AFK Journey Reviews

by Bc11117:63829

This game is poorly optimized for older devices. Takes over a second to register any input and freezes on every tap. Not to mention the number of crashes. It lacks snappiness and responsiveness. I feel like I’m constantly under water playing this game. Like the title says, fun game, when I’m able to play it. Please fix these issues! Also, stop forcing us to play Honor Duel to get weekly rewards (there isn’t a timer that tells you they are weekly, you just have to learn by missing your first rewards if you don’t participate the first week). Honor Duel should not be something you are compelled to complete due to fomo each week by spending half an hour every day waiting for screens to load.

Edit: The developer responded via an apple email which is wonderful. However, when trying to find an email address to respond, I’ve been unsuccessful. I can’t seem to find an email address or formsite to submit the video of the lag issues or contact the developer. I’m assuming I can’t reply to the apple email that showed the developers comment. I don’t use other social medias, so I can’t reply via Facebook as suggested. If you could please send me an email address that I can send the video to.

by Kaorufuji

The way the game was before was perfect. Come release for the new “season” and it is such a let down. Before it was simple to team comp and organize auto battles. But now with these laser bros and the bird things that run your team over. It’s unplayable. There’s no rhyme or reason to winning. I’ve watched the help section to try and get an idea on how others have done it. It doesn’t help. Replicating other comps with my team that is even higher level and has more copies on them does nothing. I have no idea why I can’t complete it the same way. The game doesn’t help in any sense on how to improve. Watching others just infuriates me since me trying the same comp doesn’t work. Being 20+ levels higher than the enemies no longer mean ANYTHING. I hate that I put money into this game when it was good. The new “season” has just been a waste of time and now money. Maybe I’ll come back when the game fixes itself. But as it is now… it’s no longer fun. I can’t progress in the story. Soren looked so much fun. Oh well.

“Contact us via Facebook” I don’t have Facebook.

by DntFrgtTheJoker

“Starter Season” work does not transfer to the new season. All the work you put in at the beginning is archived into a “starter season” section and you have to start over, with all your characters reset to zero on level. The only thing that translates from season to season is character ascension level. This game gives new meaning to the term “grinding” -and get used to it, because if there is one thing you’ll do that’s never ending, it’s grinding. Over and over and over again, with each new season, be prepared to level up your characters *and* equipment from level 0!

I can think of more entertaining ways of banging your head against a wall, like *literally* banging your head against a wall. This game was very fun and entertaining at the outset, and rapidly transitioned into nonstop, endless grinding. It’s a slap in the face coming to this game from AFK Arena and finishing the first season, and any fun I had after the now so-called “Starter Season” transitioned to the “Song of Strife” season has quickly diminished, the fun evaporating like a drop of water dripped onto an engine block after the engine’s been run hard through Phoenix in the middle of August.

Very, very, very disappointed.

by GreyHam18

This game was my favorite on AFKJourney store last sason. Great visuals, exploration, and voice acting. And now the developers are butchering it. With the new update/season, they have reduced both the quality AND quantity of rewards from chests, afk stages, battle drills, noble path, and more. Free to play players get scraps. Players who only buy progression-based booster packs get less for their money. The servers are now being grouped into regions, so players who were competitive for free or cheap are now going to be placed up against whales on different servers and become irrelevant, which also means fewer rewards.

The entire purpose of this update was to restrict resources and force players to pay to progress. Clearly the game got a big player base in season one, so now they can afford to kick out anyone not paying enough. Players can either quit, stop progressing, or start paying to have fun. Updates are meant to add to games, not take away rewards and hinder progress. This is by far the worst update I've ever seen, and I hope people use their wallets to get that message through to the developers.

by NotMatrix

The first season of the game was to get you hooked, very fast, rewardable progression with a few worthwhile bundles and battle pass. The second “season” can hardly be even called a season. Rewards and character nerfs discouraging players to even play the game. Imagine taking the time to focus on getting one character then for it to be nerfed in an afk game. The lighter more affordable purchases usually for light spenders and dolphins to keep up and be competitive have been reduced, making no incentive to purchase it. Progression is extremely slower as they plan for this major update to last for 4 months. Although, with these nerfs that that is a slap in the face to the community, I can expect this game to not live long after a few weeks. Overall it has or at least is becoming a game for whales and they cant even hire proper translators for the game. Would not recommend and you should spend your time and money elsewhere on a different gacha game. They try to rope you in with sunk cost fallacy so beware.

by Ashiem666

Ever since the new season launched game crashes constantly. At least once every 10 minutes. Please fix, otherwise great game!

Update,

Fixed the crash issue although still crashes from time to time. Most importantly this game went from being and honest true RPG experience, to becoming pay to win PVP trash…I started playing this game from day 1 and got thru the game with all smiles and fulfillment. I loved the rich story and the characters and personalities filled me with joy and excitement to what was going to happen next!….unfortunately this new “season” has stressed me out and made me bitter and left a bad taste in my mouth of what’s to come….you have taken a good, rich, exciting experience and turned it into a pay to win butchery of epic proportions. I get better excitement out of playing old RPGs over again that I have beaten a hundred times over!….what a shame, I had high hopes for this game but like all else greed set in and this game has become more about PVP and RANK than about the gameplay experience. I’m a 30+ year veteran of RPG experience and while this started out absolutely amazing! It’s turned into a total disaster. I’m sorry DEVS but I will no longer be playing. Good luck.

by Jwonce

This game is f2p friendly to a fault. As a gatcha game it is highly encouraged not to spend right after starting . A few weeks into the game, the content dries up until the first season starts and the cycle repeats. The graphics are by far the best part imo...the story, well...most are in such a hurry to level up their player and heroes and that they skip all the dialogue. The few times I stopped to read what was going on, the story lacked depth and remains childish. Even when new heroes are introduced, it sounds like two children telling us a lackluster story and you have to watch 20 mins just to get to the screenshots to figure out what the new skills will be for the hero.

As one who spent in the beginning of the game, the biggest downfall for spenders is that maximizing your heroes really has little impact on progression and overcoming f2p players who simply get their heroes to Supreme + and remain a constant competition in every event. You keep telling yourself that the investment will eventually pay off...it does not. Play the game and enjoy the competition, but it is highly recommended not to spend. Sadly there are few who spent $10-40K in the first few weeks to find out their investments really got them nowhere.

by GameRevMaster

Just another money grab app… I will say that the graphics look pretty good, with some cool characters. But once you’ve played for about a week you will surely hit a huge level cap. They will make it seem like it will be easy with enticing you with free draws, but they don’t actually get you very far into the game. They use it more so to get you hooked on trying to get that one card you need. They don’t even really implement a easy way to earn more diamonds maybe a few here and there but not enough to continuously keep playing the game. But they sure have plenty of purchasing options with just outrageous prices 99$ for you to get 7 of the 10 pulls and you may only get once or 2 gold cards but it won’t do much for you overall. After about a week of playing I’m already to the point where I log in do my daily challenges, collect my rewards and get off it within about 15 mins with noting to exiting happing. It might help me clear one or 2 new stages but unless you have a huge wallet there’s not much for you here, because there’s no skill to it

by Yay Girl Yay

Were you looking forward to playing this game with friends? If yes, BE CAREFUL of what server you start the game on. The game does NOT warn you that servers are permanent and doesn’t even give you the option to pick which server you play on first launch- it’s a small, easily missable menu on the very first screen.

If you pick a different server from your friends you will not be able to add them or join their guilds. After speaking with support over discord you also cannot be refunded for any purchases you make if you try and switch over to a new server. This feels predatory! No other mobile game has ever blocked me from adding friends that live in my region like this before.

Will not be playing until this is addressed. I was excited for a month to play with friends and now I would have to lose hours of progress and IRL money to do that.

by Mrkrueger

There’s a lot to like in the game, that other reviews cover fairly well. But after a week or two of play, the game becomes pretty blatant in how it wants to just extract money from you for every tiny bit of progression. Without spending money, character progression reaches such a slow rate that it can take many days just to see even the smallest increase in power. When you get past the first few ranks in PvP, the gulf in power between those who spend money vs those who spend very little to none is massive. The game will *kindly* inform you that you are falling behind in progression and that rewards will be greater until you are caught up. Except that requires you to beat content that your characters are incapable of beating.

All this amounts to hitting a brick wall in the game very quickly. Dropping even a moderate amount of money provides a small jump in power, but the gains from this do not last long.

This is typical of most mobile gacha games, to be sure. Just don’t be fooled by the early reviews and “all characters are free” advertising and think that this game is any different on that regard.

by Æscwine

This game is very fun and addictive. I would give it a higher score but certain elements are still imbalanced making it impossible for F2P players. As a note I have purchased some in game packages. The developers have been listening to feedback and I give them props for that but one item still bottlenecks playing: temporal essence (the orange one). This is REQUIRED for character upgrades but there literally is no way to access this if one were purely F2P (the game gives some but mostly it requires paying to hope one gets in the Dream rankings to get it as a reward, but most of the higher rankings are from whales so it’s a catch-22). The game gives plenty of opportunities for the lower and higher essences but for some reason this one is literally impossible to acquire through normal game mechanics. The shop also doesn’t have balanced packages to acquire this; the cheapest package for ONE character costs $50+. This is ridiculous as there should be a way in game to get these items (albeit with a bit more challenge) or a decent option for paying. OR the dragon crystal shop portion should be a bit more balanced.

My rating “increased” due to positive developer response to players’ feedback but is decreased due to the aforementioned imbalance. Should this be rectified I would likely give the game 4 or 5 stars.

by V Muhler

So far the game has been a lot of fun, but I’ve run into a bug where upon completing certain battles, namely in the Arcane Labyrinth, it tells me that the battle result data doesn’t match the data on the servers or something to that effect. Restarting the game, uninstalling, waiting a day, nothing has fixed it thus far and it’s permanently slowing my account progress. If this error were to happen on a required portion of a story battle then you would be genuinely hard locked out of progressing through the game. Hope they fix their server issues and compensate players for this cause it’s really frustrating.

by Gouther

Game is fun up until the new season drops, they lure players in through promotion and generous rewards and get you to spend to support the game you like to play. Then season drops, progress is incredibly pay to win, rewards are at least halfed in almost all of the content. Bugs are everywhere and some text isn’t even translated into English and is still Chinese.

And to top it off, balance changed to the bossing units you just spent the last 2 months investing so they no longer are viable for competing in the dream realm. Hesitant to quit as I’ve already spent money on the game, so sunk cost fallacy is there for many players who no longer wish to support this game.

Complete spit in the face and 180 to the community. I encourage anyone else to leave a review and if quitting the game refund what you can legally and don’t look back. Lilith games killed dyslyte and they’ll kill this too after milking everyone.

by BlazeCoMay

Hi! Don’t get me wrong, I hate that I have to give this game 3 stars, but I gotta be realistic. I have had a blast playing this and I got really good! The rewards are fulfilling, the gameplay’s a little slow but it’s fine, and the art is fantastic! I just can’t even enjoy my time in game without getting kicked out! I’ve done everything I can think of to make it work, but it won’t let me switch between seasons to get the properly leveled characters to fight with. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t do anything that requires a battle. I want to enjoy the game but it’s happened every single time I try to play any of your games and I was hoping that AFK Journey wouldn’t do this but I guess whatever y’all use to run the games just isn’t compatible with my phone. Thank you to anyone who reads this, it’s happened every time and I have had to give up on the other games because of this issue. Hopefully this gets fixed with AFK Journey at least.

by Captain Munch

So- the game is beautiful, don’t get me wrong. However, I have a pet peeve with games like this that hit me again with this game, and it stems from years of world of Warcraft and other RPG’s. And that is unlocking PURPLE AND ORANGE/YELLOW characters within my first hour of playing the game!!!! What is the point of giving me end game characters at the beginning when I should be slowly progressing and enjoying my climb to the top?!? Now I’m level 8, joined by who I can only assume is the god of nature and a little boy who’s the son of the wealthiest man in the land (excuse my possible lack of knowledge over his family history) who are both ‘end game’ yellow characters that turn every fight into a hack and slash battle that’s over in a few seconds.

What’s frustrating is that I see this in other games too, and I’m tired of it. Please end this… I don’t want a daedric sword as I’m exploring my first dungeon in Skyrim, I just want a little steel dagger that makes me go, “aww it’s not a sword, but it’s better than my current iron sword… soo… hmm guess I’ll be trying out daggers for a bit…”

by I Need A Life Eeehhhh

This game has very high potential, but coming from a writer’s standpoint, I need to offer critique. Storytelling- The story is good! But it’s the way it’s told that is the issue. The story is very spoonfed, and leaves the player no chance to use their head, leaving a very dull experience. A lot of information given can in fact be inferred with context clues, rather than it being right there. The dialogue has the same issue, and leads to unrealistic and awkward interactions. For example, Atandra’s “I am Atandra, an exile.” No person would open with saying that they’re an exile. That is information someone tells you after a lot of interaction. Character design- The characters are cute, but I wish there were more body types and diversity. Sure, there are dark skinned characters like Atandra, but they’re portrayed in very skimpy, tribal clothing. If you added just one or three other dark skinned characters, things would be a little better. I also have issue with the grugglins being portrayed in tribes, which is often associated with natives and the stereotype that they’re “feral”. Voice acting- The voice acting is cute! But, sometimes the inflection makes things sound disingenuous and dull. All in all, the game has very good potential, and if those minor details were fixed, it would be so much better!

by StrawHat_Luffy

I want to start off this review by stating that this game is absolutely amazing! I’ve had so much fun playing this game because of its gameplay, rewarding mechanics, exploration, music, and most importantly the AFK mechanic that allows me to progress in the game without having to put in too much effort at all times. I’m very busy, and so having the ability to let the game run on its own while I work on other things is super helpful so that when I DO return to the game, I don’t have to worry about so much grinding. This game is EASILY 5 stars, but my problem lies with the many glitches and bugs.

I’m not sure if it’s AFKJourney itself or my phone just bugging out but I’ve recently as of May 14th noticed that AFKJourney never seems to run for very long before glitching out of the game on my phone. Whenever I try to go into the Dream Realm, AFKJourney shuts down and kicks me out and I have to start over again. There were a bunch of visual glitches I ran into as well and I have a lot of screenshots and screen recordings of AFKJourney not loading or working properly.

I can’t enjoy the game if I can’t play it! And that’s unfortunately what has been happening lately. I REALLY want to give this game 5 stars, but AFKJourney just won’t load properly and I can’t fully enjoy this game because of it.

by ScarlettDare

I wanted to give this game a shot after seeing how much was being put into it, but I was immediately put off by how there was an in game reward for going through with a full download. My experience was hurt from there. I like that they made a more complex battle system, but what does it matter when everything can be auto’d and it usually comes down to which number is bigger? While yes only having to level up 5 characters is nice, what’s the point of slowing down the upgrade rate to show off special skills when everyone else is automatically upgraded? What’s the point of an armor system when you effectively equip armor to a class concept and not a character? What’s the point of random fancier ult animations when all it does is slow you down if auto battling? My feelings are overall mixed, but while others might enjoy it just… don’t waste your money on it.

by Mikey CPA UK

Fun gameplay, beautiful visuals, mediocre storyline. Overall, very enjoyable game at first. Initially you will accelerate the storyline quickly, receive lots of freebies, and grow your heroes rapidly. However, within day four or five you’ll hit a wall. Progress will slow dramatically, freebies dry up, and it will take days of grinding to advance your heroes even slightly. The addict you to the growth and acceleration then yank it away so you’re more tempted to pay real money to keep the rapid acceleration going.

Not a bad strategy and I typically don’t mind supporting devs for fun games. However, the packages are extremely overpriced. The $1-$10 packages get you very useless or limited returns. Only when you’re willing to pay $30-$50 do you start getting meaningful stuff. Even then, you’d need to purchase several to keep growing your hero base and to keep advancing the heroes you have. You could easily spend hundreds of dollars and still not get the heroes out advancement you want. Think about it… hundreds of dollars… for a mobile game.

An otherwise stunning game, ruined by greed.

by Robyn511329

It’s yet another idle type p2w type game but that’s pretty much all there is anymore anyway. I do like the open world pve aspect though. Overall I do love the game, but it has some pretty bad lag and force closing problems right now. Hopefully they’ll deal with this when they update as it’s just been released…if they do I’ll update my review as well.

The reason I took off another star is that user names, avatars, and chat in general have no moderation. People can say all of the most awful and disgusting things they want with no consequence. There is a report button but it seems to do nothing. You can block people, but there are so many that I’m sure my block list will get full soon and it shouldn’t have to be this way. As it is now I just have to mute the channels, which I don’t want to have to do in the first place…but that resets itself every time you reopen the game, throwing you back into the cesspool.

by Utopiaray

Cool characters and very easy to acquire them. Story is pretty standard but still fun to go through especially the current story in the recent update. However, I feel I am being punished right now for not paying. Some content is just not playable unless your characters are strong enough. But it’s not the gear or levels that matter but the ascension. You need those copies of characters and need to pull if you want to make deal with certain late game stuff. Guild drills were unplayable for many of us, especially after doing so well in the earlier season. Current Primal lord is also unplayable where my characters are getting instantly killed and I deal little to no damage. Early game is really fun but late game gets frustrating and it favors those who pay.

Edit: Yeah, it’s gotten worse. I hit a wall in Arena. Couldn’t get higher than my current rank because my characters aren’t ascended enough. Like everyone having mystic+ levels. What’s worse is I’m now being slowly pushed out of my current rank. There is nothing I can do beyond spending at this point. Very disappointing and really scummy.

by SweeperBot

The game is easy to understand and play. It also has nice graphics and a decent storyline. Though, it also has its problems: preregistration reward wait time (154 days), game crashing (got worse recently), tons of pay to win players, hard to get purple powder (needed to level up max lvl), and hard to continue story (beating miasma/boss to get to next map). It’s okay in the beginning but it quickly gets harder and harder. Enemy lvls go up quick on each map and it’s hard to beat afk stages. Also, the chat rooms are awful- not only to they crash the game more but there are no moderators, so people say a lot of inappropriate stuff (keep your kids out of it). By that I mean people joking about rap3, CP, grooming, terrorist events, fat shaming, etc. Some of those people aren’t joking, most are but they are sick for joking about that stuff. Reporting basically does nothing but you can block people or switch chat rooms.

by Ghostdoge

This game has great polish and production value, but at its heart it’s still a gacha game that pits you against other players through daily damage rankings, arena rankings, tower clearances rankings, etc for better rewards. Like many games if this type there is a correlation between money spent and your rank because you can keep buying timegated resources to improve your heroes.

But how about just the staying for the story? Well it’s gated so you have to get achievements and power up your heroes enough to continue it. It’s so banal, you’d probably have a hard time staying for it beyond 2 weeks. Nothing like making you lose interest in the story by forcing you to afk or buy more resources.

It’s unfortunate, because the game isn’t compelling enough beyond its polished look, which lays bare the fact that its there to take peoples money.

by Mogardens

The game is pretty fun, I enjoy the grind aspect and am excited to see new cosmetics and heroes in the future. There are some aspects that need attention like the voice acting/editing (I play with sound off but if I decided to play on pc I would be very annoyed) and some more accessibility options are needed, for example larger text options would be great. These are things I can understand since the game is so new but what I don’t understand is the lack of diversity in the character creator. I do feel like on release there should be more than two natural skin color options and a few more hair types. Other things I get can take a little time but I would like to see added in later such as more color options for hair and eyes, as well as different body types. If I do see some improvement in diversity I will gladly bring up my rating.

by Foolsraven

Update: So I erased my first review to give an updated one. I still feel the story line isn’t deep and the characters you are using don’t get much story at all, but my major complaint is that this is another pay to play. So far I’m still able to play and get along fine but if you get sucked in and really want to be strong or get the best characters then start spending that money people! I prefer games that make you grind to grow, and don’t take advantage of people’s addictive gaming nature. Now to the good points. This game does draw you in. I do find myself playing for quite awhile trying to upgrade characters, equipment, etc. The character designs are really cool. The world map design and music is nice also. I see why people like it, but I’ll be interested to see how things progress if you don’t spend money.

by Phasmafemina

I really like this game. I got it a few weeks ago and it’s been very fun! The characters are designed very well and the story is pretty good. My only qualm is that the purple ‘hero essence’ is scarce, especially when all my main heroes need a few thousand of them every 11th level. It makes upgrading them very slow at times, especially when they’re too low-leveled to win battles. I know this is to slow people down, but seriously- once you hit resonance 100 it gets way too slow.

—>Please add an option to watch ads for hero essence. I will gladly sit through a thirty second ad to get 500 hero essence, especially multiple times!! I’m not going to spend money on this game, let’s face it; and I know you guys want some money, so please take my advice and add this option!! You get money from the ads, I get hero essence. It’s a win-win. All you need is a button in the Trolley tab that says “Watch ad for x amount of Hero Essence.” I would gladly sit through the ads. Please add this option. Please. People in the game agree that they would like this.

by Nooneshush

I love this game. Been playing it ever since the release and its really fun! Though the way to progress through the game is slightly tedious. Like some quests last 3-5 minutes after doing 50+ levels of the AFK stage then we have to dispel the Miasma or whatever its called again and it takes even longer! And after what, the 800 or 900th stage of the AFK arena in the 1st area there’s 3 stage options for example stage 951, 972, 958 though its annoying having to choose it. Sometimes the AFK mode is useless because of that feature and it gets really tedious. Hopefully the future quests are longer than before and actually worth the 50+ or 100+ stages! And the new season, its great. Though dispelling the second miasma takes stage 76?? How did it go from stage 5 to 76?? Anyways keep up the good work :) oh right. Forgot to mention, sometimes the chat in the quest or the options or anyone speaking is in Chinese??

by Nuciita

I've recently delved into AFK Journey on iOS, and it's been a visually stunning and enjoyable experience thus far. The painterly graphics are captivating, complemented by engaging cutscenes and colorful animations that keep me hooked. However, I find the gameplay mechanics during combat to be lacking dynamism and involvement, which detracts from the overall experience. Adding a clearer perspective that focuses on the party, or giving us direct access to battle as the characters, could greatly enhance the visual appeal and immersion during fights. Introducing controller compatibility along with these mechanics would also be a welcome addition. Additionally, the vertical format on mobile devices feels somewhat limiting for an open-world game. Having the option to play in landscape mode, similar to PC users, would be fantastic, catering to players like myself who prefer that orientation. Despite these minor drawbacks, AFK Journey is a great new game with potential for improvement.

by Allieplaysgamesiguess

I’ve played AFK Arena for a few years now, I really enjoy the art style and the character designs. I was so hyped when they announced AFK Journey (I saw on TikTok). I’m really enjoying the game so far. It exceeds my expectations and is wonderfully designed for a mobile game. My only complaints is that I can’t move my character to a new server without creating a new player character. I found put yesterday that my sister also plays this game and I want to play with her. Unfortunately I’ve made too much progress in my main to restart. (I have a legendary Vala and an Elite Silvina) And I don’t want to risk losing them to start over. I know its not losing them but you get it. I am really hoping they have a way to change servers without starting over, or adding friends from other servers. I don’t even mind if we have to pay diamonds to swap servers I just want to play with my sister with my main character. Please help. At least think about it? Please 😭

by Shay0te

I don’t typically write about stuff like this, but there’s just been a lot of inappropriate and creepy stuff happening in the public chat, and it just making me uncomfortable. Idk, how old these people are, but most of them seem to be men. In these comments, these men talk in grave detail about how the woman body is disgusting, and their preference in men and how they like to be pleasured. They also encourage other people to degrade them, since that seems to be a kink, and report and block people who call them out. There’s also people who, don’t participate, but make light of the joke and almost treat it as if it’s a tv show. Please, creator, put more effort into blocking these people, cause it didn’t matter how many times my friends and I reported, they were still online, being disgusting. Children are also in AFKJourney, and we don’t know if they have other means of communication with them.

by Kenny7-11

This game cements this company as my favorite mobile game developer. I love the afk format and the combat, while not the most engaging, is still definitely enjoyable. To have all the dialogue, at least that I’ve heard so far, be voiced even for minor characters is something that I would expect from a triple A game priced at $70 not something on AFKJourney Store for free. However, my main complaint has to be the micro transactions. I’m fine with them and understand there necessity for being in the game, but the pricing of them in this game seems to be more hostile even compared to AFK Arena. For some items, the price will be just barely above the lowest priced bundle of in-game currency, so you’ll either have to purchase two of the lower priced one or go for a more expensive bundle, which for some reason the game actually explicitly recommends. I hope going forward they can tone down the micro transactions.

by Danny Waninwright

The game is very good, fun and lots to do. I like collecting the characters and exploring the world and having the option to AFK grind to get better equipment and level up, but there is one problem. I first got the game to play on my phone when I was bored and away from home and it was the best option I had. Until it needed an update for a new character. It was so much storage I had to delete my other games for space and after I deleted those games it still wasn’t enough storage. I had this problem before with my mom’s phone. My niece installed Genshin Impact on my mom’s phone and my PlayStation. I had to deleted it off my PlayStation because it took too much space. And before I knew it my mom’s poor broken phone was fried. I told my mom for my niece not to install Genshin Impact on anything. AFK Journey reminds me of Genshin Impact update-wise, so I saved my data from my phone to my computer. I wanted to play on my phone but I’m afraid that in later updates it could fry my phone too. Now I barely play it because I have better games to play on my computer. Not saying the game is bad but to me I would rather play it on my phone. Better to be safe than sorry..

by MagiaDragon

If your in America write to your senators and congressmen to see if we can get laws put in place. Like if they break the game after an update and crashes or freezes they have a week maybe two pushing it to fix it and if you redownload and still does it we get a full refund from the beginning of time the game was out. Then also include things like age limits, amount of money allowed to be spent on a game a month, how low rates are allowed to go like can’t go below 1-5% as many gacha games started to be like under a percent, even put in pity needed for other gacha games that don’t have it. Anyone who reads recent comments help spread the word. We need new laws put in place. Like if kids play a gambling game like a gacha when young and when they get older they mostly likely to have a gambling addiction and company’s like this play on that addiction and hope people get addicted and spend more money then they can afford. Just an idea for people to do and should.

by Kab1rd

They literally took all of the greatest things from AFK Arena, improved them, added some more content and gave us this master piece. For a game whose business concept is a money grab. This is THE BEST one to get. It has a story, amazing character with their fascinating art work, and getting a decent starting team is very simple. Definitely a game worth playing.

After playing more of the story, I am loving the characters which is why I didn’t bring down to 3/5 but the AI voice acting needs improvement. The game is still incredibly enjoyable as a game, but unfortunately the story is hindered by the inconsistencies in AI voice acting. On some of the Characters like Damian it sounds very smooth, but with others like the guy with vine arms (Idr name atm) it very obviously AI voice acting and can remove the some the immersiveness. Enjoying the story but honestly just cause I do like the characters

by Star_<3

I’ve played the game for a little bit and I really enjoy it!! The style is unique and the characters are interesting with a nice variety. It’s super easy to collect the characters so very F2P friendly with lots of log in rewards to wish with. I really only have two complaints one being character customization. At the beginning you can pick what your characters looks like and you only have two body types that are basically the same for both male and female. Please add bigger bodied characters!! There’s only 4 skin tones and little hair variety add lighter and darker skin tones with hair like dreads and braids to have more inclusion. My second complaint would be the voices they sound kinda bored when they speak but also it’s grainy and glitchy. Overall though it’s a great game though would recommend!!

by Bash Ountz

THe game overall is super fun and rewarding! Though I personally have found a problem, while this may be unique to me, I don’t play this game for girls with big breasts and men with six packs, I want cool animals on my team and while there are many animals, from a strategic stand point I’m greatly limited. I need support characters and the only GOOD support animal characters is hammy but I prefer having two or more support characters at a time. While there is the weasel guy I personally don’t like his design and his abilities leave MUCH to be desired. So I’d really like to see some variety in not just the animals but also their aesthetics! I would also personally really like a a tall girl character because every girl character just feels the same especially in build.

by Isa Foxy Queen

I love the game in general, the ambience, the music, and all of the visuals are amazing. The play style is fun, the battles are frequent, and the levelling system is quick. The characters have interesting designs and the backgrounds are lovely. The only thing I dislike about the game is the voices. The voices don’t feel right to me, and that could just be a me thing, but most of the voices, even the characters that are supposed to look and act more villainous seem to have softer voices. This could just be me being petty, but it’s my opinion.

I’ve been playing for a while, and I love the game still, it’s just the hero essence. I don’t get nearly enough nearly as quickly as I feel like I should. I’m trying to level my characters and I have two of them to level 110 before I can even evolve the other three to 101.

by Mbk1109

I’ve never been one to play games where you collect heroes and fight battles like this, I usually think it’s really boring and just not my style. This however? This one’s pretty fun. The storyline and lore is pretty interesting but I mostly play for the mini battles like the Dream Realm and Honor Duels. I love the character designs and how diverse every one is- though it would be nice to see a few more body types and people of color. In the end, it is a bit of a gacha game, but in general you can play the game without spending money on anything. There’s a few “spend $20 for a 6000% value pack!!!!” which is kinda irritating but if you just ignore it you’re all good. Overall, storyline, gameplay, and characters average out to an 8/10!

by Alien$oup

So, I started this game a few days ago and so far, it’s been quite nice, I love the character designs, the story has been interesting, it hasn’t been extremely difficult, and has been an enjoyable experience so far. The only thing is.. the game is quite buggy and slow at times. I can understand this because it’s a large online game, but the main issue is it keeps crashing. I can play for around a total of 10-15 minutes before the game closes out on me, or it just stops and freezes and I have to close AFKJourney and restart, So far it’s hasn’t done anything too drastic, like removing my progress, but it does get annoying. And despite what I’ve done to try and help the game move along better, like getting rid of stuff and updating my device, it doesn’t help much. I can completely understand if the game developers aren’t able to do anything, and I applaud them on their work, but I would like to see if there’s anything that can be done about the game crashing and see if there’s a possible fix or make it better at least.

by Unplayable Due To Ads

I’ve now played this game for several weeks after playing many afk and idle games and can honestly say this has been my absolute favorite I’d give it 4.8 stars if I could. The game is incredibly well made and the story and art are fantastic. Even though you can pay to win it doesn’t feel at all like you need to. It has tons of fun modes to play and is absolutely worth checking out.

My only complaint at all and the only reason I rated it less than 5 stars is the fact that my favorite game mode “honor duel” feels rather superfluous. In most of the modes that you can win by purely being a whale you get at least cosmetic rewards for being highly ranked. I wish they would add something similar for honor duel as it’s so much fun and the only mode that seems like a truly competitive game mode.

Pros: excellent gameplay and story mode
Lots of fun game modes to play
Great art style
You don’t have to whale to play

Cons: even if you are like me and like to spend money on games you play a lot this game is so ridiculously expensive to invest in it’s impossible unless you are a whale. The packs for 10 draws can be $50 in some instances which is obscene for a low chance of getting anything at all.
Also no cosmetic rewards or titles for the competitive modes that are truly competitive. And the ones that exist for arena mode expire after a set time limit which is pretty lame. Give us permanent season titles to show off for years to come and people will want to stick around.

by XXT Buffy TXx

AFK Journey has actually exceeded my expectations. The sounds and visuals are satisfying, and the voice acting is excellent! I enjoy being able to explore the world and feel appropriately rewarded for doing so.

However.. despite their generosity by gifting all heroes to those that log in consistently, I do find that the packs and bundles and individual items available for purchase too pricey. I would definitely be more willing to spend money if they came down in price.

Overall a wonderful game!

by G O O D 👍

This is my first time writing a review but like.. I just started playing this release, it’s genuinely so fun. the style is gorgeous and the character designs are amazing. i love the open world aspect and basically everything about this game! One thing i really want is a different language voice over like Japanese or Korean. I played like the original afk arena and it really enjoyed that style too, but i feel like the open world and then amount of character customization is amazing.

by Undertale Aint Ded

Beautifully designed characters and story, and very fun to pass time with, but definitely meant for quite high-power and processing mobile devices. Extremely laggy unless using the lowest graphics possible, sadly. I don’t mind bad graphics, but it may be very important to others. I love the tie-ins from AFK arena and how many elements are taken from there, but despite this, it still is a game that can stand on it’s own and is well orchestrated.

by MA-OAT

Been playing for a few hours and I’m enjoying it so far! Was a bit confused by all the different systems but got used to it pretty quickly.

One thing I’ve noticed (why 4/5) is that loading times are pretty long. Like when creating your character and switching looks or when closing and reopening the game.

Hopefully this will get better in the future.

by Hghghghfgjdosbedjdbd

Gameplay: For PvE pretty brain dead but I haven’t done any PvP yet. What it does do well is give you that monkey brain neuron boosting satisfaction when clearing waves.

Story: Haven’t gotten that far can’t really say. What I will say is that surprisingly this game is fully voiced which has made me want to play it out of respect for a free mobile game that isn’t lazy.

How will it hurt your wallet: So far the game has really been dishing out gems, I got 1000 for just filling out a survey. Plus you find tons through completing quests.

Horny level: 5/10, we’ve seen the TikTok ads, the females are definitely well endowed. But it’s not a game I would be embarrassed to play in public, of course that depends on the person so see how you feel. Maybe avoid global chat though, English 12 I’m talking about you.

Overall worth some time when you’re sitting alone with nothing else to do, or waiting somewhere or maybe you’re just bored. I’ve found myself going out of my way to play it sometimes. I’m not a big mobile game guy but this game surprised me with the amount of effort that was clearly put into it. Definitely worth a try at least.

by Ash-Cenere

I rarely play any afk based games like this. Usually they’re not my thing. However I found this game to pretty fun. I pre-ordered the game a while back and it gained me a lot of bonuses. I honestly disagree with most of the views of this game. It has a nice storyline so far with pretty cool characters. I don’t think this game is pay to win at all. As long as you take a little while to just get into it, it goes by pretty smooth. Now I hope they make this Mac compatible at some point because currently on my iPhone XR I had to delete it because the quality is too good lol. Even with graphics fully down it would make my phone lag or get pretty hot. My main issue was storage I believe. I think it’s definitely worth the try if you’re into games like this. (Make sure your phone can run it properly though or you have storage, the games pretty large and graphics can easily make your phone lag)

by Wolfgirl14

In my opinion, I’ve been play AFK Arena for years but this one is a little less complicated and is way easier to throw yourself into for hours!! If you like AFK arena and certain mobile open-world rpgs, you’ll love this one. I love the fact we can customize our character too!!

by Cougarkid699999

As far as the hero collector genre goes, some people love it, some hate it. If you are someone who enjoys it, try this out. The devs are really trusted in this space(they also made Dislyte and AFK arena). The game is well thought out, doesn’t push monetization down your throat, lots of care has been put into characters and story, as well as game balance and player experience.

If you start playing and the characters remind you of someone from a different game, it’s because this studio has been copied a million times. Just their character Brutus has been ripped off in more games than I care to count. These guys are known for their character design and world building. Their games tend to be a lot more social and community focused as well, if you’re into that. Casual friendly too. All in all, the genre certainly isn’t perfect, but this studio’s games are always top tier in the genre.

by Crunchytunaroll

I’ve played AFK Arena for quite some time but it never aligned with my play-style completely. AFK Journey provides a phenomenal story line, great gaming experience, with the diverse PvP/PvE options that I loved about AFK Arena.

While I would not go so far as to say it’s impossible to win without paying, I will say that the price point for extra packages in-game runs fairly steep. As with any new, popular game, there are some performance issues that need to be ironed out, but nothing that doesn’t make playing the game worthwhile.

The game is breathtaking and the gameplay was designed from a players perspective. The development team is also very involved, so problems are usually fixed quickly. If you’re on the fence about it, I recommend giving it a go.

by But Liked

I recently left a review and I can’t find it to edit it but I was complaining that the game crashed several times in a few minutes making the game unplayable. I also couldn’t contact any time of player support to see if this was a common issue that was being worked on. But they fixed it! And they let me know it was fixed. My only issue is that the battle modes page only has the backgrounds and no pictures on it if the characters or anything but hey, it at least works now and I know they have a lot of kinks that probably still need working out. I really like this game because I get to come home from work and school and collect all of my rewards and play a fun game without much grinding. I really enjoy the AFK aspect and this has become one of my main games at the moment because of how easy it is to interact with. Whether I only have 5 min to play or an hour I can enjoy this game and I love it!

by BECKY&SARAH

I downloaded this game while looking for a new mobile game to keep me entertained during finals. It has so many different battle modes, mini games on AFKJourney , and they just added fishing. The gacha mechanism is so interesting because it feels like it is on my side. In one of the gachas, I can choose which characters I recruit. I have been able to fully ascend the banner character without paying money. I don’t feel pressured to spend money nor do I think I need to in order to be good at the game, which makes me keep playing. Also, drawing multiples of the same character is good, which makes it very hard to be disappointed when pulling for characters. I am a huge fan of this game and I have spend NO MONEY!! I love it and I really hope it stays this way. Also feels like the developers really care about user experience, which makes me excited for each update. Huge fan, thank you to the developers.

by Wolfbuster101

Based on the tutorial of the game alone it’s obvious how much care and effort was put into the making of this game! Character customization, voice acting, and cutscenes with an immersive story as well! Not even Raid Shadow Legends can do that! I hope this game sticks around for a long time and the developers continue to add on and care about it.

by I Love My Dad And Mom

I love how this is set up it’s really simple in getting characters and the game mechanics aren’t that hard to learn I have another game from this company so already knew when I seen this on AFKJourney Store it was going to be good definitely a game to check out. It’s highly entertaining and the AFK part of it is really good unlike some other afk games

by PotatoesAreAwesomeAsHeck

Hello, I am loving this game so far. The graphics are amazing and the soundtrack is very lovely. I pre registered and was told I would get them in the game when the game finally came out. It is out and I’ve been playing for awhile now but I cannot find the mail icon to get my Pre-Registration rewards. I’m hoping game dev can help me! Also keep up the awesome work!!

by VinValentine

The ads may be like every other cringe mobile game add, but don't let those fool you. Ive been playing since release and honestly I find it absolutely ADORABLE and entertaining. Its easy to collect new characters, and offers plenty of log-in rewards to do so as well. Unlike AFK Arena where most beginner characters don't get special treatment or are lacking, you start off with a good selection and theres already cute costumes for some characters.
As a fan of the franchise, I can only say it gets better from here.

by Krystiix

I can’t express how much I love this game. It is so aesthetically pleasing and all the characters designs are great! And the mechanics? Super simple and easy! And don’t get me started on how good the rewards are. I usually don’t write reviews but I just had to this time because the game is that good! I also love how you can explore and customize your characters to your liking. So, if you like that sort of thing and you like relaxing games, this is definitely the game for you. I can’t recommend it enough. :)

by Time_Lord_29

I’ve played many a many a phone game, from angry birds to Honkai: Starrail and lemme tell you that this game does it all right. The characters, the art, the gameplay, the ease of access, the story and especially I mean especially the little details they put into the game. I played the moment it came out and I’ve been on it for a straight hour. It’s fun, interactive and definitely worth your time if your a fan of mobile games at all.

by Xzetic7

I’ve been playing since release and i must say it’s a very exciting game. They made it so all characters are viable in the game and you have access to all of them. Equipment grinding is no longer a thing because they all share, tank set applies to all tanks etc.. I’ve never been one to listen to storylines but this one is pretty cool and the voices are great. My only gripe is the “honor duel” which seems very wonky. It’s rng based but the preset groups to choose from in the beginning will either get you absolutely destroyed or barely make it.. not sure but they should look into it.

other than that i will be playing this for the rest of the year for sure.!!!!!

by Skyweve

I really like roleplay games but for a while I haven't been able to find a game that has a good story or a game that doesn't take forever to get into the story but this game got into the story and it didn't take forever! It also has great character designs and the voice acting I also love the powers and how easy everything is to control personaly if you like an adventure game or roleplay game with a good plot this is the game for you

by Percussion Band

This game is awesome. The story so far is amazing, I really enjoy the gacha system, the animation for attacks and the quality of the world around you in game is great. (If your graphics aren't good, go into settings and change them, my game started out on the lowest but it goes a lot higher.) The only thing I have to complain about is the voicing. It's just a little low quality, but I think it actually adds to the game. Overall great!

by Yeterjirc

I found this game before its release on a TikTok ad and I have to say it’s great! If you’re a fan of gatcha and team building this is the game for you, it also as an interesting story to it and a different playstyle. So if you want something fresh and new you should try this out! I also like the gatcha system because of the fact it tells you how many pulls until you’re guaranteed!

by CompassPolaris

It’s a charming, wonderful game. It’s very F2P (Free to Play) friendly so far, and the characters are charming, as well as the MC (Main Character/Player Character). You end up wanting to learn a lot more about “Merlin.”

I recommend it, it keeps me more invested in the story then other mobile games I’ve played and the character design is great. Especially great if you’ve played AFK Arena ^^

by Heaj0s

I went searching for a game after deleting the letdown of the century that is Pokemon TCG Live.

I was skeptical upon downloading, but blown away once I started playing. Incredible visuals, fantastic characters, a captivating story. And for once (at least for now) it’s not completely pay to win. Once you the 70’s and 80’s in character level, it starts to slow down significantly. Almost too much, truthfully. But it was very easy to start at least. I foresee playing this game for quite a while and I’m glad that a game has been able to fill the Pokemon-sized void left in my gaming heart.

If you love adventure, AFK games, role-playing and anything of the sort, try this game out! It’s a blast.

by Hannahfink1324

I used to love playing Genshin Impact (F2P), but the storylines got boring quickly, the rewards/ascensions were too difficult to obtain, and there was honestly too much content to understand when coming back from a playing break. AFK fixes those problems - the storyline is definitely similar to Genshin in some ways, but it’s still new and unique. The fighting mechanic in AFK is much more strategy based than fighting ability based, which I really like. The characters are cute and relatively easy (but still challenging) to build. Really excited about this game! My only negative would be that the graphics aren’t super sharp on ipad, but still a pretty world!