won there would lead to what I needed, after merging them together. If there had been ANY indication or direction to point me in that direction, I’d have definitely given 5 stars. That being said, it’s very addicting and fun. I’ll keep playing for awhile I’m sure, but it’s only a matter of time before lack of storage, or being forced to sell items for more play space frustrates me into not playing. Overall it is very fun. And I’m hoping to continue playing for a long time. Thanks you developers! You taught me to like merging! Lol

The game is designed to be as addicting as possible, with fixed and random rewards. The entire point is to make money by frustrating progress in a way that capitalizes on the compulsion of completion. When you calculate how many base components you’ll need to generate through taps in order to compile the higher-level items required to complete certain tasks, it’s a staggering quantity that will take months if not years to attain if you don’t pay them actual money to purchase items or boosts in the in-game store.

To be fair, crystals can also be randomly acquired through piggy banks, but the massive caveat there is that the UI is so poorly implemented that it’s easy to accidentally tap to purchase an item in the in-game store, instantly draining all the crystals you’ve amassed over weeks playing the game, with no way to undo what you’ve done. There’s an Undo function if you sell an item from the game board, but somehow there’s not one to undo spending 90 crystals on something you didn’t actually want. That was the last straw for me.

It’s a cute game that’s nicely designed and easy to play and pick up, but under the hood it’s just another Skinner Box designed to maximize your engagement and goad your into paying to bypass deliberate arbitrary frustrations that exist not to improve gameplay but solely to make money.

This is one of the best games I play. It’s so addicting and I come back everyday. It’s so fun to rebuild the house and gardens and everything. Also, all the girls xtra decorations for events is all really fun too. There are no ads and it basically is the exact thing as the ad unlike any other mobile game. There’s only one problem that I have. When I merge stuff, I never have enough room to keep what I need for later. Yeah, I do understand there is a space where you can buy extra spaces for storage, but as it goes on, it costs 7000 coins to buy one slot. Coins are pretty easy to get, but it still takes for ever and I never get it in time. So when the trees are giving me seeds, I can merge for more because I have to sell them to make space to do the tasks to upgrade my garden or something. But other than that, it’s the perfect game to play everyday. Just make sure to not run out of energy to quick, other wise it’ll take you 200 mins to get back 100 energy.
If the creators would fix this mistake, I would 100% have 10 times more fun. Even though it’s already my favorite game in my whole phone.

This game is fun and relaxing to play. But I do have some issues. For one, I’ve been playing every day for several months and I am still only in the garden/garage. There is way too many things to restore and each item has several tasks. For example, to restore one of many statues took 5 or 6 different tasks, each task requiring 3 or more items. I am only on level 15 after several months of daily playing (and paying to win multiple times) so VERY SLOW progress. But I think the part that annoys me the most is that the only two tasks I have available to complete right now is restoring a sign and getting a hood ornament. No indication at all on where to start or where I can get the level one item to begin merging (while each task has 13 levels) and upon Googling where to start, all I read is that neither item has been developed yet. Why put a task in the game that has not even been developed yet? I feel this game was a waste of my time and money right now. I understand games take time to develop, but these answers that they are not available yet we’re from March and May of this year which means other players have been waiting more than 6 months for these to be developed. What’s the hold up developers?

It’s a good game, combining the merge games with the mansion restoration games. There’s just some things that are bothering me. There’s almost no story. The characters barely talk or note things about the environment unless they need to be altered through the merge games, and even then it’s very sporadic and rare. Why is the main character (I forgot her name, that’s how bland she is) looking through the mansion? It’s probably going to be revealed but it all feels just so random and I have very little connection to the characters, rather than say, Austin and his family from Home/Gardenscapes. Next, I think the energy recharge is incredibly lackluster. Two minutes for a single energy charge? I’d be fine with even 1:30, but two whole minutes for only one charge seems a bit too much and just causes me to constantly be out of energy with no gems. Finally, I think a proper count down number instead of just the little pocket watch next to the icon for creation items is much needed. Some items have only a sliver left but I don’t know the actual time it needs to finish, so I just sit there for three minutes waiting instead of doing something else in the game. Besides those changes, it’s a good game.

This game is sooooooo fun! I play it everyday, i really suggest this game. Here are my top 2 reasons, you can make so many cool things, if a bug happens they give you a reward for the trouble it caused. Now this is such a good game but, i do have some suggestions, when you complete a task you should be able to choose what it looks like from different kinds of styles instead of the game choosing, also when they give you a really hard task maybe they can give you some of the materials you need instead of working on it forever. Also when you buy an energy box you should be able to buy more than just one a day same with the piggy bank. Lastly instead of doing a 3 day event to get the big thing you need just have it on the main board. I know this review may not make since to people that haven’t played it but the people who play this game know. Even though i have some suggestions this game is my favorite game. I really enjoy all the mystery’s, the fun season games etc. if you are trying to decide to get this game you really should! I’m not a bot, i just really like this game. Thanks for reading this review, have an awesome day!

I’ve been playing merge mansions for a while now and enjoy it. I like that it’s something I can play quickly throughout the day whenever I have time without missing out if I have to stop playing for a bit. They’ve made some great improvements over the past few months. The design is cleaner, and they also added in a themed event for Halloween that I’m enjoying so far. Their support people are really helpful. I reached out with a couple questions when I was first learning the game and they were really nice and explained everything well. I hope they continue to add themed seasonal events where you can earn seasonal decorations! I think that’s probably my favorite addition they’ve made since I started playing. Also, I feel like it’s one of those games you don’t have to sink a ton of real life money into. You can earn gems, coins, and energy often enough that it makes for a fair game. I’m on a budget so I don’t like to play games I have to sink my entire savings into. Really appreciate this game for giving me something to enjoy in my down time that’s relaxing and fun.

It’s a great game that I can let idle and build my energy while I’m at work. I can open it every now and then to get more things to merge. I sell a lot of the little common things to buy more inventory space with my coins. Gets pretty pricy and the board gets full fast so it is a little annoying, but I’ve made it work so far without spending any real life money. I recommend checking the store everyday for your FREE piggy bank and the 50 coin cost energy box!! If you collect the piggy banks without using them, you can merge them up to 3 times and you’ll get more/better stuff out of them. People complain about needing gems but I had a ton to start out with and when I use upgraded piggy banks, they give you GEMS. MERGE THE GEMS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. It is SO worth it saving them up. Usually I’ll have 5 extra gems that I’ll use to replenish my energy but I won’t spend the 10 needed a second time. Also if you save up the energy boxes, you will get more energy to merge as well. Keep MERGING to get the most out of coins, gems, and energy and stuff. Slow paced game but I really enjoy it for my day to day life!

I’ve spent a long time on this game, playing as a pastime. So far I’ve made it to level 25 but I’ve decided to delete it because of one reason: large level items. So far, I have had to make 3 of the broom items which each take 1024 cloth items. I just got another quest to make another broom and I would rather delete the game than have to make another. You expect your players to get 4096 cloth items for only 4 quests? Not to mention the event items which are even more difficult to make. I’m on the Casey and Skatie quest and you want me to make an item which is worth 2048 level one items, and I can only get the level one items by playing an event that doesn’t give nearly enough time to level up, and only gives you items that MAKE the level 1 items? Who decided that this system works? It doesn’t! It’s absurd to make players spend so much time to get a single item. If you were to fix this and make items max out at level 9 or 10, the game would be much more enjoyable and satisfying to get through, however, the game as it is now leaves me in fear of having to make brooms or other level 11/12 items and makes the game far less enjoyable to play.

If you can’t afford to do the whole pay to win thing (or simply don’t want to), the progression in this game is ridiculously slow. I’ve been stuck on the same three tasks for over a month now. Two of them require two of the level 4 paint can each, but the item to start building up to that is so rare that it usually takes several days of playing every chance I get to get just one level 1 paint can. The third task is the can for the statue in front of the house… a task that requires a level thirteen item and you can only get the seeds for the tree that drop the items to build up to the required item from blue chests, which are few and far between and when you do get them, it is not a guaranteed that you’ll get a seed. I haven’t even managed to unlock the house yet. If it’s already this slow to move forward, I can only imagine how much worse it gets. I enjoyed this game and even bought a few gem packs to try to speed things up, but it’s not worth it. There are plenty of other merge games that allow me to progress a lot faster without having to spend a fortune of special currency. I do hope that y’all will consider rethinking some of the progression restraints for people who can’t afford to constantly buy gems.

So I struggle to find these games where I’m renovating. (I.e homescapes etc) I personally don’t do the games for areas very well. Especially if it’s timed so it’s really hard for me to progress through the game. But this game is an absolute gem. Speaking of gems they do them regularly which you won’t find Often. I’m a sahm so I am not in my iPad a lot so having to wait for the objects isn’t a problem for me. However, I don’t like the limited account of item space and the inventory space gets expensive with every slot. That’s something I don’t care for much. Also I started that 2 day calendar thing and I HATED that it didn’t have its own separate energy to use from the main game. Makes game play harder and I didn’t finish that nor do I plan to. If that happen to change I will gladly finish. Other than those minor things I overall love the game. Also I don’t know if it’s a bug but EVERY time I open my app it asks me to rate it. I already had but now I’m making a review in hopes it gets to game developers. Also a question I was wondering is why not make it a chain merge?

This is a nice little game at the beginning. Energy that wears down pretty quick and really just entertains you for 5 minutes at the most.

But you go nowhere quickly before you even hit level 10. Everything that gives you resources has it’s own energy and no way to read how long until it comes back. Just a little clock icon that doesnt really give you any information. I’ve been trying from the beginning to make the “Stone Can,” but it takes forever just to make the next step. You spend entire days working up the merge tree of one item just to reach the higher level objects, and half the time the chest don’t give you enough to make a new version of the item’s source. I finally had enough. Even for a mindless game, this becomes more frustrating than fun rather quickly.

It would better if the resources were endless and simply depended on your own energy instead of drastically limiting what you can make at any given time. Even the Events use your energy instead of their own so you have to choose between which one you’d rather do. Not to mention storage starts to drastically skyrocket in price the more you need so it becomes a constant battle for space if you don’t focus strictly on one quest/merge tree at a time.

I’m really into the storyline of fixing up an abandoned property that seems to be popular in a ton of apps right now, but what I’m not a fan of at all is the gameplay aspect they all seem to share. If I wanted to essentially play candy crush I’d get that. I played a few of them for the storyline and just tolerated every time I had to pass a level in order to get what I wanted after, but when it started to take weeks to pass one level I’d reached my limit.

But this game instead is the same premise(fixing up an abandoned mansion property) but the way to continue along in the story is to merge two of the same items together to make a similar but slightly larger/better/more useful version that would feasibly be used to help if it was real life. Like shears for shrubs would eventually merge into an ax for fallen trees.

Overall great gameplay, beautiful graphics, and I can see myself playing this one for a long time to come.

Like many others, I really enjoy this game. I love merge games and this one in particular has a very unique set-up and that makes it particularly enjoyable. That being said, it’s a complete money grab. I can play for 5 minutes then I find myself having to leave the game to do something else because if I stick around, I’ll end up spending too much money because I want the items to reload. The board is too small, the “inventory” cost WAYY too many coins, especially considering the inventory doesn’t alert the gamer to matches on the board or on the Home Screen, and the wait time to reload the items is way too long. Not only that, but it takes forever to get to the next level and I just realized that once you get past level 9, you can’t unlock a new section until level 11. Seriously? Come on now.

Also, I would absolutely watch a video ad if I meant my items would be full again. I feel like that’s how most games work, yet this one doesn’t have ANY ad options. I get not bombarding the user with ads, but giving people the option to watch an ad in exchange for less wait time seems like a no brainer to me.

Please fix this game! It’s actually fun, but I will have to delete it soon or I won’t be able to afford it

The game is not awful but it is not great either. At best I would say that it is acceptable.I kept the game for roughly a week to see if it got better. There is little to no story. When the characters do talk the dialogue is pointless. If you don’t care about the story then this should not be a problem. It did not get three stars because of the story. My problem was the lack of energy in the game, along with other things. You burn through energy rather quickly. When it comes to matching, it can take days to make one item. One of the main items were the flowers for the garden and even the lamp posts. Then there are times you make a match and you won’t need the item until down the line. Which causes the item to take up space. There is an inventory for you to place items but you need to buy more slots or sell items for coins. If you want to level up, match the xp stars or just tap them to create space and ignore the payout for bigger matches. I enjoy a good puzzle game but this one just feels as if it is lacking. If you want to play casually go for it. It stayed on my phone for a week just as that. After a while I figured I could find another game to replace it.

So far, I’ve really liked this game. I play off and on throughout the day primarily to wait for energy to recharge. I know the merging piggy banks, energy, coins and XP tricks well enough so I don’t spend much money on this game (I did originally before learning the tricks or if there’s a specific bundle of goodies I want). But now I’m at the point in the game that I need some help. The highest level of XP mergable(new word) is 50. At levels 20 and under this was time consuming but a non-issue. I’m at level 30. I’m also stuck until level 33 before I can unlock another section of the map. Level 30 requires about 4800 xp to move to level 31. And that’s just to level 31. Levels 31-32 and then 32-33 will likely also require around 5000 EACH since it increases with every level. I don’t plan to stop playing but I’d LOVE if we could merge for higher XP than 50. It would still be the same grind and hard work to even get the xp necessary to merge (since xp only appears for items 4 merges or higher in most cases). But it wouldn’t seem like an impossible battle if I could merge two 50 xp stars to make 100 (or even 120 so it feels like a real win to get them that high). I just wonder if this was thought out for the long haul because I’d hate to know what kind of xp will be required at level 40 or 50 knowing how slow this climb from 30 to 31 has been.

Hopeful idea for future updates.

I have spent a good amount of time on this game since I’ve gotten covid. There is a lot to do. Certain tasks are reasonable while others can take weeks. (Would be awesome if energy was raised to 150 or 200 considering it takes over 100 energy to even get to a level ten of something) The timed events can be fun and if done right can make you a lot of money. Being able to merge the piggy banks also allows you to earn a decent amount of gems. I wish that you were able to pick and choose which daily tasks you complete instead of having to do it in order. Completing an entire daily task list can set me back days on my events and energy. Sometimes there’s things I want sometimes there’s not. It would make the game more fun if it was possible to pick which daily task you wanted to complete. Overall it’s a good game that you don’t constantly need to be playing. For the most part you don’t need to spend money if you don’t want. There are things that can be improved to make game play less boring and more reasonable for people who don’t want to spend $5 constantly.